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Jan-01-09
 | | alexmagnus: The "3-to-20-calibrating" on the January 2009 list is done. "Deflation 1 point" towards the previous list, i.e. 10 pts towards the "base list" (July 2000). The top-25 after it looks like this: Kasparov 2862 Jan 03
Topalov 2831 Jul 06
Kramnik 2825 Apr 02
Anand 2824 Apr 06
Ivanchuk 2801 Okt 07
Morozevich 2797 Jul 08
Carlsen 2795 Okt 08
Svidler 2787 Jan 06
Leko 2781 Jul 05
Aronian 2779 Jul 06
Mamedyarov 2771 Jul 07
Radjabov 2771 Jan 09
Jakovenko 2770 Jan 09
Adams 2768 Jul 02
Shirov 2764 Jan 08
Movsesian 2761 Jan 09
Ponomariov 2759 Apr 02 Jul 02 Apr 06
Polgar 2756 Okt 05
Bareev 2752 Okt 02 Okt 03
Gelfand 2750 Okt 07
Wang Y. 2749 Jan 09
Bacrot 2748 Apr 05
Grischuk 2743 Jan 09
Karjakin 2743 Apr 08
Navara 2741 Okt 06
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| Jan-02-09 | | amadeus: <alexmagnus>, I think your calculations are not correct. Jeff Sonas uses only players that are ranked #3-20 on <both> lists: From http://db.chessmetrics.com/CM2/Form... <I take everyone who is ranked between #3 and #20 on both lists, average them together, and adjust the second month's list up or down by a constant amount...> |
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Jan-02-09
| | alexmagnus: Not really. I mean, what is the sense of comparing <different> players? |
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| Jan-02-09 | | amadeus: He doesn't use different players: he uses players that are ranked between 3-20 on both lists. <By excluding the top two players, I'm hoping to avoid bad effects caused by a player who shoots to the top of the list from one month to the other, and the same thing in reverse by ignoring people who plummet out of the top 20 between one month and the next. In this way I am hopefully capturing a group of players whose strength is remaining relatively constant.> That is: if a player is ranked 17 on the first list and 23 in the second list, he doesn't fit Sonas' criteria. If a player is ranked 14 in the first list, and 19 on the second, then he is ok. |
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Jan-02-09
| | alexmagnus: Aha ok then I have to redo my calculations :) |
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| Jan-02-09 | | amadeus: Btw, this may be of help: http://us.f13.yahoofs.com/bc/463b3d... (PS: I have not checked all this data; it may contain errors) |
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| Jan-02-09 | | amadeus: Sorry. Correct link: http://us.f13.yahoofs.com/bc/463b3d... Hope it helps. |
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Jan-02-09
| | alexmagnus: [Event "Wertungspartie, 5m + 0s"]
[Site "Großer Spielsaal"]
[Date "2009.01.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kampfgeist"]
[Black "Blechbüchse"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1366"]
[BlackElo "1216"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2009.01.03"]
[TimeControl "300"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 d6 5. O-O a6 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Ba7 8. d5 Nce7 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bf4 c6 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Bxd6 Bg4 13. Qd5 Qd7 14. e5 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nd4 16. Qd5!? <sacing a rook for an attack> Nc2 17. Nc3 Nxa1 18. Re1 O-O-O 19. Bxa6 Qc6 20. Qe6+ <of course I somehow missed that Qxc6 is checkmate - "forgot" that the b-pawn is pinned> Qd7 21. Rc1!? <Qc4+ wins quicker but not as spectacular> Qxe6 22. Nd5+ Kd7 23. Bb5# 1-0 
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| Jan-25-09 | | timhortons: <alexmagnus> if i buy fritz 10/ single processor, well that give me a 1 year membership at playchess.com? can i play blitz and bullet with it using my handle? my membership is to expire soon. |
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Jan-26-09
| | alexmagnus: <tim> Don't know how it is with newer Fritzes (I myself use Fritz 9). F9 had 1yr membership included. F10 I think too. |
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Jan-26-09
| | alexmagnus: My rating drastically fell (nearly below 1200) after I played chess and watch Australian Open simultaneously. But while "rehabilitating" my rating I played this one: [Event "Wertungspartie, 5m + 0s"]
[Site "Großer Spielsaal"]
[Date "2009.01.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kampfgeist"]
[Black "James1992"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1257"]
[BlackElo "1323"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2009.01.26"]
[TimeControl "300"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Qf6 5. O-O d6 6. h3 h6 7. d3 Nge7 8. Nbd2 a6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Ne3 b5 12. Bb3 Na5 13. Bc2 Nb7? 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 Ba7 
click for larger view16. e5! <Suddenly the queen is trapped ;) I saw it at the very this moment.> dxe5 17. dxe5 Qf4 18. Nd5 Qc4 19. Bb3 Qc5 20. Be3 Qxd5 21. Bxd5 Bxe3 22. Bxb7 Bxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Rab8 24. Be4 Rfd8 25. Qc2 f5 26. exf6 gxf6 27. Bh7+ Kh8 28. Rxe6 Black resigns 1-0 |
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| Jan-29-09 | | timhortons: <Kampfgeist> is these your handle at playchess? i think we play bullet before? i remember playing with these handle. |
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Jan-29-09
| | alexmagnus: <timhortons> I rarely play bullet. I mostly play either 3+0 or 5+0 (last times it's 5+0 only). What's your playchess handle? |
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| Jan-29-09 | | timhortons: <timhortons> timhortons too. i started playing correspondence chess so i could check the databse about the proper move GM's does. database and correspondence chess goes hand i hand. |
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Jan-29-09
| | alexmagnus: A somewhat amusing case of my opponent misplaying the opening... [Event "Wertungspartie, 5m + 0s"]
[Site "Großer Spielsaal"]
[Date "2009.01.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Twin power2"]
[Black "Kampfgeist"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1429"]
[BlackElo "1327"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2009.01.30"]
[TimeControl "300"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. exf6 dxc4 7. Qe2+ Be6 8. Bg5 gxf6 9. Bf4 Qd7 10. c3 d3 11. Qe4 O-O-O 12. Nbd2 Bd5 13. Qe3 Re8 Twin power2 resigns 0-1 |
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Mar-03-09
| | alexmagnus: OK, now I'm aiming at <stable> 1400 on playchess. I've been 1400 before (my highest is actually 1541), but never managed to keep it for more than a month... Now it will change ;) |
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Mar-20-09
| | alexmagnus: I aimed for stable 1400 on playchess. I reached 1400. But then I started falling like a stone on Jupiter... Now I'm 1200... |
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Mar-25-09
| | alexmagnus: A hyperminiature, where both players played quite patzerish but the final mating picture I produced is worth posting ;) [Event "Wertungspartie, 5m + 0s"]
[Site "Großer Spielsaal"]
[Date "2009.03.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Doume"]
[Black "Kampfgeist"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1216"]
[BlackElo "1279"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2009.03.25"]
[TimeControl "300"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e3 d5 6. cxd5 Na6 7. Nge2 Nb4 8. e4 Nd3+ 9. Kf1 Ng4 10. Qa4 Ndxf2 11. Rg1 Nd3 12. h3 Nh2# 0-1 
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Apr-07-09
| | alexmagnus: "Komm, lass uns tanzen in den Banach-Raum,
Wo Punktepaare wohlgeordnet sind,
Und Riemannsche Blätter rascheln im Wind,
Gefaltet, geheftet, schön wie im Traum.
Ich pfeiffe auf Bernoullis Fixpunktsatz,
Was soll'n mir Hilbert, Euler oder Venn
Mit ihren Indizes von eins bis n,
Wenn Du mich liebst, mein rationaler Schatz!
Fixpunkte träumen von Kontraktionen,
Vektor schmeichelt der schönen Matrize,
Spalten bring er in siedende Hitze,
Heiß und ergodisch glühen die Zonen.
Mordells Vermutung ist kein leerer Wahn,
Denn Deine Kurven sind mein höchstes Ziel,
Ich zählte süßer Punkte endlich viel,
Und meine Graphen kreuzten ihre Bahn.
Du bist mein maximales Ideal,
Der Zustand meiner Liebe ist stabil,
Doch deine Kovarianten sind labil
Und unbestimmt wie Eulers Integral.
In Deinen Augen glänzt der Eigenwert,
In jedem Seufzer schwingt ein Tensor mit,
Du weißt nicht, wie mein Operator litt,
Hast Du ihm doch Funktionen stets verwehrt.
Den Ring aus Polynomen gab ich Dir,
Dazu die Markov-Kette mit dem Stein,
All Deine Tensorfelder waren mein,
Nur Dein Quotientenkörper fehlte mir.
Lösch mich nicht, denn was wird von mir bleiben?
Parabeln, deren Brennpunkt niemand weiß,
Abzissen, zwei Mantissen und ein Kreis.
Laserstrahl wird mich zu Staub zerreiben.
Erstarren werden meine positiven Glieder,
Näht man mein topologisches Leichenhemd,
Vergiß mich nicht, werd mir nicht teilerfremd
Und sing am Grab mir lineare Lieder!"
From Stanislaw Lem's "Cyberiad" (German version, I like it more than the English or Russian one - never saw the Polish original though). |
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Apr-07-09
| | alexmagnus: The last stance is sometimes written differently though: "...Näht man mir ein topologisch Leichenhemd". |
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| Apr-11-09 | | zarg: <I am between 99,5th and 99,95th percntile> That is lower than several of my close relatives, but being much higher doesn't make you a happy human. Trust me. Good luck, what field of math do you work with? |
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Apr-11-09
| | alexmagnus: <Good luck, what field of math do you work with?> As I said,I still didn't complete my study but... Number theory it is/ will be. |
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| Apr-12-09 | | zarg: Yes, you said your math diploma wasn't finished yet. What is your plan afterwards? |
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Apr-12-09
| | alexmagnus: It may sound crazy but I don't know yet. It is quite possible that I'll take some job outside my narrow specialization (i.e. as a mathematician but not as a number theoretic). I'm just too bad to stay on the uni for research. So I guess I will not know what I will do until I actually find a job - wherever it will be. |
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| Apr-12-09 | | zarg: Going from number theory to cryptography ain't far. If you like a job in the industry, my tip for you is to learn C and Java programming, and take some basic crypto before you leave the University. :) |
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