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Got blocked by Kramnik yesterday, so thought I would celebrate it by making this parody video :).
It is not perfect, but I spent way too many hours on it! I did entertain myself - so I hope I can also entertain you :).
In the recently concluded European Club Cup, Dutch player Dick de Graaf became FM by scoring 5/7 on the 6th board.
Alas, this is the result of a shameless abuse of FIDE's direct titles regulations, which demonstrates why they need to be changed.
A thread!
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And while the rules are the main culprit, I don't think people who go out of their way to play them should be absolved of responsibility.
I still find what Mr.Dick did unethical and shameless. I think these cases should be given more publicity.
16/17
If you are interested, I also recently made a video on this topic, feel free to check it out if you want
youtube.com/watch?v=J1QSjXEq…
17/17
I am not sure whether the queen blunder or the fact that they didn't play Chess960 makes the hacking more obvious :D
Someone hacked into my chess.com account yesterday, and played 4 rated games.
I am cool with that, what bothers me, is their mistakes:
