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Carlson Topalv, round 2 , Najing, 2009, 1:0

Carlson Topalv, round 2 , Najing, 2009, 1:0

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off topic and old but u guys might want to read this

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200212/chun

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Originally posted by Goshen
off topic and old but u guys might want to read this

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200212/chun
nah its old news my friend, we only ever hear the arguments against Fischer, I challenge you to find something in print from a Fischer apologist.

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It says GK is an ex KGB spy

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Originally posted by robbie carrobie
nah its old news my friend, we only ever hear the arguments against Fischer, I challenge you to find something in print from a Fischer apologist.
I suppose there's the "Official Bobby Fischer website".
WARNING - THIS SITE CONTAINS A LOT OF STUFF WHICH PEOPLE ARE LIKELY TO FIND OFFENSIVE!
http://web.archive.org/web/20041009132043/home.att.ne.jp/moon/fischer/

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Originally posted by wormwood
and another win today, this time jakovenko gets killed. that kid is a murderer.
And today he killed Radjabov. He now has an Elo performance of 3143 and leads by 2 points. He has also overtaken Anand on the Live Top List (http://chess.liverating.org/).

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Originally posted by Nordlys
And today he killed Radjabov. He now has an Elo performance of 3143 and leads by 2 points. He has also overtaken Anand on the Live Top List (http://chess.liverating.org/).
incredible stuff. 4/4 games of the day on icc so far, I wonder if he can keep that up. 🙂

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Originally posted by wormwood
they slap each other with cods. one slap means 'correct', two slaps 'incorrect'.
Put a warning before posting things like this. I choked on my coffee! Nostrils and all.

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Originally posted by cheshirecatstevens
Put a warning before posting things like this. I choked on my coffee! Nostrils and all.
You put nostrils in your coffee?
I'll have to try that. 😕

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Originally posted by PBE6
Anyone know who Carlsen's nemesis is? Anyone beat him much more than they're expected to based on ratings?
Nakamura!

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Originally posted by TerrierJack
Nakamura!
Ray Robson!

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Woohoo! In today's game against Wang Yue, it first looked like Carlsen would be lucky to achieve a draw. Then I had to do some work, and when I came back, he had won! His current performance rating is 3019, not too shabby!

The news on the tournament homepage are always a pleasure to read. "Carlson: Kaspalov help me through Internet"
http://www.chess-pearlspring.com/www/chess_pk/2009/en/dsdt_mb_a39091006100555.htm

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Originally posted by Nordlys
Woohoo! In today's game against Wang Yue, it first looked like Carlsen would be lucky to achieve a draw. Then I had to do some work, and when I came back, he had won! His current performance rating is 3019, not too shabby!

The news on the tournament homepage are always a pleasure to read. "Carlson: Kaspalov help me through Internet"
http://www.chess-pearlspring.com/www/chess_pk/2009/en/dsdt_mb_a39091006100555.htm
wow, I thought it was you with the spelling errors. it's pathetic really. hundreds of thousands of dollars are flying around in there, and they can't even get someone with proper use of the language.

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Originally posted by philidor position
wow, I thought it was you with the spelling errors. it's pathetic really. hundreds of thousands of dollars are flying around in there, and they can't even get someone with proper use of the language.
And at the very least they should get the players' names right.

But they do seem to have learned a bit. They aren't talking about elephants and chariots anymore.

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Originally posted by TerrierJack
Nakamura!
Wait, you sure? I just checked www.chessgames.com and Carlsen has a 1-1-4 record against Nakamura (which, fair enough, is impressive for Nakamura considering his rating), but he's 1-7-8 against Kramnik. I'm thinking Kramnik is the gargolye perched on Carlsen's shoulder.

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The "Kaspalov" fluke can easily be explained by pronouncing it in Chinese and its similarity with "Topalov". Carlson is just bad (RobbieC even took this over in his thread title, shame on him)