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Question: Who will win the world cup


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Karyakin 1 (4.2%) Cheparinov 0 (0.0%) Ponomariov 2 (8.3%) Jakovenko 1 (4.2%) Shirov 9 (37.5%) Kamsky 5 (20.8%) Carlsen 4 (16.7%) Alekseev 2 (8.3%) Total votes: 24 « Created by: thibdb13 on: 12/05/07 at 14:43:43 »

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thibdb13 God Member Offline Tal was the best Posts: 974 Location: Mechelen Joined: 01/25/07 Gender:	Re: World cup Reply #4 - 12/04/07 at 17:38:53	Post Tools	Print Post
	Quote: What I do not understand is the opening choice from some super gm's, for example ivanchuk in the tiebreak against nisipeanu he won his first game against nisipeanu, in the 2nd game nisipeanu played 1.e4 and ivanchuk chose the najdorf, why did he not chose to play the ruy lopez? I just don't understand why someone plays the najdorf if he just needs a draw to enter the next round ... or shirov today against akobian ... shirov still made a draw ... but why does he play 1.e4 and let happen the sicilian, if he could have gone also for 1.d4 and just play some more drawish variation ... As Ivanchuk lost playing the Najdorf, Shirov might have hoped that Akobian would do the same mistake

	Yusupov once said that “The problem with the Dutch Defence is that later in many positions the best move would be ...f5-f7” but he is surely wrong.
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battleangel Ex Member	Re: World cup Reply #3 - 12/04/07 at 16:50:48	Post Tools	Print Post
	What I do not understand is the opening choice from some super gm's, for example ivanchuk in the tiebreak against nisipeanu he won his first game against nisipeanu, in the 2nd game nisipeanu played 1.e4 and ivanchuk chose the najdorf, why did he not chose to play the ruy lopez? I just don't understand why someone plays the najdorf if he just needs a draw to enter the next round ... or shirov today against akobian ... shirov still made a draw ... but why does he play 1.e4 and let happen the sicilian, if he could have gone also for 1.d4 and just play some more drawish variation ...


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lnn2 God Member Offline Posts: 1504 Location: nc Joined: 09/22/04	Re: World cup Reply #2 - 11/27/07 at 15:06:06	Post Tools	Print Post
	White strikes back in the Moscow Semi-Slav! Check out the losses by Harikrishna and Rodshtein, identical for 21 moves: [Event "World Cup"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"] [Date "2007.11.25"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Gustafsson, J."] [Black "Rodshtein, M."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2606"] [BlackElo "2615"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2007.11.24"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. a4 e5 15. d5 c5 16. b4 cxb4 17. Bxb4 a5 18. Bd6 b4 19. Nb5 Rc8 20. Bxc4! Rxc4 21. Qb3! (strong novelty by Gustafsson) Qc8 22.Bc7 Qxc7 23. Nxc7+ Rxc7 24. Rac1 Nc5 25. Qh3 Bc8 26. Qf3 g4 27. Qe3 Bf8 28. f4 gxf3 29. Qxf3 f5 30. Qg3 1-0 It seems like Harikrishna didn't read the tournament bulletin the next day: [Event "World Cup"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"] [Date "2007.11.26"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Zhao Jun"] [Black "Harikrishna, P."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2552"] [BlackElo "2668"] [PlyCount "155"] [EventDate "2007.11.24"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. a4 e5 15. d5 c5 16. b4 cxb4 17. Bxb4 a5 18. Bd6 b4 19. Nb5 Rc8 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Qb3 Rc8 22. Rac1 Bf8 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Qe3 Nf6 25. Rc1 Qd8 26. Bxe5 Be7 27. d6 O-O 28. dxe7 Qxe7 29. Bd6 Qxe4 30. Qxe4 Bxe4 31. Bxf8 Kxf8 (and Black struggled on hopelessly).... 1-0


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thibdb13 God Member Offline Tal was the best Posts: 974 Location: Mechelen Joined: 01/25/07 Gender:	Re: World cup Reply #1 - 11/27/07 at 12:06:58	Post Tools	Print Post
	And for more information, you can have a look at: http://www.ugra-chess.ru/eng/main_e.htm

	Yusupov once said that “The problem with the Dutch Defence is that later in many positions the best move would be ...f5-f7” but he is surely wrong.
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thibdb13 God Member Offline Tal was the best Posts: 974 Location: Mechelen Joined: 01/25/07 Gender:	World cup 11/27/07 at 12:05:57	Post Tools	Print Post
	The world cup has started this week-end. Already some surprises in the first round: Sutovsky, Short, Khalifman, Eljanov and Harikrishna were outed by "weaker" opponents.

	Yusupov once said that “The problem with the Dutch Defence is that later in many positions the best move would be ...f5-f7” but he is surely wrong.
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