The European Club Cup
This superstar-loaded event finished on Saturday with a three-way tie for first. Tomsk-400, Ladya Kazan and Ural Sverdlovskaya all went +5=2-0 in their team matches, but placed in the order above after (non-playing) tiebreaks.
More interesting for me, as a non-European without any team loyalties, are some of the tournament performance ratings (TPRs). Alexander Morozevich had the most impressive TPR, with a gaudy 2916, and seeing Vassily Ivanchuk with the third best TPR (2864), Alexei Shirov with the fourth (2834) and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov with the fifth (2833) isn't particularly surprising. What is extremely surprising, though, is Tomi Nyback's having the second best TPR: 2887. The 21-year old Finn is certainly a strong grandmaster, but with a rating of "only" 2575, this is an especially remarkable achievement!
You can see the top 20 TPRs here (note Viktor Korchnoi's presence on the list: 2726!), and the tournament website is here.
I've annotated two of the flashier attacking games from this event - have a look, here.
More interesting for me, as a non-European without any team loyalties, are some of the tournament performance ratings (TPRs). Alexander Morozevich had the most impressive TPR, with a gaudy 2916, and seeing Vassily Ivanchuk with the third best TPR (2864), Alexei Shirov with the fourth (2834) and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov with the fifth (2833) isn't particularly surprising. What is extremely surprising, though, is Tomi Nyback's having the second best TPR: 2887. The 21-year old Finn is certainly a strong grandmaster, but with a rating of "only" 2575, this is an especially remarkable achievement!
You can see the top 20 TPRs here (note Viktor Korchnoi's presence on the list: 2726!), and the tournament website is here.
I've annotated two of the flashier attacking games from this event - have a look, here.
Posted by Dennis Monokroussos on
Sunday October 15, 2006 at 7:39pm
Waaaaaaaaaah. No fair. I just gave someone this URL - but at least he can read all the old stuff like it was new.
We love you anyway, Dennis. But you should keep the blog going. :-(
As your friend the "Chess Mind" always seemed like a place to keep in touch. I'll have to write more emails!
I'll be visiting your blog again and again. It is my favorite chess site on the net.
Live long and prosper, Dennis.
For those that love discussing all aspects of chess (and other topics), I can recommend www.chesspublishing.com's forum. It's free and players of all levels post there.
Thanks for the wonderful blog Dennis and I hope to "see" all of you at the forum.