tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post5650314769412883433..comments2023-12-28T02:11:22.501+00:00Comments on The Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog: Alas ... a post mortemTom Chivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-18985471014692314972007-09-24T10:27:00.000+01:002007-09-24T10:27:00.000+01:00He'll have to beat Anand, I think... & probably dr...He'll have to beat Anand, I think... & probably drop the benoni.Tom Chivershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-66418322976963569452007-09-23T01:41:00.000+01:002007-09-23T01:41:00.000+01:00Still too early to write Kramnik off. He's only a ...Still too early to write Kramnik off. He's only a point behind Anand. What I was thinking was what Anand said before the tournament in regards to FIDE's convoluted WC cycle and the accompanying rematches--- rather than get riled up or exasperated by it, it would be simpler to just go out and win the WC tournament and shut everybody up. So, he's on his way to doing just that.Ted Teodorohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14273585582573372315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-23607750415832888742007-09-22T09:05:00.000+01:002007-09-22T09:05:00.000+01:00Although I did once hear of a chess player who, du...Although I did once hear of a chess player who, during a world championship match, was constantly going to the toilet.<BR/><BR/>He became known as The Piddler.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-10955649525777533152007-09-22T09:04:00.000+01:002007-09-22T09:04:00.000+01:00I switched off the chess around midnight last nigh...I switched off the chess around midnight last night to watch Batman on BBC4. Unfortunately for the theme of these comments, the pantomime criminal was The Penguin and not The Riddler.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-63149318360227258242007-09-21T21:54:00.000+01:002007-09-21T21:54:00.000+01:00He's playing the Petroff and to my mind he's playi...He's playing the Petroff and to my mind he's playing it like a violin.<BR/><BR/>It's Svidler v the fiddler.ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-9888872128669682122007-09-21T19:49:00.000+01:002007-09-21T19:49:00.000+01:00Mig - on the free ICC round up yesterday - reckone...Mig - on the free ICC round up yesterday - reckoned if Svidler had tried g4 instead of Kf2 (I forget the move number, perhaps it was 17) White would have been += (just).<BR/><BR/>I'm really interested to see what Kramnik's going to do against Svidler tonight (10 mins away). Will he go with the Petroff again or something a little sharper? Didn't he used to play the Sveshnikov?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-50342910041093265432007-09-21T18:49:00.000+01:002007-09-21T18:49:00.000+01:00I think Svidler's jacked it in, I'll tell you that...I think Svidler's jacked it in, I'll tell you that much. I was thinking of doing a posting about his quick draw last night using the headline <BR/><BR/><I>And says - "do you want to<BR/>Make a deal?"</I>ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.com