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Aug-22-08
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| notyetagm: <Davolni: nice game <notyetagm>!!!
who is "Skriabin" anyways? 3212 rating shouldn't be easy to get.. probably a top GM, right?> And this was a -blitz- game by Aronian!
If he plays in the Tal Memorial Blitz tournament he may very well win it, especially since Anand is not playing. |
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Aug-22-08
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| timhortons: <notyetagm> i chat with AG regarding his string of losses at icc and he told me hes playing horribly bad, i did not pursue the issue but i guess aronian is busy with tournaments now and still he play like 10 or 20 blitz in a row at icc around 4pm to 6pm new york time. |
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Aug-22-08
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| notyetagm: <timhortons: ... at icc around 4pm to 6pm new york time.> What time would that be wherever Aronian is?
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Aug-22-08
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| timhortons: actually aronian is log in now at icc though not playing, im not implying that he play on precise time always but, right, if we could figure out if aronian in europe is playing while AG in icc play at the same time then its a shared account indeed. |
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Aug-22-08
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| Davolni: <notyetagm> since you seem to be very familiar with ICC and stuff, is there a way to find out who is the player, if it doesn't say it in the profile? I just started that free trial, but it's hard to get your way aroung, when you are not familiar with the site and the program.... |
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| Aug-22-08 |
| ljh: andrinogiardino cannot be levon, since AG was logged on while levon was playing in sochi, watching the games (but no playing). it could be his girlfriend log on to see him, but i think she has her own handle - anyone know what it is? if it not her then maybe his family? |
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Aug-22-08
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| timhortons: the great morozovich(benefactor) of icc watch while andrino play, maybe his getting intrigue by these handle. moro now is the king of blitz at play chess.com having overtaken raffael rating who already stop playing.I hope moro go back playing at icc, hes log in at icc always but not playing. |
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Aug-22-08
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| Davolni: Nice to see Levon annotating Live Games with Chessbase people in Hamburg!!! http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp... |
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Aug-22-08
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| slomarko: only that you have to play ducats to hear it |
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Aug-23-08
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| timhortons: only that you have to play ducats to hear it.
one thing that differ with playchess.com and icc is that annotated games and lecture at icc is free with icc chess fm while at chessbase-playchess.com they provide limited hours of free lecture to subscriber. you need to pay some more with chessbase to have it
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Aug-23-08
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| malthrope: <Davolni: Nice to see Levon annotating Live Games with Chessbase people in Hamburg!!! [ http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp... ]> Great <Davolni> :) Good to see you Chess surfing again! ;) Luved the pics and captions... These two were my favorites - __________________________________________
http://chessbase.com/news/2008/aron...
"I don't like what Black is doing at all..."
http://chessbase.com/news/2008/aron...
"Much better – that is what we want to see..."
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<slomarko: only that you have to play ducats to hear it> True <Slo> but 'ducats' are relatively inexpensive although if I recall you had to purchase them in small blocks of ten... Hope that one of our <CG.com> members with a PlayChess account can tease us with short review of the "Levon Aronian in Hamburg" live show (or having seen the replay) with hosts André Schulz and IM Oliver Reeh. :) It's possible that more is forthcoming... ChessBase also said - <"Everyone had a great deal of fun with Levon, who was entertaining, humorous and profound. We can feel a few interesting DVDs with him coming. Oh yes, and this last series of pictures are for his girlfriend Ari in Australia."> GM Levon Aronian on DVD! Now what could be better than that? <grin> :^) - Mal |
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Aug-25-08
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| notyetagm: <timhortons: actually aronian is log in now at icc though not playing, im not implying that he play on precise time always but, right, if we could figure out if aronian in europe is playing while AG in icc play at the same time then its a shared account indeed.> Yes, I think Aronian lives in Germany.
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Aug-29-08
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| Davolni: <hey Mal>
;)yes nice choice of pics!!!
from time to time I'm trying to keep myself updated of what's going on in the CHESSWORLD!!!
;) I had a free trial of ICC, but it just expired, so I'll probably be getting a membership for a year, to see how it works. a little complicated from the first sight, but I think I'll get used to it. interesting to meet a lot of GM's. I was just chatting the other day with Zaven Andriasyan. Nice kid indeed. Nice avatar, just read the story behind it the other day from your page. have a good long weekend everyone and looking forward to Bilbao!!!
see u! |
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Aug-30-08
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| malthrope: <Davolni: <hey Mal>
;)
yes nice choice of pics!!!
from time to time I'm trying to keep myself updated of what's going on in the CHESSWORLD!!! ;)> Yes, it was really nice to see them presented. GM Levon Aronian is such a nice guy which can easily be seen and understood from his fabulous interviews and the many wonderful photos of him with fantastic expressions to match! Thought the one's that 'ChessBase' gave us were exemplary of my previous statement. And, the fact they included what he was thinking in actual time the pics were taken! Just superb! :)) In addition my dear friend <Davolni> you met and hung out with him! <jealous grin ensues> I remember well what you said about your encounter and all the great photos you took and later shared with us! <Super Grin> <I had a free trial of ICC, but it just expired, so I'll probably be getting a membership for a year, to see how it works. a little complicated from the first sight, but I think I'll get used to it. interesting to meet a lot of GM's. I was just chatting the other day with Zaven Andriasyan. Nice kid indeed.> Yeah, it takes awhile to get the hang of it... So many shortcuts to discover so many interesting things! I've had the great pleasure to speak with many titled players on the ICC! Just hook-up with all the nice guys & gals and they will always steer you right! ;) Also, always monitor the 'Main Menu' when the Admins answer questions submitted by members - you'll learn a lot! Re: Chess surfing - I must have thousands of informative and useful Chess links stored on my computer by now (all well indexed, btw)... It never gets any smaller it just gets bigger and bigger! :) <Nice avatar, just read the story behind it the other day from your page.> Hehehe... Well, it was indeed a dilemma with my old avatar "Knight on the chessboard" gone... :( So, when I found it ("Women in a Hat" - painting by Picasso!) it just immediately appealed to me and also the fact that I've never seen anyone else use it before. :) <have a good long weekend everyone and looking forward to Bilbao!!! see u!> We will - we will - <"We will!"> - In <CHESS> we trust! ~lol~ And, don't worry we're saving the <'Best for Last'> - the Bilbao 'Grand Slam' Finals start next week! :^) - Mal |
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| Sep-01-08 |
| Vakus: Hey-Barev!
Someone here was askin' who the ICC player "Scriabin" is. So here what i've found out. Information about Skriabin(IM)
IM Ukraine 2568
Name : Alexander Zubov
Groups : IMs Ukraine
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Sep-05-08
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| seagull1756: he might have taken that nickname after a russian composer Alexander Scriabin |
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| Sep-05-08 |
| DUS: Viva Levon Aronian! |
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| Sep-06-08 |
| VaselineTopLove: I like Aronian's dress sense. He always seems to wear nice suits. |
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| Sep-06-08 |
| ljh: radjabov - aronian very intensity national struggle
aronian dresses well because of his girlfriend's choices since 2 years isn't scriabin was aronian?
viva levon aronian! |
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Sep-06-08
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| you vs yourself: http://i.blogg.no/400x249/http://bl... This picture says a lot about what a cool guy Aronian is. After having lost the game, most top players would be pretty pissed but not Levon. |
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Sep-08-08
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| arsen387: <Vakus> barev, thanks for greetings in our native language and also thanks for the info. If Scriabin is an IM , that somehow explains why notyetagm's posted game was so one-sided. And seems like Levon slowly improves his position in Bilbao after a bad start. Hope he will score another win or 2 in the second half of the tournament and will finish in one of top places. Go Levon! |
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Sep-10-08
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| Davolni: Bravo Aronian!!!
2 consecutive wins against Topalov and Anand!!!!
Way to go!!!
Good luck with the remaining 2 rounds. Hopefully there will be one draw and one win ;) |
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Sep-10-08
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| malthrope: <Davolni: Bravo Aronian!!!
2 consecutive wins against Topalov and Anand!!!! > Indeed <Davolni> pretty amazing! ;) As the Bilbao draws closer to its final conclusion Aronian wins BIG time! <grin> It's of interest that the pairings for Bilboa - Rounds #9 and #10 are well suited for both Aronian and Ivanchuk! First the Leaderboard after round #8 has finished:
1 // Topalov - 13 points (+3 -1 =4)
2 // Aronian - 12 points (+3 -2 =3)
3-4 // Ivanchuk - 11 points (+2 -1 =5)
3-4 // Carlsen - 11 points (+3 -3 =2)
And, the pairings...
• Round 9: Friday, Sept 12th
Ivanchuk-Aronian
Radjabov-Carlsen
Anand-Topalov
Notes: So, Chucky and Levon play each other one more time... However, Topalov will have his hands full dealing with Vishy with Radja and Magnus will surely have a spirited encounter. :) • Round 10: Saturday, Sept 13th
Topalov-Ivanchuk
Carlsen-Anand
Aronian-Radjabov
Notes: Aronian will be gunning for Radja of that there can be no doubt of that! <grin> Meanwhile, Topalov has to face Chucky and Magnus must deal with Vishy. So, it appears that these final two rounds will decide it all! :)) I think Aronian and Ivanchuk both have excellent chances here assuming that they draw their game in Round #9. Since if they both win their final games in Round #10 their respective scores will be... 1 // Aronian - 16 (+4 -2 =4)
2 // Ivanchuk - 15 (+3 -1 =6)
Assuming that Vishy either draws or wins against Topy and Magnus makes no progress against Radja and also draws with Vishy. Although he still can keep equal to Ivanchuk with a win against Radja and a draw with Vishy. Clearly, Aronian was tired in his win over Vishy from Round #8 missing several easier wins in the long endgame (R + R + P's vs. Q + R), but he's now in the hunt for 1st place and that says it all! <grin> Meanwhile, the Ironman Ivanchuk still has freshness and sparkle in his play and this bodes well for him too! Besides, the 'Rest Day' comes just in the nick of time which will benefit them both. :) Of course, I do have a vested interest in all this due to my betting addiction in the <ChessBookie> game! Since I have 'Aronian-Ivanchuk' and 'Ivanchuk-Aronian' in the 'Perfecta' bet (betting on #1 & #2) as well as each of them as overall winner! <sheepish grin> Now all we can do is wait for Caissa to play out her hand... ;) In which "Exciting" is clearly an understatement! ~lol~ :^) My Best, - Mal |
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Sep-10-08
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| Davolni: Hey <Mal> ;)
thanks for the detailed info on the rounds and for some hopefully accurate predictions;) yes, the last 2 rounds may change a lot of things.
What a tournament it is!!!
how many exciting games are we witnessing???!!!!
yes, Aronian's last 2 well deserved victories changed his spot in the list dramatically!!!
hopefully he can get inspiration from these 2 wins and play well tomorrow. I guess at this point, keeping in mind he's facing Ivanchuk, the most important thing is not to lose agains Chucky with blacks.... and then with Radja, hopefully he can get full 3 points!!! I like the "rat race" for the 1st place!!!
well, good luck to all players and all the watchers!!! ;) |
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Sep-10-08
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| malthrope: <Davolni: Hey <Mal> ;) thanks for the detailed info on the rounds and for some hopefully accurate predictions;)> Yep! I didn't cover every possible contingency just the active features which place Aronian & Ivanchuk as Number #1 and #2, Since if they (Levon and Chucky) have a decisive game and Topalov beats Chucky and/or Magnus beats both Radja and Vishy all bets are off! ~lol~ It was of course meant only as practical predictions to produce a desired result. ;) <I like the "rat race" for the 1st place!!! well, good luck to all players and all the watchers!!!> Like I stated in my <Current Chess Events> contained in my Profile... <Make no mistake about it the Bilbao 'Grand Slam' Chess tourney is gonna be a real 'Ball Buster!' ~lol~ :^)> And, so it is! "Good Luck" to Levon and Chucky you've both got my vote! <grin> :^) - Mal |
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