Author: John Merlino
Date: 13:31:01 01/16/06
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On January 16, 2006 at 16:01:38, Mark Ryan wrote: >On January 16, 2006 at 14:15:30, John Merlino wrote: > >>On January 16, 2006 at 10:10:35, Jorge Pichard wrote: >> >>>Why doesn't Van Wely belongs in Grandmaster Group B, there are player a little >>>stronger than him in Group B. >>> >>>http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2866 >> >>And where is Judit Polgar, the #14 player in the world according to FIDE >>ratings? Shouldn't she be in the A group? >> >>Or is Wijk aan Zee intentionally a men's tournament? >> >>jm > >It cannot be a men's tournament, because Kateryna Lahno and Koneru Humpy are >playing (in Group B). My guess is that Judit was not available. I guess so, but it's surprising to have those two in Group B, as their ratings don't even justify them being in Group C! I suppose I can understand Humpy being there, if Judit was not available, because Humpy is the #2 woman. But they are both the two lowest rated players in Group B, and there are even three players in Group C that are rated higher than they are. And, on a side note, I wish Korchnoi was there. He's only a few rating points away from STILL being in the FIDE top 100, and he turns 75 in March! Incredible! jm
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