Oct-02-05 FIDE World Championship Tournament (2005) 
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| milanez: Moldova is considered to be the poorest country in europe and Georgia is partially in europe, and isn't too far ahead of moldova poverty wise |
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May-23-05 Vladimir Kramnik
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| milanez: didnt Anand refuse to play kasparov back in 98' and that's why kramnik-shirov match took place? |
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Mar-24-05 14th Amber Tournament: Rapid (2005)
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| milanez: category rating basically works like this,....CAT 21 is avg elo of 2750 and over, CAT 20 is 2700-2749, CAT 19 is 2650-2699 and so on... i think there was only one CAT 21 tournament so far(las palmas 96') |
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Mar-23-05 Alexander Morozevich
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| milanez: i was talking about morozevich...anand of course has proven himself over and over in classical chess |
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Mar-19-05 Karpov vs Andersson, 1995
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| milanez: i thought it would be 17. e5 since that wins a piece as well |
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Mar-18-05 Velimirovic vs V Bukal Sr, 1971
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| milanez: what about 23...Rg8 for black? all i see for white afterwards is 24 Rxg8+ Kxg8 25. fxe5 dxe5 where black is still a pawn up |
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Mar-18-05 Nigel Short
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| milanez: apparently Linares will not be counted for april list, so he should stay at 2804, and in july he should move up to 2812, which would be his final rating and provided he doesnt play, 2006 april list should be the last one to list him as no.1 January 1990 FIDE rating list. Top 11 ... |
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Mar-15-05 Viswanathan Anand
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| milanez: for anyone interested,i dug out anand's yearly rating progress toward the magical 2800...first time he appeared on a list was in january 84'(rating in january of mentioned year listed):
84'- 2285
85'- 2380
86'- 2405
87'- 2500
88'- 2520
89'- 2515
90'- 2555
91'- 2635
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Mar-11-05 Garry Kasparov
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| milanez: 9.2.3a Players are considered to commence inactivity if they play fewer than 4 rated games in a one year period. 9.2.3b Inactive players are shown on the next 7 rating lists after starting being considered inactive. Their names are then flagged as inactive in the alphabetical ... |
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Mar-11-05 Alekhine vs M Kretschmar, 1936
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| milanez: interesting game, one certainly doesnt see alekhine get demolished like this...and i see it says Dresden 1936, so was this just an off hand game against a lesser known player that took place while alekhine was playing in a tournament? i found this on google: ... |
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