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Mar-17-09
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| percyblakeney: <Leko is quite young, but seems like he has played for ages.> It's scary to look at old results and realise that Leko finished even with Karpov and Topalov in Leon 1993... |
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| Mar-21-09 |
| The Rocket: whats the loss procent of lekos total games here on chessgames?. he has only won bit more than 100 than he lost but 700 draws!!! |
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Mar-21-09
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| Absentee: Too bad his name isn't very fit for being drawized. |
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Mar-21-09
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| blacksburg: i'm sure some clever troll will come up with something. |
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Mar-21-09
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| rogge: I got a good one, but of course then I'd be a troll... |
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Mar-21-09
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| tamar: Peter LeDraw |
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| Mar-21-09 |
| chessgeek100: maybe Drawko |
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Mar-21-09
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| tpstar: Leko should be commended for adding 1. d4 to his repertoire. He was a pure 1. e4 player until Brissago 2004 when he used 1. d4 five times out of seven Whites (1 win & 4 draws), and since then he has opened with 1. d4 only sparingly. During Amber 2009 he has used 1. d4 twice so far in the Rapids with a nice endgame win against Anand, but he is still exclusively using 1. e4 in the Blindfold. Anyway, that's a mountain of 1. d4 theory to absorb, but if he can succeed with alternating 1. e4 & 1. d4 then his opponents will have a much harder time preparing to play him. |
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Mar-21-09
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| tamar: <tpstar: Leko should be commended for adding 1. d4 to his repertoire.> Agreed. That was very brave, It took Kramnik by complete surprise. Additionally, he does seem like a very good person which cannot be said of all top players. Both his chess and personality recall Max Euwe and earlier Carl Schlechter. |
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Mar-28-09
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| andrewleef1: i think leko is more of a draw master than kramnik |
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| Mar-30-09 |
| Hesam7: http://www.roulez-leko.com/
(via Mig Greengard) |
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| Mar-30-09 |
| kurtrichards: Well, no one can win all his games. Sometimes you lose. And a draw sometimes can be considered a win and/or a lose. Depende. |
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Apr-03-09
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| kamalakanta: Although Leko's winning percentage (55.2%) is not as high as Anand (62.7%), Carlsen (59.6%), Aronian)(61.7%), Ivanchuk(61.9%) or Kramnik (62.4%), his rating is a healthy 2751. He does have fantastic tactical ability...so I don't know why he does not go higher. Maybe the guys at the top match up well against him...let us see. Here is his wins vs. losses record against top players: Leko 7- Anand 21
Leko 8- Kramnik 19
Leko 13- Ivanchuk 14
Leko 4- Carlsen 2
Leko 14 Topalov 15
Leko 2 Aronian 5
So Anand and Kramnik and Aronian have his number, he has a plus score against Carlsen, and is -1 against Topalov and Ivanchuk. Not bad at all. He is doing just fine! Maybe his winning percentage against lower-rated opponents is not as high, which would point to some inconsistency in his results. Some players are like that; a little mercurial, with lots of peaks and valleys... |
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| Apr-03-09 |
| slomarko: you should classic head to heads. |
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| Apr-03-09 |
| Dredge Rivers: Leko! Woe-oh-oh-oh! |
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Apr-21-09
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| acirce: <Peter Leko may not be the most popular player among amateurs, but to neglect his chess would be a pity both aesthetically and instructionally. He is one of the world’s strongest players, after all, and came within a single draw of the world title back in 2004. His wins have a strategic clarity reminiscent of players like Capablanca and Fischer, and that makes them very useful to study.> -- Dennis Monokroussos http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... Wise words. |
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| Apr-24-09 |
| falso contacto: good schedule ahead. totally capable of winning this nalchik tournament. |
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Apr-28-09
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| danielpi: Go Peter! |
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| May-01-09 |
| Method B: Despite losing to Aronian in the last round Lékó had a pretty good tournament. He showed us good preparation and he finally mixed up his openings. It was great to see him beating the Petroff not once but twice! Especially after that ridiculous 2.Bc4 against Kramnik in Mexico. This is the best Lékó I have seen in the last few years. He may climb closer to the top of the rating list again. Only one thing to note: I wish those last round defeats could disappear.. |
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| May-15-09 |
| ILikeFruits: big wang...
of yue...
reminds me of...
leko... |
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| May-16-09 |
| apple pi: <strategic clarity>: very, very apt.
Leko should supplement his opening repetoire with the Catalan, IMO. He would be very successful in these semi-opened positions we sometimes get out of Catalans. |
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May-23-09
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| chancho: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... |
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May-28-09
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| amadeus: Interview with Peter Leko: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... <I had many trainers during my carrier to whom I am all very thankful. Since this year besides my permanent coach Arshak Petrosian, with whom we have been working for eight years, I also started a serious professional work with German grandmaster Jan Gustafsson, who is helping me a lot in refreshing my opening repertoire. I cannot assess the daily number of hours, as it differs. During intensive training sessions it can well be ten or twelve hours a day...> <In general I consider every top player to be universal. On the other hand each of us has his unique style, which depends most probably on the character of a player. I like to play in a “clean and clear” way, and I am definitely not the type of guy who takes unnecessary risks. I believe much more in the logic of our game rather than gambling on your opponent's nerves...> |
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| Jun-08-09 |
| Astardis: Now I don't know, maybe it's about time for Leko to reconsider himself carefully... he gets the home advantage and then draws Adams, barely manages to beat a way-past-his-prime Karpov and then loses to Kramnik, the boy Carlsen (!) and now the Indian. Doesn't this reveal something about Leko's class compared to other top players? |
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| Jun-08-09 |
| Illogic: Not really.. |
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