Sinquefield Cup 9-15 September 2015
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Sinquefield Cup 9-15 September 2015
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Re: Sinquefield Cup 9-15 September 2015
Lev popped into the Saint Louis chess club and played against the club members.It looks like Lev is a pretty cool guy
I am speaking here for myself and not the NCCU which i am now president of
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Re: Sinquefield Cup 9-15 September 2015
I can vouch for that. Very humble and very approachable.William Metcalfe wrote:Lev popped into the Saint Louis chess club and played against the club members.It looks like Lev is a pretty cool guy
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Re: Sinquefield Cup 9-15 September 2015
I don't seem to be able to find the pairings anywhere, does anyone know, what matchups have I got to look forward to tomorrow evening...?
(just found them, on the us chess champs site)
(just found them, on the us chess champs site)
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Re: Sinquefield Cup 9-15 September 2015
Aronian's Facebook page shows a very well-adjusted and down-to-earth guy, who seems to be enjoying his life. The pic in the Berlin garden with his mother is a classic.LawrenceCooper wrote:I can vouch for that. Very humble and very approachable.William Metcalfe wrote:Lev popped into the Saint Louis chess club and played against the club members.It looks like Lev is a pretty cool guy
In some ways you almost wonder if Aronian is actually too 'normal' to be a world champion - I mean in the sense of subordinating absolutely everything else to winning the title. It is the same thing people used to say about the finest Armenian player of an earlier generation, Rafik Vaganian. There's a very good profile of Vaganian here, written by Genna Sosonko on Vaganian's 50th birthday in 2001. I wonder whether some of the things in it might ring a bell for Aronian too?
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Re: Sinquefield Cup 9-15 September 2015
LawrenceCooper wrote:I can vouch for that. Very humble and very approachable.William Metcalfe wrote:Lev popped into the Saint Louis chess club and played against the club members.It looks like Lev is a pretty cool guy
I fully concur with Lawrence's comments about Levon Aronian. I would say much the same about Viswanathan Anand. Therefore I don't agree with Austin.AustinElliott wrote:In some ways you almost wonder if Aronian is actually too 'normal' to be a world champion - I mean in the sense of subordinating absolutely everything else to winning the title.
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Re: Sinquefield Cup 9-15 September 2015
http://www.uschesschamps.com/live
Games start at 7pm our time
Pairings and Schedule here
http://www.uschesschamps.com/pairings-results-0
Carlsen- Kamsky
Nakamura- Aronian today
Gather time control is 90′ x 40 + 30′ + 30″
Games start at 7pm our time
Pairings and Schedule here
http://www.uschesschamps.com/pairings-results-0
Carlsen- Kamsky
Nakamura- Aronian today
Gather time control is 90′ x 40 + 30′ + 30″
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Re: Sinquefield Cup 9-15 September 2015
Bizarre blunder by Aronian
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Re: Sinquefield Cup 9-15 September 2015
Nakamura starting with two whites and Kamsky with two blacks - what's that all about then?
"Set up your attacks so that when the fire is out, it isn't out!" (H N Pillsbury)
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Re: Sinquefield Cup 9-15 September 2015
If you look at any standard APA pairing table, you'll find that one player starts with two Whites and one with two Blacks. In a ten player APA, No 1 has the double White and No 6 the double Black.Matt Mackenzie wrote:Nakamura starting with two whites and Kamsky with two blacks - what's that all about then?
It's just more noticeable if there are only four players.
That said, these pairings seem to be non-standard.
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Re: Sinquefield Cup 9-15 September 2015
The event turned out to be a nice warm-up for Carlsen for the World Championship match in November. An interesting format when compared to other events. I wonder if we will see more events like this?
Couple of links to Carlsen's blogs:
http://www.arcticsec.no/index.php?blog_ ... n_image=35
http://www.arcticsec.no/index.php?blog_ ... n_image=35
http://www.arcticsec.no/index.php?blog_ ... n_image=35
http://www.arcticsec.no/index.php?blog_ ... n_image=35
http://www.arcticsec.no/index.php?blog_ ... n_image=35
That last link won't work yet, but I'm presuming it will at some point...
I wonder if that last-round 'swindle' by Carlsen to beat Aronian will faze Anand?
http://www.chessbase.com/Home/TabId/211 ... 60913.aspx
Couple of links to Carlsen's blogs:
http://www.arcticsec.no/index.php?blog_ ... n_image=35
http://www.arcticsec.no/index.php?blog_ ... n_image=35
http://www.arcticsec.no/index.php?blog_ ... n_image=35
http://www.arcticsec.no/index.php?blog_ ... n_image=35
http://www.arcticsec.no/index.php?blog_ ... n_image=35
That last link won't work yet, but I'm presuming it will at some point...
I wonder if that last-round 'swindle' by Carlsen to beat Aronian will faze Anand?
http://www.chessbase.com/Home/TabId/211 ... 60913.aspx
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Re: Sinquefield Cup 9-15 September 2015
I wish people would use the word "swindle" more advisedly (I even wrote an article on this once, which you can now find on the KIngPin website). Somehow Aronian cocked it up but he certainly wasn't swindled.
Re: Sinquefield Cup 9-15 September 2015
Jonathan Rogers> I wish people would use the word "swindle" more advisedly...<
Under advice Chessbase News have amended their report headline -
Sinquefield 06: Magic Magnus swindles
to
Sinquefield 06: Magic Magnus wins again
Magic!
Under advice Chessbase News have amended their report headline -
Sinquefield 06: Magic Magnus swindles
to
Sinquefield 06: Magic Magnus wins again
Magic!
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Re: Sinquefield Cup 9-15 September 2015
I've long suspected that someone over there follows things over here...
(and I've put quote marks round 'swindle' in my original post)
(and I've put quote marks round 'swindle' in my original post)
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Re: Sinquefield Cup 9-15 September 2015
They probably want to make sure they don't miss any nuggets from Nigel Short or from Sabrina ...Christopher Kreuzer wrote:I've long suspected that someone over there follows things over here...