all players are irrelevant if we’re honest, all they do is play chess, there’s not much societal contribution other than an entertaining and - depending on the circumstances - educational pastime. sven øen is no exception, thus the personality cult around him strikes me as highly unsound, .Ras wrote: ↑Wed Nov 13, 2024 2:09 am To be fair, she has a rating of around 2600. That's about 1000 Elo more than I have, so ofc she has my respect as chess player. However, in absolute terms, she is ranked 291st in the world as per FIDE Online. No player around that rank can expect to be recognised in a public event. The only reason why she is somewhat special is because she is a woman - but equal treatment pretty much demands to treat her like any other very good, but irrelevant player in that range, right?
Carlson has no respect
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Esse quam videri. (Marcus Tullius Cicero)
Re: Carlson has no respect
Capablanca once said: "In order to improve your game, you must study the endgame before anything else; for, whereas the endings can be studied and mastered by themselves, the middlegame and the opening must be studied in relation to the endgame", and Spielman said: "Play the opening like a book, the middle game like a magician, and the endgame like a machine."Ras wrote: ↑Fri Nov 15, 2024 12:03 pm Fun story, a few years back, I played a much stronger player over the board, he offered a poisened pawn as positional sacrifice, but I didn't capture. I still lost, but he complimented me for not falling for his trap. I answered, oh, the pawn was undefended? Didn't see that.![]()
So you must master the endgame first. The middlegame and the opening will be a lot easier.