Dec-18-08 Pearl Spring Chess Tournament (2008) 
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shintaro go: Svidler has avenged his loss to Movsesian in their first encounter.
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| | Dec-17-08 Wesley So
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shintaro go: <SugarDom> According to chessvibes.com, the proposition to create a new title, coined "Elite GM" was turned down in the recently concluded FIDE Congress in Dresden.
Also, rating lists will be published every 2 months. There are other interesting decisions made by FIDE and ...
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| | Dec-17-08 Eugenio Torre
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shintaro go: <shintaro, wouldnt it be nice if our top 10 are all over 2500 for starters.
If not yet in Jan then Im almost sure its doable by April '09 considering the consistent exposures being given to our players, inspite of the global crisis.> It would be nice if they manage to ...
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| | Dec-17-08 2008-2009 Bundesliga (2008)
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shintaro go: Well so far Svidler has 4 points out of 5 games.
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| | Dec-17-08 Elista Grand Prix (2008)
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shintaro go: At least Leko only has one draw so far, although 2 of the 3 decided games were losses. Drawko didn't show up in Elista.
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| | Dec-17-08 Radjabov vs Mamedyarov, 2008
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shintaro go: Was there ever a doubt that these two would draw? This is a friendly (countryman) draw for sure.
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| | Dec-17-08 I Cheparinov vs D Jakovenko, 2008
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shintaro go: Catalan wannabe
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| | Dec-17-08 Bacrot vs Leko, 2008
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shintaro go: The "safe" Caro-Kann loses yet another game.
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| | Dec-17-08 Bu Xiangzhi vs Movsesian, 2008
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shintaro go: <euripides> Yes, the exchange sac was needed to sustain the kingside attack. It would be interesting to know the other possible moves to 33.Rxf6 but any other move could be countered by 33...Nd7, for example.
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| | Dec-17-08 Topalov vs Aronian, 2008
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shintaro go: If Topalov keeps playing like this, Kamsky doesn't stand a chance.
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