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Nov-14-09
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| wanabe2000: Five wins in a row (classical time frame) over Anand. |
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| Nov-14-09 |
| Plato: Aronian must be in the record books! When was the last time anyone won four consecutive classical games -- with Black -- against a reigning World Champion?! I haven't checked, but probably never!
Anand vs Aronian, 2008
Anand vs Aronian, 2008
Anand vs Aronian, 2009
Anand vs Aronian, 2009 |
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| Nov-14-09 |
| Plato: <wanabe2000: Five wins in a row (classical time frame) over Anand.> Four in a row with classical time controls. His win in Mainz (Anand vs Aronian, 2009) was a rapid game. Still unbelievable. |
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| Nov-14-09 |
| znnnk: I'd love to see Aronian challenge for the world title some day. |
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| Nov-15-09 |
| Kinghunt: Aronian really knows how to deal with Anand. There's no doubt in my mind that he would win a world championship match against the two of them. However, the result of a match between Aronian and any other top-5 player seems much less certain. |
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| Nov-15-09 |
| KamikazeAttack: The pain and embarrassment of losing to Aronian again must have been unbearable for Anand. I bet he didn’t sleep well. It is one of those bad, bad losses. Aronian would be elated but mainly baffled as to why such a very strong player keeps collapsing before him. He must find it confusing and amusing (he is a joker with a whacky sense of humour). |
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Nov-15-09
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| tamar: Aronian had trouble against Anand until he pulled off a genuine brilliancy against him Aronian vs Anand, 2007 From then on Aronian has had Anand's number. |
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Nov-18-09
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| jakaiden: Ha ha ha ha!! who said "women are generally much too emotional for chess. If they want to play really well they have to change their character and suppress their natural instincts. They have to take on male qualities." I'm bringing this up every time he gets his ass kicked by a girl. LOL!! Good Job, Kosteniuk! |
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Nov-18-09
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| Red October: <jakaiden> I forgot about that one lol... yeah... hehehehehe |
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Nov-19-09
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| Billy Vaughan: <I was. Especially because Anand is well-known for his good preparation. I think it is likely that he has a bit of a complex about Aronian. He plays very badly against him. Almost every player has his bogey opponents. I said to Levon “Tell me, how come you manage to get Anand to play against you at the strength of an Indian candidate master?” Aronian laughed and said: “You pay me, and I’ll tell you!”.> |
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Nov-19-09
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| whatthefat: <Plato: I haven't checked, but probably never!> After a bit of searching I suspect you're right. It's especially surprising given how short a time Anand has been champion! |
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| Nov-19-09 |
| thepesimist: To my mind, Magnus is still not as strong as some of the “old guys”, like Anand, me and Topalov. And if there were to be, say, a match Aronian-Carlsen, then at this moment, I would put my money on Aronian. However, I repeat – that this youngster has world championship talent has been clear since he was 15.
You guys left something out. (On purpose i believe) |
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Nov-20-09
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| whatthefat: Amateur journalists, eh? |
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| Nov-20-09 |
| KamikazeAttack: I expect Levon to crack 2800 before mid 2010. There is an unspoken ratings race involving Carlsen and Kramnik, this will suck Aronian in. A lot of motivation to do well next year. |
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| Nov-27-09 |
| Whitehat1963: http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2... A look at how Armenia has become a "chess superpower." |
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| Nov-27-09 |
| ArmeniaNL: <Whitehat1963:> thanks a lot for this nice link. Interesting to read. |
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| Nov-27-09 |
| Whitehat1963: You're very welcome. |
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| Jan-06-10 |
| armenia2010: Levon has joined facebook!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Levon... |
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Jan-11-10
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| notyetagm: Aronian vs Kotronias, 2010 <A TALE OF TWO PINS> 49 ?
click for larger viewA *great* example about the need to be extremely careful when <LINING UP YOUR PIECES>. You can <LINE UP> your pieces, making <ALIGNMENTS>, but you must do so in a manner that your opponent *cannot* exploit. 49  f4-e2  <LINES UP> with the <UNDEFENDED> White d3-queen and wins because Black *cannot* exploit the <ALIGNMENT> White e2-knight + <UNDEFENDED> White d3-queen: the Black a3-queen cannot get to the f1-pinning square. On the other hand 49 f4-d5??=, which Aronian(!) actually played, <LINES UP> with the <UNDEFENDED> White d3-queen in a way that Black can *exploit* to create a <PIN AGAINST UNDEFENDED PIECES> and throws away the win: the Black a3-queen *can* get to the d6-pinning square for 49 ...  a3-d6!=. So instead of playing 49 f4-e2 with a winning <PIN> against the <UNDEFENDED> Black a3-queen, Aronian instead played the horrible blunder 49 f4-d5?? and only draws due to the <PIN> against *his* <UNDEFENDED> White d3-queen! An unbelievable blunder by Aronian.
49 f4-d5?? a3-d6!= <pin: d3>
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49 f4-e2 <pin: a3>
click for larger viewRybka 3 32-bit
6. (1.70): 49.Nf4-e2 Qa3-b2 50.Ne2xc3 Qb2xf2+[] 51.Kh2-h3 Qf2-c5 52.Qd3-d5+ This just shows what a hard game chess really is: a tactical genius like Aronian eschews the straightforward win by 49 f4-e2 for the drawing 49 f4-d5??=. Wow.
But there I go again, getting "too excited about simple tactics". These "simple tactics" would have gotten Aronian an extra 1/2-point in this game! :-) |
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| Jan-11-10 |
| LaFreak III: how about 49.Qc4+? |
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Jan-11-10
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| notyetagm: <LaFreak III: how about 49.Qc4+?> That's even stronger, winning the Black king or queen. |
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Jan-19-10
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| arsen387: a funny shot http://chesspro.ru/_images/material... |
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Jan-19-10
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| Red October: a QGD, no wonder they're asleep.... |
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| Jan-22-10 |
| Paraconti: The future of the world chess championship is between Aronian, Carlsen and Karjakin. |
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Feb-02-10
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| percyblakeney: Interesting, FIDE confirms that Aronian won't play in the last Grand Prix event (that is supposed to be held in May). Even though he already has qualified for the Candidates, this does change things a bit for the remaining participants since the event is much weaker without Aronian in it: http://players.chessdom.com/levon-a... |
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