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| Nov-17-09 |
| Augalv: Great perfomance by Karjakin today, scoring 10.5 out of 14 possible. Finishing 3rd would be very good indeed. |
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| Nov-17-09 |
| returnoftheking: <noviant> spotted an oddity in Karjakin's game of round 1, check it out :
Kosteniuk vs Karjakin, 2009 |
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| Nov-18-09 |
| TheGladiatres: Well I was wrong.
Very nice third place for Karjakin though! |
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| Nov-18-09 |
| returnoftheking: Congrats! |
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| Nov-18-09 |
| Augalv: Congratulations, Sergey! |
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| Nov-19-09 |
| Augalv: This is a short interview made by a Norwegian newspaper which was translated by <TheBB>, and posted on the Carlsen page yesterday. Thanks for the translation, btw.
<Karjakin:
- In five years, Magnus and I will be alone on the top <laughs>. We have met several times. In classical chess it is often very even, but he is better than me in blitz. Just now he played incredibly well in what has been the strongest blitz tournament ever. He was a little lucky on some games, but of course he deserved the victory. He played the best chess of everyone here, and is unmatched at present.> There's no doubt Karjakin and Carlsen will be alone on top of the chess world in five years. The question is, who will be at the very top ;) |
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| Nov-19-09 |
| KamikazeAttack: <There's no doubt Karjakin and Carlsen will be alone on top of the chess world in five years. > Really? |
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| Nov-19-09 |
| kurtrichards: There can be only one. |
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| Nov-19-09 |
| Augalv: <There's no doubt Karjakin and Carlsen will be alone on top of the chess world in five years. Really?>
Of course! |
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| Nov-19-09 |
| Augalv: <There can be only one.> I meant, who will be on top of whom ;) |
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| Nov-19-09 |
| kurtrichards: <I meant, who will be on top of whom ;)> Karjakin,himself,said that "Carlsen is ummatched at present." :) |
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| Nov-19-09 |
| returnoftheking: at blitz..
Anyway, a top of two is very unlikely, there will be just as many contenders as now. |
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| Nov-20-09 |
| Augalv: The World Cup finally begins tomorrow. Sergey plays against Uruguayan GM (best chess player in the history of his country) Andres Rodriguez with black. The GMs never faced each other before. |
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| Nov-21-09 |
| Augalv: Rodriguez - Karjakin 0-1
Picture of the two GMs at the chessboard before the game started: http://ugra-chess.ru/gal/1th%20day/... |
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| Nov-21-09 |
| Augalv: Rodriguez resigned only after 15 moves when the following position was reached:
click for larger viewDespite the fact that black is better, a little too soon to throw in the towel in my opinion. |
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| Nov-22-09 |
| Augalv: Probably the score is incomplete. |
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| Nov-22-09 |
| Augalv: Ho Yifan – I like Karjakin as a chess player!
http://www.ugra-chess.ru/eng/interv... |
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| Nov-23-09 |
| Augalv: 2nd game of the 1st round between Karjakin and Rodriguez drawn yesterday. Sergey moves to 2nd round. |
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| Nov-23-09 |
| Augalv: Artyom Timofeev who just beat Rafael Leitao at the tie-breaks will be Karjakin's opponent in the 2nd round. |
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| Nov-23-09 |
| returnoftheking: Timofeev is an interesting player but I'll bet on Karjakin;) |
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| Nov-24-09 |
| Augalv: First game of the minimatch between Karjakin and Timofeev drawn. Tomorrow Sergey has the black pieces. Radjabov may not be Sergey's most likely opponent in round 4, should the Russian player win rounds 2 and 3 of course. In one of the big upsets today, the Azerbaijani SGM lost to the Russian GM Konstantin Sakaev. Ivanchuk's loss to So was another big upset btw. |
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| Nov-24-09 |
| returnoftheking: Radjabov losing would be a good thing for Karjakin, but first he has to win himself. I fear it will be rapids. |
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| Nov-25-09 |
| Augalv: <Radjabov losing would be a good thing for Karjakin> Yes, Radjabov is always a very tough nut for karjakin to crack. Btw, 2nd game of the 2nd round between Timofeev and Karjakin drawn after 26 moves. It will be rapids. |
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| Nov-25-09 |
| Augalv: Radjabov lost. |
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| Appaz: Karjakin should be clearly stronger at faster time controls, judging from his success in blitz, but I admit that I have no clue about his relative strength in rapid. Take it to the blitz, Sergey! |
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