Apr-10-11 Wlodzimierz Schmidt 
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slomarko: <Poznan was Polish before 1793, then German (1793-1871 Prussian, 1871-1918 German), then Polish in 1918-1939 (it was taken by Germany on 10.09.1939), then German in 1939-1945, then back to Polish.> Let's be precise: after Prussia partitioned Poland with Austria and Russia, it |
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Apr-02-11 European Championship (2011) 
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slomarko: i am very puzzled by the fact that the first tie-break seems to be the rating performance. it doesn't make too much sense to me. |
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Mar-30-11 Magnus Carlsen 
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slomarko: <twinlark: Heh heh. In Australia the <Woman's Day> magazine is a weekly. Should be called the <Woman's Weekly>, except we already have one...and it's a monthly.> is this the magazine? http://www.womansday.ninemsn.com.au/
it has interesting articles... "Katy ... |
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Mar-25-11 20th Amber Tournament (Rapid) (2011) 
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slomarko: <rogge: I think a 3087 TPR (Carlsen, not Karpov) speaks for itself.> You can't calculate a TPR performance in rapids based on the standard classical controls ratings. <Rybka level, isn't it ;)> Rybka level is more like 3200 or something ;) |
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Mar-21-11 Sebastien Feller 
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slomarko: best results on the 5. board at the 2010 Olympiad:
1.Feller (France)
2.Bartel (Poland)
3.Babula (Czech Republic)
4.Stupak (Belarus)
5.Jones (England) |
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Nov-26-10 Dariusz Swiercz 
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slomarko: polarmis, very good article! I have followed the tournament and I have to say that Darek was a bit lucky. For example in the game against that Indian guy he was a pawn down and I think close to losing at one point but managed to save it. In the last round his position also looked a |
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Nov-26-10 Eljanov vs Nepomniachtchi, 2010
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slomarko: you are right. 10.Qe2 works because 10...Kd7? gets smashed by 11.Ne5 Kc7 [DIAGRAM]
and now 12.d6! 1-0 |
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Nov-24-10 A Crisan vs Macieja, 2001 
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slomarko: taking the pawn was playable but it's not clear to me if it's really better then the text. for example after 23...Re8 24.Bh7 Ne5 [DIAGRAM] white needs to worry about g6. another option was to avoid taking on h7 by playing for example Bf5 but then black goes Rxe3 and white can't get |
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Nov-24-10 zarg chessforum 
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slomarko: Let's revisit the original statement:
<Now, contrast that with being in an elevator where the cable snaps! Then you enter a free fall, that's a scalar field, no pull here and there (one degree of freedom less). The reason we can detect the fall, is the weightless condition (and |
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Nov-20-10 Hans Arild Runde 
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slomarko: well the final diagram is easy, it has to be Bd5. |
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