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Evan Seghers's avatar

Your writing has already improved since your last post! Keep it rolling and you’ll be a 2700 writer as well!

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Magnus Carlsen's avatar

I am aware of how much prowess and potential you have as a chess player, Hans. These unlucky moments of defeat will mean nothing when you inevitably earn your title as the greatest chess player in the world.

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arun's avatar

5 wins in a row and you have the win you can do it hans

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TINSTAAFL's avatar

I greatly admired your battle with the chess elite about these ridiculous cheat accusations and the way you handled yourself in this circus. This is behind you now and you can fully concentrate on your path to glory.

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wormslayers's avatar

Who is Hans? To the blind, he is the light. To the hungry, he is bread. To the sick, he is the cure. To the lonely, he is company. To the sad, he is joy. To the prisoner, he is freedom. For the poor, he is treasure. For me, he is everything...

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Mike Mills's avatar

One thing that I've seen is that people who make it to the top do well is to gather a good support system. Magnus has his seconds, most famously Peter Heine Nielsen, who was a former second to Vishy. Fischer had Bill Lombardy, and Karpov worked a lot with Tal.

Yasser Seirawan has talked about working with Korchnoi. I'm hoping that you can use substack and the rest to help to create a support system. Taking on the world is a tough task and if you've got people in your corner the load becomes a little lighter.

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jobbanakartam's avatar

Your mind and mindset are excellent to achieve greatness and to inspire a lot of people. I was joking around a while ago when I said that you are the young Marcus Aurelius. I think that's half true :D Time will tell. ;) I'll be rooting for you.

In these confusing times, where almost nobody can find their "place", your sheer will, your courage-self belief and your stoic mindset are refreshing to see. The mental fortitude, as you countered the accusations that the world threw at you, says everything about what kind of character you are. You know the principles of life and in the online sphere :D So let's go!

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