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Apr-01-13
 | | moronovich: Due to the foolish tiebraks we see Kramnik in an inferior positon I guess,feeling forced to take great positionally risks. |
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Apr-01-13
 | | achieve: Sosonko!!
I was just going to say that Short is in fact "irreplaceable" - which he is! - but Gennadi Sosonko is an old familiar face to me as a Dutch chess afficionado... Genna and Hans Ree are my 2 fav commentators, often hired too, and Genna's sharpness was noted for years, outstanding tactical brain, but of course he now is ageing, but still very energetic and as far as i know in good health. |
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Apr-01-13
| | achieve: Let me tell you, moro, that I think Carlsen might be in the process of creating a masterpiece, positionally, very subtly, inch by inch, harminizing his forces to let them work together, like a compact well oiled machine.... Just my observation, even though the engines transmit a slight Black advantage. |
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Apr-01-13
| | moronovich: Sosonko !! One of my favourites too.
A true gentleman.
And perhaps with Ree,the best writer.
But especially his relations with practically all the topplayers.
We once played 77//78 ? besides each other in Malmø open.I was very impressed by how relaxed he acted.
His chess occured very pure to me.
Simple and dynamic. |
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Apr-01-13
| | achieve: On the horizon I see possibilities for a Kside attack, almost <begging>, as now the Svidler DSB is also directed towards the Q-side... Something's definitely brewing here, the way I see it... Black's Bishops can become very strong of course, but for the moment they are tucked away. |
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Apr-01-13
| | moronovich: I see the Carlsen game as rather locked for the moment.due to split b/d pawns of Magnus,a very slight plus Svidler.d5 and d4 eguals each other. |
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Apr-01-13
| | achieve: Svidler though has prepared the d6-d5 break and the whole board will open up, including the powerful bishops. It's about timing, and available time, very interesting game... |
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Apr-01-13
| | moronovich: I have a weak spot for Cmilyte :) |
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Apr-01-13
| | moronovich: After g3!? Svidler is looking at one of the screens perhaps.Is he playing for Vlad as well !? |
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Apr-01-13
| | achieve: I suggested possibilities for a Kside attack, and why -- yet you dismissed it as did all the GMs and the lot, and a few moves later Carlsen is all over the Black king following Qc1. Care to explain that one?
<Cmilyte> Similar feelings there, though ;) |
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Apr-01-13
| | moronovich: Perhaps you saw deeper ;) but Peter could have stayed more calm. The heat is almost unbearable now
(after Peters -Bf3) |
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Apr-01-13
| | moronovich: I also saw some of the classic K-side ruy Lopez possibilites,but none which were objectively leading to an advantage. |
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Apr-01-13
| | achieve: <moronovich: Perhaps you saw deeper ;)> No - I leave that to Magnus, execution is crucial, but not seeing the possibilities with 2 Bishops unable to defend against a majority attack seems like a big miss to me. Remember the Kasparov 4-quadrant attack masterclasses -- ??? -- I called it in advance, and was kinda lucky that Carlsen evaluated similarly, this is very hard to defend, though, and Carlsen's time shortage is NOT helping. But these last two sentences have little bearing to my initial point. |
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Apr-01-13
| | moronovich: after -g6,g6 followed and opened a door to Magnus,but Perhaps Peter wanted to complicate |
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Apr-01-13
| | moronovich: after -g6,g6 followed and opened a door to Magnus,but Perhaps Peter wanted to complicate |
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Apr-01-13
| | achieve: And the last thing I talked about of course were akin to the "classic Kside Ruy possibilities" but was evaluating following move # 19. Re1. Maybe commentators tend to focus on more than one game at the same time and start parrotting evals and eachother?? |
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Apr-01-13
| | moronovich: my dear <achieve> before the round I put euros on Svidler, and Svidler and Ivanchuk COMBINED so now I´ll net
around 2000 in pure profit if both underdogs win--so my nerves...!?!? Odds for both loosing are 125.
Please pray for me ! |
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Apr-01-13
| | moronovich: YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS I made it !!! :)
Very Happy and tired. |
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Apr-01-13
| | achieve: CG melt-down??
Could not get a post in - but yeah, Carlsen should have lost 4 games here, yet still managed to come out on top, which tells a lot if not all but the whole story. I like to remember the details, though. For thAt you might want to check out frogbert's latest contribution on the Carlsen site. First class! ;) Take care moro, and thanks for being a host, a very pleasant one at that. Looks like we got our dream WCC match-up now; after that time for perhaps Caruana, Karjakin, Giri?? Brilliant finish. |
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Apr-01-13
| | moronovich: Yeah-kind of meltdown-posted you earlier but suddenly it was gone with the wind. Yup.A hell of a ride and one has to give kudos to Magnus who can not be blamed for the foolish tiebreaksyste.
Perhaps the best tournament I have witnessed with all the drama and ups and downs. So thank you for being with me on this historic ride and it would be a delight to do it all over again,and if not before, then at the autum when a certain indian is on the menu ;) Take care and see you up the road. |
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Apr-01-13
 | | SwitchingQuylthulg: <moronovich> Congratulations! It was pretty close in the end but we managed to make it :-) |
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Apr-02-13
| | moronovich: <Switch>
Thanks.You are right and now I can tell my grandkids that I was once placed side by side with the mighty
Switch ;)
Did you ever consider to stop when you were 60K+ ?..or did you go for something like 6 digits !?
Ironically I was very close to go for
Ivanchuk-Svidler,but was afraid to drop out of top ten...BUT I played it at the real bookies (odds 125) and netted
about 2000 euros in clean profit!,so not a bad gamblingday "at the office",but a nervewrecking one as hell ;).Today I am completely busted ):
I am glad you made it.
See you around. |
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Apr-02-13
| | achieve: THE MOR<O>NING AFTER! Just to get some of the excitement out of my system, a few closing remarks and thoughts. ;) Let's face it, Chess is hard; even Magnus - although he was quite generous in the double extra bonus interview with Trent - admitted that following his absolutely brilliant win with lots of long and precise calculations vs Gelfand(rd 10), he did have to pay the price, energy-wise... That is how much energy must be invested when you are as talented as he is, in order to deliver an almost perfect game, annihilating a world class opponent as if he were a mere amateur. Caissa is a very stern mistress! Her demands can become gruesome at times. Consequently the home stretch was extremely bumpy, and quite by a "Kramnikian" miracle Magnus managed to get over the line without a wheel coming off, but it was darn close, as we saw. A wheel did come off, 2 losses in the last 3 rounds, but Kramnik wasn't exactly fresh as a daisy anymore, to put it mildly. Radja missing a sure win as well as a sure draw; a series of only moves vs Kramnik to save the hide; three bland games vs Aronian and the 2nd Kramnik game; and in fairness his pristine record since October suddenly became an endangered species, potentially dropping 4 games in 14 rounds, three in the home stretch... It all goes to show that this was one of the most memorable tournaments of the last few decades, all players tested to the limit of their ability and energy reserves, and even the runaway record rating leader was struggling to stay at a high level down the homestretch following his rd 10 masterpiece, showing us that he <is> very human after all, and thank goodness for that. What remains to be seen is if it is possible to even gain in strength from here, invest more in preparation? At what price? How much is to gain from it? Personally I feel that Carlsen will mature, will learn how to handle certain situations better, and if he retains his burning ambition, then we may see Carlsen improve even quite a bit, and it will be up to the new generation if they can start catching up, and stay with Magnus in the big tournaments. It seems that Carlsen wins 2-3 out of 4 Tier 1 tournaments he participates in, and one can only predict a possibly reduced schedule due to the defence of World Championship titles that from now on will appear on his menu. Lots of cash at stake, expectations, new levels and types of pressure, and we know how he will respond to that once the time comes, while Carlsen will no doubt be prepared for it as best he can. And he will respond. History compels him to, and Carlsen can't help but respond in kind. Carlsen and Caissa are locked in a unique embrace, or is it a Judo grip? - for quite some time to come. Signing off - CIAO - see you next time. :) |
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Apr-02-13
| | SwitchingQuylthulg: <moronovich: Ironically I was very close to go for
Ivanchuk-Svidler,but was afraid to drop out of top ten...BUT I played it at the real bookies (odds 125) and netted about 2000 euros in clean profit!> Congratulations! I shudder to even think of what would have happened if I'd touched worldbucks during this tournament :) I'd probably have stopped at 66K if not for <Chnebelgrind>, but with him gaining ground fast and badly wanting the top spot it just didn't feel safe up there. And I still think I made the right decision - it just didn't work out this time :-) |
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Apr-02-13
 | | wordfunph: friend moronovich, congratulations!
<The other 7 runner-ups all win a free one-year Chessgames membership and automatically qualify for the 2013/2014 championship.(4) AnimusEtOblivio 21,976
(5) crazybird 19,418
(6) moulicules 18,668
(7) Natalia Pogonina 16,690
(8) Robin01 16,534
(9) SwitchingQuylthulg 16,395
(10) moronovich 16,201> |
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