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Re:Magnus Carlsen to give up World Championship title by tmjwid on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @10:47AM (#32166504)
It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness, that is life.
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Re:Magnus Carlsen to give up World Championship title by TylerE on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @02:04PM (#32169791)
Not in checkers. The Chinook team later proved it is a draw if both players play perfectly.
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Re:Magnus Carlsen to give up World Championship title by RJIb8RBYxzAMX9u on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @02:12PM (#32169900)
In the context of the GP quote, Data did ~~achieve victory~~ busted him up, in a sense, by playing for a draw, so...

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIRT6xRQkf8

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Re:Magnus Carlsen to give up World Championship title by hangonhn on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @11:41AM (#32167356)
One of my favorite quotes of all time.
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Re:Magnus Carlsen to give up World Championship title by Ansil849 on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @11:12AM (#32166898)
The only winning move is not to play.
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Re:Magnus Carlsen to give up World Championship title by cortesoft on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @11:19AM (#32167020)
Are you saying he busted him up?
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Re:Magnus Carlsen to give up World Championship title by solardev on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @10:55AM (#32166624)
Whoosh
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Re:Magnus Carlsen to give up World Championship title by moffkalast on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @11:06AM (#32166814)
Nah, he's quoting a TNG episode where Data does the exact same thing.
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Re:Magnus Carlsen to give up World Championship title by allenrb on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @01:05PM (#32168804)
Data may have said it in TNG, but pretty sure this originated with the 1983 film “WarGames” (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WarGames).
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Re:Magnus Carlsen to give up World Championship title by fknorangesite on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @01:31PM (#32169252)
It was Picard to Data: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4A-Ml8YHyM

The WarGames "the only winning move is not to play" quote is about mutually assured destruction; a rather different lesson than the one Data learns in 'Peak Performance'.

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Re:Magnus Carlsen to give up World Championship title by solardev on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @12:03PM (#32167716)
Ah,oops, my whoosh!
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Re:Magnus Carlsen to give up World Championship title by thaumasiotes on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @12:07PM (#32167801)
Not at all true in general; consider tic-tac-toe.
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