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Oct-18-09
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| dx9293: KamikazeAttack: <dx9293 Jul-12-09: <returnoftheking> Read the kibitzes beginning on Ponomariov Page 23 for several pages after that.> |
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| Oct-18-09 |
| KamikazeAttack: Thx dx9293, I really enjoyed the trail of posts on Pono. Pono's career makes me sad in a way. |
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Oct-18-09
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| veigaman: < How could a once promising elite SGM just lose him power, ambition and will??? What went wrong Ruslan?>
There 3 reasons to me:
1. The death of his mentor and tutor affected negatively his development. 2. He was a victim of the chaotic chess organization , it means, a victim of kasparov and fide. 3. He seems to me a very educate guy with a lot of interest apart from chess. What it could be, it wasnt and probably chess fans lost 2 exceptional talents like ruslan and grishuck. |
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| Oct-19-09 |
| Nouvelle: Oh guys, come on! Hold the funerals. Grischuk and Ponomariov are still young and still have to develop much more as players. Just as the song that was already mentioned says, You ain´t seen nothing yet! ;) |
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Oct-19-09
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| dx9293: <Nouvelle> I still maintain that Ruslan Ponomariov was the most TALENTED prodigy since Fischer (yes, including Magnus). He definitely achieved the most. I would love to see him in the Top 5 again, but he would have to put his other interests (education, etc.) on the back burner. |
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| Oct-20-09 |
| Nouvelle: Don´t get it wrong, dx9293, Ruslan is not studying anymore. He already finished his two degrees. As much as I would also like to see him at the top, the truth is that some chess players, after a "prdigious childhood", turn out to have other goals in life, like learning how to ride a bike (many of them didn´t have time for this during their childhood) or having children. Of course this is the player´s cohice, and they are fully aware of the possible consequences. It´s not like none of the players at the top have a life, some of them have managed to reach a very good balance, which is quite an achievement, but some of them just decided to put chess before anything else in their lives, as is Kasparov´s case, hence his chaotic emotional life AND the fact he will go down as one of the greatest in chess history :) |
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Oct-20-09
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| dx9293: <Nouvelle> Oh, good to hear Ruslan is finished with school. I commend him for his other goals in life, but as a fan I am a bit selfish. :-) He is climbing back up the rating list, hopefully he will keep it going. |
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| Oct-20-09 |
| lorker: he just doesn't seem as ambitious these days when he plays, although when hes trying he is capable of playing well above 2741. i hope he finds more motivation |
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Oct-20-09
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| veigaman: < I still maintain that Ruslan Ponomariov was the most TALENTED prodigy since Fischer (yes, including Magnus)> agree and i would add grischuck! Both!!! |
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Oct-20-09
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| SugarDom: He was THE most TALENTED prodigy....
Highly disputable.... |
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Oct-20-09
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| Winter: Ruslan possessed great natural talent and he's slowly but surely regaining his lost glory. No question, this man could still deliver if he wanted to... |
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Oct-20-09
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| dx9293: <veigaman> I agree that Grischuk also is an enormous talent. And that isn't something I say lightly. Far too many people these days are considered "talented," but Grischuk has the goods. <SugarDom> I have reflected on the prodigy thing a lot, but still, it's only my opinion. |
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Oct-21-09
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| tamar: Ponomariov at first seemed a synthesis of Karpov and Salov, but I don't think he ever solved the problem of beating the top guys. That's the dilemma Karjakin, Radjabov and even Carlsen face-although your future looks unlimited when you're 18, the last bit of improvement is never assured. |
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Oct-22-09
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| SugarDom: What's the Carlsen vs Topalov the "top guy" head to head record? |
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| Oct-22-09 |
| hand banana: 5-3 for carlsen, (not counting draws) classical
2-0 for carlsen blindfold
8 draws, 4 classical |
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| Oct-22-09 |
| Violence: Ponomariov is a bum. |
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Oct-28-09
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| norami: <Violence> I once undertook a lengthy study to try to determine the true essence of what it really means to be a bum and my conclusion was that a bum is a worthless person who never works. Is that an accurate description of Ponomariov? |
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Nov-05-09
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| dx9293: Here's hoping Ruslan wins the Tal Memorial! The odds are against him, but I hope he pulls off the win! |
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| Nov-05-09 |
| Poulsen: If Pono wins the Tal Memorial 2009 it will be biggest sensation in the chess world this year!! He is clearly one of the candidates for winning the last spot. But maybe not by a large margin - I predict a huge draw percentage. |
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Nov-05-09
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| spawn2: Hope GM Ruslan regains his deadly form and wins the Tal Memorial |
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| Nov-06-09 |
| Method B: A bit uncharacteristic play from Ponomariov at the end today. He should have tried Rf1 on move 29 or 31 and may have a chance to push for the full point. I really surprised he went for the repetition. He usually likes torture his opponent in long endgames. Still his play looks stable after two rounds. He showed us good enough opening prep. A +2 score may be enough to win the tourney. May be. |
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| Nov-06-09 |
| Violence: <normai> Okay fine hes a clown. |
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Nov-06-09
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| veigaman: Chess needs pono back!!! |
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Nov-07-09
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| Check It Out: I undertook a long study to determine the essence of being a clown and discovered it was long shoes, a red nose, a unicycle, and a fire engine. Does that sound like pono? |
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| Nov-07-09 |
| Violence: <Check It Ourt> Yes haha. |
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