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| eremite: Just one scary novelty Be2 from Carlsen, and he was crushed by exhausted Vasyl |
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| Sep-09-08 |
| Billy Vaughan: Does Chucky get to rest after this tournament? |
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Sep-10-08
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| Mateo: In the interview after the game he won against Carlsen in Bilbao, Ivanchuk said he thought he found some novelties meanwhile he was dreaming. Another interesting point is that he founded some novelties during mass! Spassky said he found some ideas in the opening in his dreams, but bad ones, like refuting the Spanish! |
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Sep-10-08
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| malthrope: <Mateo: In the interview after the game he won against Carlsen in Bilbao, Ivanchuk said he thought he found some novelties meanwhile he was dreaming. [...]> Thanks <Mateo> :) I'm one of the few dinosaurs left on the planet without functioning speakers! (internal sound card conflict yet to be resolved)... So, any tidbit of 'text' is greatly appreciated! :) - Mal PS: Boris up to his old tricks - priceless! ;)
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Sep-10-08
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| LKor: Excellent win against Carlsen yesterday! Though I'm a fan of the youngster, I fully appreciate the flawless play of Chucky and the killer moves he blitzed out while being short on time. |
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Sep-10-08
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| Geronimo: Yesterday's win was quite a gem. Very instructive in QGD with black. Is it my imagination or did Ivanchuk underperform during the first round. I'm sure he was exhausted after the two-fer at Tal, but if yesterday was an example, then he's still playing to win in Bilbao. I wish him all the best and I'd love to see him come from behind and get back into the competition. |
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| Sep-10-08 |
| eremite: Another wonderboy has been crushed by exhausted Vasyl today. Two rounds only, and he will have a break until some team tournaments. |
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Sep-10-08
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| Geronimo: Exhausted or not, the win today was amazing to watch. With less than two minutes Ivanchuk blitzed over twenty moves with Raja from a dead even closed position to a sure win. Clever time pressure strategy? It worked. I hope to see him win in Bilbao, making a strong case for player of the year.... |
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Sep-10-08
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| Etienne: That time pressure and it's outcome was completely crazy especially considering that slow maneuvering game they had been playing for so long before. |
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| Sep-10-08 |
| Billy Vaughan: Ivanchuk's number one in the live ratings.
Ivanchuk 2791,3
Morozevich 2787,0
Carlsen 2786,2
Topalov 2785,2
Anand 2783,8 |
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| Sep-10-08 |
| Billy Vaughan: Great picture from last round: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3105... |
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Sep-11-08
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| diagonal: In these days it's all about (live) ELO rating, maybe chessgames.com should introduce another box with "the no.1 of the day" ;-) It's really incredible, how close the top acts are: five players within less than ten ELO points! And several changes in the corresponding no. 1 ELO-position during one tournament (Bilbao 2008)... Ivanchuk certainly merits this honour, for his lifetime achievements, his fighting play and especially this fantastic year; just after his wins at the Tal Memorial (and the Tal blitz), Vassily Ivanchuk is number one in the provisonal world chess ranking list (chess.liverating.org), september, 11th. Ivanchuk shows, that also (near) forty years old / young players can compete successfully in the "Champions League". Congrats to Chucky! |
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| Sep-11-08 |
| matherd1: If he becomes no.1 on the next official list (certainly possible)I guess it'll be the first time he's ever been no.1 on the FIDE ratings list...Seeing as most of his career overlapped with Kasparov and then he's certainly not been top since 2005. |
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| Sep-11-08 |
| amateur05: I remember the interview with Topalov after Kasparov announced his retirement from chess. He described Kasparov as a player who was way ahead of everyone else. Today the no 1 position in the FIDE ratings list is open to anyone. |
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| Sep-11-08 |
| fuerst: Congrats Vasily!Keep it up!
Best wishes! |
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| Sep-11-08 |
| jaydes: Im a patzer amidst Super Grandmasters, but i believe Ivanchuk when he said he found novelties in his dreams. I've been having sleeping problems of late, with random positions appearing in problematic patterns. I've also been trying my hand at blindfold chess and such dreams could be a result of this. On a sidenote, I think i know why Ivanchuk almost always gets into time trouble. All SuperGms probably look at every move in Puzzle mode, but maybe Ivanchuk takes this to the extreme :P |
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Sep-11-08
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| Etienne: I wish Ivanchuk wins at least one or two more games. |
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Sep-11-08
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| Geronimo: <jaydes> I've been watching him play blitz and am not sure "time trouble" is a complete description. I think he has enormous confidence in his calculations and - unless surprised - is able to play rapidly in the last few minutes of a control without blundering. It would be time pressure only if his opponant has much more time against him. But even then, it isn't always the case (win against Carlsen). I think it is also part of his psychological game. Last night must have been shattering against Raja: to have a perfectly even position for three hours and then to lose like a woodpusher against a speed-chess hustler for three dollars in Washington Square Park. Ouch! In my opinion, Ivanchuk established himself as dominant under extreme time last night and this will play in his favour for the rest of the tournament. |
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Sep-11-08
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| Etienne: Well Ivanchuk won Mainz and the blitz Tal Memorial this year, so saying he is good at playing fast is an understatement. But that's what is a bit odd, because Anand who is good at playing fast will never get in time trouble. Ivanchuk is an extremely good fast player too, but will ALWAYS get in time trouble. Two different ways of expressing this strength of fast playing I guess hehe. |
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| Sep-11-08 |
| jaydes: <Geronimo> I'm aware of that, i remember him winning the recent Blitz World Championship. Perhaps, as you said, he trusts himself to calculate quickly and this may be one reason why he looks that much harder into the position than usual, thereby having lesser time than his opponent. I follow games between Top players on the playchess server and the things they see in a 3 minute blitz game are plain crazy. Ivanchuk being a top class GM, I'm not surprised he can calculate quicker than most people in the circuit. |
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Sep-12-08
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| AsosLight: Come on Vassily!
A couple of games and you will be #1.
At last. |
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Sep-12-08
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| timhortons: chucky is winning over aronian in round 9, chess tournament is like a box of chocolate, they are full of surprises, i read a lot of either magnus or carlsen winning these tourney and here chucky upsets everyone:) |
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| Sep-13-08 |
| fananandfan: Funny that Ivanchuk swapped his no. 1 live ranking with Topalov. Only he can do spectacular things. Sad that he didn't get to the No. 1, which has eluded him so many times. :( |
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| Sep-14-08 |
| eremite: In spite of unlucky finish of Bilbao, Ivanchuk's contribution to chess is the most impressive as usual: 50 rated games plus victorous superblitz during last 3 months. |
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Sep-14-08
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| Geronimo: Anyone know what's next on Ivanchuk's schedule for the rest of 2008? |
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