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Put this together with his victories over Shirov and Short and you have a fearsome record! If this is an early result of Mark's decision to devote himself to chess this year it is a great validation.
Congratulations Mark Bluvshtein!
Re: Bluvshtein. M-Topalov. V rd. 7 of the Olympiad
Yes, Congratulations Mark - as leader you came thru in style (and congratulations to the rest of the team as well) Drawing against strong teams is paying off with less of the yo-yo effect. Also congratulations to Yuri quietly doing a great job in making the team jell. Good Luck to both teams in the next round.
Looks like Anand may be achieving his desire to move up the top players list by not playing! If Topalov loses more than two points for his loss to Mark today, he'll go below 2800 and Anand will be second on the "Live Top List".
Topalov was fried like a chick(en) :D
smth like that
Mark, take a day off tomorrow and write a report of the game :D
Mark's win over the ex-world champion is a bright light in the future for Canada. He has the stuff that beat world champions. I hope that he follows this victory in a more aggressive way....
Looks like Anand may be achieving his desire to move up the top players list by not playing! If Topalov loses more than two points for his loss to Mark today, he'll go below 2800 and Anand will be second on the "Live Top List".
I checked that site when I made my post but the change was not posted at that time. So my "prediction" has come true and, at least on the daily list, Anand has risen to second in the world behind Carlsen.
It will be interesting to see if Topolov can gain the points back over the remaining rounds. He is streaky and might well go on a winning tear.
Re: Bluvshtein. M-Topalov. V rd. 7 of the Olympiad
Congratulations to GrandMaster Mark Bluvshtein on your incredible victory today!
You have made Canada proud with your excellent play and fine team leadership. Keep up the great success!
And in other news... from the "KS BS" blog.... file these comments under "Did he really say that???"
Thursday, September 23, 2010
The CFC has sent another 3rd rate team to represent Canada. The CFC coverage of the Khanty Mansiysk Olympiad is absolutely zero. The CFC website has nothing at all on what is currently happening. The message board has real time blips and burps from Scarborough Chess Club director Bob Armstrong. In the meantime, the CFC is begging for thousands of dollars of donations from the CFC membership!
Isn't it time to realize that Canadian chess is not just my problem? IT IS OUR PROBLEM! And it needs to be fixed...
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SPRAGGETT ON CHESS - Posted by Kevin Spraggett at 8:10 AM
Friday, September 17, 2010
I know what you are thinking: Toronto is a city, not a country. But you should explain that to the Selection Committee that the CFC chose to pick this year's team! In any case, the less said about this year's Canadian participation, the better! (To spare the CFC embarrassment)
SPRAGGETT ON CHESS - Posted by Kevin Spraggett at 3:37 AM
Re: Bluvshtein. M-Topalov. V rd. 7 of the Olympiad
Spraggett is an idiot, good riddance to him, he can stay in Europe because Mark has shown that we certainly don't need him... 3rd rate indeed... the Canadian team is playing FAR above their collective ranking and Marks win over Topalov shows how strong the Canadian team is...
Spraggett is an idiot, good riddance to him, he can stay in Europe because Mark has shown that we certainly don't need him... 3rd rate indeed... the Canadian team is playing FAR above their collective ranking and Marks win over Topalov shows how strong the Canadian team is...
A single game can hardly be an conclusive indication about how strong one player is, even less so about an entire team. If one look at the game and comments on chessbase.com, Topalov in an equal position committed one of his worst ever blunder, practically forcing White to play the almost obvious winning Nxd6. Of course no one can blame Mark for his opponent's blunder but I am certain that he will be the first to acknowledge that he would have liked to win in a very different manner. Nonetheless the guys are playing some solid chess and taking advantage of their chances for which they deserve a lot of credit.
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