Linex Magic Champions of Spain
The magic is again with Ivan Cheparinov
MERIDA – LINEX – MAGIC 2.5:3.5
GM Dimitry Jakovenko (Merida) – GM Alexei Shirov (Linex) 1/2-1/2
GM Michael Adams (Linex) – GM Evgeny Alekseev (Merida) 1/2-1/2
GM Artyom Timofeev (Merida) – GM Sergei Rublevsky (Linex) 1/2-1/2
GM Gabriel Sargissian (Linex) – GM Viktor Bologan (Merida) 1/2-1/2
GM Ibragim Khamrakulov (Merida) – GM Ivan Cheparinov (Linex) 0-1
IM Manuel Perez Candelario (Linex) – IM Miguel Llanes Hurtado (Merida) 1/2-1/2
GM Ivan Cheparinov, Topalov’s second, has surpassed the 2700 mark! He is the 2nd Bulgarian to do so.
Here is the full report on Chessdom.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Very impressive!
Also, seeing V. Topalov on the slope, I think Cheparinov is already a threat to V. Topalov supremacy in Bulgarian chess.
Speaking about V. Topalov,I am quite concerned about his situation after the notorious match with Kramnik. M
y guess is that he suffers from some sort of a psychological recession and that, putting it mildly, his mental health is not the best currently. Pray he is going to come back to himself. , it seems that he suffered the most out of all this Kramnik toilet gate affair. One can say that he is eating what he himself cooked. But I don’t like the attitude that this sentence reflects. In my opinion V. Topalov in good form is for many reasons an asset to the chess world. For one, his aggressive style is good for the promotion of the game.
I think that the chess community should not be too hard on him. Further more: Assuming he erred, let us give him a second chance. Why not? His offense assuming he is guilty of some sort of thing, is minor ,comparatively speaking,for he did not murder anyone. Over suspicious, too eager to win. Understandable . Not justified may be. The chess community should give him a warm hug of welcome back and embrace. Enough of speaking of him as the bad boy. Anand is a saint and Topalov Satan? Enough with stereotyping good and evil. Life is more complex . Love Anand- he deserves it but also love Vesselin Topalov – he too is worthy of your love.
I care not for either Topalov or Cheparinov. Both are very good chess players.H’ever there are dozens of very good chess players out there.But they are dishonest and thereby unworthy. Their dishonesty robs other worthy players of their titles and income.
I dont agree with you egaion.
topalov’s behavior is completly unforgivable. what he did to kramnik during and after elista i cannot forgive.. never…
>>it seems that he suffered the most out of all this Kramnik toilet gate affair.
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Since it was all his fault, that seems fair. Whether you like “the attitude” or not is irrelevant. Reality is reality whether you like it or not.
Suggesting that the rules are different for him because you like his “aggressive style” is obviously unfair.
>>Assuming he erred, let us give him a second chance. Why not?
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Because he hasn’t asked for forgiveness, admitted any kind of wrong, or even claimed that he wouldn’t do it again. Surely you knew that when you asked, so why did you ask?
>>His offense assuming he is guilty of some sort of thing, is minor ,comparatively speaking,for he did not murder anyone.
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We know he’s guilty because he did it in public. And, as you say, since nothing less then murder is worth bothering about, then you can’t complain if people don’t forgive him. At least we’re not killing anybody.
In trying to show us why we should forgive him, you just showed us why we shouldn’t. Whoops!
What Kramnik and KGB did to Topalov is unforgivable and unexcusable.
How easy some people get manupulated.
The thief crying catch the thief.
The poor performance of Topalov after Elista is direct consequence of the abuse he suffred from the russian special forces and Kramnik’s gang.
And not only this but the worst part is that in the media and the chess community he is labeled as the crook.
The old commies tricks seem to work just fine. They’ll take caer of Anand too.
Dear Mr. Peter,
I really hope you get a good insurance coverage during your lifelong fight against KGB and commies, so someone can really take care about you in some good mental institution,
and
Congratulations to Ivan, it is clear than as he is younger than Veselin on 11 years he has to be now the main Bulgarian, and even Eastern Europenian chess hope, as he also younger than Peter Leko on 7 years.
I think than certainly without Topalov we could not have Cheparinov with 2700; it was very good school for Ivan
about the topalov and kramnik dispute – it seems to me that the old saying “minority is smarter and the majority” is right one more time. enjoy you freedom of speech.
Very wise Anonymous.
Do not waste your precious advises on me and spend them wisely.
Mental institutions were and still are the main tools of commies brutal apparatus.
Soft talking is one of the trade marks of KGB impostors.
Why do we only talk of the sordid’toiletgate’ affair? There are strong indications that Topalov cheated at San Luis ( with Cheparinov’s help ). Thus he deprived Anand of his rightful win there. Topalov also cheated in other tournaments as his highly improbable run of stunning victories indicate. If Kramnik was involved in anything irregular at Elista, he was only fighting fire with fire. After all you have to cheat to nab a cheat. Personally,I think that Kramnik defeated Topalov purely by superior chess skill. The Chess World does not need Topalov and other’s of his ilk.
Cheparinov’s play is very consistent and improving in HEALTHY tempo. I expect him to be in the top 10 within a few years.
yu forget about magnus, radjavov, karkajin and the promising china power, how muych has cheparov changed in a year, good for him.
probably he will suceed topalov in a near not future time.
jb.