Jul-30-04
 | | cu8sfan: What an impressive performance by Moro! Makes one wonder what could have been if he had been able to attend Libya. |
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| Jul-30-04 | | chesscookie: sasikiran played well too, gave moro a run for his money |
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| Jul-30-04 | | tanginamo: geez! that ponomariov guy seems to be overrated. no wonder he's not in Libya. |
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Jul-31-04
 | | acirce: Both Moro and Pono could well have won Libya with that weak field. |
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| Jul-31-04 | | jaime gallegos: Ponomariov did less than 50% of points being the former World Chess Champion !
Sasikirian did it well and McShane was a disaster |
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Aug-08-04
 | | iron maiden: Bacrot seemed a little shaky too. I actually thought he might be able to win this thing and stake his claim as a definite super-GM. |
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| Aug-08-04 | | PinkPanther: <jaime gallegos>
In all likelihood it had to do with his rustiness, because he hadn't played since October '03. And I don't know how to explain that game against McShane, he just committed blunder after blunder.<iron maiden>
Bacrot is overrated, don't be surprised. |
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| Aug-08-04 | | chesscookie: <PinkPanther> I agree, Bacrot is definitely overrated. |
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Aug-08-04
 | | acirce: There may be reason to suspect he is overrated in some sense as most of the points he gained to reach 2700+ was due to his 11.0/11 performance against a rating average of 2463 in the French team championship, but on the other hand he did score 3.5/6 in Petrosian Memorial, the same as Kasparov and Anand, he did win the match against Sokolov etc. If he is overrated we will find out I guess. |
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| Aug-08-04 | | PinkPanther: <acirce>
Bhahaha, Sokolov is overrated too. Don't forget about the complete meltdown he had at the Corus tournament. I think he only finished a half point or a point ahead of Timman. |
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| Aug-08-04 | | ruylopez900: <jaimie> You have to remember that Pono is not really an ex-WC, just a winner of a FIDE Rapid KO WC tourney. The two are different. |
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May-03-05
 | | cu8sfan: I plan to play in this year's open section of the Biel tournament. That should be fun! |
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May-04-05
 | | cu8sfan: Biel 2005 has an interesting Lineup: Boris Gelfand, Andrei Volokitin, Hikaru Nakamura, Christian Bauer, Yannick Pelletier, Magnus Carlsen. Nakamura vs. Carlsen should be fun, I hope Magnus can give Naka a good pounding! |
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May-04-05
 | | Maroczy: <cu8sfan> Good luck! I take it the Open is separate from the Big Guys? |
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Jun-03-06
 | | suenteus po 147: There seems to be a game missing from this tournament. Where is the sixth round game between McShane and Morozevich? |
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Dec-16-10
 | | minasina: Biel International Chess Festival (2003)
37th Biel International Chess Festival (2004)
38th Biel Chess Festival (2005)
Biel Int'l Festival (2006)
Biel Chess Festival (2007)
41st Biel International Chess Festival (2008)
Biel International Chess Festival (2009)
Biel Chess Festival (2010) |
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