Rapid Chess at Odessa
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(25) Morozevich,A (2733) - Radjabov,T (2729) [b30]
ACP World Cup Odessa (2), 07.01.2007
Here, one of the strongest players in the World now played b5??, dropping his Rook on c5.
Here's a short game from the same event:
(2) Leko,P (2749) - Sokolov,I (2652) [C64]
ACP World Cup Odessa (1), 05.01.2007
[pgn]1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.c3 f5 5.d4 fxe4 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Nxe5 Qd5 8.0-0 Nf6 9.Bf4 Bd6 10.c4 Qe6 11.c5 Be7 12.Nc3 Qf5 13.Bg3 Be6 14.f3 exf3 15.Rxf3 Qh5 16.Qe2 Bf5 17.Raf1 g6 18.Qc4 Rf8 19.d5 Nd7 20.Nxd7 Bxd7 21.d6 1-0[/pgn]
What are these rapid chess tournaments good for? do they have to do more with chess or with lottery or the physical ability to move your pieces faster, doesn't matter where? Do the games played in these tournaments belong to a museum of chess blunders?
Maybe rapid chess is just that: FUN to watch, but little else. 
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