Jan-06-12 | | drnooo: quite a spoiler, this fellow, and very fitting for this weirdest of tournaments. Somebody , much better historian than I, should use this as a template for all the other weird tournaments. Would make for interesting reading if the choices even approached this. Crazy, nothing predictable ever happened here, not once, in any round. |
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Jan-06-12 | | Namawiz: Very sweet win for vitiugov and very bitter for morozevich as he misses top spot by a whisker. |
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Jan-06-12
 | | Penguincw: I was watching this game live and when Vitiugov played 64.Ra3, I had a feeling the game would end very soon. |
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Jan-06-12
 | | LIFE Master AJ: Nice game! (Thanks to <Patriot> for bringing it to my attention.) |
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Jan-06-12 | | Shams: Was White's very deep Rook sack inspiration, necessity or a bit of both? |
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Jan-06-12 | | galdur: Nice job. White won by a very well calculated tempo. |
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Jan-06-12 | | Shams: I guess my question is really, really stupid, since Black is threatening mate in one. I'll rephrase: Was White's rook sack desperation or had he gone down this road seeing that his Queenside play would be enough compensation? |
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Jan-06-12 | | dumbgai: I wouldn't want to be Vitiugov the next time these two meet. |
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Jan-06-12 | | Blunderdome: Nice technique. |
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Jan-08-12
 | | HeMateMe: <Shams> I would bet at this level of play, Vitiugov saw the Rooks being doubled on the h file but felt his passed pawn was enough of a counter weight. Quite a bit of work, to finally win by getting the opposition in a K + P v. K endgame. |
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Jan-24-12
 | | LIFE Master AJ: http://www.ajschess.com/thegotmman/... This is my web page for this game. |
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Jan-27-12
 | | LIFE Master AJ: <<Jan-06-12 Shams: I guess my question is really, really stupid, since Black is threatening mate in one. I'll rephrase: Was White's rook sack desperation or had he gone down this road seeing that his Queenside play would be enough compensation?>>
Good question ... I am not sure even Vitiugov could answer that. My guess would be that that White dropped the ball, only Morozevich's mistakes prevented him from winning this game. |
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Jan-27-12
 | | LIFE Master AJ: See my web page for 3-plus weeks of work. |
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Jan-27-12 | | Everyone: it's months, not weeks |
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Jan-27-12 | | Colonel Mortimer: 3-plus weeks of taxpayer's money more like. |
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Jan-27-12 | | JoergWalter: <LIFE Master AJ: See my web page for 3-plus weeks of work> Work smarter not harder. |
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Jan-27-12 | | Colonel Mortimer: "A man's got to know his limitations" Dirty Harry |
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Jan-27-12 | | JoergWalter: <Colonel Mortimer: "A man's got to know his limitations" > For "the man" the sky is the limit or a 2-digit-IQ. Whatever comes first. |
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Jan-27-12
 | | LIFE Master AJ: "A man's got to know his limitations" Dirty Harry
Good advice, troll. (You should follow it.)
"Do you feel lucky, PUNK? Well, do you?" - Dirty Harry |
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Jan-28-12 | | Colonel Mortimer: "@#$% with me, buddy, I'll kick your ass so hard you'll have to unbutton your collar to @#$%" - Dirty Harry. |
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Jun-23-13
 | | perfidious: <JoergWalter: <LIFE Master AJ: See my web page for 3-plus weeks of work> Work smarter not harder.>
Fine idea, sir! |
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Feb-23-19 | | Hokey pokey: Instructive endgame. |
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