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| percyblakeney: Moro just won with black against Karjakin and with three rounds to go he is second, but still one point behind the unbeatable Grischuk (+13 -0 =5). |
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Aug-30-09
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| malthrope: <percyblakeney: Moro just won with black against Karjakin and with three rounds to go he is second, but still one point behind the unbeatable Grischuk (+13 -0 =5).> Yeah, I just saw that set of tweets appear! :) Looks like it's Grischuk's Blitz tourney to win and Moro's Blitz event to take.... But, which one? We'll know the answer to that soon enough! ;) |
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Aug-30-09
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| percyblakeney: Grischuk has +14 and Morozevich +13 after 20 games, the last round will decide the winner. |
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Aug-30-09
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| percyblakeney: The last round must have been nervous, both Grischuk and Morozevich lost, so Grischuk once again wins the Moscow blitz. |
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Aug-30-09
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| malthrope: Hehehe... Once again proving the old adage - it ain't over till it's over! ~lol~ ;) |
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| Aug-30-09 |
| DCP23: Oh. Looks like I've missed it all. |
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| Aug-30-09 |
| DCP23: Ok, at least there's something I can add to what was covered by that blog on twitter. There was a sideline blitz tourney among chess journalists/analysts/commentators, with almost as many participants as the main event, and the top three finishers are: 1. GM Sergei Shipov (http://www.crestbook.com/) 2. FM Pavel Dvalishvili 3. GM Andrei Devyatkin (http://chesspro.ru/) |
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| Aug-30-09 |
| DCP23: <percyblakeney: The last round must have been nervous, both Grischuk and Morozevich lost, so Grischuk once again wins the Moscow blitz.> Interestingly, Moro lost with white to Jakovenko. It is actually the first EVER victory for Jako over Moro at ANY time control, not counting the forfeit in the famous 'oversleeping' game ;) |
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| Aug-30-09 |
| DCP23: WFM Valentina Gunina is the new Moscow Women's Blitz Champ. To be fair, though the competition in the women's event was quite strong too, the proud World Champ GM Alexandra Kosteniuk played in the men's event, or otherwise Gunina wouldn't have been at the top. With the level of competition in the men's section however, Kosteniuk got mauled pretty badly. Note that she just returned from USA where she actually won the MEN's Blitz Open, with male GMs. |
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Aug-30-09
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| malthrope: <DCP23: Oh. Looks like I've missed it all.> To which I'll gladly add...
We missed <YOU> more! :D In the end this appear to be the final results (based on 22 competitors playing): ________________________________________
<"Moscow Blitz 2009" // August 30, 2009> <1st // Grischuk // 17-5
2nd-3rd // Morozevich & Karjakin // 16Ѕ-5Ѕ
4th-5th // Malakhov & Kobalia // 14-8
6th-7th // Jakovenko & Savchenko // 13-9
8th-9th // Riazantsev & Amonatov // 12Ѕ-9Ѕ
10th // Dlugy // 11Ѕ-10Ѕ
11th // Korotylev // 11-11
12th-13th // Najer & Zvjagintsev // 10Ѕ-11Ѕ
14th // Dragomaretsky // 10-12
15th // Grachev // 9-13
16th // Vlasov // 8Ѕ-13Ѕ
17th-18th // Kalinichev & Kastaneda // 6-16
19th-21st // Kosteniuk, Vorobiov & Mesropov // 5-17
22nd // Vasiukov // 4-18>
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We owe this 'twitter' a debt of gratitude (124 tweets were made with round-by-round results and real-time updates): <"For you worked the grand master Vladimir [Dobrov]. I desire successes and success!"> I'm guessing this would be GM Vladimir Dobrov <grin> Thanks <DCP23> for all that extra stuff you added! :)) Go GM Shipov! Go Valentina! Go Moro! Go Karjakin! Finally, Congrats to Gris!! :D
- Mal
PS: The Twitter thread (generously supplied by <percyblakeney>) where this info was retrived is: https://twitter.com/chessmoscow#/ch... |
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Aug-30-09
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| malthrope: Whoops! ~lol~
This always happen when my comp is totally fried and Mal starts to worry that I'll lose something! o-O Here are the correct scores from Moscow (I forgot to deduct 1 point from the negative side of the tally to equal 21 points not 22 points). Duh! :P
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<"Moscow Blitz 2009" // August 30, 2009> <1st // Grischuk // 17-4
2nd-3rd // Morozevich & Karjakin // 16Ѕ-4Ѕ
4th-5th // Malakhov & Kobalia // 14-7
6th-7th // Jakovenko & Savchenko // 13-8
8th-9th // Riazantsev & Amonatov // 12Ѕ-8Ѕ
10th // Dlugy // 11Ѕ-9Ѕ
11th // Korotylev // 11-10
12th-13th // Najer & Zvjagintsev // 10Ѕ-10Ѕ
14th // Dragomaretsky // 10-11
15th // Grachev // 9-12
16th // Vlasov // 8Ѕ-12Ѕ
17th-18th // Kalinichev & Kastaneda // 6-15
19th-21st // Kosteniuk, Vorobiov & Mesropov // 5-16
22nd // Vasiukov // 4-17>
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Now all is good again! :D
Don't forget -- Yuri Vasilyev's report to follow shortly in Chesspro on the Moscow Blitz 2009 event! :)) - Mal
PS: Thanks also to <returnoftheking> for spreading the Blitz news around here: Sergey Karjakin ...and here: Alexander Grischuk ~lol~ on his last post! ;) |
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| Aug-31-09 |
| DCP23: <malthrope: <DCP23: Oh. Looks like I've missed it all.>
To which I'll gladly add...
We missed <YOU> more! :D> Thanks <mal>, you're just the nicest poster around here! :D <<"For you worked the grand master Vladimir [Dobrov]. I desire successes and success!">I'm guessing this would be GM Vladimir Dobrov > Yeah, that's him all right, but what follows (<Желаю успехов и удачи!>) is of course <My wishes of success and luck to you! (the readers, that is)> and not what you got from that machine translation ;) See, that's why I'm always wary of those ;) <Thanks <DCP23> for all that extra stuff you added! :))> My pleasure! |
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Oct-31-09
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| talisman: is moro participating in the world cup? |
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Oct-31-09
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| Eyal: <is moro participating in the world cup?> Yes (surprisingly enough...) - you can see the full list of the 128 participants here: http://tournaments.chessdom.com/che... |
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Nov-02-09
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| kellmano: The chess world cup is always a great event. I am glad Moro will be playing. The line up is phenomenal, but it's traditionally over the Christmas period, so I am on holiday. And in general, drunk. |
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| Nov-06-09 |
| KamikazeAttack: Moro could surprise tomorrow by giving his pal Kramnik a good old kicking. Very unpredictable this guy.. |
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| Nov-09-09 |
| cannibal: On the rest day in Moscow, and on a cold autumn day, here's something to cheer <slomarko> up: There now follows the list of participants in the Tal Memorial that don't have a life-time plus score against Morozevich (classical games, extracted from this database, so no final guarantees).
Anyway.
Ready?
All right, here we go:
. . . . . . . . .
Gelfand.
Alright, that's it for today, see you around here the same time tomorrow. |
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| Nov-09-09 |
| moronovich: <cannibal> I dont think <slomarko> needs any enemies as long as he has got friends like you :) |
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| Nov-09-09 |
| KamikazeAttack: Will Moro end his career without winning a major?
That would be sad. Maybe not, I dont think he cares. |
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Nov-11-09
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| Appaz: <siamesedream> posted this link on the Tal Memorial (2009), but this might be a better place. http://interviews.chessdom.com/alex... "You know, I will tell you my own, totally personal point of view. I myself do not miss Topalov here in Moscow, or in any other tournament. Granted, millions of chess fans certainly have different opinion on this matter." |
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| Nov-12-09 |
| szachista: Does anyone know why Morozevich doesn't like Topalov? Maybe it is because of Topalov's behaviour during the famous match in Elista? Some time ago I've read an interview with Moro, who said that his relations with Topalov are not good.
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... |
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| Nov-12-09 |
| KamikazeAttack: <Does anyone know why Morozevich doesn't like Topalov?> During the Elista scandal, Topalov insulted Russsia as a nation, this offended Moro a lot. |
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Nov-12-09
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| tpstar: <szachista> 1) In 2005, after Topalov won San Luis, 64.ru asked Morozevich to nominate three players for the annual Chess Oscar. His reply: "1. Rybka 2. Hydra 3. Danailov." This has been interpreted as a sly accusation about Topalov using computer assistance, but I haven't heard anything else more specific. 2) Before Elista 2006, there was concern from the Russian delegation about cheating precautions (specifically contact between Topalov and Danailov) and a few comments about Topalov's implanted chip, but nothing from Moro himself (AFAIK). 3) Moro refused to shake hands with Topalov after Elista 2006 = Topalov vs Morozevich, 2007 |
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| Nov-12-09 |
| szachista: Thank you, <KamikazeAttack> and <tpstar>. |
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| Nov-12-09 |
| TylerD: Sigh... Once more, and nowadays as expected, M has not been able to do good in a supertournament... Sure, he had a good Linares the other year - and he did rather well in Mexico (the WC-tournament), but in general he fails when faced with a field of top 10 players. I always hope for him to surprise, but I have ceased to believe that it will actually ever happen. This said, it does not really matter, of course:) He has his own important role to play in the chess world:) |
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