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Apr-04-08
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| frogbert: <make that rating 2719, frogbert ;) > nope. i might agree on 2717,7 though... :o) |
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| Apr-04-08 |
| Nouvelle: <nope. i might agree on 2717,7 though... :o)> I just came back from Egypt, man, no more hassling for me in a looong time ;) |
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Apr-04-08
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| talisman: been following the posts on this interesting page.i'd just like to say that i think it's a shame Ruslan is not in the Grand Prix. |
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| Apr-05-08 |
| Mameluk: You´re ignoring Pono´s shared victory in Karlovy Vary 2007, frogbert. Such a success it was. |
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Apr-05-08
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| frogbert: mameluk, not ignoring, just forgetting. :o) well, anyway - ponomariov is by no means irrelevant yet, even if i don't think of him as a serious contender for the world championship title at the moment. he sure is an elite player. :o) ponomariov's live rating at the moment is 2716,9 after today's draw, btw... |
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| Apr-05-08 |
| Augalv: If Pono is irrelevant as some say, nobody would talk about him. |
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| Apr-05-08 |
| Nouvelle: ok frogbert, I thought we were speaking about his current official FIDE rating. how do you calculate the changes? |
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| Apr-05-08 |
| Akavall: <Nouvelle>< Of course the resulting deal wouldn´t have been bad but, reached a certain point, saying "yes" to everything FIDE wanted to change at will would have been for him like saying "yes, please! step on my dignity a little bit harder". I think he just wanted to be respected and, as Seirawan says, maybe took it a little bit too far, but again, in my opinion, he just wanted to be respected, they were laughing in his face.> I think it is fairly certain that the deal Ponomariov was getting was a good one. Other FIDE WC got nothing. Ruslan was getting a sum of money; a match with Kasparov; a shot at the the World Championship title, in case he beat Kasparov. He wanteded respect from FIDE? Maybe, but does it really matter that much if FIDE respects one or not? FIDE's reputation is so dismal, who cares about their respect? However, I am sure that no chess fan would've lost any respect for Ponomarov had he signed the contract and played the match.
If anything, Ponomarov can be blamed for taking the issue too personally. But the bottom line in is that it was his team's actions that lead to the collapse of the match. |
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Apr-05-08
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| veigaman: The death of his chess mentor and tutor was the inflection point in his life, unfortunately. |
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| Apr-05-08 |
| Augalv: <Ruslan was getting a sum of money; a match with Kasparov; a shot at the the World Championship title, in case he beat Kasparov.> And unfortunately, he may never have another chance like that again. |
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Apr-06-08
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| frogbert: <how do you calculate the changes?> nouvelle, i just do it, following fide's rules for rating changes. :o) of course, i don't do it manually - what's the point of computers? - but anyway, you can check out the live top list (players above 2700) in my profile. i try to keep it current at all times. :o) |
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| Apr-06-08 |
| Nouvelle: ok, frogbert, thanks! :) |
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| Apr-11-08 |
| Nouvelle: YEEEEAH, BABY! BITE THE DUST, MOROZEVICH! About time for a win like this. http://www.russiachess.org/online/ |
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| Apr-11-08 |
| Augalv: Russian Team Championship 2008 9th Round
Morozevch Alexander - Ponomariov Ruslan, Russian Team Championship 2008, 9th Round.1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a5 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 Nbd7 9.Qd2 b5 10.g4 Usually White goes for long castle here.
10..b4 11.Ne2?! ( diagram )
This game teaches us that this is a bad move.11.Nd5 is much better. 
click for larger view..h6!
Great move! Stopping White thematic g5, now he can push a5-a4 or d5.What can White do? Good question! 11.Qxb4 is out of the question because of 11..d5 seizing the initiative.11.0-0-0 runs into 11..a5, on 11.Ng3 Black can choose between 11..a5 or 11..d5. 12.g5 hxg5 13.Bxg5 a5 14.Ng3 a4 15.Nc1 Qb6
Black is already better, White has coordination of a car crash. 16.Be3 Qb7 17.Bg2 Rc8 18. Nd3 d5 19.exd5 Nxd5 ( diagram ) 
click for larger view20.f4?
Mistake in calculation? 20.Bf2 is probably better.
20..Rxc2! 21.Bxd5 Rxd2 22.Bxb7 Rxd3 23.f5??
Blunder.23.Bd2 is better, still chances are on Black's side. 23..Rxe3+ 24.Kd2 Rxg3 25.fxe6 Rgh3 26.exd7+ Kxd7 27.Rhf1 Rxh2+ 28.Kd3 f6 ( diagram ) 
click for larger viewThree pawn up plus attack.That's a lot.
29.Kc4 Rxb2 30.Kb3 b3 31.a3 Bd6 32.Bc6+ Ke7 33.Kxa4 Rc2 0-1 Extracted from blog about Sergey Karjakin.
http://www.karjakin.blogspot.com/
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| Apr-18-08 |
| freeman8201: Who was Ponomariov teacher? He died and that is why Ponomariov does not play anymore? |
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| Apr-18-08 |
| zoat22: i believe that it was his namesake, Boris Ponomariov (no relation) although i might be mistaken |
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| Apr-19-08 |
| Nouvelle: no, his name was Mikhail Ponomariov. He died in 2004, if my memory is OK. And what do you mean by "he does not play"? Of course he plays! If his games are not so steadily successful as they were at 18, that´s one thing, but Ponomariov still plays and he can play very beautiful games, i.e. his win against Morozevich in the Russian League. |
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Apr-26-08
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| Knight13: He can play as beautiful as he wants but he's not gonna get in with the Top Elites (Linares, Dortmund, Corus group A people) at least for a while. |
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Apr-27-08
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| positionalgenius: <knight13> That was a harebrained comment.
1.He's been to Linares twice and corus several times.
2.Has a 2700+ rating... isn't that corus GRP A people,dortmund people?
3.Has posted many victories over top players.
Now,if you are discussing Ponomariov's placement among the top players in the world,say the top-5,then yes he isn't there because he isn't consistent. But he certainly has the talent to be. |
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Apr-27-08
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| Knight13: <positionalgenius> Then he needs to work harder. Although he's been to Linares Corus he isn't like others who's been there like over 10 times. |
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| Apr-27-08 |
| cotdt: i understand that right now he's kamsky's 2nd in baku, but what about for the kamsky-topalov match? isn't ponomariov part of team danailov? |
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Apr-27-08
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| positionalgenius: <knight13> I suppose you are the final judge of this matter,right?
<<<<<"...he isn't like others who have been there like over 10 times...">>>>>> Um,I suppose you are referring to kasparov,anand or ivanchuk? They are legends of the game. I don't see why you feel the need to belittle his achievments. |
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| Apr-27-08 |
| lorker: <cotdt> really, hes kamskys second??? where did you hear that? and no ponomariov is not part of the danailov team. <knight13> why comment on ponomariov's page if you don't even know anything of his achievements? if you want to insult him, at least get your facts about him right. |
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Apr-27-08
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| positionalgenius: <lorker> That is coming from our beloved <knight13>,who once made the infamous quote <<<<<pawns are better than rooks in the end-game. so its gonna be a check or pawn-kill. nice drawn game>>>>> in 2004. Hilarious kibitz. |
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| Apr-28-08 |
| Nouvelle: <lorker> People have known about Pono being Kamsky´s second in Baku since the beginning, because Aazerisport (if I´m not mistaken) put it in its website. It was also commented on Kamsky´s chessgames kibitz page and yesterday some webpages such as chessvibes also mentioned it http://www.chessvibes.com/tournamen... (read bottom of the article). As lorker said, Pono isn´t part of the Danailov team. Danailov was his manager at some point, and Topalov helped him prepare for Kasparov-Ponomariov, but that´s all. And about his level, yeah I think his wins are a little unstable but he only needs to get that straight and hopefully we can see him in Corus next year. |
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