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This is about the most sensible and well written post I've seen in this entire thread. Thank you Victor.

Taiwan definitely had the key advantage:...

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I didn't know my post was going to set off a firestorm, and to Sam Sharpe, my sincere condolences for loss of a precious family member.

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Hi Sid, I thought it might be a good time to revisit this from a few months ago because the news this weekend has the following to say about the the virus...

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What seems to be the case is that Vlad Drkulec apparently thinks only Paul Bonham might be interested in both chess variants and in poker. He apparently...

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Wow, this is like having my name up in lights!

Unfortunately, it seems I must "appear" on stage as a hairy BigFoot decorated with...

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You sound like you have someone living rent-free in your head....

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Hi Sasha, I came up with an idea that maybe ChessStars could try out for it's Saturday shows. No, this isn't a joke, I do joke around a lot but this is...

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Donald Trump claims to his followers that he won a GM title and the World Chess Championship by defeating Bobby Fischer in 1975 in a 24-game match, but...

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Erik I congratulate you on playing with a style that has mostly disappeared from chess. It might even be a good idea to take your games collection and...

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I don't feel that there is very much of creativity in chess. Firstly, if there was truly creativity, then all sorts of chess variants would be accepted...

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Yes, and they would always understand: if you bluff all-in, then once your bluff is called, your game is over. Few politicians recover from having their...

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What you say about genius versus being elite at chess is spot on. To me, the elite in chess are like robots. They have been trained all their life to...

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Perhaps Vlad's reference to thermal exhaust ports is his way of admitting that he is doing a lot more farting and belching these days.......

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I'm a bit surprised that no one has said that their greatest opponent in chess was.... THE CLOCK....

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Here is an fascinating game using UberPawns, and I'll just post it here without comment and perhaps someone will play through the game and make some comments....

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Sid, I still follow your arguments with interest, and my main reason for doing so is one that hasn't been mentioned yet. I still do wonder how much of...

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Ok, I thought about this a bit further.... and I've created another engine that can play Chess except with "UberPawns".

A UberPawn...

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Thank you Sasha for those answers. I looked back at your earlier post in reply to Vlad and you didn't mention there that the contests are free to enter....