| Nov-04-12 | | waustad: This was a fine result for Ju Wenjun, despite getting steamrolled by Ivanchuk in the semis. |
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| Nov-04-12 | | MountainMatt: And a pretty fantastic result for Mr. Karpov, no? Perhaps not "biological miracle" status, but damned impressive. What were the time controls here, I wonder? |
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Nov-04-12
 | | chessgames.com: Time controls were rapid, 25 minutes + 10 seconds/move. Official site (French): http://www.capechecs.com/trophee_cc... |
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| Nov-05-12 | | Blunderdome: Aleksandra Goryachkina got crushed, but this has to be great experience for a 14-year-old, even at rapid time controls. |
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Nov-06-12
 | | HeMateMe: Is Chuck listed first, because he won a playoff of some sort? |
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Nov-06-12
 | | Troller: < HeMateMe: Is Chuck listed first, because he won a playoff of some sort?> Nah, that's just the cg software. In fact Karpov won the playoff. |
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Nov-06-12
 | | alexmagnus: Karpov won the Karpov trophy. I wonder if this is the first case of someone winning a trophy named after himself. |
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| Nov-06-12 | | Jim Bartle: I wonder if he handed himself the trophy. |
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Nov-06-12
 | | OhioChessFan: Amusing pic with Mickey Mouse and Alexandra Kosteniuk http://chessqueen.com/wp-content/up... |
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Nov-06-12
| | OhioChessFan: Oh, he's giving her the trophy. Anyway, not sure if the video works, but maybe interesting: http://chessqueen.com/tag/anatoly-k... |
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Nov-13-12
| | HeMateMe: < alexmagnus: Karpov won the Karpov trophy. I wonder if this is the first case of someone winning a trophy named after himself. > You're right; it's hard to win your own memorial tournament. Even Fischer couldn't do that. Or Alekhine, for that matter. |
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| Nov-13-12 | | Jim Bartle: Yes, very hard to win your own memorial tournament. Since you'd be dead and all. |
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Nov-13-12
| | Troller: Did not Korchnoi play a game against a dead guy once? Think it was Maróczy. OK, he may only have <claimed> to do so, on further thought. In the case of Karpov, there is also the Poikovsky Tournament, which is named after Karpov, but I don't think he ever participated in it himself. |
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| Jun-22-19 | | amadeus: "The chess festival in the French resort of Cap d'Agde took place from 26 October - 3 November. The main event featured 8 players in a double round robin contest, with the top four advancing to a KO stage.
Games were played at the rapid time control of 25 minutes plus 10 second increment. The initial double round-robin ended with Vassily Ivanchuk and Anatoly Karpov topping the standings, and Ju Wenjun and Romain Edouard joining them for the KO stage." SEMIFINALS:
Karpov 1½-½ Romain Edouard
search "karpov vs edouard 2012" Ivanchuk 2-0 Ju Wenjun
search "ivanchuk vs wenjun 2012" FINAL:
search "karpov vs ivanchuk 2012" "Karpov struck first to take the lead, but Ivanchuk equalised in the second rapid game to take the contest to blitz tie-breaks at a time control of 3 minutes plus 2 second increment. Ivanchuk looked to have made a crucial breakthrough when he won with the black pieces in the first blitz game, but Karpov pulled out a must-win victory with black in the next game to level the scores yet again.
Karpov then took the initiative by winning the third blitz game, but lost on time in the fourth! With no Armageddon game scheduled, the players just kept going! Game 5 was the first drawn game of the final, and finally Ivanchuk lost on time in the sixth game and Karpov was the champion 4½-3½!" (chess.com) https://www.chess.com/news/view/kar... |
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