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| From | Message | Posted by elovater
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5/20/2003
00:47:08
Play online chess |  Subject: Leko vs. Kramnik
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By the way, does anyone know what happened to the match Leko vs. Kramnik? It was supposed to be in May/June of this year, but there were some problems with sponsors...I haven´t heard about it for a long time, so does anyone know whether and when the match will start?
Regards. Frank
| Posted by zucan
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5/20/2003
13:31:19
Play online chess | Postponed
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But I believe they have yet to schedule when the new time will be...
Zucan
| Posted by myway316
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5/20/2003
13:57:53
Play online chess | I've just read...
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...in the London Chess Express #43,that the Kasparov-Ponomariov match,scheduled for June,has been pushed back to probably December. Maybe it will be the same for Leko-Kramnik.
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Chess: An early pawn advance — White has just advanced the g-pawn. Is this early pawn storm justified? How should Black react? RB: Early pawn advances by my opponent tend to make me sneer. But too often the sneer has been wiped off my face when I continue with routine developing moves, only to find a few turns later that the unchallenged pawns are causing mayhem. So, let's take White's threats here seriously and consider what would happen if we played something like 1…Nc6 (or 1…Na6…?). Is the advance of the g-pawn anything to worry about? After 2 g5 Nfd7, White doesn't have anything like an attack but he is cramping the black kingside and ...
| Posted by elovater
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5/21/2003
00:33:55
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So I guess we won´t the final of the world championship this year:(
Thanks for your answers.
Kind regards. Frank
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