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May-07-08
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| whiteshark: On the contrary, burning your opponent's house (when you are going to lose a chess game) isn't really a serious option. |
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| May-07-08 |
| hitman84: <Whiteshark>Would you consider being my second? :) |
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May-07-08
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| whiteshark: <hitman84> That might end as in 'pulp fiction' with the implicit understanding that you are not a top100 player. :D |
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May-07-08
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| KingG: Now the Russian elections are over, and Medvedev has been sworn in, I wonder what Kasparov is going to do next? Will he really want to stay in Russian politics for another 4 years just to have another repeat of what happened this year? Time for him to drop this politics nonsense and come back to chess I think. ;-) |
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| May-07-08 |
| Riverbeast: That Medvedev is a scary looking dude. I think he and Putin are both alien/human hybrids :-) |
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| May-08-08 |
| Bryce101: has anyone read kasparovs book, " how life immitates chess"? and what did you think of it?? i realy liked it,anyone else? |
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May-08-08
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| spinal pat: Now he isn't playing chess on a professional level for years , shouldn't/couldn't he use his chess-knowledge to finetune chess software. His understanding poured into algorythmes for eg. rybka,fritz,... would make a scary and exciting peace of software. |
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May-08-08
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| whiteshark: Quote of the Day
<Chess is mental torture. <<>>>
-- Kasparov
<www.chessgames.com> - Get your daily dose of Mental torture! :D |
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| May-08-08 |
| AngeLa: ..chess is Like courting... it's a mentaL game... ^^v [...yup..Garry K.. is right ...mentaL tOrtUre.. ~_~v |
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| May-08-08 |
| Augalv: "I learned that fighting on the chess board could also have an impact on the political climate in the country." Garry Kasparov
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May-10-08
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| Joshka: <Edwin Meyer> Garry devotes 3 columns (out of 6) to Fischer's 6.Bc4 and states that the successes of this move, still today, does Fischer credit. He talks about facing this move eight times during his match with Short in 1993. I wasn't aware, but they played some rapid games after the match was over, and he beat Short in one of those games, when Short used 6.Bc4. Well this line was repeated by Ivanchuk and Topalov in Linares 2008, 10th Round. Ivanchuk played 14.Rfd1 instead of Short's 14.Rad1. " In analysis at the time we had decided that this would allow the immediate 14...Ne5 since the rook is no longer ready to assist in a kingside attack. 15.Nb6 Nh5 16.Qh3 Qxb6 and now 17.Nf5? is a losing blunder as 17...Qxe3+ 18.Nxe3 Nf4 wins back the queen. But after 17. Qxh5 Qb7 18.Bg5 White is better, which is why we decided in favour of 15...Rb8, not believing the line 16. Nxc8 Rfxc8 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.Bxe6+ Kh8 19. Bxc8 Rxc8." He also goes on to give analysis on a line that Short tried against Topalov from their game in Amsterdam 1996. "12...d5! 13.Re1 Bc5 14.Rxe4 Bxd4+ and here Topalov played 15.Be3 when according to my old analysis 15.Rxd4 is stronger after 15...Qb6 16.c3 exd4 17.Qe2+ with dangerous complications." He also goes on to say how all the work he spent on beating 6.Bc4, his own record against it, is not very impressive. He praises Ivanchuk for his win over Karjakin at the Amber tourney (queen sac for two pawns) and says it's really played in the style of Tal perhaps instead of Fischer, but he credits Bobby for the continued success of 6.Bc4. Also on page 44 of this issue they give analysis of the Amber win by Ivanchuk over Karjakin and call it the novelty of the year. Believe it's John Nunn doing the analysis. Yes the subscription is expensive, but it's by far the best chess mag out there, IMHO. |
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May-10-08
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| notyetagm: <Joshka: ... Also on page 44 of this issue they give analysis of the Amber win by Ivanchuk over Karjakin and call it the novelty of the year. Believe it's John Nunn doing the analysis. Yes the subscription is expensive, but it's by far the best chess mag out there, IMHO.> Yes, I fully expect Ivanchuk's brilliant 14  e3xe6+!! queen sacrifice against Karjakin to win a Chess Informant Best Novelty prize when the time comes. Too bad Ivanchuk did not save it for a more important tournament. Could you imagine the sensation it would have created if Ivanchuk had unleashed 14 e3xe6+!! against Topalov's Sicilian at M-Tel? |
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| May-10-08 |
| Augalv: <Too bad Ivanchuk did not save it for a more important tournament. Could you imagine the sensation it would have created if Ivanchuk had unleashed 14 e3xe6+!! against Topalov's Sicilian at M-Tel?> And I think Ivanchuk would rather have played it in a top tournament like M-Tel but he coudn't wait. |
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May-10-08
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| acirce: As it's only enough for equality with correct play, he probably thought it was better to use it in a less important tournament, and one where the Black player would have less time to find the right defence. |
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| May-10-08 |
| Edwin Meyer: Thank you <Joshka>! That's some mighty interesting stuff. |
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| May-10-08 |
| littlefermat: Thanks <Joshka>. I'll be purchasing the issue now. |
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| May-10-08 |
| Augalv: <Time for him to drop this politics nonsense and come back to chess I think. ;-)> Me too. I think Garry should come back to chess.
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| May-10-08 |
| Vollmer: I think a man should follow his dreams . I think Mr. Kasparov will fight the battles he picks . He already has sat atop the world of chess and rightly so . I expect he or his ideals will eventually prevail in Russia . |
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| May-11-08 |
| Augalv: I totally respect that <Vollmer>
I just wish Kasparov hadn't stopped playing. |
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| May-13-08 |
| Riverbeast: I think Kasparov is feeling what Fischer felt....he accomplished everything he wanted to do in chess and it's time to move on. And unlike Fischer, Kasparov WANTED to dominate the newer generations, and stay world champion for decades. And he did it. Now what? I think most likely he would still be #1 if he came back... At least for a while...But he's getting older, and eventually he would start losing....Maybe he's thinking "What's the point?" Or maybe he's getting bored and is itching to kick some butt again :-) |
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May-13-08
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| hrvyklly: <Riverbeast> Well, in his retirement statement he said he was only interested in regaining the World Championship, and said he'd given up hope of that - implying that FIDE (and Kramnik?) couldn't organise a pi55-up in a brewery. |
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| May-13-08 |
| Akuni: <Augalv> Yeah! Good idea. And maybe if he comes back now, in less than a decade they're will be no Russia left to worry about. And perhaps to Kasparov no do the worrying. ...Or maybe I'm sensationalising.
But then again, maybe I'm not. |
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May-15-08
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| lostemperor: Quote of the day:
<"[Kasparov] is able to set up 5 or 6 "puzzles" in every game for his opponent, and his opponent will have 5-6 "choices" to make mistakes. If his opponent solves all of those problems, finally he will be lost in the end, because he will be exhausted and a simple "stupid" blunder will be blamed for that."> --- Ziatdinov A kibitzer asked what happened in games Kasparov lost? Maybe this'll answer his question and can be used as another quote of the day: <"Now I think I have an explanation for this loss (to Karpov in Belfort). I won five games in a row. Probably five games is now my limit. I can't win more than this. Then you lose energy"> --- Garry Kasparov 1989 "So it seems Kasparov can make about 30 puzzles at the most before losing energy. He is only super-human after all" --- lostemperor;) |
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| May-15-08 |
| centercounter: Kasparov went out on top. For him, his competitive nature would not let him continue playing with the possibility that his age would impact his skills. While Korchnoi, at the other end, is rightly admired for his energy and tenacity in his senior years, Karpov's failure to maintain top-flight level in the last decade has been disappointing. |
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May-16-08
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| ahmadov: <lostemperor><A kibitzer asked what happened in games Kasparov lost? Maybe this'll answer his question and can be used as another quote of the day> Actually, that was me on <brankat>'s forum :-) |
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