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Sep-25-08
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| percyblakeney: Mig is quite negative in his <Kosteniuk_wins_yawn>-article. He calls the title Women’s World Champion an <embarrassment for our sport> and wants the money to be placed in open events instead: <I'm all for affirmative action to encourage women and other extreme minorities in the chess world to play at every level. I just don't think having them play against each other all the time so they stay weaker is the right way to go about it>. Hou and Koneru will maybe play in a women’s World Championship every second year (while mainly participating in events for both sexes), and that is hardly the same thing as playing in women only events <all the time>, as Mig puts it. Looking through the games of the event I think Kosteniuk played very well, she could have scored an even better result if she hadn’t settled for draws in some games where she didn’t need to win. Maybe it was the best performance ever in her career. Possibly with exception for the plus score in Aeroflot Open 2006, where she drew among others Wang Yue, Bu Xiangzhi, Motylev, Khalifman, Korotylev, and won against Kazhgaleyev and Kempinski. Then her weakest opponent was rated 2596. When Mig writes <I have trouble pretending to care too much about these tournaments and matches between 2500's> it’s worth mentioning that Koneru had a higher rating than for example van Wely and Nepomniachtchi, and Hou Yifan is the by far strongest player in the world born in 1994. It could surely be interesting to follow their games also for Mig. After all he has reported enthusiastically about events where Nakamura has faced opposition rated from the 2100s to the 2400s, as the National Open 2007. So I think Mig at least could respect players like Koneru, Hou, Stefanova, Cramling and Kosteniuk enough not to yawn at their games… http://www.chessninja.com/dailydirt... |
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Sep-25-08
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| Red October: well he gave his daily dirt a whole new meaning |
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| Sep-25-08 |
| Bobsterman3000: <percyblakeney> Thanks for those comments on Mig. Let's just say that he's never struck me as a particularly objective commentator. I don't see why women shouldn't have their own WC, either. Golf has an entirely separate series of tournaments for women, and it attracts sponsors fairly well... |
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| Sep-25-08 |
| shintaro go: http://www.kosteniuk.com/en/downloa... The King and Queen of chess |
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Sep-26-08
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| Woody Wood Pusher: Fischer may be the best chess champion of all time, but Kosteniuk is by far the best looking! |
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| Sep-26-08 |
| TheTamale: <Woody Wood Pusher: Fischer may be the best chess champion of all time, but Kosteniuk is by far the best looking!> Good God! I just spent 15 minutes perusing the photos on her web site, and I'm seeing crosseyed. Maybe this is an inappropriate comment, but she's not just beautiful, she's smoking hot. Me-youch! |
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| Sep-26-08 |
| frogbert: <After all he has reported enthusiastically about events where Nakamura has faced opposition rated from the 2100s to the 2400s, as the National Open 2007.> mig's american. nakamura is american. i don't think you need to dig deeper than that. and at least it's called "the national open" in this case, not "world series" or similar clever names used for national leagues over there. :o) |
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Oct-09-08
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| A.G. Argent: If you ask me, it's unfortunate that Ms. Kosteniuk has played only one of the Polgar sisters so far and that was only one game against Zsuzsa which ended in a draw at the '04 women's Olympiad. I realise the Three Sisters ain't playing that much lately and therefore there's little chance of any one of them meeting her in a tournament but surely there would have to be gathering interest in Alexandra playing an exhibition match or some such, versus either of the sisters, what with each of their richly deserved places in chess and Ms. K's status as newly crowned Women's champ and her over-all rising star. I mean, the kid's on a roll. And if Zsuzsa and she are now ranked bang-bang, one and two respectively in the US, why not a little tussle between them? Women's chess could defintely stand the attention or is it perfectly preposterous to even suggest such a thing? But it would be a pretty glamorous pairing though, eh? |
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Oct-25-08
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| gambitfan: One of my favourite players ! |
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| Nov-13-08 |
| JYMMI: Looking pretty: http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Q0lTtPVTG40/S... |
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Nov-18-08
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| HeMateMe: Isn't she in one of those straight-to-video graduate school type films, by a russian film maker? Done a couple of years ago? I know she isn't Meryl Streep, but it would be fun to see her in a movie, just out of curiosity. Maybe Karpov could play her father, in a turbulent father-daughter relationship, as Moro and Grischuk vie for her hand? |
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| Nov-18-08 |
| DCP23: <timhortons: is she married to a grandmaster?> No. Her husband is not a chessplayer and doesn't have a rating. |
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Jan-11-09
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| chancho: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/bro... |
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Jan-11-09
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| Wild Bill: <Tim Hortons>
Diego Garces (Mr. Kosteniuk) is not a grandmaster, but he plays chess. It seems the couple met over the board when Sasha was 16 years old: Kosteniuk vs Diego Garces, 2000 |
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| Jan-11-09 |
| Granny O Doul: I think Mark was a bit harsh there. I think Black is definitely chess-player strength. |
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Jan-11-09
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| BishopofBlunder: <Jim Bartle: "The best women's chess player in the world flipped a dirty diaper into the trash as she pondered her next move after a dominating year." (Miami Herald) I'd say "best women's chess player" is dubious at best.> Well, she is the current world champion. Granted, the best woman chess player in the world is undoubtedly Judit Polgar, but she doesn't play in women events. So I don't think calling the current woman's World Champion the "best woman chess player" is that much of a stretch. |
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| Jan-11-09 |
| Jim Bartle: Semantics, I guess. |
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Feb-25-09
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| sergeidave: It would be amazingly interesting to see Alexandra play in men's tournaments, like Judit and Yifan.
Please do so, Alexandra!! Is there any remote posibility?? |
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Mar-22-09
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| Travis Bickle: This was The Mainz Rapid tournament from 2008 and Alexndra played a male GM here with an elo over 100 points better than hers and she won. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Mwz... |
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Mar-22-09
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| percyblakeney: <It would be amazingly interesting to see Alexandra play in men's tournaments, like Judit and Yifan> She has played quite a bit in open tournaments, apart from rapid events like Cap d'Agde (2008) and Ordix Open (2005 and 2008) there's Corus B 2003 and 2005, Aeroflot Open 2002 and 2006, Lausanne Young Masters 2001 and 2003, Russian Championships, US Open and a match against Karjakin in 2003. Her best result in these events must be Aeroflot Open 2006, where she finished with a plus score after draws against Wang Yue, Motylev, Khalifman and Bu Xiangzhi. Lately she became a mother and has played a bit less, even if she did win the Women's World Championship last year. |
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| Mar-22-09 |
| DCP23: <Travis Bickle> Thanks for the link, didn't see this video before. |
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| Apr-23-09 |
| WhiteRook48: Happy Birthday!!
(I didn't know Kosteniuk shared a birthday with Anthony Miles) |
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| Apr-23-09 |
| SamAtoms1980: Happy birthday Alexandra, you're a pretty, sweet woman. |
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| Apr-23-09 |
| Raisin Death Ray: 25! Make a wish! |
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Apr-24-09
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| Skepticus: A day later, but Happy Birthday, pretty and smart woman! |
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