Wijk aan Zee

Originally posted by cmsMaster
I've been wondering - what's the proper pronounciation for "Wijk Aan Zee?"

I've heard a knowledgeable IM say "veek on zay"

Whats with all the predictions of KRamnik winning? His style just isn't suited to winning tournaments. That requires lots of decisive games. Kramnik is more of a match player who is happy to take draws until he sees a small mistake which he pounces on and slowly converts to a win (an excellent match strategy). That isn't to say he can't play more aggressivly, but historically he doesn't. Topalov's game is much more suited to winning a tournament like this. That said, I am going with a dark horse of either Aronian or Svidler pulling it out.

Originally posted by Wulebgr
I've heard a knowledgeable IM say "veek on zay"

The "ij" sounds more like "i" than like "ee".

Originally posted by cmsMaster
I've been wondering - what's the proper pronounciation for "Wijk Aan Zee?"

My guess would be 'Week-On-zhee (soft z sound)'.

Originally posted by GalaxyShield
My guess would be 'Week-On-zhee (soft z sound)'.

Sorry, bad guess. 😉

http://static.unilang.org/resources/articles/art_dutchpronunciation.html

Originally posted by Nordlys
The "ij" sounds more like "i" than like "ee".

so vik on zay? or zhay

vik on zay (long i) is Yasser's pronunciation

Originally posted by Wulebgr
so vik on zay? or zhay

No, I meant "i" like it's pronounced in the alphabet, although that's not very accurate. According to the site I linked to, this is how the "ij" should be pronounced: "Try to pronounce AY as in the english word MAY, but replace the A sound with the sound of the short dutch vowel E..."

Darn, Magnus lost. He missed the winning move, and then it only went downwards. 🙁

Originally posted by Nordlys
Darn, Magnus lost. He missed the winning move, and then it only went downwards. 🙁

After missing winning move Magnus still could make draw, but looks like he tried to exploit opponents zeitnot and played too careless.

Here are the results.
A. Motylev - V. Anand 0-1
L. Aronian - R. Ponomariov 1-0
M. Carlsen - D. Navara 0-1
P. Svidler - S. Tiviakov 1-0
V. Kramnik - A. Shirov 1-0
T. Radjabov - S. Karjakin ½-½
V. Topalov - L. van Wely 1-0

Does anyone know a site that has good annotation the games?

Round 3
Tiviakov vs kramnik 1/2- 1/2

Originally posted by Talem16
Round 3
Tiviakov vs kramnik 1/2- 1/2

Where are you getting the updates from? and what has happened to Shirov lately?

other updates
Ponomariov - M. Carlsen 1-0
V. Anand - L. Aronian ½-½

Originally posted by zebano
Where are you getting the updates from?

Try here: http://www.coruschess.com/livegames.php