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Akavall
Member since Jan-08-04 · Last seen Mar-06-22

I am Akavall on playchess.com.
My hobbies are: Guitar (mostly electric), Chess, and Beer (trying different kinds).
My favorite players are: Chigorin, Marshall, and Keres. Out of modern players I mostly root for Kramnik and Morozevich, but I like other players too. I hope to see Anish Giri as the next World Champion.
MFO vs. CG Team
http://www.mrfixitonline.com/cd/sho...
Kasparov's Chicago 2003 simul incident, original thread:
http://www.mrfixitonline.com/viewto...
List of 15 World Champions:
http://www.mrfixitonline.com/viewto...
Get informed:
http://www.antiwar.com
"Life begins when Theory ends."

"
Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make people happy. " --- Tarrasch

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Akavall has kibitzed 5043 times to chessgames [more...]

Aug-18-12 Svetozar Gligoric

Akavall: A bit late, but this made it to yahoo news: http://news.yahoo.com/serb-chess-gr... RIP

Apr-16-12 Svidler vs Morozevich, 2012

Akavall: Great Game! It is games like this that make us love chess.

Feb-19-12 Kenneth Rogoff

Akavall: <(Note also: a person who gets caught driving drunk must be stopped from driving then and there, while a person who gets caught violating a minor traffic rule is allowed to continue driving.)> That's because this is what the rules require police officers to do :). Using that ...

Feb-15-12 Garry Kasparov

Akavall: IQ tests and all standardized tests do not capture true intelligence very accurately, since proper preparation for those tests improves performance drastically.

Feb-01-12 Sajtar vs Benko, 1954

Akavall: To me it just seems neat to have a position in which the only winning move is a promotion, and that any under-promotion wins. So I am just playing with this position in seeing what changes would make into a desired position. Why does a position I am describing above is appealing to ...

Jan-31-12 Yifan Hou vs Polgar, 2012

Akavall: I was glad to see this. Good game by Hou.

Jan-21-12 Beer

Akavall: <SwitchingQuylthulg> Nice article. Thanks. I find the logic of under-promotion really neat.

Dec-04-11 London Chess Classic (2011)

Akavall: Why not in list them in order of percentage points gained?

Dec-01-11 Aron Nimzowitsch

Akavall: <TheFocus> I think I get the gist of it, but the wording is very awkward. <There is no such thing as an absolutely freeing move.> OK, this sentence makes sense. [Case 1] : <A freeing move in a position in which development has not been carried far always proves ...

Nov-25-11 Tal Memorial (2011)

Akavall: <The killer duo Anand and Gelfand got a total of 16 draws, two losses and no wins> I am sure they will perform better when they face each other.

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