"Chess is the humiliation and destruction of the opponents ego ...a sporting murder", GM Kasparov.
"Chess is the first of all art", Mikhail Tal.
"Chess is the most violent non-contact sport that demands mental acuteness." Permanent Supreme
The inhabitants of channel 97 need to attend a few logic , political science, government, and sociology classes to avoid the embarrassment of advertising their salient lack of quality education and thinking.
"Chess is the game which reflects most honor on human wit." Voltaire
"Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever." Napoleon Bonaparte.
If you cannot recite the elements of critical thinking, you are not ready to discuss politics or much else.
| Type | Rating | Best | |||
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| Type | Wild | Rating | 1227 | Best | |
| Type | Blitz | Rating | 1622 | Best | 2078 (18/Feb/2010) |
| Type | Standard | Rating | 1442 | Best | |
| Type | Bullet | Rating | 1531 | Best | 1679 (10/Mar/2005) |
| Type | Loser's | Rating | 1663 | Best | |
| Type | 5-minute | Rating | 1663 | Best | 1882 (06/Jun/2005) |
| Type | 1-minute | Rating | 1354 | Best | 1511 (21/Sep/2011) |
| Type | 3-minute | Rating | 1381 | Best | 1795 (15/Mar/2013) |