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| Morten: Bravo Short! |
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Jan-22-08
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| Wolfgang01: Topa and Chepa should fire Danailov. After their "failures", they don't use their great potential, can't concentrate and keep their focus on chess.
Though it's harder to win in 72 moves it's very very much more satisfying!! Nigel, you won a wonderful game!! |
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| Jan-22-08 |
| Landzhev: arnaud1959, Wolfgang01: i co-sign with that 100%. These talented individuals are clueless when it comes to the business side of things, so they need someone to get the job done, to m a n a g e... But Danailov is damaging their reputation in the process which is terrible because I know for a fact they're not scandalous people. But they depend on him so much and in fact I hever never heard one single positive opinion about their manager from people who actually know him! This here is really bad for Ivan's future even worse him being so young. Hope he can overcome and pull himself together, he's got plenty more to show in chess with the great potential he possesses and considering how hard he works and loves the game. The whole mess made him look bad about a situation in which he HAS his point. |
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Jan-22-08
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| firebyrd: <According to Short, the two actually did shake hands after the game as well (http://www.coruschess.com/article/i...)> Looking down and away, rigid body posture, other arm guarding his body - not too good. Ivan, check out the old guys, (http://www.coruschess.com/year/2008...), that's how you do it. Now practice till you get it right! |
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| Jan-22-08 |
| zinos: <firebyrd> The second photo is what we call friendship attack:) Sometimes it is more difficlt to cope with than sheer impoliteness. |
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| Jan-22-08 |
| Miacat: Well done Nigel |
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Jan-22-08
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| Mateo: <Many believe that the whole incident was one big testcase for tomorrow, when Topalov-Kramnik is scheduled. A dress rehearsal, a hundred percent directed (literally) by the Bulgarians. Because it couldn’t have been a coincidence that it was filmed yesterday from A to Z by someone. ChessVibes is desperately trying to stay neutral.> Of course, this should be the explanation. |
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| Jan-22-08 |
| Defiler: Yeah I'd agree that Cheparinov probably chose not to shake hands under instructions from his team but I doubt it is related to the upcoming game in which both sides will likely not reveal anything new and will probably result in a short draw. It seems more likely to me to be preliminary psychology for the upcoming WCs |
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| Jan-22-08 |
| danielpi: I like how if you look at their overall record, it shows Nigel Short beat Cheparinov twice. Poetic, in a way. |
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| Jan-22-08 |
| centercounter: The behavior of both players could be called into question. I would have had them play the game Monday OUTSIDE the building in the bitter cold... I'm with those of you who suggest that Danailov is hurting the career of Topalov and Cheparinov. The difficulty is that he has made it challenging for them to function as normal human beings by insulating them from daily tasks such as shopping, cooking, and cleaning. Although Topalov could certainly afford to hire people to do these. |
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| Jan-22-08 |
| Riverbeast: According to the chessbase report, Nigel Short showed up 10 minutes late for this game. This is the same guy who claimed that anyone showing up more than 5 minutes late for a game should be forfeited...and he was going to propose the rule to FIDE himself...."For the image of the game." What hypocrisy. |
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Jan-22-08
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| whiteshark: Are you in need of a stop watch ? :D |
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| Jan-22-08 |
| Tomlinsky: <Riverbeast: According to the chessbase report, Nigel Short showed up 10 minutes late for this game. This is the same guy who claimed that anyone showing up more than 5 minutes late for a game should be forfeited> No, let's be absolutely fair about this (and I'm not taking any particular side on this one). 'This' is the guy that that wants games in 'Rapids' forfeited if anyone show's up more than '5' minutes late (which he wasn't although I'd err on the side of being on time in all games or the game is forfeit) He suggested '15' minutes for games with more classical time-controls. If we're going to throw peoples words in their own faces let's at least be accurate. Otherwise people get the impression that it is a personal vendetta for some reason. |
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| Jan-22-08 |
| Riverbeast: <Otherwise people get the impression that it is a personal vendetta for some reason.> No personal vendetta (I don't even know the man)...it's just an objective observation...you would think that the vanguard of 'professionalism' and 'courtesy' would practice what he preaches |
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| Jan-22-08 |
| Tomlinsky: <Riverbeast> He did as far as I am aware. He was less than 15 minutes late. However, I do tend to believe (not that it means anything) that it would be fair for everyone to be sat at the board when a game starts. Noexcuses. We pretty much all have to turn up for our jobs on time and get warnings if late once our 'I missed the bus/train/pogo-stick/space-hopper' tactics have worn out. It just seems reasonable to me, everyone knows what time the games starts and it should be common decency to get there on time. It's when we make little bends in rules that they tend to get bentier. Well, you know what I mean. :) Back to the game. I do think that this is a modern mini-classic that is ideal for study in pressing home an advantage and very nicely played by Nigel. Cheparinov showed great resilience before giving up the point. |
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| Jan-22-08 |
| Riverbeast: <However, I do tend to believe (not that it means anything) that it would be fair for everyone to be sat at the board when a game starts. Noexcuses> Yes, this is exactly what Nigel Short said... |
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Jan-22-08
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| aragorn69: An impressive win by Nigel. Very precise play indeed, from beginning to end. Especially if you consider that he had spent a nervous, sleepless night before deciding to play. |
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| Jan-22-08 |
| Avarus: I have to say good spirit by these guys to play it out after the nonsense. After all, it's chess this tournament is about, not insults, forfeits or appeals. (I am saying this without being on either player's side) |
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Jan-22-08
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| Resignation Trap: This pose by the "Living Statues" taken at the opening ceremony is quite ironic considering what happened in this game: http://www.coruschess.com/year/2008... . |
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Jan-23-08
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| whatthefat: <Resignation Trap>
You seem to have quite a knack for finding amusing topical images! |
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Jan-28-08
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| notyetagm: Final position after 73  d5-e5 1-0:
click for larger viewVery instructive endgame play by Short.
White (Short) has just <RETURNED MATERIAL> by giving back the exchange with 72  a7x e7+! f7xe7. But now after 73 d5-e5, Black resigned immediately. Why? Because in this theoretical pawn ending position, the <KEY SQUARES> are f6, e6, and d6 and since -White- has the <OPPOSITION>, he wins one of these squares and hence the game, since his pawn is already on the <5TH RANK>. |
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| Mar-07-08 |
| D.Observer: Probably, a continuation of Short vs I Cheparinov, 2008. |
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Nov-15-08
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| rogge: Chepa could talk the talk but not walk the walk. |
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| Apr-20-09 |
| WhiteRook48: 72...Kxe7 73 Ke5 Kf7 74 Kd6 Kg7 75 Ke6 Kh7 76 Kf6 Kh8 77 Kxg6 Kg8 78 Kf6 Kh8 79 Kf7 Kh7 80 g6+ |
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| May-05-09 |
| WhiteRook48: the handshake game should be deleted from the database |
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