| Oct-06-05 | | rya: close all the way |
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Oct-06-05
 | | tpstar: I'm glad Adams spurned the early repetition with 22. Qf3 but there wasn't much to work with on either side. A respectable draw. |
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| Oct-07-05 | | Ezzy: Every single picture I have seen of Adams so far; he looks absolutely depressed and fed up as if he just wants to go home. I challenge anybody to find me a picture where he has just a slight smile on his face. But then again he has only scored 3 points in his last 14 games, with no wins. He looks a broken man. Wow, this chess is tough at the top when you are not winning. |
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| Oct-07-05 | | WMD: <Every single picture I have seen of Adams so far; he looks absolutely depressed and fed up as if he just wants to go home.> That's just his normal expression. If you saw him waiting for a bus, that's what he'd look like. |
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| Oct-07-05 | | euripides: h6 is a beautiful and interesting move. A very interesting game for all Sicilian fans. |
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| Oct-07-05 | | iron maiden: <Ezzy> Here's a closeup of Adams smiling (near the bottom, you probably won't recognize it at first). http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp... |
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| Oct-07-05 | | Caissanist: Why did Svidler give the pawn back with 32...Rg8? After 32...e5 he would have had to suffer a little, but a pawn is a pawn. |
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| Oct-07-05 | | Ezzy: <iron maiden: <Ezzy> Here's a closeup of Adams smiling (near the bottom, you probably won't recognize it at first).> Isn't it obvious. He's only smiling because his hands are covering the evidence of his sexual arousal because he's standing next to Judit Polgar; or perhaps it's Nigel Short causing this smile!! :-) |
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| Oct-07-05 | | PinkPanther: <Ezzy>
3 points in his last 14 games? What are you talking about? |
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| Oct-07-05 | | Ezzy: <PinkPanther> 2.5/8 San Luis and 0.5/6 against 'Hydra' - I think that adds up to 3/14. |
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| Oct-08-05 | | iron maiden: You're not counting his even score in Dortmund. |
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| Oct-08-05 | | THE pawn: It's really sad for adams though, I wouldn't see him as a world champion, but I was hoping he would get a better score and better games. Well, it's not like he has anything to prove, everyone knows he's extremely talented, but I think he's in a serious need of a break. |
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| Oct-08-05 | | Ezzy: <iron maiden: You're not counting his even score in Dortmund.> Oh yeah. Forgot about that! :-) I am from the UK so I do support Adams. Shame on me for missing this in between tournament(which I actually watched, would you believe!) I think watching his sad expression all the time is 'spacing me out!' |
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| Jan-20-10 | | AccDrag: Opening is Scheveningen (I would even accept Classical), not Paulsen. |
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| Jan-20-10 | | paavoh: @Caissanist: <Why did Svidler give the pawn back with 32...Rg8? After 32...e5 he would have had to suffer a little, but a pawn is a pawn.> Perhaps he was a bit afraid of White getting the Rooks lined up on the g file, and g6 being a weak square. Rg8 ensured a clean way out. By the way, I see you are just one posting away from an even 1000 kibitzes! Go for it! |
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| Dec-02-10 | | aragorn69: <<- Which move that you’ve made in your career do you consider the very best? > h7-h6 against Mickey [Adams] in San Luis.>
Peter Svidler at http://www.crestbook.com/en/node/1364 |
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Jul-02-25
 | | plang: After 10 g4 the game had transposed into the English Attack of the Najdorf. This game was played in round 8; in the 2nd round Morozovich had played 10..Nd7 against Leko and the game had ended in a draw. 16..Bxg5 had been played on two previous occasions; 16..Ne5 was new but later Svidler thought that 16..Rfd8 would have been a lot better. It should be noted that (the previously played) 16..Bxg5 needed an improvement as after 17 Bxg5..Qxg5 18 h6 White has a clear advantage. Adam's 17 f4?! did not take advantage of Svidler's questionable innovation; better would have been 17 h6..Rfc8 18 Ng3!: ie. 18..Bf8 19 hxg..Bxg7 20 Nh5..Bh8 21 Nf6+..Bxf6 22 gxf.. Nxf3 23 Qxd6..Qe5 24 Qxe5..Nxe5 25 Bd3 with a big advantage to White. Svidler realized after the game that he missed a chance to gain the advantage with 17..Nf3! 18 Qd3..d5 19 Bg2..dxe 20 Qd7..Qb5!: ie. 21 Qxb5..axb 22 Rd7..Bd5 23 Rxe7 (23 Nc1..Rfe8 favors Black) 23..Bxa2+ 24 Kc1..Bc4 and Black is two pawns up. 22..h6!? was certainly an unusual idea; Svidler's rationale was that it would lead to only one file opened in front of his king rather than two. After 28 Bg2?! White had to work to earn a draw; 28 Ng3 was better. 31 Nd4 was a clever defense giving Adams active play in the endgame. <Caissanist: Why did Svidler give the pawn back with 32...Rg8? After 32...e5 he would have had to suffer a little, but a pawn is a pawn.> Adams offers 32..e5 33 Ne6..Rf7 38 Rdg1..Bf6 35 Rg6..Bh8 36 Rc1 with sufficient compensation for the pawn. Adams erred with 36 a4?; instead, 36 b3 would have been sufficient for near equality. Svidler, however, missed the refutation 36..Rh2! when after 37 Rf5..b3 38 Kc1..d5! 39 Rf1 (39 Rxd5?..Re2 40 Nd4..Re1+ 41 Kd2..Bb4#) and Black's advantage is close to decisive; instead, after 36..b3? a drawn rook endgame quickly resulted. |
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