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| Aug-03-08 | | MORPHY MARVELLOUS: what time will the final start I live in sydney aus. |
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| Aug-03-08 | | percyblakeney: <what time will the final start> Seems to be first in 7-8 hours. |
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| Aug-03-08 | | percyblakeney: Nepomniachtchi and Kosteniuk lead Ordix Open with 6/6 ahead of among others Movsesian, Nakamura, Eljanov with 5.5/6, Kasimdzhanov has 5/6. |
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| Aug-03-08 | | virginmind: <MR. NIMZO> fritz 11 plays 5.Nf3 (as better than dxe5) and gives this line alexandru123,m - Fritz 11, 120'/40+60'/20+30'
click for larger viewAnalysis by Fritz 11:
5.Nf3 exd4 6.Nb5 Qe7+ 7.Be2 Nf6 8.0-0 Nc6 9.Re1 Be6 10.Bf4 Nd5 11.Bg5 f6 12.Nfxd4 0-0-0 13.Nxc6
 (1.40) Depth: 18/42 00:03:03 222mN
(alexandru123, 03.08.2008)
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| Aug-03-08 | | visayanbraindoctor: <firefly3: Style is a complex thing, and it doesn't only have to do with abilities. I read an interesting post here, on the Topalov - Kramnik Reunification Match, in which a user referenced a grandmaster's commentary: In it the grandmaster said that Kramnik was the better tactician, and he said this despite Kramnik's reputation as a positional player, and Topalov's reputation as an attacking player.> Do you have a link to this GM's interview?
I have already posted several times in the Kramnik corner that IMO Kramnik is an even better tactician than Kasparov, although I know that I am of the minority opinion. I base this on their games. There are only two players who could outplay a Kasparov in his prime, Karpov and Kramnik. While Karpov did it mostly positionally, Kramnik did it tactically. (I'll stop here as this is not the proper page for this discussion..) |
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| Aug-03-08 | | percyblakeney: Nepo ended Kosteniuk's run and is 7/7, Nakamura avoids repetition pawn down with much less time left against Markowski. |
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| Aug-03-08 | | percyblakeney: Nakamura drew in the end, Eljanov chasing Nepo after seven rounds. Games can be followed here: http://www.chesstigers.de/live/ccm8... |
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| Aug-03-08 | | visayanbraindoctor: <Mameluk: In fact Moro says in that interview he has simply the same problem as most of us: he thinks too long at the beginning of the rapid game, and suddenly has 10 minutes less than Anand for example, who plays quickly from the beginning, which IMHO requires unhuman nerves.> Anand is being modest IMO. He simply has an unmatchable 'sight' of the board. When playing rapids, a chessplayer goes into a 'rapid mode' of thinking, that is he lets his intuition guide him without calculating too deeply because that will eat too much time. In calssical time control, a player usually goes into 'calculator mode', meaning he starts analyzing the possible future positions by picturing them in his mind's eyes. Most GMs are good in both of course. But Anand has no match in 'rapid mode' today. He even plays many of his classical time games in 'rapid mode'. (Capablanca, who I regard as the greatest 'rapid mode' player ever described this ability in various ways, two of which have become famous. To paraphrase 1. "If you give me any position, just by looking at it, I know everything that happend, is happening, and will happen." 2. "I can only look one move ahead but it is always the best move." <And in individual competitions Moro feels he is by far not so strong.>
Is Moro literally serious? He is one of the best players in the world! Maybe he said it in some kind of context. <the Grand Prix is much harder than to win the World Cup and so the system is unfair. But he does not play Grand Prix, because the schedule is too tense and he needs a lot of rest.>
Self explanatory statements. As I have posted, I would like to have the Candidates Matches back as the Qualifier, not this Grand Prix winner vs World Cup winner. |
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| Aug-03-08 | | 0817: "Magnus? ...THIS IS CARLSEN!!!" |
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| Aug-03-08 | | percyblakeney: Nepo is unstoppable, 8/8 now. |
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| Aug-03-08 | | Magnusch: What time does Anand-Carlsen play today? Is is the same as yesterday? And do they play four rapid games? And then? |
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| Aug-03-08 | | siamesedream: The same time as yesterday. 18:30 local time... 4 rapid games (20+5) and (if needed) 1 tiebreak game (5+5) |
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| Aug-03-08 | | percyblakeney: Nepo eventually lost in the penultimate round of Ordix Open and top board in the last round is Lahno(!)-Eljanov. |
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| Aug-03-08 | | Magnusch: <siamesedream> Thanks a lot for info! |
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| Aug-03-08 | | vonKrolock: Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany <Standard time zone: UTC/GMT +1 hour
Daylight saving time: +1 hour
Current time zone offset: UTC/GMT +2 hours
Time zone abbreviation: CEST - Central European Summer Time> I was seeing same games in the open... Interesting chess, but almost always 'precocis' or 'interruptus' (cf. Almasi-Kasimdzhanov or Nepomniashtchi vs Bareev |
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| Aug-03-08 | | DCP23: <percyblakeney: top board in the last round is Lahno(!)-Eljanov.> Lahno isn't bad at chess, it turns out ;) She beat 2630-rated Potkin and drew Kasim, both with Black!! |
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| Aug-03-08 | | malthrope: Well, the GT chessboard is up armed and ready! ~lol~ (Anand-Carlsen and Polgar-Moro). http://www.chesstigers.de/live/ccm8...
I think it starts at the same that it has been (1 PM EDT). BUT, just in case it's an hour early... Fair warning! <grin> |
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| Aug-03-08 | | Magnusch: So this is called <Rapid World Championship> and I suppose there have been qualifying tournaments before this. But I have no idea where or when? Maybe before the summer? <Anyone who knows?> |
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| Aug-03-08 | | percyblakeney: <Lahno isn't bad at chess, it turns out ;) She beat 2630-rated Potkin and drew Kasim, both with Black!!> She also won against recent Pivdenny Cup winner Tregubov (Kosteniuk too won against him). If I got it right Nepo won the event by beating Bareev in the last round. Nepo sacrificed in the opening and was lost from begining to end but won on time. |
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| Aug-03-08 | | zoat22: <percyblakeney> didn't he tie for first with Eljanov? |
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| Aug-03-08 | | percyblakeney: <zoat22> Yep, he had better tiebreak score before the last round though so he should end up first, I think. |
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| Aug-03-08 | | malthrope: <Magnusch: So this is called <Rapid World Championship> and I suppose there have been qualifying tournaments before this.> [Saw your previous post] :)
<Magnusch> - There are lots of great Rapid events which claim this title! ;) This is a long running Rapids tournament (in <number of years>). However, the Amber Rapids and Blindfold tourney (17 years running) and Villarrobledo in Spain are all top notch Rapid events! ;) Here's an interesting Rapids list updated 2000-2008 (up to 01/06/2008)... http://members.aon.at/sfischl/rapid...
Enjoy! :^) - Mal
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| Aug-03-08 | | cannibal: <Magnusch: So this is called <Rapid World Championship> and I suppose there have been qualifying tournaments before this. But I have no idea where or when? Maybe before the summer?
<Anyone who knows?>> No, it's just a "Vishy & friends" invitational, I think. It's not such a high profile title after all. |
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| Aug-03-08 | | Magnusch: <Well, the GT chessboard is up armed and ready! ~lol~ (Anand-Carlsen and Polgar-Moro).> Let the man - with the most luck today - win the titel! I guess it is 52 against 48 in Carlsen's favour.
What do you think? |
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| Aug-03-08 | | percyblakeney: Winning Ordix Open used to qualify you for a match against the title holder. Polgar, Grischuk and Radjabov have gone that way. Now they seem to have decided to just pick a few players to face Anand instead. Navara won Ordix Open 2007, and now it was probably Nepomniachtchi. |
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