Adams (2694) – Halkias (2566) [B41]
Gibraltar (3), 28.01.2010
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 Bb4 7.0–0 0–0 8.Nxc6 dxc6 9.e5 Bxc3 10.bxc3 Nd5 11.Qd3 Qc7 12.c4 Nb4 13.Qe4 c5 14.Bg5 b6 15.a3 Nc6 16.Bd3 f5 17.exf6 gxf6 18.Bh6 Rf7 19.Rae1 Kh8 20.Qh4 e5 21.f4 Bb7 22.fxe5 Nxe5 23.Bxh7 Kxh7 24.Re3 Ng6 25.Qh5 Rh8 26.Re8 Rxe8 27.Bf4+ Kg7 28.Qh6+ Kg8 29.Bxc7 Re2 30.Rf2 Re1+ 31.Rf1 Re2 32.Rd1 Rxg2+ 33.Kf1 Rg7 34.Rd8+ Nf8 35.Bd6 Rg1+ 36.Ke2 R7g2+ 37.Kd3 Rd1+ 38.Kc3 White wins 1–0
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Nice game by Adams.
Why do so many have problems with Kosteniuk? This was a part of the conversation on ICC today.
AustinTrainer kibitzes: maybe she distracted him
Lera kibitzes: maybe
Lera kibitzes: exposed that shoulder, played with her hair
GunSlinger kibitzes: not too hard, she is quite fine
Lera kibitzes: only reasonable explanation
Beddathanme kibitzes: she stuck her leg under his pantleg and tickled him
Lera kibitzes: funny thing she isnt even that cute
Lera kibitzes: but kamsky i think is pretty nerdy and is divorced now too, so he is pretty desperate
Pavkata82 kibitzes: jealous people
Pavkata82 kibitzes: haha
Beddathanme kibitzes: Lera are you blind????
AustinTrainer kibitzes: we are kosteniuk fans also
Beddathanme kibitzes: She is very cute
AustinTrainer kibitzes: therefore, we are not jealous
AustinTrainer kibitzes: she was in the world blitz, right?
Lera kibitzes: i am not blind, just dont think she is so hot, esp by rusisan standards
Lera kibitzes: u are blind perhaps
AustinTrainer kibitzes: Bedd, maybe we are just old?
AustinTrainer kibitzes: and everything starts looking better
Beddathanme kibitzes: she used to be a model
Lera kibitzes: she is so average in russia
Lera kibitzes: for chess plyaers she is of course beatiful because chess nerds never seen a chick before…but we are talking objectively right
Beddathanme kibitzes: heres the thing lera, in chess she is like a goddess because how many women are good looking?
Beddathanme kibitzes: what a bad stereotype chess=nerdy
Beddathanme kibitzes: i never understood that
Lera kibitzes: most guys there got zero game
Lera kibitzes: so to them kosteniuk seems hot
mycroft kibitzes: sorry folks… she just isn’t that hot
mycroft kibitzes: there are many many other female chess players who are far better looking
Lera kibitzes: but if u normal u have girls that are better looking than kosteniuk and its no big deal
mycroft kibitzes: well she does promote herself as being hot, so I think it’s fair to criticize.
Beddathanme kibitzes: someone thinks she’s more than average if she had done modeling outside of chess
Lera kibitzes: i havent seen her model outside of chess but for russian girls is average at best
Beddathanme kibitzes: so most russian are butt-ugly then, according to your logic…ok, I gotcha
Lera kibitzes: you want me to tell the real reason for her modeling?
Lera kibitzes: she was growing up at a very tough time in russia, the wild 90’s we call it…lots of poverty, her father banked on chess and modeling to promote her
Lera kibitzes: the most important thing was for her to find a rich husband, which is did and now she is all set without modeling