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Jun-11-09
 | | acirce: Yes! Motylev won! And the Petroff took revenge through Bologan too. |
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Jun-11-09
 | | moronovich: <New Line> Lol ! |
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| Jun-11-09 | | mikejaqua: Shirov certainly has the most wildly fluctuating performances of any top player. He should be stomping his way through this group of players, at the very least pulling draws, yet there he is the the very bottom.
Wonder what makes him so unstable. |
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Jun-11-09
 | | plang: <Shirov - He should be stomping his way through this group of players,> Maybe 10-12 years ago - certainly not now. Of course, he was under par here but, by the same token, Sofia was a surprise in the other direction. |
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| Jun-11-09 | | frogbert: <Shirov certainly has the most wildly fluctuating performances of any top player> in many ways, ivanchuk is just as inconsistent - he's merely more consistently inconsistent ;o) ivanchuk goes 6 months with 2800-2850 and then 6 months with 2600-2700 performances (or worse) and then gets back to 2800-ish performances, maybe averaging 2740-2750 over time... anyone who wants to guess what ivanchuk will be up to in bazna?! :o) |
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| Jun-11-09 | | adair10: Motylev was Russian team captain in Dresden Olympiad. One must be very good at chess, but also must have attractive personality in order to be respected by stars like Kramnik, Moro Grischuk and Svidler. |
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| Jun-12-09 | | malthrope: Note: The 9th and last round will start 2 hours earlier at 13:00 or 3 AM EDT. ;) |
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| Jun-12-09 | | M.D. Wilson: Talk about one extreme to the other. |
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Jun-12-09
 | | kspiteri: At least Shirov has his priorities right. It is better to win MTel and lose Poikovsky than to win Poikovsky and finish MTel in the middle of the field. |
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| Jun-12-09 | | DCP23: <kspiteri: At least Shirov has his priorities right. It is better to win MTel and lose Poikovsky than to win Poikovsky and finish MTel in the middle of the field.> Not really. Like <frogbert> correctly pointed out, at M-tel it's the appearance fees and not the prize money that constitutes the biggest payload. At Poikovsky it's the other way around. So winning Poikovsky and finishing last at M-tel will leave one much better off financially than winning Mtel and finishing last at Poikovsky. This is particularly true for Shirov who did not get the best deal at Mtel. |
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| Jun-12-09 | | Troller: <malthrope: Note: The 9th and last round will start 2 hours earlier at 13:00 or 3 AM EDT. ;)> Yes, they're already at it. Onischuk-Inarkiev is some weird line in the KID. Bologan-Motylev is obviously Petroff, Gashi-Efimenko is Berlin, Rublevsky rolls out the Scotch against Naiditsch & finally Shirov-Sutovsky is a French that has led to this position after 16.Na7+ Kc7 17.Bf4+:
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Jun-12-09
| | kspiteri: <DCP23> I was not thinking about the prize money. However, winning MTel got Shirov an invitation to the Grand Slam final, which is one of the best paying tournaments. |
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| Jun-12-09 | | Troller: As usual Naiditsch is playing extremely fast. He is leading Rublevsky by 45 minutes now. I wonder if he is always well prepared or if he simply believes in himself. |
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Jun-12-09
| | kspiteri: The tournament draw rate will be less than 50%, and the Petroff draw rate will be even lower. |
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| Jun-12-09 | | Troller: Shirov-Sutovsky continues 17..e5 18.Be3 Bxd3 19.cxd3 Kb8 from the diagram. It seems 18.Bxe5+ Qxe5 19.Rxd8 Bd6 would have left White a piece down, as the Na7 was doomed. And 20.Rxh8 Qxh2 in that line looks suicidal. I'm afraid Shirov has to struggle again today. <kspiteri> Yes this is a combative tournament. Naiditsch has played only 1 draw! |
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Jun-12-09
 | | virginmind: 22ply
Bologan,V - Motylev,A, 10th Karpov Int'l tourney 2009
click for larger viewAnalysis by Fritz 11:
1.  (1.07): 32.Be2 Kxc5 33.Bd3 Be4 34.Rg7 Be1 35.Rxc7+ Kd6 36.Rxb7 Bxg3 37.Bxe4 dxe4 38.Rb6+ Ke7 39.Rxa6 Bxh4 40.Ra4 f5 41.Ra7+ Ke6 42.Ra6+ Kf7 43.c4 e3
2. (0.88): 32.Rg7 Be4 33.Be2 Be1 34.Bd3 Kxc5 35.Rxc7+ Kd6 36.Rxb7 Bxg3 37.Bxe4 dxe4 38.Rb6+ Ke7 39.Rxa6 Bxh4 40.Ra4 f5 41.Ra7+ Ke6 42.Ra6+ Kf7 43.a4 (me, Iasi 12.06.2009) |
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Jun-12-09
 | | jamesmaskell: So with Gashimov getting a draw, Motylev wins Poikovsky outright. |
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| Jun-12-09 | | wordfunph II: <jamesmaskell: So with Gashimov getting a draw, Motylev wins Poikovsky outright.> That's right and Motylev with black still pummeling Bologan for a win! |
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| Jun-12-09 | | paavoh: Great win by Rublevsky, he had a bit difficult position around moves 20-25 against Naiditsch, but played the end game very well. |
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Jun-12-09
| | virginmind: something nasty happened to bologan, as now fritz has reversed the eval:
19ply
Bologan,V - Motylev,A, 10th Karpov Int'l tourney 2009
click for larger viewAnalysis by Fritz 11:
1.  (-1.12): 48...Be6 49.Bxe6 g2 50.Rg8 h2 51.Rg4+ Ke5 52.Rxg2 h1Q 53.Re2+ Kf4 54.Rc2 Qa1+ 55.Ba2 Qd1 56.Bb3 Qf1 57.Bc4 Qd1 58.Bb3
2.  (-0.43): 48...g2 49.Rg8 Bg4 50.Rxg4+ Kxg4 51.a7 g1Q 52.a8Q h2 53.Qg8+ Kf4 54.Qh7 Be5 55.Qh4+ Ke3 56.Qe4+ Kd2 57.c6 Qa1+ 58.Kb3 Qc3+ 59.Ka4 Bd6 60.Kb5 f5 61.Qc4 (me, Iasi 12.06.2009) |
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| Jun-12-09 | | DCP23: <paavoh: Great win by Rublevsky, he had a bit difficult position around moves 20-25 against Naiditsch, but played the end game very well.> Yes my thoughts too! Rublevsky's position looked very uncomfortable but somehow he managed to turn it around and obtain a better endgame, which he won. |
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| Jun-12-09 | | paavoh: <virginmind> I guess Fritz did not see as far as Motylev did. I believe that he saw the advantages of the exchange sac and the vulnerability of the pawns on dark squares quire early. A fascinating game! |
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| Jun-12-09 | | NewLine: ..Be6 is ridiculous for a human brain |
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Jun-12-09
 | | tamar: Motylev has the advantage, but took the repetition.
Not sure if it is winnable. |
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| Jun-12-09 | | DCP23: Congrats to Alexander Motylev on a very convincing tournament victory! And on entering the 2700+ club! |
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