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Apr 2024
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EP 113 | The Great Eval Bar Debate (feat...

IM Kostya Kavutskiy, IM David Pruess, GM Jesse Kraai
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Special guest GM Jon Ludvig Hammer joins the Dojo to discuss the ongoing "eval bar" war that has taken the chess world by storm.

This show was streamed live to Twitch on 4/12/2024, at the exact half-way mark of the 2024 FIDE Candidates,

0:00 Intro
2:58 2024 FIDE Candidates - 1st Half Thoughts
14:28 Eval Bar Debate
1:13:28 Final Thoughts

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