Yes, I first thought that the break would come on the king side but since
Radjabov complicated such that a king side break would not be opportune,
Adams broke through on the queen side instead!

I just checked the newest July ratings on the FIDE web site and Adams is now
above Topalov by one ELO point. Adams moved up two places from #8 to #6 in
the world with 2738 ELO and Topalov moved down two places from #5 to #7 with
2737 ELO.

But Topalov's performance rating is 2900+ whereas Adams' is 2800+. So
Topalov still has the somewhat better chances to win, I think, but the FIDE
world champion would in any case be either #6 or #7 in terms of ELO ratings,
disappointing ...

The big winner in the July rating list is Morozewich who moved up to #4,
higher than Adams or Topalov when the WCC began, but the #2 seed, who whould
now have been the real #1 seed, did not show up at the WCC ...


"Chess One" wrote in message
...

"PeteCasso" wrote in message
. ..
Hey, Adams did play 42 ... Be4, soon there will be a Rook + 3 extra
pawns
against two minor pieces, I think Adams will then try to hold/block the
queens wing and push his king pawns ...

Isn't this an interesting game! After your last post I didn't know which
move you were reporting. Good for you if you saw 42...Be4!!

Even so, white still made complications - did you think the last move
would
have been Rxf5 which almost every player would have made, or guess the
actual move ))))

Cordially, Phil Innes



"PeteCasso" wrote in message
. ..
42 ... Be4 and Radjabov can resign ...

"Chess One" wrote in message
...
Adams just played 30...b5 and might win the 'a' pawn next (move
...31)
or

Presumably on 34 black can't play Ne4

but the FIDE
world champion would in any case be either #6 or #7 in terms of ELO
ratings,
disappointing ...

I might add that if Morozewich as the #4 had become FIDE world champion,
then that would have some credibility, because he is in the middle between
Kramnik #3 and Leko #5 who are battling things out between themselves later
this year.

Of course, there is always the #2 Anand ...

.... and the #1 Kasparov ...

"PeteCasso" wrote in message
m...
Yes, I first thought that the break would come on the king side but since
Radjabov complicated such that a king side break would not be opportune,
Adams broke through on the queen side instead!

I just checked the newest July ratings on the FIDE web site and Adams is
now
above Topalov by one ELO point. Adams moved up two places from #8 to #6 in
the world with 2738 ELO and Topalov moved down two places from #5 to #7
with
2737 ELO.

Its a pity that a poster called 'helmet' isn't here. We both grew up with
Michael, although I remember him as being too young to take seriously,
helmet is a few years younger than me and helmet's bizarre opening repetoire
[we were into 'shock' grin as teenage master players] probably put Michael
off such strange experiments for life, and turned him into the
semi-classical player he is today.

Michael Adams played chess in the Cornish Chess League, and had attended
Truro School and played on their excellent chess team [no-one over 18 years
old] , later playing for the Falmouth, club, as well as for a Cornwall team
led by P. H. Clarke.

But Topalov's performance rating is 2900+ whereas Adams' is 2800+. So
Topalov still has the somewhat better chances to win, I think, but the
FIDE
world champion would in any case be either #6 or #7 in terms of ELO
ratings,
disappointing ...

At least some of the top players get to compete. I have a hard time with the
despicable politics and exclusion of Jewish people, or of the Ponomoriev
excuse, and all the preceeding nonsense.

However I do respond to the chess itself with great enthusiasm!

What will become interesting in the later rounds will be a switch from these
slightly careful 2 game exchanges to something more like real match-play. A
different psychology, I think, where ELO is not so important as one's
spirit.

The big winner in the July rating list is Morozewich who moved up to #4,
higher than Adams or Topalov when the WCC began, but the #2 seed, who
whould
now have been the real #1 seed, did not show up at the WCC ...

This guy Morozevich is an amazing player! He has not played very much
recently, like Pono. How would they do against the people who came through
the Libya 128? Does that play you in to the top of your form? Or does it
exhaust your repetoire, and expose it to future opponents? Fascinating.

Anyway, from one chess fan to another, Phil

Hi Phil,

What a great fortune to know Adams personally! My biggest fortune is
watching Petrosian playing live just after he lost his crown.

BTW, how does helmet's bizarreness stack up to Morozewich'? Let me look up
in the database if there are any Adams v Morozewich games!

Pete

"Chess One" wrote in message
...

"PeteCasso" wrote in message
m...
Yes, I first thought that the break would come on the king side but
since
Radjabov complicated such that a king side break would not be opportune,
Adams broke through on the queen side instead!

I just checked the newest July ratings on the FIDE web site and Adams is
now
above Topalov by one ELO point. Adams moved up two places from #8 to #6
in
the world with 2738 ELO and Topalov moved down two places from #5 to #7
with
2737 ELO.

Its a pity that a poster called 'helmet' isn't here. We both grew up with
Michael, although I remember him as being too young to take seriously,
helmet is a few years younger than me and helmet's bizarre opening
repetoire
[we were into 'shock' grin as teenage master players] probably put
Michael
off such strange experiments for life, and turned him into the
semi-classical player he is today.

Michael Adams played chess in the Cornish Chess League, and had attended
Truro School and played on their excellent chess team [no-one over 18
years
old] , later playing for the Falmouth, club, as well as for a Cornwall
team
led by P. H. Clarke.

But Topalov's performance rating is 2900+ whereas Adams' is 2800+. So
Topalov still has the somewhat better chances to win, I think, but the
FIDE
world champion would in any case be either #6 or #7 in terms of ELO
ratings,
disappointing ...

At least some of the top players get to compete. I have a hard time with
the
despicable politics and exclusion of Jewish people, or of the Ponomoriev
excuse, and all the preceeding nonsense.

However I do respond to the chess itself with great enthusiasm!

What will become interesting in the later rounds will be a switch from
these
slightly careful 2 game exchanges to something more like real match-play.
A
different psychology, I think, where ELO is not so important as one's
spirit.

The big winner in the July rating list is Morozewich who moved up to #4,
higher than Adams or Topalov when the WCC began, but the #2 seed, who
whould
now have been the real #1 seed, did not show up at the WCC ...

This guy Morozevich is an amazing player! He has not played very much
recently, like Pono. How would they do against the people who came through
the Libya 128? Does that play you in to the top of your form? Or does it
exhaust your repetoire, and expose it to future opponents? Fascinating.

Anyway, from one chess fan to another, Phil

What a great fortune to know Adams personally! My biggest fortune is
watching Petrosian playing live just after he lost his crown.

O come on! You just can't say that, you have to tell us about it.
Where and when and against whom?

BTW, how does helmet's bizarreness stack up to Morozewich'? Let me look up
in the database if there are any Adams v Morozewich games!

helmet was much more bizarre than Moro - but we were only playing 2100
players, and could get away with it. I don't know if Adams has ever played
Moro [ who has only played in one tournament in the last 12 months ]

there is a poster here [ernie] who might know more.

phil

Pete

"Chess One" wrote in message
...

"PeteCasso" wrote in message
m...
Yes, I first thought that the break would come on the king side but
since
Radjabov complicated such that a king side break would not be
opportune,
Adams broke through on the queen side instead!

I just checked the newest July ratings on the FIDE web site and Adams
is
now
above Topalov by one ELO point. Adams moved up two places from #8 to
#6
in
the world with 2738 ELO and Topalov moved down two places from #5 to
#7
with
2737 ELO.

Its a pity that a poster called 'helmet' isn't here. We both grew up
with
Michael, although I remember him as being too young to take seriously,
helmet is a few years younger than me and helmet's bizarre opening
repetoire
[we were into 'shock' grin as teenage master players] probably put
Michael
off such strange experiments for life, and turned him into the
semi-classical player he is today.

Michael Adams played chess in the Cornish Chess League, and had attended
Truro School and played on their excellent chess team [no-one over 18
years
old] , later playing for the Falmouth, club, as well as for a Cornwall
team
led by P. H. Clarke.

But Topalov's performance rating is 2900+ whereas Adams' is 2800+. So
Topalov still has the somewhat better chances to win, I think, but the
FIDE
world champion would in any case be either #6 or #7 in terms of ELO
ratings,
disappointing ...

At least some of the top players get to compete. I have a hard time with
the
despicable politics and exclusion of Jewish people, or of the Ponomoriev
excuse, and all the preceeding nonsense.

However I do respond to the chess itself with great enthusiasm!

What will become interesting in the later rounds will be a switch from
these
slightly careful 2 game exchanges to something more like real
match-play.
A
different psychology, I think, where ELO is not so important as one's
spirit.

The big winner in the July rating list is Morozewich who moved up to
#4,
higher than Adams or Topalov when the WCC began, but the #2 seed, who
whould
now have been the real #1 seed, did not show up at the WCC ...

This guy Morozevich is an amazing player! He has not played very much
recently, like Pono. How would they do against the people who came
through
the Libya 128? Does that play you in to the top of your form? Or does it
exhaust your repetoire, and expose it to future opponents? Fascinating.

Anyway, from one chess fan to another, Phil

Let me look up
in the database if there are any Adams v Morozewich games!

According to www. Chessgames.com Adams and Morzevich have played 6 decisive
games.Morozevich has a 4-2 advantage winning 2 games at Spakassen 2001,Tilburg
1993 (he won twice),..Adams beat Morozevich at Corus 2001 and Sarajevo 2000.I
do not know the details of the time controls.Again according to chessgames.com
they played a total of 14 games
E-JAY

That was in a team event long time ago in Austria where I used to live, but
I really can't remember the circumstances anymore. However, Petrosian was
playing on first board for the Russian team, and one day I watched he play
against an untitled (!) Danish player. Of course Petrosian pressed and
pressed, sacrified material, but at the end he slipped and had to offer a
draw which the Danish player of course accepted with utmost delight. The
audience (myself included) broke out in spontaneous, long and ecstatic
applause for the Danish player (in the tournament hall when others were
still playing!) which might have angered Petrosian. In any case, he did not
behave too well during the post-mortem. At one time, he showed a variant,
where he could have pushed a pawn to Queen in 3 moves. The Danish player
said something like 'moment, moment' but Petrosian physically and somewhat
violently repeated the pawn push.

I have already found and replayed Morozewich vs Adams games from the chess
database at the chessbase website. Come to think of it, perhaps I can look
for the above Petrosian game as well ...

"Chess One" wrote in message
...
What a great fortune to know Adams personally! My biggest fortune is
watching Petrosian playing live just after he lost his crown.

O come on! You just can't say that, you have to tell us about it.
Where and when and against whom?

BTW, how does helmet's bizarreness stack up to Morozewich'? Let me look
up
in the database if there are any Adams v Morozewich games!

helmet was much more bizarre than Moro - but we were only playing 2100
players, and could get away with it. I don't know if Adams has ever played
Moro [ who has only played in one tournament in the last 12 months ]

there is a poster here [ernie] who might know more.

phil

Pete

"Chess One" wrote in message
...

"PeteCasso" wrote in message
m...
Yes, I first thought that the break would come on the king side but
since
Radjabov complicated such that a king side break would not be
opportune,
Adams broke through on the queen side instead!

I just checked the newest July ratings on the FIDE web site and
Adams
is
now
above Topalov by one ELO point. Adams moved up two places from #8 to
#6
in
the world with 2738 ELO and Topalov moved down two places from #5 to
#7
with
2737 ELO.

Its a pity that a poster called 'helmet' isn't here. We both grew up
with
Michael, although I remember him as being too young to take seriously,
helmet is a few years younger than me and helmet's bizarre opening
repetoire
[we were into 'shock' grin as teenage master players] probably put
Michael
off such strange experiments for life, and turned him into the
semi-classical player he is today.

Michael Adams played chess in the Cornish Chess League, and had
attended
Truro School and played on their excellent chess team [no-one over 18
years
old] , later playing for the Falmouth, club, as well as for a Cornwall
team
led by P. H. Clarke.

But Topalov's performance rating is 2900+ whereas Adams' is 2800+.
So
Topalov still has the somewhat better chances to win, I think, but
the
FIDE
world champion would in any case be either #6 or #7 in terms of ELO
ratings,
disappointing ...

At least some of the top players get to compete. I have a hard time
with
the
despicable politics and exclusion of Jewish people, or of the
Ponomoriev
excuse, and all the preceeding nonsense.

However I do respond to the chess itself with great enthusiasm!

What will become interesting in the later rounds will be a switch from
these
slightly careful 2 game exchanges to something more like real
match-play.
A
different psychology, I think, where ELO is not so important as one's
spirit.

The big winner in the July rating list is Morozewich who moved up to
#4,
higher than Adams or Topalov when the WCC began, but the #2 seed,
who
whould
now have been the real #1 seed, did not show up at the WCC ...

This guy Morozevich is an amazing player! He has not played very much
recently, like Pono. How would they do against the people who came
through
the Libya 128? Does that play you in to the top of your form? Or does
it
exhaust your repetoire, and expose it to future opponents?
Fascinating.

Anyway, from one chess fan to another, Phil