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May-08-08
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| Sui Generis: It's sad to see that one of my favourite players, Radjabov, is so terribly out of his game. He suffered three losses in the Grand Prix with White, which is just terrible by any standards. He gets good positions but as the game progresses he blunders them into losses. Probably he has just played too much recently, as he is normally very difficult to beat. I have noticed some similarities between him and Lékó: rapid rise to solid 2750-level and the progress stops there (of course Radja is still young and will undoubtedly improve). Both were once prodigies and world's youngest grandmasters; Lékó's draws have made him somewhat infamous, but Radjabov's tournament strategy is often very economical, too, and short draws are not unheard of. However, his occasional brilliancies seem to keep his reputation as an attacking player intact. Another issue is Radjabov's opening repertoire: maybe he should indeed switch back to 1. d4 (as he actually did against Ivanchuk but lost). Kasparov (and many others) have pointed out his too unambitious repertoire with the White pieces and I must agree. The way he plays for example the Scotch doesn't give White any hope for serious advantage and damages his overall performance, because at his level you must play to win with white against anyone; no extra points with Black, as people have learnt their lesson and stopped running into his King's Indian. His Schliemann obviously serves the same purpose as Kramnik's Petrov or Berlin: an effective drawing weapon with Black and so far it has worked well, there is only that one unfortunate loss against Macieja. In computer language these openings may give White a nominal +0.50 advantage but in real life are almost impossible to crack. Let's hope that Radjabov overcomes his apparent exhaustion and plays his best in Sofia. |
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May-08-08
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| Augalv: I'm confident he will. Go Teimour! |
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May-09-08
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| ahmadov: <At the same time Radjabov got attacked by the media and the local 24tv channel and they named him "the looser of the tournament".> Where is this 24tv channel? Where was he attacked by the media??? |
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May-09-08
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| ahmadov: <Augalv: <...and is definitively capable of winning a tournament like MTel.>
I hope Teimour will win M-tel.> I also hope and believe! |
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| May-11-08 |
| Billy Vaughan: Poor guy. He's been managing at M-tel with 1.5/4, not at all bad with Ivanchuk running amok, but he seems so stressed and worn out! I hope he gets some well-deserved rest after this tournament. |
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May-12-08
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| ahmadov: <Billy Vaughan: Poor guy. He's been managing at M-tel with 1.5/4, not at all bad with Ivanchuk running amok, but he seems so stressed and worn out! I hope he gets some well-deserved rest after this tournament.> I am not very pessimistic about Radja and I do not think he is doing badly in Sofia... However, I agree that some rest would be great for him... |
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| May-12-08 |
| zarg: Going directly from Baku to M-Tel, was not optimal (rating wise) for one of the lesser playing GM's in prev years. From Radja's FIDE card, he has the following ca. count of rated games: 2007: 35 games
2006: 61 games
2005: 61 games
and so far in 2008, Radja has a staggering 72 games rated already! That's a lot for him, but Carlsen still have more (79 games), Mamed about the same (71), while Karjakin has far less (60). It appears as the youngsters play a lot these days, and Radja got burned the most. I hope Radja can hang in there, and avoid exhaustion in the 2nd leg of M-Tel. |
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May-12-08
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| sitzkrieg: Interview with Radjabov in the video coverage of round 5 MTel. He leaves a nice impression to me and despite his results he is even in favor of a "faster" time control for the sake of the chess public. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... |
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May-17-08
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| erebdraug: Radjabov said it clearly in the M-Tel round 8 conference after his draw with white agains cheparinov :
<"I wanted to play some more solid chess, especially since I had such unpleasant results with white in the Baku tournament, I decided that in this tournament, with White I will play to equalise, and with Black I will try to play for something more."> Source : http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... It's very odd indeed, but at least Radjabov knows he needs to work on his White repertoire... I hope he'll come up with more ambitious opening preparation for the future... It's exactly as <acirce> said once. Facing Radjabov, it's preferable to blay black than white. |
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May-17-08
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| KingG: <I decided that in this tournament, with White I will play to equalise, and with Black I will try to play for something more.> It seems to me that this is how Radjabov has been playing for a while, not just in this tournament. |
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Jun-16-08
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| Augalv: Radjabov completes field in Bilbao
Levon Aronian, Viswanathan Anand, Vassily Ivanchuk, Magnus Carlsen, Veselin Topalov and Teimour Radjabov will be the six participants of the first Grand Slam Tournament, held 1-13 September 2008 in Bilbao, Spain. This was confirmed today by organizer Juan Carlos Fernández. The first three participants of the Grand Slam Finals were known for a while already, because these are the winners of the Grand Slam 2008 tournaments: Corus, Wijk aan Zee (Aronian), Morelia/Linares (Anand) and M-Tel Masters, Sofia (Ivanchuk). Magnus Carlsen and Veselin Topalov had joined the field as the two wild cards. The sixth player was supposed to be the winner of the 4th Grand Slam tournament of 2008, which was scheduled for the end of this month in Mexico City. However, for months and months there was nothing but silence, and now it has become clear that the Mexicans had to withdraw due to “financial obstacles”. Today, Bilbao organizer Juan Carlos Fernández confirmed on the phone that Teimour Radjabov will be the sixth participant of the first Grand Slam Final. “He finished third in two of the Grand Slam events [Corus and M-Tel Masters - PD] and so he’s a logical choice.” Alexander Morozevich would also have been a logical choice, but the organizers preferred to reward Radjabov. “Morozevich hasn’t played in any Grand Slam event,” Fernández added. And what about Vladimir Kramnik? “Of course we have invited him, but he has declined the invitation, due to his world championship match against Anand a month later.” Anand himself apparently decided that meeting five of the strongest players in the world makes a decent preparation for this match as well. Answering the question if all contracts have been signed, Fernández replied: “Yes, all players have confirmed. Next week we will distribute a press release with all the details.” No doubt these details will include the venue. The Bilbao organizers are seriously considering similar ideas as the “aquarium” at the M-Tel Masters in Sofia. Source:http://www.chessvibes.com/coverstor... |
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Jun-17-08
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| percyblakeney: <Levon Aronian, Viswanathan Anand, Vassily Ivanchuk, Magnus Carlsen, Veselin Topalov and Teimour Radjabov will be the six participants of the first Grand Slam Tournament, held 1-13 September 2008 in Bilbao, Spain> Now that's an interesting field! Maybe surprising that Anand participates, the month before his match against Kramnik. |
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| Aug-08-08 |
| OneArmedScissor: Radjabov is my favorite future player, so to speak. Meaning... one of the stars that will be ridiculously strong at, say, the age of 30 or so. Magnus is the Fischer of today's era, but Radjabov is definitely the Tal. |
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Aug-08-08
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| you vs yourself: Tal? How so? |
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| Aug-08-08 |
| OneArmedScissor: Perhaps not Tal back in his early days, but definitely in his later years. |
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| Aug-11-08 |
| muradov: Radja is doing very well so far in Sochi, the only problem with him so far is that he is a bit inconsistent with his play..but he is definitely eying future WC title.. |
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| Aug-14-08 |
| muradov: <you vs yourself: Tal? How so?> This is so..
Karjakin vs Radjabov, 2008 |
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Aug-15-08
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| ahmadov: Congratulations to Radja for his excellent performance in the second round of FIDE Grand Prix 2008-2009! |
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Aug-16-08
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| sallom89: Nice performance by Radjabov, and i found it amazingly funny how he didn't see the other guy's hand at 2:14 and the way he reacted. http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp...
the closing ceremony part. |
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Aug-16-08
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| sallom89: after watching it again... Radajabov actually saw him but the arbiter kept holding his hand lol. |
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| Sep-07-08 |
| myschkin: . . .
Photo of Boris Radjabov (father): http://chessbase.com/news/2008/bilb... |
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| Sep-13-08 |
| Jafar219: <Aronian 0 - 3 Radjabov!>
This is fantastic gift for my birthday!
Thank you Teimour! |
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Sep-13-08
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| zoren: <sallom89> A bit off topic but in the same video Ivanchuk just folds his certificate in half. LOL |
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Sep-13-08
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| sallom89: Ivanchuk's reactions are unpredictable lol. |
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| Sep-14-08 |
| Jafar219:
<Why can't I beat this kid? Teimour Radjabov presses against 17-year-old Magnus Carlsen>--chessbase reports. I think this chessbase reporter knows nothing about Radjabov`s age.
Actually there are 3 year difference betwen Radjabov and Carlsen. |
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