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@Mopman said in #39: > "Lenin as a ruthless and single-minded despot and a 'product of his time and place: a violent, tyrannical and corrupt Russia.' He seized power in a coup, promised a revolution, …

@Mopman said in #48: > 2 - JOSEPH STALIN - 40 million And you don't find this number to be ridiculously inflated? First it was 10 million, then 20 million, now it's 40 million. If we couple your figur…

@LordSupremeChess said in #7: > Now I can finally die in peace knowing I have fulfilled nothing in my lifetime, which is the exact opposite of the term "dying in peace". Please don't. Help is always a…

@Prophiscient said in #69: > No one is saying chess isn't a rich game. But openings are an issue, even at the amateur level. Maybe not the low amateur level, but at the intermediate amateur level, it …

I've noticed that many chess960 "enthusiasts" argue that openings make standard chess dead. They don't! Not at the amateur level, anyway. To repeat once again, simply memorizing won't do you any good!…

@Prophiscient said in #44: > Why settle for "rich enough" when we can have 960 times as much richness? Because it becomes overcomplex. There must be a balance. > That's just not true. Even at my level…

Chess is already rich enough. And learning openings (for anyone below 2500 elo, which is a different story) is not the same as rote memorization. No wonder you hate openings, if that's how you learn t…

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