Sep-14-15 Wesley So 
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Libispusher: So far so good for So. It should be interesting to see how he fares this year as his bracket is riddled with players that have a winning record against him. Round 3
vs Le Quang, (-1) in six games
Round 4
vs Ngoc Truongson (-1) in three games
vs Lagrave, (-2) in seven ... |
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Apr-17-15 So vs Giri, 2015 
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Libispusher: <17.Rd1!> was a startling finesse and even black acknowledged it in the presser where Wesley also voiced his side regarding the St. Louis fiasco. https://shamkirchess.az/content/108 |
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Feb-13-15 Zurich Chess Challenge (2015) 
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Libispusher: <bobthebob>
The figures were extracted from official FIDE lists as <schweigzwang> already mentioned above. There seem to be this 'barrier' just below 2800 that Hikaru and Sergei (both accomplished grandmasters for quite a long time now) couldn't quite breach past.
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Jan-25-15 Tata Steel Masters (2015) 
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Libispusher: For the second year in a row, it's been a bloodbath compared to the previous years in terms of game results. Perhaps this can be directly attributed to the infusion of more youthful talents among the list of participants. 2010 (14 players) : 37% of the games were decisive
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Aug-14-14 Tromso Olympiad (2014) 
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Libispusher: Hikaru, 26 (and perhaps the same can be said about Carlsen, 23 and Karjakin, 24), despite just barely in their mid 20's, may all be considered veterans among the current crop of youthful contenders: Caruana (22)
Vachier-Lagrave (23)
Giri (20)
So (20)
Ding (21) |
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Jun-27-14 A Kovalyov vs So, 2014 
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Libispusher: Black's kingside break <34...g5!?> seemed to be a very good multi-purpose practical move (a) to set up for his minor piece roll out and (b) puts some distraction on the active white King that was ready to defend the queenside while (c) having only a few minutes left to ... |
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Feb-03-14 Zurich Chess Challenge (2014) 
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Libispusher: Player TPR from two of their previous classical participations: 2939 Carlsen (10.5 pts / 15 games)
2905 Aronian (11/16)
2785 Caruana (8.5/16)
2742 Anand (5.5/15)
2709 Nakamura (7/16)
2660 Gelfand (6/16)
Undoubtedly two of them are, in their current form, performing a ... |
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Jan-18-14 Aronian vs So, 2014 
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Libispusher: <haydn20: <Libispusher: Aronian in beast mode had his opponent all figured out as early as move 5.> I'm not sure what you mean.> Black was trying to steer the game into a Gruenfeld set up and Aronian came well prepared for it (delaying the his d4 push). I don't know ... |
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Jan-17-14 So vs Gelfand, 2014 
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Libispusher: That White knight hibernating on the f1 square for the good part of the middlegame, hindering castling, and then somehow, at just about the right moment, bolting out towards a winning position is remarkable. It seems Wesley's playstyle had undergone a gradual transformation - ... |
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Jan-11-14 Rapport vs So, 2014 
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Libispusher: <37...d5!> - like a bolt of lightning in the clutch. |
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Oct-24-13 Van Wely vs So, 2013 
Oct-19-13 D Raheb vs H R Jung, 2008 
Sep-11-13 Sinquefield Cup (2013) 
Aug-25-13 World Cup (2013) 
Aug-19-13 Grischuk vs Le Quang Liem, 2013
Aug-19-13 Giri vs Granda Zuniga, 2013 
Aug-17-13 Granda Zuniga vs Giri, 2013 
Aug-17-13 J L Hammer vs Kamsky, 2013 
Aug-16-13 H Wang vs Dreev, 2013 
Aug-15-13 Shimanov vs Kamsky, 2013 
Aug-15-13 Tomashevsky vs So, 2013 
Aug-15-13 Nakamura vs E Safarli, 2013
Aug-13-13 Y Wan vs Adams, 2013 
Aug-13-13 A Ipatov vs So, 2013 
Aug-12-13 Robson vs A Volokitin, 2013 
Aug-12-13 So vs A Ipatov, 2013 
Feb-27-13 So vs M Dziuba, 2013 
Feb-26-13 Reykjavik Open (2013) 
Sep-09-12 Istanbul Olympiad (2012) 
Sep-02-12 Aronian vs Ivanchuk, 2012 
Jan-25-12 Giri vs Aronian, 2012 
Jan-14-12 Gelfand vs Giri, 2012 
Jul-13-11 R Schulder vs S Boden, 1853 
Jan-22-11 Fressinet vs So, 2011 
Aug-31-10 Stefan Docx 
Aug-23-10 D Howell vs P H Nielsen, 2010 
Aug-21-10 So vs Ljubojevic, 2010 
Jul-29-10 N Nguyen vs Giri, 2010 
Feb-14-10 Aeroflot Open (2010) 
Feb-13-10 H Melkumyan vs So, 2010 
Jan-29-10 So vs Giri, 2010 
Jan-28-10 I Cheparinov vs V Havik, 2010 
Jan-28-10 Nyback vs So, 2010 
Jan-27-10 Vladimir Kramnik 
Jan-27-10 David Letterman 
Jan-26-10 A Muzychuk vs Giri, 2010 
Jan-23-10 So vs D Reinderman, 2010 
Dec-11-09 D Howell vs Carlsen, 2009 
Nov-26-09 Ivanchuk vs So, 2009 
May-20-09 So vs R Gao, 2009 
May-15-09 E Sevillano vs Kaidanov, 2009 
May-10-09 E Sevillano vs C Lawton, 2009 
Apr-07-09 Anish Giri 
Feb-22-09 So vs E Safarli, 2009 
Feb-22-09 Ray Robson 
Feb-19-09 So vs T Kosintseva, 2009 
Jan-23-09 So vs M Leon Hoyos, 2009 
Dec-14-08 Richard Bitoon 
Nov-22-08 John Paul Gomez 
Nov-18-08 E Moradiabadi vs So, 2008 
Oct-23-08 Aronian vs A Volokitin, 2008 
Aug-14-08 C Li vs D Howell, 2008
Aug-06-08 So vs D Boros, 2008
Jun-26-08 Mark Paragua 
Jun-09-08 Darwin Laylo 
Jun-05-08 Rolando Nolte 
May-30-08 Morozevich vs Predojevic, 2008 
May-29-08 Morozevich vs I Sokolov, 2008 
May-25-08 Morozevich vs Movsesian, 2008 
May-17-08 X Bu vs Topalov, 2008 
May-12-08 Vasyl Ivanchuk 
May-11-08 Ivanchuk vs I Cheparinov, 2008 
May-10-08 Ivanchuk vs X Bu, 2008 
May-09-08 Topalov vs Ivanchuk, 2008 
May-08-08 Aronian vs Topalov, 2008 
Apr-27-08 Sutovsky vs L Pantsulaia, 2008 
Apr-24-08 So vs S Megaranto, 2008 
Apr-19-08 So vs A Gupta, 2008 
Apr-16-08 So vs X Wu, 2008 
Apr-16-08 Negi vs A Moussa Othman, 2008
Apr-16-08 A R Saleh Salem vs C Li, 2008 
Apr-16-08 So vs A R Saleh Salem, 2008 
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