[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: ChessBase articles of interest: Anand on Humpy Koneru and the Rybka-Milov match

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
ChessBase articles of interest: Anand on Humpy Koneru and the Rybka-Milov match
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1222399680.shtml


   Both are interesting and worth your time. [1]One article takes a look
   back at Indian GM Humpy Koneru's tough semi-final loss to Hou Yifan at
   the recently completed women's world championship. What went wrong?
   Some possible answers are floated by the author, but I think Anand's
   very gracious comments at the end will probably prove the best balm
   for Humpy's heartbreak.
   [2]The second article recaps another Rybka odds match, this time
   against 2705-rated Swiss GM Vadim Milov. Milov won 4.5-3.5 overall,
   going .5-1.5 in the two games where the only handicap was his having
   White; going 1.5-.5 when he had pawn and move; and scoring 2.5-1.5
   with exchange odds. It was a good match, especially since Milov did a
   nice job of avoiding a common pitfall against the computer, to wit,
   accidental self-destruction. (The games are [3]here, on the ChessBase
   site.)

References

   1. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4922
   2. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4919
   3. http://www.chessbase.com/news/2008/games/rybka03.htm