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Foxwoods as Seen Through Monroi

First two questions? 1. How to put this post in separate window? 2. Is it legal to post this link? If not I apologize and we need to delete it.
Look especially at quick 9th round game: Ivanov-Charbonneau (15 moves)
GM Shulman won this event and more can be found at http://www.foxwoodsopen.com/
Posted by procyk at 3/27/2008 08:29:00 PM
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  1. Harish SrinivasanMarch 28, 2008 at 12:51 AM

    I changed it to open in new window. you need to edit the html to add this tag

    target="_blank"
    you can check the post html source to see how it is now. There might be ohter easy ways but i do not know.

    The game was nice. I think after 9.Bg5, black should have played ...e6 to stop Nd5.

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  2. Harish SrinivasanMarch 28, 2008 at 12:54 AM

    I think its ok to post any links. I just registered myself at the monroi site and its great. I can go through a lot of games there. Thanks for the link.

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  3. AnonymousMarch 28, 2008 at 1:10 AM

    9...e6 does not work. 10.e5! and black is lost. 10...de 11.Qd8 & 12.Bf6.
    m

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  4. AnonymousMarch 28, 2008 at 1:12 AM

    ...and thanks for the tip. I knew that before when I was doing web pages. Forgot.

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  5. thechessdoctorMarch 28, 2008 at 6:47 PM

    Thanks for this posting Marijan.

    Amazing that a GM could be busted in 15 moves in a Sicilian! I think had Charbonneau played 10...0-0 he would be fine.

    More amazing to me though, is that during the final game of this most prestigious and lucrative event, (some could argue the second biggest annual event of the year in the US), the two final players play on a cheap roll up board with inexpensive plastic pieces! [Click on the youtube video on the first page of the foxwoods website.]

    This is ridiculous and says a lot about the state of chess here. Could neither the casino, nor CCA, provide a better board and set? I understand that maybe a DGT board would be considered inappropriate given MonRoi had the broadcasting rights. But wouldn't you think the players and spectators deserve better than what was set up? I also loved the yellow shirted fat guy moving about in the back ground too!

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  6. procykMarch 31, 2008 at 5:14 PM

    Try to change the tnm_id number in the address of this link:
    http://monroi.com/watch/?tnm_id=1016
    I found the following:
    1001 - Guelph Winter ProAm 2008
    1009 - Junior Masters Term 1 2008
    1016 - Faxwood Open
    1019 - Grand Pacific Scholastic
    1020 - Grand Pacific Open
    1021 - 9th North American FIDE Invitational
    1922 - 3rd Calcutta Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament
    1923 - 2008 Frank K. Berry U.S. Ch. Qualifier Open
    1926 - 2008 IL Denker Qualifier

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