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Dec-11-09
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| Billy Vaughan: Let's hope Gelfand makes no more "fetal" mistakes ;) |
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| Dec-11-09 |
| Mr. Bojangles: The interesting thing is: in the August edition of 'Chess Today' Boris Gelfand was voted as the sexiest player. |
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Dec-11-09
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| ILikeFruits: you got to be kidding |
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Dec-11-09
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| Billy Vaughan: It's the HAT! |
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| Dec-13-09 |
| abscissa: Let's call it a 2.5-1.5 victory for Gelfy in the rapids tomorrow. |
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| Dec-14-09 |
| ARubinstein: <ILikeFruits: you got to be kidding> How... dare you...
You... forgot your... ellipses... you must... be... distracted... |
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| Dec-14-09 |
| ARubinstein: Bravo Gelfand, a worthy champion!!! |
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Dec-14-09
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| SamAtoms1980: Thank you <Lord> our God,
Our World Cup Champion would hail
From the Hebrew Motherland
of the state of Yisrael
Now Gelfand will play for the world crown
after a final round KO
Will someone with the power
Please update his bio |
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Dec-14-09
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| HeMateMe: < SamAtoms1980: Thank you <Lord> our God, Our World Cup Champion would hail
From the Hebrew Motherland
of the state of Yisrael >
I don't think they even make it to the beginning, group play competition. But, New Zealand and Paraguay are in, of all places. When the USA beats England, in group play, theres gonna be A LOTTA chest thumpin goin on... |
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Dec-14-09
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| Red October: fantastic!! |
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Dec-14-09
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| zanshin: <ARubinstein: You... forgot your... ellipses... you must... be... distracted...> Lol!...
<ILikeFruits>...
is...
in...
shock.
Congrats to Gelfand! |
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Dec-14-09
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| Winter: VIVA BORIS GELFAND!!!
<<World Cup: Winner : Gelfand [cash in ticket] 200 YOU WIN! COLLECT 2114 10:1 10.57 2,114 Dec-15-09>> <<World Cup: Finals: Gelfand vs Ponomariov : Gelfand [cash in ticket] 300 YOU WIN! COLLECT 520 3:4 1.74 520 Dec-10-09>> I still believe in you, man! You've got what it takes to be a Winner! Congratulations!!! |
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| Dec-15-09 |
| stanleys: Congratulations Boris!!! |
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Dec-15-09
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| Billy Vaughan: Go <Gelfand the Grey>! |
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Dec-15-09
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| Eyal: In the second Europe Echecs report from London ("Kramnik is Back!"; http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...) there's a short interview with Kramnik, and when he's told at the end that Gelfand won the World Cup he seems genuinely happy to hear that; apparently he really likes Gelfand. |
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Dec-15-09
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| tamar: <ILikeFruits>
Don't be hattin', don't be hattin'
Gelfand won, Gelfand won! |
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Dec-18-09
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| Domdaniel: <proof is fetal> That is *deep*. |
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Dec-19-09
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| Eyal: There's a rather long interview with Gelfand at http://www.sport-express.ru/newspap.... From what I can gather of the Babel Fish translation, there are some things of interest that he says there, in addition to what's already been regurgitated in the Khanty Mansiysk interviews during the World Cup. - He addresses the question of why he didn't participate in the World Cup of 2007, saying it was because he was still drained from the WC at Mexico and didn't believe he could perform well (people were wondering at the time whether it was a protest against Topalov getting the privilege to play the winner, as in the cases of Leko and Morozevich). - With regard to dealing with the weather conditions at Khanty Mansiysk, says that he and Ponomariov went for an hour's walk outside each day, whereas players like Gashimov stayed inside and eventually struggled. Also says the weather there was on the whole healthier than the less cold but damper one in Moscow during the Tal Memorial. - About the forthcoming Anand-Topalov match, he's another one to state that he'd favor Anand elsewhere but thinks Topalov will win in Sofia - not because of any shenanigans, just because of the natural difficulty Anand, for whom "it's important to play under conditions of complete psychological comfort", will have at playing in the home court of his opponent (though he says it's a close to even match up - Anand has the edge in pure chess terms, but Topalov has his aces of unbelievable energy and power). - About the candidates matches, says that he hopes he would get to play with Carlsen, and when the interviewer expresses surprise he explains that it would be more interesting for him, since he hardly had a chance to play serious games with him, whereas he already played quite a lot against Kramnik or Aronian. |
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| Dec-20-09 |
| Where is my mind: Thanks for the translation.<Eyal> I'm surprised to read an insider predict a Topalov victory.
... "just because of the natural difficulty Anand, for whom "it's important to play under conditions of complete psychological comfort", will have at playing in the home court of his opponent" It's an interesting insight.I thought the home town advantage would be less against a well traveled player such as Anand and that Anand could defeat any current player anywhere.
Can't argue about Topalov's,fight and energy though,he's proven that time and time again. |
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| Dec-20-09 |
| splatty: Joint 5/6th in live world ranking list alonside Aronian; congrats Boris :D |
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| Dec-20-09 |
| paavoh: Does somebody have the info and time to update his bio? |
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Jan-01-10
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| HeMateMe: Gelfand is No. 6 at year end ratings. he is having a nice resurgence. He's about the same age as Anand. Very quietly, Gelfand hangs around, near the top. Reminds me of Leko. Never seems to make any news, but he is at No. 12, always among the leaders. |
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Jan-01-10
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| HeMateMe: Just as a barometer, you check a player's record against Kasparov. Nasty business here--Kasparov leads 13-0, with 9 draws. No mercy from the Beast of Baku. |
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Jan-16-10
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| notyetagm: Nice article on Gelfand: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages... |
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Jan-17-10
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| HeMateMe: < his book "My Most Memorable Games" has sold well> Isn't this an oxymoron? |
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