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Opening Amber 2008

15 March 2008, 13.40 CET | Last modified: 15:43 | By Peter Doggers  | Filed under: Reports | Tags: , ,

[lang_nl]Gisteravond vond de feestelijke en chique openingsceremonie plaats - zoals een prestigieus toernooi als het Amber betaamt natuurlijk. Een fotoverslag.[/lang_nl][lang_en]Yesterday night a cheerful and chique opening ceremony took place - as can be expected with a prestigious tournament like Amber. A photo report.[/lang_en]

[lang_nl]Het is altijd weer de vraag op welke wijze de spelers voor het toernooi hun lotingsnummers krijgen. Op dit toernooi begon het steeds met het openen van een paasei waarin de spelersnaam stond. Een voor een werden ze naar voren geroepen en mochten ze een stropdas uitkiezen, waarin een klein briefje met het nummer verborgen zat.[/lang_nl][lang_en]Tournaments always try to organize a special way for the players to draw the lots. At this tournament, every time an easter egg was opened, in which the player’s names were hidden. One by one the players then were to pick a tie, in which a small piece of paper was attached with the pairing number.[/lang_en]

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16 Responses to “Opening Amber 2008”

  1. Rubinstein on March 15th, 2008 13.52

    Great Pictures. I wonder if we will se a handshake between Kramnik and Toplaov when they play there to games here.
    I guess they were not at the same table at the dinner !!.

  2. Jeans on March 15th, 2008 14.27

    Hi Peter,

    Can you describe the blindfolded sessions, please?

    What do the players see on the screens of the laptops and for how long.
    Do they only see the notation of the moves, like 1.e2-e4, or also the positions for a brief moment or something?

    Enlighten us please ;-)

  3. peter on March 15th, 2008 14.51

    Hi, the rate of play is 25 min plus increment. With the blindfold games, they only see a chess board in the screen, and on the right there’s a small window that shows the opponent’s last move. Moves are entered with a mouse.

  4. Blitzer on March 16th, 2008 6.00

    Amazing pics! Anand looks ten years younger and ten pounds lighter!

    @ Rubenstein: If you look at the picture of Topalov sitting down, behind him are Kramnik, Mozo, Leko, and Ivanchuck.

    With Leko there I figure they were speaking english and with Ivanchuck looking bored and from videos I’ve seen, maybe he isn’t fluent?

  5. joco on March 16th, 2008 12.15

    Hello Peter,

    What fun!
    And such terrific pictures.

  6. Kailash on March 16th, 2008 13.04

    Please explain how “blindfold” is played :

    1. What do the players see ? Do they see their own moves or only opponetnts move ? Or do they have them in writting ?

    2. Does it have same time limits as Rapid? So is it Blindfold cum Rapid? It, of course, does not have time limits of classical!

    3. Why does FIDE not value or rank Rapid or Blindfold? Is that done by someone else ?

  7. peter on March 16th, 2008 13.44

    Everything will become clear with the first video, which will be up soon!

  8. Susan on March 16th, 2008 17.19

    Peter, I just saw the video and it’s fantastic. Thanks for being the first person in ages who I’ve heard pronounce Ljubojevic’ name correctly.

  9. Visser on March 16th, 2008 18.55

    Who is the guy sitting next to Mamedyarov?

  10. VB on March 16th, 2008 20.28

    The organizers should put Topa and Kramnik next to each other on the table!

  11. Lajos Arpad on March 16th, 2008 22.24

    That would be unfair. Why should they sit next to each other when they obviously don’t like the other guy’s company?

  12. VB on March 17th, 2008 9.58

    Topa and Kramnik should start somehow and put everything behind

  13. Graham on March 17th, 2008 12.08

    Great site Peter.

    Can you give us some insight into what languages the players speak and which they use to speak to each other. Thay all seem so multi-lingual.

  14. Lajos Arpad on March 17th, 2008 18.17

    VB: If someone calls you a cheater, you don’t want to forgive him.

  15. manyoso on March 17th, 2008 18.49

    Holy crap, Topolav had Anand in mate trap in the end, but he didn’t find it!

  16. Julio on March 21st, 2008 0.19

    Come on Magnus !!!

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