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| Une explication pour la terrible contre-performance de Shirov à Talinn ???? par Ku****4922 le
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http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2850
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Il est peut-être amoureux...
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ca sent le vécu ;-) kuzko t cardiaque!
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ah je me suis trompé de fil ! pourquoi avoir validé le tien d'ailleurs?
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Shirov s'en explique lui-même... dans Chess dirt:
2006 Keres Rapid
Rapid chess didn't exist professionally when Estonian hero Paul Keres died in 1975. The rapid tournament in the Estonian capital is a strong one, held annually since 1998. (Before that there was one in 1993.) Vancouver also hosted a Keres Memorial that started around the same time, honoring the location of Keres' last tournament. He was on his way back from winning in Vancouver when he died. (The well-known Estonian banknote bearing his image can be seen here.)
Baltic son Alexei Shirov won the event in 2004 and 2005 and was back this year in a field that included excellent speed players Karpov, Ivanchuk, and Kasimjanov. These four were the heavy favorites and three of them finished in a first-place tie. But what people keep sending me mail about is Shirov's amazing score: 0.5/9. Most are in shock, and one even wondered if he had taken ill and left the event, forfeiting the majority. But the scores are all available. It's only a two-day event, so if you're out of form you don't have any time to recover. I'm not brave enough to ask him about it, but if he's feeling up to it maybe the new ACP board member will post a comment before trying to push it out of his mind forever!
Shirov a aussitôt répondu :
You've said it yourself, Mig. There was no time to come back into form after a dreadful start and trying to make some draws wasn't my priority as it wasn't rated anyway.
Posted by: Alexei Shirov at January 9, 2006 09:23
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