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Alternative Chess Facts. Plus, Reality TV!

by scribe | Feb 13, 2017 | current news, games, off-topic, people, positions, ruminations

In honor of our new “alternative facts” universe, I decided to delete my chess rating against Shredder (the computer program) and start over with no rating. After 925 games against it, I was unsatisfied with the fact that my rating had gone below 2000. It...

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