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Nov-13-11
 | | HeMateMe: First! But then, I am pretty spry... |
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| Nov-13-11 | | waustad: I didn't see any games link when finding the official site: http://www.rijekachess.com/index.ph... Perhaps that will change when it starts. |
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| Nov-14-11 | | AnalyzeThis: I guess you do need to play the games first. |
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Nov-14-11
| | HeMateMe: ...not if you visit the Akobian v. World page. They fight their battles with computers, like during that one episode of <Star Trek>. |
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| Nov-14-11 | | waustad: Often there would be a stub. I'd put one there that gave a "later" message if I were designing the site. |
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| Nov-14-11 | | whiteshark: <Each days a gift and not a given right>
Fight as if it would be your last fight. |
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| Nov-14-11 | | Everett: Suba is coming in as the European Seniors champion, I think. |
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Nov-15-11
| | HeMateMe: Is Korchnoi playing? I wish players like Spassky and Karpov would give this a shot. I'm not sure what kind of health Spassky is in, these days, maybe a tournament is no longer possible. I wish he had played a little more serious chess, as a middle aged man. His autobiography, with some annotated games, would be excellant. I'm surprised this hasn't happened yet. He has played everyone, and been everywhere. He must have some interesting observations. I guess some players are uncomfortable talking about themselves. |
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| Nov-15-11 | | whiteshark: " The 21st World senior chess championship for men and women is open to all players representing the FIDE Chess Federations, regardless of their title or rating, providing that the men are older than 60 and women 50 years of age. For example, each participant in the 2011 Championship must be born in 1951 or earlier (women - 1961) to be allowed to participate. There is also no limit of participants per federation. " In a decade or two I'll take part - promised! :D |
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| Nov-15-11 | | SimonWebbsTiger: @<HeMateMe>
Korchnoi participated for the Swiss at the Euro Team Championship just recently concluded; so the short answer is: "No". |
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| Nov-15-11 | | SimonWebbsTiger: btw, I fully agree that a lengthy book on Spassky by Spassky would make a thumping good read. Boris has always struck me as the most laid back of the world champions, even more so than Tal, so such a book would bound to be full of insightful chess and humouress observations of his colleagues and life as a GM. The last I heard on his health, Spassky was on the mend after receiving medical care in both France and Russia. |
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Nov-15-11
 | | monopole2313: Hope Bojan Kurajica can add a World Senior title to his World Junior title. |
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| Nov-15-11 | | brankat: <whiteshark> <,In a decade or two I'll take part - promised! :D> I thought You were eligible already :-) |
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Nov-15-11
 | | SteinitzLives: <SimonWebbsTiger: btw, I fully agree that a lengthy book on Spassky by Spassky would make a thumping good read.> I agree too, but Spassky would need someone to do all of the analytical work for him because he will be the first to admit, he is chronically lazy. He certainly does not seem to need the money either. Spasskys' "color commentary" for his games and insights about opponents would be a delight! For now I content myself with "Spassky's 300 Wins" from Chessstars.
1998. The games are entertaining with a wide variety of annotations, but very little personality to the book. |
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| Nov-15-11 | | diagonal: <each participant in the 2011 Championship must be born in 1951 or earlier (women - 1961) to be allowed to participate> well, 1951 was the year of birth of (among others):
Anatoli Karpow (ELO 2617, at least semi-retired and de-facto with "frozen" rating points, last tournament two years ago in 2009 with a ELO-perfomance below 2500, since then just one rated game), Jan Timman (ELO 2564, FIDE list november 2011), Ulf Andersson (2582), Rafael Vaganian (2577), Zoltan Ribli (2588), Gyula Sax (2486), Werner Hug (2469, World Junior Champion 1971, never made the GM), ...quite a bunch of notable players but maybe they feel still too young to compete in the Seniors ;-) |
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Nov-15-11
| | SteinitzLives: Positively ecstatic that Jude Acers is in the tournament again, a pure chess native who consistently lives a lifestyle true to the game. An American original if there ever was one. Go Jude! Finish first and I will buy you a life time supply of seafood Gumbo mon ami! |
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Nov-15-11
| | HeMateMe: Does he still run that ad in Chess life "Jude Acers takes on all comers daily at ______(name of restaurant)? |
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Nov-15-11
| | SteinitzLives: Jude has taken on all comers outside of the Gazebo Cafe on Decatur St. http://www.gazebocafenola.com/
He can be found there or in the nearby vicinity, a true French quarter fixture with many fans. He doesn't just play against you, he entertains, tells stories about chess, and can let you know where all the historic chess locales are in the big sleazy. Don't ever skip visiting him if you are in New Orleans, he is a true bank of chess information and entertainment plus he also knows where the best food and music are there! |
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Nov-15-11
| | HeMateMe: Ah....the Gazebo. That was the word I was trying to remember. |
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| Nov-15-11 | | belgradegambit: 1st round games are up on the site http://www.rijekachess.com/index.ph...
The well known names like Balashov, Cebalo , Suba, Jansa all won. |
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| Nov-15-11 | | belgradegambit: Jude won his 1st round game and plays Jansa in round 2. |
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Nov-16-11
 | | Bishoprick: The Mihai Suba game is worth taking a look at. Two knight and two pawns vs. two bishops and two pawns. Mighty instructive, and lots of fun! |
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Nov-16-11
| | Bishoprick: Jude Acers love of chess is what chess used to be about. I knew him many years ago, in Greenwich Village, John Fischer's and wherever else chess was being played in NY (yes, even the Marshall and the Manhattan clubs). I'm happy to see him competing seriously again, and wish him well. I know he's having fun. |
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Nov-16-11
| | HeMateMe: What was he doing in NYC, if he was running that New Orleans Gazebo ad in every issue of Chess Life for the past 30 years? |
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Nov-16-11
| | Bishoprick: That was a long time before that, when he was still a kid and just posting pieces at the demonstration boards at the US Championships. New Orleans was later, although I believe I ran into him in San Francisco at one time. All that was long ago. . . |
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