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| Oct-25-07 | | Karpova: Calvia International Open 2007
Ulf Andersson scored 2.5/9 and came in 128th
http://www.calviafestival.com/torne... |
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| Oct-25-07 | | Caissanist: According to the tournament website Andersson only played the first two rounds of that tournament(both wins). He forefeited the fourth and fifth rounds and then withdrew, perhaps because of illness. |
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| Oct-25-07 | | Karpova: I already suspected something like this. It had been said earlier that he has health problems. But if he withdrew after 2 rounds - how did he get 2.5 points (or is the final table wrong)? |
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Oct-25-07
 | | chancho: Ulf! Ulf! Ulf! |
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| Oct-25-07 | | FHBradley: In the picture http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... (scroll down; it's the bottom-most picture) Ulf has a slightly reddish nose; perhaps he was suffering from flu. |
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| Oct-25-07 | | whiteshark: Here are his two Calvia games:
[Event "IV Open Internacional Calvià"]
[Site "Calvia"]
[Date "2007.10.15"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Thomassen, Thomas"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2041"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2007.10.15"]
1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e3 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4
d6 9. b3 cxd4 10. exd4 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Be3 Qd6 14. Qd2 Bd7
15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. Bf4 Qf8 17. Rfd1 Be8 18. Be3 Qa3 19. Rc4 a5 20. Ra4 Qe7 21.
Rc4 Qa3 22. Ra4 Qe7 23. Rc4 Nb4 24. Rc5 b6 25. Rcc1 Rac8 26. h4 Bc6 27. Qe2 Bb7
28. Bg5 f6 29. Bf4 Kf7 30. h5 Nd5 31. Bd2 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 Rc8 33. Rxc8 Bxc8 34.
Qc4 Bb7 35. hxg6+ hxg6 36. Qc1 Qd7 37. Bh6 Ne7 38. Be3 Bd5 39. Qc2 Qc6 40. Qxc6
Nxc6 41. Nd2 f5 42. Bxd5 exd5 43. Nf3 b5 44. Kf1 a4 45. bxa4 bxa4 46. a3 Na5
47. Ke2 Nc4 48. Bc1 Ke6 49. Kd3 Bf8 50. Ne5 Nxe5+ 51. dxe5 Kxe5 52. f4+ Ke6 53.
Bb2 Bc5 54. Kc3 Kd6 55. Kd3 Kc6 
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[Event "IV Open Internacional Calvia"]
[Site "Calvia"]
[Date "2007.10.16"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Aleskerov, Faik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2327"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 a6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. Rd1 Be7 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Qe3 Rc8 13. Nd4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Rc7 15.
Rac1 Qa8+ 16. Qf3 Qxf3+ 17. Kxf3 Ne5+ 18. Kg2 Nc6 19. Nd5 exd5 20. cxd5 Nxd4
21. Rxc7 Bd8 22. Ra7 Nb5 23. Rxa6 Nxd5 24. a4 Nbc7 25. Ra7 Re8 26. e3 Ne7 27.
Rxd6 Nc8 28. Rxd8 Nxa7 29. Rd7 
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Get well soon! |
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| Oct-26-07 | | Caissanist: <Karpova> Apparently they had a half-point bye option, the tournament website shows him not playing in the third round but getting a half point anyway. |
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Oct-26-07
 | | Stonehenge: <Apparently they had a half-point bye option> Ulf just loves that. |
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| Jan-23-08 | | FHBradley: Is there any book about Uffe's bästa partier? I'd love to see one, as he's becoming one of my favourite players. |
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| Jan-27-08 | | littlefermat: Hi, Does anybody know if Andersson has a book of his own games? I really like his style, and I was curious if I could find some of his annotated games... |
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| Jan-28-08 | | FHBradley: Googling revealed no such work on Andersson's games, either by Ulf himself or by some other Ulf. Which is strange, given that Andersson was to Swedish chess what Borg was to Swedish tennis. If anyone should eventually publish a collection, I'll promise to buy at least one copy. |
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Feb-07-08
 | | Mateo: <whiteshark> In the game with Thomassen, 50.Ne5 leads to a quick loss. What about 50.Nh4? The idea is that after 50...Kf7 51.Ng2, if Black takes the a3 pawn, then 52.Nf4 wins back the d-pawn. However, even in such variation, Black would have a better passed pawn. But is that enough for a win? |
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Feb-07-08
| | Mateo: <Chess Carnival: Here is a great positional game won by Andersson: Ulf Andersson vs Y Gruenfeld, 1982
In the final position he's a pawn down but with a winning position...> This one should be selected in a collection called Andersson best games. It is a true positional masterpiece. Andersson sees the board as a box, and his opponent is trapped into the little box. A boa snake constrictor or a spider strategy. |
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| Feb-07-08 | | whiteshark: <What about 50.Nh4?>
Good find, <Mateo>!
It looks to me as the drawing line. <But is that enough for a win?>: no! |
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| Feb-09-08 | | Tomlinsky: Andersson's record with the white pieces against Karpov and Kasparov is pretty darn impressive. 29 starts and not a single loss! http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... |
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| Feb-10-08 | | KingG: <Tomlinsky> Considering Andersson's style I don't find it that surprising, especially against Karpov. As for his games against Kasparov, they seem to be mainly from the time before Kasparov became world champion, and even then there aren't that many. |
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| Mar-09-08 | | whiteshark: According to <Fighter rating list 2000-2007> http://members.aon.at/sfischl/sd.txt Andersson's overall draw percentage 2000-2007 was impressively <82%>. This makes him the undisputed <Draw-Champion <<<!!!>>>> |
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| Mar-13-08 | | norcist: are then any books of andersson's best games?? |
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| Mar-14-08 | | norcist: never you mind....sheesh i should really read the other posts before i kibitz |
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| Apr-20-08 | | shakkiseepra: Anyone from Sweden here? |
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| Apr-27-08 | | Nikita Smirnov: I once met him at my school when our former headmaster Lars Karlsson invited him to our school and the gymnasium.I've even got his autograph at home.Truly a nice guy he is. |
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| Apr-27-08 | | Strongest Force: I met UA online... long before he registered for any ICC accounts. We both had mutual Swedish friends, they were all at a function and online... and so i was introduced. I forget what side of a sicilian i was on, i only know that i was completely shut-off from any air supplies... another patented squeeze! |
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| Jun-01-08 | | Akuni: he only lost twice in this database with 1.e4 as white... |
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Jun-01-08
 | | Gypsy: < Akuni: he only lost twice in this database with 1.e4 as white... > Let's call it 8 loses -- 2 loses in Spanish (Smejkal and Portish), and 6 loses in Sicilians (Ribli, Damjanovic, Hort, Najdorf, Larsen, and Braga). Very impressive! |
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Aug-24-08
 | | Richard Taylor: I once played a rapid game with Andersson on WCC - I joined a tournament and he did also as he was waiting to watch an International Chess match - of course I lost. But it was an illustrious loss! |
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