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Mar-26-09 | | Vakus: Great performance for Levon Aronian. Kasparov should be proud of his compatriot's achievement :) Winning two years on end in Blindfold/Rapid/Combined - a record? |
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Mar-26-09 | | gazzawhite: Some interesting observations:
- Anand and Kramnik both had a combined record of 8 wins, 3 losses, 11 draws.
- Kamsky came first in rapid and last in blindfold.
- Topalov drew more games than anyone else. |
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Mar-26-09 | | jurado96: I think is Levons'time to rule
soon he will be the world champion
solid game and great end games player time will tell |
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Mar-26-09 | | KamikazeAttack: <Anand is incredible. Went into a bad position on purpose and defended it amazingly and now has the initiative.
Amazing playa.
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Lol, yeah really amazing strategy. |
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Mar-26-09 | | KamikazeAttack: <DCP23: So! Kramnik does win the blindfold section in the end, though this time it's shared with Carlsen.> Yup.
Kramnik wins his second hat-trick in Amber Blindfold chess. First hat-trick - 1998, 1999 2000
Second hat-trick - 2007, 2008, 2009 |
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Mar-26-09 | | WhiteRook48: so what new tournaments are up? |
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Mar-26-09 | | sheaf: kramnik and anand had a decent tournament, kramnik played very well in blindfold in the first half and not so good in rapid in the second..but in the second half he played some really good games in rapid as well, last round win against leko was nice, meticulously used leko's passive play against him to score full point.. |
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Mar-27-09 | | shintaro go: Back to back wins by Kramnik were not enough for the title but it shows how much fight is left in him. |
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Mar-27-09 | | PhilFeeley: <WhiteRook48: so what new tournaments are up?> Coming up:
Foxwoods Open Chess Tournament, April 8-12
2009 PricewaterhouseCoopers Toronto Open Chess Championship, April 17-19 The Copper State International Chess Tournament, May 29 - June 3, Mesa AZ |
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Mar-27-09 | | PhilFeeley: Lots more listed here:
http://www.chess-results.com/Defaul...
but I don't know which will be online. |
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Mar-28-09 | | Stanley Yee: <gazzawhite: Some interesting observations:> The tournament saw a revival of the Caro-Kann Defence, with a combined record of 4+ 6= 2-. Blind record 2+ 4= 1-. Rapid record 2+ 2= 1-. Anand played it the most, with a record of 2+ 3= 0-. Morozevich's record 1+ 1= 1-. Leko's record 0+ 2= 0-. |
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Mar-28-09 | | Dredge Rivers: This tournament wasn't nearly hard enough. Next year, instead of just blindfolding them, let's gag and handcuff them too! :) |
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Mar-28-09 | | KamikazeAttack: <let's gag and handcuff them too! :)> Never mind gag ... I suggest castrate them? |
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Mar-28-09 | | Dredge Rivers: <KamikazeAttack>
No need for that. But, if they make too many short draws, we could jolt them with a cattle prod!
Better yet, we could hold the tournament at Guantanamo. Since Obama is going to empty it out, there should be plenty of room! <Love hurts, and so does Chess!> :) |
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Mar-30-09 | | Whitehat1963: How much worse is the typical level of play in high-level rapid chess or blindfold or even blitz than in a classical championship match? And what's the best way of determining the answer? |
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Mar-30-09
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Mar-30-09 | | Dredge Rivers: Would I ever play in a blindfold tournament? I just can't see it. :) |
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Apr-11-09 | | Bondsamir: Thank you to Mr.Anand for the masterpieces he makes. it is not a big deal not to finish first as long as you make such games. |
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Apr-11-09 | | Blackreptile: Topavov/Aronian of the last blindfold round : Black is completely crushed, but draw: not the kind of position Topa is used not to win! Aronian was lost in several games in this tournament, is he a great magician, or would it be the triumph of the utmost self-confidence he shows? |
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Apr-20-09 | | WhiteRook48: Kramnik stands better than Anand in this tournament! |
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