iron maiden Member since Feb-05-04 · Last seen Nov-21-09 From Maryland, USA. I've been playing chess casually for many years, but after reading Seirawan's Play Winning Chess and Winning Chess Strategies, I began to take it seriously. Back in the 1990's I followed Kasparov in both his matches against Deep Blue, and his championship bout against Kramnik in 2000. But I didn't become a regular observer of top-level international chess until the Man-Machine World Chess Championship (2003), shortly before I found this site. I used to have a list of favorite players here, but I gradually discovered that I enjoy original and quality chess no matter what player it comes from. So the list of those whose games I enjoy now encompasses pretty much all the top players. I like Anand and Leko, but Kramnik, Topalov, Morozevich, Adams, Shirov, Kamsky, Grischuk, Ponomariov, Svidler, Aronian, Ivanchuk, Gelfand, Radjabov, Navara, Bacrot, Mamedyarov, and Judit Polgar all continue to impress me whenever they play as well. I also enjoy following the budding careers of the next generation of players, in particular those of Sergey Karjakin and Hikaru Nakamura. Some of my other favorites of the past and present include Emanuel Lasker, Siegbert Tarrasch, Harry Pillsbury, Jose Capablanca, Reuben Fine, Mikhail Tal, Robert Fischer, Viktor Korchnoi, Garry Kasparov, Jan Timman, Viorel Bologan, Vadim Zvjaginsev, and Alexander Onischuk. Right now, with my schoolwork, I don't have a whole lot of time for correspondence or standard time control games, but I do occasionally play online blitz when I have a half-hour or so free. I'd be more than happy to play against any of you--just contact me here, or send an e-mail to sommerswerd617yahoo.com, and we'll make it happen. That's about it about me. You can use my chessforum to discuss anything you desire--heavy metal, chess history, world championship politics--so long as you stay civil. And I am a bio-admin, so if anyone has any biographical information for one of the players in this database, you can post it here and I'll upload it to that player's page. Up the irons!

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Jul-14-09 iron maiden chessforum   iron maiden: <just a kid> Yep, sure does. Sorry for the (very) delayed reply; I'm just coming back from a long hiatus.      Feb-19-09 YouRang chessforum    iron maiden: Round 2: Radjabov - Ivanchuk 1/2 Grischuk - Yue 1/2 Carlsen - Dominguez 1-0 Anand - Aronian 1/2      Feb-10-09 Gata Kamsky    iron maiden: No, it's just that the player who draws black in games 2 and 4 will also play black in games 5 and 7. This system has been used in the last two championship matches, Elista and Bonn (in the former it actually led to Kramnik playing three blacks in a row around the forfeited game      Feb-04-09 lostemperor chessforum    iron maiden: 1. Carlsen 2. Anand 3. Aronian 4. Radjabov 5. Dominguez 6. Grischuk 7. Wang Yue 8. Ivanchuk      Jan-21-09 Vassily Ivanchuk    iron maiden: http://coruschess.com/article.php?s...      Jan-16-09 Kibitzer's Café    iron maiden: Just one more reminder to everybody that the polls are about to close for voting on my Game Collection: 2008's Greatest Chess Games . Anyone who hasn't yet participated is invited to drop by my chessforum and do so. Polls close at midnight U.S. Eastern time (about 2 hours from ...      Jan-13-09 Corus (2009)    iron maiden: <Which is the longest streak of winning Wijk an Zee in consecutive years?> Kasparov won three clear first places in a row from 1999-2001. The official site has an archive of past results at http://www.coruschess.com/tournamen... .      Nov-15-08 Olympiad (2008)    iron maiden: The relay on the site is showing Kobese-Nakamura 1-0, which doesn't seem right given the board position.      Nov-06-08 Viswanathan Anand    iron maiden: <nimh> For racing drivers I actually think Topalov/Alonso is a more appropriate comparison: both set the world on fire in 2005 and established themselves as the natural heir to Kasparov/Schumacher, but then tarnished their reputations by responding poorly when they faced ...      Oct-29-08 Anand vs Kramnik, 2008    iron maiden: Good for Anand, and good for the World Chess Championship. There would probably have been a lot of footnotes attached to the Mexico City World Championship tournament had Anand never won the title in a match. And what better way to sign off on the unfinished business from his ...

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 13 OF 13 ·  Later Kibitzing > Jan-08-09    WhiteRook48: my 2nd favorite 2008 game is Karpov vs Ponomariov, 2008 Jan-09-09    iron maiden: <rogge>, <arsen387>, <ganstaman>, <suenteus po 147>, <WhiteRook48>, I've counted your votes. Thanks all! Jan-09-09    WhiteRook48: It takes me quite a while to find games from 2008, but Game 3: Short vs I Cheparinov, 2008 Short's opponent refused to shake hands. Jan-10-09    moronovich: What first came to mind is Kramnik-Carlsen.(0-1). Jan-11-09    Chnebelgrind: <iron maiden> thanks for your commitement. The different bildups always prod to fantastic games I didn't notice before. Anybody looking for games? See Game Collection: AdrianP's Bookmarked Games (2008) Jan-11-09    WhiteRook48: Game 4: Bacrot vs E Inarkiev, 2008 Bacrot blundering the queen is just weird. Jan-12-09    Eyal: My top 10 for 2008: 1. Kramnik vs Anand, 2008 (game 3) 2. Kramnik vs Anand, 2008 (game 5) 3. Topalov vs Kramnik, 2008 (Corus) 4. Kramnik vs Anand, 2008 (game 10) 5. Anand vs Aronian, 2008 (Linares) 6. G Sargissian vs Grischuk, 2008 (Olympiad) 7. Akopian vs M Vachier Lagrave, 2008 (Olympiad) 8. Leko vs Carlsen, 2008 (Linares) 9. Kramnik vs Carlsen, 2008 (Corus) 10. Kramnik vs Aronian, 2008 (Corus) Jan-12-09    Ragh: Best games of 2008: 1. Kramnik vs Anand, 2008 2. Kramnik vs Anand, 2008 3. Anand vs Kramnik, 2008 Jan-13-09    iron maiden: Okay <WhiteRook48>, <moronovich>, <Eyal>, <Ragh>, I have all of your votes. Thanks! Jan-13-09    WhiteRook48: Game 5: K Beddar vs N Arosemena, 2008 Everybody likes Queen Sacs! Jan-14-09    WhiteRook48: Game 6: F Steil Antoni vs S Sigurjonsson, 2008. Exciting game! Jan-15-09    iron maiden: Took me a while to put my own list together, but here's my top 10: 1. Kramnik vs Anand, 2008 2. G Sargissian vs Grischuk, 2008 3. V Zvjaginsev vs S Slugin, 2008 4. Ivanchuk vs Karjakin, 2008 5. Radjabov vs Bu Xiangzhi, 2008 6. Shirov vs Topalov, 2008 7. F Caruana vs Vallejo-Pons, 2008 8. Nisipeanu vs Carlsen, 2008 9. Kramnik vs Van Wely, 2008 10. Kramnik vs Anand, 2008 Jan-15-09    amadeus: Best of 2008: 1. Kramnik vs Anand, 2008 (Game 3) 2. Topalov vs Ivanchuk, 2008 (Pearl Spring) 3. Kramnik vs Anand, 2008 (Game 5) 4. G Sargissian vs Grischuk, 2008 (Dresden) 5. Topalov vs Kramnik, 2008 (Corus) 6. Carlsen vs Radjabov, 2008 (Bilbao) 7. V Zvjaginsev vs S Slugin, 2008 (Moscow) 8. Akopian vs M Vachier Lagrave, 2008 (Dresden) 9. Carlsen vs Aronian, 2008 (Bilbao) 10. Ivanchuk vs Karjakin, 2008 (Amber) Jan-15-09    iron maiden: <amadeus> Okay, I counted your votes. Thanks for participating! Jan-16-09    dumbgai: Here's my list (I hope it isn't too late): 1. Topalov vs Kramnik, 2008 2. Kramnik vs Anand, 2008 3. G Sargissian vs Grischuk, 2008 4. Morozevich vs Ponomariov, 2008 5. Carlsen vs Radjabov, 2008 6. Ni Hua vs M Leon Hoyos, 2008 7. Karjakin vs Bu Xiangzhi, 2008 8. Kramnik vs Carlsen, 2008 9. Aronian vs A Volokitin, 2008 10. Kramnik vs Van Wely, 2008 Jan-16-09    rogge: A late entry (suitable before Corus rd 1): 7. Carlsen vs Radjabov, 2008 Jan-16-09    WhiteRook48: Game 7: P Rout vs C Camacho, 2008 Black got Routed. Why isn't this a game of the day yet? Jan-16-09    iron maiden: <dumbgai> <rogge> <WhiteRook48> Okay, I have your votes tallied. The deadline is midnight tonight, so anyone who hasn't finished voting yet has two more hours to post. Jan-17-09    iron maiden: Well, after nearly two weeks of voting, the polls are now closed. Having squeaked into the lead with just hours left to go in last night's voting, the winner of the 2008 Game of the Year title is.... Kramnik vs Anand, 2008 ! With 74 points it finished just two ahead of the second-placed tie of Topalov vs Kramnik, 2008 and Kramnik vs Anand, 2008 (game 5), in the closest three-way race in the history of this voting. Sometime later this evening I'll put together these and the remainder of the top 10 games for the collection. Jan-17-09    dumbgai: Run...to...the...hills... Run for your li-i-ives! Jan-17-09    dumbgai: ...lyrics that characterize our Game of the Year quite well, I think. Poor Kramnik, he was the loser in all three games. Jan-18-09    iron maiden: Okay, it's finally done now. This year's results were interesting in that we ended up with a tie for tenth place -- or, more accurately, four games tied for eighth place with 15 points apiece. The four games were Karjakin vs Radjabov, 2008, Radjabov vs Bu Xiangzhi, 2008, Carlsen vs Radjabov, 2008, and Anand vs Aronian, 2008. As per voting rules, this tie will not be broken, and these four games are all included, which means that for the first time in voting history, the collection has eleven games. Honorable mention goes out to F Caruana vs Vallejo-Pons, 2008, which missed that eighth-place tie by a single point. Mar-18-09    just a kid: Does this count for Power to the Pawns!Zukertort vs Oppler, 1862 Jun-04-09    SirChrislov: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwB9... and it makes me wanna cry...and throw my hands up to the sky!! Jul-14-09    iron maiden: <just a kid> Yep, sure does. Sorry for the (very) delayed reply; I'm just coming back from a long hiatus. Jump directly to page #    (enter number from 1 to 13) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 13 OF 13 ·  Later Kibitzing >		A free online game for all chessgames members!

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