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Nov-03-09
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| timhortons: mr melad dont be too serious, im teasing tactical, you want me to flood magnus page of fight with tactical? im doin it so he stop hitting below the belt, if he stop hitting me ill stop responding. |
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| Nov-03-09 |
| frogbert: <Are you chickening out by playing down the match-up... You know very well that Timhortons will own your ass, if your boy bows down in defeat!> sugar, i think it's about time that you realize that i never put a lot of emphasis on single events, single results and so on, but that i rather try to consider things in a broader perspective. it would be really ridiculous if anyone would draw major conclusions based on anything happening in bnbank blitz, for instance. svidler and carlsen eliminated nakamura in a blitz play-off in the aker rapid event earlier this year - and you didn't see me stating that naka is a loser in otb blitz after that, that he was owned by svidler and carlsen, or similar nonsense that is likely to escape gloating fans with no sense for proportions. regarding nakamura's place in the big scheme of things when it comes to otb blitz at the highest level, i maintain that it would take an event like tal memorial blitz (which also happens to be the world championship of blitz) to get a really good idea. and being able to defeat carlsen in a 4-game match isn't the same as being able to defeat the same players that carlsen would go on to defeat in the blitz world championship, obviously. chess simply doesn't work that way, as anybody here should be aware. for instance, grischuk officially beat carlsen 3-1 in the final of glitnir blitz (or 2,5-1,5 as it actually was). but in tal memorial blitz 2008 the final standings looked like this (excerpt): 1. ivanchuk 23.5/34
2. kramnik 22.5/34
3. carlsen 21/34
4. svidler 20/34
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7. grischuk 18/34
8. karjakin 18/34
9. kamsky 17.5/34
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15. morozevich 14/34
in this 18 player double round robin, i think carlsen and grischuk again played 1-1 in their two games against each other, but grischuk finished at +2 while carlsen finished at +8 - which is quite a difference. and the "rapid and blitz expert" tkachiev (because that's normally his strength) scored 11/34 - even if he normally dominates other 2600-players in blitz. |
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Nov-03-09
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| timhortons: frogbert if you want to argue with sugardom, then have a great time, but dont argue with me just because hes setting up the argument for both of us. worry about wesley so whos transferring to US of A, because that would imrpove his standing in chess world, as i say he may even challenge nakas dominance in the US.AND PROBABLY A SERIOUS THREAT TO MAGNUS. as to naka, naka will always be a serious opponent just like bacrot, naka will not fail to deliver excitement in his everygame. |
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| Nov-03-09 |
| frogbert: <<frog> i believe if ever wesley transfer to US more opportunity will come to him and he can offer magnus serious challenge.> i really hope wesley so will get the opportunity to develop as well as he can. then it'll be interesting to see how he'll do against the elite some day. currently, there are other players to become competitive with before he's close to challenge carlsen in classical chess, though. for instance, will wesley so be able to break into top 3 in this list - http://ratings.fide.com/top.phtml?l... - before the 1990 generation end their junior days? and/or to be at the top when they're gone? (only caruana ahead at the moment - since already in january next year wang hao and zhigalko won't be juniors anymore). after that, breaking into top 10 in the world is a goal - quite few have done that while being a junior. grischuk, ponomariov, radjabov and carlsen are some recent examples - while neither aronian nor the child star bacrot could do that, for instance. |
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Nov-03-09
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| whatthefat: <returnoftheking>
True, it's a shame there aren't more top level players writing regular columns. |
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| Nov-03-09 |
| frogbert: <if you want to argue with sugardom, then have a great time, but dont argue with me just because hes setting up the argument for both of us.> well, i was responding to sugardom, not you. as you could tell from how i addressed sugar and not you in my response. :o) |
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Nov-03-09
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| timhortons: wesley is a talent, hes just lacking what his contemporaries posses this time, howell got nigel short,robson got pono as coach.wesley dont have coach nor second. im not pushing wesley to show result, i understand the boys circumstances, the only group solidly supporting him right now is barangay wesley and that is composed of die hards /few hard core members who will spend money out of there pocket for wesley improvement.ok mr tee is still there, a long time sponsor. now i mention him here because soon he might be part of match up between, naka, hess, robson in the US circuit. im sure he will learn alot playing against naka in US tourneys. |
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Nov-03-09
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| timhortons: unless he transfer i cant see any drastic changes.
i dont have personal communication with him nor im trying to influence him but i just hope he transfer to US. i'll just hope for the best for wesley. |
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| Nov-04-09 |
| blueofnoon: Ordered Naka's book on bullet and looking forward to reading this book. So much debate about his personality and blitz/bullet chess, so little interest in his own understanding of this game, is indeed amazing. |
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| Nov-04-09 |
| Ghost of Merlin: Please don't drag the name of Susan Polgar here. She has nothing to do with what is being posted here. Post your comment/s in her blog instead. |
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Nov-04-09
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| SugarDom: How come when you try to break these two pitbulls fighting, you can't... But when you try to make them fight, they won't?
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| Nov-04-09 |
| Ghost of Merlin: <whatthefat: Well, I just spent a while reading Nakamura's blog for the first time, and while it's nice that he's so frank, he writes like a 14 year old.> Anne Frank began to keep a diary on her thirteenth birthday... I dunno about you... Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
by Anne Frank was voted Number 9 in Best (100) Books of the 20th Century! |
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Nov-04-09
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| timhortons: smallville really play good blitz right now, i just happen to replay the 5 games he won against viscaelbarca, NM glen bordonada ask me who is this guy<vizcaelbarca>, i really dont know but he is likewise a very good blitz player. im hoping for a very positive result on BN bank blitz in norway. |
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Nov-04-09
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| Rolfo: < How come when you try to break these two pitbulls fighting, you can't... But when you try to make them fight, they won't? > :) |
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Nov-05-09
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| Strongest Force: Didn't i tell everbody that the Yanks would win in less than 7 games? Likewise, Nak will either draw or beat Carlsen in London. |
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| Nov-05-09 |
| Riverbeast: <Strongest Force> So Nakamura's the Yankees, and Carlsen is the Phillies? Judging from their more recent results, it might be the other way around :-) |
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Nov-05-09
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| Marmot PFL: is it true that Nakamura has a sister in law school? |
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| Nov-05-09 |
| TheMacMan: everyones gonna be blown away when nakamura gets a win over carlsen, mark my words, carlsen is goin down baby. :) |
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| Nov-06-09 |
| nhat8121: No, I'm not gonna mark your words. |
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Nov-06-09
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| Strongest Force: RB, I follow the Yanks and Nak all the time...that makes me an expert...sort of.... |
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Nov-07-09
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| pawn to QB4: Just a note of appreciation to Mr Nakamura - if he ever comes here. So I travelled 100km to a recent match and after 20 moves I could choose between a dodgy pawn sac and admitting I was now the defender of a ropey position. My opponent offered a draw. After 25 minutes of umming and ahhing, looking at my teammates' positions and so on, I was about to wimp out and accept. But what about that dodgy pawn sac? At the last moment, I suddenly remembered H Nakamura "there is absolutely no point in taking draws". The Sheffield team owes that man a pint for his contribution to our win. |
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| Nov-07-09 |
| 14DogKnight: You can argue all you want whether or not Naka would beat any of the top grandmasters. The only thing that cannot be argued is that Nakamura can beat anyone here. |
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Nov-07-09
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| pawn to QB4: <The only thing that cannot be argued is that Nakamura can beat anyone here>. Well, that remains to be proved. He will be playing one of the chessgames.com kibitzers in the forthcoming London tournament, should be a game to watch. |
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| Nov-07-09 |
| Valmy: <The only thing that cannot be argued is that Nakamura can beat anyone here>
Hum, what about Peter SVILDER? |
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| Nov-07-09 |
| PizzaRap: Who's that guy? Where is he from ?Sweden? :) |
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