I actually have nothing to say against him. I just find him extremely irritating. He’s done nothing wrong. He just grates me like fingernails on a chalkboard.
Caruana is back up to number 2. He also got a decent haircut. The americans have the best chess team in the world.
Most men don’t notice things like that. I don’t know how you did.
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Down 22 pts in material.
Thinki. Look at those bishops.
I’m flying to Norway in less than 2 weeks. We fly to the Amsterdam airport. Only there for 90 minutes. I’ll say hi to Magnus if I see him.
My condolences.
At least there’s that.
I expect to lose weight on this trip.
Scandi food looks disgusting but I really like the look of the Norwegian Fjords. The Swedes are the most overrated people on the planet beauty-wise but Stockholm looks quite nice, at least by the shore. Actually, I can’t remember now if you’re even going to Sweden or if it’s just Norway.
Just Norway. Maybe Demnark for a day. Totally agree on Swedish beauty being overrated. I’m not sure what country has the most human beauty. Maybe Portugal. Swedes just look pale to me.
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I was not impressed with Icelandic food. Other than yogurt, bread, and tomatoes. I’ll probably only eat twice a day in Norway. Maybe I’ll just make smoothies and hopefully eat chocolate.
I’m interested in seeing their electric car infrastructure.
I will probably be staavin maavin when we reach oslo, so it might not matter how awful the food is.
My friend we are visiting has shingles for the last week. Hopefully, she gets that taken care of.
What an interesting question. I wouldn’t have thought of Portugal but that doesn’t mean it’s not a good choice. Brasileras have this super hot vibe about them that I really like. I also like the look of Italian women. I do not find the British or French attractive at all, generally, and I find British accents tiresome. Many Germans are beautiful. USA and Canada do not have a dominant race so it’s difficult to categorize them but I find many women in both countries to be beautiful. There are a lot of beautiful women on the Turkish volleyball team but I doubt that’s representative of the country overall. Actually, now that I think about it, female volleyball players from any country tend to be pretty stunning. Pity they’re usually several inches taller than I am. lol.
Lol true. I found Portuguese women attractive, but I was only there for a day. Didn’t see many tattoos lol.
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That’s the biggest problem with USA/Canada women. Show me the most beautiful girl in the world and put a tattoo on her and I think she’s hideous. I don’t care if the tattoo is the size of a dime.
lol dont know where to look, thats a wild game 
have fun! 90 mins eh? well, unless they are on strike and you get stuck at schiphol so you might get to stay there for a couple days lol
ok! just remember magnus looks a bit different these days:
Hikaru won Norway chess. Probably, nobody playing better than him right now.
I do believe I saw Magnus at the airport. It might have just looked like him. He had no entourage, but I’m not sure how recognizable he is. I wouldn’t have said hi even if I was 100%. Everyone in airports looks tired.
Our first hotel had a chess board set up incorrectly, so I had to fix that. Then, I beat my wife in 5 moves. She played the accidental kings gambit.
I’ll post the trip in a few weeks. Or just put it in Google and share. Probably not until July.
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That’s so cool. I like Magnus. He’s not really charismatic but I like him a bit. I envy your trip. I always wanted to see the Norwegian Fjords.
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Hans Niemann’s lawsuit has been dismissed by a judge. Against all parties. Good riddance.
How is Norway?
Great! I’m heading back tomorrow. 10 days is the perfect amount of time for vacation.