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Feb-07-08
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| Mateo: <Chess Carnival: Here is a great positional game won by Andersson: Ulf Andersson vs Y Gruenfeld, 1982
In the final position he's a pawn down but with a winning position...> This one should be selected in a collection called Andersson best games. It is a true positional masterpiece. Andersson sees the board as a box, and his opponent is trapped into the little box. A boa snake constrictor or a spider strategy. |
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| Feb-07-08 |
| whiteshark: <What about 50.Nh4?>
Good find, <Mateo>!
It looks to me as the drawing line. <But is that enough for a win?>: no! |
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| Feb-09-08 |
| Tomlinsky: Andersson's record with the white pieces against Karpov and Kasparov is pretty darn impressive. 29 starts and not a single loss! http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... |
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Feb-10-08
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| KingG: <Tomlinsky> Considering Andersson's style I don't find it that surprising, especially against Karpov. As for his games against Kasparov, they seem to be mainly from the time before Kasparov became world champion, and even then there aren't that many. |
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| Mar-09-08 |
| whiteshark: According to <Fighter rating list 2000-2007> http://members.aon.at/sfischl/sd.txt Andersson's overall draw percentage 2000-2007 was impressively <82%>. This makes him the undisputed <Draw-Champion <<<!!!>>>> |
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Mar-13-08
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| norcist: are then any books of andersson's best games?? |
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Mar-14-08
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| norcist: never you mind....sheesh i should really read the other posts before i kibitz |
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| Apr-20-08 |
| shakkiseepra: Anyone from Sweden here? |
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| Apr-27-08 |
| Nikita Smirnov: I once met him at my school when our former headmaster Lars Karlsson invited him to our school and the gymnasium.I've even got his autograph at home.Truly a nice guy he is. |
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Apr-27-08
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| Strongest Force: I met UA online... long before he registered for any ICC accounts. We both had mutual Swedish friends, they were all at a function and online... and so i was introduced. I forget what side of a sicilian i was on, i only know that i was completely shut-off from any air supplies... another patented squeeze! |
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| Jun-01-08 |
| Akuni: he only lost twice in this database with 1.e4 as white... |
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Jun-01-08
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| Gypsy: < Akuni: he only lost twice in this database with 1.e4 as white... > Let's call it 8 loses -- 2 loses in Spanish (Smejkal and Portish), and 6 loses in Sicilians (Ribli, Damjanovic, Hort, Najdorf, Larsen, and Braga). Very impressive! |
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Aug-24-08
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| Richard Taylor: I once played a rapid game with Andersson on WCC - I joined a tournament and he did also as he was waiting to watch an International Chess match - of course I lost. But it was an illustrious loss! |
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| Sep-23-08 |
| Tripler: I remember one booklet about Andersson's games by an Indian IM - the English was appalling. It's strange there isn't a collection of his best games - certainly it'd be a masterclass in positional chess, and more valuable to amateurs. I'd quite like to write it myself - after all, I've played him once, my rating isn't totally laughable (2200) and I've got a degree in English. Any offers? ;-) |
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Sep-23-08
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| suenteus po 147: <Tripler> A great idea, somebody putting together a collection of Andersson's best games, but wouldn't a degree in translation and linguistics be more suited to the task? |
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| Sep-30-08 |
| GBKnight: <Tripler> Well, if you write a book of Anderssons best games I would buy it. Can't help on the publishing side though. Have you tried floating the idea to Mr Keene? He has a page here and fequently contributes. |
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| Nov-03-08 |
| zoren: Ulf plays a ton of bullet at the ICC. |
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Nov-09-08
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| valiant: 12. Offene Internationale Bayerische Schach Meisterschaft "Und auch die Schachlegende Ulf Andersson glänzte mit feinen Leistungen... Mit seinen 6,5 aus 7 hat er aber eine Performance von ca. 2700 gespielt." |
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| Dec-20-08 |
| M.D. Wilson: Karpov really smacked Andersson around for decades. That's not to say Andersson wasn't a good player, though. |
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Dec-25-08
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| blacksburg: karpov smacked around pretty much everyone except kasparov for a couple decades. so let's not hold that against andersson. |
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| Dec-26-08 |
| M.D. Wilson: Exactly. A look at some of Andersson's endgames show he certainly had world-class ability. It's a shame he wasn't as ambitious as some of his contemporaries. |
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Dec-26-08
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| jackpawn: I admire Andersson positional abilities, obviously he is very talented. But what is with all the short draws, often in less than 20 moves? If you're not going to play a serious game, why bother? |
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Jan-11-09
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| blacksburg: "Known for being safe and careful, Ulf doesn’t lose very often, courtesy of his opening choices." - Seirawan for a player that is described as such, it is surprising to see so many Sicilian Defenses, isn't it? i would think that seirawan's description would better fit, say, karpov with his caro-kann. |
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Jan-11-09
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| Ziggurat: The thing is that Ulf often used the Sicilian as a way to transpose into a hedgehog setup - and he knew those like the back of his hand. So he played a lot of Taimanov/Kan type Sicilians, not the wilder stuff like Najdorf etc. |
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Jan-18-09
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| refutor: any games collections on Ulf in english? |
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