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Aug-27-08
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| Rolfo: .. oops, I was in Alberta, Vancouver probably? |
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Aug-27-08
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| Marmot PFL: Naka-Charbonneau 24 move GM draw |
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| Aug-27-08 |
| adair10: <blueofnoon: According to Naka's blog he's staying at Pascal's house> ...so Naka paid his rent by making a quick draw with Pascal. |
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| Aug-27-08 |
| VinnyRoo2002: British Columbia is the province. He is living in the city of Vancouver, which by most accounts, is a great place to live. |
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Aug-27-08
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| timhortons: id been to the site, naka draw the game with pascal..lol he cant beat pascal right? his staying at pascals house tonight...by the way pascal is new york base now adays he just go home to play for canada, i talk with anton kovalyov dad and i ask him why anton not representing canada, he told me they need to pay 5 gran to fide for anton to transfer flag. |
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Aug-28-08
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| benjinathan: <British Columbia is the province. He is living in the city of Vancouver, which by most accounts, is a great place to live.> absolutely |
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Aug-28-08
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| timhortons: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbmq...
video id taken at the site |
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| Aug-28-08 |
| adair10: <timhortons> thank you |
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| Aug-28-08 |
| belgradegambit: Naka played an awful game today and lost to a weak IM. True to his profile on any given day he can beat the strongest players in the world and yet also lose to players much weaker. |
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Aug-30-08
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| timhortons: nataf did not push for a win with his game with naka today,from start i was observing the kibitzing at icc as well running the game on the free chess engine of playchess.com, if nataf push for a win today , that would really hurt nakamuras rating, all along the game naka has a really a bad position, kibitzing at icc and playchess.com and chess engine analysis had nataf winning but he obviously drawn the game purposely. |
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Aug-31-08
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| Rolfo: Naka isn't in his best form? A change in his life may be.. |
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Aug-31-08
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| timhortons: <rolfo> i think a 2500 grandmaster know the position when he is winning, though naka is a highly tactical player but that position yesterday could have won by nataf if he push for it, what a disaster if he loss back to back. |
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Sep-01-08
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| Rolfo: tim, he certainly is an interesting player drawing attention from a vast part of chess world. When I started to look at ICC 2 - 3 years ago, he was the big star.. As many has pointed out, will he really break solidly into the 2700 group? |
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| Sep-01-08 |
| hand banana: naka just played 3 games agains kasparov on playches.. 2 wins with black, and one short draw as white vs berlin defence. |
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| Sep-01-08 |
| PinkPanther: <hand banana>
Who says raffael is Kasparov? |
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| Sep-01-08 |
| hand banana: Press conference with Garry Kasparov in Hluboka, Czech Republic (30.3.2008) Question 1: Do you know something about the nickname Raffael?
GK: Of course, I know Raffael. I am playing on playchess server sometimes.
Question 2: Mr. Kasparov, is Raffael you?
GK: If I want to uncover my identity, I am going to do it officially myself. I'll be not waiting till someone asks me to do it. An experienced Czech journalist comments it: His answer means diplomatic yes.
Eyewitnesses: His face during the answer said everything, Kasparov is Raffael for sure! ---
this sentence: "I am playing on playchess server sometimes".
his "real" account "Garry Kasparov" has 0 games. |
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| Sep-01-08 |
| Everett: I thought is was common knowledge that Raffael USED to be Kasparov, but may not be NOW. Dunno... |
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| Sep-03-08 |
| Bobsterman3000: If Mamedyarov can get up to 2750 then so can Naka. |
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Sep-03-08
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| Strongest Force: I agree with you, Bobsterman. Nak hasn't really been trying to get his fide rating high until about the last several months when he said he went pro. Mame, on the other hand, has been working on his fide status for many many years. The only ratings Nak cared about were his online and uscf rations. |
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Sep-03-08
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| timhortons: <strongestforce><The only ratings Nak cared about were his online> i believe that, naka now is number one blitz player in playchess.com, number one bullet player in icc. |
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| Sep-03-08 |
| mjmorri: Nakamura strikes me as someone who is extremely talented, but someone who is missing "something" that will keep him from being one of the game's truly great players. |
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| Sep-03-08 |
| Riverbeast: I think he just needs to play more against strong opposition. He had quite a run earlier this year winning 5 or 6 tournaments in a row, and he beat some very strong players in classical and rapid chess (Dominguez-Perez, Kazimdhanov, etc). Lately he's been having difficulty beating 2500+ players and he failed to win the Montreal tournament, where I thought he was the favorite (at least on paper) Eventually everyone starts playing at the level of their opposition. I think Nakamura could be a solid member of the 2700 club and a Super GM, but he needs to impress at this rapid tournament in November against Carlsen and the like, so he can get more invitations to play in stronger fields. Radjabov's comment ('Nakamura has only achieved in online blitz') should help motivate him, I hope. Just the fact that Radjabov said it makes me wonder if they're a little afraid of him...Why would a Super GM publicly belittle someone ranked below him, unless he felt threatened by him in some way? |
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| Sep-03-08 |
| mjmorri: I believe every truly great player has had an intangible quality. It has nothing to do with working harder, or playing stronger competition. It is not something that can be acquired. It is something that one innately has. I do not think he has it. |
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| Sep-03-08 |
| Riverbeast: <mjmorri> Time will tell |
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Sep-03-08
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| veigaman: I have no doubt about nakamura will be a top player and his final lunch will take place in the chess olimpiad! |
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