Jul-20-10
 | | GrahamClayton: Pictures of Alex, his brothers and father giving a simul in Lodi can be seen at: http://midaschess.blogspot.com/2007... |
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Jul-21-10 | | BIDMONFA: Axel Rombaldoni ROMBALDONI, Axel
http://www.bidmonfa.com/rombaldoni_...
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Aug-06-11 | | wordfunph: amazing 5/5 by IM Axel Rombaldoni in the 50th World Junior Chess Championship.. http://chess-results.com/tnr54092.a... |
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Aug-07-11 | | waustad: He won in the 6th round too. |
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Aug-07-11 | | waustad: His rating will take a serious jump. |
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Aug-07-11 | | dx9293: Just looking at his games from the World Junior...this guy has a lot of promise. I'm watching for him to be 2650 in a couple of years. |
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Aug-08-11 | | wordfunph: ohlalahhh! 3218 TPR..
GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan (2558) is next, possibly 7/7?
http://chess-results.com/tnr54092.a... |
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Aug-08-11 | | wordfunph: let's get ready to Rombaldoni!!! |
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Aug-09-11
 | | chancho: Slight resemblance, no?
http://www.chessbase.com/news/2011/... http://www.peoples.ru/sport/chees_p... |
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Aug-10-11 | | wordfunph: from chessbase..
<Who is Axel Rombaldoni?
Axel Rombaldoni was born in Pesaro on March 23, 1992. He was taught to play by his father Andrea, an Italian Master who, when young, was one of the most promising players in the country. But his mother too, Hungarian by origin, is a good player. Axel is the second of five siblings (three boys and two girls), and the entire family plays chess! Axel completed the norms for his IM title in 2009 and the title was ratified by FIDE in January 2010. He has set a record by winning the Italian Junior Championship seven times in a row (starting with Under 10 to Under 16: U10, U12 twice, U14 twice and U16 twice!). A few weeks ago he qualified for the final of the Italian Championship, which will be played in November in the town of Perugia (he qualified last year but was not lucky on that occasion). In spite of his young age he has already won many important Italian Opens.> http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... |
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Jun-16-13 | | Karpova: Winner of the 5th Festival Capo d'Orso 2013 with 7.5/9 ahead of Mihail Marin (also 7.5/9 but worse Bucholz) and gaining his 3rd and final GM norm. http://www.chessbase.com/Home/TabId... |
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Jun-16-13 | | John Abraham: Congratulations to the Tom Cruise of chess!! |
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Mar-23-14 | | waustad: 22 is a good age. I vaguely remember it. Happy b'day! |
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May-02-14
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Mar-14-20 | | jith1207: He was said to be cheating using computer assistance, and other players scheduled to play him were once openly boycotting games they had to face him. Source: https://en.chessbase.com/post/romba... So, what happened? I expected to see some discussion here about that, did he ever get actually caught? If the players were actually revolting against him, when he was said to never move from his chair or even a particular posture during his games, how could he have received assistance? |
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Mar-14-20
 | | MissScarlett: <cg.com>'s legal team will thank me for pointing out that Borislav Ivanov is meant, not the great Rombaldoni, the <Tom Cruise> of the South. |
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Mar-14-20
 | | perfidious: From the link cited by <jith1207>: <....In round seven, Rombaldoni met (Borislav) Ivanov on board one and lost badly both this game – and with it the chance to earn his third GM norm, which would have allowed him to become a full-blown grandmaster....> Is that akin to having a full-blown disease? |
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Mar-14-20 | | jith1207: He did become GM on the same year though. Looks like they couldn't find an evidence to report if he had really cheated but his own compatriots were boycotting tournament or games he participated and were encouraging others to boycott their games against him. I'd speculate that him being from Chess family would've saved him in his country and beyond. |
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Mar-14-20 | | jith1207: Having said that, (Borislav) Ivanov himself was accused of cheating in Chess and in real life, and his FIDE card has been revoked. He's reported to be arrested for selling counterfeits as well. So you never know whom to believe. |
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