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Dec-05-06
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| RonB52734: <stellar king> and <plang>: GM Shabalov is indeed living in Pittsburgh and is active in the chess community here. He will be giving periodic lectures and simuls at his store/club, the House of Chess. We also hope he will give something like 3 lectures and simuls in 2007 at the Pittsburgh Chess Club. Plus, he has historically given 1 simul per year for the University of Pittsburgh Chess Club. If you want any more specific information, leave a note in my chessforum and I'll get you the answers. |
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| Apr-18-07 |
| cn1ght: I've been going to house of chess a few times, he does an good job of going over games, listening to comments, and a few of us come up with better moves then he saw actually...
I'd highly recomend it and even more because it's free to watch and listen! |
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Apr-26-07
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| refutor: <spassky69> that's not the US Championship, it's the US Open, so it would be the same as an American winning the Aeroflot Open or something <chessgames.com> in the bio it says he emigrated to the States as a child. I don't believe this is true. I believe he was a Latvian citizen until 1992, when he came to America |
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May-18-07
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| RonB52734: <refutor> I think you're right. I'm the one who wrote that bio and now I don't remember why I thought this. He may have said to me that he "came here" as a child with his family and I interpreted that to mean "permanently." I'll track it down, although not, obviously, in the next few days. |
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May-20-07
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| WannaBe: If he wins the US Championship, we can have 'Road to Shabalov' as pun!! Heck, even if he doesn't win, it's a good pun. |
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May-23-07
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| Wild Bill: Congratulations to Alex Shabalov, the new US Champ. |
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May-23-07
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| malthrope: I remember your chess games when you first came to the USA as a young man... I thought to myself, "This guy is really good!" Well, you're still (insert the *asterisk* word here) good and Congrats on winning the US Chess Championship in 2007! ;-) Best Always, - Mal |
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May-23-07
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| RonB52734: To the bio elves: The bio will have to be updated! |
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May-23-07
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| iron maiden: It's updated now. Congratulations to the U.S. Champion! |
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| May-24-07 |
| Kleve: Congratulations to the new champ! As an Ohio native, a visit to his House of Chess is definitely in order. Power to the fearless attacking players! |
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| May-24-07 |
| IMDONE4: Congratz Shaba on your fourth victory in the American CHampionship! I enjoy your reckless, innovative attacking style. The world should take Shabalov on next after Shulman, which would be bound to be an interesting game. |
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May-24-07
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| RonB52734: <IMDONE4> Capital idea! |
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Jun-10-07
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| PhilFeeley: The U.S. Championship must have tired him out. Irina Krush just beat him today in Las Vegas in 25 moves! |
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Jun-10-07
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| Knight13: <PhilFeeley: The U.S. Championship must have tired him out. Irina Krush just beat him today in Las Vegas in 25 moves!> Irina must be very happy. |
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Jun-12-07
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| RonB52734: Pittsburgh City Council today made today, June 12, 2007 "Alexander Shabalov Day" in the City of Pittsburgh. A fitting honor in the City of Champions. |
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Jun-12-07
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| PhilFeeley: <Knight13: Irina must be very happy.>
Yes. Here is the game. I'm not sure what the threat is at the end. Perhaps someone else can suggest? [Event "Las Vegas International"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2007.06.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "2488"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackELO "2671"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[Source "MonRoi"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.g3 Qa5 12.exf6 b4 13.Ne4 Ba6 14.Qf3 Rd8 15.Be2 Nb6 16.Nc5 Rd5 17.Nxa6 Qxa6 18.Be3 b3 19.O-O bxa2 20.b3 Kd7 21.bxc4 Rf5 22.Qe4 Qa4 23.Rfc1 Ra5 24.Bd1 Qa3 25.Bf3 1-0 |
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| Jun-12-07 |
| nescio: <PhilFeeley> Good game by Krush. In the final position she threatens 26.Qxc6+. E.g. 25...Qa4 26.Rxa2 Qxa2 27.Qxc6+ Kd8 28.Bf4 and the black king won't survive. |
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Jun-14-07
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| Open Defence: i thought he was a young dude... hehehe the fantasy is ruined... |
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Aug-13-07
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| laskersteinitz: This guy just won the Continental Open, and is playing this week at the New England Masters. I think he's on his way up now. |
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Aug-13-07
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| chancho: I doubt he'll ever become an elite player. (he'll be 40 next month) |
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Aug-16-07
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| RonB52734: <chancho: I doubt he'll ever become an elite player. (he'll be 40 next month)> He is establishing himself as a player to be reckoned with in the US, and as the National Champion he'll play in some part or other of the WCC program. I know the competition at that level is incredible, and you have to go back a ways to find a US player who can hold his own in that kind of competition. I don't know if it will be Alex who will take US chess to the next level or maybe somebody younger, but we sure have reason to be excited here, and especially in Pittsburgh (Alex's town) about chess. And from where I sit, that's what it's all about. One interesting point is whether Alex's recent venture into giving chess lessons and lectures has improved his play? Given the coincidence of his starting to lecture and his recent string of tournament successes, one could at least make the argument, no? |
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Sep-27-07
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| iron maiden: Shabalov, Nakamura, Izoria, Sadvakasov, Charbonneau and a few other GM's currently taking part in the Miami Open that lasts until the end of this weekend. http://www.themiamichessopen.com/in... |
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| Feb-15-08 |
| cn1ght: Shabalov made a comment after one of his tournaments that he felt that his giving lessons at house of chess has increased his playing skill RonB52734, of course that was last year and I have not gotten around to going to house of chess since last year so I'm not sure if his opinion has changed, although I rather doubt it.
Also chancho is probably correct in saying he'll not be great, although he's a gm for crying out loud, but I cannot see him achieving greatness. In fact he himself had made a comment once that he shied away from that path because at a tournament he was sharing a room with another person, the other guy woke up and sat in front of his computer, shabalov went out for the day and did other stuff, came back 8 hours later and the guy was still looking at almost the same position and shabalov realized that he does not want that situation for himself, I can't blame him. |
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Jun-01-08
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| Peligroso Patzer: I suggest that CG.com add to their database the following game (presumably played at the World Open), which appears in Starting Out: Slav and Semi-Slav by Glenn Flear (Everyman 2005) at pages 128-129: V. Mikhalevsky vs. A. Shabalov (Philadelphia 2003) 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.exf6 Bb7 12.g3 Qc7 13.Bg2 c5 14.0–0 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Qb7+ 16.f3 0–0–0 17.a4 Nb6 18.axb5 cxd4 19.Ne4 Bh6 20.Bxh6 Rxh6 21.Qd2 Rh5 22.Qb4 Kb8 23.Nc5 Qd5 24.Qa5 Qxc5 25.Qxa7+ Kc8 26.Ra6 Qe5 27.Qxb6 Qe2+ 28.Rf2 Rxh2+ 29.Kxh2 Qxf2+ 30.Kh3 Rh8+ 31.Kg4 Rg8+ 0–1 |
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| Aug-09-08 |
| Albertan: GM Shabalov finished in second place in the third annual Edmonton International Chess Festival, which will took place between July 31st and August 4th, 2008 at the Edmonton Chess Club, in Edmonton,Alberta, Canada. Sporting a big cast on one of his arms,GM Shabalov was upset in round 2 by FM Raja Panjwani,and then lost a critical 6th round game to eventual tournament winner GM Moiseenko of the Ukraine This game can be viewed at http://www.ecf2008.com/games/round-6 .However, Shabalov finished the event strongly with wins over IM Leonid Gerzhoy,and GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly. Had Shabalov won his last round game against Canadian GM Mark Bluvshtein, the tournament winner would have had to have been arrived at using tiebreaks between Shabalov and GM Alexander Moiseenko. The final-round game between Shabalov and Bluvshtein can be played through at http://www.ecf2008.com/games/round-9 |
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