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Oct-08-07
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| Resignation Trap: So, did Boris reveal what was in that black bottle in Mexico? Was it Isostar? See: http://www.chessbase.de/2005/gotenb... . |
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Oct-31-07
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| Karpova: Interview with Gelfand:
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... |
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| Nov-01-07 |
| hitman84: <Did you believe at any time during the tournament that you could win the Championship? Gelfand: During the tournament I was concentrated solely on my games and was not thinking at all about my chances. It is a very strong tournament and I had to ensure that I’d have maximum concentration in every game and leave aside all the thoughts which could distract me.> Interesting, I wonder how many top players take this kinda approach. |
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Nov-01-07
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| RookFile: Well, it makes sense. If you don't win your games, it really doesn't matter what anybody else is doing. You can only control the game in front of you. |
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| Nov-01-07 |
| hitman84: Yes makes sense especially since he had a lapse of concentration in the first round. Does age have something to do with it ? |
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| Nov-01-07 |
| tud: Age in chess. Korchnoi, Botvinnnik beating Tal, Alekhine beating Keres, Anand, Gelfand, Ivanchuk. It is more of a psychological advantage till in the 60s with good health and preparation. |
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Nov-01-07
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| Karpova: <hitman84: Yes makes sense especially since he had a lapse of concentration in the first round. Does age have something to do with it ?> He was talking about a lapse of concentration during <one> game. Of course, this can happen to everybody regardless of one's age. The question would make sense if he had had a lapse of concentration in <every> game but fortunately he didn't and played a great tournament. |
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| Nov-02-07 |
| hitman84: <Karpova>Maybe he raised his concentration level after the first game! It takes some time to get accustomed to the tourney atmosphere. I posted this :
<Interesting, I wonder how many top players take this kinda approach.> Then I got a rather generic answer from rookfile. I posted my opinion about that and then asked a more specific question. Get it ? |
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| Nov-02-07 |
| hitman84: <The question would make sense if he had had a lapse of concentration in <every> game but fortunately he didn't and played a great tournament.> Not necessarily. I still think its a very different approach(read my excerpt). He was right behind Anand and any other player in his shoes would have speculated about the chances of winning the tourney. I think its really difficult not to think about the chances of winning when you're that close. His approach seems very mature to me. |
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Nov-02-07
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| Karpova: One possibility to find out if Gelfand adopted this approach later in his life (due to growing wiser) is to compare his play during Mexico 2007 with his play ten and twenty years ago (and in between) together with the reports on the events and his interviews. |
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| Nov-03-07 |
| hitman84: Well yes thanks for the suggestion. What I expected was an answer or even an opinion. I found two interviews on youtube...
Thankfully he has a pretty decent accent unlike Morozewich. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bA36...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-10...
He says he'll just go game by game.
To the question about his age he adds that it affects but you have experience to rely on. He seems to be a relaxed guy; He doesn't have that killer instinct instead has a cool and calm approach. |
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| Nov-06-07 |
| pawnofdoom: Too bad Gelfands not playing in the Euro Team Championships right now. Israel's in second without him. I wonder how they would do if Gelfand had been playing |
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| Nov-19-07 |
| zluria: Gelfand is drawing everything in sight at the Tal Memorial |
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| Nov-21-07 |
| metatron2: Gelfand is not playing in the World Chess Cup ??
Anybody has an idea why?? |
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| Nov-21-07 |
| Jim Bartle: (Warning: cheap shot) Because it's hard to draw in blitz? |
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| Nov-21-07 |
| you vs yourself: <Jim Bartle> There's world blitz cup and then there's world cup, qualifier for world championship. I think <metatron2> is asking about the later. Maybe Gelfand, like Leko and Morozevich, is not playing because he doesn't like the special treatment Topalov is getting. By the way, Gelfand is playing in the blitz cup. |
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| Nov-21-07 |
| metatron2: <you vs yourself> you are right about my question. But where did u see that Gelfand and Leko are not playing because of Topalov's treatment? I only saw Moro saying that..
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| Nov-21-07 |
| Jim Bartle: Oops. |
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Jan-21-08
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| spasskey69: Has anyone read his book? |
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| Jan-21-08 |
| sitzkrieg: my best games? |
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Jan-23-08
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| spasskey69: Yes. Is it good? Fred Wilson tells me that it has a great section on fighting the Gruenfeld as White.
Anyway, I've ordered it! |
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Jan-23-08
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| spasskey69: Did Gelfand once study under Petrosian? He would have been pretty young at the time... |
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| Jan-23-08 |
| sitzkrieg: <spasskey69> i don't have it:) but i also heard it is very good, and quite cheap in German version. Only problem for me is that it doesn't include his recent games (not those of this corus tournament by the way;). Gelfand often used a pet line with Tb1 against Grunfeld with great succes, so FW is probably right:) |
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Jan-23-08
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| Resignation Trap: <spasskey69> It is an excellent book! I've had my copy (in English) for over two years, and most of the games in it can be found in my collection: Game Collection: Boris Gelfand: My Most Memorable Games . If you want Gelfand's annotations, you'll have to wait for your copy of the book to arrive. |
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Jan-30-08
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| percyblakeney: Gelfand shared first in Wijk aan Zee back in 1992 (as the highest rated player in the field), but his later starts have seldom been all that successful: 1996: 11th
1998: 6-10th
2002: 7-11th
2006: 5-6th
2008: 12-14th
Also Linares has been a problem after a very good result, in 1990, when he was 2nd after Kasparov. After that it's: 1991: 12th
1992: 5-7th
1993: 13th
1994: 11th
1997: 7-8th
Gelfand has of course had many good results in other tournaments, like winning a couple of Interzonals in the early 1990's and sharing first in Belgrade 1995. Wijk aan Zee and Linares doesn't seem to be his favourite places though. |
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