Quote from: languagehasmeaning on September 24, 2015, 10:30:05 AM

Quote from: actmyname on September 20, 2015, 01:15:57 AM

Quote from: Taras on September 20, 2015, 12:14:20 AM

I did the queries

, here are the candidates:

2816 Veselin Topalov 2814 Hikaru Nakamura 2808 Fabiano Caruana 2793 Anish Giri 2784 Dmitry Jakovenko 2782 Liren Ding 2777 Vladimir Kramnik 2773 Wesley So 2771 Alexander Grischuk 2765 Levon Aronian 2762 Sergey Karjakin 2758 Evgeny Tomashevsky 2744 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2742 Michael Adams 2741 Radoslaw Wojtaszek 2738 Teimour Radjabov 2737 Pendyala Harikrishna 2736 Shakhrivar Mamedyarov* 2734 Yi Wei 2732 Leinier Dominguez Perez 2728 David Navara 2727 Peter Svidler 2726 Vassily Ivanchuk 2725 Nikita Vitiugov 2721 Yangyi Yu 2720 Dmitry Andreikin 2717 Pavel Eljanov 2712 Hao Wang 2707 Peter Leko 2705 Ian Nepomniachtchi 2700 Anton Korobov

* Maimdiarove's name is butchered horribly all the time and the correct spelling is unknown

I feel like Nakamura would be the bitcoin contender on this list. I don't know if that's our secret grandmaster, but I can hope

Instead of Nakamura why not his opponent live right now?
http://en.chessbase.com/post/interview-with-pavel-eljanov
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Eljanov

Nakamura vs Eljanov started 30 min ago
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/baku-world-cup-2015#live

Some evidence:
http://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2015-worldcup/04-3-Jakovenko_Dmitry-Eljanov_Pavel (look at first 6 moves and compare to our game)

Exact same opening today in Nakamura vs Eljanov except he played Bd7 instead of Nbd7 on move 5?

If he afraid Nakamura is reading this thread and getting all his ideas (and switched his 5th move to throw him off)?

Will many GMs start following this thread now?

WTF!

Quote from: dre1982 on September 19, 2015, 07:36:30 PM

Quote from: languagehasmeaning on September 18, 2015, 05:28:02 PM

Quote from: dre1982 on September 18, 2015, 04:32:12 PM

Some of you guys also follow the World Chess Cup?

There are some very nice games already be played an there will also be a lot of nice games. I follow the games by Chessbomb.

I am watching it. OP is playing in it! We don't know who he is but he has provided a few clues

ow nice. And who do you think it is? OP still playing at the last 16?

Your guess is as good as mine. These are the clues I have seen so far

1. He is not Magnus Carlsen:

Quote from: letsplayagame link=topic=1148538.msg12132767#msg12132767
Here is a recent chess related news story that may interest some of you.
[url

http://www.chess.com/news/magnus-carlsen-proposes-different-world-championship-format-2693[/url]

Before you draw any conclusions, I will give you one hint regarding my identity. I am not Magnus Carslen

2. He is not Ed Trice (impossible per #4)

Quote from: letsplayagame on August 14, 2015, 10:27:44 PM

I am not Ed Trice.

3. He is not Bruzón Batista (impossible per #4)

Quote from: letsplayagame on September 15, 2015, 07:05:32 PM

Quote from: Foxpup on September 15, 2015, 03:26:09 PM

It also looks like our esteemed opponent does not wish to confirm or deny that he is Bruzón Batista. I figured I was right.

I prefer not to confirm or deny every guess or I may reveal myself quickly. However I can deny in this case since I already provided a clue that eliminated him as a possibility (based on current ratings):

4. Rated over 2700

Quote from: letsplayagame on August 19, 2015, 02:35:43 AM

Quote from: MarketNeutral on August 18, 2015, 08:16:12 AM

OP, are you a GM, IM, ranked on 2700chess, etc?

Yes I am a GM and ranked on that list.

5. He won round 1 in Baku

Quote from: letsplayagame link=topic=1148538.msg12409552#msg12409552
Another small hint regarding my identity. I won my round 1 match in Baku:
[url

http://www.bakuworldcup2015.com/[/url]

I don't plan to announce my results from my round 2 match because that would significantly narrow down the number of people I could be.

We don't know how he did in round 2 or 3 but most (maybe all?) people rated over 2700 were paired down in round 2 implying he had a >50% chance of advancing past round 2.

6. He is not Viswanathan Anand because he decided not to play in Baku

7. He is not Gata Kampsky (upset in round 1) but his current rating is below 2700 anyway (impossible per #4). From the top of my head I am not aware of any more major upsets of people in round 1 or people over 2700 who did not show up (aside from Carlsen and Anand already mentioned).

8. He is not satoshi (we don't know if Satoshi is a chess player or not but it would be funny if letsplayagame and satoshi played each other and were unaware of each others identities):
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3lj2t9/long_term_goal_promoting_bitcoin_usage_for/cv757pc

If I am right it means that letsplayagame (Eljanov) just took out world #2 Nakamura (won yesterday and drew today to win 1.5-.5) and has advanced to the World Cup Semi Finals

http://www.bakuworldcup2015.com/content/26