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| May-01-09 | | wordfunph: GM Alexander Ivanov once worked with Gata Kamsky for a month, early in the morning until late at night. After that, he couldn't play chess for 3 months! Happy Birthday GM Alexander Ivanov! |
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| May-01-09 | | number 23 NBer: Happy birthday GM Ivanov!
I've read above that he plays in local tournaments with players much lower rated than him. I think that that's admirable. A high rated player could simply avoid tourneys with average rated players, but if you really love chess, you should jump at every opportunity to play. |
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| May-01-09 | | MaxxLange: I think he earns all of his living from playing in tournaments and teaching chess. Anyway, he seemingly shows up at almost everything on the East Coast. |
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| May-12-09 | | myschkin: . . .
1/3 'A Tale of Two Timers'
<Scene: World Open 1999 at the Adams Mark Hotel in Philadelphia> This photograph
http://www.chessgraphics.net/jpg/wo...
and the next two tell a story that may seem strange to chess players outside of the United States and Canada.
In most other countries, the organizers provide the equipment for the players, especially at the top boards. In these two giant North American states, players almost always are required to supply boards, sets and clocks at open tournaments. This photograph shows GM Alexander Ivanov (USA) at board 1, in round 8, setting up his 'Saitek Digital Game Clock' for the five second time delay. After having set up his clock, Ivanov left the board. [His opponent, GM Jaan Ehlvest (EST), had not yet arrived.] |
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| May-12-09 | | myschkin: . . .
2/3 'A Tale of Two Timers'
When GM Ehlvest - carrying a standard, double-faced analog "Tilt-Back Rolland Clock" -- came to board 1 for his eighth round game against GM Ivanov, he found Ivanov's clock already set up on Black's right. Ehlvest simply moved the Saitek aside and replaced it with his Rolland. In this photograph. http://www.chessgraphics.net/jpg/wo...
Ehlvest's Rolland is close to the board, in front of a plastic cup.
Ivanonv's Saitek is behind the cup at the edge of the table. |
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| May-12-09 | | myschkin: . . .
3/3 'A Tale of Two Timers'
When GM Ivanov returned to the board, the competitors could not resolve amicably the question of which timer would be used, so Bill Goichberg, organizer of the World Open (and dozens of other open tournaments in the United States every year) was called in. Goichberg told Ehlvest that the time-delay digital timer was 'of preference'. In this photograph, he is about to reverse the table positions of the two clocks. http://www.chessgraphics.net/jpg/wo...
The game was played, using the Saitek. Although Ivanov won the battle over which timer would be used, he didn't win the chess game. It ended a draw. <fin> |
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| May-18-09 | | Poisonpawns: He just won the ny open in Lake george New york this weekend.He was the only Gm there so he swept 5 games and won 500 bucks. |
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| Mar-27-10 | | wordfunph: 1995 Interplay US Championship: GM Alexander Ivanov shared first with GM Nick deFirmian and GM Patrick Wolff with 8.5 from thirteen. His wife refrained from telling him that their apartment had been damaged by fire until after the tournament was over. |
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| May-01-10 | | wordfunph: GM Igor Ivanov's first game in the West was drawn after 14 moves, thinking his opponent was a strong master. His opponent's rating was later found out to be 1651. happy birthday Alexander! |
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| May-01-10 | | arthurp: arthurp
letekro-If a man makes his living playing in all kinds of tournaments why begrudge him that!He is a fine gentleman and player and is willing to analyze his game with you.Not too many GM's do that.This is his only occupation!He should be able to earn a living playing in all kinds of tournaments.that's why they're called open tournaments. |
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| May-01-10 | | Illogic: I don't think letekro meant anything negative by it. He was just giving an observation. I've been at a few obscure New England tournaments where Ivanov has showed up and it's quite fun, always a thrill for the other players. |
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| May-01-10 | | waustad: Interesting, he's listed as 2538 in the list of US players on the FIDE site but there is no link to him personally. I recall there was some issue like that with Ukraine a while ago. |
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Sep-29-10
 | | ketchuplover: He's now annotating games at $5 ea. minimum 3 games http://www.gmalexanderivanovschoolo... |
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Sep-29-10
 | | chancho: For a Grandmaster, annotating duffer games is like being sent to the Purgatory to do penance. |
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Sep-30-10
 | | perfidious: <arthurp> I've played A Ivanov several times, and he wouldn't even acknowledge my existence. I'm amused at the idea that he would condescend to analyse a game post-mortem with someone who wasn't a strong master. |
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| Oct-04-10 | | kramputz: Strange FIDE rating |
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Apr-16-11
 | | eternaloptimist: <@kramputz> actually, his rating is 2540 fide now.: http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?... His rating will never get that low (2036). There r 9 people named Alexander Ivanov that have fide ratings @ fide.com. Cg might have made that mistake b/c they mixed him up w/ 1 of the other A. Ivanovs. I will notify cg about this mistake. |
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| May-20-11 | | brucejavier: I don't think he's rated 2036!! |
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| Jun-12-11 | | notyetagm: NECF-InSchools tells you: Ivanov 2608-2643 now
NECF-InSchools tells you: from Mass Open and Wayland tournaments NECF-InSchools tells you: by the way he still pissed about your game :) NECF-InSchools tells you: He has 11.5 from 12 games at Wayland. No Master has been able to score against him. you are the Hero now! |
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| May-01-12 | | wordfunph: "I remember watching Alexander Ivanov play in severe time pressure and he looked like a madman bouncing around in his chair, snarling and grimacing." - <norami> of chessgames.com chess is hard, take it easy..
happy birthday, GM Ivanov! |
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| May-01-13 | | RookFile: Played against him in 1988 in a few blitz games. He explained that he hoped to be a GM. He won every time, of course. One time, he fell into a trap, but beat me anyway. |
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| May-01-13 | | brankat: Happy Birthday GM Ivanov! |
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| May-01-16 | | TheFocus: Happy birthday, Alexander Ivanov. |
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| May-01-18 | | Ironmanth: Happy birthday, Grandmaster! Always was a pleasure to see you in so many tournaments. You awed me with your concentration and willpower. Many happy returns of the day, sir! |
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| Sep-24-22 | | thegoodanarchist: I remember playing in a tournament in Dayton, in the 1990s, where this man also played. We never faced each other OTB, but he did bum a cigarette off of me! Of course I gave him one. [Marlboro Light] The drama of the tournament was when he played some very low rated player, who was using lots of clock time to think. GM Ivanov went the the bar next door to have a drink during the game! His patzer opponent wasn't experienced enough to know he was beaten, obviously. This highlights how different chess is from other sports. If you are trying out for a pro football/baseball/soccer team, etc., you get cut very quickly if you can't play. But in chess, a patzer can keep a GM at the board for hours. Even when the patzer is obviously hopelessly lost. |
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