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ivanhoe

Only Chess

13 Jan 12

ivanhoe

Felicific Forest

Joined: 15 Dec 02
Moves: 48967

13 Jan 12

The 74th Tata Steel Chess Tournament: 13 - 29 January 2012 in Wijk aan Zee.

Participants of grandmaster group A

Carlsen, Magnus

NOR

2835

Aronian, Levon

ARM

2805

Radjabov, Teymour

AZE

2773

Topalov, Veselin

BUL

2770

Karjakin, Sergey

RUS

2769

Ivanchuk, Vassily

UKR

2766

Gashimov, Vugar

AZE

2761

Nakamura, Hikaru

USA

2759

Gelfand, Boris

ISR

2739

Caruana, Fabiano

ITA

2736

Kamsky, Gata

USA

2732

Giri, Anish

NED

2714

Navara, David

CZE

2712

Van Wely, Loek

NED

2692

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joesheppe

Lesser Poobah

Northern California

Joined: 15 Aug 07
Moves: 20617

13 Jan 12

Right! Very exciting - a very strong tournament with some interesting players.

Here's the list of pairings: wijk aan zee pairings:

http://www.chessdom.com/tata-steel-chess-2012-pairings

Thabtos

I am become Death

Joined: 23 Apr 10
Moves: 6343

13 Jan 12

Ivanchuck is a spectacle to behold. He can either be the best among the elite, or the worst, depending on the tournament.

Also it's interesting to me that he plays over 100 tournament games a year, every year, but still gets unbelievably nervous at the board.

watchyourbackrank

on your backrank!

Joined: 31 Jul 10
Moves: 3177

13 Jan 12

Carlsen might be the obvious pick for a winner and he is indeed my favourite. Who do you think wins the tournament??

PhySiQ

The Ghost Bishop

Joined: 11 Oct 11
Moves: 877

14 Jan 12

1 edit

Originally posted by watchyourbackrank
Carlsen might be the obvious pick for a winner and he is indeed my favourite. Who do you think wins the tournament??

Aronian and Carlsen to tiebreaker.

Q

~~robbie carrobie~~

Joined: 26 Aug 07
Moves: 38239

14 Jan 12

1 edit

Originally posted by PhySiQ
Aronian and Carlsen to tiebreaker.

Q

No Kramnik? I hope Kamsky does well, he plays the London.

sonhouse

Fast and Curious

slatington, pa, usa

Joined: 28 Dec 04
Moves: 53227

14 Jan 12

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Toppy has dropped over 30 points. What's up with that? In that rarefied atmosphere, you don't gain OR lose points that quickly.

Also, where is Anand?

watchyourbackrank

on your backrank!

Joined: 31 Jul 10
Moves: 3177

14 Jan 12

Originally posted by sonhouse

Also, where is Anand?

preparing for Gelfand match?

sonhouse

Fast and Curious

slatington, pa, usa

Joined: 28 Dec 04
Moves: 53227

14 Jan 12

Originally posted by watchyourbackrank
preparing for Gelfand match?

Yeah, that makes sense.

Shallow Blue

Joined: 18 Jan 07
Moves: 12476

14 Jan 12

Originally posted by watchyourbackrank
preparing for Gelfand match?

Then, why is Gelfand over here? Shouldn't he need preparing even more? Or has he accepted that the match is a lost cause?

Richard

(Or maybe he just likes snert that much. Yum, snert. Made a pan myself this evening. Luverly.)

ivanhoe

Felicific Forest

Joined: 15 Dec 02
Moves: 48967

14 Jan 12

I'm curious to see how Anish Giri will perform ... Today he won the game against Gelfand .... a good start.

hedonist

peacedog's keeper

Joined: 15 Jan 11
Moves: 13975

14 Jan 12

Ivanchuk.

In that lineup he would be fiirst or last.

Know one knows about him.

Maybe the only player Kasparov feared in his prime.

Best player never to be world champ?

PhySiQ

The Ghost Bishop

Joined: 11 Oct 11
Moves: 877

14 Jan 12

Originally posted by hedonist

Best player never to be world champ?

Carlsen?
Guilio Polerio?
Tartakower?
Jacob Henry Sarratt?
El Morro
Rubenstein?
La Bourdonnais?
Ruy Lopez Segura?
Paolo Boi?
Alexandre Deschapelles?
Leonardo da Cutri?
Pedro Damiano?
Alessandro Salvio?
Johann Allgaier?

What about Giaochino Greco?

And the irish folk would give a hurrah for Alexander McDonnell!
I'd probably be drop kicked for not mentioning Paul Morphy... but the world still considered him a champion...so I don't think he counts 🙂

Q

sonhouse

Fast and Curious

slatington, pa, usa

Joined: 28 Dec 04
Moves: 53227

14 Jan 12

Originally posted by PhySiQ
Carlsen?
Guilio Polerio?
Tartakower?
Jacob Henry Sarratt?
El Morro
Rubenstein?
La Bourdonnais?
Ruy Lopez Segura?
Paolo Boi?
Alexandre Deschapelles?
Leonardo da Cutri?
Pedro Damiano?
Alessandro Salvio?
Johann Allgaier?

What about Giaochino Greco?

And the irish folk would give a hurrah for Alexander McDonnell!
I'd probably be drop kicked for ...[text shortened]... l Morphy... but the world still considered him a champion...so I don't think he counts 🙂

Q

You didn't mention Paul Keres.

elady

Jerusalem

Joined: 20 Sep 04
Moves: 37178

14 Jan 12

Originally posted by PhySiQ
Carlsen?
Guilio Polerio?
Tartakower?
Jacob Henry Sarratt?
El Morro
Rubenstein?
La Bourdonnais?
Ruy Lopez Segura?
Paolo Boi?
Alexandre Deschapelles?
Leonardo da Cutri?
Pedro Damiano?
Alessandro Salvio?
Johann Allgaier?

What about Giaochino Greco?

And the irish folk would give a hurrah for Alexander McDonnell!
I'd probably be drop kicked for ...[text shortened]... l Morphy... but the world still considered him a champion...so I don't think he counts 🙂

Q

Bronshtein