Mar-11-09 Veselin Topalov 
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Marvol: So according to the FIDE PB, Topalov is entitled to <another> shot at the WCC if he loses to Anand - being seeded directly into whatever candidates finals there will be. Other players will have to wade their way through series of tournaments or the knockout cup, but dear Toppy ...
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| | Sep-13-08 Bilbao Grand Slam Chess Final (2008)
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Marvol: <witty> On the one hand I agree with you, that to stop short draws the 'Sofia rules' are more than adequate, and yes, the 3/1/0 scoring can give some strange results. I do think that, more than simply stopping (short) draws, the scoring is meant to encourage players to play for
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| | Sep-10-08 A Nickel vs The World, 2008
Sep-09-08 Carlsen vs Aronian, 2008
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Marvol: <JointheArmy: <Carlsen has done more at 17 than any other player in history. Not even Fischer or Kasparov can compare.>
Rating inflation...>
Either you're joking or you are desperate to be flamed for this incredibly stupid remark. Carlsen is no.1 in the ranking. He is ...
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| | Sep-04-08 Carlsen vs Topalov, 2008
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Marvol: As an avid fan of the QGD-Tartakower I can only applaud topalov's achievement. Hurray!
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| | Aug-24-08 Domdaniel chessforum
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Marvol: <Open Defence: too bad India did not copyright the 0> Maybe they were so proud of its invention that they wrote down another, just for the heck of it, when they had to decide on the size of the royalties :). <Domdaniel>: agreed about the naan and the jalfrezi.
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| | Aug-14-08 chessgames.com chessforum
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Marvol: On the front page:
<FIDE Grand Prix
Sochi, Russia
July 31-Aug 14
Levon Aronian places first <by a point and a half>, finishing with 8.5/13.> (Insert text about daftness here, followed by remark about writing 1000x "I shall not write headlines hastily") With ...
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| | Jul-31-08 Bacrot vs L Dominguez, 2008
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Marvol: Great comeback by Bacrot and great not to see a 'quick draw in the last round, hold my rating and make my opponent happy'-game, of which too many are played. It's probably great fun now to read the comments that were aimed at Bacrot after the first rounds. Just goes to show that form
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| | Jul-25-08 41st Biel International Chess Festival (2008)
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Marvol: <percyblakeney: <what happened to tourneys that had more than six players?>
There's always Wijk aan Zee, Linares, the Tal Memorial, Aerosvit, the six Grand Prix tournaments, Dortmund...> Yes, but apart from those, what happened to tourneys that had more than six players? ...
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| | Jul-17-08 Vladimir Kramnik
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Marvol: <pubaer: (...) disturbing to <the real chess fans>. <We> dont want to see boring petroffs and berlin defences.> Who on earth do you think you are, proclaiming yourself to be the only "real chess fans"? And that is based on what, the disliking of the way Kramnik ...
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