FIDE Grand Prix 3, Berlin 21 March to 4 April 2022

[JustinHorton]

He's the Ivanchuk de nos jours

[Jonathan Rogers]

heartbreak guaranteed for supporters of both men. Kasparov said it a while ago, of Aronian (instability) - some fifteen years ago when it was less obvious than now.

[Matt Mackenzie]

Nakamura barely plays classical chess for ages, and not long after comes up with this. You have to hand it to him right now, at least.

[Paul Cooksey]

indeed. I think becoming candidate enhances his legacy

[LawrenceCooper]

Earlyish news is that Aronian has absolutely murdered Esipenko's Ragozin (or Nimzo, depending on how you look at it) and has won already. [url=https://www.chess.com/events/2022-

Just catching up on interviews and Esipenko admitted after the game that he arrived for the game thinking that he was white v Nakamura in round 5 and not black v Aronian!

[Paul Cooksey]

Hikaru somewhat caustic in response, although presumably has forgiven Esipenko now.

[NickFaulks]

Having qualified for the Candidates I expect that Hikaru will show up, but you don't get the feeling that this is his highest priority.

[Matt Mackenzie]

indeed. I think becoming candidate enhances his legacy

He has been one before, you know

[Chris Rice]

Emil Sutovsky who appears to be ranting on his FB feed a lot recently due to the numerous attacks on FIDE clearly believe FIDE should be given the assist on Naka being in the Candidates. This is what he said yesterday:

"Nakamura wins his group, enters the Berlin Grand Prix semi-finals and wins the early flight to the contenders. No one can catch up with him and the Rapport, even theoretically. I would like to remind you how the villagers accused FIDE of providing a wild card to Nakamura. Populism! The desire to hit the West! He's no longer a chess player, he's a streamer... But, apparently, Hikaru was the second world player in the world for a reason at some point. Well, we're also thinking of something. Eat your hat finally."

[JustinHorton]

Yes, well, up to a point, given he was within a move of being 0.5/3 and all but out.

[Mick Norris]

Shak with white and So with black win the first game of the rapids in the tiebreak

[Matt Mackenzie]

Yes, well, up to a point, given he was within a move of being 0.5/3 and all but out.

Though at this point Capa's old aphorism about "good players are lucky players" (or similar) comes to mind again.

[Chris Rice]

Yes, well, up to a point, given he was within a move of being 0.5/3 and all but out.

Though at this point Capa's old aphorism about "good players are lucky players" (or similar) comes to mind again.

Forgive me if I wander off on a tangent here but I looked at Winter's notes to see when Capablanca had said this because these type of quotes can apply to most sports. I remember the Gary Player quote "the more I practice the luckier I get" as a really good teaching tool for young kids. This is what Winter had on the subject:

"Many writers ascribe to Capablanca the axiom ‘Good players are always lucky’. How far back can the remark be traced, attributed to the Cuban or to anyone else?

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We have found nothing published during Capablanca’s lifetime but can offer the following:

‘As they say in New York, the good player is always lucky.’

That was written by Reuben Fine on page 88 of the April 1942 Chess Review, when introducing a game between Seidman and Reshevsky. See too page 4 of Fine’s book Chess Marches On! (New York, 1945).

On the other hand, Fine wrote on page 131 of The World’s a Chessboard (Philadelphia, 1948):

‘It’s better to be lucky than good, Capa used to say.’

Fine’s book The World’s Great Chess Games (New York, 1951) had this on page 235:

‘... Capablanca’s profound observation that the good player is always lucky.’

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Another specimen of auctorial embroidery:

‘Some years later [after the game Mieses v Capablanca, Berlin, 1913] a disgruntled player at the Manhattan Club was complaining bitterly about a great position he had botched and remarked of his opponent, “He sure is lucky”. Capablanca smiled sagely and rejoined, “Good players are lucky”. He may have had this game in mind.’

Source: page 158 of Impact of Genius by R.E. Fauber (Seattle, 1992)."

That last quote seems very appropriate for Nakamura in this tournament.

[Mick Norris]

So draws game 2 to reach the semis; Keymer, who is certainly gaining good experience, beats Shak to take the tiebreak to blitz

[Kevin Thurlow]

"Forgive me if I wander off on a tangent here but I looked at Winter's notes to see when Capablanca had said this because these type of quotes can apply to most sports. I remember the Gary Player quote "the more I practice the luckier I get" as a really good teaching tool for young kids. "

Rather proving the point you were making, that was attributed to Arnold Palmer as well!