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- Created By: Osamu Tezuka.
- Based On The Original Manga By: Osamu Tezuka.
- Adaptation: Robert Goodman.
- Series Story Editor: Mark Handler.
- Art Director: Hiroshi Kato.
- Character Design: Shinji Setani, Shinji Seya.
- Mechanical Design: Shinji Aramaki, Takeshi Takakura.
- Design Support: Sachiko Kamimura.
- Planning: Yoshihiro Shimizu.
- Storyboards: Keiichiro Mochizuki.
- Background Art Supervisor: Hiroshi Kato.
- Color Coordination: Megumi Yoshida, Tsuyoshi Okano.
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- Chief Animation Director: Shinji Seya.
- Director of Photography: Hajime Noguchi, Hirokata Takahashi.
- Music: Takashi Yoshimatsu.
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- Recording: Makoto Uchida.
- Recording Assistant: Shigeru Fujibayashi.
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Jazz Orchestra Tour Concert: Fargo, ND
|Saturday, April 20, 2013
|7:00 pm
|Fargo, ND
Hope Lutheran Church, North Campus, 2900 Broadway North, Fargo, ND 58102
The 2013 Jazz Orchestra tour concerts will include classic standards by Dizzy Gillespie, Chick Corea, Astor Piazzolla, Duke Ellington, and Charlie Parker in addition to more recent compositions by Gordon Goodwin, Rick Lawn, and Luther's own composer-in-residence, Brooke Joyce. Traditional Brazilian dance music arranged for the ensemble will also be featured to round out a diverse program of Latin, swing, and fusion styles.
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Add some Spring color to your home décor with this beautiful daisy vase set.
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The Wisconsin Humane Society (WHS) is a private, nonprofit organization whose mission is to build a community where people value animals and treat them with respect and kindness. For more than 128 years, WHS has been saving the lives of animals in need. We offer adoption services that place 9,000 animals in new homes annually, veterinary services that save thousands of lives, educational programs that instill respect for animals, behavior services to assist guardians and a myriad of other initiatives that help end suffering for animals. We depend entirely on private donations to fund our programs and rely on volunteers in nearly every department. If you are interested in adopting, volunteering, enrolling in a class, taking a tour or making a donation, check out our comprehensive web site at wihumane.org. The adoptable animals' web pages are updated every 30 minutes!
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Cruise on down to Pier Wisconsin for a lovely evening of good cheer and good deeds for our four-legged friends. Benefiting the Wisconsin and Ozaukee Humane Societies, the Paws & Claws Gala will be held on Saturday, September 20, 2008.
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Clifford Chance is ranked among the world's leading law firms for its in-depth legal knowledge and global footprint. Created in 1987 by a merger between London firms Coward Chance and Clifford Turner, the firm has since been credited with leading changes in the legal landscape. By anticipating evolving client needs and focusing firmly on the future, Clifford Chance has remained at the vanguard of the legal industry – from forming the world's first global law firm in 2000 to creating offshore legal support centres. A single partnership, Clifford Chance offers clients a fully integrated service spanning its offices in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the Americas and pledges to continually exceed clients' expectations. The firm consistently performs well in our research, winning the Law Firm of the Year award for Russia as well as being named the world's most highly regarded firm for commercial litigation and project finance work. The firm achieves a total of 184 listings in 27 chapters.
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|Insurance & Reinsurance
|Asset Recovery
|Internet & e-Commerce
|Labour & Employment
|Life Sciences
|Business Crime Defence
|Capital Markets
|Oil & Gas
|Commercial Litigation
|Commercial Mediation
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|Real Estate
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|Regulatory Communications
|Insolvency & Restructuring
Project finance emerges as the firm's strongest practice in our research with 26 lawyers selected for inclusion from 14 offices throughout the world. With big-ticket instructions such as advising the Siam Commercial Bank on financing a solar power project in Thailand, banks and Euler Hermes on the financing of a wind farm project in South Africa and advising on the €750 million financing of a 450 MW lignite-fired power plant in Turkey, it is not surprising that the firm is once again recognised in our research as the world's leading project finance law firm. The firm's European offices are home to a wealth of talent, with a trio of names from London, Paris and Madrid. Head of the global energy and infrastructure group Andrew Grenville specialises in project development and project finance. Based in London, Grenville is praised for his "exceptional abilities" in the field. In Paris, Anthony Giustini is a "prominent name" in the market, specialising in large energy and infrastructure projects. He is also listed in the public procurement chapter. Madrid-based José Guardo is highly recommended by clients for his "impressive knowledge" in the renewable energies and infrastructure sectors. He has advised all the main financial institutions, both domestic and international, located in Spain. In Amsterdam, Jaap Koster is considered a "true specialist" in project finance. He also has considerable expertise in construction law and achieves a further listing in that chapter. Bleddyn Phillips in the firm's Moscow office is a "well-respected figure" commended for his oil and gas and project finance expertise. Three practitioners are based in the firm's Dubai office including the "terrific" Robin Abraham, who specialises in banking and project finance. Abraham has acted on a number of high-profile project finance deals and is equally well regarded in the aviation chapter. In Singapore, Geraint Hughes features prominently in the oil and gas chapter, as well as the project finance chapter, and has extensive experience in financing infrastructure projects including oil and gas, power, mining, water and transportation. He is joined in the office by Ting Ting Tan, an "incredibly gifted lawyer" praised by clients for her banking and project finance know-how. The Hong Kong office is represented by Huw Jenkins, who performs exceedingly well in our research and is listed in three chapters: banking, project finance and public procurement. Jenkins' practice focuses on the financing of property, telecoms, aircraft, shipping and corporate acquisitions.
Twenty-one Clifford Chance lawyers feature in the banking chapter, demonstrating the firm's leading capabilities in this field. Clients include First Gulf Bank, UniCredit, Royal Bank of Scotland and the Commercial Bank of Qatar. The London office is the best represented with 10 listings including Mark Campbell, the global head of finance. Sources praise Campbell's expertise in the sector as "second to none" and describe him as a "definitive source of information". Roderick McGillivray is considered a "font of knowledge" on banking and aviation finance matters, while Nicola Wherity is "brilliant", particularly in structured finance and leveraged finance and restructurings. Three listings in the firm's Singapore office and a further listing in the Hong Kong office highlights the strength of the firm's Asian offering. Andrew Brereton focuses on acquisition finance, structured lending, syndicated loans and reserve-based financing while Andrew Gambarini is considered "highly proficient" in export credit financing. In Moscow, Victoria Bortkevicha is listed in both the aviation and banking chapters for her "superb" financing practice. She is also highly regarded for her regulatory knowledge related to Russian banking and insurance activities and her advice is "highly sought-after". Kiev-based Jared Grubb is "highly knowledgeable" while Fabricio Longhin in DC is "first class".
Clifford Chance's competition practice spans Europe, the US and Asia and offers a "one-stop shop" for clients in need of advice on local as well as multi-jurisdictional matters. Our research identifies 15 lawyers as "world class" from offices in key competition centres: Beijing, Brussels, Düsseldorf, London, Madrid, Moscow, Paris and DC. The London office, with four inclusions, is a stronghold of talent and is home to Alex Nourry, head of the London antitrust practice. He specialises in EU and UK competition law including merger control, joint ventures, cartels and abuse of dominance as well as state aid, distribution and licensing, public procurement and the regulation of utilities. Nourry is "phenomenal" according to peers and continues to impress clients with his "unparalleled knowledge". Alongside him, Elizabeth Morony heads the firm's global antitrust litigation group and is "top notch". In Brussels, Tony Reeves is "immensely knowledgeable" in merger control and cartels and represents clients from a range of industries. He is joined by Thomas Vinje, who receives numerous listings in our research in the competition, internet, e-commerce and data protection and regulatory communications chapters. Vinje is a "distinguished figure" in the market known for representing clients in the information and communication technology industries. Düsseldorf-based Marc Besen specialises in EU and German competition law and represents clients in the pharmaceutical, medical device, biotech, food and chemicals sectors. Ninette Dodoo is located in the firm's Beijing office and is "exceptionally talented". Her "very active" practice includes cartels and merger control. William Blumenthal chairs the firm's US antitrust group and calls upon his experience as general counsel of the Federal Trade Commission to guide clients through all aspects of competition law.
The firm boasts 14 inclusions in the real estate chapter from its offices in Europe and the US. The Frankfurt office is the best represented fielding three practitioners to the chapter. Jörn Stobbe MRICS is noted for his experience in portfolio and sale-and-leaseback transactions and is "greatly valued by clients". Cornelia Thaler recently advised Tristan Capital Partners and AEW Europe on the sale of a Karstadt real property in Frankfurt's centre while Klaus Minuth concentrates on advising investors, banks, project developers and public authorities in real estate transactions, portfolio and sale-and-leaseback transactions, commercial leases and real estate financings. London head of the real estate practice Jonathan Solomon specialises in joint ventures, investment transactions and hotels and is particularly recommended for his expertise in City of London office developments. In Madrid, Carlos Portocarrero de las Heras is recognised in the construction and real estate chapters for his "superior knowledge" in the field. In New York, Douglas Wisner and Alan Gosule are very well regarded in the sector. Wisner is the chairman of the firm's real estate practice in the Americas and specialises in hotels, resorts, office, residential and mixed use developments while Gosule is commended for his real estate finance practice, in particular his knowledge of the tax aspects of various investment vehicles.
The commercial litigation practice is in a "class of its own" and Clifford Chance is the recipient of our award for litigation firm of the year for the third consecutive year. Fielding 13 individuals, the firm is noted for its ability to "handle the most complex disputes with efficiency". Uwe Hornung puts in a strong performance receiving multiple nominations from colleagues and clients. Head of the German litigation and dispute resolution practice Hornung has experience in a range of matters including corporate, commercial, banking, construction and engineering, white collar and product liability. In Moscow, Timur Aitkulov is noted for both his arbitration and litigation expertise and is known for his "expert handling" of energy, oil and gas, mining, regulatory and white collar issues. London-based Roger Best is commended for his "strategic thinking" and "commercial insight"; he receives listings in the asset recovery and commercial litigation chapters. Regional managing partner for the Middle East Graham Lovett is highly recommended for his expertise in asset recovery, commercial litigation and mediation. He is praised for his "solutions-oriented approach". Martin Rogers is based in the firm's Hong Kong office and has more than 20 years' experience in the region focusing on litigation particularly within the financial services industry. His clients include major investment banks, fund manager and international corporations and he is a "frontrunner" in the fields of asset recovery and commercial litigation. In Frankfurt, Fabian von Schlabrendorff receives high praise for his arbitration and commercial litigation practice and is known for playing an intrinsic role in corporate, banking, construction and engineering matters.
With its forward-thinking approach, Clifford Chance continues to keep apace with changes in the legal marketplace. The firm elicits effusive praise for its depth of talent across its international network and is recognised as a global leader in the legal marketplace.
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Easter is here and it's time for Peter Rabbit to deliver his basket of colorfully decorated eggs to all his friends. But where are they? Young readers get to join him in the search, making their way through gardens, woodlands and other beautiful springtime scenery. Fun pull tabs inside the book reveal the whereabouts of good friends like Squirrel Nutkin, Mrs. Tittlemouse and Tom Kitten.
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Texas A&M WR Mike Evans compared his playing style to Brandon Marshall's.
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The Falcons had a private meeting with Auburn OT Greg Robinson last week and are likely to host him for a pre-draft visit, reports ESPN's Vaughn McClure.
Clemson WR Sammy Watkins worked out for a private group of Rams' evaluators on campus Friday.
Pittsburgh QB Tom Savage declined the NFL's invitation to attend the draft in New York.
Former Bucs GM and current ESPN analyst Mark Dominik said Louisville QB Teddy Bridgewater's stock started to fall long before his lackluster pro day.
ESPN's Louis Riddick notes that North Dakota State OL Billy Turner has made "huge improvements this off-season" to his technique.
Scouts Inc.'s Kevin Weidl and Steve Muench said during a "NFL Draft Blitz" segment that Virginia T Morgan Moses is a "sleeper franchise left tackle."
NFL Media analyst Daniel Jeremiah thinks Ohio State CB Bradley Roby should be a top 20 pick.
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Update: video added.
The second half of the Anand-Kramnik World Championship match has started with a draw in 37 moves. Playing the white pieces again, Anand got a slight advantage in an ending but by sacrificing a pawn Kramnik forced a liquidation to a drawn pawn ending. It's 5-2 for Anand now.
Today Kramnik finally managed to surprise his opponent in the opening a little, but just a little. The Russian deviated from previous games already at move one, by going for 1...d5, but it didn't really get him any closer to getting some winning chances; Anand just played too solid today. Perhaps even a bit too solid, because the Indian might have missed a study-like win in the ending today - as GM Erwin L'Ami informed us. It needs to be checked.
Yet again Kramnik's team couldn't convince us as far as the opening preparation is concerned: following the first rapid playoff game from his match against Topalov, he deviated with 15...Bg6 but just a few moves later he was looking at a position where White was just slightly better and not even close to getting into trouble. A Benoni or a Leningrad Dutch were suggestions I've seen online for getting practical chances with Black...
Realizing this wasn't going to be his day, Kramnik accompanied his queen exchange with a draw offer, but there he actually overestimated his position: he had not yet fully equalized yet, as Anand showed in the next few moves. The challenger needed some accurate moves to prove that it was indeed a draw - and this time he did find them.
So now there are five games left, with three White games for Kramnik. It's safe to say that tomorrow is the moment of truth: if he hadn't retained his title yet, Anand will do it tomorrow if he doesn't lose. A first win for Kramnik might unsettle the Indian to some extend, and who knows how he will react. Nobody really believes in Kramnik's chances anymore (including Anatoli Karpov and Evgeny Bareev, who arrived in Bonn today) but if he wins tomorrow, anything can happen! As always, you'll be able to watch the game live here at ChessVibes.
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(Note that the comments below this article started during our live coverage of the game)
Fritz 11 suggests 32. b5 c3 33. Kd3 NC5 + 34.
Bxc5 Rxc5 35. Rxc3 Rxc3 + 36. Kxc3 and gives an advantage to Kramnik but for me it will end perhaps draw a match!
Vladimir Patzernand, very patz (me)
5 years 5 months ago
Kramnik and Anand does not for disturbing each other.
Sometimes, this play-and-stand up is for relax a few. You need maintain your concentration all the time. You fight is on the tableboard and your opponent influences your way to play.
If you make the move, stand up immediately, you can concentrate at that position.
You will see more times the positions than the person in front of you.
The words of Danailov does not deserve consideration.
He is not a good person.
Frits Fritschy
5 years 5 months ago
Deeply sorry,
I'd better check the position myself.
5 years 5 months ago
31.g4 =+ Anand is better his king is more active and his plan is to attack
c4 if 31...a6 32.b5!? and then move his king to d4
5 years 5 months ago
This is a dead draw. Anand should offer it and they should both go home.
so whites plan is Kd4 and Rxc4. Should black exchange rooks after Rxc4 or win the h3 pawn with Rh8?
Rybka3 (running on a 8 core system) gives the position after 31. g4! with + 1.00
that's very close to +-
And since I cannot finde a clear mistake in Kramnik's play, it seems obvious to me that white's position was all way long much better (because of very poor Nd7) and with Vishy's very accurate play (always Rybka's top move so far) it seems he might get his 4th win today!
Once more this development of things (even if Kramnik manages to survive today) shows that his draw offer was really not gentlemen-like at all!
5 years 5 months ago
Wishing vishy a win. Is there no law against kramk wierd attitude
The first Line would give (according to shredder:)
28.e4 Nc5 29.Bxc5 bxc5 30.Kd3 d4 31.Rf2 Red8 32.Rfc2 Rb8 33.Rb1 Rdc8 34.b4 Kh5 35.Rb3 g4 36.hxg4+ Kxg4 37.Rbb2 cxb4 38.Rxc8 Rxc8 39.Rxb4 Rc7 40.Kxd4 Kf4 1/2-1/2
5 years 5 months ago
I'm watching foidos and once again kramnik leaves the stage after evey move he made, one again Anand is siting there alone. Is it normal? Is it appropriate behaviour ? Now i see why Topalov complained about it, Kramniks behaviour is really weird.
17th move :any pawn break in the center would weaken Black's position: 15)...f5 seems to be more sound than 15)...Bg6.
maybe Kramnik has a little pocket chess set in his trousers (like fischer) and is analyzing in the meantime ;-))
I don't like black position at all after Qxb4
isn't there a clear plan with b3 for white here?
19.b3! idea simply Ba3 (covering f8) and then f4 Rf3- h3 and mate on h-file?
of course this plan takes some time, but what can black do against it?
5 years 5 months ago
Again i have to say that People in here who thinks that Kramniks drawoffer after Qxe3 ins an insult, know nothing about chess. Nothing.
5 years 5 months ago
@katata :
You are folowing a dead thread , that letter was not accurate translated , and was corrected by the media , and the Bulgarian Federation said that calling the WC a semifinal would be an insult etc etc.
On the other hand this is Anand - Kramnik match , why are we talking dirt about Bulgarian federation an Topa?
I know why , because Kramnik is losing , thats why.
I hope the match Kamsky-Topalov does not take place at all.
Topalov should be out of this cycle. He had dug a hole for Kramnik (whom he was sure he would beat) and proposed that the loser of Elista 2006 would not play in Mexico. But then he lost and fell in the hole himself. The fact that he got this deal to play in a semifinal is outrageous (it is a semifinal because if he wins two matches he becomes World Champion).
I have never been a fan of Kamsky, but Kamsky won a huge 128-player knock out tournament in Khanty-Mansyisk 2007, defeating among others Svidler, Carlsen, Ponomariov and Shirov! The deal initially was that he would get a match with the World Champion. Then the deal changes and he gets a match with ... Topalov. What did Topalov do to "qualify" for this match? He lost a match to Kramnik.
To Ole, My objection is that computers evaluation of the endgames is a little weak.
Try to give to Rybka a theoreretical draw for instance Rook againts Rook and two pawns and it will evaluate it > +1.00.
Any Rook ending seems to be a draw and requires still analyses.
I invite you Mrs Ole to give to Rybka the position of Fisher-Spassky in their 1st game in 1972 WCC after Fisher sacrifices his bishop.
Deep analys proved later (mathemathecally) that Fisher had the ability to force a Draw.
I guess that Rybka would evaluate the position in qesution to be > 1.5 for White even if it runs 10 hours, because it needs to go to depth 40 or more !!!
@ Erwin L'Amis Line
33.Kd1!? Kf7 34.Kc2 and now of course not Nc5?? Rf1+ and after forced rook exchange white is indeed winning, but simply 34...Ke8! looks like a draw to me.
black position looks really terrible, but I don't find a way to win after Ke8, looks like black is always in time to create counterplay or play Nc5 with the known foretress.
Now 33.Kd3 Nc5+ 34.Bxc5 Rxc5 35.Rxc3 Rxc3 would be a clear draw, although stupid computers evaluate it +1,5 or so.
Either Kramnik or Anand must have missed something.
33.Kd3 - Nc5+ 34.Bxc5 -Rxc5 35.Rxc3 - Rxe5 36.Rc6 looks winning.
nothing to think here...............
JUST Kd3..............and advantage anand...............
nothing to think............
Rc7 would at least lose an exchange after RxC7; BxC7 Rc8; Rc1; Nb8 with idea of Na6; So, white wold lose the rook for the Knight - unless I'm missing something
wow !
the 2 kings are in action, trying hard to cover alternate sides !
the maneuver Rc3 and Ba5 or if b6 is played the white king can guard the rook in time
Ok, looks like I *did* miss something -- Rc3 with the idea of Ba5; so, b6; then a5 etc... but yeah why would white play such a series of moves to get into a mess?
To Tyche,
In June 2007 FIDE announced that Topalov would get special privileges in the World Chess Championship 2009 qualifying cycle, while Kramnik, if he lost his title in 2007 (which he did, coming second behind Viswanathan Anand), would get a rematch with the champion in 2008.
According to FIDE, there is no use of words like semi-final....
I guess that the Bulgarian Federation is still under the Choc of the toillets. Topalov and his second's behaviours in 2006 give you an idea of the Bulgarian chess federation mentality. Since they (Topa and Daino) managed to accuse Kramnik of dirty things they are able to do more.
I find the bulgarian chess federation statement natural.
Rc4 for black now............
true.....its a draw, it seems! though anand has a bishop to knight
Sorry- Rxc3 is naturally a draw. So perhaps Anand has missed something?
If you also think that Kramnik was receiving help, I will not argue a lot here. I can only say that the help was not good enough because he could have been mated in three. If Topalov misses a mate in three he should blame himself only and not invisible enemies.
5 years 5 months ago
I am really shocked...
I am just a 2300 player, but it took me 2 seconds to understand what Kramnik's a5 was all about.
idea: a5 b5(??) with a foretress.
Therefore bxa5 bxa5 Rb1 still with excellent winning chances
...and Vishy just played b5.
Did he really miss the fortress idea or has he seen deeper?!
I think after bxa5 white chances to win the game are very very good.
Now it looks dead drawn to me.
Strange game anyways.
5 years 5 months ago
@ Adriano
Kramnik also won strong tournaments BEFORE Elista. So, following your logic, how comes he won many tournaments in the last 15 years?
So what you are basically saying is that in the about 15 years Kramnik is playing world class chess ALL the tournaments he won (Linares, Wijk etc.), the matches he won (Kasparov and Topalov) and all the games he won against other world class players (Ivanchuk etc.) he only won because he cheated by going to the toilet (even in the early 90s, when Computers were not that strong yet).
For 15 years Kramnik cheated in all the tournaments and games he won? Wow, I am happy you are there to explain that to us, now it all makes sense...
Face it, Fischer crushed Taimanow, Larsen and Spasski and now Kramnik gets crushed by Anand, that has nothing to do with cheating. What is the reason Taimanow and Larsen couldn't win one game? Yes, Fischer was too strong. Seems like this time Anand is too strong.
Topalov is a great player but he is not unbeatable. I do not understand why you can not accept that Topalov lost against Kramnik and need to find cheating-apologies. Why are you not just happy Kramnik loses and Topalov gets another chance?
Some people have too much hatred inside of themselves...
This is quiet, though strategical imbalanced position. The kind of position Kramnik likes, i guess. Still one of both players need a lot of effort to get winning chances..
Why 25)Rc7 is not good ??? with the idea of doubling rooks.???
i think Rc7 would lead to a bishop knight endgame after exchanging one pair of rooks and pinning the bishop to the rook...
I cant say if this B vs N endgame is in favor of Kramnik or Anand. Engines should be asked ;-)
I just saw at the live webcam that Kramnik actually offered a draw(!) after Qxe3 (that's also the reason, why Vishy spend app. 5 min for fxe3).
I think this draw offer is (very close to) an insult in many ways.
1.White is clearly better because of the very bad Nd7.
2. Anand is white and Kramnik hasn't solved all opening problems yet
3. Kramnik is at -3 in the match and the last thing he should think about is making a fast draw
4. the spectators who paid for this game (in Bonn as well as all over the world) deserve a full game and not a draw 3 moves after they left known theory!
Thank God Vishy declined and just plays chess!!
I really hope Kramnik loses today. Such a weird draw offer would drive me crazy if I was Anand!
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Why chess will never be popular
One of the good things about the Anand-Gelfand World Championship match is that it generates a lot of debate on some essential points: what's the proper format to determine the best player in the world; should chess always be spectacular; does computer-dominated professional chess have a future; and what's the market value of chess anyway?
Spectators watching Anand-Gelfand in Moscow | Photo by Anastasia Karlovich
It's interesting to follow the reactions to the match so far: nobody seems to be talking about the non-chess playing audience anymore – surely they have switched off long ago and can no longer be convinced to follow our beautiful game. Now, the main question seems to be whether the players should try to please the existing chess fans, or if they should just play 'their own game' and not give a hoot about who's watching.
Garry Kasparov raised the point that World Championship matches have always been the place where fundamental changes to the game originally started: having less time on the clock to make 40 moves; abandoning game adjournments, etc. He predicts more changes to come, such as the introduction of FischerRandom chess, and he implicitly suggests that this match, with six draws so far, might speed up these changes. Perhaps he'd forgotten about his own match with Anand back in 1995 which started with eight draws, but that doesn't mean he can't be right.
Garry Kasparov giving a press conference during game 6 in Moscow
A more interesting question, of course, is whether these changes were somehow justified at the time, or even now. Kasparov's own position is ambivalent, as he admits himself: on the one hand, many of these changes made sense (such as the abandonment of game adjournments due to the rise of computers), but some of these changes undoubtedly decreased the overall level of play.
The measures currently proposed, such as the introduction of the 'Sofia rule' into match play, will generate similar debates. This rule in particular is aimed at pleasing the audience, as have many rules under Kirsan Ilyumzhinov's reign. But a question seldom asked is this: why does the 'audience' need to be pleased in the first place? Why has the 'audience' become so sacred?
If you think about it, playing 'for' an audience doesn't make sense at all from a chess player's perspective. I, for one, don't know a single amateur chess player who himself plays for or cares about an 'audience' – so why do we expect the world elite players do behave differently?
Boris Gelfand looks at photographers and spectators | Photo by Anastasia Karlovich
The obvious answer is because we're paying them to do so – but are we really? In general, sponsors are paying the players – but it would be foolish to assume they actually care about the quality of play. They care about exposure of their brand or, in some cases, their own egos. Of course, FIDE also has a stake in making sure the players get properly paid, but demanding that they abandon their personal style in favor of risky play would border on totalitarianism (which, unfortunately, isn't too far off the mark in some cases.)
Another answer is that professional chess players have a moral duty to entertain us, the spectators – it comes with the job, so to say. Again, this seems a rather artificial argument to me: like normal employees, most chess professionals choose to play chess because they like it and are good at it. In short, they need to make a living – they don't do it primarily because they see themselves as artists or are fantastic crowd pleasers. At best, they want to prove to themselves that they're better than their opponents – and as audiences usually love a good fight, they should be eager to watch this at any rate.
In the end, the problem seems impossible to solve: it's a Catch-22 situation. The aim to please the audience has already destroyed many beautiful aspects of chess, inevitable though it might have been. Chess is not destroyed by computers, but by people who say it will be. The fact is that chess will never appeal to people who don't appreciate the intense effort and satisfaction of trying to come up with the right move, even if it's a dull one. This is precisely why chess is such a great game, but it's also precisely the reason why it will never be popular. So let's stop pretending otherwise.
Mike Hunt
1 year 11 months ago
the usual bs from Moll wasnt yourlast article saying everyone appreciate draws, the contest etc...blah blah blah. Do come on next time and embarrass yourself please.
1 year 11 months ago
Did you realise your previous article ''in praise of draws' was elitist and wrong and is this an attempt to soften it down somehow?
Good piece. Twelve game World Championship matches and an undisputed crook for president of our game's governing body. It's all going swimmingly, isn't it? How many of us chess fans have managed to convert even a single one of our non-playing friends to a love for the game? There may be a lesson there.
I don't think I agree (at least I watch a lot more live chess than live poker), but obviously poker is more exciting for non-experts.
It's exciting because the viewer can see the cards but that players can't, the player knows someone is bluffing but the players don't, the percentages involved can be shown on screen, and basically it's a very simple game once you have full information.
It's much harder to actually follow a chess game. A commentator can say that white can't exchange queens here even though he wants to because of , but the viewer must be able to understand that line to appreciate the game.
1 year 11 months ago
People who compares chess / pòker deserves prison. Its almost like compare books / PC games.
1 year 11 months ago
The whole point of comparing things is that if they are alike there is nothing to actually compare.
The concept of 'compare and contrast' makes it perfectly reasonable to compare poker and chess.
Apples v oranges, a comparison:
Both are:
~ spherical
~ fruits
~ have seeds
~ make juice
~ have sugars
~ have skins
~ grow on trees
and on and on
step outside the mental box you been living in.
Lets be very clear.
Live (incl. unedited) poker is incredibly boring. Hours of seeing no hole cards is mind numbingly dull.
Televised poker were an 8+ hour session is distilled into 40 minutes of highlights for viewing is however very entertaining.
1 year 11 months ago
I see the point and discussions after this games. And I can not blame the two players! But it also depends on to the players! I enjoyed Anand-Kramnik and Anand-Topalov matches so much! And that does not mean Gelfand is the issue! The way Anand plays for couple of months is also not so tempting too. So, no one complained about the games or the system earlier in Topalov-Anand and Kramnik-Anand games. So it is not only about the system or computer-based preps. etc.
1 year 11 months ago
"In general, sponsors are paying the players – but it would be foolish to assume they actually care about the quality of play."
Yep, that's what I always think when people bring out the sponsor argument (oddly often used by chess officials who've made absolutely no attempt to find commercial sponsorship in any case). "Exciting" chess essentially looks exactly the same as "dull" chess to non-chess fans - e.g. http://www.france24.com/en/20120518-chess-contest-becomes-moscows-daily-... (although I think that article gets much better into the spirit of the event than much of the chess press!)
In this case the sponsor is an almost lifelong friend of Gelfand's, so I'm sure he understands what it means to Boris and wouldn't have preferred Anand to have scored a few wins by this stage...
1 year 11 months ago
It's not the players and not the sponsors fault. Moll has a point that there is no real sollution.
But a good step: just abandon the matchformat for a world title. A tournament format would put the players under more pressure to go for a win. In a match, a draw is seldomly a problem. In a tournament it can be.
fe. Four players, 12 rounds. Every player plays the opponents 4 times.
For those of you on the side of "they have a moral duty to entertain us", at what level of play does that duty start? Is a 2600 allowed to think only of his own interests and let the audience be damned? 2750? 2300? Where's the threshold?
´...The fact is that chess will never appeal to people who don't appreciate the intense effort and satisfaction of trying to come up with the right move, even if it's a dull one. This is precisely why chess is such a great game, but it's also precisely the reason why it will never be popular. So let's stop pretending otherwise.´
An excellent point , simply reducing to nonsense all those silly football/boxing parallels and similar ´arguments´ . PS You will make lots of kids angry ;)
I'm glad this article is posted because i think it raises interesting points since there had been a lot of disappointment at the WCh so far
The 2 arguments of the article are that chess needs not be appealing to a wide audience , and that chess should not evolve according to the desires of the majority , but instead according to the desires of the professional players
But IMO this view is not taking into account the promotion of the game and the fact that the less people will watch , the less money chess promoters will be risking to invest for the future
Secondly , this view also does not account the fact that the majority of the people who desire some changes are actually chess players , not necessarily active professional players in majority , but not strangers to the game and its history
If the sport wants to survive and if you want players to make a living out of chess (i'm not talking only about the top 10 players ) , it's crucial to appeal to the majority of the chess players
Thirdly , since a few years , computer preparation has taken a new dimension , with programs that can never be beaten anymore by humans (revolution) , computer prep now goes so deep that it's not uncommon that many games look like a battle of memory rather than creative thinking over the board (players are paid for a performance ) , If even Grandmasters considered introducing Fischer random chess , it means there is some kind of issue surely ?
If we look at the main criticisms and proposals of the audience so far , they all aim to make chess more competitive and alive than it is
- most want a more thorough candidate tournament
- a longer match
- rules to try to limit short draws (or simply scrape the draw offer )
So hardly cataclysmic changes , nor changes that would affect the quality of the games (on the contrary ) , although i would personally support a Bilbao system where making a draw is not a good result because it is worth 3 times less than a victory , so this has direct consequences on how professional players would prepare for a tournament or a match , the choice of openings and strategy and secondly it can have a positive influence on future generations (who will have even stronger and deeper prep ) , since IMHO the challenge in our time is How to keep the "human element" in chess , the doubts , the risks , the creativity , the psychology , how to safeguard this at the highest level whilst keeping the game attractive and exciting , and prevent the game from sinking into anonymity ?
And if we keep the status quo , how would it feel like if in 50 years from now , you would count on the fingers of you hand the GM who would make a living out of chess ?
If we look at all sports , they all evolved and had their rules evolve in modern times after dramatic changes . Chess is still an entertainment from the sponsors point of view , i don't think it's wise to neglect this aspect , the players have short term (results ) and long term interests (make a living of chess ) , but without the sponsors and the audience , even the top professional players are doomed .
1 year 11 months ago
In contrast with most of you i think chess can be popular but it needs some time modificantions. Why not go to a game of 40 moves a hour followed by a qpf of 14'. I remember that in 1972 they even talked about chess games in ordinary pubs!
1 year 11 months ago
To beat Anand, Gelfand should inspire himself with this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuiCB7njZvw&feature=g-vrec
" For those of you on the side of "they have a moral duty to entertain us" "
I don't know anybody who ever claimed that , this is a rethorical trick to caricature those want some changes
What has been raised by many is the need for the format and rules of chess to reflect the modern needs in our 21st century which are threefold :
-need to encourage creative and fighting chess (in the computer age )
- the need to make of this high profile chess events a success ( good prize fund , good organisation , good media coverage , all linked ) , -- the need to keep the chess community united and dynamic to ensure long term viability of the game ( as opposed to what happened in the past where chess world was split , but of course keeping the community united , you need consensual rules )
1 year 11 months ago
12 or 16 Game Match. Only wins count. Winner must have at least 1 win. Ties, both players declared co-champions. Winner(s) has to go thru candidates process and at least qualify in order to defend. If no qualification, top two candidate qualifiers play for championship.
" In general, sponsors are paying the players... They care about exposure of their brand or, in some cases, their own egos."
If no-one is watching a tournament sponsored by such companies/individuals, brand exposure and ego inflation will be zero and so even that sponsorship will decline or disappear. That would be very dangerous for professional chess.
"In the end, the problem seems impossible to solve."
So you've given up on the popularisation of chess then. It's not clear to me after reading the article why such a defeatist piece was posted. I myself am a little more bullish of chess and its ability to become more popular. A change in attitudes would help and it seems you're unwilling to adapt or compromise at all to see changes in chess to try and address this issue.
You're right on one thing though - it's not the players responsibility to make chess exciting. The accountability for that belongs to the administrators of the game.
1 year 11 months ago
People need to remember that the previous three WC matches were all compelling fights over-the-board, even Elista. Give Anand and Topalov special credit for Sofia 2010. Toward that end I agree with Kasparov, except for preferring the "Non-Random" version where players initially alternate putting pieces behind their pawns one at a time, which gives Black a little help by committing last. This basically marries Bronstein's "baseline chess" with Fischer's castling rule, and is described under those terms on Hans Bodlaender's "Chess Variants" website.
It's not the problem of chess. It's the new generation of 'fans'. Their definition of spectacular play is different.
A game is spectacular if it has inaccuracies. People follow a game online and watch the evaluation. They want to know the winning move and check if the GM finds it at the board. Plus, they like to see blood and sweat. Decisive results and long thinking times - to make sure the players are Human. They also want to know who is the 'best'.
This WCh is not giving them this kind of satisfaction.
A different kind of chess fan used to form the majority in the past. One who would follow the game over the board, at home, when he got the newspaper or magazine where the game was published. He would maybe analyze the game himself, try to guess the moves. The joy was in trying to understand the thinking of GMs. Maybe go to your club and employ some idea you've just learned.
Chess is a beautiful game. Please, let's not forget that!
Good post , indeed Chess is a wonderful game as it is , the current rules works well when both players show exceptional fighting spirit like we've seen in the previous Wch since Elista (and perhaps we'll see it in the last games of the Gelfand-Anand match as well )
But i also believe chess can get bigger in term of exposition and popularity , and even if we don't change the rules , we have to encourage this fighting spirit at the board somehow IMHO
The issue is not so much its popularity, but when will chess be "played out". This, of course, will only impact professional level chess, not amateur chess.
Not really. If the game becomes mathematically solved, the multitude of branches such a solution must have, would make it impractical to actually learn every move. People will know some lines very well, but can still be surprised and then would have to react on their own.
In fact, it is not much different from the point where we are today.
For example, the King's Gambit has been 'played out'. But, I can still play it and so can Vishy, even against Gelfand, as long as Gelfand is surprised and hasn't memorized the complicated lines. At some point, Gelfand would start making moves on his own. The reason why Anand doesn't play the KG is that Gelfand is probably strong enough to find the best moves on his own.
But anyway, chess between humans will always be a relevant and worthwhile activity.
Paul Janse
1 year 11 months ago
The King's Gambit has not been 'played out'. That was a brilliant April Fool's day hoax by ChessBase.
cip wrote:
"If the game becomes mathematically solved, the multitude of branches such a solution must have, would make it impractical to actually learn every move."
Chess will never be 'solved' in the same sense that checkers is solved, and chess endgames are solved with tablebases.
But before the year 2100 I suspect that more complex approaches will be developed to "solve" chess.
For example, it might become possible to prove, almost Monte Carlo style, that entire classes of dull queenless positions have no variations that can force either color into a losing endgame position.
Practical certainty might be achieveable algorithmically, without having every best move stored in a ginormous database.
1 year 11 months ago
There seems to be some gaps in the logic here.
Sponsors will flock to any event that is followed by a large number of people. Does this not imply that it is in the interests of everybody involved in chess to generate some excitement about the game? How can you generate any excitement if you keep making short draws?
1 year 11 months ago
If not even the greatests enthusiasts of the game consider this match a duel between the best players of this game, why would someone else give a flying pawn about it?
because these two worked hard and fought through what I would consider epic opposition to get there...
1 year 11 months ago
Great article!! Thank you!
Dilution of arts and sports is a trend seen everywhere; the audience gets dumber causing the art/sport to go dumber.
Greater the need for intellect, the more the dilution.
Thus we see T20 in cricket becoming popular, and test cricket disappearing; F1 has been diluted to remove most strategies; we can see similar trends in music and arts as well...
The Anand-Topalov match which was very "popular" was clearly of inferior quality (as is also said by elite players like Aronian).
If you want excitement visit your nearest club; the WCC is not the place for you.
Gelfand's comment on ratings is also very relevant here (but seems to have gotten less attention).
1 year 11 months ago
Elite match play in the computer database era, especially with certain personalities, is more likely to produce boring chess than 20 years ago? Why? The fight, except for a few feints, mostly begins 15-20 moves into the game, usually in a calibrated position, where with conservative styles, not much is gambled. I would much rather see the fight at move 1 with a Fischer-Random match, although I also prefer a tournament world championship format with regular chess which would reward energetic play.
I would be more willing to accept the validity of a result from a 12-game FR match between these two, than to see who can outprep whom in one game.
1 year 11 months ago
If I were an organizer, I would organize a Wijk aan Zee-like event with RandomChess at Classical time control. Invite the top 10 in the world and see how it fairs.
RandomMan wrote:
"If I were an organizer, I would organize a Wijk aan Zee-like event with RandomChess at Classical time control. Invite the top 10 in the world and see how it fairs."
I say - Discard the "Random" from Fischer Random Chess!
Pick exactly one new start setup from chess960, then stick with it for a couple decades.
Let us watch as a new MCO of opening theory grows from infancy to maturity.
Heck, let us all contribute, with each of us having a chance to invent a new opening or early opening phase variation.
The "LetsCheck" feature of the latest Fritz would assist this situation astonishingly well.
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