Corus Chess 2010 .....

Originally posted by Fat Lady
Interesting. White gets quite a bit of counterplay in that line. I guess Black's rook has to go to h3 and then White plays 35. Be4! Black might be in trouble.

Fortunately, I would have played 33. ... Bd5.

Your move.

Resigns

15 year old Giri, Dutch champion, is leading in Grandmaster group B with 5 out of 6.

Standings after round 6: grandmaster group B

1. A. Giri 5

2. Ni
E. l'Ami 4

4. D. Howell
A. Naiditsch
W. So
P. Harikrishna 3½

8. P. Negi 3

9. E. Sutovsky
T. Nyback 2½

11. A. Muzychuk
L. Nisipeanu 2

13. V. Akobian
D. Reinderman 1½

Originally posted by ivanhoe
15 year old Giri, Dutch champion, is leading in Grandmaster group B with 5 out of 6.

Giri is just a paper champion. Ronald Weyerstrass could be Dutch Champion every year if he thought it was worth his while entering. He's in a league of his own.

Hi Fat Lady. 😉

Be good if he did play in it. Imagine his after game interview.

"I would like to say Hi to my friends on RHP."

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Think Peace Dog is right, Short quote needs to be taken with a wee dose of humour.

Though off board mind tricks is in the locker of all these top experienced GM's.
Any edge at that level is an edge.

Originally posted by greenpawn34
Though off board mind tricks is in the locker of all these top experienced GM's.
Any edge at that level is an edge.

playing 'mind tricks' after you've lost seems like a lousy explanation as well. how about a little occam's razor here?

Originally posted by wormwood
playing 'mind tricks' after you've lost seems like a lousy explanation as well. how about a little occam's razor here?

Occam's razor? Your far to well read for me. I had to look that one up.

I find it amusing that using Occam's razor in a sentace actually breaks said principle :-)

Originally posted by ivanhoe
15 year old Giri, Dutch champion, is leading in Grandmaster group B with 5 out of 6.

Standings after round 6: grandmaster group B

1. A. Giri 5

2. Ni
E. l'Ami 4

4. D. Howell
A. Naiditsch
W. So
P. Harikrishna 3½

8. P. Negi 3

9. E. Sutovsky
T. Nyback 2½

11. A. Muzychuk
L. Nisipeanu 2

13. V. Akobian
D. Reinderman 1½

Surprised by Varuzhan's performance. From what I've seen from the guy he really has potential

Someone should inform Shirov it's allright for black to castle once in a while.

Perhaps I'll send him my copy of logical chess 🙂

Smeets could go for the brilliancy prize with 22. Kd2 Qxh1 23. exd6 !? 😛

oh whoops that fails to 23. ... Rxh2+ 24. Kc3 Qa1+

Ivanchuk is selfdestructing or has he seen something brilliant

Originally posted by heinzkat
Ivanchuk is selfdestructing or has he seen something brilliant

Just looks like lousy calculation on Ivanchuk's part. 15. ... Nxd4? was obviously dangerous because of the white rook being on the same file as the black queen. Did he just miss 18. b4?

Edit: Ivanchuk has just resigned. That was an appalling game by him. I think it might be getting to the stage where even the superGMs are scared when they face Carlsen, like they used to be against Kasparov.

Originally posted by Ajuin
Someone should inform Shirov it's allright for black to castle once in a while.

Perhaps I'll send him my copy of logical chess 🙂

Shirov has just played 18. ... Rg8. Get that book to him quick!

Originally posted by Fat Lady
Shirov has just played 18. ... Rg8. Get that book to him quick!

Bit late to castle at that point LOL

Besides,I don't want him thrown out the tourney for 3rd party assistance 😛

Short is playing well against Kramnik. I think he might even win from this position:

Kramnik

Short

Originally posted by peacedog
I find it amusing that using Occam's razor in a sentace actually breaks said principle :-)

umm, you've misunderstood it then.



nice games today, again. what a great tournament to watch.

edit: smeets & dominguez just drew that crazy crazy game! 😀