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  • #31
    Re: Chess Superpower

    Ahahahah owned ^^^^^^

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    • #32
      Re: Chess Superpower

      Sour Azeri grapes
      "All truth passes through three stages:
      First, it is ridiculed;
      Second, it is violently opposed; and
      Third, it is accepted as self-evident."

      Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

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      • #33
        Re: Chess Superpower

        U.S. Championship Final results

        No Title Name Score

        1 GM Nakamura Hikaru 7.0
        2 IM Hess Robert 6.5
        3 GM Onischuk Alexan. 6.5
        4 GM Kamsky Gata 6.0
        5 GM Akobian Varuzhan 6.0
        Last edited by gegev; 05-21-2009, 01:50 AM.

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        • #34
          Re: Chess Superpower

          Originally posted by gegev View Post
          Armenian Grandmasters in U.S. Championship

          Armenian GMs Varuzhan Akobian and Melikset Khachiyan take part in the U.S. championship which is being held in Saint Louis, Missouri, from 9 to 18 May, 2009. GMs Gata Kamsky, Boris Gulko, Jaan Ehlvest, Hikaru Nakamura, Yuri Shulman, Larry Christiansen, Alexander Onischuk, Alexander Shabalov, Gregory Kaidanov are also among the participants.

          Altogether 24 chess players take part in the event.
          Standings after Round 6

          1. Shulman 4,5
          2. Akobian 4,5
          3. Kamsky 4
          17. Khachiyan 2,5

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          • #35
            Re: Chess Superpower

            U.S. Championship, 2009

            Final results


            No Title Name Score

            1 GM Nakamura Hikaru 7.0
            2 IM Hess Robert 6.5
            3 GM Onischuk Alexan. 6.5
            4 GM Kamsky Gata 6.0
            5 GM Akobian Varuzhan 6.0
            6 GM Shulman Yury 5.0
            7 GM Friedel Joshua 5.0
            8 GM Ibragimov Ildar 5.0
            9 GM Christiansen Larry 5.0
            10 GM Ehlvest Jaan 4.5
            11 IM Robson Ray 4.5
            12 GM Kaidanov Gregory 4.5
            13 GM Benjamin Joel 4.5
            14 GM Shabalov Alexan. 4.5
            15 GM Gulko Boris 4.5
            16 IM Brooks Michael 4.0
            17 xx Hughes Tyler 4.0
            18 IM Sevillano Enrico 4.0
            19 GM Becerra Julio 4.0
            20 IM Krush Irina 3.5
            21 IM Shankland Samuel 3.0
            22 GM Khachiyan Melikset 3.0
            23 FM Eckert Doug 2.0
            24 xx Lawton Charles 1.0
            25 IM Zatonskih Anna 0.5
            Last edited by gegev; 05-21-2009, 01:49 AM.

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            • #36
              Re: Chess Superpower

              Originally posted by Anonymouse
              That's good that you recognize smarts!
              but who are we to recognize them

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              • #37
                Re: Chess Superpower

                Originally posted by PepsiAddict View Post
                Who really cares about Chess?
                Originally posted by Anonymouse
                That's good that you recognize smarts!
                Originally posted by stevie84 View Post
                but who are we to recognize them
                Where is life, there is hope.
                Last edited by gegev; 05-21-2009, 09:55 PM.

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                • #38
                  Re: Chess Superpower

                  Chessbase News, Germany
                  Aug 8 2009

                  Bilbao Masters: Topalov out, Aronian in


                  08.08.2009 ` Originally it was bigger, with the winners of six major
                  tournaments invited to participate in the Basque town of Bilbao. A
                  major financial crisis led to the down paring of the event to a
                  four-player double round robin (six rounds) and the prize fund
                  considerably reduced from last year's total of ?¬400,000. Now
                  one of the participants, Veselin Topalov, has opted out, and is
                  replaced by Levon Aronian. Press release.




                  Grand Slam Chess Association

                  The Masters Final 2009 will be held in Bilbao from September 6th to
                  12th
                  The II Grand Slam Final Chess Masters 2009 will be held in Bilbao from
                  September 6th to September 12th on the same stage that hosted the 2008
                  Bilbao Masters Final. Therefore, the Bilbao Plaza Nueva (central
                  square), in the heart of the city, will again host the great glass
                  cube that made it possible last year for a tournament of such prestige
                  to be played outdoors for the first time in the public domain.

                  The Masters Final 2009 is played exclusively by the four winning
                  players of the tournaments that, along with Bilbao, make up the Grand
                  Slam Chess Association and are among the best tournaments in the
                  world: Corus Wijk aan Zee, Holland; Ciudad de Linares, Spain; Mtel
                  Masters, Sofia, Bulgaria; and the Pearl Spring Tournament of Nanjing,
                  China, this year incorporated into the Grand Slam.

                  The four chess players who will compete in the Bilbao Final are Sergey
                  Karjakin, the winner of Wijk ann Zee, Alexander Grischuk, winner of
                  Ciudad de Linares, Alexei Shirov, winner in Sofia, and Levon Aronian,
                  second-place winner of Nanking ` since as Veselin Topalov, winner of
                  Nanking, has refused the invitation to play the Final.

                  For the Organizing Committee, along with institutions, sponsors and
                  partners, the international economic situation has been a determining
                  factor to decide that, in this Final, the budget and prizes must be
                  tightened up in order to be sensitive to the social effects derived
                  from the crisis. This approach doesn't meet the expectations of
                  Veselin Topalov, who also has valued the hardness of the Final
                  Masters. The World Championship that he will play is just around the
                  corner, and these factors have led him to refuse the invitation of the
                  Grand Slam.

                  The organisers have confirmed that all those aspects which contributed
                  to the excellent results achieved in 2008 are all to be expected again
                  this year as well as the great turn-out that was witnessed both
                  locally and internationally. A varied programme of extra events, the
                  `expert's spot' commentary and analysis area for all audiences to
                  follow, big screens, live internet transmission, the great glass cube
                  and media representatives from every continent are all also to be
                  expected at the event. And, most importantly, the hosting of an elite
                  chess event outside, amongst the greater public.

                  The Masters Final supports interesting and novel rules in order to
                  guarantee a battle and spectacle in each game. The so called named
                  `Sofia's Rule' which states that draw-offers will only be allowed by
                  the Arbiter, will be applied in this double round-robin
                  tournament. The scoring system will be once again similar to football
                  scoring system: Players will get three points for winning a game, one
                  point for drawing and zero points for losing. This scoring system was
                  first applied in an elite chess tournament during the last Bilbao
                  Final Masters 2008, and is known as `Bilbao's Rule'.



                  Alexei Shirov ` Spanish nationality and born in Riga, Letonia, in
                  1972. He is noted for his attacking style and he has pointed out that
                  aggressiveness is an essential feature of his playing mode. He has
                  been called `the last Romantic chess player', or the `Leonardo da
                  Vinci' of chess, thanks to his creative approach along with the risks
                  he takes while playing. In 2000, Teheran, he reached the final of the
                  FIDE World Chess Championship, losing to Viswanathan Anand. In 2007 he
                  played in the Chess World Cup 2007, but he lost the final to Gata
                  Kamsky.



                  International Chess Grandmaster Alexander Grischuk was born in 1983 in
                  Russia. Along with being a very talented young player, Grischuk is
                  also known as one of the best blitz chess players, having won the 2006
                  World Blitz Championship in Israel.



                  Sergey Karjakin, born in Ukraine, January 12, 1990, holds the record
                  for the youngest grandmaster in history, achieving the title at the
                  age of twelve years and seven months. In 2004, at 14, he played in
                  Bilbao in the Man vs Machine World Team Championship. Karjakin was the
                  only human to win against a computer. In 2007 he played the Blindfold
                  World Chess Cup again in Bilbao. He is a very talented player who
                  guarantees a splendorous future for himself, not only for his great
                  command of tactics but also for his gift for strategy since the
                  beginning of his career, a rare quality among children. It is for this
                  reason that the pools for future World Champion always include
                  Karjakin.



                  Levon Aronian, born in Yerevan, Armenia, 1982. He is the only player
                  of this Final who took part last year in the first edition of the
                  Final Masters. He is a great chess luminary: at 26 he has already won
                  the World Cup and the Linares and Wijk aan Zee (twice)
                  tournaments. That naturalness, his universal style and belonging to a
                  country where chess is the national passion, as well as a balanced
                  nervous system configure the 26 year-old Armenian Levon Aronian as a
                  very solid value. Prone to the high risk in his games, both organisers
                  and followers are fond of Aronian.

                  Bilbao, August 7th, 2009

                  Originally it was bigger, with the winners of six major tournaments invited to participate in the Basque town of Bilbao. A major financial crisis led to the down paring of the event to a four-player double round robin (six rounds) and the prize fund considerably reduced from last year's total of €400,000. Now one of the participants, Veselin Topalov, has opted out, and is replaced by Levon Aronian. Press release.
                  Hayastan or Bust.

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                  • #39
                    Re: Chess Superpower

                    FIDE Grand Prix - Tigran Petrosian 80
                    Jermuk, Armenia
                    August 8-23, 2009


                    Rank after round 6

                    1 Aronian Levon 4
                    2 Leko Peter 4
                    3 Ivanchuk Vassily 4
                    4 Kasimdzhanov Rustam 4
                    5 Jakovenko Dmitry 3
                    6 Gelfand Boris 3
                    7 Karjakin Sergey 3
                    8 Eljanov Pavel 3
                    9 Alekseev Evgeny 3
                    10 Bacrot Etienne 2.5
                    11 Kamsky Gata 2.5
                    12 Akopian Vladimir 2.5
                    13 Cheparinov Ivan 2.5
                    14 Inarkiev Ernesto 1
                    Last edited by gegev; 08-15-2009, 09:42 AM.

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                    • #40
                      Re: Chess Superpower

                      FIDE Grand Prix - Tigran Petrosian 80-th memorial,
                      Jermuk, Armenia, August 8-23, 2009

                      Jermuk is a famous Health Resort center (its Mineral water called "Jermuk" is the officially authorized brand of the Kremlin, Moscow); since Soviet Union times,and a Winter Sports base; cable cars available.

                      Rank after final round 13

                      1 Ivanchuk Vassily 8.5
                      2 Aronian Levon 8
                      3 Gelfand Boris 8
                      4 Leko Peter 7.5
                      5 Alekseev Evgeny 7.5
                      6 Kasimdzhanov Rustam 7.5
                      7 Karjakin Sergey 7
                      8 Eljanov Pavel 6.5
                      9 Bacrot Etienne 6
                      10 Kamsky Gata 6
                      11 Jakovenko Dmitry 5
                      12 Akopian Vladimir 5
                      13 Inarkiev Ernesto 4.5
                      14 Cheparinov Ivan 4

                      Thus Levon Araonian becomes one of the Chessmasters who will play for the Chess Crown.
                      Last edited by gegev; 08-23-2009, 10:28 AM.

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