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dealmaker said:
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I find it both inevitable and a bit puzzling that many chess players are HFMs. Inevitable because chess is quantitative and approaching anything from an analytical point of view will get you half way.

My puzzlement because the other half of success in modern trading (less so investing) requires extreme dexterity with computers particularly some sort of intimacy with programming and something of a mathematical background, which most chess players don't come close to possessing.
 
Fischer recovering from a game in 1972 :D

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The World Chess Championship is nearing. It is being held in NYC.

Buy a plastic chess board and a water resistant marker. Go for the opening ceremony with your kids and get Magnus and Sergei to autograph your board.

 
Based on their ratings, recent performance, and head-to-head score, Karjakin will have his work cut out for him. But this is a match, and preparations (especially opening preparations) can play a significant role. Looking forward to it!
 
Kibitzer said:
Based on their ratings, recent performance, and head-to-head score, Karjakin will have his work cut out for him. But this is a match, and preparations (especially opening preparations) can play a significant role. Looking forward to it!
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Karjakin is the perfect opponent for Magnus. Rarely puts pressure on the opponent and sits back like a python and strangles you when you overextend. Good luck beating Magnus that way.

The right way to beat Magnus is to get him into a position where he underestimates slow-forming attacks on his King where the danger is not obvious. I suffer horribly from the same affliction. Hide intentions in "positional" moves. :sneaky:
 
Here is a 3D0 game I played online recently in Magnus style (imo). It is nowhere perfect (lol, especially the end where we both had seconds left)I felt like Nakamura vs Magnus where Magnus was totally crushed - then a miracle happens!

me (2292) vs Luchito_Quijano (2151) 1-0

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. f3 Bb4 4. Bd2 O-O 5. a3 Ba5 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Nce2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 f5 10. f4 c5 11. c3 Nc6 12. Nf3 Qb6 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 Re8 15. Nc1 Nf8 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. O-O a5 18. b5 Na7 19. Rb1 a4 20. Qa2 Nxb5 21. c4 dxc4 22. Bxc4 Qa5 23. Nd3 Nc3 24. Qa3 Nxb1 25. Rxb1 b5 26. Ba2 Rac8 27. Nc5 Bc6 28. Ng5 Qd2 29. Qb2 Qxf4 30. Ngxe6 Qe3+ 31. Kh1 Kh8 32. d5 Nxe6 33. Nxe6 Bb7 34. d6 a3 35. Qa1 Rc2 36. Rg1 Qf2 37. Qf1 Qxf1 38. Rxf1 Bxg2+ 39. Kg1 Bxf1 40. Kxf1 Rxa2 41. d7 Ra8 42. Nc7 Rd8 43. e6 Rc2 44. e7 Rg8 45. e8Q a2 46. Qxg8+ Kxg8 47. d8Q+ Kf7 48. Qd5+ Kg6 49. Qe6+ Kh5 50. Qxf5+ g5 51. Qxc2 a1Q+ 52. Kf2 Qd4+ 53. Kg2 Qd5+ 54. Nxd5 Kh6 55. Nf6 Kg7 56. Ng4 Kf7 57. Kg3 h5 58. Kf3 Ke7 59. Ke4 Kd7 60. Kf5 1-0

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nitro said:
Karjakin is the perfect opponent for Magnus. Rarely puts pressure on the opponent and sits back like a python and strangles you when you overextend. Good luck beating Magnus that way.

The right way to beat Magnus is to get him into a position where he underestimates slow-forming attacks on his King where the danger is not obvious. I suffer horribly from the same affliction. Hide intentions in "positional" moves. :sneaky:
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I don't know who will be doing the strangling. Carlsen isn't an aggressive, swashbuckling player himself. He likes to play for small, riskless advantages and constrict his opponents. But he admits that sometimes he underestimates his opponents' positions and the potential for counter-attacks, so we'll see.
 
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