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09-21-2010 , 08:07 AM

#26

Tomukas

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I'm not sure about these. Look at Rozentalis' game. Do You see the same 28. Rg8+? I doubt this is the move he made

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09-21-2010 , 08:08 AM

#27

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Yeah, the site is overloaded, games from the OPEN section are screwed up in a lot of places. Woman section works perfectly fine though

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09-21-2010 , 07:01 PM

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Well at least Naka's game was fun.

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09-21-2010 , 10:37 PM

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The game between Chieh-Sheng Jason Lin (Chinese Taipei) and Emre Can was pretty cool. It was one of the few upsets I could find.
Norway's second board (without Magnus) lost to someone from Jamaica.

The only upset win for a team was Belgium (2394) beating Tajikistan (2436) 2.5-1.5 but their ratings were so close so it probably shouldn't count.

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09-21-2010 , 10:40 PM

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Another interesting result was IPCA's 2nd and 4th boards (both IMs) drawing against unrated players from Nigeria.

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09-21-2010 , 10:52 PM

#31

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Originally Posted by jontsef

Spoiler:

lmao

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09-22-2010 , 10:41 PM

#32

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http://ugra-chess.com/liveboard?game...1&ln=en&tmnt=1

Gundavaa-Nakmaura

It appears that the 2460 rated Gundavaa declined a route towards a 3 rep on move 38 with f4-f5. After this Naka just smashes him.

Gata Kamsky had a brutal attacking win. 1-0 in 34 moves.

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09-22-2010 , 11:25 PM

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The Naka game was weird; I liked White's position at certain points. Can't blame him for going all out. Kamsky game was great.

Looks like lots of upsets this round:
Israel vs Indonesia 2-2... Sutovsky and Mikhalevsky drew, and Smirin lost to a 2400.
Bulgaria lost to Croatia.
Azerbaijan lost to Vietnam :-O
Bosnia & Herzegovina beat England (Adams lost on first board to Sokolov)
Slovenia drew France.

Carlsen's game http://ugra-chess.com/liveboard?game...1&ln=en&tmnt=1
He makes it look so easy.

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09-22-2010 , 11:53 PM

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Damn, Carlsen's game was sexy like a chocolate strawberry.

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09-23-2010 , 02:34 AM

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Originally Posted by All-inMcLovin

comp says 39.Qd5+ Kf8 (or Kh8) 40.Qxc5 is +3,5 for White. Shame considering how creatively he played for the whole game.

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09-23-2010 , 04:30 AM

#36

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I'm at the website and clicking "View" for the games and it's just an empty board.

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09-23-2010 , 05:18 AM

#37

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rd3 going on now, working fine for me

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09-23-2010 , 07:21 AM

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carlsen not playing against russia?

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09-23-2010 , 07:22 AM

#39

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oh it's their 5th team thats why

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09-24-2010 , 12:30 AM

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next round is Russia1 v USA and board matches are
kramnik v naka
grischuk v kamsky
Karjakin v Onischuk
Malakhov v Shulman

really looking forward to the top 2 boards.

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09-24-2010 , 02:48 AM

#41

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This is going to be epic.

I predict a drawn match upset.

and Naka wins of course.

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09-24-2010 , 04:12 AM

#42

Tomukas

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They don't have a full standings list? Only top 5 on a left and round parings? At least I can't find it...

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09-24-2010 , 05:25 AM

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chessresults.com has the pairings, etc in more detail

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09-24-2010 , 08:52 AM

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it's www.chess-results.com , gotta put that dash in

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09-24-2010 , 10:37 AM

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DON CASTI

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Carlsen lost! It looks so easy to defeat Nº1 player

http://ugra-chess.com/liveboard?game...1&ln=en&tmnt=1

Did he resigned or lost on time? He could've taken the pawn with the knight.....

Last edited by DON CASTI; 09-24-2010 at 10:57 AM.

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09-24-2010 , 12:14 PM

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Carlsen lost! It looks so easy to defeat Nº1 player

http://ugra-chess.com/liveboard?game...1&ln=en&tmnt=1

Did he resigned or lost on time? He could've taken the pawn with the knight.....

But then can't white play something like Nh6+ and Rf5 winning the knight?

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09-24-2010 , 01:27 PM

#47

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Thats what I thought at first, but Nh6+ Kg7 Rf5 Kg6 seems to be a draw to me.

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09-24-2010 , 05:30 PM

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rybka doesn't offer any improvement, it wants to exchange into a drawn ending as quickly as possible. i'm guessing the position is wrong though, since Black's last move is a huge blunder