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| Mar-01-19 | | sonia91: Stefan Kuipers
<Not sure what is more impressive: - winning Aeroflot unbeaten as a 2542 with 7/9 and 2872 performance. - beating Maghsoodloo, Firouzja, Dubov and Wei Yi with black during one tournament. #WellPlayedSir #Kulaots>
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| Mar-01-19 | | paavoh: @zanzibar: Is he the first <FI> to win Aerofloat? If <FI> stands for "foreign individual", then no. Nine non-Russian citizens have won it before him <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerof...>. If <FI> stands for "Finland", then sadly no. Külaots is a southern brother to us. |
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Mar-01-19
 | | beatgiant: <zanzibar>
I'm guessing FI stands for FIDE Instructor, as shown on his FIDE profile. I'm not sure if he's the first, but Kovalev (last year's winner) is a FST (FIDE Senior Trainer). |
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| Mar-01-19 | | zanzibar: <beatgiant> thanks for that info. You're right that FI stands for FIDE Instructor, I was just having some fun after the FIDE Country Code discussion. (PS- FIDE also puts all these extra titles in their downloadable DB, in addition to the GM/IM/FM/CM titles) I think FST is more prestigious than FI (?). Generally, these titles are sought by older players after they've pasted their competitive peak. But I guess not always!
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Mar-01-19
| | beatgiant: <zanzibar>
Based on a quick check of FIDE profiles, at least the 2016 winner Najer is also an FST. There might be others.<I think FST is more prestigious than FI (?).> That's correct, as you can see from the FIDE TRG Regulations for the Titles of Trainers in the FIDE handbook. But that leaves me with one question. Why is TRG the abbreviation for the FIDE Trainers' Commission? ;-) |
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| Mar-01-19 | | dehanne: "Kaido" means highway in Japanese. |
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| Mar-01-19 | | zanzibar: <<bg> But that leaves me with one question. Why is TRG the abbreviation for the FIDE Trainers' Commission? ;-)> Ha! You got me stumped. Beat at my own game.
Might be a French thing, but that's mere speculation in lieu of real research... |
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Mar-01-19
 | | alexmagnus: I suspect it's just TRaininG. |
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Mar-02-19
 | | Fusilli: How is his last name pronounced? |
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Mar-02-19
 | | chancho: Cool out? 😂😂😂😂 |
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Mar-02-19
| | alexmagnus: As for having a tournament of his life at the age of 42-43, I come to think of Karpov's Linares 1994 (at 43) and Gelfand qualifying for a WC match (at 42, match itself played at 43). And Korchnoi had to wait another 5 years to reach his peak :D |
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Mar-02-19
 | | perfidious: Karpov was aged 42 when he won Linares 1994--his birthday is in May. |
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Mar-02-19
| | Fusilli: <alexmagnus> And... what about the age of some world champions (Lasker, Botvinnik, even Anand)? Also, Smyslov reached world semifinals in his 60s, didn't he? And Geller won the USSR championship at 54. And Korchnoi? His longevity was legendary. Sorry, just rambling, off the top of my head. |
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| Mar-02-19 | | zanzibar: <alexM> I tried to do a little research in the matter, and came up with nothing, well at least as concerns the acronym. I think I'll go with your quite reasonable suggestion of TRG=TRainG. I did find a trove of downloadable instructional training material, freely available as PDF's, from FIDE: http://trainers.fide.com/surveys.html
Also mentioned by <CB> here: https://en.chessbase.com/post/fide-... * * * * *
As far as great performances in old age, I always make mention of Lasker: Vladimir Kramnik (kibitz #42330) (Though this post is only for a 3rd place finish, he was 66 years old at the time, in a field of the world's best) |
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Mar-02-19
| | alexmagnus: <And... what about the age of some world champions (Lasker, Botvinnik, even Anand)?> They didn't <peak> at the said age though. Except possibly Anand. Lasker and Botvinnik had their best years in their 30s. |
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| Mar-02-19 | | zanzibar: Sonas has this graph of player rating vs. age:
<Age List: All ages> http://chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/AgeL... In the 50+ area, notable pop-outs are Lasker (of course), Alekhine(!-albeit briefly), Steinitz, and the endurable Korchnoi (a mention of Symslov also deserves mention). |
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| Mar-03-19 | | whiteshark: On this extended weekend he played three games* in the German Bundesliga (+0 -2 =1). Maybe Aeroflot took a late toll. *on board 1 of BCA Augsburg;
0 vs Leon Mons (2553)
= vs Z. Almasi (2680)
0 vs K. Piorun (2631) |
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| Mar-03-19 | | nimh: Just reversion to the mean at work. |
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Mar-03-19
| | Fusilli: Magnus posted this on Twitter: "Congrats to Kaido Kulaots for an absolutely amazing victory at the Aeroflot Open! 19 years ago, he shared a flat with my father and I at the Gausdal tournament, and inspired an unrated 9 year old by predicting that he would one day be rated 2650" |
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Mar-03-19
| | alexmagnus: Kulaots, by the way, has a positive score against MC (+2 -1 =3), but of course, MC was a child when all of those games were played (the earliest one in 2002, the latest one in 2007). |
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| Mar-05-19 | | zanzibar: <am> Well, it's like John Curdo always said, "Get 'em when they're young." http://www.masschess.org/chess_hori... . |
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Mar-05-19
| | perfidious: <zed>, ah, memories--and that is one I well remember from John, that most ferocious of competitors and fine gentleman. |
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| May-02-19 | | sonia91: <How 62nd seed Kaido Kulaots won the Aeroflot Open 2019>
An interesting 2-part interview by Shah Sagar : https://en.chessbase.com/post/inter... https://en.chessbase.com/post/inter... |
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| May-02-19 | | JimNorCal: Terrific interview! Thanks for posting it |
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| Jun-13-19 | | JimNorCal: GM Kulaots is playing in the Karen Asrian Memorial 2019. His second round game as Black against WIM Siranosh is brisk and pretty. |
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