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Chess and stuff. The good stuff. The chess? Not so much.

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@GothamChess I'm from Washington state, have you heard of it?

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@ChessExplained @GMSokolovIvan @romain_edouard @FIDE_chess Exactly. It’s not rocket science here. And if a player chooses not to, they can bear the responsibility. Mouse slips in games at these time controls are the most spurious of argument. I love 3D pieces too, but come on.

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@CharlieChessCat @chessable @ginger_gm Glad you shared this or I would have missed Yasser!!

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@LawrenceTrentIM @chesscom Great match! I lost some channel points on you but will make up for that with my bets that you make GM!

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@comedycubes @tatasteelchess I thought so too, but I can now see how that could be exactly what happened: they could have offered a choice (which they didn't need to based on the rules) and Alireza then angrily responded they could play the tiebreaks on any of the other tables.

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@Great__Red_spot @tatasteelchess The truth is they should have just ordered them to move since that was allowed under the rules the players agreed to. Making an offer of any kind was the real problem.

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@almostgmblend @tatasteelchess @chess24com Why? They didn't even need to offer the players a choice under the rules the players themselves agreed to.

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@hartmannchess Or the last helicopter out of Hanoi.

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Maybe Alireza wasn't done dirty after all. This is what the rules were when he entered the tournament (highlight mine)! So what if Alireza was in the wrong here? #TataSteelChess https://t.co/yHIQUtujHW

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@olimpiuurcan It’s certainly deserving of a response from @tatasteelchess

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@hellokostya Exactly this.

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@Bennyficial1 @chesscoachandra Conflates time controls and otb. Chess with a generous time control is the real thing, regardless if one is manipulating a mouse or 3D pieces. The rest is preference and aesthetics...and deserving of a generous spirit, not gatekeeping.

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@IexistentiaI @GelarPradipta @GMHikaru The 2nd part is true, but there’s nothing dubious about the SB tiebreak system...it goes way back and Alireza knew the system when he started.

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@TshegoB58 @chesscom @anishgiri It's called banter, friend.

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@anishgiri Now that's the way a competitor plays the Twitter game!

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@MagnusCarlsen LOL! Haters have no sense of humor...

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@jordenvforeest @ADoubleCheck @tatasteelchess Well played! Congrats.

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@gmmds The tide really turned suddenly in this match, didn’t it?

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@GMHikaru I feel like in the farm scenario, cows are the juicers.

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@mmpadellan A vile person supported by too many vile people. They're all still out there, all learned nothing. Many may be incapable of learning.