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Feb-27-25 Boris Spassky    cu8sfan: Rest in peace, Boris Spassky! I will never forget playing against him in a simul in Zurich.      Jul-13-20 Denker vs D MacMurray, 1932    cu8sfan: This is like Deja-vu all over again!      Mar-11-19 Penguincw chessforum    cu8sfan: Thank you for your kind words on my forum. I have been so busy this year, I never had the chance to check in here on cg.com. I hope the situation has calmed down a bit. At least it seems like the difficulty level of the PotD has been fixed, I now can solve Mondays and sometimes ...      Aug-23-18 N Arora vs B Samhouri, 2008    cu8sfan: I'd go for 32. ... ♖e1. For some reasons, that's the version I find more pleasing to the eye.      Aug-21-18 Helmut Pfleger    cu8sfan: <Pyke> Same here. I have fond memories of watching him on TV talking chess. Remember, chess on TV?!      Aug-21-18 cu8sfan chessforum    cu8sfan: The travellers trotted on, and as the sun began to sink towards the White Downs far away on the western horizon they came to Bywater by its wide pool; and there they had their first really painful shock. This was Frodo and Sam’s own country, and they found out now that they cared ...      Aug-20-18 Sneaky chessforum    cu8sfan: <thegoodanarchist: <Sneaky: In the early days I remember Honza Cervenka, refutor, Knight13, GWGriffiths, pawntificator. Lots of people I can't recall, of course. If you cruise the first few hundred pages of the café you can see them. (Way back then, people actually discussed ...      Aug-20-18 Daniel Freeman    cu8sfan: O my... I was away for a while, sometimes lurking on the site but not posting very often. Then these last couple of weeks I was really away and when I come back I get hit with the news. I am very sad to hear of Daniel's passing. We have interacted a couple of times when I was more ...      Aug-13-18 Topalov vs So, 2016    cu8sfan: Is it just me or is this the second Monday in a row that was awfully hard?      Aug-06-18 K Rohonyan vs A L'Ami, 2008    cu8sfan: Wow, that was difficult, even for me!

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 16 OF 48 ·  Later Kibitzing> Feb-23-06    Bobak Zahmat: <ahmadov> Well in recent tournament it was clear that Topalov and Anand were the best. But I think Topalov is getting exhauseted. Afterwards, Anand has taken the right decision by not participating at this tournament I think. Feb-23-06    YouRang: <Individual highlights for round 5> BEST PREDICTORS (3 of 4): AdrianP, babakova, cade, Dim Weasel, like a GM, offramp, viapori 5 people went 0 for 4. GAME CORRECTLY PREDICTED BY THE FEWEST PEOPLE: Aronian-Svidler[1-0] Predicted by: offramp + like a GM A particularly great round for <offramp> and <like a GM>! Feb-23-06    suenteus po 147: Ouch. Another round of 0/4. Looks like I'm pulling a Topalov this tournament, despite going 3/4 one round. Feb-24-06    offramp: Thanks cu8sfan! I can't believe I am doing so well! Feb-24-06    cu8sfan: <ahmadov> <Why did you go to that cemetery if not for paying tribute to Morphy ;)?> Let's see, what else is there... Marie Laveaux and the famous grave of the Easy Rider movie. We had a great tour guide but in retrospect it surprises me he didn't mention Morphy. By the way this graveyard is in the old town of New Orleans, which is a little more elevated than newer parts of the city so I think Katrina spared it. Feb-24-06    cu8sfan: Pop quiz: Which player's results are we as a group predicting best? And which worst? Feb-24-06    percyblakeney: My guess is Bacrot as best and Topalov as worst. Feb-24-06    cu8sfan: <percyblakeney: My guess is Bacrot as best and Topalov as worst.> Correct! For Bacrot we got 129 of 249 predictions right (51.8%), for Topalov only 55 of 249 (22.1%). In Wijk, the record after five rounds was van Wely with 214/301 (71.1%). Feb-24-06    cu8sfan: I'd like to compare our prediction performance for players between Wijk aan Zee and Linares: <Player / Wijk Performance / Linares Performance / Change in Pct.> Leko / 59.7% / 43.8% / -26.6% Bacrot / 53.6% / 51.8% / -3.4% Topalov / 52.6% / 22.1% / -58.0% Aronian / 48.2% / 38.2% / -20.7% Ivanchuk / 46.9% / 40.2% / -14.3% Here's how I interpret these numbers: 1. So far Linares is more difficult to predict than Wijk aan Zee. 2. Leko and Topalov have considerable drops in prediction accuracy. Leko because he wins instead of draws and Topalov because he loses instead of wins. I think the numbers will even out a bit over the course of the whole tournament. Feb-24-06    ahmadov: <cu8sfan> <<percyblakeney: My guess is Bacrot as best and Topalov as worst.> Correct! For Bacrot we got 129 of 249 predictions right (51.8%), for Topalov only 55 of 249 (22.1%). In Wijk, the record after five rounds was van Wely with 214/301 (71.1%).> Is it because they preferred draws in the respective tournaments, instead of playing decisive games? (As we know, it is safer predict draw than any other result) Feb-24-06    WannaBe: My goodness, I've gone from 2nd place all the way down to below <DRAWER> ?? Oy Vey. Feb-25-06    RolandTesh: <suenteus po 147> You are a courageous man, predicting that Topalov will beat Leko. I wouldn't be surprised if you are right. This tournament is like watching Topalov on acid. Feb-26-06    percyblakeney: This has been the prediction contest from hell, only three are over 50% this far... Feb-26-06    Appaz: Nice predictions last round <Joshka>! Will be intersting to see how many predicted the Topalov loss when/if our dear statisticians presents their numbers (I'm to lazy to check :) Feb-26-06    Chess Classics: <cu8sfan> I might want to try this-do I have to predict for every round? Am I too late? Regards, CC Feb-26-06    Joshka: <appaz> Hey thanks but I just got lucky:-) I believe I went hitless in Round 2, so I need 4 for 4 to just even up. Someone posted that it's just as hard to predict all 4 wrong than right. Believe it's true! Too many decisive games in this Tourney, so far. I'm gonna bet that for this second leg, more draws will happen, but God only knows! One thing for sure if Topalov finishes dead last, this will have to be the shock of the century. Don't believe it will happen, he's gonna get some wins in this second half. Feb-26-06    WannaBe: Oh geeze... I've fallen below <RANDOM>!!! (I've fallen, and I can't get up!!) Round 7 Leko - Topalov 1-0 Vallejo - Ivanchuk 1-0 Svidler - Radjabov 1-0 Bacrot - Aronian 1/2 Feb-26-06    you vs yourself: <WannaBe> I feel you brother:) This touranment has been a predictions disaster for me mainly because of the inconsistency of Peter Svilder, Leko winning games and Topy losing. Let's see if I can get back up by the end of linares half. Feb-26-06    cu8sfan: <I might want to try this-do I have to predict for every round? Am I too late?> You can start any time you like. As unpredictable as this tournament has been you might even still finish first. (-: Feb-26-06    suenteus po 147: <RolandTesh> I don't look at it as courage. As I've explained to <ou vs yourself> it's more of hedging bet on my part. If Topalov wins, great, I get a prediction point. If Leko wins (which I think he might) then I rejoice and cheer as a Leko fan. Besides, it doesn't matter what I predict for Topalov's game, it's never right. Feb-26-06    RolandTesh: <suenteus po 147> <Besides, it doesn't matter what I predict for Topalov's game, it's never right.> LOL, I feel your confusion and understand better now. Feb-27-06    percyblakeney: The Morelia half doesn't count, right? It was only practice, right? :-) Feb-27-06    cu8sfan: <The Morelia half doesn't count, right? It was only practice, right?> I think so too. So does Topalov. (-: Feb-27-06    Mating Net: Do we get extra credit if we picked Sweden to win the gold in hockey? Feb-27-06    YouRang: <Individual highlights for round 6> BEST PREDICTORS (3 for 4): Joshka, Mating Net, YouRang(!) 2 people went 0 for 4 33 (out of 47) people went 1 for 4 GAMES CORRECTLY PREDICTED BY THE FEWEST PEOPLE: Topalov-Vallejo[0-1] Predicted by: Joshka!! Joshka gets my vote for most amazing prediction! (In the betting ranker, Joshka gets the whole pot to himself: $47 in one game!) Ivanchuk-Svidler[1-0] Predicted by: YouRang + Tassadar + Resignation Trap + peabody88 + offramp + Mating Net + Joshka + Bobak Zahmat Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 48) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 16 OF 48 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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