Nov-20-09 World Cup (2009) 
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swordfish: <Drew Smith: First round match ups that intrigue me include: Sargissian Vs Li Chao
Naiditch Vs Yifan Hou
So Vs Guseinov
Caruana Vs Bruzon
Keep an eye on Le Quang Liem too. Plays very exciting chess and is much better than his rating suggests. Could be very dangerous.
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| | Nov-20-09 Le Quang Liem
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swordfish: Now he plays Tkachiev in the World Cup. Slight underdog, but it'd be great to see Le Quant Liem advance.
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| | Nov-17-09 V Gashimov vs Karpov, 2009
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swordfish: Why is this game categorized as a Blackmar-Diemar Gambit? Isn't it just a mainline Classical Caro-Kann?
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| | Oct-30-09 17th European Team Championship (2009)
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swordfish: Cok tebrikler, Azerbaijan! Clutch victory by Gashimov in that r & p ending. Spain's draw with Russia helped too. Well-earned win in a very tough tournament. Looking forward to the world teams in January--that may be even more interesting!
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| | Oct-28-09 A Kuebler vs Larsen, 1984
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swordfish: Whoever would play rubbish like this against the likes of Larsen should get thrashed, as Kuebler did here.
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| | Oct-27-09 Bacrot vs Aronian, 2009
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swordfish: Yes brilliant game by Bacrot, beating one of the top (if not the very best) tournament player in chess today. The Frenchman must have studied Aronian's recent destruction of Grischuk in a similar variation.
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| | Oct-19-09 M Parligras vs Svidler, 2009
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swordfish: It takes some guts to play the Smith-Morra against the likes of Svidler. Guess Peter wasn't in a particularly fighting mood.
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| | Oct-16-09 13th Unive Tournament (2009)
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swordfish: Nijboer and Jesse Kraai both won today. Friedel drew a little-known Dutch player
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| | Oct-08-09 I Krush vs A Zatonskih, 2009
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swordfish: Getting the rook trapped that way is surprising for a player of Krush's caliber.
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| | Oct-02-09 Pearl Spring Chess Tournament (2009)
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swordfish: <Phoenix: I've never seen a more bizzare crosstable in an elite tournament:
TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
Pearl Spring Chess Tournament
Magnus Carlsen --4.5/5 (+4 -0 =1) [view games]
Wang Yue -------2.5/5 (+0 -0 =5) [view games]
Peter Leko ------2/5 (+0 -1 =4) [view games]
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