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- Tue Feb 06, 2018 7:34 pm
- Forum: Deaths & Obituaries
- Topic: Stan Cranmer
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3862
Re: Stan Cranmer
My acquaintance with Stan didn't exactly run deep, but I recall having a friendly chat after I lost a 4NCL game to him in 2009. RIP.
- Sat Mar 29, 2014 3:49 pm
- Forum: International News
- Topic: Candidates 2014
- Replies: 439
- Views: 31691
Re: Candidates 2014
Somewhat hypothetical, since there's every chance of at least one win tomorrow, but I've been trying to work out what the final standings would be if there remain five players on an even score. First TB, as far as I can make out from the tournament site, is head to head score (or in this case, head ...
- Sat Dec 14, 2013 10:03 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: London Chess Classic 2013
- Replies: 271
- Views: 40008
Re: London Chess Classic 2013
I'll go with Adams and Nakamura.
- Sat Dec 14, 2013 9:53 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Chess Player Pictures
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2258
Re: Chess Player Pictures
That's what opening ceremonies are for. Get the photoshoots out of the way at the start, then concentrate on the actual chess.
- Sat Dec 14, 2013 6:37 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: London Chess Classic 2013
- Replies: 271
- Views: 40008
Re: London Chess Classic 2013
Svidler won the return game, so they're into a tiebreak. Kramnik-Anand had a fairly quiet draw in their first game, Kramnik took him apart with black in the second to qualify. Gelfand-Caruana first game drawn, Naka beat Short with black.
- Sat Dec 14, 2013 3:26 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: London Chess Classic 2013
- Replies: 271
- Views: 40008
Re: London Chess Classic 2013
First blood to Adams! The endgame was probably winning anyway, but I assume allowing the rooks to be exchanged was a time trouble blunder.
- Fri Dec 13, 2013 11:49 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: London Chess Classic 2013
- Replies: 271
- Views: 40008
Re: London Chess Classic 2013
The rest of the field should probably thank Svidler for topping the group, thus ensuring one of Anand or Kramnik will be eliminated in the QFs. Although it's still not exactly an easy pairing, Adams would probably have preferred to play Svidler rather than Kramnik! I'll stick my neck out and say Kra...
- Thu Dec 12, 2013 3:19 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: London Chess Classic 2013
- Replies: 271
- Views: 40008
Re: London Chess Classic 2013
Today's live feed only kicked in about ten moves into most of the games. Interesting though it may be to play through two juniors competing to see who can leave most pieces en prise, I prefer to watch the GM games... And it's now given up the ghost completely. Caruana and Howell have gone past 100 m...
- Tue Dec 10, 2013 9:45 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: London Chess Classic 2013
- Replies: 271
- Views: 40008
Re: London Chess Classic 2013
Thus he gets in the Anand group, and Sutovsky in the other. Istratescu's chances of getting past the group stage look slim, but Sutovsky is higher rated than Howell and not far off short, so it's quite plausible he might make the QFs.
- Tue Dec 10, 2013 9:27 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: London Chess Classic 2013
- Replies: 271
- Views: 40008
Re: London Chess Classic 2013
Istratescu's result will still matter for the grouping of the main tournament, though - if he wins he goes in the group with Anand, Adams and McShane; if he draws then he gets Caruana, Short and Howell. Although either set of opponents would be pretty tough for the qualifier, the latter looks margin...
- Sat Jan 19, 2013 1:37 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: New ratings out now....
- Replies: 34
- Views: 5846
Re: new ratings out now....
You can publish everyone else's... just delay Joey's.Alex Holowczak wrote:Better still, I'll instruct the grading team to delay the publishing of the grades for 24 hours, just as punishment for Joey's trolling.
- Thu Jan 10, 2013 8:32 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Media comments on chess
- Replies: 5977
- Views: 742192
Re: Midsomer Murders
Thanks, didn't think I was imagining it.Richard James wrote:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_PichushkinMichael Jones wrote: Wasn't there some (non-fictional) murderer who claimed his aim was to kill one victim for every square on the board?
- Wed Jan 09, 2013 12:06 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: The second most famous Armenian?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3144
The second most famous Armenian?
Aronian being suggested as a role model for any Armenians not so keen on Kardashian...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20932705
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20932705
- Wed Jan 09, 2013 12:01 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Records in chess and press coverage
- Replies: 49
- Views: 5048
Re: Records in chess and press coverage
Differences between contemporary ratings mean something intrinsic to the system in a way that the actual values of ratings don't, certainly. Trying to figure out how Carlsen's rating of 2861 now compares to Kasparov's peak rating of 2851 is non-trivial. Short claimed while doing commentary with Car...
- Tue Jan 08, 2013 11:04 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Media comments on chess
- Replies: 5977
- Views: 742192
Re: Midsomer Murders
According to Radio Times, next Wednesday at 8pm on ITV, an episode called "The Sicilian Defence". A girl is attacked and left for dead by someone wearing a mask like a chess piece. Her fiance is missing... When the girl comes out of a coma, a killer targets members of a chess club. The father of th...