Lars

Professional chess amateur.

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@UTDIMole Figo, obviously

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@chesscom Kasparov, Tal, Morphy, Rozman

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@discord Hello Discord. You are down. But it is in hardship we form character and resilience. I trust that you will see the light of day again soon. Stay strong.

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@chesscom Réti Opening: Dutch, Lisitsyn, Rydel-Bloodgood, Polish Gambit, Dalesio Gambit

And yes, that is one opening. I play it as often as I can.

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@sleepin_volk @davidllada Maybe he doesn't consider it his nation. "I am neither Athenian nor Greek, but a citizen of the world." - Socrates

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@DinaBelenkaya Danya just doing his thing in the background. He lived and breathed chess. All of my love to you Dina and the people close to him.

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@VishChess Completely false equivalency and a very uncharitable interpretation of what Magnus said.

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@julio_rorod @FabianoCaruana I'm saying it's unfair and tactless to say Fabiano and his friends did nothing to prevent this.

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@FabianoCaruana It is very healing for a community to see so much love from the top players. We are all human, but should show more humanity.

We could see how shaken all of you were yesterday before the round. Thank you Fabiano for a beautiful tribute.

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@gmjlh De burde spille fletta av seg for Danya. Noe så ufattelig trist.

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@ArjunErigaisi @GmNaroditsky Thank you Arjun. All this outpouring of love from the very top players is so important and it has such a powerful healing effect. This one really hurts. Danya was so extremely intelligent and kind and funny.

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@NihalSarin @chesscom @lichess @ChessbaseIndia @FIDE_chess @CLTchesscenter @chesscom_in @chessdom Thank you for your very important words, Nihal. Many GM's are good people, but very few are role models that leave a lasting impression. If we can find a way to channel even 10% of Danya's passion and kindness in ourselves, we would have done him justice. A legend rests.

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@GM_Hess You two were the absolute best together. So sad for your loss, Robert. Beautiful words for a beautiful soul.

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@TarjeiJS Irreplacable. This really hurts.

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@Kasparov63 Thanks Garry. I've been in shock and reading testimonials from everyone since the news broke. Just to see you join us in our mourning relieved me a bit of my shock and I could finally cry right now. What a beautiful picture.

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@ginger_gm Horrible loss. In all the ways that really matter, Danya was the best of us. Irreplacable commentator and educator. Such a giving person.

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@CristianChirila Thank you, Cristian. This is just so sad. An irreplacable loss. Danya was the best of us.

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@keti_chess @VBkramnik In all the ways that matter, Danya was the best of us. Comparatively, Kramnik is the worst.

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@NaziPaiki In the chess community, Danya was the best of us. The best educator and commentator we had. What a horrible loss. I'm so heartbroken about this. Danya was so pure and passionate and likeable. A very rare breed of good person. Now gone. Irreplacable.