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Jan-10-10
 | | alexmagnus: And here another player who got a sudden explosion at a relatively old age (46). With a name like this... http://ratings.fide.com/id.phtml?ev... |
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Jan-15-10
 | | OhioChessFan: Be sure to check out my forum for the Corus Moves Prediction Contest starting tomorrow. Click on Elvis for details. |
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Jan-26-10
| | alexmagnus: [Event "Wertungspartie, 5m + 5s"]
[Site "Großer Spielsaal"]
[Date "2010.01.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Junior187"]
[Black "Kampfgeist"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1228"]
[BlackElo "1394"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2010.01.27"]
[TimeControl "300+5"]
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Qh5 Be6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Ng5 Nf6 9. Qf3 Bxc4 10. dxc4 O-O 11. O-O e4 12. Nxe4 Re8 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Qg4 Ne5 15. Qh3 Nxc4 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Bxd2 Re2 18. Be3 Re8 19. Rae1 Rxb2 20. Bg5? Qxf2+! 21. Rxf2 Rxe1+ 22. Rf1 Bc5+ 23. Be3 Rxe3 24. Qc8+ Re8+ 25. Kh1 Rxc8 0-1 |
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| Jan-29-10 | | Magnusch: <alexmagnus> I have no time for the moment but could return to the subject tomorrow (hope I not forget it ;). |
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Mar-10-10
| | alexmagnus: Those who speak German and are interested in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict can visit my blog: http://alexmagnus.blog.de.
There I suggest my own solution of the conflict |
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| Mar-10-10 | | technical draw: <alexmagnus> I read your paper on the Israel-Palestinian conflict. With the help of some resources I think I understand your proposition well. I just want you to know that I and others have read it and will analyze it and keep an open mind on your ideas. However I will make no comments on it in this (chess) forum because the nature of the subject tends to produce much heated (too much) debate.
Thanks, at least my study of German was not wasted. |
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Mar-10-10
| | alexmagnus: <td> You can comment in the blog if you wish :) |
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May-19-10
| | alexmagnus: Let me play you for the last time
It's the last chance to win again.
But I'm broken and I can't win anything.
When I drew you - it's so untrue
I can't even convince myself
When I'm moving, it's the hand of someone else.
Oh, it tears me up
I try to play on but it hurts too much
I try to recall but it's not enough
To make my game OK.
You can't play at hundred-ten
And if you do you lose then.
I still have some chessic feel
But I cannot threaten something real.
Oh, the truth hurts,
Takebacks worse
How can I give any more?
When my Elo's a thousand less
Than before... |
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Jun-05-10
| | alexmagnus: I just created Game Collection: Champions miniature champions |
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Jun-22-10
| | alexmagnus: Grrrrr. I have only one hurdle on my way to the diploma (the thesis itself excluding) and I cannot pass this hurdle for 2 years already.... Numerics, the last compulsory subject remaining... at the end of it you have, except of the exam, also to write kind of a work. The first time I failed. The second too, but they were merciful and gave me a chance to do it again (i.e. the same topic, not giving me a third topic as it is usual). Now I'm on doing it again and make very little progress... Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. I guess I become crazy/mad before I finish numerics.. |
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| Jun-23-10 | | Rolfo: Alex,is numerics short for numerical analysis? If so, I know it is tough. I passed an exam at University in that theme years ago. I know you will make it next time ! Good luck anyway :) |
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| Jul-28-10 | | whiteshark: fyi <alexmagnus>
Today chessvibes published an angry open letter of Arkadij Naiditsch about the German Chess Federation. It would
have been great comedy if it's not describing the unvarnished truth and bitter reality. http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/a... |
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Jul-28-10
| | alexmagnus: I've seen it, posted it myself on the Naiditsch page here. This "dispute" between the German top players and the Federation is probably now officially turned into a war (let's see what the GCF functioneers do about it)... But Naiditsch's reaction is understandable, after Weizsäcker's letter... |
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Aug-05-10
| | alexmagnus: Two years after my firstt official tournament I decided to play another tournammment. :). |
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Aug-05-10
| | alexmagnus: Minimal goal: to perform better than it was two years ago (it was 1365 national rating). Actual goal: To perform higher than 1500. |
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| Aug-06-10 | | I Like Fish: good luck...
fish |
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Aug-07-10
| | alexmagnus: Loss vs 1915 in round 1:
[Event "Lichtenberger Sommer 2010"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.08.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kornijenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Schmidt, Jürgen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1366"]
[BlackElo "1915"]
[Annotator "Kampfgeist"]
[PlyCount "60"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. d4
exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. h3 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Qd2 Nxe4 13. Qe3 d5 14. Bd3 Re8 15.
Bxe4 Rxe4 16. Qd2 gxh4 17. Qxh6 Qd6 18. Qg5+ Qg6 19. Qxd5 Bxh3 20. Ng5 Rg4 21.
Nxh3 Rd8 22. Qf3 Nxd4 23. Qxb7 Nc2 24. Nc3 Nxa1 25. Rxa1 Rd2 26. Rb1 Bd4 27.
Re1 Kg7 28. Nd1 c6 29. Qxa6 Rxg2+ 30. Kf1 Rh2 0-1 |
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Aug-08-10
| | alexmagnus: Hyperminiatured by a 1711 in the 2nd round. |
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Aug-09-10
| | alexmagnus: I just made an interesting player profile. For each age, I took the (national) rating of the 100th best player in Germany at this age. So I got a profile of a "phantom player". He starts playing chess at 8. His first, but not final, peak, is reached at 23. At 29 he beats it, and after a period of stability in 30s he explodes again at 36. <He plays at best between 37 and 47, with absolute peak at 41>. The decline begins at <45>. Even at high age he still sometimes has short improving phases, so f.x. at 66. At 77 he completely breaks, and dies at 85. Details in the next post. |
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Aug-09-10
| | alexmagnus: The mentioned profile:
8 766
9 936
10 1112
11 1215
12 1386
13 1534
14 1632
15 1703
16 1769
17 1825
18 1891
19 1921
20 1954
21 1966
22 1953
23 1992
24 1962
25 1971
26 1968
27 1991
28 1985
29 2016
30 2009
31 2028
32 2015
33 2022
34 2016
35 2026
36 2077
37 2054
38 2077
39 2113
40 2106
41 2149
42 2123
43 2123
44 2132
45 2137
46 2128
47 2124
48 2085
49 2078
50 2071
51 2046
52 2040
53 2034
54 2004
55 1991
56 1978
57 1959
58 1924
59 1921
60 1922
61 1901
62 1892
63 1871
64 1842
65 1804
66 1836
67 1841
68 1816
69 1810
70 1818
71 1802
72 1800
73 1787
74 1800
75 1771
76 1774
77 1667
78 1627
79 1640
80 1590
81 1564
82 1473
83 1371
84 1327
85 1032
So much for 40-year-old players being "too old". ;) |
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| Aug-09-10 | | MrMelad: Hi alex, I just read a google translation of your blog. First, I'd Like to encourage you to keep going, it is very interesting to read objective perspectives in a world of bias... I'd like to suggest that most of your solutions were offered to the Palestinians by Israel more than once, and was rejected. By those I mean the return of the refugees to future Palestine (and not to Israel), and also the evacuation of 97% percent of the land occupied in 1967, where the additional 3% would be exchanged with other equivalent land areas. Those ideas were rejected by the Palestinian leadership time and again, as they want the right of return to Israel itself to change the demographic balance with 4th generation refugees. Your opinions puts you in the "center-right" from an Israeli political point of view, as most of your opinions are from a "practical" nature. Except for this somewhat irrational statement (which even the left in Israel doesn't claim anymore) <Israel must include Hamas in peace talks> Hamas doesn't recognize Israel, certainly not as a legitimate country. When it will, Israel already stated, it will join the peace process. The problem with Hamas that it is most and foremost against the peace process itself, and every time in the past 20 years, whenever there was some progress or advancement in the peace process, Hamas took care to <kill it> and reverse the situation. Hamas is not interested in peace, Hamas is only interested in a Shahid philosophy, meaning to kill as many Israeli Jews as possible, <and to die as much as possible>, all the time maintaining a miserable poor population at hostage, so that its poverty and horrible conditions would encurage ignorance and hate on their part and cause people around the world to support their cause our of pitty. Not all Palestinians wants to be miserable and live under a fundamentalistic terror rule, but those that speak against it, even the Palestinians that speak against it, are called traitors to Islam and are being executed (!!), and in areas where Hamas doesn't have control (for instance, Ramallah), de facto, there is almost no occupation at all, there is a constant financial growth, there are no travel restrictions and there are cultural bridges being built between the people of Palestine and Israel. Support the people of Gaza, don't support Hamas. Thank you. |
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Aug-09-10
| | alexmagnus: <Mrmelad> I don't support Hamas (lol, as a Jew with Israeli relatives? That'd be weird, mildly said). It's just that now that they are in power in the Gaza strip, it looks like there is no other way. As long as Gaza's status is not clarified, that is. I mean, any decision concerning Gaza, made between Israel and the official Palestinian authority, is just a worthless piece of paper as long as the PA cannot control Gaza. |
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| Aug-09-10 | | MrMelad: <I don't support Hamas> I know you don't and I didn't mean to imply otherwise. What I meant to say was that its possible to support the people of Gaza without supporting Hamas, but I guess it was unintended for.. <any decision concerning Gaza, made between Israel and the official Palestinian authority, is just a worthless piece of paper as long as the PA cannot control Gaza.> 100% correct. This is the main reason I'm very pessimistic about any peace process what so ever. btw, Your imaginary age player profile is interesting. I don't know if its telling us anything about top players, as it might be harder/different to gain those extra points going 2700 and north. Do you have statistics about top 10 and #1 ratings through age? Also, maybe rating inflation has to be accounted for... |
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Aug-09-10
| | alexmagnus: <100% correct. This is the main reason I'm very pessimistic about any peace process what so ever.> Someday the conflict has to end. Trying to solve it with war just leads to a "mutual" destruction. <Also, maybe rating inflation has to be accounted for...> Here not, as ratings at all ages are taken at the same point in time. |
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| Aug-09-10 | | MrMelad: <Someday the conflict has to end. Trying to solve it with war just leads to a "mutual" destruction.> I agree completely, however, rational thought has long been forgoten in the middle east. :( <Here not, as ratings at all ages are taken at the same point in time.> Interesting. I've noticed there are some periods in which the ratings seems to drop or remain about constant, like from ages 23-27 and around 31-35, 41-47, do you think your model predict crisis in life in those periods, as they are close to the "change of prefix" birthday, which is known to cause depretions? :) |
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