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She's put her full name as a signature which is good enough for me. [By the way, for those interested, when you change your signature it seems to make all of your posts with a signature change to the new signature. ]
Dogs will bark, but the caravan of chess moves on.
The Bermuda Party
The highlight of every recent Chess Olympiad, from the entertainment and night-life point of view, has been The Bermuda Party. It is the supernova big-bang celebration, and has escalated from a wild, noisy affair to one with multiple imported bands, which play throbbing bass-heavy music until well into the dawn. For obvious reasons The Party it is held on the eve of a free day, so the participants have a good 36 hours to recover from its mind-numbing after-effects.
Chess24.com advert:
The Bermuda Party
Tonight's the big night – the Bermuda Party kicks off at 22:00 at Driv!
There will be DJs, amazing visual projections, a silent film screening, art décor by the Chess Olympiad’s artist Chris Reddy, local food, lounges – and last, but not least: Bermuda cocktails and a dance floor!
Driv is located at Storgata 6, right across the street from the Olympiad arena. Doors open at 21:00. Exclusive and free entrance for players, team members, officials, accredited press, organizers and volunteers over 18 years old.
Lawrence Trent:
Carlsen-Aronian, Kramnik-Topalov & Bermuda Party later, gonna be a great day!
If I am reading the result correctly, the Canadian men split with an American team whose lowest rated player was higher rated than our highest. Great work, guys!
If I am reading the result correctly, the Canadian men split with an American team whose lowest rated player was higher rated than our highest. Great work, guys!
Wonderful result indeed Gordon. I have come back to the chess world just in the nick of time. My wife and I have been in the Bahamas for the past three months. Beautiful weather. It seems like our Canadians should have their hands full versus the Israelis.
Carlsen's game round 4 reminds me of Suttles' play. Bg2, Nh3 closed Sicilian heading for a central positional advantage.
One key reason of the many reasons we chess fans are lucky to have Magnus as World Champion. He experiments with many different creative openings usually of high positional quality.
Also I responded to Yuanlings interview in another thread but it bears repeating: that is the most interesting and delightful interview I have seen of the many I have seen this Olympiad! Impressive Yuanling!
He could be the next Magnus Carlsen
Paul V. Hagesæther
15-year-old Yi Wei from China is better than Magnus Carlsen was the same age.
Also Norwegian Aryan Tari (15) is a super talent who is predicted to have a bright chess future.
- I think I can be world champion, he said.
There are 79 players under the age of 16 participating in the Chess Olympiad, Aftenposten wrote yesterday. Among them are two who stand out. One is Yi Wei (15). China's reserve is in fact the youngest player in history with over 2600 rating. He surpassed that level when he was 14 years and four months.
Thus Wei is indisputably one of the world's top young chess talents. Magnus Carlsen by comparison was 15 years and one month when he reached the same level.
The shy 15-year-old speaks little English, and he had to utilize the leader of the Chinese Chess Federation as an interpreter when Aftenposten met him. Wei says he started playing at the age of six, and that he spends 7-8 hours on chess every day. He does not go to an ordinary school, but studies at China's national chess center in Beijing, where the greatest talents gather. He also gets an ordinary school education.
Finds schoolwork is easy
- He finds schoolwork very easy anyway, so he does not spend so much time on it, says the leader.
Wei says that his goal in the first place is to pass the 2700 rating. Then he will go from being super grandmaster to a "hyper grandmaster".
- I'm not thinking much of the future after that. But I do hope to beat Carlsen perhaps, he says, and smiles shyly.
In the Olympiad as Board 4, he has so far won two games against lower ranked players from Guatemala and Albania, and played a draw against a Grandmaster from the Netherlands (Lorenzana(GUA), Pasku(ALB) and Van Kampen (NED)).
- Anyway I feel no pressure. I think it's just as much fun to play as before, and I especially like complex positions and attack, he said.
Aryan Tari
The Norwegian Aryan Tari (15) also has good results. The youngster plays on the Norway 2nd team as Boards 3 or 4, and has so far taken 2.5 points in four games (beating Sebenik(SLO), Bueno(ARU), drawing with Stojanovic (BIH) and losing to Moiseenko (UKR)). Tari is the second best player under 16 in the Olympics, and is rated about 200 points under Wei. Tari, who lives in Lier outside Drammen, recently finished second in the elite class in the Championship in Trondheim.
His father worked as a chess player in Iran, and it was he who taught Tari game.
- Yes, I think I can be world champion, he says to Aftenposten.
- I'm young, I've been playing a long time and if I work very hard, I think I can be. Then I have to concentrate on chess, and forget everything else.
- Are you prepared for that?
- Yes. But of course one can fail. Then it is stupid.
Coach from Russia
Tari think it would be a disaster if the Norwegian Chess Federation were to join the NIF, and had to cut out the Championship for players under 13 years because of their children's sports rules.
- It is important for the development of young players to meet good enough resistance, and to play NM is only positive. I have only good experiences with competing, he said.
Tari studies chess for two to three hours each day. He has a coach from Russia, and besides, uses books, videos and exercises.
- Who do you think has the best chances of you and Wei to be the next Magnus Carlsen?
- Wei. He has a higher rating, and does not go to regular school. The only thing he spends time on is chess. I really admire his devotion to it.
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