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  • #51
    Re: Chess Superpower

    Thanks for the news!

    Kasparov was one of the few champions whose ElO rating had been exceeding all other grandmasters with solid margin. Nowadays the margins are very small. I guess the most Karpov can do is a few draws. And even now Kasparov can challenge the current champion Anand.
    Last edited by gegev; 09-22-2009, 01:30 AM.

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    • #52
      Re: Chess Superpower

      Kasparov 2
      Karpov 0

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      • #53
        Re: Chess Superpower

        Kasparov 3
        Karpov 1
        Last edited by gegev; 09-24-2009, 04:47 AM.

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        • #54
          Re: Chess Superpower

          Armenia revels in its chess prowess

          Armenia, with a population of three million, has won the last two men's world team chess championships, beating opponents including Russia, China, and the US. What is their secret? David Edmonds travelled to the country to find out.

          I speak not a word of Armenian, and the first man I met in Armenia spoke not a word of English.

          He was the driver picking me up from the airport.

          "David," I said, pointing at myself. "Tigran," he said, shaking my hand, "Tigran Petrosian."

          This seems a weird coincidence. In 1963, his namesake, Tigran Petrosian, had defeated Mikhail Botvinnik to take the world chess title.

          For Westerners it was a case of one Soviet Man beating another. The Soviets used chess to demonstrate the superiority of communism over capitalism, and had created a highly efficient chess factory, churning out prodigies like sausages.

          But that is not how they saw it in Armenia. For them, Petrosian was above all an Armenian.

          National obsession

          Tens of thousands of people gathered in Opera Square in the capital Yerevan, to watch the games being displayed on giant boards, as the moves were relayed from Moscow.

          The result led to an outpouring of patriotic fervour. That same year, John F Kennedy was assassinated.

          "In America everyone can remember where they were when Kennedy was shot," one man tells me. "Here in Armenia, everyone of a certain age can recall the exact moment Petrosian became world champion."

          From that moment on, chess became a national obsession.

          “ A spectator tells me that Armenia's number one player, Levon Aronian, is their equivalent of David Beckham. He even has the designer stubble. ”

          My driver, Tigran, was not the only Tigran I met.

          Tigran is an ancient Armenian name. Tigran the Great built a vast empire here in Roman times.

          But since the chess conquests of Tigran Petrosian, Tigrans have multiplied.

          Tigran Xmalian is a director, who has made a film that uses chess to tell the history of modern Armenia. It is a tragic story.

          The defining episode occurred in World War I. Around a million people - some say more, others less - were massacred or died of exhaustion in enforced deportations by the Ottoman Turks.

          Since the late 1980s, Armenia has experienced a catastrophic earthquake, war with Azerbaijan and economic collapse. Tigran Xmalian says chess offers the people hope - the chance of salvation. For in chess, he says, every pawn can become a queen.

          Later I meet the president of the Armenian Chess Federation. The interview had taken months to arrange.

          That may seem odd until you realise that in his spare time, he is also president of the country.

          His cabinet consists of two Tigrans - the prime minister and the finance minister.

          The state already offers free training to the most promising players, and a guaranteed salary (equivalent to the average wage) to any Armenian who reaches the elite title of grandmaster.

          The president now plans to introduce chess into the school curriculum.

          "We don't want people to know Armenia just for the earthquake and the genocide," President Serge Sarkisian said. "We would rather it was famous for its chess."

          Chess house

          In the centre of Yerevan, there is an imposing four-storey, Stalinist-era edifice where anybody can turn up for a quick blitz game, lasting just a few minutes, or a more measured contest of several hours.

          Some players thump the pieces down like slabs of meat, others glide them across the board as if they were fragile china.

          The men (they are almost all men) range from international class to what in the chess community are known as patzers, useless amateurs.

          The building is called the Tigran Petrosian Chess House and inside you can hear lots of explanations as to why Armenians excel at the game.

          Secretly, sometimes not so secretly, many think that the real reason is Armenians are just more creative, more logical, and just, well, smarter than the rest of us.

          Celebrities

          At a major international chess tournament taking place in the spa resort of Jermuk in the arid mountains, I bump into yet another Tigran Petrosian.

          He is no relation of Armenia's chess legend, but when Petrosian won the world title, says the younger Tigran, his father had a dream that if he ever had a son he would call him Tigran.

          The boy has himself grown up to be a high-ranking grandmaster, a member of Armenia's world-conquering side.

          Cheery and plump, this Tigran Petrosian is an unlikely sex symbol, but in Armenia chess players are celebrities.

          A spectator tells me that Armenia's number-one player, Levon Aronian, is their equivalent of David Beckham. He even has the designer stubble. Young girls and aspiring chess players chase him for photos and autographs.

          In Jermuk, the crowds gather in the piazza where the games are being shown on display boards. A number of seated, elderly gentlemen passionately debate the moves, the high sun reflecting off their brown, bald temples.

          The tournament is called the Tigran Petrosian Memorial Tournament. The world champion, who died two decades ago, would have turned 80 this year.

          Tigran Petrosian junior hopes to make the Armenian side that will defend its gold medal in 2010.

          "The name gives me a good feeling," he says.

          "But the problem is that with this name everyone expects me to win every game. It is too much pressure."

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          • #55
            Re: Chess Superpower

            Armenian chess players defeat Turkish teams at Junior Olympiad
            26.09.2009 19:33 GMT+04:00

            /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian junior chess team showed a good game at the World Junior Chess Olympiad going on in Akhisar, Turkey.

            The Armenian team defeated Turkish chess players 3-1 and 3.5-0.5 in the first and second rounds respectively.

            So, our chess players are the 4th with 6.5 points. Georgians are leading with 8 points.

            Armenia is represented by grandmaster Samvel Ter-Sahakyan, Tigran S. Petrosyan, Robert Aghasaryan and Vahe Baghdasaryan.

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            • #56
              Re: Chess Superpower

              Originally posted by Federate View Post
              Armenian chess players defeat Turkish teams at Junior Olympiad
              26.09.2009 19:33 GMT+04:00

              /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian junior chess team showed a good game at the World Junior Chess Olympiad going on in Akhisar, Turkey.

              The Armenian team defeated Turkish chess players 3-1 and 3.5-0.5 in the first and second rounds respectively.

              So, our chess players are the 4th with 6.5 points. Georgians are leading with 8 points.

              Armenia is represented by grandmaster Samvel Ter-Sahakyan, Tigran S. Petrosyan, Robert Aghasaryan and Vahe Baghdasaryan.

              http://www.panarmenian.net/news/eng/?nid=36939
              Thanks Federate for the news!

              Nowadays chess is the only positive news source.

              Kasparov Karpov match is over:

              Rapid games:

              Kasparov 3
              Karpov 1

              Blitz games:

              Kasparov 6
              Karpov 2

              Alltoghether:

              Kasparov 9
              Karpov 3

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              • #57
                Re: Chess Superpower

                Thanks for coming out Karpov.... better luck next time.
                "Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it." ~Malcolm X

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                • #58
                  Re: Chess Superpower

                  WORLD YOUTH UNDER-16 CHESS OLYMPIAD
                  Organizer: TURKISH CHESS FEDERATION
                  Town : Akhisar-Manisa, Turkey
                  Dates : 2009/09/25 To 2009/10/02

                  Rank after round 7

                  Rank Team Pts.
                  1 Russia 20
                  2 India 20
                  3 Armenia 18
                  4 Hungary 18
                  5 Azerbaijan 17½
                  6 Turkey-Turkuaz 16½
                  7 Turkey-Red 16½
                  8 Turkey-Girls Red 16
                  9 Georgia 15
                  10 England 15
                  11 Uzbekistan 14½
                  12 Turkey-Girls White 14½
                  13 Turkey-White 14

                  14 Greece 13½
                  15 South Africa B 13
                  16 Libya-A 13
                  17 South Africa A 12½
                  18 Sri Lanka 12½
                  19 New Zealand 11½
                  20 Turkmenistan 9½
                  21 Turkey-Akhisar 4
                  22 Libya-B 3

                  Note please that Turkey has five teams and they all together with Azeries are well located under Armenian one. I wish the children to replace our government.
                  Last edited by gegev; 09-30-2009, 11:00 AM.

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                  • #59
                    Re: Chess Superpower

                    If only kasparov wasn't such a douschebag...
                    For the first time in more than 600 years, Armenia is free and independent, and we are therefore obligated
                    to place our national interests ahead of our personal gains or aspirations.



                    http://www.armenianhighland.com/main.html

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                    • #60
                      Re: Chess Superpower

                      Originally posted by Armanen View Post
                      If only kasparov wasn't such a douschebag...
                      Not his fault... he's half j00ish
                      "Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it." ~Malcolm X

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