You actually posted this Haha. So good.
LOTR characters - Chess players
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You missed that RVK and Eric Hansen are Merry and Pippin respectively
I can't remember who we picked for Merry and Pippin
TheBookSmuggler wrote:
You missed that RVK and Eric Hansen are Merry and Pippin respectively
Great idea. I will edit my post.
Also, Yasser for Elrond
TheBookSmuggler wrote:
Also, Yasser for Elrond
Not a terrible idea ... sure.
Fischer is pure Gil-galad. Credt: JohnHS
Btw, the names would be
Sarmjakin, Aravon, Radachuck, Ganandalf, Frodiano, Arwexandra Botez, MagnuSauron, Polgariel, Thorkaru, Isparov, Legiri, Fiman, Bilbo Short, Karpov-Gollum, Soromir, Beornedyarov, Merry van Kampen, Eric Pippin, Morgoth Tal, Gil-Gischer, Elrondewan.
I guess Sarumaxine Vachier-Lagrave.
Karpov. The eyes and the strangling both. Also, he used to possess the Ring/WC
Some nice equations we got here John! 
Jan 26, 2018
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i don't think carlesen should be sauron and anand- gandalf. sauron should be stockfish (or alphazero) who wants to solve chess, magnus-frodo, and gandalf-kasparov maybe. anand should be bilbo (before frodo)
Bad_Dobby_Fischer wrote:
i don't think carlesen should be sauron and anand- gandalf. sauron should be stockfish (or alphazero) who wants to solve chess, magnus-frodo, and gandalf-kasparov maybe. anand should be bilbo (before frodo)
Nah. MagnuSauron is a well-established fact in the chess world (see Hikaru's tweet on the subject some time ago). And Bilbo was never a dominant/ruling character, whereas Gandalf sort of was. And Frodo was never the master of Middle Earth as Magnus is the Master of Chess.
Jan 26, 2018
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JohnHS wrote:
Bad_Dobby_Fischer wrote:
i don't think carlesen should be sauron and anand- gandalf. sauron should be stockfish (or alphazero) who wants to solve chess, magnus-frodo, and gandalf-kasparov maybe. anand should be bilbo (before frodo)
Nah. MagnuSauron is a well-established fact in the chess world (see Hikaru's tweet on the subject some time ago). And Bilbo was never a dominant/ruling character, whereas Gandalf sort of was. And Frodo was never the master of Middle Earth as Magnus is the Master of Chess.
stockfish is master of chess
Bad_Dobby_Fischer wrote:
JohnHS wrote:
Bad_Dobby_Fischer wrote:
i don't think carlesen should be sauron and anand- gandalf. sauron should be stockfish (or alphazero) who wants to solve chess, magnus-frodo, and gandalf-kasparov maybe. anand should be bilbo (before frodo)
Nah. MagnuSauron is a well-established fact in the chess world (see Hikaru's tweet on the subject some time ago). And Bilbo was never a dominant/ruling character, whereas Gandalf sort of was. And Frodo was never the master of Middle Earth as Magnus is the Master of Chess.
stockfish is master of chess
Actually, AlphaZero is. But they don't count. They aren't characters. A0 can be Arda, and SF can be Middle Earth.
Today, ChessTV chat figured out which LOTR character was which chess GM. Here are the results
Karjakin-Sam (tenacious in the face of Sauron)
Levon - Aragorn (tough challenger to Sauron)
Chucky-Radagast (old amusing wizard)
Vishy - Gandalf (enough said)
Frodo - Fabi (just look at the pictures. Also can be painful to Sauron)
Botez-Arwen (who else?)
Magnus - Sauron (all credit to @Hikaru)
Polgar - Galadriel
Hikaru - Thorin (based on personality; also both trying to be king unsuccessfully)
Kasparov - Isildur (historical King)
Giri - Legolas (not optimal, but who else?)
Aman - Fili (young dwarf, though the lack of the beard is problematic)
Nigel Short - Bilbo
Gollum - Karpov (strangler)
So - Boromir (can't stand up to MagnuSauron)
Mamedyarov - Beorn
Robin van Kampen - Merry
Eric Hansen - Pippin (friends)
Morgoth - Mikhail Tal (smoke-clouded terror, could also be the Balrog)
Gil-Galad - Fischer (ancient hero)
Elrond - Yasser Seirewan (wise old character)
Saruman - MVL (his Uruk-hai pawns cause trouble for MagnuSauron, see 2017 Sinquefield Cup)
GimLi Chao (credit to @hintern)