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Regarding the loaded revolver the best response was what I heard (and saw) at North Bay. It was at one of the famous internationals. A Quebec player brought a hunting knife and put it openly at the board when playing Todd Southam. Todd's reaction was to play his Immortal Game, a stunningly beautiful miniature. (I think I have that memory right - others could share detials if they recall)
I think once there was a hypothetical question: You are playing in a tournament, in a State/city which allows bearing firearms openly (by licence). Your opponent sits down at the table and puts a pistol next to the board, saying, “I’m afraid someone might attack me while I’m concentrating. I hope you don’t mind?”
Intimidating?
There is a picture of a snowball on the shelf of a refrigerator at Tata with isklar water and other drinks
Rapport plays 6...b5!?
Peter: "Rapport went full-Rapport there..."
Jan: "You'd get expelled from Botvinnik's School?"
Peter: "Even a district Pioneer's House would seriously reprimand you for this!"
Van Foreest had a king-side attack going and it looked like the game would be over when the black king started walking and hid itself in a fortress of sorts.
You only need a fortress if your are losing
It’s a fortress
But you can’t see it
No, it’s not a fortress. To be a fortress, the a pawn needs to be gone and the d pawn has to be on d7 not d6
Black is as hard to beat as it is to pronounce his name
Fortress looking a bit drafty
It’s a roving fortress, like one of those Mad Max dealies
Very dodgy fortress
What? Still no mate? Looks like the prison cell of El Chapo!
If he draws it, will be the first time I am seeing such a fortress in the middle of the board
Round 10, Jan. 23
Carlsen, Magnus – Anand, Vishy
C77 Ruy Lopez, Four Knights (Tarrasch) variation
I can’t remember a more enjoyable day of chess than was afforded by the broadcast today. First the two losses by Kramnik and Bareev, the announcement about agon and the other surprises such as Nepo’s loss and Giri’s and Rapport’s wins.
Near the end of the transmission, Peter and Jan were discussing who the best eight Dutch players ever were.
Then, someone in Chat asked about the best Canadian players and they tried to name eight and did quite well, although Peter Svidler was unfamiliar with Duncan Suttles. After all, he was born in 1976.
Then someone said that the two nicest nationalities had to be Australian and Canadian. Australian was disputed, so Canadian won by default. This gave rise to the quotation about Canadians being the golden-retriever types. (See Great Chess Quotes #488)
- 18. Ne4?? was a horrible move, releasing all the pressure on the black king with these massive exchanges... even just 18. Nd1 must have been better (or the computer-suggested lines like 18. Bg5)
- A pity with the main variation after 18.Rf3, beautiful for white; of course, easy to say at home in front of an engine.
- Praggn(anand)haa - still has a pull; not over yet.
- sure, but he went from (almost completely winning with a few more accurate moves) to (a pawn up in a rook endgame)
king_nothing1: experience
- not a good game of Pragg
- plain lost now
- Ke3 was one big mistake to much
- zugzwang
- Amazing what big difference Ke2 vs Ke3 would have made
Round 10, Jan. 23
Kuipers, Stefan – Geldura, Benjamin
B48 Sicilian, Taimanov variation
- Kramnik not necessarily too old, though age can be a factor. As he himself has admitted, he simply does not have as much time for chess as he used to.- I've been following chess super tournaments for more than 20 years and I do not remember Kramnik collapsing this way
- Kramnik tries to play interesting chess. Nothing wrong with him, but only with modern computerchess. We need more 960 from now on
- Kramnik should take lessons from Morozevich on how to play interesting chess without committing suicide.
- I think i speak for all of us when i say that's a tragedy
- nice escape by Vlad!
- and they draw
- damn
- Big success for Vlad
- Ding got Vladded
- but at least I got see Qe1 and Qb4
- that was enjoyable
- well saved, BIG Vlad
- man, I was hoping for a ding win
- Ding should know tactics is like riding a bike
- Ding cannot ride bikes
- I bet kramnik won't be pulling c3 out again soon
- Ding suffers from the Giri syndrome -- fear of winning
On the English Chess Forum, it was asked, "What is Kramnik's worst ever tournament performance?"
In the Tal Memorial, 2013, Kramnik scored 3/9, finishing last after Gelfand, Carlsen, Mamedyarov, Andreikin, Caruana, Nakamura, Karjakin, Anand and Morozevich.
- what a spanking
- absolutely fabulous game
- carlsen has easy schedule to finish
- chess beast is back
- only Giri can stop him in the last round
- easy win from the very beginning
- 25.e5 and 31.Ne3 masterpiece-moves :-)
- Masterpiece!!
Round 8, Jan. 20
Van Foreest, J., - Radjabov, Teimour
C53 Giuoco Piano
- they didn't even finish basic development and they agree to a draw
- what a joke
- pussies
- leaders always draw, it is tradition
- no, it continues to contribute to the death of chess ever being considering a serious sport
- 1-0 Anand is genius, his opponent not
- shak's got psychological issues vs vishy
- Even now that he is almost 50, he is dangerous opponent for anybody ... can see these c4 easily
- Vishy's interview yesterday after his win against Kramnik was very funny, very revealing. He is amazing!
- did shak really walk into a Rxd5 tactic twice in the same game
- Another great victory by Anand
- anand can win the tournament at almost 50. what a genius
- next game will be the real test. Carlsen seems to be in fine form
- anand still has 3 blacks left including carlsen and ding liren
Round 8, Jan. 20
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof – Kramnik, Vladimir
C50 Giuoco Piano
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