Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 21:57:14 06/19/05
Kortchnoi leads at Super-GM in Paks 20.06.2005 He is fifty years older than the average of the other participants, and older that than almost any three opponents you pick from the field. But Viktor Kortchnoi is the driving force at the Super-GM tournament in Paks, Hungary. With 5½/7 points he is poised to chalk up another great victory. The hero of the event is 74-year-old Viktor Kortchnoi, who is outplaying his young and super-strong opponents as if they were students of his master-class. Not springing novelties on them, or whipping them with flashy tactics, but by grinding them down, slowly pushing them off the board with superiour chess understanding. We can envision someone like 24-year-old Peter Acs making a mental note: "Never allow a rook ending against this man – he wins them all." Full Story... http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2460 Terry
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