Wijk aan Zee 2012 - Page 10 - Chess and Board Game Strategy

Apropos blunder: Brandenburg-Schut in today's C group has a nice one (27. - Bxb3??). Looks completely stupid, but can be explained by playing the second move before the first.

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01-28-2012 , 04:57 PM

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YouKnowWho

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I ****ed up in the opening or the middlegame whatever but then I ate some oranges and it was k.

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01-28-2012 , 06:17 PM

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Giri has now completed the Olympiade, if he loses the last game we'll have to invent a new metaphor. Let's hope he doesn't, i wouldn't fault either him or Navara for a 10-move draw.

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01-28-2012 , 06:32 PM

#229

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Tough end for Giri. I see van Wely was unable to run out with a clean sheet of draws. It interesting to see the impact of a long tournament on the play...but lots of great games.

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01-28-2012 , 08:18 PM

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=TPejBh9STuI
So Aronian and Kramnik are gonna have a friendly match together. They should invite Carlsen.

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01-28-2012 , 08:30 PM

#231

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Wow, that's pretty awesome.

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01-28-2012 , 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Dorilla

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=TPejBh9STuI
So Aronian and Kramnik are gonna have a friendly match together. They should invite Carlsen.

In that match, I like that idea of a rapid game ( just for the spectators ) in case a game ends in less than three hours.

Last round of Wijk Aan Zee 2012 has Aronian as White against Radjabov so it's likely to be either a g3 KID or a Bf4 QGD and one can only hope it's not a short draw.

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01-29-2012 , 07:40 AM

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l05dGpJ9ak

2012 winner

Levon goes through his game vs WC title contender

QGD

Hope you find this interesting.

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01-29-2012 , 08:19 AM

#234

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Levon more or less forced a draw in the 12th move. Sickening, this shi t should be ilegal

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01-29-2012 , 08:22 AM

#235

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bah. Sadler 11.-Be7??

I was rooting for him to do well

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01-29-2012 , 10:17 AM

#236

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bah. Sadler 11.-Be7??

I was rooting for him to do well

I think the web houdini does not see long castle.

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01-29-2012 , 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Dorilla

I think the web houdini does not see long castle.

Yes lol. They use a strange version of houdini this tournament

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Originally Posted by Stormwolf

Levon more or less forced a draw in the 12th move. Sickening, this shi t should be ilegal

Do you actually blame Aronian for this? I can understand people who say Radjabov should try harder but Aronian not going for a draw would be a bigger insult to the tournament imo.

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01-29-2012 , 10:50 AM

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Levon more or less forced a draw in the 12th move. Sickening, this shi t should be ilegal

What else is he going to do? Risk losing the tournament for an extra 5 rating points or a shot at the 500 euro for best game? It's not like he's bored us to death in the rest of the tournament

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01-29-2012 , 11:20 AM

#239

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Is it heretical to say that either Aronian or Carlsen should be playing vs vishy for the title?

Boris seem to let go of two pretty familiar positions (QGD and a Petroff) pretty poorly.

Hope he has some new ideas and good prep up his sleeve.

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01-29-2012 , 12:43 PM

#240

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Originally Posted by Stormwolf

Levon more or less forced a draw in the 12th move. Sickening, this shi t should be ilegal

It was up to Radjabov to play for a win and try to catch Aronian. You can't criticize Aronian for being satisfied with a draw when it guarantees him clear first place.

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01-29-2012 , 05:03 PM

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Topalov makes Houdini explode again en route to another loss. Let's hope this is the last tournament, if he cares this little now.

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01-29-2012 , 05:42 PM

#242

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Performance ratings. Interesting how Carlsen performed almost exactly at his, Aronian pulled a 2890, and Topalov was almost 100 points under.

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01-29-2012 , 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by roblin

Did he seriously just curse?

Why did they keep that video, instead of re-filming and telling him not to curse?

Don't a lot of kids watch those videos..

lol though

Naka is #6 in the world, and Caruana is #10 now according to 2700chess.com

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01-29-2012 , 06:45 PM

#244

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I don't see how 'I ****ed up' is cursing, And lol at all those youtube reactions. (they're probably all from us of a people btw...)

Also in the Netherlands you can even say **** YOU on prime-time television. (which is completely different imo.) Not saying I like that but it might explain why they probably didn't even consider to edit it.

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01-29-2012 , 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by EGarrett

Topalov makes Houdini explode again en route to another loss. Let's hope this is the last tournament, if he cares this little now.

You are not a big fan of Topalov are you?

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01-29-2012 , 11:28 PM

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It was painful to watch him do this to his rating and care so little about the games. He's much better than this, or he was when motivated.

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02-02-2012 , 01:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Freddy777

Oh okay, that makes sense.

Can't curse here on TV/Radio, us Americans are prudes..

Fwiw, I think they're just words. :shrug:

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02-11-2012 , 11:00 PM

#248

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78% draws...

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02-12-2012 , 05:11 AM

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There were 91 games. Of these 52 were draws and 30 were decisive. 52/91 = 57% and not 78%. Sounds a lot better, doesn't it?

And even if there would have been more draws: So what? Draw is an integral part of chess; it is probably the default result if noone makes a mistake. Drawing is fine; the result itself says nothing about the quality of the game. As a spectator, it is just important that they don't make boring 12-moves draws.