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Sep-08-06
 | | refutor: sometimes they are remembered by the players, but a lot of times they have computerized boards that keep track of the moves |
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| Sep-08-06 | | amdocs: I am from Israel and I had part in tournament for ammateurs and afterwards in competition for master where six players were choosen to final stage. I also saw almost all games in live and it was magnified 8 blitz games all big boards at the same time, hovewer 8 is to much. |
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| Sep-08-06 | | amdocs: Gelfand was the leader of the tournament from the start and only at 3 round before end he lost to Grischuk and afterwards to Sutovsky. |
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Sep-08-06
 | | EXIDE: What is the difference between 'blitz chess ' and 'rapid chess' ? |
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Sep-08-06
| | aw1988: Rapid is more or less 25 minutes, whilst blitz is 5... |
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Sep-09-06
 | | ahmadov: According to chessbase.com, Svidler gets more money than Grischuk despite the fact that the latter won the tournament. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... |
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Sep-09-06
| | ahmadov: I wonder why <CG> has not included Radjabov's win over Anand in the database here. It is one of the most available games from the tournament thanks to <percyblakeney>. |
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Sep-09-06
| | percyblakeney: At the moment it seems as if less than half of the games have been saved, and the amazingly unimpressive official home page doesn't even have the results of any games. |
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| Sep-09-06 | | controlaltdelete: Damn, i never thought A.Grisschuk could beat Raffael ;) .. ehm Svidler |
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Sep-11-06
| | ahmadov: <controlaltdelete: Damn, i never thought A.Grisschuk could beat Raffael ;) .. ehm Svidler> But what is the problem with that. Now anyone can beat any other chess player in top 20. It is only a matter of good form and a slight luck. |
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| Sep-16-06 | | waddayaplay: <you vs yourself: According to his bio in the official site, Grischuk achieved the highest rating in ICC blitz> Grischuk *once* held the record for highest rating achieved on the Internet Chess Club. The current record is held by Nakamura ("Smallville"). You can see the records here: http://www.chessclub.com/help/records I guess if you live in New York, like Naka, there isn't that much competition, so you have time to excel in internet blitz chess. Internet blitz chess is different from real life blitz, because accurate mouse treatment will win many games. There are also many ways to trick your way to a win that are unrelated to chess, rather depending on how well you know the chess program interface or the chess server. Yet, if Nakamura was as good as he considers himself, he should have been given a wildcard into the blitz World Championship. Then again, he had his chance in the ICC qualifier. |
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| Sep-23-06 | | samsal27: <Alekhine witnessed Capa at the St. Petersberg tourney giving any and all grandmasters there one minute to five: and winning handily> Incredible!!! |
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Sep-23-06
 | | alexmagnus: Nothing incredible, I once played with time handicap against the players of my level - and had the same winning percentage as without the handicap. |
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| Sep-23-06 | | samsal27: <alexmagnus> were these GMs? |
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Sep-23-06
| | alexmagnus: Well, I am also not a GM, but where is the difference. If a 1500 can beat other 1500s with 1 minute to 10, why not a GM other GMs with 1 to 5? The trick is: you are absolutely equal in time because you think while opponent thinks and you opponent can't think while you think because you have no time to think. The handicap is just imaginary. |
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| Sep-23-06 | | samsal27: <The trick is: you are absolutely equal in time because you think while opponent thinks and you opponent can't think while you think because you have no time to think. The handicap is just imaginary.> OK. I get your point. |
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Sep-28-06
 | | Caissanist: Strangely enough there seems to have been less "luck" in this tournament than in most over-the-board events. Except for Anand and Smirin, everyone at least tied for the position that he or she "should" have gotten. |
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| Oct-06-06 | | samsal27: <Carlsen was obviously out of form> I hope that he returns to form again soon. He was simply awesome in the tournament (in Iceland?) where he beat Vishy and clinched first place. |
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Jan-05-07
 | | Karpova: http://www.fideblitz.com/index.php?...
This is the proof that this player Mikheil Gagunashvili didn't play there (and he doesn't seem to exist outside this database). The player participating was Merab Gagunashvili |
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| Jan-30-07 | | positionalgenius: Does anybody know when the next blitz championships is? |
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Jun-16-07
 | | notyetagm: Does anyone know the <time control> used in this tournament? Was it <3 2> or <5 1>? Thanks.
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Jun-16-07
| | Karpova: 4 min with an increment of 2 sec per move, starting from move one. http://www.fideblitz.com/index.php?... |
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Jun-18-07
| | notyetagm: <Karpova: 4 min with an increment of 2 sec per move, starting from move one.> Thanks
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| Nov-22-07 | | pawnofdoom: Outdated tournament that I happened to stumble upon. Amazing how Svidler only got one draw here! |
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| Nov-22-07 | | pawnofdoom: Outdated tournament that I happened to stumble upon. Amazing how Svidler only got one draw here! |
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