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| May-31-08 | | sheaf: to be honest anand isnt really playing very well while ivanchuk is playing at his best.. its going to be difficult for anand to retain the title.. but then again anand knows ivanchuk for over 15 years, its going to be difficult for ivanchuk as well |
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| May-31-08 | | transpositions: What you have to remember is that like Fischer, lately Chucky is the Chucky of old, he fears no one. In fact it is the other player that fears the caveman genius in Chucky. Even IBM's Deep Blue would fear Chucky. It would malfunction in the force field that Chucky's brain generates. Not to mention Deep could sense how unstable a genius mind it is facing in a finite gamescape where there is no escape into infinity. And, finally, like Fischer, even at 39, Vassily Ivanchuk retains that personality that marries a child's wonder to genius's intellect. It makes you laugh like humor, but at the same time you recognize in him what we recognize in musical geniuses like John Lennon, Bach, Bethoven, etc. Like Billy Joel's lyric,"and then you realize Vienna waits or you" |
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| May-31-08 | | messachess: Anyone know time controls and number of rounds? |
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May-31-08
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| May-31-08 | | lorker: Congrats Ivanchuk for the decisive victory over Shirov! However in Game 3, if Ivanchuk had played for a win instead of a draw, he could have easily held the game and maybe even won it. Instead, he was slightly lucky not to lose close to the end. |
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| May-31-08 | | malthrope: <transpositions: What you have to remember is that like Fischer, lately Chucky is the Chucky of old, he fears no one. [...]> Great post <transpositions> ! :)) So good in fact I've just added <You> to my "favorites" list! ;) And, welcome to CG.com! <grin> Can't wait for the 'Anand-Ivanchuk' match-up in the finals! :^) PS: <sheaf> - excellent post and <YES> these two know one another like books... I see a great Chess match forthcoming on <SUPER GM SUNDAY> and may the best player WIN! ;) |
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| Jun-01-08 | | VaselineTopLove: What machine and software are they using to assist them during the games in this Advanced Match? |
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| Jun-01-08 | | malthrope: <VaselineTopLove: What machine and software are they using to assist them during the games in this Advanced Match?> Those were the old days in this event. However, the term "Advance Chess" was retained. Now it's just a straight Rapids match with Blitz tiebreaks (if needed). All the essential info can be found on the official website: http://www.advancedchessleon.com/ ;) - Mal |
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| Jun-01-08 | | ajit: What time does it start? Where do we watch it live? Thanks |
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| Jun-01-08 | | Udit Narayan: Ivanchuk is in excellent form, still fresh from his triumphant M-Tel Masters. However, I predict a win for Vishy by a slight margin. |
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| Jun-01-08 | | Method B: Chucky has won the first one with black!
Anand,Viswanathan (2803) - Ivanchuk,Vassily (2740) [B85]
21st Magistral Ciudad de Leon (11), 01.06.2008
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Be3 Be7 9.f4 d6 10.Qe1 0-0 11.Qg3 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.a3 Bb7 14.Kh1 Rad8 15.Rae1 Rd7 16.Bd3 Re8 17.f5 e5 18.Be3 Kh8 19.Bg5 Nh5 20.Qh4 Bxg5 21.Qxg5 Nf6 22.Rf3 Qc5 23.Rg3 Rg8 24.Rh3 b4 25.axb4 Qxb4 26.Rb1 Rc7 27.Rh6 d5 28.exd5 Qb6 29.Na4 Qd6 30.Rh4 Bxd5 31.Nc3 Rb8 32.Qc1 e4 33.Bxe4 Nxe4 34.Nxe4 Qc6 35.Qe3 Qxc2 36.Rg1 f6 37.Qd4 Rd7 38.Nxf6 gxf6 39.Qxf6+ Rg7 40.Rg4 Qxb2 0-1 |
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| Jun-01-08 | | malthrope: WoW! Chucky is an absolute monster! ;) It had everything defense, counterattack and most of all '0-1' game #1 to Chucky! :^) |
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| Jun-01-08 | | nothingness99: I think Ivanchuk will win the tournament. Like Topalov mention in the previous tourna, when somebody play on the roll like that it's unstopable!!! |
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| Jun-01-08 | | malthrope: Hehehe... I wouldn't count Vishy out just yet. However, Chucky is in a very good mood, atm! :^) |
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| Jun-01-08 | | malthrope: Vishy fights back and wins game #2 were back at <even> ! ;) |
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Jun-01-08
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| Jun-01-08 | | wyrus: What is result after two games? |
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| Jun-01-08 | | malthrope: <waustad: The official site isn't giving any information on the games.> Yeah <waustad> I gave up on the official website (wouldn't even load). I'm watching on PlayChess here's game #2 (<Method B> already posted game #1) :) Ivanchuk,Vassily (2740) - Anand,Viswanathan (2803) [B90]
21st Magistral Ciudad de Leon (12), 01.06.2008
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bc4 0-0 9.0-0 Qc7 10.Bb3 Be6 11.Qd2 Rc8 12.Ng5 Bc4 13.f4 Nbd7 14.fxe5 dxe5 15.Rf5 Bb4 16.Rd1 Rd8 17.Qe1 h6 18.Nf3 Be6 19.Qg3 Bxf5 20.exf5 Bc5 21.Bxc5 Nxc5 22.Re1 Nxb3 23.axb3 b5 24.h3 Rac8 25.Nxe5 Re8 26.b4 Qd6 0-1 |
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| Jun-01-08 | | Kapell: 1-1 after two games |
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| Jun-01-08 | | wyrus: > malthrope; Kapell
Thanks :-) |
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| Jun-01-08 | | Kapell: malthrope, who stands better up to this moment? |
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| Jun-01-08 | | Method B: Anand vs.Ivanchuk: white to move
click for larger view |
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| Jun-01-08 | | Udit Narayan: Go Anand! |
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| Jun-01-08 | | Method B: Anand has 8 mins, Ivanchuk 13 mins on the clock.
<Since the FEN was posted>: 39.b5 Nxg4 40.b6 Nf2+ 41.Kg1 Nxd3 42.b7 Re1+ 43.Kg2 Rb1 44.cxd3 Kg7 45.Kf3 |
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| Jun-01-08 | | Kapell: Thanks for the post Method_B |
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