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3d29: good morning everyone
BigAlex: hello ! How many mote time to go?
P2kmil: 20min?
siamesedream: 14:30 CET
siamesedream: Carlsen - Ivanchuk
BigAlex: the amber2010 room keeps showing "loading" for a long time. Do you experience this as weel?
siamesedream: its downloading now
BigAlex: won´t calsen play in the first round?
BigAlex: yep siamese!
BigAlex: just a few games i guess
siamesedream: 9 pairs will be soon
siamesedream: 6 pair*
siamesedream: 12 players
CruyffTurn: Carlsen will play in the rapids
BigAlex: 20 min each?
CruyffTurn: 25 i think
BigAlex: increment?
siamesedream: 25 + 20 sec in blind and 25 + 10 sec in rapid
BigAlex: i am curios about the blind part
CruyffTurn: blind chess is fun, but it makes your brain melt...
CruyffTurn: ... i play with a friend, and then look at the games after, miss a lot of things
siamesedream: Homer liked to play blindfolded
BigAlex: Will they have all the moves that were made up to a certain point but without the board, or should them memorize all the moves?
BigAlex: i eman is the a move list available?
BigAlex: I mean
CruyffTurn: they have a blank chessboard in front of them on a monitor, with just the last move written next to it
siamesedream: i guess they see only last move on the monitior
BigAlex: very crazy rsrsr
siamesedream: and it is opponent's from next table move
BigAlex: with a move list would be a little less difficult...
CruyffTurn: just shows you how good these guys are
BigAlex: absolutely
siamesedream: they can play blindfolded simuls
ArcticStones3: @CruyffTurn: "blind chess is fun, but it makes your brain melt..." For Ivanchuk it makes no difference; he doesn’t ever look at the board anyways. :)
CruyffTurn: LOL! True, but Ivanchuk is just *a little* better than me!
BigAlex: Ivanchuck has been in Brazil recently and played an strong Open tournament
BigAlex: he won obviously but lost 1 game to Gilberto Milos
BigAlex: very kind person
ArcticStones3: Are they staggering groups of players? Or is everyone playing simultaneously?
ArcticStones3: Yes, Vassily may "live on a different planet", with all the peculiarities that entail -- but he is gracious and kind-hearted. A gentleman like Viswanathan.
CruyffTurn: just waiting for the rapids pairings
CruyffTurn: Yeah, you always hear that Anand, Kramnik & Ivanchuk are the 3 nicest guys in chess
siamesedream: So 3 games now?
ArcticStones3: Kramnik?! Well...the story of the re-match with Kasparov that never came to be was not a nice story. But I suppose that’s history. Either way, Topalov ought to send Danailov to the aforementioned troika for etiquette lessons!
CruyffTurn: I don't know why the rapids pairings aren't up too, perhaps a delay due to tech problems
ArcticStones3: Apparently the players are divided in groups. I hear Carlsen plays his first game at 16.00.
CruyffTurn: Ahhh... I see.
siamesedream: yeah
siamesedream: now 3 rapids
siamesedream: next 3 at 16:00
CruyffTurn: Re. Kramnik. He's far more popular in chess circles than Kasparov ever was, or Topalov ever will be...
CruyffTurn: ... I've met him, a genuinely lovely guy.
tontonhuit: there are only 3 games at a time
siamesedream: i mean blinds
CruyffTurn: Don't forget things like the double-handed handshake to congratulate Vishy on beating him etc.
tontonhuit: i live 5km from amber tournament place palais de la mediterranée
CruyffTurn: Why aren't you there, instead of in front of the monitor!!!
tontonhuit: a bit lazy i ll take my byke to see them it is free
Levon: When somebody wins, he behaves nicely always. ONLY LEvon is a nice guy when he loses.
CruyffTurn: No, Kramnik lost the match...
tontonhuit: at this level they are all gentlemen
Levon: ONLY Levon laughs when he loses
siamesedream: but he cries inside
Levon: we don't care about the inside part
tontonhuit: tchuky react against himself when k
tontonhuit: he looses
kamalakanta: who is "we"?
Levon: the spectators
Levon: what is important is how the players behave, not how they feel
ChessBomb: we messed up the rapid/blind round type, sorry; please reopen the games
siamesedream: is it rapids or blinds?
DrZaius: it seems it's rapid
DrZaius: where is Carlsen?
Levon: they are rapids! are you blind? :)
siamesedream: Carlsen will play at 16:00
kamalakanta: yes, but "he cries inside" is funny!...Levo says that sometimes, when he loses a game, he wonders if he will ever be able to play chess again!...
DrZaius: thanks siamesedream
Levon: this is just about how he feels
kamalakanta: cool...he is extremely strong positional player....very hard to beat....
Levon: everyone has the right to feel as he wishes, but he must behave well
Levon: when someone behaves well at defeats, we say "he is a gentleman", but when he laughs at defeats (Levon), we should say "I like this guy!"
siamesedream: I like this guy!@
siamesedream: and his gf too;)
Levon: :)
Levon: I dont like other people's girlfriends
siamesedream: they should play blinds first - cause they need to be fresh to play blinds
Levon: right
Levon: nice comment
ChessBomb: it seems we messed up the messing up of the round types... it's a blind now after all
siamesedream: blind?
siamesedream: well - cool
BigAlex: where is carlsen?
siamesedream: Carlsen wil play at 16:00 against Ivanchul
ChessBomb: carlsen will play in 01b
siamesedream: pairings and schedule: http://amberchess2010.com/
BigAlex: Thanx
tontonhuit: the first 2 rounds are blind then the last 2 rounds of the day are rapid
DrZaius: BigAlex, it happens to me too
DrZaius: err, forget it
oleslaw: was that rapid or blind?
T_Fighter: blind
oleslaw: thx
T_Fighter: yo welcome
celliey: hi
celliey: blunder game mean blind
celliey: haha
Bonifratz: hi all
celliey: hi
celliey: how are you?
Bonifratz: fine
Bonifratz: just signed up
celliey: where u live?
Bonifratz: germany
celliey: ok
Bonifratz: u?
celliey: India
greenknight: what happened to round 2?
celliey: chessdom display wrong
celliey: now started
CruyffTurn: yay!
celliey: let join
Levon: we could see the games of course! they are blind!
CruyffTurn: what time does the rapid start?
ChessBomb: after 25 mins.
CruyffTurn: Thanks
waustad: thinks.dom has a chess game as it's jigsaw puzzle today.
waustad: .com
T_Fighter: Gashi-Domi 1-0 Gefland - Pono 1-0 Kramnik - Grischa 1-0
T_Fighter: my predict
ArcticStones3: Grischuk--Kramnik 2--0. Impressive!
siamesedream: ?
siamesedream: 2-0?
siamesedream: Last round today starts at 19:15
siamesedream: Ivanchuk - Carlsen, Smeets-Svidler; Aronian-Karjakin
ChessCarnival: Grischuk - Kramnik 1-1
T_Fighter: pono crushed goofy 2-0 :(
CruyffTurn: ivanchuk-carlsen should be good
Whiteknight: it will be one sided i am afraid
Whiteknight: :P
CruyffTurn: i predict a semi-slav...
T_Fighter: hope that carlsen is n hatred mode after this loose :)
tontonhuit: kramnik won against grischuk in the rapid game
Whiteknight: carlsen will play a6
Whiteknight: like tonymiles
T_Fighter: f6 and 400m with his King :)
T_Fighter: Predict: Ivanchuk - Carlsen 0-1, Smeets-Svidler 0-1, Aronian-Karjakin 1-0
CruyffTurn: draw, draw, 1-0
tontonhuit: http://www.livestream.com/tontonhuit you can see me live
CruyffTurn: put your penis away tonton
tontonhuit: i just want to try this system stupid
siamesedream: u look 20 tonton
tontonhuit: im 52!!!
siamesedream: congrats
tontonhuit: thks
tontonhuit: iwant to goto the tournament tomorrow with my web cam and put the link
siamesedream: it would be great - thanx in advance
tontonhuit: i ll try but do not know if it will be possible
siamesedream: dunno if orginisers will let u
siamesedream: hide it well ;)
CruyffTurn: jeez some people have no sense of humour do they?
siamesedream: Pono and Chucky with perfect score
celliey: hi
anandrulez: When do they start this ?
anandrulez: Well vishy was 4 rounds with perfet score before Kramnik stopped him
Starman: Do they start now?
Bastiaan: yes
komyt: are they done for the day or one more rapid round?
T_Fighter: one more rapid
komyt: thanks T - do you know when by any chance?
T_Fighter: hmm... 19:15 CET? siamese know
komyt: so about 15 minutes maybe...
komyt: cool
ArcticStones3: The gap is closing between the top players. Carlsen is only one point behind Ivanchuk, a mere half-point behind Phomariov and Svidler.
siamesedream: 19:15
ArcticStones3: ...but Svidler could change that, and Kramnik might well move toward the top of the heap.
ArcticStones3: EDIT: I mean Ponomariov, not Svidler.
akonato: hello der
akonato: hello
ArcticStones3: Half an hour until game time. :)
Starman: where is the Carlsen game
siamesedream: at 16:00
siamesedream: European Champs in progress
RT: What is the time control for blind?
ArcticStones3: 25 minutes each, plus increments of 20 seconds per move.
ArcticStones3: @CHESSBOMB: Will ChessBomb be having Expert Commentary on any of the Amber games?
siamesedream: there are a lot of experts commenting in particular windows ;)
siamesedream: You can also choose ICC Chess FM comments
ArcticStones3: A beautiful victory by Ivanchuk! And now there are only two players ahead of Carlsen.
kamalakanta: Go Magnus! I like his fighting style...not technical at all....
akonato: hi
kamalakanta: btw, Black won all 3 games today!
kamalakanta: ( in blind)
akonato: wat bout magnus?
Whiteknight: magnus won
siamesedream: Top EICC game: Nepo - Jobava 1-0
mueller: where is 3d-rapid?
siamesedream: in Nice
mueller: no. i meant, rounds 3a-3b-3c are up
mueller: but not 3d
ChessBomb: it can't be up until it starts
siamesedream: it will start at 19:15
mueller: oh. i figured a&b were simultaneous, and c&d were simultaneous
CruyffTurn: no they're staggered through the day
dracula: hey all
siamesedream: hello
noiq: hello
kamalakanta: is it an off day today?
kamalakanta: ok,
kamalakanta: I see tomorrow, Wednesday, is the off day.
siamesedream: yep, rest day tomorrow
siamesedream: 30 minutes to start today's ganes
siamesedream: 1st blind session (14:30): Carlsen-Smeets; Ivanchuk-Aronian; Svidler-Karjakin
siamesedream: 2nd blind session (16:00): Gelfand-Kramnik; Ponomariov-Gashimov; Grischuk-Dominguez
siamesedream: Penultimate round of EICC just started
BlunderSuck: yes I putted the top leader match boards
BlunderSuck: Neop have 7.5pts others have 7pts
BlunderSuck: Nepo
mueller: black wash this round.
mueller: i do love chucky's streakiness
kschessplayer: Hi everyone
kschessplayer: when is the next round
ChessBomb: starts in a minute :).
siamesedream: Wednesday is the rest day
Pam: Hello Everybody
XjamesX: am a day late / early?
XjamesX: chessbomb you guys need chat times shown
Bonifratz: as siamese said, today (march 17th) is a rest day
siamesedream: Today (18th) will play:
siamesedream: ?
siamesedream: Internal error?
siamesedream: ?
snoopy: how many hours till amber
siamesedream: games will start at 14:30 (70 min from now)
siamesedream: 1st blind (14:30): Dominguez-Gelfand; Gashimov-Grischuk; Kramnik-Ponomariov
siamesedream: 2nd blind (16:00): Karjakin-Carlsen;Aronian-Svidler; Smeets-Ivanchuk
BlunderSuck: Amber, Blind Suck! Give us 2 rapids ;o)
Queensindian: I find the blind matches very fun to watch
peterbjo: Carlsen vs. Ivanchuk 2-0!
XjamesX: sooo 15 minutes?
noiq: where are the 16:00 games?
ChessBomb: there's a delay
alnoth: no doubt
HuckFinn: When are the games supposed to begin?
ChessBomb: 3 minutes ago
siamesedream: they should start 3 min ago
ChessBomb: have patience, we'll put them here as soon as they start
noiq: rumours says they have trouble finding the blindfolds
Queensindian: lol
Queensindian: Ponomariov ate his
siamesedream: but Gelfand and Perez played very long - so they have to prepare laptops for next round
alnoth: what, are they overheated?
alnoth: they need to get some solid machines if they cant handle blindfold :D
alnoth: i suppose the next round players went wandering off with their blindfolds on - trying tomake their way back to the venue
siamesedream: no - some Tojans in one laptop - Kramnik visited adult sites while playing against Pono
_ocean: Hello everyone, I've got a questien: how one can learn to play blindfold chess? Can it be trained?
Zeblakob80: _ocean, yes o it an be trained as follows:
siamesedream: games downloaded
noiq: blindfolds back on place now, gogo
Zeblakob80: y have to begin with semi blindfold, i.e with an empty chessboard,
gnac: Any decent club player can play blinfold chess
Zeblakob80: any > 2300,
_ocean: well, interesting idea Zeblakob, thanks a lot!
Zeblakob80: the more one analyze one position in classical chess, the more he recognize patterns and try to play blind.
Maxim: many can, but few can play it so fast
alnoth: i suppose it just comes quite naturally since they have a very good grasp of the whole board
Zeblakob80: more over, if one play blind then his memory will improve a lot
gnac: 2300+ ? You must be kidding
Zeblakob80: any > 2300 should be abale to play blind. The opposite is not true
_ocean: I've got 2160 and I can't
alnoth: like when i see Ng5 i know it looks at f7 without "looking there"
siamesedream: you can train blindfold chess here:
siamesedream: http://www.ludochess.com/jester_eng/jester_eng.html
Zeblakob80: _ocean, blind is very dangerous, the positions will be still in your head even when spleeping
Zeblakob80: sleeping
alnoth: hey thats a good app!
alnoth: thnx siamese
nounourspolaire: how mutch time before the next game?
siamesedream: 17:45
siamesedream: so 5 minutes to go
siamesedream: or little more, cause this round started about 10 min later
nounourspolaire: thank you siamesedream
siamesedream: Carlsen-Karjakin -guess 1st move. My call: 1.c4
Trout: e4
T_Fighter: like siamese 1.c4
GoVlad: one more round tonight ,right?
T_Fighter: yep
T_Fighter: 19:15 last round
GoVlad: thx
CruyffTurn: 1.e4 I think
oca: hello world
schwam: hi
schwam: today have game
Bonifratz: yeah
Bonifratz: first round starts in 45 min
joss: anyone know when the other group stars?
joss: *starts
Maxim: 15 min after first group finishes
gnac: Pairings ?
Maxim: http://www.amberchess2010.com/
gnac: Ororo ! Carlsen-Gelfand
Bonifratz: love this tournament
mueller: 3 minutes until the next round?
siamesedream: yes
tontonhuit: bonjour tout le monde
siamesedream: hello
siamesedream: World Chess Championship's match official site:
siamesedream: http://www.anand-topalov.com/
kamalakanta: oohhh...look who is on top by himself!
kamalakanta: What are the pairings tomorrow?
frogbert: carlsen versus gashimov
frogbert: probably 2 - 0 again :o)
kamalakanta: Gashimov is dangerous....
kamalakanta: according to chessgames.com database, they have played three times....even score 1.5-1.5
pulern: kick off at xx:xx CET?
pulern: "internal error"?
XjamesX: 06d 06c 05a this is a confusing way to put the games
Knightmaster100: ok
jamshiddin: I am registered
bheller: hello everyone
balibaloche: hi, 10 min to start ?
bheller: yeah
balibaloche: ok
XjamesX: wow all these games should be interesting
jamshiddin: nu davay
BigAlex: What time will 07c start?
siamesedream: 17:45
BigAlex: 24 min to go? Great! Thanks
schwam: hi today have some games?
kamalakanta: how many more rounds after this one?
anandrulez: 2 more
schwam: qhat time?
siamesedream: 5 minutes to go
schwam: thx
ArcticStones3: Now it’s up to Ivanchuk.
GoVlad: how many minutes to last ones?
GoVlad: ah now see
kamalakanta: how many rounds left in the tournament?
kamalakanta: Karjakin is playing very well! His positional skill is of a superior level...when he played Carlsen with Black, I thought it was Magnus playing Black, not Sergey!....
Konstricta: maybe Karjakin will reach 2800 soon as well then!
magnuschess: when does the next tour start ?
frogbert: superior level, that's rubbish
frogbert: that;s rubbish
frogbert: kamalakanta
magnuschess: ?
magnuschess: when does the next tour start ?
kamalakanta: Here is the schedule: http://www.amberchess2010.com/schedule.html
kamalakanta: how many hours ahead are they? I am on EST (New York)
siamesedream: 5 min to start
magnuschess: 5 min.
siamesedream: Clash of Titans: Carlsen - Kramnik at 16:00
Matt_Tsjakk: sweet
siamesedream: There will be few minutes delay because of Karjakin-Grischuk's blind
pulern: What is the score between Carlsen and Kramnik in classical chess?
BobbyFiske: This is THE game for me this tournament.
Whiteknight: me 2 :P]
Whiteknight: see u bobby
siamesedream: Overall games between C and K from chessgames:
siamesedream: Vladimir Kramnik beat Magnus Carlsen 8 to 4, with 9 draws.*
siamesedream: Last game was won by Kramnik in Corus
Whiteknight: yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
pulern: Thx Siamese
siamesedream: Last year's Amber: Carlsen-Kramnik (blind) 0-1; Kramnik-Carlsen (rapid) 1/2
Voyager: Anyone know Carlsen's next tournament after this Melody Amber?
siamesedream: Probably MTel Masters 25th May - 5th June
Eternaloptimist: hi siamese. how r u doing? how much longer do we have to wait before the next round starts?
siamesedream: hello
siamesedream: i guess few minutes,cause there's little delay due to Karjakin-Grischuk long play
tontonhuit: bonjour tout le monde waiting for the rapid rounds
tontonhuit: better take my car and go there
siamesedream: i smell 0-1 in Kramnik-Carlsen rapid game
tontonhuit: may be
anandrulez: let see , ofcourse Carlsen aint the one who likes peace
Eternaloptimist: ok, thanks siamese.
anandrulez: atleast not OTB
tontonhuit: very cloudy today here in Nice
techgambit89: i smell a black massacre from carlsen in the rapid game
anandrulez: impressive how these GM's are playing chess in their head
tontonhuit: tomorrow rain all day
techgambit89: no way he goes down like that once more against his archenemy
Garnoth: i don't know about that
Garnoth: Kramnik is very good at 25 min time limit
indoking: when is the rapids ?
tontonhuit: should have start allready
anandrulez: stars soon maybe 5 mts
siamesedream: few minutes to start - there's delay
siamesedream: games loaded
test: games are here
techgambit89: yeah, first round started 17:45
anandrulez: they start on the hour i though
techgambit89: let's hope dominguez can give chucky some fight
siamesedream: started yet
indoking: MC crying on Garry's shoulder NOW
siamesedream: only by Skype
pulern: don't the players have a screan with an empty board? - that's not pure blindfold
siamesedream: not literally
pulern: it's much easier to play with an empty board, than without board
siamesedream: but still difficult
dudlow: without board it would be torturing
pulern: Why not just give them a keyboard with the keys 1-8 and a-h and a Enter button. that's true Blindfold
indoking: how much longer to the next rapids ?
siamesedream: and 0
alnoth: nah, just let them call out the moves, no keyboards
siamesedream: about 10-15 min
alnoth: play over the phone from a phone booth, thats blindfold
Damkio: when they start ?
kamalakanta: how many rounds to go in the tournament?
anandrulez: 3 more rounds
anandrulez: 12 players i think so 11 rounds
gnac: Ivanchuk is still unbeaten ? Amazing
pulern: Happy for chucky chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5941
siamesedream: http://a33.idata.over-blog.com/500x434/1/97/72/01/Avatar/Ivanchuk-louvre.jpg
siamesedream: Monday is the rest day
jsuazo: how many minutes we have to wait
ChessBomb: Today, Mar 22 is a rest day.
komyt: ChessBomb dropped the bomb! :D
komyt: where do you all play chess online when you're not watching tourneys?
rocean: chesscube.com
siamesedream: kurnik.pl
peccs: when does the games start? 23/3
MrMagoo: morning, what time does this start today Mar 23?
MrMagoo: morning
Ichi74: start at 14.30?
ChessBomb: right, local time.
ChessBomb: see http://blog.chessbomb.com for more info.
BlunderSuck: great news about Stockfish 1.6.3 upgrade
BlunderSuck: Chessbomb rock's
kamalakanta: ok, time for predictions. Who wins this thing?
BlunderSuck: Did Chucky went close to losing during this tournament?
BlunderSuck: Chucky is really in great shape and whoever want to catch him will have to play agressive chess, Carslen did it well but sometime it backfire
MrMagoo: not decisive advantage yet, Kramnik and Grischuk have chances I feel (other than Carlsen and Chucky -MY FAVOURITE-).
BlunderSuck: after seeing Kramnik miss a clear win againts carslen, anything is possible; but Chucky play seem rock solid, I don't remember seeing him in danger during this amber
siamesedream: I root for Ivanchuk too... He's only player who didn't lose a game
siamesedream: 14:30: Gashimov-Ivanchuk; Kramnik-Svidler; Gelfand-Karjakin
siamesedream: 16:00 Ponomariov-Aronian; Grischuk-Smeets; Dominguez-Carlsen
BlunderSuck: http://www.amberchess2010.com/ ;o)
siamesedream: u revealed my secret source, damn u ;)
BlunderSuck: http://proton.ucting.udg.mx/dpto/maestros/mateos/clase/imagenes/logos/hellfish.png
BlunderSuck: the news chessbomb engine ;o)
BlunderSuck: seem very strong...
predator: siames btw whats your nick on kurnik?;)
siamesedream: Rybka means Fish, so its devil's invention
siamesedream: the same
siamesedream: my rating is poor btw
siamesedream: lately i play only unrated games
BlunderSuck: we have something in common
siamesedream: my pick rating was about 1400 there
BlunderSuck: I read a article yesterday, that was promoting 2 books that seems nices
BlunderSuck: http://www.chessvibes.com/reviews/review-a-course-in-chess-tactics-boost-your-chess-1-the-fundamentals/#more-23328
siamesedream: yeah - read it too... maybe some links to download it for free?
siamesedream: ;)
BlunderSuck: hehe
waustad: we seem to be down to one motif now.
DrCut: test
siamesedream: passed
DrCut: hello, is it still possible to change the style of the page. I dislike the black background
siamesedream: I can't see this option now...
komyt: Dr, go to the gray box labeled 'Theme' in the top right and choose from there. I use Hot Sneaks :)
siamesedream: In my version I can't see this "Theme"
komyt: You don't have it above the Exit and Logout tabs?
siamesedream: no
siamesedream: that was lately there - but not now
siamesedream: I have Firefox
komyt: Strange. I have FireFox 3.6 for Mac and I can see the Theme box
ChessBomb: we have removed the theme switching functionality, it was playing badly with some new changes
Bonifratz: why the new engine?
greenknight: it's faster than the previous rversion of rybka
siamesedream: good chance for Carlsen to get closer to Chucky
DrCut: @chessbomb: will you enable it again? If not, Cupertino is much better readable. White letters on black background looks elegant, but is not suited for long reading
siamesedream: He will play with Black against tail-ender
Bonifratz: greenknight, is it also stronger? Or just faster?
ChessBomb: http://blog.chessbomb.com
Bonifratz: ty, i shouldve checked there earlier
Bonifratz: good news, then :)
hmagj: Carlsen in my opinion is gonna be the best player ever
sitzkrieg: you mean for ever until the end of the world?
fn2009: hehehe
anandrulez: lol
anandrulez: i think carlsen is like one of the best thats it
siamesedream: Carlsen is primus inter pares
alesrangel83: Carlsen's fans are funny
kurtrichards: chessbomb should change the black background to green to minimize the strain in our eyes.....
alesrangel83: i respectfully disagree
Bonifratz: so do i
siamesedream: back to black
anandrulez: black is fine fores me , no pressur eon ey
waustad: My fave was the Blacktie motiv
siamesedream: Tomorrow's Ivanchuk-Kramnik will be intersting
siamesedream: Carlsen-Ponomariov tomorrow
waustad: Every win by Carlsen helps Ivanchuk's S-B score.
siamesedream: and Aronian-Grischuk
siamesedream: yeah - one needs points advantage to win over Chucky
siamesedream: which I hope will not come to realisation
siamesedream: no games loaded yet?
siamesedream: just on time ;) thanx
noiq: looks promising for magnus now
evlozare: if chuck doesnt win amber, he might think of retiring again
Whiteknight: chuck is still undefeated....
Randall: Chuck lost against a kid but is still playing chess unbelievable
kelwin: Chessbomb people, you guys seriously need to fix/change the chat restriction. Maybe only stop the spammers, not the rest.
kelwin: Otherwise, great work! Thanks :)
alesrangel83: the chat restriction is necessary if you want the moves to keep appearing. Otherwise the server would overload. I think.
ChessBomb: The servers will handle it fine, after the optimizations we made a couple months ago. However, the bandwidth used by chat grows quadratically with the number of users, and bandwidth costs us money.
ChessBomb: If we have premium (paid) accounts in the future, this restriction won't apply for them.
BlunderSuck: ok now we know what to do the get accurate evaluation ;o)
Starspawn: soo when does rapid start?
Starspawn: there :)
simonskrede: chessbomb: can I find info on your server / software architecture somewhere? or is it top secret? :)
ChessBomb: @simonskrede, not exactly top secret. We might do a technical blog post about it in the near(ish) future. Watch blog.chessbomb.com
simonskrede: chessbomb: I will, thanks!
kelwin: Thanks for the earlier reply
erehwonutopia: another time waster
siamesedream: what a game Ponomariov-Carlsen!
RoepStoep: unbelievable, it makes me want to actually study endgames :p
magnuschess: carlsen is really , pure , incredible and amazing ... his endgame is flawless
siamesedream: now hard task for Chucky to catch him up with Black against Kramnik
sitzkrieg: ill be rooting for him
sitzkrieg: not winning a N up while Carlsen is winning drawn R+p endgames, that's just harsh ^^
kamalakanta: Whiteknight, as a chessplayer, I know you are used to looking ahead. The issue of paid premium memberships is a logical one, given the world economic situation and resulting diminishing advertising revenues.
kamalakanta: One thing is for sure: I would hate to see this site go down because of lack of revenues. Commentators are usually paid to comment; it is so in chessgames.com. So the idea that members could support this site is not only normal but appropriate.
waustad: Carlsen's wins are a tribute to V. V. Smyslov's 89th birthday.
siamesedream: Last round will start 2 hours earlier
siamesedream: ?
siamesedream: test
siamesedream: ..
siamesedream: Last round: 2 hours earlier
ArcticStones3: Just over an hour left. REMEMBER: The games start at 12.30 today -- two hours earlier.
siamesedream: All 3 leaders will play at 14:00
Drumworks: actually all 6! leaders play at 14:00
siamesedream: yeah - what a coincidence!
alnoth: heh seems like the end of a swiss tourney...
oleslaw: go Chucky! go Grischuk!
Pam: G o Magnus!
niko80: Should be an exciting finish today! Good luck to everyone.
siamesedream: Hope that Ivanchuk will win
niko80: A shared Ivanchuk / Carlsen victory would be most fitting imo.
siamesedream: Chucky has better tie-breaker so he would win
Drumworks: Chucky draw
siamesedream: Carlsen and Ivanchuk are White in rapid and are 0.5 ahead of Kramnik, so I think the title will decide among them
siamesedream: Chucky needs only draw
siamesedream: Carlsen will surely play for win with 1. e4
sitzkrieg: It may help that Grisch may be playing for a win as well..
sitzkrieg: 3rd place or better seems possible than
sitzkrieg: e
alnoth: how on earth is a draw enough for chuck? he has to win too.
siamesedream: tiebreaker
siamesedream: yeah - but of MC wins he has to win too
siamesedream: :D
siamesedream: miscalculation
alnoth: gelfand will sink carlsen for their 2:0 by letting this one go to chuk... :D
siamesedream: it was really unlucky game for Carlsen
predator: wasnt unlucky, it was not enough focus, he was too confident having more time on his clock
sitzkrieg: grischuk was lucky, carlsen was sloppy
erehwonutopia: The Kid's luck ran out
Starman: is it one more game for carlsen and chucky ?
sitzkrieg: yes
Starman: Exiting !
sitzkrieg: starting soon
sitzkrieg: kramnik and Grischuk will play their last games at the same time
Starman: A tie between Ivanchuck and Carlsen would be fair they have both played a good tournament
Starman: (Although I must say I hope Carlsen takes it !) After all I am Norwegian and a big fan
Ichi74: is the tie break possible if they share first place?
niko80: I have a feeling Magnus will take this. He has won pretty much every tournament he has participated in since november last year.
siamesedream: tiebreak points will decide
Arlenistiza: hope carlsen wins
Arlenistiza: hes the best player known to mankind
waustad: hanging his queen didn['t help much
siamesedream: Chucky will take it all
BobbyFiske: Arlenistiza: Does Dominguez stay in Cuba mostly during the year?
Bambole: when does the baluba start?
Whiteknight: when the rapid begins?
Bambole: and that is?
ArcticStones3: 2 min
Bambole: cool, lets hope the best man win
siamesedream: I hope that only one undefeated player will win
Konstricta: we may not have an undefeated player at the end!
sitzkrieg: gelfand winning with black against Ivanchuk now would be a minor upset
siamesedream: Ivanchuk is winnig!
siamesedream: Congrats to Ivanchuk!
oleslaw: tiebreak?
buhomorado: congrats Carlsen and Ivanchuk!
sitzkrieg: ha kamalakanta, where are you know!?? Muhahaha
thomandy: There should have been a Finale between Ivan and Magnus
thomandy: 3min
sitzkrieg: There was, check round 1
thomandy: Still, there should be one now
jsuazo: now what
thomandy: They have done equally good, and in this topranged party there should not be a winner with = score as the second place, I even thing Icanchuk woul have prefered to win a finale instead of = on the score
pesel: Castro is waiting for Dominguez
jsuazo: tiebreak
jsuazo: it will be tiebrek
siamesedream: tiebreak points are decisive 158.5 to 142.k
fn2009: why pesel?
siamesedream: 124.25
fn2009: Castro has nothing t do with cua anymore
thomandy: It will be tiebreak you say?
thomandy: It will be tiebreak you say? Meaning?
siamesedream: Castro is hardly alive
fn2009: so not worries
jsuazo: ivanchuk won or they will play a macht
siamesedream: but he has brother ;)
fn2009: he IS alive
siamesedream: Ivanchuk is winner!
sitzkrieg: ivanchuk won 2-0 of Carlsen, outplaying him twice, and still people want a play off finale..
fn2009: ys, Chuky is the winner
fn2009: congratulations to him
sitzkrieg: yes. congrats to him. The rankings just don't expres the superiority of his performance here
kamalakanta: sitzkrieg-what's up?
sitzkrieg: chucky won kama!:D
kamalakanta: that's good! He is a great player! Has been top 10 for like the last 20 years!
thomandy: But the two points he Won against Carlsen, Ivanchuk Lost against another one, where Carlson won and got those points back
siamesedream: Chucky was only undefeated player. Kudos to Carlsen - he lost 6 games, but still has same amount of points
Cercatore: http://www.chessgames.com/chessimages/carlsen_rook.gif
kamalakanta: Kramnik and Grischuk played some great games, too. And Karjakin played very well against Carlsen.
sitzkrieg: smeets was in good form
pesel: as usually
kamalakanta: he certainly gained experience......
kamalakanta: The only bad news is the tournament is over....
erehwonutopia: No tie breaks................
erehwonutopia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_chess_tournament
schwam: finish?
schwam: who is champion?
erehwonutopia: Both
Pam: Ivanchuk won!
gfy72: http://www.amberchess2010.com/standings.html
gfy72: Shared according to offical site
gfy72: but maybe not...please post link to rules if anyone got them
Starman: Is it over ? Do they share first place or do they play more to decide a winner
thomandy: The 19th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament has ended in an overall victory for Norway’s Magnus Carlsen and Ukraine’s Vasily Ivanchuk
thomandy: This is written on the main site! Amber Chess Tournament 1o1o
thomandy: Magnus Carlsen and Vasily Ivanchuk are the joint winners of the 2010 Amber tournament.
camarao_boxeador: Ivanchuk winner!! =D
siamesedream: so congratulations to co-winners Ivanchuk and Carlsen and all other patricipants
kamalakanta: sitzkrieg, sorry to inform you that MAgnus is a co-winner or joint winner...:-)
alnoth: interesting thing... carlsen vs top 5 finishers at amber was 3/10 and versus those that finished 6 to last he was 11.5/12
alnoth: carlsen did not win a single mini-match against the top 5 finishers at amber
redgoblin: so?
TAzDK: when is the next tournament?
theodel: april 23 i think world chess champ...
theodel: hffghfgh
theodel: i think on the april 23
ianskie_10: hellow
ianskie_10: dggg
mubas: zzzzz
shevchenco9: hello is anybody here??