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Wikipedia has become the insult word of Formula 1 2023 with Toto Wolff calling Max Verstappens run of 10 wins a Wikipedia stat with the Red Bull driver hitting back by questioning how many titles Lewis Hamilton has won.

After all, he doesnt read Wikipedia.

Claiming a 10th successive grand prix win at the Italian Grand Prix, a new Formula 1 record, Mercedes motorsport boss Wolff downplayed Verstappens achievement.

It is not something that would be important for me, those numbers, are for Wikipedia and nobody reads that anyway, the Austrian told Sky Sports before going on to call the record completely irrelevant.

Hamilton doubled down on that as he told the media including PlanetF1.com: I mean I dont care about statistics in general. Good for him.

Verstappen has managed to get in the last word at least for now when he then questioned Hamiltons tally of World titles.

According to the Express, he told a journalist: With Lewis, I dont know for sure but I mean for someone who has won six World Championships, you must know

It is seven. Its in the history books. You can look it up, the reporter replied.

To which Verstappen asked: Are you sure its seven, not six?

I mean, Im not very sure, you know. I dont read Wikipedia.

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Meanwhile Helmut Marko, having previously declared Red Bull dont bother themselves with Mercedes as they are not a serious opponent, had another dig at the Brackley squad on ServusTV.

Responding to Wolffs Wikipedia stat taunt, Marko said: Maybe you can say that to Wolff, its the most-read medium ever! Its not that insignificant either.

So were happy and well take these records with us.

In fact, the 80-year-old says continuing that winning streak to 11 and beyond is what is driving Red Bull at the moment.

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Its part of the motivation, he said. And the more we win, the more important it becomes.

With every record comes even more motivation, even more passion. And thats the strength of this team, that its not about money or anything else.

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A local teacher was recently awarded the Wikimedian of the Year award. Taufik Rosman was presented with the accolade for his contributions to the Malay edition of Wikipedia at the award show this year in Singapore.

The accomplishment makes him the first Malaysian to ever bag the award since it was established in 2011. The Universiti Sains Malaysia graduate was ecstatic to have earned the title, especially since he has been a fan of Wikipedias accessible nature.

Speaking with Free Malaysia Today, Taufik revealed that he was first drawn to the site when he was 13. He had realised that there were not many entries on the Malay edition of Wiktionary the dictionary counterpart to Wikipedia.

This, therefore, inspired him to include Malay words on the site. And eventually, this gave him the idea to also spread the word of Malaysian culture on Wikipedia.

Usually, what I translate is related to culture, both Malaysian and cultures from abroad. Ive translated articles on Japanese and Maori culture among others, in the past, said Taufik.

He was also recognised for his efforts to spread knowledge of Malaysian culture at this years Wikimedian of the Year award.

Credible enough?

Taufik, however, is aware of the publics perception of Wikipedia. Since anyone can edit the information on the page, he realises how the public questions the pages credibility. To which, he replies by noting the various sources that Wikipedia cites for its points on the page.

Most people have been told that Wikipedia is unreliable, and I mean, it is. You cannot cite Wikipedia but all Wikipedia articles have sources and citations which you can find at the bottom of the article, Taufik argued.

The sources, according to him, make the articles reliable. Hence, he calls on other Malaysians to join in on the effort to contribute their thoughts and knowledge about Malaysia to the website.

I guess I can say each one of us knows something about the world. If we all could gather in one place to add this knowledge online, it would make information about our country Malaysia more accessible.

While locals, especially youngsters may not be sure of their knowledge, Taufik still believes sharing is the way to go.

I would love to see the Malaysian public having this culture of free knowledge. Having people share knowledge with one another is quite beneficial because it shows that Malaysians care about providing knowledge for free and making it accessible, he concluded.

More about the Wikimedian of the Year

The Wikimedian of the Year is an award that is dedicated to honour great contributions to the Wikimedia (Wiktionary, WikiCommons, and Wikipedia) movement.

Established in August 2011 by co-founder Jimmy Wales, they select and honour recipients at the annual awards show called Wikimania.

Prior to Taufik, no Malaysian has managed to bring home the accolade. Previous title holders had been from countries such as Ghana, Arab, and the United States.

Thus, Taufiks win marks a monumental moment for both Malaysians and individuals within the Wikimedia community.

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In the future, Sastry added, A.I. systems might interpret whether a query requires a rigorous factual answer or something more creative. In other words, if you wanted an analytical report with citations and detailed attributions, the A.I. would know to deliver that. And if you desired a sonnet about the indictment of Donald Trump, well, it could dash that off instead.

In late June, I began to experiment with a plug-in the Wikimedia Foundation had built for ChatGPT. At the time, this software tool was being tested by several dozen Wikipedia editors and foundation staff members, but it became available in mid-July on the OpenAI website for subscribers who want augmented answers to their ChatGPT queries. The effect is similar to the retrieval process that Jesse Dodge surmises might be required to produce accurate answers. GPT-4s knowledge base is currently limited to data it ingested by the end of its training period, in September 2021. A Wikipedia plug-in helps the bot access information about events up to the present day. At least in theory, the tool lines of code that direct a search for Wikipedia articles that answer a chatbot query gives users an improved, combinatory experience: the fluency and linguistic capabilities of an A.I. chatbot, merged with the factuality and currency of Wikipedia.

One afternoon, Chris Albon, whos in charge of machine learning at the Wikimedia Foundation, took me through a quick training session. Albon asked ChatGPT about the Titan submersible, operated by the company OceanGate, whose whereabouts during an attempt to visit the Titanics wreckage were still unknown. Normally you get some response thats like, My information cutoff is from 2021, Albon told me. But in this case ChatGPT, recognizing that it couldnt answer Albons question What happened with OceanGates submersible? directed the plug-in to search Wikipedia (and only Wikipedia) for text relating to the question. After the plug-in found the relevant Wikipedia articles, it sent them to the bot, which in turn read and summarized them, then spit out its answer. As the responses came back, hindered by only a slight delay, it was clear that using the plug-in always forced ChatGPT to append a note, with links to Wikipedia entries, saying that its information was derived from Wikipedia, which was made by volunteers. And this: As a large language model, I may not have summarized Wikipedia accurately.

But the summary about the submersible struck me as readable, well supported and current a big improvement from a ChatGPT response that either mangled the facts or lacked real-time access to the internet. Albon told me, Its a way for us to sort of experiment with the idea of What does it look like for Wikipedia to exist outside of the realm of the website, so you could actually engage in Wikipedia without actually being on Wikipedia.com. Going forward, he said, his sense was that the plug-in would continue to be available, as it is now, to users who want to activate it but that eventually, theres a certain set of plug-ins that are just always on.

In other words, his hope was that any ChatGPT query might automatically result in the chatbots checking facts with Wikipedia and citing helpful articles. Such a process would probably block many hallucinations as well: For instance, because chatbots can be deceived by how a question is worded, false premises sometimes elicit false answers. Or, as Albon put it, If you were to ask, During the first lunar landing, who were the five people who landed on the moon? the chatbot wants to give you five names. Only two people landed on the moon in 1969, however. Wikipedia would help by offering the two names, Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong; and in the event the chatbot remained conflicted, it could say it didnt know the answer and link to the article.

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Check out the full replay of live coverage from the day here. The event features Chess 960 (aka Fischer Random), a chess variant where the starting position of the pieces is randomized along the first rank. The tournament format is a 10-player round-robin, with a time control of 20 minutes per side plus a 5-second increment added every move.

Going into the final day Sevian and Aronian were tied for the lead with 4/6. While Aronian could only manage to draw against So, Sevian was able to defeat Kasparov, after the former World Champion overstepped the time limit while trying to defend a pawn down.

Also winning was Caruana, who defeated Xiong from the black side in nice positional style:

Xiong - Caruana: final position after 32...Ng5 0-1

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Two wins by Fabiano Caruana would give him a clear shot at first in the final round | Photo: Crystal Fuller

In the penultimate round Sevian drew with Xiong, maintaining his lead but allowing others a chance to reach him. Aronian, just a half-point behind Sevian, lost to Caruana after flagging in a difficult position, leaving Caruana in second place going into the final round.

Also winning to enter the tie for second was Shankland, who refuted a faulty Greek Gift sacrifice from Kasparov to win his second straight game as well:

Shankland - Kasparov: after 22.Nf4 Black was forced to resign, as h5 is falling next

Sam Shankland | Photo: Crystal Fuller

The final round featured the crucial match Caruana-Sevian, with Caruana needing to win in order to overtake first place. A sharp battle ensued, with the critical moment occurring when Sevian went all-out for an attack, finding a stunning bishop sacrifice in order to get his heavy pieces in front of Whites king. Caruana was simply unable to defend the position and Sevian clinched tournament victory as he was soon to deliver mate.

Caruana-Sevian: 18...Bxb2!! was a stunner, with the idea 19.Kxb2 Rgg6!-+, lifting the second rook in order to hunt down Whites king

Shankland would go on to draw against Xiong, leaving him in second place with 6/9, while Aronian and So both managed to win their final games, as So converted an extra pawn in the endgame against Robson while Aronian took down Nakamura thanks to a vicious counterattack on the queenside.

Good prep pays off! Shankland chose the right player to analyse with | Photo: Lennart Ootes

So scored 2/3 to sneak into the tie for second | Photo: Lennart Ootes

A second-place finish for Levon Aronian as well | Photo: Lennart Ootes

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The original Pragmatic Sanction was an edict issued by Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI, on 19 April 1713. It ended that the Habsburg monarchy, the extensive territories of which included the Archduchy of Austria and the Kingdom of Hungary, could be inherited by a daughter undivided. Division would have irrevocably weakened the Empire, whose proud, if enigmatic motto, was AEIOU. Not just a mnemonic for the vowels, but actually standing for the orgulous assertion: Alle Erde Ist sterreich Untertan (the whole world is subject to Austria). That daughter turned out to be the Empress Maria Theresa, who did eventually succeed, but only after the (with hindsight inevitable) War of the Austrian Succession.

And what of the chess succession, now that Magnus Carlsen has renounced his world title and elected to transform himself into the king over the water?

One of my recurring nightmares used to be that the teenage Indian Grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa (born 10 August 2005) would qualify for a world title match against Ian Nepomniachtchi. That would create such a tongue twister as to make it almost impossible to report on the contest for lay persons. The chess correspondent would be obliged to resort to the somewhat disrespectful abbreviations Pragg and Nepo.

Availing myself of the aforementioned abbreviated escape route, Pragg qualified as an International Master at the age of 10, the youngest at the time to do so, and as a Grandmaster at the age of 12, the second-youngest at the time. On 22 February 2022, aged 16, he became the youngest player to defeat the then world champion Magnus Carlsen, when he beat the Norwegian in a rapidplay game at the Airthings Masters Tournament.

A bald statistical narrative of the prodigys subsequent triumphs reveals the rapid upwards curve of his meteoric career. In July 2019, Pragg won the Xtracon Chess Open in Denmark, scoring 8/10 points (+70=3). On 12 October 2019, he took gold in the World Youth Championships Under-18 section with a score of 9/11. In December 2019, he graduated as the second-youngest person to achieve a rating of 2600. He accomplished this feat when aged only 14 years, 3 months and 24 days, about the same age when (as the Jurassic period gave way to the Cretaceous) I was persuading the Committee of the Battersea Chess club to permit a 14 year old to actually enter the club championship.

In April 2021, Pragg went on to win the Polgar Challenge, the first leg (out of four) of the Julius Baer Challengers Chess Tour, a rapid online event organized by Julius Baer Group and chess24.com for young talents. He scored 15.5/19, 1.5 points ahead of the next best placed competitors. This win helped him qualify for the next Meltwater Champions Chess Tour on 24 April 2021, where he finished in 10th place with a score of 7/15 (+4-5=6). This included wins against the leading grandmasters Teimour Radjabov, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Sergey Karjakin (who still retains the record of becoming the youngest grandmaster) and Johan-Sebastian Christiansen. Pragg drew against the still regnant World Champion Magnus Carlsen.

On 20 February 2022, Pragg distinguished himself as only the third Indian player (after Anand and Harikrishna) to win a game against Carlsen (see below) in any time format, in the online Airthings Masters rapid tournament of the Champions Chess Tour. At the Chessable Masters tournament later that year, he defeated Carlsen once again, his second win over him in 3 months, and advanced to the finals. He also defeated Carlsen no fewer than three times in the FTX Crypto Cup 2022, finishing second behind Carlsen in the final standings.

And for his latest trick In the recently concluded FID Chess World Cup 2023, held in Baku, the former home town of Garry Kasparov, 18-year-old Pragg emerged as the worlds youngest player ever to have reached the Chess World Cup final. Pragg had defeated the former challengers Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana in tie-breaks in the semi-final. His match in the final against the now former World Champion Magnus Carlsen resulted in a defeat in the rapid tie-breaks. This was sufficient, nevertheless, to secure Pragg an honourable second place, as well as confirmed qualification for the 2024 Candidates Tournament to determine the challenger for the new World Champion Ding Liren.

Although Pragg succumbed to Carlsen in the Baku Final, the Indian teenager has Future World Champion indelibly inscribed on the Sibylline prophecies of his future destiny. Perhaps, in years to come, when the Magnus star has faded, Pragg may seize the world title and restore the traditional situation whereby the incumbent world champion and the world number one are identical. By renouncing his champions title, yet still continuing to notch up victory after victory, Carlsen has devalued the title to the point where it is practically worthless. The chess world now awaits a new Praggmatic Sanction, the triumph of Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, to restore the succession of the world championship to its accustomed lustre.

And now, that afore-mentioned game from the Airthings Masters Tournament:

Magnus Carlsen vs. Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa

And as an extra, a video link to the always excellent Agdamators column on YouTube, featuring a game from my youth, back in the Cretaceous Period, against Fielder from the Battersea Club championship.

Raymond Keenes book Fifty Shades of Ray: Chess in the year of the Coronavirus, containing some of his best pieces fromTheArticle, is now available from Blackwells . Meanwhile, Rays206th book, Chess in the Year of the King, with a forewordby TheArticle contributor Patrick Heren, and written in collaboration with former Reuters chess correspondent, Adam Black, has just appeared and is also available from the same source or from Amazon

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