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Aug-20-07
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| chesstoplay: Alex had a 2754 USCF Rating after the 30TH World Open in Philadelphia,PA USA that ended 2002-07-07. What really strikes me about his play is... absolutely nothing ever seems to bother him. He is clearly a 2700+ player and still on the rise.
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Aug-20-07
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| dx9293: <chesstoplay> Being 2754 USCF certainly does not necessarily equate to 2700 Elo. USCF ratings don't mean much at this level. In fact, I judge the strength of players 2400 and up by their Elo ratings and pay no attention to their USCF ratings. I don't think Onischuk will quite make 2700 (he will be 32 already next week), but he very well might. Again, he has to stay away from the opens and prepare hard for the round robins that he gets invited to. |
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Nov-27-07
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| dx9293: I'm impressed. I know Nikolic blundered, but it seems Onischuk will make Round 3 (of course Game 2 is tomorrow still). Maybe he will make 2700 Elo. He has been playing 2700 this year and with as hard as he obviously prepares, I guess he WILL make it. With a rating of 2703, Wang Yue is currently #22 in the World. Is Alexander Onischuk one of the 25 best players in the world? Right now at least, I think he is. |
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| Nov-27-07 |
| pawnofdoom: <dx9293> Onischuk might be good, but he's getting older. There are all these youngsters that are passing him. Wang Yue and Bu are only about 20 years old. Wang Hao, also one of the chinese young people is improving rapidly. Sergey Karjakin has earned enough rating points to get into the 2700s (as long as he doesn't spoil it now). It will be pretty hard for Onischuk to get into the top 25. |
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Nov-27-07
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| dx9293: <pawnofdoom> Well, he's 36th-38th now. It's not impossible. Hell, Alex Yermolinsky reached 20th in the World in 1997 (and his Elo rating was 2660!!! Just goes to show you inflation in 10 years) and he wasn't playing quite as strong as Onischuk is now. I'm not saying Onischuk will STAY 2700, but I think he can at least hit the number. Guys like Kasimdzhanov, Khalifman, Bologan, and Krasenkow(!) were able to hit it briefly. |
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| Nov-27-07 |
| Jim Bartle: I think there are a lot of guys at Onischuk's general level who are probably hoping to get maybe to the final eight, and who knows, one of them might ride a hot streak farther. |
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Nov-27-07
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| dx9293: <Jim Bartle> In the World Cup you mean? Yeah I think you're right. But to do that, someone is going to have to be unbeatable with the White pieces. Not only that, they will have to steamroll people with White. That's how Khalifman did it in '99. |
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| Nov-29-07 |
| Jim Bartle: Onischuk plays Shirov in the third round, I believe. Though Shirov is clearly the favorite (and my favorite player), he looks ripe for an upset. Shirov has been fortunate so far, and is a high-risk type player, so over a couple of games Onischuk might come out on top. |
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Nov-29-07
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| dx9293: Agreed. Shirov is not the right kind of player for this event, though he did make the final in 2000, so I guess he can do it. Shirov was one of the four best players in the world at the end of the 1990s, but he has never seemed to recover from the World Chess Council fiasco and his family problems. Very reminiscent to me of Ponomariov—he has regressed since 2002. |
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Nov-29-07
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| dx9293: Onischuk, for his part, just keeps rolling along and steadily increases his rating. |
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| Dec-01-07 |
| Jim Bartle: Foul! That was a different JB in the post three spots above, not me. |
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Dec-12-07
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| dx9293: I guess my comment above about Shirov not being the right kind of player for the World Cup was right on :-) Oops. |
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| Jul-25-08 |
| Phoenix: Onischuk is having a solid tournament so far in Biel. +1=1 with white, and =3 with black. One point shy of the leaders at the half-way mark. With three whites and 2 blacks in the second half, he is well positioned to make a run for first for the second straight year. Good luck, Alexander! |
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| Jul-26-08 |
| zoren: he had a good run in 2007, somehow hes playing a bit worse in 08. |
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| Jul-28-08 |
| Phoenix: Since my last update, Onischuk has lost two in a row, both with white. :( |
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Nov-25-08
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| whiskeyrebel: Bronze is beautiful baby, good job in Dresden. |
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Dec-23-08
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| Karpova: Alexander Onischuk won the XXI Carlos Torre Repetto "In Memoriam" tournament 2008: http://www.carlostorre.org.mx/inici... |
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| Feb-08-09 |
| nescio: In Moscow Onischuk and Tiviakov decided to a quick draw today which guarantees Onischuk at least shared first place. It's up to Iordachescu, Inarkiev, Nepomniatchi and Korotylev to try to catch him. Games can be followed at http://www.russiachess.org/online/ |
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| Feb-08-09 |
| nescio: The four players mentioned drew each other, so Onischuk wins with 7.5 out of 9, followed by a group of players with 7. Some others currently at 6 may also end up at 7 points. Not all games are finished yet. |
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| Feb-10-09 |
| stanleys: Congratulations to Alexander for winning the Moscow Open! The tournament was pretty strong and interesting - it's a pity that it didn't get the attention of CG or chessbase(well they finally published a report after the tournament was over) |
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| Feb-10-09 |
| jon01: Yeah, I would like to see Moscow Open games in chessgames database. |
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| Jul-03-09 |
| redribbon3700: 2699! Common Onischuk crack the 2700 barrier. |
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Sep-03-09
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| timhortons: hey hes here in montreal now playing at TIM!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! |
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Sep-03-09
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| timhortons: http://cheszpatzerblog.blogspot.com/
Photo taken last 2 days ago.
GM onischuk is playing at TIM, having 3 point after round 6. |
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| Sep-03-09 |
| WhiteRook48: HAPPY BIRTHDAY! |
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