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Alexandra Kosteniuk wins Woman's Sports Accord World Mind Games Chess Championship
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samsloan
Dec 12, 2011, 4:25:25 AM12/12/11
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In a surprising victory, Alexandra Kosteniuk has won the Sports Accord
World Mind Games Chess Championship in Beijing China.
The victory is surprising because Alexandra entered the tournament as
the lowest rated player. Although she won the woman's world
championship two years ago, she has never been the highest rated woman
player. At the 2010 World Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk Siberia
last year, Alexandra played fourth board on the Gold Medal winning
Russian Woman's Team.
Alexandra got the invitation because Humpy Koneru, the top rated woman
player in the world (not counting Judit Polgar who does not play in
Woman's events) did not accept the invitation to play on time. When
she did not accept, the next person down, Alexandra, got invited.
It has been reported that Humpy Koneru decided that she wanted to play
after all, but it was too late as Alexandra had already been invited.
It is not known why Humpy Koneru was late in accepting her invitation
but it was most likely some problem with the Indian Chess Federation.
Top players often have problems with their chess federations but it is
to be hoped that Humpy will put these problems aside and play chess in
the future. She also did not play in the 2010 World Chess Olympiad in
Khanty-Mansiysk, Siberia. It will be unfortunate if she acquires the
reputation of being a prima donna.
The victory by Alexandra Kosteniuk is most impressive as she scored 6
out of 7 and all of her opponents were rated higher than her !!!! This
is an amazing achievement.
Pre-tournament favorite and World Champion Hou Yifan had too many
draws to be in contention. Second place was won by Katernya Lahno of
Ukraine won won on tie-breaks over Nana Dzagnidze of Georgia and Ju
Wen-june of China. All had 4.5 out of 7.
The men's section was won by Wang Hao of China with 5.5 out of 7.
Second was Vugar Gashimov of Azerbaijan with 5. Third was Gata Kamsky
of the USA with 4.5.
The top men's seed ended in the bottom in the final and in the woman's
section the bottom seeded player ended up winning!!
Sam Sloan
in Beijing, China
World Mind Games Chess Championship in Beijing China.
The victory is surprising because Alexandra entered the tournament as
the lowest rated player. Although she won the woman's world
championship two years ago, she has never been the highest rated woman
player. At the 2010 World Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk Siberia
last year, Alexandra played fourth board on the Gold Medal winning
Russian Woman's Team.
Alexandra got the invitation because Humpy Koneru, the top rated woman
player in the world (not counting Judit Polgar who does not play in
Woman's events) did not accept the invitation to play on time. When
she did not accept, the next person down, Alexandra, got invited.
It has been reported that Humpy Koneru decided that she wanted to play
after all, but it was too late as Alexandra had already been invited.
It is not known why Humpy Koneru was late in accepting her invitation
but it was most likely some problem with the Indian Chess Federation.
Top players often have problems with their chess federations but it is
to be hoped that Humpy will put these problems aside and play chess in
the future. She also did not play in the 2010 World Chess Olympiad in
Khanty-Mansiysk, Siberia. It will be unfortunate if she acquires the
reputation of being a prima donna.
The victory by Alexandra Kosteniuk is most impressive as she scored 6
out of 7 and all of her opponents were rated higher than her !!!! This
is an amazing achievement.
Pre-tournament favorite and World Champion Hou Yifan had too many
draws to be in contention. Second place was won by Katernya Lahno of
Ukraine won won on tie-breaks over Nana Dzagnidze of Georgia and Ju
Wen-june of China. All had 4.5 out of 7.
The men's section was won by Wang Hao of China with 5.5 out of 7.
Second was Vugar Gashimov of Azerbaijan with 5. Third was Gata Kamsky
of the USA with 4.5.
The top men's seed ended in the bottom in the final and in the woman's
section the bottom seeded player ended up winning!!
Sam Sloan
in Beijing, China
samsloan
Dec 12, 2011, 11:45:50 PM12/12/11
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I should mention that Bond, Hal Bond, who is a chess official from
Canada and who was made chief arbiter of the chess section, kicked me
out of the chess room on the pretext that I was not wearing my press
badge. (The certification section had run out of the badges.)
The sponsors obviously spent a tremendous amount of money for this
event. They got the best players in the world, male and female, for
each of the five events, chess, Chinese chess, go, draughts and
bridge, except that chess suffered with a super-grandmaster event
taking place in England at the same time. They also hired a lot of
FIDE chess politicians to be officials at this event, one of them
being Bond, Hal Bond, even though he does not have much experience at
this back in Canada.
Sam Sloan
Canada and who was made chief arbiter of the chess section, kicked me
out of the chess room on the pretext that I was not wearing my press
badge. (The certification section had run out of the badges.)
The sponsors obviously spent a tremendous amount of money for this
event. They got the best players in the world, male and female, for
each of the five events, chess, Chinese chess, go, draughts and
bridge, except that chess suffered with a super-grandmaster event
taking place in England at the same time. They also hired a lot of
FIDE chess politicians to be officials at this event, one of them
being Bond, Hal Bond, even though he does not have much experience at
this back in Canada.
Sam Sloan
Taylor Kingston
Dec 13, 2011, 12:42:57 PM12/13/11
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On Dec 12, 8:45 pm, samsloan <samhsl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I should mention that Bond, Hal Bond, who is a chess official from
> Canada and who was made chief arbiter of the chess section, kicked me
> out of the chess room on the pretext that I was not wearing my press
> badge.
Come on, Sam, tell the truth. They kicked you out because you could
> I should mention that Bond, Hal Bond, who is a chess official from
> Canada and who was made chief arbiter of the chess section, kicked me
> out of the chess room on the pretext that I was not wearing my press
> badge.
not repress your lust for Kosteniuk, expressed repeatedly by crude,
lewd gestures to her from across the playing hall. These were taken
for Danailov-like secret cheating signals, hence your expulsion.
samsloan
Dec 18, 2011, 10:48:38 PM12/18/11
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I have found out that when Bond, Hal Bond threw me out of the playing
hall it was not really directed at me personally, although I thought
it was at the time.
Bond, Hal Bond was throwing everybody except for the players out. He
even threw out the mother of the world champion!!
Sam Sloan
hall it was not really directed at me personally, although I thought
it was at the time.
Bond, Hal Bond was throwing everybody except for the players out. He
even threw out the mother of the world champion!!
Sam Sloan
The Master
Dec 22, 2011, 5:39:40 PM12/22/11
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think Mr. Kingston may have --very slightly-- overestimated Mr.
Sloan's strength, perhaps on account of his recent stellar
performances in other such events.
When the U.S. Open came to Indianapolis, Ms. Kosteniuk won the blitz
tourney outright and was doing VERY well in the main event (but fell
back due to pre-scheduled half-point byes in the final rounds). But
Hikaru Nakamura nevertheless outperformed her in their respective
simuls-- thus, MI6 has him under surveilance as a potential chess move
signaller or future wartime code-breaker. (All this is top secret, of
course. If they only knew I was posting this here... !)
BLafferty
Jan 2, 2012, 11:46:22 AM1/2/12
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Taylor Kingston
Jan 2, 2012, 1:11:54 PM1/2/12
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On Dec 22 2011, 2:39 pm, The Master <colossalblun...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 13, 12:42 pm, Taylor Kingston <ttk5...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Dec 12, 8:45 pm, samsloan <samhsl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > I should mention that Bond, Hal Bond, who is a chess official from
> > > Canada and who was made chief arbiter of the chess section, kicked me
> > > out of the chess room on the pretext that I was not wearing my press
> > > badge.
>
> > Come on, Sam, tell the truth. They kicked you out because you could
> > not repress your lust for Kosteniuk, expressed repeatedly by crude,
> > lewd gestures to her from across the playing hall. These were taken
> > for Danailov-like secret cheating signals, hence your expulsion.
>
> Sam Sloan signalling Alexandra Kosteniuk which moves to play? I
> think Mr. Kingston may have --very slightly-- overestimated Mr.
> Sloan's strength, perhaps on account of his recent stellar
> performances in other such events.
I did not say Sam was signalling moves to Kosteniuk; I said he was
> On Dec 13, 12:42 pm, Taylor Kingston <ttk5...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Dec 12, 8:45 pm, samsloan <samhsl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > I should mention that Bond, Hal Bond, who is a chess official from
> > > Canada and who was made chief arbiter of the chess section, kicked me
> > > out of the chess room on the pretext that I was not wearing my press
> > > badge.
>
> > Come on, Sam, tell the truth. They kicked you out because you could
> > not repress your lust for Kosteniuk, expressed repeatedly by crude,
> > lewd gestures to her from across the playing hall. These were taken
> > for Danailov-like secret cheating signals, hence your expulsion.
>
> Sam Sloan signalling Alexandra Kosteniuk which moves to play? I
> think Mr. Kingston may have --very slightly-- overestimated Mr.
> Sloan's strength, perhaps on account of his recent stellar
> performances in other such events.
making obscene gestures. Sam's strength in that department cannot be
overestimated.
samsloan
Jan 2, 2012, 1:57:43 PM1/2/12
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In reality, Alexandra Kosteniuk had already won the event by the time
I got to Beijing. I never was in the playing room to watch her play. I
got there just in time for the awards ceremony and I took a picture of
her receiving the gold medal which I have posted on flickr.com
Sam Sloan
Taylor Kingston
Jan 2, 2012, 2:16:48 PM1/2/12
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On Jan 2, 10:57 am, samsloan <samhsl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 2, 1:11 pm, Taylor Kingston <ttk5...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> > I did not say Sam was signalling moves to Kosteniuk; I said he was
> > making obscene gestures. Sam's strength in that department cannot be
> > overestimated.
>
> This time Taylor Kingston goes to far in his attempts at jokes.
Sam Sloan, whose posts have included pornography and liberal use of
> On Jan 2, 1:11 pm, Taylor Kingston <ttk5...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> > I did not say Sam was signalling moves to Kosteniuk; I said he was
> > making obscene gestures. Sam's strength in that department cannot be
> > overestimated.
>
> This time Taylor Kingston goes to far in his attempts at jokes.
the n- and f-words, says /I'm/ "going to [sic] far"? I feel like Rush
Limbaugh has called me a fat loudmouth.
None
Jan 2, 2012, 3:19:16 PM1/2/12
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On Jan 2, 2:16 pm, Taylor Kingston <ttk5...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Sam Sloan, whose posts have included pornography and liberal use of
> the n- and f-words, says /I'm/ "going to [sic] far"? I feel like Rush
> Limbaugh has called me a fat loudmouth.
You're not fat.
>
> Sam Sloan, whose posts have included pornography and liberal use of
> the n- and f-words, says /I'm/ "going to [sic] far"? I feel like Rush
> Limbaugh has called me a fat loudmouth.
Taylor Kingston
Jan 2, 2012, 9:57:07 PM1/2/12
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samsloan
Jan 4, 2012, 8:32:05 AM1/4/12
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she will ever play again. Her last performance in an open tournament
where she lost to a Class B player with a 1700 rating shows that she
is no longer able to compete at the top levels or at any level at all.
So, she will spend the rest of her life talking and writing blog posts
about what a great genius she is, without ever sitting down at the
chess board to prove it.
Sam Sloan
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