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  • Battle at the Border - Action has begun!

    Round 1 of the Battle is underway. Watch live action from the top 3 boards each round on the tournament website.

    http://www.albertachess.org/2010BATB/live_games.php

    Round 1
    GM Nakamura vs Roger Blum
    Mike Zeggelaar vs IM Eric Hansen
    GM Pascal Charbonneau vs Len Steele

    Standings will be updated after each round as well.

    http://www.albertachess.org/2010BATB/standings.php

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    Round 2

    Round 2 has started. The top 3 boards are...

    Alex Yam vs GM Hikaru Nakamura
    IM Eric Hansen vs Vlad Rekhson
    Roy Yearwood vs GM Pascal Charbonneau

    http://www.albertachess.org/2010BATB/live_games.php
    Last edited by Tony Ficzere; Saturday, 4th September, 2010, 07:35 PM.

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    • #3
      Re: Battle at the Border - Action has begun!

      The games from round 1 are now available as a .pgn on the website. Go to http://www.albertachess.org/2010BATB/live_games.php

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      • #4
        Round 3

        Round 3 has started. Tune in for live games on the top 3 boards.

        GM Hikaru Nakamura vs IM Jan Teplitsky
        Rocket Rob Gardner vs IM Eric Hansen
        GM Pascal Charbonneau vs Richard Wang

        http://www.albertachess.org/2010BATB/live_games.php

        You will find short reports on the homepage after each round.

        http://www.albertachess.org/2010BATB/index.php

        Check out the Multimedia page for photos and video reports (available soon)

        http://www.albertachess.org/2010BATB/multimedia.php

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        • #5
          Round 4

          Round 4 has started and here are the top 3 boards.

          GM Pascal Charbonneau vs GM Hikaru Nakamura
          IM Eric Hansen vs Keith MacKinnon
          FM Jack Yoos vs Rocket Rob Gardner

          http://www.albertachess.org/2010BATB/live_games.php

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          • #6
            Re: Round 4

            Tony, you're not getting much of a response. I'm watching and enjoying the live games. Surely others are as well.
            Gary Ruben
            CC - IA and SIM

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            • #7
              Re: Round 4

              Originally posted by Gary Ruben View Post
              Tony, you're not getting much of a response. I'm watching and enjoying the live games. Surely others are as well.
              think Jamin organized this one.And Naka is not enjoying his choice of the Philidor Gambit vs Pascal.

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              • #8
                Re: Round 4

                Originally posted by David McTavish View Post
                think Jamin organized this one.And Naka is not enjoying his choice of the Philidor Gambit vs Pascal.
                It's a double edged game. And exciting!
                Gary Ruben
                CC - IA and SIM

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                • #9
                  Re: Round 4

                  Originally posted by Gary Ruben View Post
                  It's a double edged game. And exciting!
                  Naka playing bullet chess all night? i could have played better. Maybe the letdown after a nother highly successful European tour, gaining rating pts ( giving them all back to his ami in this debacle), and a Melody Amber berth. Qe7+??, and he's playing down a rook from move 10. This was not surprising, thats the truly strange thing.

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                  • #10
                    Re: Round 4

                    Yes. It turned into what we used to call "Slam, bam! Thank you m'am." :)

                    I think Naka tried to blow Pascal away and it didn't work out.
                    Last edited by Gary Ruben; Sunday, 5th September, 2010, 08:24 PM.
                    Gary Ruben
                    CC - IA and SIM

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                    • #11
                      Re: Battle at the Border - Action has begun!

                      Apparently you are forgetting that this is not a FIDE rated event...so I'll play pretty much anything!

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                      • #12
                        Re: Battle at the Border - Action has begun!

                        the organising committee for the 2010 eric hansen cinematic jamboree would like to express our wishes of good luck to eric hansen

                        AND TO ANYONE STUPID ENOUGH TO FACE HIM IN A WAR OF CHESS MOVES.....................

                        ?????????
                        everytime it hurts, it hurts just like the first (and then you cry till there's no more tears)

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                        • #13
                          Re: Battle at the Border - Action has begun!

                          Originally posted by ben daswani View Post
                          the organising committee for the 2010 eric hansen cinematic jamboree would like to express our wishes of good luck to eric hansen

                          AND TO ANYONE STUPID ENOUGH TO FACE HIM IN A WAR OF CHESS MOVES.....................

                          ?????????
                          I don't know if you realize this but IM Hansen drew his third and fourth round games...
                          Last edited by Adam Cormier; Sunday, 5th September, 2010, 10:39 PM.
                          University and Chess, a difficult mix.

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                          • #14
                            Re: Battle at the Border - Action has begun!

                            Originally posted by Adam Cormier View Post
                            I don't know if you realize this but IM Hansen drew his fourth round game...
                            if you are implying that my wishing luck to hansen's future opponents caused him to draw a game that had already been played, you are being absurd. how does that make even a shred of sense? wtfm8????????
                            everytime it hurts, it hurts just like the first (and then you cry till there's no more tears)

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                            • #15
                              Re: Battle at the Border - Action has begun!

                              Originally posted by Hikaru Nakamura View Post
                              Apparently you are forgetting that this is not a FIDE rated event...so I'll play pretty much anything!
                              I didn't know if the game was rated but it was certainly exciting.
                              Gary Ruben
                              CC - IA and SIM

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