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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 1065 OF 1065 ·  Later Kibitzing > Jan-28-07    Karpova: <AugustAle> There had been those statistics in <rebjorn>'s profile but he kept them until the Shulman game started only. I don't know if anyone saved them. Jan-28-07    AugustAle: <Karpova> Yea, i watched them disappear, tried looking through my cache but too late, and i've been looking around, even dug thru about 1K of these pages. Feb-04-07    Tabanus: from <rebjorn>: Voting statistics for Chessgames Challenge: The World vs A Nickel, 2006. Most votes: 517 (move 36) Most draw requests: 22 (move 25) Smallest winning margins: -Move 30. _8/442=_1.8% -Move 22. 45/434=10.4% -Move 36. 61/517=11.8% -Move 20. 54/424=12.7% -Move 19. 81/403=20.1% -Move 28. 93/425=21.9% Move ##. / Total Votes / Winning Margin Move 41. / ----471---- / 414-_32 (382 = 81.1%) Move 40. / ----443---- / 398-_31 (367 = 82.8%) Move 39. / ----441---- / 396-_30 (366 = 83.0%) Move 38. / ----342---- / 294-_27 (267 = 78.1%) Move 37. / ----433---- / 379-_19 (360 = 83.1%) Move 36. / ----517---- / 275-214 (_61 = 11.8%) Move 35. / ----417---- / 390-__5 (385 = 92.3%) Move 34. / ----404---- / 371-__9 (362 = 89.6%) Move 33. / ----316---- / 240-_30 (210 = 66.5%) Move 32. / ----362---- / 223-_61 (162 = 44.8%) Move 31. / ----369---- / 262-_77 (185 = 50.1%) Move 30. / ----442---- / 214-206 (__8 = 1.8%) Move 29. / ----311---- / 178-_65 (113 = 36.3%) Move 28. / ----425---- / 182-_89 (_93 = 21.9%) Move 27. / ----373---- / 287-_34 (253 = 67.8%) Move 26. / ----413---- / 309-_77 (232 = 56.2%) Move 25. / ----336---- / 227-_64 (163 = 48.5%) Move 24. / ----371---- / 325-_18 (307 = 82.7%) Move 23. / ----327---- / 239-_46 (193 = 59.0%) Move 22. / ----434---- / 221-176 (_45 = 10.4%) Move 21. / ----354---- / 273-_31 (342 = 96.6%) Move 20. / ----424---- / 213-159 (_54 = 12.7%) Move 19. / ----403---- / 187-106 (_81 = 20.1%) Chessgames Challenge: The World vs A Nickel, 2006 Page 1044 41.Qb7+ 414 votes (87.9%) 41.Qa7+ 32 votes (6.8%) 41.etc 25 votes (5.3%) total # of votes: 471 draw requests: 6 (1.3%) --- Chessgames Challenge: The World vs A Nickel, 2006 Page 1028 40.a6 398 votes (89.8%) 40.Qxb5 31 votes (7.0%) 40.etc 14 votes (3.2%) total # of votes: 443 draw requests: 6 (1.4%) --- Chessgames Challenge: The World vs A Nickel, 2006 Page 1016 39.b5 396 votes (89.8%) 39.Qa7+ 30 votes (6.8%) 39.etc 15 votes (3.4%) total # of votes: 441 draw requests: 7 (1.6%) --- Chessgames Challenge: The World vs A Nickel, 2006 Page 977 38.Qb6 294 votes (86.0%) 38.Qc7+ 27 votes (7.9%) 38.etc 21 votes (6.1%) total # of votes: 342 draw requests: 10 (2.9%) --- Chessgames Challenge: The World vs A Nickel, 2006 Page 966 37.Qd8 379 votes (87.5%) 37.etc 54 votes (12.5%) total # of votes: 433 draw requests: 15 (3.5%) --- Chessgames Challenge: The World vs A Nickel, 2006 Page 948 36.b4 275 votes (53.2%) 36.Qd8 214 votes (41.4%) 36.etc 28 votes (5.4%) total # of votes: 517 draw requests: 18 (3.5%) --- Chessgames Challenge: The World vs A Nickel, 2006 Page 923 35.Rxf3 390 votes (93.5%) 35.etc 27 votes (6.5%) total # of votes: 417 draw requests: 7 (1.7%) Feb-04-07    Tabanus: from <rebjorn>, part II Chessgames Challenge: The World vs A Nickel, 2006 Page 902 34.Bxg7 371 votes (91.8%) 34.etc 33 votes (8.2%) total # of votes: 404 draw requests: 13 (3.2%) --- Chessgames Challenge: The World vs A Nickel, 2006 Page 883 33.Bf6 240 votes (75.9%) 33.R1f2 30 votes (9.5%) 33.etc 43 votes (14.6%) total # of votes: 316 draw requests: 10 (3.2%) --- Chessgames Challenge: The World vs A Nickel, 2006 Page 858 32.Bd8 223 votes (61.6%) 32.Bc5 61 votes (16.9%) 32.etc 78 votes (21.5%) total # of votes: 362 draw requests: 17 (4.7%) --- Chessgames Challenge: The World vs A Nickel, 2006 Page 832 31.Qg5 262 votes (71.0%) 31.R1f2 77 votes (20.9%) 31.etc 30 votes (8.1%) total # of votes: 369 draw requests: 13 (3.5%) --- Chessgames Challenge: The World vs A Nickel, 2006 Page 805 30.fxg6 214 votes (48.4%) 30.R1f2 206 votes (46.6%) 30.etc 22 votes (5.0%) total # of votes: 442 draw requests: 12 (2.7%) --- Chessgames Challenge: The World vs A Nickel, 2006 Page 773 29.Kh2 178 votes (57.2%) 29.Qd3 65 votes (20.9%) 29.f6 22 votes (7.1%) 29.fxg6 18 votes (5.8%) 29.etc 28 votes (9.0%) total # of votes: 311 draw requests: 15 (4.8%) --- Chessgames Challenge: The World vs A Nickel, 2006 Page 749 28.h3 182 votes (42.8%) 28.Qd3 89 votes (20.9%) 28.fxg6 49 votes (11.5%) 28.b4 44 votes (10.4%) 28.etc 61 votes (14.4%) total # of votes: 425 draw requests: 17 (4.0%) --- Chessgames Challenge: The World vs A Nickel, 2006 Page 712 27.Raf1 287 votes (76.9%) 27.Rc1 34 votes (9.1%) 27.etc 52 votes (13.9%) total # of votes: 373 --- Chessgames Challenge: The World vs A Nickel, 2006 Page 690 26.Nxd5 309 votes (74.8%) 26.Raf1 77 votes (18.6%) 26.etc 27 votes (6.5%) total # of votes: 413 draw requests: 20 (4.8%) Feb-04-07    Tabanus: from <rebjorn>, part III Chessgames Challenge: The World vs A Nickel, 2006 Page 664 25.Rf3 227 votes (67.6%) 25.Ra4 64 votes (19.0%) 25.etc 45 votes (13.4%) total # of votes: 336 draw requests: 22 (6.5%) --- Chessgames Challenge: The World vs A Nickel, 2006 Page 643 24.Qd2 325 votes (87.6%) 24.Ne4 18 votes (4.9%) 24.etc 28 votes (7.5%) total # of votes: 371 draw requests: 12 (3.2%) --- Chessgames Challenge: The World vs A Nickel, 2006 Page 633 23.d4 239 votes (73.1%) 23.Ne4 46 votes (14.1%) 23.etc 42 votes (12.8%) total # of votes: 327 draw requests: 8 (2.4%) --- Chessgames Challenge: The World vs A Nickel, 2006 Page 613 22.Nxc6 221 votes (50.9%) 22.Qg3 176 votes (40.6%) 22.etc 37 votes (8.5%) total # of votes: 434 draw requests: 2 (0.5%) --- Chessgames Challenge: The World vs A Nickel, 2006 Page 574 21.Qf4 273 votes (77.1%) 21.Nxc6 31 votes (8.8%) 21.Qg5 30 votes (8.5%) 21.etc 20 votes (5.6%) total # of votes: 354 draw requests: 12 (3.4%) --- Chessgames Challenge: The World vs A Nickel, 2006 Page 545 20.Nd4 213 votes (50.2%) 20.h3 159 votes (37.5%) 20.Qf4 27 votes (6.4%) 20.etc 25 votes (5.9%) total # of votes: 424 draw requests: 11 (2.6%) --- Chessgames Challenge: The World vs A Nickel, 2006 Page 510 19.Bb6 187 votes (46.4%) 19.Bg5 106 votes (26.3%) 19.Nd4 68 votes (16.9%) 19.etc 42 votes (10.4%) total # of votes: 403 draw requests: 9 (2.2%) Feb-04-07    CAPA2422: Tabanus: Nice work. Someone needs to take a break now. Feb-04-07    Open Defence: cool Tabanus... maybe you should take the nick Archives :) Feb-04-07    whiteshark: Additional dialog: Oct-19-06 <CapablancaFan: Just got in from work, what happened to <19. Nd4?>> <twinlark: <CapablancaFan> It lost by 182-241 to <18.Qd2>> Feb-04-07    IMDONE4: Alright we won, get over it. We have another big game against Shulman, so cool down with the 1064 pages of kibitzing. Feb-05-07    positionalgenius: Yea,move 30 was very close. <IMDONE4>??? Feb-11-07    Arno Nickel: Today I sent # 5 on my private page replying to <themadhair>'s question concerning the rook ending after 36.d8 (instead of 36.b4) e8 37.xe8 xe8 38.b3. click for larger view Cheerio! Feb-15-07    RonB52734: Happy Birthday, Arno! Feb-20-07    Elixir of Life: <Arno Nickel>: I don't know where this post is more appropriate, the World vs Arno Nickel game page or the Arno Nickel player page, so I'm gonna post this in both threads. One of the closest and most hotly debated battle, on move 29/30, was concerning the R1f2 manouver vs the fxg6/Qg5 manouver. The R1f2 supporters feel that if we play otherwise, your rooks will reach the 7th rank. The fxg6/Qg5 supporters consider the threat of your rooks at 7th as a "paper tiger". Which move do you think is better? I'd like to hear some analysis on your side. Bye. Feb-20-07    andytoh: woohoo! we won the game!!! hurray!!!!!!! Feb-25-07    Arno Nickel: Hi, dear friends of chessgames.com! I am sorry I couldn't spare time for your discussions (esp. the Shulman game) last weeks, but I haven't forgot you. Right now I'm very busy preparing the 5th Freestyle Tournament on playchess.com, March 2nd-4th. If you are interested or even want trying to win the 1st prize, which is US $8'000 in the Final (March 23rd-25th), please read my latest article on the ChessBase site: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... See you later! Arno Feb-26-07    Artar1: Arno Nickel: Good luck in you upcoming tournament! Mar-07-07    trumbull0042: I can't believe the world won this, this is incredible. Apr-23-07    Whitehat1963: What would have been best play after 32. Bc5 Rxc5? May-02-07    TheHurricane3: "I can't believe the world won this, this is incredible." This wasn't a Arno Nickel vs The World match it was a Arno Nickel's Rybka vs The Worlds Rybka match lol May-02-07    Swyp: "This wasn't a Arno Nickel vs The World match it was a Arno Nickel's Rybka vs The Worlds Rybka match lol" may want to actually look at how each side operated a bit closer. May-07-07    Arno Nickel: I am sorry, I couldn't spare any time for further analysis, but I will come back in some weeks. Also I am eager to have a rematch here vs. The World in some months or may be in early 2008. I suppose after another challenge, where you will have White vs. any strong GM. After that we could play the rematch "GMAN-TheWorld" - let's twist again... :) Best regards, Arno May-20-07    themadhair: We the world await that rematch with eager anticipation. Jun-10-07    yusuke: hey, where are my comrades? Jul-15-07    chancho: The world's first win. Jul-26-07    RookFile: I was just reading over page 283 again, and smiling. There was an opening decision between Nc3 and a4. Ten minutes before the close of the vote, Nc3 was ahead by 20 votes. With frantic campaigning (due to a live telecasted game that literally had just ended), a4 managed to come back and win, in that 10 minutes span, by 3 votes. Jump directly to page #    (enter number from 1 to 1065) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 1065 OF 1065 ·  Later Kibitzing >

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