So much is happening this week. Super Swiss tournament Aeroflot started a few days ago. Super RR Morelia / Linares starts today. The USCF election campaign is getting more vindictive and more destructive. The US Amateur Team events are taking place around the country this weekend. The big FIDE tournament in Stillwater, Oklahoma begins today as well. The Susan Polgar National Open for Girls and the Susan Polgar National Chess Challenge for Boys in Corpus Christi move on to the second day.
It is Saturday Open Forum. The Forum is yours! Just remember to basic rules of this blog and keep it civil please.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
The program of Linares-Morelia 2007:
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Morelia (Michoacán – México)
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Round 1 February 17
Round 2 February 18
Round 3 February 19
Rest day February 20
Round 4 February 21
Round 5 February 22
Rest day February 23
Round 6 February 24
Round 7 February 25
Linares (Jaén – España)
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Round 8 March 2
Round 9 March 3
Round 10 March 4
Rest day March 5
Round 11 March 6
Round 12 March 7
Rest day March 8
Round 13 March 9
Round 14 March 10
Round 1: Saturday, February 17th
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Vassily Ivanchuk -Peter Leko
Veselin Topalov – Vishy Anand
Peter Svidler – Levon Aronian
Magnus Carlsen – Alexander Morozevich
Round 2: Sunday, February 18th
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Peter Leko – Alexander Morozevich
Levon Aronian – Magnus Carlsen
Vishy Anand – Peter Svidler
Vassily Ivanchuk – Veselin Topalov
Round 3: Monday, February 19th
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Veselin Topalov – Peter Leko
Peter Svidler – Vassily Ivanchuk
Magnus Carlsen – Vishy Anand
Alexander Morozevich – Levon Aronian
Round 4: Wednesday, February 21st
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Peter Leko – Levon Aronian
Vishy Anand – Alexander Morozevich
Vassily Ivanchuk – Magnus Carlsen
Veselin Topalov – Peter Svidler
Round 5: Thursday, February 22nd
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Peter Svidler – Peter Leko
Magnus Carlsen – Veselin Topalov
Alexander Morozevich – Vassily Ivanchuk
Levon Aronian – Vishy Anand
Round 6: Saturday, February 24th
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Magnus Carlsen – Peter Leko
Alexander Morozevich – Peter Svidler
Levon Aronian – Veselin Topalov
Vishy Anand – Vassily Ivanchuk
Round 7: Sunday, February 25th
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Peter Leko – Vishy Anand
Vassily Ivanchuk – Levon Aronian
Veselin Topalov – Alexander Morozevich
Peter Svidler – Magnus Carlsen
Hello Ms.Polgar,
I enjoy your blog from Japan everyday.
Besides chess your blog has many topics which are interesting.
By the way, My daughter Natsumi has finished the book “Logical Chess”.
Therefore do you have any book which you recomend as next step. We appriciate your help and she will join your summer camp also this year.
Natsumi’s father
Happy Chinese New Year. As this is the Year of the Pig, here are some pig chess pic links.
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Hello,
I have a question about time controls; why are they still using old time control like 40 moves in 120 minutes, X minutes for the rest of the game. This leads to strange situations where you can be in time trouble right in the middle of the game, and 3 moves later you’re ok. It seems to me Fischer or Bronstein time controls could be used.
Phil
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Dear Susan,
I want to ask several professional questions:
1) What chess opening do you like the most and why?
2) In your opinion, which classical time control is the best?
Thanks and greetings from Israel!
Hi Susan :o)
What do you think of Radjabov leaving the Morelia/Linares tournament?
Do you know why Gata Kamsky has not been playing in these top ten GM tournaments? He did well in the last one he played.
Mayanking, I’m also frustrated by the lack of opportunities given to Kamsky (who may only have a few peak years left–two cycles, three at most). It’s understandable that he wasn’t invited back to Corus, though he probably had the most impressive last-place finish in super-GM history 🙂
The uncertainty with the candidates’ match scheduling would make it hard for Kamsky to accept invitations.
And there just aren’t as many top-level events anymore.
Finally, it’s harder for U.S. player to get invites (1) because the U.S. is less popular abroad than a few years ago (a factor beyond the chess community’s control) and (2) because the U.S. organizes very few international events of its own. Why should a Spanish organizer invite a U.S. player if they can’t expect Vallejo or Shirov to receive a reciprocal invitation? The chess community should do something about that….
Dear GM Polgar,
As a candidate to the USCF Board, I hope you will find the opportunity to express your opinion on the following issue that I, along with many corespondence chess (“CC”) players within the US have great interest in. Questions are as follows:
1.) Chess Life editor Daniel Lucas responded to questions about coverage of correspondence chess in “Chess Life” magazine during The USCF Correspondence Chess Workshop held on Wednesday August 9, 2006.
The column, authored by NM Alex Dune entitled, “The Check is in the Mail” was cancelled as part of his scheme to “overhaul” the structure of the magazine.
My question to you: Do you agree with Mr. Lucas’s removal of the “Chess Life” column “The Check is in the Mail” by NM Dunne? Why or why not?
2.) What will you do, if elected, to support USCF Correspondence Chess, its many tournaments, and help improve the status of CC within the USCF and the USA, in general?
I thank you for your consideration of this topic since, as a prospective board member, your status as a world reknown GM, a former World Champion, can improve the status of CC play in the U.S.
I know there are more pressing issues that you, if elected, must deal with immediately. CC isn’t one of the most pressing. Yet, it is still important to many USCF members.
Your opinion will be most appreciated as I see you as the best, most qualified, well-known, and true chess devotee as compared to the other fine candidates.
and for those worried about the use of computers in USCF CC play (forget about other organizations, that is another issue…GM polgar is running for the USCF Board), we can face this issue in an open forum or any number of methods to obtain opinions from many people.
3.) Neither CC nor computers will go away. Therefore, a constructive dialogue as to whether the USCF should move toward the ICCF’s stance (which is mere silence on the issue of computer use), maintain the current ban on computer use, or pursue a third “hybrid” alternative. If elected, how will you pursue the issue of computers and USCF correspondence chess play/tournaments?
Thank you.
Most Sincerely,
Tim Harris
P.S. Since you are quite busy at the moment should you desire to wait and answer my questions later, then just Email me at
timothyharris29@yahoo.com
Happy Chess!
Tim
ONe question Susan
ARE you getting plenty of rest???
take care