Well, today was eye surgery day, and in the estimation of the surgeon I underwent a "perfect procedure." There will be several weeks of daily eye drops and frequent vision checks, because the condition I have, macular puckering, remedies itself gradually following the operation. My doctor said that he has every reason to believe that nearly 100% of my previous eyesight will be restored. I am very happy with the care I received and I want to thank those readers and friends who sent their good wishes along for me.
As an American, I hope for the best results from our two representatives at the Tata Steel chess tournament in Holland. Gata Kamsky has an equal score and Hikaru Nakamura is at +1, so these two players are not making fools of themselves, but they are also not quite in the same league as the current tournament leader, GM Levon Aronian, who is on +5 with only a loss to Magnus Carlsen marring an otherwise undefeated record. Chessbase.com is reporting that Aronian's performance rating is 2944 so far, with three rounds to go. His remaining games are against GM Radjabov, currently in 4th place, GM Gelfand (currently at -2), and tail ender GM Daniel Navarra, who is on -5. Second place in the "A" event is held down by GM Ivanchuk, currently undefeated and trailing Aronian by a full point, while Carlsen and Radjabov share 3rd and 4th places, 1.5 points behind the leader. It's quite likely that Aronian will win this tournament going away.
While the chess world (appropriate) lauds the skills of GM Carlsen and awaits the upcoming championship match between GM Gelfand and current World Champion Anand, one might wonder who exactly is Levon Aronian and what is his chess all about. He is rated 2805, which is clearly in the "Super-GM" range, and he is clearly one of the up and coming talents in international chess. Honestly, I don't know much about this player and want to find out more abut him. If any readers out there can pint me in the direction of articles about GM Aronian or books about him, I will greatly appreciate it.
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6 comments:
Yahoo! You survived surgery! :-)
Hope recovery goes fast and well.
I will have my surgery tomorow. Not looking forward to it but since I will be fully asleep it will be all over before I know it.
Since its at an ackward place, tailbone (or how do one call that in decent english) I will be probably a week at home since I will not be able to sit properly.
For more information about Levon you can start here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levon_Aronian
Wishing you all the best as you recover from your surgery!
I do know he looks like Mr. Tumnus ... http://rockyrook.blogspot.com/2009/02/chess-player-look-likes-tumnus-aronian.html
:-)
chesstiger: Best wishes for your surgical procedure, too. "Tailbone" is perfectly fine and decent. I hope all goes well. :)
apollo17: Thank you! Already noticing a reduction in those annoying "floaters" in my field of vision.
Rocky: That's funny! (He does!!) Thanks for the link.
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