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| PinkPanther: <hand banana>
Who says raffael is Kasparov? |
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| Sep-01-08 |
| hand banana: Press conference with Garry Kasparov in Hluboka, Czech Republic (30.3.2008) Question 1: Do you know something about the nickname Raffael?
GK: Of course, I know Raffael. I am playing on playchess server sometimes.
Question 2: Mr. Kasparov, is Raffael you?
GK: If I want to uncover my identity, I am going to do it officially myself. I'll be not waiting till someone asks me to do it. An experienced Czech journalist comments it: His answer means diplomatic yes.
Eyewitnesses: His face during the answer said everything, Kasparov is Raffael for sure! ---
this sentence: "I am playing on playchess server sometimes".
his "real" account "Garry Kasparov" has 0 games. |
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| Sep-01-08 |
| Everett: I thought is was common knowledge that Raffael USED to be Kasparov, but may not be NOW. Dunno... |
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| Sep-03-08 |
| Bobsterman3000: If Mamedyarov can get up to 2750 then so can Naka. |
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Sep-03-08
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| Strongest Force: I agree with you, Bobsterman. Nak hasn't really been trying to get his fide rating high until about the last several months when he said he went pro. Mame, on the other hand, has been working on his fide status for many many years. The only ratings Nak cared about were his online and uscf rations. |
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Sep-03-08
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| timhortons: <strongestforce><The only ratings Nak cared about were his online> i believe that, naka now is number one blitz player in playchess.com, number one bullet player in icc. |
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| Sep-03-08 |
| mjmorri: Nakamura strikes me as someone who is extremely talented, but someone who is missing "something" that will keep him from being one of the game's truly great players. |
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| Sep-03-08 |
| Riverbeast: I think he just needs to play more against strong opposition. He had quite a run earlier this year winning 5 or 6 tournaments in a row, and he beat some very strong players in classical and rapid chess (Dominguez-Perez, Kazimdhanov, etc). Lately he's been having difficulty beating 2500+ players and he failed to win the Montreal tournament, where I thought he was the favorite (at least on paper) Eventually everyone starts playing at the level of their opposition. I think Nakamura could be a solid member of the 2700 club and a Super GM, but he needs to impress at this rapid tournament in November against Carlsen and the like, so he can get more invitations to play in stronger fields. Radjabov's comment ('Nakamura has only achieved in online blitz') should help motivate him, I hope. Just the fact that Radjabov said it makes me wonder if they're a little afraid of him...Why would a Super GM publicly belittle someone ranked below him, unless he felt threatened by him in some way? |
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| Sep-03-08 |
| mjmorri: I believe every truly great player has had an intangible quality. It has nothing to do with working harder, or playing stronger competition. It is not something that can be acquired. It is something that one innately has. I do not think he has it. |
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| Sep-03-08 |
| Riverbeast: <mjmorri> Time will tell |
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Sep-03-08
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| veigaman: I have no doubt about nakamura will be a top player and his final lunch will take place in the chess olimpiad! |
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Sep-07-08
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| Cactus: <Riverbeast> I think Radjabov is just expressing what a lot of people think: that Nakamura got his rating by playing weak opposition. And, truth be told, he's right! |
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Sep-07-08
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| timhortons: October 24-November 1 Cap D'Agde Rapid [Link]
November 7-9 Austrian Chess League Part I
November 12-25 38th Chess Olympiad, Dresden [Link]
January 1-6 Gjovik Norway Rapid
January 22-25 Austrian Chess League Part II
January 27-February 5 7th Gibraltar Chess Festival [Link]
March 18-21 Austrian Chess League Part III
April 3-April 5 French Chess League Part I
April 30-May 2 French Chess League Part II
May 7-17 US Championship, St. Louis
May 28-June 1 French League Part III
naka well be meeting magnus twice these coming months, it well be on cap d agdee and norway rapid. |
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Sep-09-08
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| Appaz: Big mouth has just drawn with Brian D. Wall, ELO 2220, in Philadelphia. Again and again he becomes victim of his own enormous ego, drawing or losing to players 200-300 rating points (or more) below him. Naka is a perfect example of how attitude can ruin talent. |
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Sep-09-08
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| alexmagnus: <Appaz> don't spread desinformation here. The game was played not today.Nakamura vs B Wall, 2001 |
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Sep-09-08
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| Appaz: <alexmagnus> What? Sorry, you're right. To my defence I must say I just watched it on playchess.com, with the moves played out in normal intervals, and Naka's rating given as 2697. No clue given that this was a recorded game. Was it a lecture or something? And I still mean that Naka's ego is his biggest obstacle, and because of that he often have problems with lower rated players. |
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| Sep-09-08 |
| The Rocket: I have seen that Nakamura plays the tromposky attack 1.d4 nf6. 2. bg5 Why isnt it popular against super gms in classical chess? |
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Sep-09-08
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| timhortons: nakas next tournament is in cap d agdee, hes preparing for it. the guy getting mature. We dont dwell and judge in what happen in the past.I meet him last tourneo de montreal and id say hi! to him, he recognize my icc handle. chzarina at icc told me she need a picture of naka that she well use in drawing,I think he tell naka about these, naka i know pose for that pic but chzarina didnt like it for what she want is the one that had him in deep thoughts. my camera is an entry level one, not an slr camera that chess base photographer has. |
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| Sep-10-08 |
| The Rocket: "hand banana" what was the time controll for Nakamura vs Kasparov aka rafael? games. |
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| Sep-11-08 |
| Bobsterman3000: Why can't I ever find Naka on ICC? I never see Grischuk or Naka or Carlsen on there? Does anyone know what days and times the heavyweights normally play? |
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Sep-11-08
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| timhortons: carlsen must be busy with bilbao,they usually log on,but with no fix schedule, just add nielsen,depressnyak and smallville in youre friends list so you well find it easy to spot them when there online. |
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| Sep-11-08 |
| Bobsterman3000: I want to see this "Raffael" character. I am sure that I'll be able to tell if it's really Garry :-) |
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Sep-11-08
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| whiskeyrebel: I have had really good luck over the years logging onto ICC when Naka is playing. I'm a night owl and sleep at odd times as opposed to "normal" 8-5 folks. If you have a job, quit it; then you're more likely to see Naka at ICC. |
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Sep-11-08
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| timhortons: <Bobsterman3000> actually i get feed up of what i read on blog and chess sites about these raffael that i get account at playchess.com just to watch him play. he seldom play lately and if he do hes play unrated game. last few days he play nakamura a rated game but he draw one and loss twice, one unknown master at playchess.com now is good also, his handle is silvernight. trudyor(morozovich) is not anymore at the list of players at playchess.com, maybe the reason of these hes not playin anymore lately. i think raffael is playin unrated game because of so many cheaters at playchess.com, even the masters get caught cheating. |
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| Sep-11-08 |
| Bobsterman3000: <whiskeyrebel> Yes, I'll have to check at 3am Eastern Time, also. I am on the Eastern Seaboard in the US. I am guessing that Nak is a night owl. <Timhortons> Yes, there's waaaay too much cheating going on at Playchess.com I can't understand why so much cheating is going on at playchess.com in comparison to ICC. |
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