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Mar-03-08
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| positionalgenius: Nice endgame today by leko |
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| Mar-03-08 |
| Udit Narayan: Notice how much larger Leko's name is than Carlsen's on the nameplates?
http://www.chessbase.com/news/2008/... Maybe that gave Leko a psychological advantage. |
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| Mar-04-08 |
| jussu: <Akavall: If you guys ever play Leko, don't play the Sveshnikov against him.> Indeed, looks suicidal. He has played Sveshnikov for eons with both black and white, and at least with white, it suits his style perfectly. |
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Mar-04-08
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| acirce: <He applauded Leko after the game -- he didn't wait until after the match, if I remember correctly.> Yes, <As for Kramnik he pretty much admitted it was an error in preparation but he was very gracious in defeat and said: Of course it is disappointing but it is better to lose this way in a beautiful game that will be remembered in the history of chess.”> http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/eve... In "From London to Elista" Levitov adds that <Volodya even had enough courage to congratulate Leko 'on this wonderful achievement'. The hall rewarded the champion with applause.> Glad to see Lékó playing some good games in Linares now, though personally I would have preferred him beating Anand instead of Carlsen. |
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| Mar-04-08 |
| slomarko: <Glad to see Lékó playing some good games in Linares now, though personally I would have preferred him beating Anand instead of Carlsen> and why is that? |
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| Mar-06-08 |
| Whitehat1963: Not having a great tournament this year. |
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| Mar-06-08 |
| fromoort: Scandinavian brotherliness. |
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| Mar-07-08 |
| hitman84: Kramnik does the singing for the unsung hero Leko. |
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| Mar-07-08 |
| Voltaic: i think the best for Leko is the conclusion of the tournament and then patiently renew his chess. he always fights very hard otb trying to find good moves, but i don't know maybe he needs a new system, new openings, work on some novelties to surprise his opponents, a new trainer! and then start to believe again that he can defeat anand and kramnik, topalov or anyone. |
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Mar-11-08
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| Eyal: <I think living in the elite bubble for so long has hurt Leko's killer instinct, which was never that of a rabid grizzly to begin with. He hasn't played anyone outside of the superelite in years, mostly due to his avoidance of team competitions. In club and national team events the big dogs on board one are expected to crush their opponents, which might provide the vegetarian Leko with a little chessic red meat now and then.> (http://www.chessninja.com/dailydirt...) |
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Mar-11-08
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| acirce: <I felt bad when I heard that Macauley Peterson was talking to Leko after the final round and the Hungarian grimly joked that "I bet Mig is happy now."> I'm glad Lékó said that, but next time I hope he hits back harder. |
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Mar-12-08
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| Tactic101: Any reason for Leko's sudden drop? It's quite surprising. It's been tough going for Leko ever since the Kramnik match. Imagine how the saga of world chess history could have played out had Leko drawn the final game... it's almost heartbreaking. Not outstanding results in tournaments since 2007. Only qualifying for the World Championship, but that's about it! And not many tournament wins since 2004. Corus (once), Tal Memorial and ACP Rapid World Cup stick out, but his peers are surpassing him in just about every way. I don't know, but maybe Leko has poor nerves. Perhaps if he won the 2004 World Championship againt Kramnik, things today would have been different. |
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| Mar-13-08 |
| Abejorral: <I don't know, but maybe Leko has poor nerves> Thats not the problem, the issue here is the lack of balls, he is so scared to lose, that he rather draw all games, before taking significant risks. He is so worried about not losing, that he forgets to win, he proves that on the board, he plays like a chicken most of the time. I just hope he drops out of top 10 soon, and that he stops receving invitations to such tournaments as Corus, Linares ans Sofia. Im boreeeed of Drewko. |
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| Mar-13-08 |
| Udit Narayan: <Abejorral> It's rather convenient for you to say this in the comfort of sitting in front of your computer. Obviously you have no idea what is required of a person to compete at the highest level of sport. |
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Mar-14-08
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| positionalgenius: <Abejorral> Are you Bufon? |
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Mar-14-08
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| Tactic101: Well, I'm certainly not Bufon. :) I don't know much about who you're talking about (other than he got kicked out of CG for using multiple accounts for voting in a CG challenge). I have nothing against Leko. He's a very talented player, no denying that (how many guys get the GM title at 14!). He's had a great career full of multiple successes. Still, one must wonder why his play of late has not been so outstanding as his peers. I have to admit that I shouldn't really criticize someone for having poor nerves as I also have that problem. It affects a lot of players. And at the highest level, the problem get even bigger due to the media attention that is associated with being among the best. No one can get to the top without some courage (so Leko is certainly no 'chicken'). I doubt that the loss in the 2004 match has affected Leko for so long, but it can't exactly have been a good confidence booster. He had the chance to make chess history and he fell in the final game. Granted, Kramnik played brilliantly, but I'm sure Leko must have had the feeling that this was perhaps going to be his first and last chance to win. Getting the chance to play for the world title doesn't come often at all. I really don't know. I'm just speculating. We can't hold top class players guilty of taking draws and we shouldn't insult them either, considering that we are a long way from them. |
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| Mar-14-08 |
| Scarecrow: Somehow I'm not that worried for Leko right now. Certainly I would be happy to win Sveshnikovs like he did even when at his worst! Plus it was quite clear to me that with Black he's still quite OK, he lost to Ivanchuk and that's pretty much all, because losing to Topalov is a default for him these days. His White games were really agressive, something people were demanding from him throughout the years, always saying 'he would get some heavy minus scores at first, then start winning'. He WAS objectively close to or completely winning against Anand, at one point the game against Ivanchuk's Caro was also promising. I did not see any opening problems for him in Linares, he just needs to work on his middlegame play (time management, nerves etc). |
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| Mar-14-08 |
| OneBadDog: <Thats not the problem, the issue here is the lack of balls, he is so scared to lose, that he rather draw all games, before taking significant risks.> Hey Mack, I have no truck with Leko, he just neeeds a new Peterbilt. LOL |
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| Mar-18-08 |
| Udit Narayan: Congrats Leko on winning in rapid game vs Anand!!! |
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| Mar-18-08 |
| Akavall: Very good game from Leko today; I hope he is back. |
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Mar-19-08
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| RookFile: Leko is very strong. I'm sure that someday, he will have his turn as world champion. Anand was in a similar position once, and just had to wait a while. |
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| Mar-26-08 |
| Abejorral: <I'm sure that someday, he will have his turn as world champion> Are you on drugs man ??
Keep dreaming, cause such thing wont ever happen.
He had his chance to beat Kramnik in the most boring wc match ever, and he was so scared that he wasted his chance, but believe it wont happen again. |
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Apr-14-08
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| Knight13: <He had his chance to beat Kramnik in the most boring wc match ever.> Actually, it was the most interesting match ever. But that's just my opinion. |
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Apr-14-08
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| veigaman: <Knight13> agree that it was a great match and the final game was a kramnik masterpice in my opinion |
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May-16-08
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| Knight13: <veigaman: <Knight13> agree that it was a great match and the final game was a kramnik masterpice in my opinion> Leko apparently didn't follow the "if you want a draw, play for a win" rule. He was passive the whole time!! And I bet he knew that Kramnik could pull strings in dead-drawn looking positions. |
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