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| Jul-08-05 |
| azaris: <A miniature if playchess.com is correct today> They're not. |
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| Jul-08-05 |
| csmath: Well, it is a short game. Ehlvest played inferior opening then got lost in the tactical battle and though Zappa did not play well at all, it was quite enough to smash the GM. Not an impressive game by any standards: [Event "Ehlvest-Zappa(C)"]
[Site "New York, USA"]
[Date "2005.07.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zappa(C)"]
[Black "GM_Ehlvest"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defense"]
[ECO "B06"]
[NIC "KF.06"]
[Time "10:32:11"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]
1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Be2 Nbd7 6. f4 b5 7. a3 Nb6 8. d5 Bb7 9. Nf3 a6 10. dxc6 Bxc6 11. Qd4 Na4? (of course Rb8 is the only move) 12. Nxa4 bxa4 13. Ng5 e6 14. Qc3?! (wrong order of moves, f5 is better) Bb7 15. f5 exf5 16. Bc4 d5 17. exd5 Bg7 18. Qe5+?! (poor move since Bc4! was smashing through) Qe7 19. Qxe7+ Kxe7 20. O-O-O Kd7 21. Nxf7 Rhe8 22. Rhe1 Ng4? 23. Bc5 Ne5 24. Nd6 Nxc4 25. Nxc4 Rad8 26. Re6 Bh6+ 27. Kb1 White wins 1-0 |
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| Jul-09-05 |
| azaris: Ehlvest seems to have gotten a break today as the computer inexplicably drops a pawn in the endgame. |
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| Jul-09-05 |
| csmath: Yes, strange move 37. ... Nc5+? leads to immediate simplification and Elhvest saves the game. All in all, Ehlvest had absolutely no chances in the match, he survived two games with whites and get crushed in two games with black. He established no countergame in any of the games.
Clear dominance by computer program.
[Event "Ehlvest-Zappa(C)"]
[Site "New York, USA"]
[Date "2005.07.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Ehlvest"]
[Black "Zappa(C)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: closed, Bogolyubov variation"]
[ECO "C91"]
[NIC "RL.20"]
[Time "10:51:14"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4 d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Be3 Bh5 11. h3 Na5 12. Bc2 Nc4 13. Bc1 Nd7 14. b3 Ncb6 15. Nbd2 c5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nf1 cxd4 18. cxd4 Rc8 19. Re2 exd4 20. Nxd4 d5 21. e5 Bxc2 22. Nxc2 Re8 23. Nd4 Bc5 24. e6 fxe6 25. Nxe6 Qe7 26. Bb2 Bxf2+ 27. Rxf2 Qxe6 28. Qd4 Qe5 29. Rd1 Qxd4 30. Bxd4 Rf8 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Ne3 g6 33. Re1 Rc6 34. Kf2 Kf7 35. Kf3 Nc8 36. Ke2 Ne7 37. Kd3 Nc5+? 38. Bxc5 Rxc5 39. Kd4 Rc6 Game drawn 1/2-1/2
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| Jan-03-06 |
| WMD: <'You are not married yet. What kind of woman are you looking for?' 'I do not know why, but I am very fond of blond women. The personality does not matter much-I think I can handle any kind; but it is best if the woman is clever. She must also have the qualities real women from the past had. I am not a nobleman, but probably I would like a noble, stylish woman for a wife-but I can live without one also.' 'Would you marry someone from the chess world?'
'The idea of having a "chess family" is not so good. Competitive chess, like any other competitive sport, is not for women because it is very stressful and harmful to your health. I do not believe that any caring man should want that his sweetheart gets hurt.' 'Which country has the most beautiful women?'
'I have been asked this question many times and my answer always changes. My first answer was Spain, Iceland, and Russia-I cannot remember the order. On the TV, the Italian women are gorgeous, and having been in the Ukraine I must say that they for sure qualify to the "finals". .. As you get older, you no longer chase after the fairer sex with your tongue hanging out-there are so many of them. Everywhere there are beautiful women; one has to pick what one wants.'> http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/jwatson...
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| Jan-03-06 |
| aw1988: <is not for women because it is very stressful and harmful to your health.> First Andersson, now him?! Honestly, people, bug off. |
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| Apr-03-06 |
| WTHarvey: In the FIDE ratings that came out a few days ago, Ehlvest is slated under the US Federation (as the #6 US player) for the first time, to my knowledge. Is he now a US citizen? |
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| Apr-04-06 |
| WTHarvey: Here are some of Jaan's winning combinations from his early games: http://www.wtharvey.com/ehlv.html |
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Apr-04-06
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| Caissanist: I doubt it, since he's still listed as a foreigner in the USCF list. |
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| Apr-13-06 |
| dakgootje: <Competitive chess (...) is not for women because it is very stressful and harmful to your health.> Uhm...is here someone complaining because he is good in chess? ;-) |
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| Oct-14-06 |
| BIDMONFA: Jaan Ehlvest EHLVEST, Jaan
http://www.bidmonfa.com/ehlvest_jaa...
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| Oct-16-06 |
| Castle In The Sky: I played at the Midwest Class Championship this week in Chicago and Jaan was there playing in the masters. His USCF rating 2666. I am a C player, so I was far far away. |
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Oct-16-06
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| WannaBe: <Castle In The Sky> At least you're seated in the same room. With my rating, I'm seated so far away, I'm usually out on the curb playing. |
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Oct-16-06
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| Plato: Ehlvest was and continues to be an extremely strong and underestimated Grandmaster. |
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| Nov-10-06 |
| Legend: Ehlvest won the Santo Domingo Open 2006:
http://www.monroi.com/tournamentgat... |
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| Feb-06-07 |
| PhilFeeley: Here's a great game of his from the Carlos Torre Memorial. Milov gets caught out of the oopening with an uncastled king and never recovers. Ehlvest slowly closes the noose and is even able to sac his rook near the end (39...Be6!). The queen and bishops buzz around the king like efficient predators... [Event "XIX Carlos Torre Mem KO"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2006.12.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Milov,V"]
[Black "Ehlvest,J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[EventDate "2006.12.18"]
[ECO "E48"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Bd6
8. Bd2 Re8 9. Qc2 c6 10. f3 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14.
Bxe4 Qb6 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 Be6 17. Rc1 Nd7 18. Kf1 Rac8 19. Bc3 Nf6 20.
Bxf6 Bg1 21. Bd4 Bxd4 22. Qa4 Rxc1+ 23. Nxc1 Rd8 24. Ne2 Bf6 25. g4 Qxb2
26. Bc2 Bd5 27. g5 Bxg5 28. Rg1 Bh6 29. Rg3 b5 30. Qh4 Re8 31. Bd3 Bxa2 32.
f4 Qd2 33. Bxb5 Rd8 34. f5 Rd5 35. Qe4 Qd1+ 36. Kf2 Bb1 37. Qe8+ Kh7 38.
Rf3 Bxf5 39. Bc4 Be6 40. Bxd5 Qxd5 41. Qa4 Qe5 42. Ng3 Qc5+ 43. Ke2 Bc4+
44. Ke1 Qe5+ 45. Kf2 Qd4+ 0-1 |
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| Feb-27-07 |
| Legend: Interesting Ehlvest - Rybka match coming soon: http://www.rybkachess.com/docs/RYBK... |
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May-22-07
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| Knight13: This guy (looking at that photo up there) doesn't look friendly. |
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Aug-04-07
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| ahmadov: <Knight13: This guy (looking at that photo up there) doesn't look friendly.> I think this picture was taken before a game with a stronger player... |
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| Aug-10-07 |
| aleister23: Ehlvest ?! come on give me a break!!! even shabalov (!) is better than this guy.....he is like the Claude Debussy of chess Karpov being Mozart of course hahaha  |
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| Aug-10-07 |
| apple pi: <aleister23> Karpov's style reminds me more of early Brahms :) |
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| Aug-12-07 |
| aleister23: no no and a thousand times again NO!, if Karpov's game doesnt resemble that of Mozart's music, then at least Richard Wagner should do ...... you know Wagner might even be better than Mozart, and Brahms was just another puppet |
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Oct-14-07
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| fictionist: One of my faves! |
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| Jan-24-08 |
| DarthStapler: This guy's name always reminds me of Elvis |
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May-03-08
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| dx9293: <aleister23> Ehlvest was once ranked #5 in the World... |
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