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  • #91
    Another brilliant move resigning the world championship! Chess has become fun for him again. Look at the last 5 world champions before him. Anand sweating it out against Gelfand. Kramnik becoming drawnik. Kasparov with 4 matches against Karpov. Karpov losing 50 pounds against Kasparov (half his weight). Fischer going into hiding and becoming paranoid.
    Yes Magnus is having fun again and long may that last. Chess on his terms.

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    • #92
      https://en.chessbase.com/post/world-cup-2023-endgames-1 Some interesting endgames.

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      • #93
        Originally posted by Hans Jung View Post
        Karpov losing 50 pounds against Kasparov (half his weight).
        Really? The usual figure quoted online is 22 lbs.

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        • #94
          Wiki, a well-known font of wisdom and accuracy, says "Karpov is said to have lost 10 kg over the course of the match." That is, 22 pounds.

          I wonder if "22 lbs" has become transmogrified to 22 kg, which is about 48.4 lbs, so rounded to 50 lbs. This is how legends are born.

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          • #95
            https://en.chessbase.com/post/world-cup-2023-endgames-2

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