| Oct-28-10 | | play2win: Is this a joke? |
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| Oct-28-10 | | Eyal: <Is this a joke?>
Maybe - but I have to say it was funnier the first time: J Gustafsson vs Bacrot, 2010 |
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| Oct-28-10 | | whiteshark: Is it just me, or is the position really begging for a draw? |
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| Oct-28-10 | | supertimchan: They may as well not come for the play. |
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| Oct-28-10 | | Landman: Perhaps Bacrot dislikes tournament invitations, and has hit upon an excellent way to discourage them. |
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| Oct-28-10 | | play2win: That's dissapointing because Bacrot was putting on a very good performance considering people dubbed him "the punching bag" of this tournament. He's in there with the likes of Anand, Carlsen, and Topalov. Just thought he'd try for a win with the white pieces against one of the "weaker" players in this tourney. No offense meant to Gashimov. |
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Oct-28-10
 | | plang: <That's dissapointing because Bacrot was putting on a very good performance considering people dubbed him "the punching bag" of this tournament. > He still is - one short draw doesn't ruin his performance. |
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| Oct-28-10 | | play2win: Plang - I'm not suggesting this one draw completely ruins his performance at Nanjing, but that does not change the fact that this particular game is dissapointing, especially when you consider the context. With the white pieces and fighting for a top two finish at Nanjing, I expect better. |
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Oct-28-10
 | | SteinitzLives: Gashimov gets the award for "name-most-sounding-like-a-fighter". Bacrot, w/ white must just be tired, but he is having a great tournament. Only Wang Yue, and Topolov have performance ratings below their current playing ratings in this tourney. |
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| Oct-28-10 | | jmi: if i were the organiser and shelling out so much moolah, these 2 people would be off my list forever with this insipid performance. |
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| Oct-28-10 | | whiteshark: http://l0rdshrek.info/bilderhoster/... |
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| Oct-28-10 | | Illogic: Certainly no surprises in the opening, so no excuse for Bacrot to do this, really. Maybe upset over his loss to Topalov the day before. |
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| Oct-28-10 | | Kazzak: So, Bacrot manages to get me enthusiastic about him again. "Hey, Bacrot's got a second wind. I'll follow him with more attention now." Pffft. |
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| Oct-28-10 | | parisattack: <jmi: if i were the organiser and shelling out so much moolah, these 2 people would be off my list forever with this insipid performance.> I have to agree! The way to discourage short non-fighting games is for those who put up the $$$ to simply say 'No' to players who engage in them. Money talks and I believe if there was a move in that directions the players would get the drift soon enough. |
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| Oct-28-10 | | melianis: If Bacrot had some opening preparation done, Gashimov didn't have any of it. |
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| Oct-29-10 | | Eyal: Bacrot himself apparently explained what has happened here in a need to recover after his frustrating loss to Topalov in the previous round: <He admitted that the 14-move draw against Gashimov was directly related to his unnecessary loss against Topalov the round before. "It is very difficult to play after such a blunder. I am not strong enough, it's different for these top guys who play tournament after tournament," Bacrot said.> (http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/c...) |
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| Oct-29-10 | | Landman: Bacrot's approach is very understandable - I think most tournament players can empathize. Unfortunately, it will hurt his future high-level tournament invitations. Playing strongly after an embarrassing loss is quite difficult. It's a valuable skill for any player - especially professionals. |
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| Oct-29-10 | | Eyal: <Playing strongly after an embarrassing loss is quite difficult. It's a valuable skill for any player - especially professionals.> I remember how, three years ago, Bacrot totally collapsed during his candidates match with Kamsky after flagging game no. 2 in an equal position (Candidates Match: Bacrot-Kamsky (2007)). Mig Greengard wrote then: <Kamsky shows that he still has the killer instinct and Bacrot shows that he has, well, whatever the opposite of killer instinct is. What squirrels have.> |
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| Oct-29-10 | | Landman: Which grandmasters have historically been "fired up" after a bad loss? Kamsky definitely comes to mind, as does Kasparov (see the 1995 Anand match). Probably Fischer and Carlsen also. |
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