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Yesterday, was a rest day and the players were taken for a yacht tour. Surprisingly, Ding Liren went along. One would have thought he had already flown back to China.
Magnus is not playing in today’s round because he was paired against Ding Liren. He will do a little bit of commentating on the official broadcast.
Peter tells this anecdote: In the old Soviet Union, the two most prolific producers of opening monographs were Taimanov and Suetin. At one time, Taimanov was behind in his production and he was asked why Suetin was ahead and he said, “Because he can write with both hands at the same time!”
I just did a quick count and got about two dozen opening works by Taimanov and five dozen by Suetin.
A plug for Suetin – he was a coach for Petrosian and had Vassily Ivanchuk among his many pupils. A collection of his work was published by Quality in 2010 and is entitled “Soviet Chess Strategy”. Suetin died in 2001, Taimanov in 2016.
They talk about the modern player with the most body language while at the board, now that Kasparov has retired. They come up with Hikaru Nakamura and Ian Nepomniachtchi.
Today’s Quiz Question – Name the 3 highest rated players ever, born on June 17th.
Jan says that he was born on June 25 and so was Vladimir Kramnik, so you can rule these two guys out. Magnus was born on November 30, so he is out too.
Shak is playing for his 2800 rating today. He is at 2800.3
Svensen has recently given two quotes from Carlsen on how much he respects Vishy Anand:
Carlsen: "Personally I've had a lot to do with Anand. I had training camps with him between '07-'10. I was extremely impressed. I've never felt so weak as the time when I played training games with him. "
Carlsen: "I have enormous respect for what Anand has achieved and how much chess he understands. That is something you can't understand by looking at his games, you have to talk to these players to realize it."
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Peter imparts that there is talk of a controversy at the Chicago Open in Facebook but he will say no more about it.
One of the persons in the chat room says to see Emil Sutovsky’s Facebook entries. I found this:
“Another case of alleged cheating made it into the news last week. The games of the suspected player in Chicago Open do look highly suspicious”
Two days ago, an interview with Daniil Dubov was mentioned on the suspect of cheating in chess
Peter says that he will be competing at Biel (July 21 to August 1) against Carlsen, Mamedyarov, MVL, Navara and Georgiadis.
They talk about a film “Closing Gambit” that was filmed in part in 2017 at Gibraltar by an English filmmaker. It was about the Karpov-Korchnoi Match (1978) and Peter gave an interview because he did know Viktor but he was 2 years old at the time. Peter says that he would very much like to see that movie.
It is mentioned at IMDb this way:
Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin (2018)
1h 25min | Documentary | 26 October 2018 (UK)
Fascinating story of the 1978 World Chess Championship between the Soviet Communist Party's protege, Anatoly Karpov and the traitor and Soviet defector, Viktor Korchnoi. One of those instances in life where truth is stranger than fiction.
Director: Alan Byron
Writer: Alan Byron
Stars: Garry Kasparov, Anatoli Karpov, Viktor Korchnoi , Viswanathan Anand, Yasser Seirawan, Yannick Pelletier, Michael Stean, Jan Timman, Stuart Conquest, Veselin Topalov, Emil Sutovsky, Gennadi Sosonko, Raymond Keen and Vlastimil Hort
Storyline
1978 - Anatoly Karpov is the World Chess Champion having won the crown back from Bobby Fischer without playing a match. A loyal member of the Communist Party and a personal friend of the Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, Karpov is the epitome of the younger Soviet 'New Man'. Viktor Korchnoi is a survivor from the siege of Leningrad - cantankerous, free-spirited, and a harsh critic of the Soviet regime who claimed political asylum in Holland in 1976. Two years after his defection, Korchnoi is challenging Karpov for the crown in the 1978 World Championship in Baguio City, The Philippines. What happened during that summer in 1978 is one of the most incredible sporting stories that has never been fully told until now. Both men were bitter personal rivals: Karpov is a legendary sports personality of the Soviet Union with a chauffeur-driven Mercedes, Moscow apartment and country dacha; whereas Korchnoi is a traitor to Russia - airbrushed from Soviet history and known only as 'The Contestant'. ... Written by Pawn Pusher
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Quiz of the Day – Who won the Silver Medal in the Chess Olympiad 1992?
(answer at end)
Nakamura beats Karjakin
Round 8, June 6
Nakamura, Hikaru – Karjakin, Sergey
A29 English, Bremen, Smyslov System
Answer to the Quiz – Uzbekistan, whose team consisted of Loginov, Serper, Nenashev, Zagrebeiny, Saltaev and Iuldachev. Their result was unexpected. Russia won the Olympiad with Kasparov, Khalifman, Dolmatov, Dreev, Kramnik and Vyzmanavin. Armenia was third.
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Tarjei Svensen
If there's a NorwayChess playoff, it may take place after the R9 games tomorrow.
Ian Rogers
Caruana at Norway Chess asked whether the 3 Americans will tag-team Carlsen if all 4 reach a playoff: "I don't think we will. It would be strange if +1 tied for first - maybe someone will win tomorrow. If I get a chance against Wesley [So] I will take it but it won't be easy."
Last edited by Wayne Komer; Wednesday, 6th June, 2018, 04:02 PM.
chess24 - A stunning moment: apparently So didn't realise he'd made move 40 and with 41...Rd3?? he's lost the game - 41...Rd2! was a draw!
Fabiano wins the game and the tournament. No playoff. It would have been exciting but praise to Fabiano for the good year he has had – winning the Candidates, the Grenke and now, Norway.
Frode was born in 1993. Jan says that not only is he a strong chess player but he can jump extremely high. Peter Heine Nielsen is a wrong answer – he is Danish.
Boris Spassky was a high jumper in his youth:
In my student years I did the high jump – my usual result was 175 cm. Later tennis became my faithful assistant.
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