Can someone tell me at what move Nepo went from drawn position (with accurate play) to lost position.
it was Qe6, move 130
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Thanks!
Classy press conference from Nepo after the Game 8 loss, he just fronted the media and was like, I want to apologize for that game, forget being up to my standard, that wasnât even up to GM standard. Then a reporter was like were you tired and he was like not really, just played bad. Gotta be tough to come out after a loss like that where you hate yourself and not only say yeah I sucked, but pass up a gold plated opportunity to make excuses.
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Watched the original clipâŚseems like a nothing burger.
Alex basically said: 1) Iâm not going to criticize a country that Iâm a guest in.
2) LOL at Western countries thinking their shit donât stink.
Yawn.
You canât make a man understand what his salary requires he doesnât understand, or something.
Must be nice to hang out in Dubai!
People who study international relations at Stanford are probably huge turds who go work for the State Department anyways. So they do a lot of thinking about this stuff, sure, but itâs the wrong kind of thinking.
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~Smart mathy/logic inclined people are not immune form having terrible level 0 political views Round 252345134513493964563456345
âLast time, I made a dumb, offhand comment that couldnât be further from what I think.â
What happens to people when they get famous, or think theyâre famous, or just have to keep talking in order to get paid? Why do people so often seem to let slip the opposite of what they believe?
This is actually relevant. When you talk on record all day every day eventually you will say stupid things on record.
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Absolutely, yes.
How are you a shrink?
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I have to say, itâs a bit comforting to see even the highest-echelon players like Nepo arenât immune to raging monkey tilt.
To be fair, Nepo has supposedly long been prone to this stuff. I havenât been a âfanâ of chess since I watched Queenâs Gambit and got interested in it again. But the âbookâ on Nepo is that he crumbles in the face of adversity. Well, I guess so!
Nonetheless, I canât help but chuckle at some of the smug commentary from Nepoâs rivals. Guys like Anish Giri might want to pause for a moment and consider that Nepo actually beat them in the Candidates tournament, itâs not like Magnus hand picked Nepo to play against because heâs scared of Giri.
Caruana has been the worst for that, basically calling Nepo a patzer. On the other hand, Hikaru has been pretty gracious in his commentary.
At least Fabi actually has played in a WC and did better than Ian. So heâs âwalked the walkâ.
I watched Giri commentating on the chess24 stream today and he was saying some monumentally stupid shit, something like âit sucks in chess because you can put in a really good performance but whether you win or not ultimately depends on your opponentâs movesâ. No shit, Anish, if you get outplayed in a competitive sport you lose? Call the mayor!
Even funnier since chess is basically the lowest variance competitive discipline in the world, so you canât even say âI played better but got unluckyâ.
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After I saw Nepoâs name written in Russian earlier, I realised that he has quite an odd last name which could translate roughly as âone who does not rememberâ. Iâm surprised I havenât seen more âguess he forgot how to playâ jokes flying around after the recent blunders, but I guess I donât frequent any Russian language chess sites/forums.
nepo doesnât blunder like that if he doesnât lose game 6 clearly but I think we all know someone like that who when things arenât going their way definitely do a lot worse afterwards. Probably ends on the next game cause Nepo has to swing for the fences with white.
Expecting 1. h4 