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| May-24-10 | | SamAtoms1980: Congrats to Eljanov for winning this Grand Prix tourney. Will he get something for it, or is this win totally meaningless? Further congrats to Radjabov for making the Candidates' Matches, and good luck ---- he'll need lots of it against Carlsen. |
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| May-24-10 | | muradov: <SamAtoms1980: Will he get something for it> He will get 30k Euros, which a bit better than something I think :) |
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| May-24-10 | | frogbert: <Will he get something for it, or is this win totally meaningless?> in addition to the money, i'm rather confident that both this victory and his top 10 rating will earn him a couple good invitations during the next 12 months. at least i hope that'll happen. |
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| May-24-10 | | vanytchouck: <Hovik2009: you guys are so naive for thinking Aronian will be replaced, no Aronian then no legitimate candidate matches.> In any other sport or discipline, i would agree with you, but in the chess world ruled by FIDE ... Especially as Aronian is a direct Topalov's opponent. |
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| May-24-10 | | Pawnsgambit: Where is the official list of pairings for the Chanllegers match? |
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| May-24-10 | | Sbetsho: <Pawnsgambit> here are the pairings: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_... |
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| May-24-10 | | amadeus: Head-to-head stats (classical games)
There are most probably a couple of mistakes here and there, but whatever... just for the fun of it: Topalov +7 -1 =7 Kamsky
Aronian +4 -5 =11 Gelfand
Carlsen +4 -1 =12 Radjabov
Kramnik vs Gashimov [no classical/ +4 -0 =2 overall]
Kramnik +1 -0 =3 Mamedyarov
*******//*******//*******
Topalov +6 -3 =8 Aronian
Topalov +8 -3 =16 Gelfand
Aronian +4 -0 =2 Kamsky
Gelfand +6 -3 =16 Kamsky
Kramnik +3 -2 =4 Carlsen
Kramnik +2 -0 =7 Radjabov
Carlsen +0 -0 =1 Gashimov
Carlsen +1 -1 =5 Mamedyarov [+7 -0 =1 in etc]
Radjabov-Gashimov: +0 -0 =7 in recent games
Radjabov-Mamedyarov: one win here, lots of draws
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Topalov +8 -13 =31 Kramnik
Topalov +3 -5 =4 Carlsen
Topalov +1 -1 =13 Radjabov
Topalov +1 -0 =1 Gashimov
Topalov +1 -2 =4 Mamedyarov
Aronian +0 -3 =6 Kramnik
Aronian +4 -5 =7 Carlsen
Aronian +3 -3 = 12 Radjabov
Aronian +1 -1 =3 Gashimov
Aronian +2 -1 -5 Mamedyarov
Gelfand +3 -6 =30 Kramnik
Gelfand +1 -0 =6 Carlsen
Gelfand +1 -3 =10 Radjabov
Gelfand +0 -0 =6 Gashimov
Gelfand +4 -0 =6 Mamedyarov
Kamsky +4 -1 =10 Kramnik
Kamsky +2 -1 =5 Carlsen
Kamsky +0 -4 =2 Radjabov
Kamsky +0 -1 =1 Gashimov
Kamsky +3 -3 =3 Mamedyarov |
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| May-24-10 | | randzo: My prediction is Carlsen vs Aronian in the final |
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| May-24-10 | | Kazzak: @sbetsho
That wiki-page should be used to indict FIDE top officials and throw them in jail. What a bunch of clowns. You'd think that the chess world has absolutely no clue what it's doing. Imagine this nonsense in another sport. A journalist reading this would find a story in the chaos, not in the chess. |
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| May-24-10 | | Chessforeva: 3D games: http://chessforeva.appspot.com/C0_p... |
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| May-24-10 | | Hesam7: <Eyal: A round robin would definitely have to be either in a different place than Azebaijan or without Aronian, since as far as I know he (or the Armenian Federation in his name - http://www.chessbase.de/nachrichten...) still categorically refuses to play in Baku... And at any rate the problem with that hasn't been solved yet - supposedly they should be looking for a second venue for his match(es).> I really hope there is another bid for a double round robin or longer matches (at least make the final 8 games long!) the current situation is very unsatisfactory. |
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| May-25-10 | | percyblakeney: Maybe Mamedyarov would be a good pick to play against Kramnik. He recently won a blitz tiebreak minimatch 2-0 against him, after also beating him in the rapid event in Baku. Also before that Mamedyarov had a plus against Kramnik in non-classical chess. In classical the only decisive game was won by Kramnik, after Mamedyarov declined a draw offer with black but eventually lost, that was three years ago though. This can be compared with Gashimov's (non-classical) stats: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... |
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| May-25-10 | | Rolfo: Are organizers already picked and fixed for the candidat matches? |
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| May-25-10 | | Kazzak: Unfortunately, we got no photos of Gelfand vs. Eljanov at the board, but here's a shot from the press conference. Brothers in Chess:
http://astrakhan2010.fide.com/image... |
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| May-25-10 | | hellopolgar: now, if only wang converted his queen + rook into 1 point vs pavel's queen + bishop(Wang Yue vs Eljanov, 2010)...he would not only win this prix, but also get to participate in the Candidates' Match... |
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| May-26-10 | | gorash: Great feat by Eljanov. He showed he is not only capable of beating sub-2700 opposition (at which he is superb though, that's where his 2750ish rating comes from) but 2700+ SGMs. Ivanchuk, Leko, Gelfand and Svidler were a bit dismal on the other hand. |
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| May-26-10 | | arkansaw: Aronian is simply being idiotic, I don't see Radjabov making such childish demands, or even Akopian. If some 2700 player thinks he has become indispensable, somebody should set the record straight. |
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| May-26-10 | | Bobby Fiske: Who is the FIDE Director responsible for picking the farewell gift to the players?:
http://astrakhan2010.fide.com/image... |
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| May-26-10 | | szachista: arkansaw:
Aronian didn't play in Baku (1st GP tournament), Azeri players didn't play in Jermuk (5th tournament). Any guesses why? |
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| May-26-10 | | researchj: The countries are in a state of war with each other. |
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| May-26-10 | | randzo: I like Jakovenko .He lost only 5 games in 4 Grand Prix tournaments .he says that draw is normal outcome and i agree with him. |
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| May-27-10 | | tarlan13: Any news when and how will Azerbaijan decide on their 2nd candidate (Mamedyarov/Gashimov)? |
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| May-27-10 | | ahmadov: They still have some time, but most probably it will be Mamedyarov... |
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| May-27-10 | | arsen387: <I don't see Radjabov making such childish demands> then you don't see the obvious :) |
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| May-27-10 | | Bobby Fiske: I read an interview with Aronian recently. I can’t find the link, but he explained why he doesn’t want to play in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. Aronian is Armenian, and the 2 countries have fought a brutal war not so long ago. Read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armeni... -He said that the Candidates is an extremely tough and challenging tournament, where he need to focus and concentrate maximum while playing. He said that he trusted the organizers, and that he had no fear being inside the playing venue. However when playing tournaments, he likes to walk the streets and relax outside, and that this was not possible to do without fear (for life/mob?). He didn’t want to sit in his hotel room for weeks, as a prisoner. Seems quite reasonable to me. Probably his games will be played in Kirsan’s Kalmykia. No big deal. |
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