connoisseur series500 Posted June 16, 2008 Report Share Posted June 16, 2008 Last month at M-Tel, Chucky was threatening to break Karpov's record. Karpov set his record at a star studded Linares event. Magnus' tournament cannot compare in terms of quality of opposition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.D. Posted June 17, 2008 Report Share Posted June 17, 2008 Looks like Magnus can't set the record, having drawn Onischuk and Jakovenko in the past two rounds. I haven't done the TPR math, but the best he could do is 9/11 vs. Karpov's 11/13. Funny thing: though it's rather obvious that the Linares 1994 lineup was stronger, due to ratings inflation the Foros 2008 field actually has the higher average Elo, 2712 vs. 2680. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swinging Swede Posted August 24, 2008 Report Share Posted August 24, 2008 We have a new World No. 1, at least temporarily, and it is not Magnus Carlsen who missed his chance, but Alexander Morozevich who today beat Ponomariov in Tal Memorial, which he is leading. 1 Morozevich 2799 2 Anand 2798 3 Carlsen 2787 4 Ivanchuk 2784 5 Topalov 2777 6 Kramnik 2770 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connoisseur series500 Posted August 25, 2008 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 Moro and Chucky are both playing like they belong amonst the top five. Kramnik seems to be holding back. Anand hasn't been playing much classic chess of late. Magnus is on the rise. Things are looking very interesting indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.D. Posted August 26, 2008 Report Share Posted August 26, 2008 Moro is always teasing his many fans (of which I'm one)...directly upon attaining the #1 live rating, he got beaten by Chuckles. Granted, this can happen to anyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connoisseur series500 Posted August 26, 2008 Report Share Posted August 26, 2008 Moro is always teasing his many fans (of which I'm one)...directly upon attaining the #1 live rating, he got beaten by Chuckles. Granted, this can happen to anyone. I saw some of the game live on the internet. Fantastic endgame by both players. Great technique by Chucky. Did you see the video on chessbase on round 7? It showed Chucky desperately trying to make the time control. He almost knocked over several things on the table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.D. Posted August 27, 2008 Report Share Posted August 27, 2008 (edited) Just saw it. Chuck often gets into time trouble. Looks like he'll win the Tal Memorial, as Moro lost to Kamsky. Dunno if this should be on the chess babes thread, but here's a pic of Chucky's ex-wife, WGM Alisa Galliamova (RUS). I saw (didn't meet) them at the 1995 Intel PCA Rapids in NYC. Chucky lost in the finals to Kaspy. Among many other chess notables there, I also saw the (then) long-haired and pudgy Kramnik (walked past him on the street). Edited August 27, 2008 by T.D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connoisseur series500 Posted August 27, 2008 Report Share Posted August 27, 2008 Just saw it. Chuck often gets into time trouble. Looks like he'll win the Tal Memorial, as Moro lost to Kamsky. Dunno if this should be on the chess babes thread, but here's a pic of Chucky's ex-wife, WGM Alisa Galliamova (RUS). I saw (didn't meet) them at the 1995 Intel PCA Rapids in NYC. Chucky lost in the finals to Kaspy. Among many other chess notables there, I also saw the (then) long-haired and pudgy Kramnik (walked past him on the street). Current US woman's champ, Anna Zatonskih (originally from the Ukraine) once told me a funny story about Vassily Ivanchuk and his former wife, Alisa Gallliamova. She told me that Chucky always lived in a world of his own. Anna had just moved to the US at that time and her English wasn't yet perfect, but she explained that they had a young child at the time, and the Ukrainian team used to joke about how "you had Vassily in one room studying chess while Alisa was in another room doing the same; while baby was in another room crying." Well maybe the story isn't too funny afterall, but the union of the three was not obviously destined to last. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connoisseur series500 Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 Interview of Vassily Ivanchuk, who just won the Tal Memorial tournament. Chucky is popular with chess fans owing to his childlike demeanor. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4869 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.D. Posted August 30, 2008 Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 It's an Ivanchuk exacta, as he also won the Tal Memorial Blitz: 1. Ivanchuk 23.5 2. Kramnik 22.5 3. Carlsen 21 4. Mamedyarov, Svidler 20 6. Grischuk, Karjakin, Leko 18 9. Gelfand, Kamsky 17.5 11. Ponomariov 17 12. Grachev 14.5 13. Alekseev, Karpov, Morozevich 14 16. Eljanov, Movsesian 12.5 18. Tkachiev 11.5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swinging Swede Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 It has finally happened. 17-year-old Magnus Carlsen is the new world #1 after beating Radjabov in Bilbao at the same time as Anand lost to Topalov, although we need decimals to separate them. If Ivanchuk had won today *he* would have been the new #1, but instead he lost and dropped to 5th place! It is getting awfully close at the top. 1 Carlsen 2791,3 2 Anand 2790,9 3 Morozevich 2787 4 Topalov 2786 5 Ivanchuk 2782 6 Kramnik 2772 All but Moro and Kramnik participate in Bilbao so the #1 spot could switch hands several times during the rest of the tournament. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connoisseur series500 Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 Congratulations Magnus! He plays Anand tomorrow. Lots of action ahead. Went over Anand's loss to Topa today. Vishy played rather weakly. Looks like both he and Kramnik are distracted and looking ahead. But what of Topa? Doesn't he have a match against Kamsky approaching. How come he isn't playing as listlessly as the other two? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.D. Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 Yes, the Topalov-Anand situation was strange. Looked like Anand played right into one of Topalov's prepared lines (he and Cheparinov have hatched many strong novelties in the Queen's Indian), got into time trouble (Chessdom at one point said El Topo had an hour left vs. Anand's 18 min - how often does that happen?) and lost meekly. You wouldn't think Topo would use big novelties in the event, because Kamsky (based on admittedly ancient history, the 1996 Karpov match) might be expected to use the Queen's Indian. Perhaps it's the big paycheck. I read on Mig's blog that the first prize is 150,000 Euro. Even the tail-ender gets 30,000 (all less 24% in taxes). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.D. Posted September 9, 2008 Report Share Posted September 9, 2008 Young Magnus just (Round 6) took over the lead at the Bilbao supertournament. He gave Aronian a serious thrashing.. Beat him like a rented mule, so to speak... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connoisseur series500 Posted September 9, 2008 Report Share Posted September 9, 2008 Young Magnus just (Round 6) took over the lead at the Bilbao supertournament. He gave Aronian a serious thrashing.. Beat him like a rented mule, so to speak... I was watching part of the game live. It was a beautifully played attack by Magnus. I particularly like the move 24. Bb7! which chessbase did not give an exclamation. It's a difficult move to find while 27. Rxb4! looks like a more obvious move to make. Nice opening prep by Magnus to sacrifice two pawns for an attack in this game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swinging Swede Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 Carlsen got 4 days at the top this first time. After his second loss in a row and after Anand also losing today, we have a new #1 : Vassily Ivanchuk! At 39 years of age, this is his first time ever on that spot, and it's the fourth #1 in a month. Could be a fifth if Topalov finishes well. Actually, if Chucky hadn't won today, Moro would have been back as #1 without playing! 1 Ivanchuk 2791 2 Morozevich 2787 3 Carlsen 2786 4 Topalov 2785 5 Anand 2784 6 Kramnik 2772 7 Aronian 2761 Anand dropped to #5! Aronian is on the way up again, beating Topalov yesterday and Anand as Black today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.D. Posted September 11, 2008 Report Share Posted September 11, 2008 Interesting, but I don't pay much attention to the short-term ratings fluctuations. Here the top six players are in a band seven Elo points wide. I can't imagine the differences are "statistically significant," as they say. I hope tournament organizers don't make too many invitation decisions based on differences of 1-5 ratings points... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connoisseur series500 Posted September 11, 2008 Report Share Posted September 11, 2008 Topalov-Carlsen was a great game yesterday. Carlsen played a dragon and the two went at each other. I particularly appreciate Topalov's Qa5-Qd5-Qd1 intermezzo. Beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.D. Posted September 11, 2008 Report Share Posted September 11, 2008 (edited) Yes, there have been a lot of exciting games in this event. Topalov and Magnus always play for wins in every game, and the 3-1-0 scoring system seems to be encouraging aggressive play. Interesting that Magnus tried to revive his Dragon system with 12...a6, which looks kind of slow and had previously led to a defeat for him. [Added] In the women's KO World Championship, chess fox Alexandra Kosteniuk (hey, she encourages the image by publishing pinup shots) made the Finals. Less pulchritudinous young stars Hou Yifan (14 years old?) and Humpy Koneru will play rapid tie-breaks for the other slot. I must be out of touch, or just plain wrong, but had the impression that FIDE KOs had 4-game semifinals and 6-game finals. For sure some old men's KO events did. Edited September 11, 2008 by T.D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connoisseur series500 Posted September 11, 2008 Report Share Posted September 11, 2008 I thought the same too. Weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aparxa Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 Not the most captivating final against Hou Yifan, but Alexandra Kosteniuk has won the latest World Championship 2.5/1.5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aparxa Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 *World Women's Championship Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connoisseur series500 Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 The World Chess Championship match begins tomorrow between Vishwanathan Anand and Vladimir Kramnik. I rate Kramnik as a slight favorite. He wins +1. What do you guys think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.D. Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 This may seem lame, but I completely agree. It's a tough call. Anand's talent is second to none, but I'm not so sure of his stability in a match (I recall him blowing a lot of Rook endings). Anand's last tournament result was horrible, but Kramnik's results haven't been overly impressive, either. Conn, have you read the book "From London to Elista" (Bareev/Levitov), about Kramnik's title matches? It got good reviews and seems interesting, but I didn't feel like spending the money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connoisseur series500 Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 No, I haven't read that book. I think it was voted as best book of the year, but I haven't yet picked it up. I buy new chess books all the time, but have been focused on Everyman Chess, Gambit Publishing, and New In Chess Publishing for the most part. I love Bareev. I loved his games when he played; and I like his wit and charm. I should get this book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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