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| Oct-23-06 | | Marvol: <Karpova: Sorry, it's just that your comment on Judit being easy prey for Topalov was quite mean. I'm a fan of Judit, you know. Not like <Bufon>+Topalov, but still...> Ah I see. My apologies. Shall we both have one tonight to drink to Judit's victory then? Cheers! (see you at the World v Nickel Game Pub?) |
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| Oct-23-06 | | cotdt: <Karpova>topalov did beat judit 2-0 in their post-1999 games, so i think marvol was not misguided in saying that. sorta like how kramnik is 20-0 against judit and if they were to play, most would say kramnik would win. |
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| Oct-23-06 | | Hesam7: posted by <greg koster> in chessninja: <Absurd thoughts:
Topalov is evidently bound tightly to Danailov; psychologically and by contract. If there's anything to the San Luis rumors then they're bound together by guilty knowledge as well. At some point Topalov may find Danailov less a help than a burden. But how to break away? Well, if Topalov crashed, Danailov would drop him. Maybe in the back of Topalov's mind there's a freedom-loving inner voice whispering, "lose, lose, lose." > |
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| Oct-23-06 | | Laskerschueler: As for 20.Nf5, it´s just that 20...exf5 21.Bxe5 Bxe5 22.Qxf5 attacks the rook (22...Rh8 23.Qxf7 mate) |
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| Oct-23-06 | | Laskerschueler: Someone in Susan´s blog said that Judit would´ve found 20.Nf5 if her opponent had been a 2500 player. You just don´t expect, that a 2800 player gives you a chance like this. |
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| Oct-23-06 | | Karpova: <cotdt: topalov did beat judit 2-0 in their post-1999 games, so i think marvol was not misguided in saying that.>
Topalov vs Judit Polgar, 2005
and for the score - Karpov's score against Spassky is not bad. kasparov's one against Shirov, too. Or Judit's against Short. <Marvol>
Cheers!
I will look at the decision but not following the voting right now. Voted for Bb6 and the winner will be a surprise to me! |
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| Oct-23-06 | | Caloy: <Laskerschueler:> As for 20.Nf5, it´s just that 20...exf5 21.Bxe5 Bxe5 22.Qxf5 attacks the rook (22...Rh8 23.Qxf7 mate) aah right, missed that..Thanks a lot!
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| Oct-23-06 | | PeerGynt: I believe Topalov'c Siicilian is highly overrated. He lost several games in it recently and in many other games his position looked suspicious. I think Topa has no stable opening against E4. He does not want to play Petrov, but his Berlin is bad and his Sicilian gives incidental slips... |
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| Oct-23-06 | | chaital2005: Essent should have called young players like Carlesen, Harikrishna or Radjabov instead of Sokolov |
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| Oct-23-06 | | mikejaqua: Is it possible that Topa's not getting enough potty breaks at Essent? |
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Oct-23-06
 | | chancho: yesterday Susan Polgar said: <Topalov needs to have a new repertoire. No matter how good any player is, if he / she keeps playing the similar things over and over again, others will find a way to beat it.> |
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| Oct-23-06 | | Mameluk: <younger players> Sorry, but this tournament has some regulations like one woman, one junior WC, one Dutch. But I agree that Tiviakov and Van Wely are younger and right now stronger than Sokolov. |
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| Oct-23-06 | | radu stancu: Can anyone tell me what the time controls are? On the official site I found only the open & amateur tournaments' time controls. |
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| Oct-23-06 | | jennthebabe: <She has a +3 on Mamedyarov, but their last game was three years ago. He's improved alot since then.> I think Judit will win tomorrow. I hope so too! |
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| Oct-23-06 | | who: Well the good news is that tomorrow we are assured to see at least one other player get their name on the scoreboard. I feel like Sokolov-Topallov is as if the Cubs played the Red Sox in 2003. You wonder how both players can lose. |
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| Oct-23-06 | | percyblakeney: If all the remaining games in Essent are drawn the top 6 on the rating list could look something like this: 1. Anand 2779
2. Topalov 2778
3. Kramnik 2766
4. Morozevich 2758
5. Ivanchuk 2750 (?)
6. Mamedyarov 2746 |
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| Oct-23-06 | | Tactical: <radu stancu>I believe it is 40/2 then 1 hour for the game |
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| Oct-23-06 | | Jafar219: <jennthebabe> Polgar won Mamedyarov 2 times not 3. |
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| Oct-23-06 | | THE pawn: Ouch...I just saw sokolov and topalov's tournament performance. They are both something like 1950. MY rating. |
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| Oct-23-06 | | Thrajin: A little off topic...
I've been thinking of Topalov, Kramnik, all these top players, and why they all seem not-so-significant when compared to Kasparov. I think the one thing most players today lack is Kasparov's authoritative attitude. For instance, I haven't seen Kramnik or Topalov conduct a post-game analysis or a demonstration with the authority/certainty or the gusto of Kasparov, and I really think that's what separates him as a legend. |
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| Oct-23-06 | | borisfan: <percyblakeney> that is as close as it can get! |
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| Oct-23-06 | | doremi: wow <pb> if that makes the January rating list, it would be a first for Anand ever! |
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| Oct-23-06 | | Dionyseus: <Thrajin> <I've been thinking of Topalov, Kramnik, all these top players, and why they all seem not-so-significant when compared to Kasparov. > Look, it's very simple to explain, Kasparov was the greatest human chess player ever. Period. |
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| | chancho: <Jafar219: Polgar won Mamedyarov 2 times not 3.> search "mamedyarov vs J Polgar" |
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| Oct-23-06 | | ahmadov: Judit has lots of fans here. It looks like it will be tense between us (Mamedyarov's fans) and them tomorrow. |
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