Are you kidding superking?! Magnus Carlsen Compared to Maurice Ashley is like comparing Albert Einstein with a crackhead that flunked out of special education.
is this a fair criticism aganst Magnus
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Yep, that was indeed a doozy.
Somehow or other it always reminds me of Jim Gordon (drummer for Derek & the Dominos), who killed his mother.
MrDamonSmith wrote:
Are you kidding superking?! Magnus Carlsen Compared to Maurice Ashley is like comparing Albert Einstein with a crackhead that flunked out of special education.
well both are grandmasters, so what can magnus really teach maurice?
Uh-oh, I think I feel another limerick coming on...might just have to brush back Ubik with my wings of poesy one more time.
MrDamonSmith wrote:
Are you kidding superking?! Magnus Carlsen Compared to Maurice Ashley is like comparing Albert Einstein with a crackhead that flunked out of special education.
lol...well, maybe more like comparing Albie with some physics prof at a state college. 
but how much stronger is Magnus to Maurice?
I don't know. What are their respective ratings?
Does it make any sense to say "do the math" to somebody that doesn't even play chess or understand ratings? How can I possibly explain it?
Well, can any of us really answer that question either? 
Come on superking! Just try to learn to play chess. It's not all about just reading a bunch of articles without knowing how to even play & then forming opinions & gettin' on chess.com & posting like you've got an idea of what's goin' on.
Maurice is 2446
Magnus is 2870
MrDamonSmith wrote:
Just try to learn to play chess. It's not all about just reading a bunch of articles without knowing how to even play & then forming opinions & gettin' on chess.com & posting like you've got an idea of what's goin' on.
Well, based on the chess clubs I've been in over the years, I think all too often it is.
Which means that Magnus has over 400 points of chess stuff to teach Maurice.
Now please stop making threads. If any GM could draw Magnus on request he wouldn't be 2870.
Or better yet, let us make some for you. Here's one:
"If Petrosian hadn't played it safe all the time and refused to win at all costs, couldn't he have beaten Bobby Fischer?"
What % (win expectancy) does 426 fide rating points translate too, like a gazillion % or something? Jeez. I guess I'll open another beer.
a gazillion and five!
I want to see superking learn to play chess & then post threads based on actually knowing how to play chess.
AndyClifton wrote:
And then there was Carlos Torre. Some people just don't know how to react to a hot spell.
Naked on a bus? Nowadays we just call that Monday and get back to our sports sections.
I actually like her stories, I don't know why she was bothered by "babe". Maybe she was generally mad that day. But I still think she writes cool stuff.
I guess I won't ask her about womens shoes, she'd really let me have it.