ahmadov Member since Apr-10-05 · Last seen Apr-15-13 Zahir Ahmadov, Baku, Azerbaijan. I used to spend more time on this web site some years ago mostly because I found cg.com as a great resource from where I could learn a lot of chess. Then, this web site became part of my life as I found very good friends through it (the title of the forum is no co-incidence). It has always been very nice to communicate with these friends, among whom I would name <Switch>, <brankat>, <kuda>, <tarlan>, <lostemperor> etc. I think virtual friendship is missing something important in human communication, which encouraged me to meet some of these people in real life, both in Azerbaijan and overseas. Currently, I am having time constraints to spend time on this forum, but my recent extension of premium membership encourages me to take measures to be present here more frequently. Lets see if this will be possible in the near future. [27 May 2012] @@@@@@ Back to some active participation on this web site after almost a year... [27 May 2011]

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Apr-02-13 ahmadov chessforum   ahmadov: Yes, that is true. Sometimes I lose because I am too optimistic about positions that look tempting, but do not give much play, the one we have just discussed.      Apr-02-13 Teimour Radjabov    ahmadov: Come on guys, everybody has ups and downs in his/her chess career. Do not forget that Ivanchuk won against Carlsen when everybody was thinking that he failed completely in this tournament. I am sure Radja will come back again soon.      Apr-02-13 SwitchingQuylthulg chessforum    ahmadov: I have looked through a couple of pages on your forum and I see you get a lot of congratulations! You must get a lot of support from Nuklu in order to be successful lately :-)      Apr-02-13 brankat chessforum    ahmadov: How are you <brankat>?      Apr-01-13 World Championship Candidates (2013)    ahmadov: So many conspiracy theories here. Do people really believe them?      Apr-01-13 Carlsen vs Svidler, 2013    ahmadov: I am really looking forward to seeing Svidler to win this game.      Feb-15-13 R Mamedov vs O Danielian, 2013   ahmadov: Good job, Rauf.      Jan-16-13 Aronian vs Anand, 2013    ahmadov: Congrats to the Champion for this great game!      Dec-18-12 R Misa vs Z Ahmadov, 2011    ahmadov: Indeed, it is difficult to guess what was my reason to play certain moves then. I really hope that I got better after using Guess the Move feature of this web site intensively for the last half year or so. I think I would not play some of the moves on this game if I am in the same ...      Dec-18-12 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov    ahmadov: <MamedyarovFan> I do not remember I have such a report. I wanted to write a report about some of these guys, but then I found that either they were too busy or some of these GMs do not want to expose their personal life because of their modesty. In case if I resume my chess ...

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 191 OF 198 ·  Later Kibitzing> May-14-12    SwitchingQuylthulg: Tomorrow is this year :) May-14-12    ahmadov: Which calendar do you use in Finland? ;-) May-14-12    SwitchingQuylthulg: You mean in the Azeri calendar tomorrow is not this year? Happy new year, then! :) May-14-12    ahmadov: LOL :-) You have managed to confuse me again as you always did in your chess puzzles... Congratulations! May-18-12    brankat: <Zahir> There is no need for calendars in Finland. Every day is exactly the same as any other one: ice, snow, cold :-) May-20-12    brankat: Happy vacations! :-) May-23-12    SwitchingQuylthulg: <ahmadov> With the Olympics approaching, what's your take on this? http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/22052... May-24-12    ahmadov: <brankat: Happy vacations! :-)> Thanks <brankat>! If something happens frequently one does not need congratuations ;-) May-24-12    ahmadov: <SwhingQuylthulg> You might find me a bit too conservative, but i am in favour of having Ramadan fasting being above everything. Even though I have not had a chance to look through the article carefully. Meanwhile, we are more concentrated on Eurovision here. DO you follow it? May-24-12    SwitchingQuylthulg: <ahmadov: Meanwhile, we are more concentrated on Eurovision here. DO you follow it?> Well, yes and no. It's in the news but it's not a major topic and I probably won't watch the finals. Media interest this year has been quite low, though the Russian entry has been noted. I can't recall less attention ever being paid to our own entry, likely for two reasons: the song was in Swedish and nobody thought for 2 seconds we might qualify for the final (we didn't). At least I do know the contest's held in Azerbaijan :) And I think I actually heard your entry once, though I didn't realize it at the time... Good luck for the final! May-25-12    ahmadov: Thanks for your wishes. However, Baku was not successful for the bid for 2020 Olympic Games host city and lost it a couple of days ago. By the way, recently I had some interest in athletism, which is I believe also your field of attraction. I met Colin Jackson, British athlet, in Baku a month or so ago. Apparently, he is somebody who has worldwide recognition as a great sportsman. May-25-12    ahmadov: <SwitchingQuylthulg: <ahmadov> Here's a little puzzle for you :)> In that latest puzzle, I think White needs one extra move in order to win if it has any chance for that. This could be for instance, 1.Kd4 Kd7 2.Ke5 and here if 2...Ke7 then 3.Kd5 makes the Black to move in the position you provided. Or if 2...Kd8 then 3.d6 is winning for White in my opinion. If it is correct then I am really very proud of finding it quickly, even though there are not many other lines in this puzzle. May-25-12    ahmadov: Here is a game I won on gameknot against a strong opponent: ahmadov (1675) vs. spepo (1924) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 c6 9. Re1 Be6 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. c4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 click for larger view 14. Nce5 N7f6 15. Qe2 Nf4 16. Qd2 Nxd3 17. Nxd3 Qc7 18. Nde5 Rad8 19. Qb4 Nd5 20. Qc5 a6 21. Rac1 Ne7 click for larger view May-25-12    ahmadov: Now, here comes my sacrifice: 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. Qh5+ g6 24. Qxh6 Bf5 25. Ne5+ Kg8 26. g4 Rxd4 27. gxf5 Rxf5 28. Qe3 Rdf4 29. Nd3 Rg4+ 30. Kf1 Nd5 31. Qe6+ Kg7 32. Ne5 Rxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Qb6 click for larger view This is a trick by Black but I do not take the bait and play 34.Kf3 May-25-12    ahmadov: 34...Rf4+ 35. Kg2 Rf6 36. Qd7+ Kg8 37. Ng4 Qxb2+ 38. Kh1 Rf8 39. Qe6+ Kg7 40. Qe5+ Qxe5 41. Rxe5 Rf4 click for larger view And then the rest is not very difficult: 42. Ne3 Nxe3 43. Rxe3 Kf6 44. Rb3 Ra4 45. Rxb7 Rxa2 46. Rxc6+ Kg5 47. Rc1 a5 48. Rbb1 Kh4 49. Ra1 Rb2 50. Rxa5 g5 51. Rg1 g4 52. Ra8 Rb4 53. Rh8+ Kg5 54. h3 click for larger view And after playing many moves in a lost position, Black resigns. May-25-12    SwitchingQuylthulg: <ahmadov> I'm getting a bit jealous of you... it's not enough for you to meet great chess players, now you're meeting great athletes as well ;-) Colin Jackson still has the world record in the indoor 60m hurdles! Any idea why Ramil Guliyev moved to Turkey? It would have been a shock if Baku got the Olympics... up there with Finland winning this year's Eurovision ;-) Were you one of the bid leaders? ;-) I'm not sure I understand your solution as there seem to be some typos in it. (2.Ke5 and 3.d6 aren't possible as there's a pawn on e5, not d5.) If you meant 2.Ke4 then Black just plays 2...Ke6 (and indeed, why wouldn't he just play 1...Ke6?) May-25-12    ahmadov: <SwitchingQuylthulg> You needed a few minutes to reply to my posts which took me a few hours to compose and then you tell me why I cannot cope with members like you on this forum and resign, i.e. go to long vacations as <brankat> puts it :-) May-25-12    ahmadov: Actually, I met Jackson at a sports event which was organized by a local NGO headed by a good friend of mine. There, I also met David Davis who is a prominent sports journalist and a football figure. Ramil Guliyev's motives to move to Turkey are clear. I think he believes he can get better prominence and career by representing Turkey, life is much better in that country (not only economic one but also social and political ones). These are my guesses but I have not read his position on this change though. I heard the government did not welcome his decision. Please, note that he is not that popular in this country, mostly because we are generally not good at athletism. May-25-12    ahmadov: <I'm not sure I understand your solution as there seem to be some typos in it. (2.Ke5 and 3.d6 aren't possible as there's a pawn on e5, not d5.)> You are right. I meant 2.Ke4 and 3.e6 respectively. But then I think your question about 1...Ke6 is also valid. I will come back to that later... May-25-12    ahmadov: <It would have been a shock if Baku got the Olympics... up there with Finland winning this year's Eurovision ;-) Were you one of the bid leaders? ;-)> However, the government here is quite determined about that. They failed for Olympic Games host bid for 2016, but this did not discourage them from applying this time. I guess they will manage to get it once as Finland can win the Eurovision song contest with a Swedish song :-) May-25-12    SwitchingQuylthulg: <ahmadov: I heard the government did not welcome his decision.> Yup, he's not eligible to represent Turkey internationally yet because of Azeri reluctance to let him go. <<SwitchingQuylthulg> You needed a few minutes to reply to my posts which took me a few hours to compose> That means you think before posting while <brankat> and I just spam :-) May-25-12    ahmadov: <That means you think before posting while <brankat> and I just spam :-)> I would not to classify myself as one of those very responsible users on this web site. The only reason for your quick posts could be that you are more comfortable with writing in English than me. Also, I do not think <brankat> spams. Just remember his great quotes... by some great personalities posted on his and others forums. They are indeed very interesting. May-25-12    SwitchingQuylthulg: <ahmadov> You're right, <brankat> (and I) don't spam... ...when you're around. You're so responsible it's contagious :-) And your English is as good as anybody's. Why do you think I only ever use my Complicated English here? ;-) May-25-12    ahmadov: <Why do you think I only ever use my Complicated English here? ;-)> Where else do you use it, if it is not a secret as like many other things? :-) May-26-12    ahmadov: I was hesitating to extend my premium membership due to seldom attendance of this forum for the last two or three years, but still decided to extend it for another two years. So, dear friends and non-friends, this forum is still open for all of you to post interesting posts on various topics. This also means I really want to return to more active participation and am looking forward to doing so soon. 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