Hou Yifan about to become strongest female player in the world
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Erik-the-Viking wrote:
Less shopping means more productivity.
Really? I think it's debatable whether shopping or chess is more productive.
@ Alex: Yes, I totally get your point. I'm just being semi-serious here. But semi-serious is different from totally unserious.
Someone might debate that with you then.
She finished on +2-2 at the biel chess festival which had anish giri and MVL
Hou Yifan hung with 2700s easily
She finished in 5th place... out of 6 people.
Wait... she finished in 5th place out of 6 people, with a +2 -2 record? How is that possible unless #6 lost, well, pretty much every game? Is that what happened?
macer75 wrote:
Wait... she finished in 5th place out of 6 people, with a +2 -2 record? How is that possible unless #6 lost, well, pretty much every game? Is that what happened?
Sonnebornberger score or some shit like that. Its used to break ties. It gives mores value for a win/draw against a player ranked high, than for a win/draw against a player ranked low in the tournament. So basically she beat weaker opponents on average compared to Anish Giri and Pentala who also finished on +2-2
GMT Final standings (after 10 rounds):
| Elo | Points | SoBerg | win | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime | GM | 2766 | FRA | 6.0 | 28.25 | 3 |
| 2. | Wojtaszek,Radoslaw | GM | 2733 | POL | 5.5 | 26.25 | 2 |
| 3. | Harikrishna,P | GM | 2726 | IND | 5.0 | 25.50 | 2 |
| 4. | Giri,Anish | GM | 2750 | NED | 5.0 | 24.50 | 3 |
| 5. | Hou,Yifan | GM | 2629 | CHN | 5.0 | 23.75 | 2 |
| 6. | Motylev,Alexander | GM | 2698 | RUS | 3.5 | 18.25 | 1 |
Pretty big gap between Hou and #3.
who cares about chess
Hou cares!
why would she cares?
rowsweep wrote:
why would she cares?
because
my point is that i don't think anybody cares in the world
like nobody cares if some guy becomes the scrabble rated 1400 player.
the only person who cares would be Hou and maybe some other chess players.
Doctor Who and K9 played chess but they didn't even remember Hou and this even happened in the future:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSoC1VUdavE
the reason why nobody cares:
http://inoveryourhead.net/no-one-cares-if-you-succeed-or-fail-why-i-walked-500-miles-barefoot/
nuts
rowsweep wrote:
my point is that i don't think anybody cares in the world
like nobody cares if some guy becomes the scrabble rated 1400 player.
the only person who cares would be Hou and maybe some other chess players.
Doctor Who and K9 played chess but they didn't even remember Hou and this even happened in the future:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSoC1VUdavE
the reason why nobody cares:
http://inoveryourhead.net/no-one-cares-if-you-succeed-or-fail-why-i-walked-500-miles-barefoot/
Hou cares at least in part because that's how she makes money. Her profession requires her to perform consistently at a high level in tournaments where she gets paid. So it's different from the guy in the article, who didn't do what he did because of economic reasons.
macer75 wrote:
rowsweep wrote:
my point is that i don't think anybody cares in the world
like nobody cares if some guy becomes the scrabble rated 1400 player.
the only person who cares would be Hou and maybe some other chess players.
Doctor Who and K9 played chess but they didn't even remember Hou and this even happened in the future:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSoC1VUdavE
the reason why nobody cares:
http://inoveryourhead.net/no-one-cares-if-you-succeed-or-fail-why-i-walked-500-miles-barefoot/
Hou cares at least in part because that's how she makes money. Her profession requires her to perform consistently at a high level in tournaments where she gets paid. So it's different from the guy in the article, who didn't do what he did because of economic reasons.
but i thought hou is from china. isn't the china a communist country like the former ussr? if so, would she get a stipend fomr the government to cover living expenses?
Different strokes for different folks.