Is it too early to call Magnus the Peyton Manning of the chess world?
Vassily Ivanchuk - 1, Magnus Carlsen - 0
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2012 Women’s World Chess Championship
Former world champion Alexandra Kosteniuk was another player eliminated today, losing her match with Natalia Pogonina.
Paul Morphy vs. the Duke of Brunswick and Count Isouard
A fantastic rap about the famous Opera Game. Nerdcore for life, motherfuckers.
Video of Gary Kasparov, former world chess champion and major critic of Vladimir Putin and his regime, arrested and beaten by police at the Pussy Riot trial in Russia a few days ago.
“We’ve been saying Putin is a dictator for years who doesn’t care about the law. Today, he proved it.”
— Gary Kasparov, Russian opposition leader and chess champion, after being arrested for protesting in support of Pussy Riot (via prettayprettaygood)
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The Bugs, Back on the Weed
Oh man, I have to stop playing chess online right now.
My brain is humming like it never has before. If I had more than 45 seconds left, this expert would have gone down. A queen and two pawns vs. a bishop and four - it can be done. It just takes time. Grrr. But 1848 baby!
1.d4 Nf6, 2.Bg5 e6, 3.c4 c5, 4.d5 h6, 5.Bh4 Qa5+, 6.Qd2 Qxd2+, 7.Nxd2 g5, 8.Bg3 exd5, 9.cxd5 Nxd5, 10.Nc4 Nc6, 11.Nd6+ Bxd6, 12.Bxd6 b6, 13.O-O-O Nde7, 14.h4 g4, 15.e4 Bb7, 16.f3 Nd4, 17.Ne2 Nxe2+, 18.Bxe2 gxf3, 19.gxf3 Rg8, 20.Rhg1 Rxg1, 21.Rxg1 f5, 22.Rg7 Nc8, 23.Bf4 fxe4, 24.fxe4 Bxe4, 25.Bh5+ Kd8, 26.Bg4 Bc6, 27.Bxh6 Nd6, 28.Bf4 Ne4, 29.h5 Kc8, 30.Rg8+ Kb7, 31.Rxa8 Kxa8, 32.h6 Nf6, 33.Be5 Nxg4, 34.h7 Nxe5, 35.h8=Q+ Kb7, 36.Qxe5 a5, 37.Qd6 a4, 38.Kd2 Kc8, 39.Kc3 Kb7, 40.b4 axb3, 41.axb3 Kc8, 42.b4 cxb4+, 43.Kxb4 Kb7, 44.Kc4 Kc8, 45.Kd4 Kb7, 46.Ke5 Kc8, 47.Kf6 Kb7, 48.Ke7 Kc8, 49.Ke8 b5, 50.Ke7 Kb7, 51.Kd8 Ka6, 52.Qc7 b4, 53.Kc8K b5, 54.Kb8 b3, 55.Qe5+ Ka4, 56.Qb2 Kb4, 57.Kc7 Kc4, 58.Kd6 Kb4, 59.Kc7 Kc4, 60.Kd6 Kb4, 61.Kc7 Kc4, 62.Kd6 Kb4, 63.Kc7 1/2 - 1/2
Gogol Bordello, Wonderlust King
Anand retained his title, beating Gelfand 2.5-1.5 in the four rapid chess tiebreak games! The Indian who lives in Spain beat the Belarussian who emigrated to Israel. The world is so multicultural!
