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Question: Who will the Sigeman tm 2006?


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Fedorov 4 (17.4%) Timman 6 (26.1%) Atalik 3 (13.0%) Khenkin 0 (0.0%) Stellwagen 2 (8.7%) Hector 2 (8.7%) Cicak 0 (0.0%) Berg 0 (0.0%) Hillarp-Persson 2 (8.7%) Carlsson 4 (17.4%) Total votes: 23 « Created by: TalJechin on: 04/23/06 at 13:29:22 »

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TalJechin God Member Offline There is no secret ingredient. Posts: 2892 Location: Malmö Joined: 08/12/04 Gender:	Re: The Sigeman Tournament 2006 28/4 - 6/5 14-21 Reply #15 - 04/28/06 at 11:14:21	Post Tools	Print Post
	Well, -sen is a marker for danish/norwegian names and -son for swedish/icelandic. Iirc, after the Nordic union was broken up in the 1300s sweden went back to the scandic roots in its language just to be different from the others - the same phenomenon can be seen in former yugoslavia for example, newish nationality - newish language. Strange that this sen/son should be so difficult for foreigners, the suffixs O' & Mc/Mac fill the same function but those are seldom mistaken for each other - maybe it's exhaustion after reading more than two vowels for the english speaking or short attention span that don't last until the end of words?! Anyway, enough about that - here's the draw for the first round: 28/4 Rond 1 Jan Timman - Emanuel Berg Tiger Hillarp-Persson - Pontus Carlsson Igor Khenkin - Alexei Federov Suat Atalik - Daniel Stellwagen Slavko Cicak - Jonny Hector


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Willempie God Member Offline I love ChessPublishing .com! Posts: 4312 Location: Holland Joined: 01/07/05	Re: The Sigeman Tournament 2006 28/4 - 6/5 14-21 Reply #14 - 04/28/06 at 10:35:51	Post Tools	Print Post
	woofwoof wrote on 04/27/06 at 16:52:58: Quote: are there really three other people here who can't differ between Carlsson and Carlsen? It was ignorance in my case. Never heard of Pontus Carlsson. Everytime it was Magnus Carlsen making news & i never really took notice of the spelling. Anyway...Carlsson looks more a Swedish name than Carlsen! So..... Isnt he Norwegian (the kid)? Anyway never bothered with the spelling either

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TalJechin God Member Offline There is no secret ingredient. Posts: 2892 Location: Malmö Joined: 08/12/04 Gender:	Re: The Sigeman Tournament 2006 28/4 - 6/5 14-21 Reply #13 - 04/28/06 at 10:15:35	Post Tools	Print Post
	woofwoof wrote on 04/27/06 at 16:52:58: Quote: are there really three other people here who can't differ between Carlsson and Carlsen? It was ignorance in my case. Never heard of Pontus Carlsson. Everytime it was Magnus Carlsen making news & i never really took notice of the spelling. Anyway...Carlsson looks more a Swedish name than Carlsen! So..... Well, one of his games was recently discussed here in the Dragon section under a different misspelling...


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MNb God Member Offline Rudolf Spielmann forever Posts: 10777 Location: Moengo Joined: 01/05/04 Gender:	Re: The Sigeman Tournament 2006 28/4 - 6/5 14-21 Reply #12 - 04/28/06 at 03:18:36	Post Tools	Print Post
	I have voted Stellwagen, mainly because he is sympathetic chap and deserves at least one vote. The Scandinavians are lucky, that he is not named Karelsen.

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woofwoof God Member Offline chess is like life Posts: 929 Location: Singapore Joined: 07/04/05 Gender:	Re: The Sigeman Tournament 2006 28/4 - 6/5 14-21 Reply #11 - 04/27/06 at 16:52:58	Post Tools	Print Post
	Quote: are there really three other people here who can't differ between Carlsson and Carlsen? It was ignorance in my case. Never heard of Pontus Carlsson. Everytime it was Magnus Carlsen making news & i never really took notice of the spelling. Anyway...Carlsson looks more a Swedish name than Carlsen! So.....

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alumbrado God Member Offline Esse quam videri bonus malebo Posts: 1418 Location: London Joined: 02/17/03 Gender:	Re: The Sigeman Tournament 2006 28/4 - 6/5 14-21 Reply #10 - 04/27/06 at 15:58:01	Post Tools	Print Post
	I am afraid that I assumed it was Magnus Carlsen too - and that it was you who had misspelt it I apologise for doubting you! In this case, I would change my choice to Suat Atalik.

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TalJechin God Member Offline There is no secret ingredient. Posts: 2892 Location: Malmö Joined: 08/12/04 Gender:	Re: The Sigeman Tournament 2006 28/4 - 6/5 14-21 Reply #9 - 04/27/06 at 11:11:37	Post Tools	Print Post
	woofwoof wrote on 04/25/06 at 12:56:29: woofwoof wrote on 04/23/06 at 14:29:59: I'd really like to see Carlsson doing well. His form has been good. I hope he keeps it up. Just visted the site. Boy! did i really have a serious mix-up! All this while I was thinking of that wonder boy Magnus!! In that case, I shall go for Fedorov. Hope to see some KG's from him too. Hmm, Carlsson still leads the poll - are there really three other people here who can't differ between Carlsson and Carlsen? Or is it the underdog syndrome?


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woofwoof God Member Offline chess is like life Posts: 929 Location: Singapore Joined: 07/04/05 Gender:	Re: The Sigeman Tournament 2006 28/4 - 6/5 14-21 Reply #8 - 04/25/06 at 12:56:29	Post Tools	Print Post
	woofwoof wrote on 04/23/06 at 14:29:59: I'd really like to see Carlsson doing well. His form has been good. I hope he keeps it up. Just visted the site. Boy! did i really have a serious mix-up! All this while I was thinking of that wonder boy Magnus!! In that case, I shall go for Fedorov. Hope to see some KG's from him too.

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TalJechin God Member Offline There is no secret ingredient. Posts: 2892 Location: Malmö Joined: 08/12/04 Gender:	Re: The Sigeman Tournament 2006 28/4 - 6/5 14-21 Reply #7 - 04/25/06 at 12:21:17	Post Tools	Print Post
	Personally, I'd like to see one of the swedes win as it was quite a while since last time. So Hillarp was my choice, though Berg may be the most realistic swedish winner, as he's the youngest of the GMs and thus probably has the most potential. And when in form he can beat anyone. (Btw, Hellers is the only swede who's won it alone (more than once! A real pity he's quit playin ) and I think Ulf Andersson has shared 1st one time too) I suppose people here like an underdog, as the only non-GM is apparantly favourite to win, at the moment! Actually, taking a GM norm may be hard enough, as it's only been done once in the history of this tournament...


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lnn2 God Member Offline Posts: 1504 Location: nc Joined: 09/22/04	Re: The Sigeman Tournament 2006 28/4 - 6/5 14-21 Reply #6 - 04/24/06 at 02:51:53	Post Tools	Print Post
	I hope Khenkin wins... he is very strong, pity his rating doesn't always correpond with his true ability.


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Willempie God Member Offline I love ChessPublishing .com! Posts: 4312 Location: Holland Joined: 01/07/05	Re: The Sigeman Tournament 2006 28/4 - 6/5 14-21 Reply #5 - 04/23/06 at 19:28:52	Post Tools	Print Post
	Sorry missed the link in the first post

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Willempie God Member Offline I love ChessPublishing .com! Posts: 4312 Location: Holland Joined: 01/07/05	Re: The Sigeman Tournament 2006 28/4 - 6/5 14-21 Reply #4 - 04/23/06 at 19:27:49	Post Tools	Print Post
	I am going for the Dutch veteran. I expect some nice opening trickery. PS do they have a site where the games can be followed?

	If nothing else works, a total pig-headed unwillingness to look facts in the face will see us through.
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TalJechin God Member Offline There is no secret ingredient. Posts: 2892 Location: Malmö Joined: 08/12/04 Gender:	Re: The Sigeman Tournament 2006 28/4 - 6/5 14-21 Reply #3 - 04/23/06 at 19:18:05	Post Tools	Print Post
	Quote: I also hope too see some (leningrad) dutch game(s) by Berg. Well, that would be nice, but I think he's gone NimzoIndian on us... I'd also guess on czech/slovakian heritage concerning Cicak. But he's probably born in Sweden - at least his english sounded a little swedish in Cork... Everybody seems to pronunce his name as it's spelled, but maybe it should be - tsitsak - as c = ts in slavic languages,?


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Viking God Member Offline Posts: 673 Location: Norway Joined: 10/12/04 Gender:	Re: The Sigeman Tournament 2006 28/4 - 6/5 14-21 Reply #2 - 04/23/06 at 18:56:18	Post Tools	Print Post
	I also hope too see some (leningrad) dutch game(s) by Berg. For info on Cicak, see the tournament pages... But I have to admit, I am still not sure of his origin after reading the info.... Czech Rep? Btw, I expect (IM Pontus) Carlsson to have a hard time in this field...


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woofwoof God Member Offline chess is like life Posts: 929 Location: Singapore Joined: 07/04/05 Gender:	Re: The Sigeman Tournament 2006 28/4 - 6/5 14-21 Reply #1 - 04/23/06 at 14:29:59	Post Tools	Print Post
	I'd really like to see Carlsson doing well. His form has been good. I hope he keeps it up. Oh....What kind of name is Cicak? Where is he from? In the malay language that word means lizard! (pronounced chee-chak....the 'a' as in shark)

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