amadeus Member since Dec-01-06 Keywords: Great Scott, Ivanchuk, Alka-Seltzer FIDE GP: http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?... Chess Rivalries: http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?... Inflation: http://www.4shared.com/file/2501877... TPRs (Ind.Events): http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?... TPRs (adjusted): http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?... Melody Amber: http://www.4shared.com/file/2501862...

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May-05-13 Magnus Carlsen    amadeus: <3.6.2 If a player refuses to participate in the World Championship Match, he will be replaced as follows: The runner up finalist of FWCM 2012 GM Boris Gelfand replaces the World champion Vishy Anand and the runner up of the Candidates Tournament 2013 Vladimir Kramnik replaces ...      May-01-13 Alekhine Memorial (2013)    amadeus: <The tournament prize fund is equal to 100 000 EUR Place Prize (EUR) 1 30.000 2 20.000 3 15.000 4 10.000 5 8.000 6 6.000 7 4.000 8 3.000 9 2.500 10 1.500 The prizes mentioned above are represented after taxation. Prize money is distributed according to ...      Apr-14-13 Boris Gelfand    amadeus: A good book, btw :)      Apr-06-13 A Giri vs Bacrot, 2009   amadeus: http://en.chessbase.com/home/TabId/... <The Bundesliga games this weekend were interesting: on Saturday Anish had world-class GM Etienne Bacrot on the ropes, but went on to lose the game. When we asked him what had happened he answered with impish humour: "I was winning after the      Mar-03-13 World Championship Candidates (2013)    amadeus: Well, Karpov did win the matches against Timman (93), Kamsky (96) and Anand (98). (and Anand, of course, won the Fide WC in 2000, and then the unified belt in 2007.)      Feb-27-13 Eljanov vs W So, 2013    amadeus: This is just one of the reasons why chess will never be considered a sport.      Feb-17-13 Naiditsch vs Anand, 2013    amadeus: Congrats, Vishy!      Dec-30-12 Morphy vs Le Carpentier, 1849    amadeus: Ouch!      Dec-10-12 London Chess Classic (2012)    amadeus: Congrats, Magnus Carlsen!      Nov-20-12 Domdaniel chessforum    ...

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 4 OF 5 ·  Later Kibitzing> Sep-21-10    SetNoEscapeOn: Thanks for running this. Damn, I don't know: 1. Ukraine 2. Russia 1 3. USA 4. Russia 2 5. Azerbaijan 6. China 7. Israel 8. France 9. Russia 3 10. England Sep-21-10    AuN1: 10. bulgaria 9. netherlands 8. israel 7. russia 2 6. azerbaijan 5. usa 4. china 3. ukraine 2. armenia 1. russia 1 Sep-21-10    amadeus: Predictions by Rating: 1. Russia 1 (Avg: 2755) 2. Ukraine (Avg: 2737) 3. China (Avg: 2703) 4. Russia 2 (Avg: 2702) 5. Hungary (Avg: 2698) 6. Armenia (Avg: 2698) 7. Azerbaijan (Avg: 2694) 8. Bulgaria (Avg: 2693) 9. United States (Avg: 2691) 10. France (Avg: 2681) Sep-21-10    amadeus: Chessbookie's Odds: 1. Russia (3.0) 2. Armenia (9.17) 3. Azerbaijan (10.4) 4. China (12.4) 5. USA (17.2) 6. Russia 2 (18.0) 7. Russia 3 (35.0) 8. Russia 4 (42.1) 9. Israel (49.5) 10. Bulgaria (59.4) Sep-21-10    SetNoEscapeOn: Don't forget other- chessgames didn't separate out Ukraine on chessbookie! Sep-21-10    amadeus: Ooops... thanks for the tip, <SetNoEscapeOn>. Chessbookie's Odds (revised): 1. Russia (3.0) 2. OTHER [UKR et al] (6.1) 3. Armenia (9.2) 4. Azerbaijan (10.4) 5. China (12.4) 6. USA (17.2) 7. Russia 2 (18.0) 8. Russia 3 (35.0) 9. Russia 4 (42.1) 10. Israel (49.5) Sep-22-10    Billy Vaughan: 1. Armenia 2. Ukraine 3. USA 4. Russia 1 5. Azerbaijan 6. France 7. Russia 2 8. Russia 3 9. Hungary 10. Vietnam Sep-22-10    Beholder: Top10 prediction: 1. Russia 1 2. Ukraine 3. Russia 2 4. Azerbaijan 5. China 6. Armenia 7. Israel 8. USA 9. France 10. Hungary Sep-22-10    keypusher: I am very late doing this, but thank you for all your marvellous match-collections. What a lot of work they must have been! But what a lot of pleasure they give. Sep-23-10    amadeus: Thanks! 'twas my pleasure :) Sep-23-10    amadeus: History [Past 18 years] Country (MP% - pts%): 1.RUS (82.1% - 66.5%) 2.UKR (75.7% - 61.7%) 3.ARM (73.0% - 62.5%) 4.USA (72.3% - 61.2%) 5.ISR (72.1% - 60.6%) 6.HUN (70.8% - 60.5%) 7.ENG (69.5% - 59.1%) 8.GEO (69.2% - 59.9%) 9.GER (69.1% - 59.6%) 10.CHN (68.3% - 59.8%) 11.BUL (67.4% - 59.5%) Sep-24-10    amadeus: Live Standings after 4 rounds 8 - Billy Vaughan 7 - <Rating> 5 - AuN1, Beholder, Robin01, Tal rules 4 - wordfunph, <Chessbookie>, <History> Coubertin Medal :) 3 - amadeus, radicalcation, SetNoEscapeOn Sep-24-10    wordfunph: <amadeus> thanks for the round update.. Sep-25-10    amadeus: Oh, it's no trouble. As long as tiebreakers allow it, I'll keep doing the updates every round. God bless Excel :) Sep-25-10    amadeus: Live Standings after 5 rounds 13 - Tal rules 8 - <Chessbookie> 7 - AuN1, Beholder, Billy Vaughan, Robin01, <History>, <Rating> 6 - wordfunph Coubertin Medal: 5 - amadeus, radicalcation, SetNoEscapeOn Sep-25-10    wordfunph: <Tal rules> rules! :) Sep-27-10    amadeus: Fortuna rota volvitur. Live Standings after 6 rounds: 11 - Billy Vaughan, Robin01 9 - Tal rules 8 - AuN1, wordfunph 7 - amadeus, Beholder, SetNoEscapeOn, <Rating> 6 - <Chessbookie>, <History> 5 - radicalcation Sep-28-10    amadeus: Fortuna rota volvitur indeed. Live Standings after 7 rounds: 11 - Beholder, SetNoEscapeOn 9 - radicalcation, wordfunph 8 - amadeus, <Chessbookie> 7 - Robin01, Tal rules, <History>, <Rating> 6 - AuN1, Billy Vaughan Sep-29-10    amadeus: Live Standings after 8 rounds: 14 - <Rating> 12 - Beholder 10 - SetNoEscapeOn 9 - wordfunph 8 - amadeus, radicalcation, <Chessbookie> 7 - Billy Vaughan, Robin01, Tal rules, <History> 6 - AuN1 Sep-29-10    wordfunph: the late Arpad Elo may be smiling now.. :) Sep-30-10    amadeus: A bad day for Elo. And an even worse day for Billy Vaughan. Chessbookie strikes back! Live Standings after 9 rounds : 10 - SetNoEscapeOn, <Chessbookie> 9 - amadeus, Beholder 8 - radicalcation 7 - <History> 6 - AuN1, Robin01, Tal rules, wordfunph, <Rating> Coubertin Medal: 5 - Billy Vaughan Oct-01-10    amadeus: Live Standings after 10 rounds: 12 - SetNoEscapeOn 11 - <Rating> 10 - Beholder, radicalcation 8 - <History> 7 - Robin01, Tal rules 6 - amadeus, AuN1, Billy Vaughan, wordfunph, <Chessbookie> Oct-01-10    wordfunph: hmmmm...last round coming up on Sunday. great thanks <amadeus>! Oct-03-10    wordfunph: <amadeus> last round is over, update please? thanks.. Oct-03-10    amadeus: And the winners are: Beholder, SetNoEscapeOn - 11 Tal rules -10 9 - radicalcation 8 - Robin01 7 - amadeus, AuN1, Billy Vaughan, wordfunph = [Coubertin Medal] Honorary Contestats: Rating - 12 Chessbookie - 9 History - 7 Congratulations to Ukraine and to GM Ivanchuk, and thanks all for your participation. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 5) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 4 OF 5 ·  Later Kibitzing>		Bobby Fischer Tribute Shirt

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