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May-15-15
 | | Penguincw: Congrats to Jon Ludvig Hammer for winning the EnterCard Scandinavian Masters (2015) and earning the right to play at the upcoming Norway chess tournament. He managed to match top seed Fressinet stride-for-stride in the classical games, before beating Hansen in R6 to take a half point lead. He then beat Fressinet with black in their R7 game, before winning again in Round 8. Fressinet cut the lead from 1 1/2 to 1 in Round 9, but a 4 move draw (and a 52 move from Fressinet) ensured that Hammer would get another crack at Norway. I'm pretty sure he definitely wants another try, as he was a punching bag back in 2013, recording 7 losses. In the tournament, he gained exactly 12 rating points (2665.0 -> 2677.0) and 14 spots (76th to 62nd) |
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Jun-21-15 | | cplyakap: Poor Hammer. |
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Jun-25-15 | | Appaz: Poor no longer!
Hammer - Carlsen 1 - 0.
A mediocre result is turned to a good one. |
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Dec-29-15 | | Appaz: Congratulations to Hammer for his 2700.1 on the live ratings, after a spectacular win over GM Erik Blomquist (2493) in Rilton today. Cool, now I can use the phrase "our super GMs"! |
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Dec-29-15 | | rogge: Great, congrats!! |
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Dec-29-15 | | Appaz: At the moment he is number 45 in the world and the worlds worst super GM. I have to check if that gives bragging rights...hmm, yes it does. |
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Dec-29-15
 | | tamar: I guess it's time to get those baggy pants out of the basement. Hammertime! |
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Dec-29-15 | | notyetagm: <tamar: I guess it's time to get those baggy pants out of the basement. Hammertime!> STOP!
HAMMERTIME! |
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Dec-29-15
 | | chancho: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEi... |
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Dec-29-15
 | | tamar: thanks for the correct sequence notyetagm. I forgot my 25 year old prep. |
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Dec-29-15 | | Rolfo: A new member of the gang! Congrats |
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Dec-29-15 | | Appaz: At the moment, Norway is equal in number of super GMs to Armenia. We could have a decent national team, had it not been for our weak first table. |
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Dec-29-15 | | waustad: Congratulations on crossing the 2700 live mark!! |
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Dec-29-15 | | Shams: Didn't Carlsen once say (when asked) that he thought Hammer had very little chance of ever breaking 2700? |
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Dec-29-15 | | epistle: before you can have a chance of breaking something you must first have it. |
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Dec-30-15 | | Oxnard: Nice going Hammer! Is he full time on chess now? A few years ago I thought he was seeking a career in economics, but between breaking the 2700 barrier, commentating on Norwegian TV, and helping Carlsen, perhaps he's focusing on chess at the moment? |
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Dec-30-15 | | mucher1: Perhaps young Tari will also join the club in a few years. How I miss the old days when Denmark dominated Norway in everything except fjords and skiing. |
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Dec-31-15 | | notyetagm: <tamar: thanks for the correct sequence notyetagm. I forgot my 25 year old prep.> :-)
MC Hammer - U Can't Touch This
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otC... |
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Jan-02-16 | | Oxnard: Hammer today proved why he's the world's greatest chess prodigy by overtaking Wei Yi on the live ratings at 2706.4! |
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Jan-02-16 | | rogge: Very convincing game today against Krasenkow. |
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Jan-02-16 | | Appaz: Very convincing with the black pieces. Krasenkow didn't make any big blunders it seems, he was simply outplayed in a slightly worse position after Hammers pawn sac 16..e5. |
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Jan-03-16 | | cro777: Jon Ludvig Hammer: "Possibly the best game I've ever played. Creativity, aggression, alertness, beauty, endgame accuracy. It had it all." M Krasenkow vs J L Hammer, 2016 |
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Jan-05-16 | | Jambow: Hammer on the 2700 live list a first?
Congrats Jon Ludvig nice way to bring in the new year!!! |
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Jan-05-16 | | aliasniamor: With Tari 2556 while 16 yo, that's already 3 players (with J-L Hammer and youknowwho) out of 4 for a very nice Norway team. Looking forward to seeing Carlsen play up to his rank in the next team events ! |
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Jun-02-16 | | waustad: Happy b'day! |
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