| Aug-24-09 | | randzo: first!! go Vladimir |
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| Aug-24-09 | | ILikeFruits: second hooray... |
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| Aug-24-09 | | randzo: Ok so i checked it and Ok iam fan of Kramnik and we must understand that this was Rapid event so mistakes are more often.Kramnik was olso losing in 2 of his games against Hug and Ponomariov but he holds and showed very nice endgame technique against Khalifman and Topalov.Then he won a miniature against Karpov.He tried intersting opening experiment by Scandinavian 3.Qd6 He get 2 draws so it was quite succesful.so with even some luck +3.Karpov,Hug and Polgar were outsiders but their performance wasnt shame 2.5 in this field is Ok. |
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| Aug-24-09 | | WhiteRook48: good to see Karpov not in last place
BOO ANAND! |
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| Aug-24-09 | | wolfmaster: Why is Werner Hug in this tournament of top 10s? |
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| Aug-24-09 | | me to play: Hug was no doubt added to give the locals a rooting interest. |
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Aug-24-09
 | | HeMateMe: C'mon, give him a hug!
As much a fan as I am of Judit Polgar, at this point, she might only be in FIDEs top 40 or 50, not sure if she should be in this group. I just don't like to see good players who are out of form, due to lack of playing, to get embarrassed. |
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| Aug-24-09 | | itsankush: Go Anand Go!!! |
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| Aug-25-09 | | VaselineTopLove: Is Chessgames planning to put up the games from the simul? |
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| Aug-25-09 | | sheaf: 7 matches in a day !!..that must be exhausting... |
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| Aug-25-09 | | percyblakeney: <this was Rapid event so mistakes are more often.Kramnik was olso losing in 2 of his games against Hug and Ponomariov but he holds and showed very nice endgame technique against Khalifman and Topalov> Kramnik is a very strong rapid player, but things really did go his way here. Hug missed a simple win, Pono missed many, while Khalifman and Topalov missed draws in the endgame and Karpov blundered in the opening. But such things do happen often in rapid. |
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Aug-25-09
 | | cu8sfan: <VaselineTopLove: Is Chessgames planning to put up the games from the simul?> I hope so. I sent them the games that were published. It probably takes longer because they ned to create new players. |
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| Aug-25-09 | | Civhai: Has anyone been there except me? |
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| Aug-25-09 | | DCP23: Video of the prize giving ceremony:
http://blip.tv/play/hJ4WgZqjDQI |
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| Aug-25-09 | | percyblakeney: <good to see Karpov not in last place
BOO ANAND!>
Look again, Karpov finished last (even if only on SB tiebreak...). |
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Aug-25-09
 | | SetNoEscapeOn: I haven't seen the simul games posted anywhere, so I wonder if the score sheets were ever collected. |
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Aug-25-09
| | cu8sfan: <Civhai: Has anyone been there except me?> I was at the simul but not at the rapid games. <SetNoEscapeOn: I haven't seen the simul games posted anywhere, so I wonder if the score sheets were ever collected.> They were not collected but the top two boards were published. I sent them to cg.com and reckon they take longer because lots of players need to be opened first in the database. |
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| Aug-25-09 | | jhoro: <SetNoEscapeOn: I haven't seen the simul games posted anywhere, so I wonder if the score sheets were ever collected.> 16 games are available from the official website:
http://www.sgzurich2009-live.ch/en/... and in PGN
http://www.schachbundesliga.info/zu... |
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Aug-25-09
| | SetNoEscapeOn: Thanks to both of you. |
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| Aug-26-09 | | Udit Narayan: Pretty awesome roster
would have been perfect with Kasparov as well |
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Aug-26-09
| | cu8sfan: Here's a video of the simul: http://videoportal.sf.tv/video?id=9... |
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Aug-26-09
| | HeMateMe: Thanks Cubster, cool vid. I'm gonna speak to the Steinbrenner boys, and see if they will loan the Cubs A-Rod for one season, so your Cubbies might make the Series! Did you see the crowd he draws? A retired chess player? Kaspy still has real star power, most impressive. It's no wonder Obama met with him on his Moscow visit. |
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Zurich Champions Rapid (2009)
