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| Aug-26-08 |
| apple pi: Yes - he had a slight advantage in his game with Ivanchuk yesterday, but the leader pulled off an artistic draw. Moro-Pono was just a disaster, but he's still =2nd! |
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Aug-26-08
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| dx9293: Hopefully this is the start of a comeback? |
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| Aug-26-08 |
| eremite: I hope Ruslan will play for Ukraine in Dresden together with Ivanchuk, Karjakin, Eljanov and somebody else. It is time to score medals again. |
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Nov-11-08
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| hitman84: I think Ponomariov's record with the black pieces has been very impressive in the past couple of years. |
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Nov-11-08
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| timhortons: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...
in these interview he portray himself with principle and had rich knowledge in wisdom of life. |
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Nov-11-08
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| percyblakeney: I think User: Nouvelle is mentioned in that interview. |
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| Nov-11-08 |
| VaselineTopLove: "When I lost to my father, I almost used to feel like punching him" The GM who would otherwise have been a thug. |
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| Dec-11-08 |
| Nouvelle: You are smart, percyblackeney, and I have no intention of lying to anyone, but I would rather just keep being plain Nouvelle, if you donīt mind, no tags.
By the way... I see you are a Radjabov fan/friend/whatever. Have you read some recent statements about him by GM Van Wely? I found his words quite thoughtless |
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Dec-18-08
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| thebribri8: I love the picture of Ponomariov at the top. How would you like to contemplate moves with that face staring right at you? |
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| Dec-23-08 |
| DwayneMeller: Ponomariov is a chessgod...he was WC at the age of 18...has beaten all top players...and has some fantastic games under his belt...(look at his notable games) anyone who insults him (even if you find him to be unstable) is just plain jealous...very few people have even reached his level of play 2743 (although he is lower than that now but still 2700+) this however does not mean he's going backwards as if his play has gotten worse ( like he's gone from Kasparov to John Nunn ...not insulting Nunn I own one of his books he co-wrote <The Mammoth book of the World's Greatest Chess Games new edition 2006> just proving a point that he's no Kaspy ) he just has not been consistant meaning he's not putting his heart into every game...MEANING when he's at his best he's put the effort into it...and when he is not he's likely not put in preparation and is "winging it". That does not mean he's not good it means you are seeing a true unprepped GM..which to me shows how strong they are compared to average players(because when unprepared they play like it's a home game (no bells and whistles of prep) but without the stellar prep that makes us say "WOW"...and therefore we see them for what they are when there not putting effort in and we realize the diffrence...but when he wants to be he is a chessgod though) he could still wipe the floor with anyone of you people though...even if he was blindfolded...but I'd like him to get his head in the game every game as he could be a serious contender for the WC again and another Anand or Fischer or Kasp if he maintained his play...yes I'd put him up there with them because with the effort he has blown away all other serious contenders and legends currently in the game (another player capable of this which NO ONE can argue is Carlsen). And to BriBri8 I would not look at him while playing ...he looks like a serial killer...might hit me if I give him a look like "I'm about to clinch the win sucka" (not saying I could beat or even draw him I'm just speaking hypothetically) but I would not lose my concentration either...but I do understand your point though. |
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Dec-23-08
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| percyblakeney: <I see you are a Radjabov fan/friend/whatever. Have you read some recent statements about him by GM Van Wely? I found his words quite thoughtless> I haven't read it myself but understood that he said approximately that Radjabov isn't a particularly strong chessplayer. As I've heard it van Wely is known for saying rather negative things about others, for example that he thinks that Morozevich can't play chess, and so on. |
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| Dec-30-08 |
| Nouvelle: Well I tried to find the article but somehow it was impossible, maybe they removed it because it was really ridiculous. One of the things he said was that Radjabov is not a good player and one of his fellow countrymen (I donīt know if it was Smeets, Timman,... one of those) was much better than Radjabov and could easily reach number 5 in the rating list... incidentally, he also said about Ponomariov that he is so full of himself and only wanted to be told that he was always right when van Wely worked as his second... I just wonder how much rubbish can come out of that mouth. |
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| Jan-29-09 |
| Augalv: Ponomariov with perfect score in a blindfold simul
http://players.chessdom.com/ruslan-... |
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| Feb-03-09 |
| Karpova: Article in Spanish on his Blindfold Simul: http://www.chessbase.com/espanola/n... Possibly, User: Nouvelle could tell us more about it. |
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Feb-05-09
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| freeman8201: He hasn't been doing to well with the Black pieces playing the Ruy Lopez. 11 wins for White
6 wins for Black (Ponomariov)
17 draws
compared to when he played the Pirc |
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| Mar-03-09 |
| Dredge Rivers: Zoinks! Where'd Scooby go? |
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| Mar-26-09 |
| Method B: Rector Cup, Kharkiv 26.03.2009
1st round
Eljanov,P (2693) - Ponomariov,R (2726) [A40]
1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.e4 Bb7 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.Ne2 Nb4 6.Nbc3 Nxd3+ 7.Qxd3 Ne7 8.h4 d5 9.cxd5 exd5 10.e5 Qd7 11.h5 Nc6 12.a3 f6 13.exf6 gxf6 14.Bf4 0-0-0 15.Rc1 Bd6 16.Bxd6 Qxd6 17.Rh4 Kb8 18.Kf1 Rdg8 19.Kg1 Rg5 20.Ng3 Rhg8 21.Nce2 f5 22.Rc3 Bc8 23.Rf4 Na5 24.Qc2 Nc4 25.Rcf3 Qe7 26.Nc1 Qe1+ 27.Kh2 Nd2 28.Nd3 Nxf3+ 29.Rxf3 Qf1 30.Nf4 Qc4 31.Qd2 Rg4 32.Rc3 Qa4 33.Nge2 Ba6 34.Ng1 Qb5 35.g3 Re8 36.Nf3 Re4 37.Ne5 Rgxf4 38.gxf4 Re2 39.Qc1 Rxf2+ 40.Kg3 Qe2 41.Qg1 Qxb2 42.Re3 Rf1 0-1 more on the event on http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/200... |
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| Mar-27-09 |
| Method B: 2nd round and the 2nd win against Eljanov!
Ponomariov,R (2726) - Eljanov,P (2693) [E46]
Rector Cup Kharkiv, 27.03.2009
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Nge2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.g3 Nbd7 9.Bg2 Nb6 10.0-0 a5 11.h3 Re8 12.g4 h6 13.Ng3 c6 14.f4 Nh7 15.b3 Bh4 16.Kh2 Bxg3+ 17.Kxg3 f5 18.a4 Be6 19.Bf3 Nc8 20.Ra2 Nd6 21.Rg2 Nf6 22.Kh2 b5 23.g5 hxg5 24.fxg5 Nh7 25.h4 bxa4 26.Nxa4 Nf8 27.Nc5 Bc8 28.Qc2 f4 29.Bh5 Bf5 30.e4 Rxe4 31.Qf2 Ng6 32.Bf3 Re8 33.h5 Ne4 34.Bxe4 dxe4 35.Bxf4 Nxf4 36.Qxf4 Qe7 37.Qxf5 Rf8 38.Qe6+ 1-0 |
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| Mar-27-09 |
| plimko: Ok, but 36...De7?? unbelivble |
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| Mar-27-09 |
| Method B: <plimko> Eljanov was under one-minute in the last few moves. |
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| Mar-28-09 |
| Nouvelle: Yes, he spent too much time in the opening. |
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| Mar-28-09 |
| Method B: 3rd round
Eljanov,P (2693) - Ponomariov,R (2726) [D31]
Rector Cup Kharkiv (3), 28.03.2009
1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nf3 a6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 c6 6.Qb3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.e3 0-0 9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.0-0 Re8 11.Rae1 Nf8 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Ne6 15.Nxf6+ Qxf6 16.Re5 Rf8 17.Rfe1 g6 18.Qb4 a5 19.Qa3 Bd7 20.Bc4 Kg7 21.h3 b5 22.Bf1 Rfd8 23.R1e4 Be8 24.Qe3 Rd6 25.h4 h5 26.Ng5 <Bd7> 
click for larger view27.Qg3 Nxd4 28.Rf4 Nf5 29.Rexf5 Bxf5 30.Rxf5 gxf5 31.Ne4+ Qg6 32.Nxd6 Qxg3 33.Nxf5+ Kg6 34.Nxg3 Rd8 35.Be2 Rd2 36.Bxh5+ Kg7 37.Bf3 c5 38.h5 Rxb2 39.Nf5+ Kf6 40.h6 Rd2 41.h7 Rd8 42.Nd6 b4 43.Nb7 Rh8 44.Be4 Ke5 45.Bc2 f5 46.Nxa5 Rxh7 47.Bb3 f4 48.Kf1 Rg7 49.Nc4+ Kd4 50.Ke2 Rxg2 51.Kf3 Rh2 52.Nd6 Ke5 53.Nc4+ Kd4 54.Na5 Kc3 55.Nc4 Kd4 1/2 Any missed chances in the endgame? After 45..f5 it seemed to me pretty equal. |
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| Mar-30-09 |
| Nouvelle: Ponomariov and Beliavski from Kievchess won their games in the last round, so Kievchess won the match against Jurakademia 11:9. You can see all games here http://www.chesslaw.org.ua/2009onli... Itīs too bad that Ruslan couldnīt raise his ELO with these three victories, but letīs hope there will be more in the future :) |
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| Jul-01-09 |
| returnoftheking: <I hired Veselin Topalov to be my coach when preparing for the match with Kasparov, and paid him a substantial amount. But as it turned out, he gained more from this cooperation. He is now first on the FIDE list, and I am 22nd.> http://www.chessbase.com/news/2005/... |
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| Jul-01-09 |
| kurtrichards: He's just awesome (read his biography) but where is he now? |
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