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Pellucidity, May 13 2009
Dear Teamliquidians. The M-Tel MASTERS is upon us (http://www.mtelmasters09.com). The M-tell MASTERS is currently one of the biggest chess tournaments in the world and it's held over the course of ten days (so plenty of time to enjoy ourselves).
Participants are none other than ; Topalov (2812) Carlsen (2770) Ivanchuk (2746) Shirov (2745) Wang (2738) Dominguez (2721)
For more information be sure to check the site. The first game between Topalov and Carlsen is about to start (http://www.mtelmasters09.com/en/live.html for a live feed). Enjoy watching
Results : + Show Spoiler [Results of Round 1] + + Show Spoiler [Magnus Carlsen (2770) - Veselin Topalo…] + 1-0. Carlsen crushed Topalov and forced him to resign after only 36 moves. Topalov is statistically the strongest player at the tournament and Carlsen the second strongest. After this convincing victory I am inclined to believe Carlsen is going to win the entire tournament. [Event "M-Tel Masters 2009"] [Site "?"] [Date "2009.05.13"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1-0"] [BlackElo "2812"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2770"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. e4 O-O 12. e5 Qe7 13. Qe2 b5 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. Be4 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Rab8 17. Rfd1 a6 18. h4 Ba8 19. Rc2 Rdc8 20. Rdc1 Qf8 21. a4 c5 22. axb5 cxd4 23. Nxd4 Bxe4 24. Nxe4 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 axb5 26. Nc6 Rb6 27. f4 Qa8 28. Ne7+ Kh7 29. h5 Ra6 30. hxg6+ fxg6 31. Rc7 Ra1+ 32. Kf2 Qd8 33. Qd3 Qxe7 34. Rxd7 Qh4+ 35. Kf3 Qh5+ 36. Kg3 1-0
+ Show Spoiler [Vassily Ivanchuk (2746) - Alexei Shiro…] + 0 - 1. Shirov won by Resignation after 24 moves. [Event "M-Tel Masters 2009"] [Site "?"] [Date "2009.05.13"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "0-1"] [BlackElo "2745"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2746"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Be3 Nc6 11. O-O Rac8 12. b3 e6 13. Rc1 Rfd8 14. Qd2 d5 15. exd5 exd5 16. c5 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Ne4 18. Qe3 Nxc5 19. Rcd1 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Qc6 21. Ne2 Ne6 22. Rd2 d4 23. Nxd4 Qb6 24. Rfd1 Rd5 0-1
+ Show Spoiler [Yue Wang (2738) - Domingues Perez Lein…] + 1/2 - 1/2. [Event "M-Tel Masters 2009"] [Site "?"] [Date "2009.05.13"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Wang, Yue"] [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [BlackElo "2721"] [ECO "D82"] [WhiteElo "2738"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. Nge2 Qxc5 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. Nb5 Qh5 12. Ng3 Qh4 13. Nc7 e5 14. Bg5 Qxg5 15. h4 Qg4 16. Nxa8 e4 17. Nc7 Na5 18. Qb5 Nxc4 19. Qxc4 Bd7 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Qxd5 Bxb2 22. Rc2 Bc6 23. Qg5 Qxg5 24. hxg5 Be5 25. Ne2 Rd8 26. Rd2 Re8 27. O-O Kg7 28. Rc1 h6 29. Nd4 Bxd4 30. gxh6+ Kxh6 31. exd4 Rd8 32. a3 f5 33. g3 Bd5 34. Kf1 g5 35. Ke2 Kg6 36. Rdc2 Bc6 37. Ke3 Kh5 38. Rc5 Bd5 39. Ra5 Kg4 40. Rcc5 Be6 41. Rxa7 b6 42. Rc1 Bd5 43. Rg7 Ra8 44. Rc3 Ra4 45. Rg6 b5 46. Rf6 Bc4 47. Rd6 Bd3 48. f4 Kxg3 49. Rg6 g4 50. d5 b4 51. axb4 Ra2 52. d6 Bb5 53. Rg7 Re2+ 54. Kd4+ Kxf4 55. Kc5 Rd2 56. Kxb5 Rxd6 57. Rc1 Re6 58. Rf1+ Kg3 59. Rf7 Re5+ 60. Kc4 e3 61. R7xf5 Rxf5 62. Rxf5 e2 63. Re5 Kf2 64. b5 e1=Q 65. Rxe1 1/2-1/2
    
Pellucidity, Nov 06 2008
I, like many other people on IRC, am watching the WCG opening ceremony (Oh it's over now, thank god.). If you do NOT want your view on esports (and especially the wcg, assuming it is fairly positive right now) changed, DO NOT WATCH IT.
The horror that has come before me has ruined me. I am no longer innocent. I am going to set myself on fire. Please.. don't watch it ;_; I love you all too much for you to be scarred like this.
For those who want to know what happened, but are too frightened to actually watch the opening ceremony + Show Spoiler + . It starts with epic fail by the commentators who for some reason can't distinguish flags and a black man that says hello 78 times. It is briefly followed by a video of Cologne, showing completely irrelevant things,a speech from the president of Samsung electronics (which I suppose wasn't that bad), a speech by the mayor of cologne trying to pimp out Cologne for more events and an opera singer who has clearly never even bothered to read the lyrics, singing Beyond the Game, and last but not least, a virtual torch getting on stage and some failure fireworks.
    
Pellucidity, Sep 19 2008
Dear silly people.
It has come to my attention that I could quite possibly have diabetes (I'll know whether I have it or not on monday). And this got me thinking, naturally I giggled at this dish of own mother nature has presented me with and I decided to take over the roll of "God" and create my own disease (Starcraft related, of course).
SSO Starcraft Stress Disorder
What is SSO? SSO is a disease that causes the unfortunate victim to ruin his or her life in order to play and/or follow Starcraft (Watch and play Koreans). It keeps people up until early in the morning or even afternoon, thus causing them to miss out on the better things in life.
What are the symptoms? Symptoms include, but are not limited to ; -Insomnia -Erectile Disfunction (But only when people like Rock are playing) -Fanboyism -Spontaneous combustion -Blindness
Special note ; Be very aware of what race your friend plays, Homocide and Suicide are far more common among Protoss players
How do I cure it? Unfortunately there is no cure, one can battle the symptoms but a cure has yet to be created. The disease transfers sexually, so be sure to practise safe sex.
Dr. Pellucidity
Needless to say I amused myself to no end, and I invite you all to create your own starcraft related disease. It should include a name, an explanation as to what it is, symptoms, and a cure (if any). Have at it, my minions!
P.S. Oh noes I have SSO ;_;
    
Pellucidity, Sep 04 2008
G is for the great times we had A is for all the times we cried E is for Estro, the team you adore T is for Tiny, which is what you are E is for English, the language we both speak L is for the love that we share E is for Eternal, just me and you
I love you Gaetele ;_; this poem took me a good six seconds to write, I NEED YOU. UNIGNORE ME PLEASE ;_;
    
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