Who Will Dethrone Magnus When the Time Comes?

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Smellfungus

Well, it's unlikely Carlsen will lose if he's on form, but even Magnus can have an off period (cold, death in the family, jilted by his girl, etc.) and remember the match is only 12 games...so it's possible that any of the top 5 guys could win the title. Statistically he would have a lock for years if the WC Match were 24 games, but hard to keep interest up these days for a 24 game match, and these guys would want at least 2 or 3 million to play that long. 

camberfoil
varelse1 wrote:

Justin Bieber.

Justin Bieber pwns EVERTHING, punks!

No. Just no.

mike_tal

Too early to tell

fabelhaft

"Now that he is more familiar with Carlsen's style and knows "what he's made of", if you will, he may be able to usurp his throne come November"

They had played each other for many years before the first title match, so is not as if Anand hasn't been familiar with Carlsen's style for a very long time.

varelse1

913Glorax12 wrote:

A dog will beat him

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A dog named Koco?

Pulpofeira
paulafsil escribió:
Superqueen500 wrote:
TheRocketKing wrote:

caruana or aronian

LOOOOOOOOL Aronian? I'm sorry to inform you that you are mentally challenged. Anand has more of a chance than him. The idea of Aronian beating Carlsen in a set of matches is completely absurd. Do you even think he's going to make it past the candidates? He chokes every time he plays a big tournament. Aronian ONLY plays Carlsen to DRAW or LOSE. There's no fire between them. Aronian's score against Carlsen for the past few years is terrible. Carlsen - Aronian matches aren't a back and forth like Carlsen - Caruana. Even if Carlsen wins more often than Caruana does, Caruana still has a chance, whereas Aronian just can't win. When he gets an advantage he chokes like a patzer because he's a coward.

And I thought I was a fan of magnus...

But she also hates Aronian. Because he's a coward, and was punched once, I think.

JamieDelarosa
smaug_check wrote:

Magnus Carlsen is now the face of chess abroad. Highest rating , world championship, very young. But no one is invcincible. Who will rise up?

#gonakamura

The Ghost of Bobby Fischer

varelse1

Smellfungus wrote:

Well, it's unlikely Carlsen will lose if he's on form, but even Magnus can have an off period (cold, death in the family, jilted by his girl, etc.) and remember the match is only 12 games...so it's possible that any of the top 5 guys could win the title. Statistically he would have a lock for years if the WC Match were 24 games, but hard to keep interest up these days for a 24 game match, and these guys would want at least 2 or 3 million to play that long. 

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Plus, they now hold the WCC every year. Which makes it more likely mistakes can happen.

So who knows? Maybe Carlsen will be another "Part-time Champion" like Botvinik was.

TheRocketKing
Superqueen500 wrote:
TheRocketKing wrote:

caruana or aronian

LOOOOOOOOL Aronian? I'm sorry to inform you that you are mentally challenged. Anand has more of a chance than him. The idea of Aronian beating Carlsen in a set of matches is completely absurd. Do you even think he's going to make it past the candidates? He chokes every time he plays a big tournament. Aronian ONLY plays Carlsen to DRAW or LOSE. There's no fire between them. Aronian's score against Carlsen for the past few years is terrible. Carlsen - Aronian matches aren't a back and forth like Carlsen - Caruana. Even if Carlsen wins more often than Caruana does, Caruana still has a chance, whereas Aronian just can't win. When he gets an advantage he chokes like a patzer because he's a coward.

lol you are retarded stupid wapanese or whatever you are, stop embarassing yourself by going to those cosplays stupid

Pulpofeira

Armenians are no more what they used to be. Danny dares to punch Petrosian, and Rona crushes him like a bug.

JustinJ_FairfieldU
Superqueen500 wrote:
TheRocketKing wrote:

caruana or aronian

LOOOOOOOOL Aronian? I'm sorry to inform you that you are mentally challenged. Anand has more of a chance than him. The idea of Aronian beating Carlsen in a set of matches is completely absurd. Do you even think he's going to make it past the candidates? He chokes every time he plays a big tournament. Aronian ONLY plays Carlsen to DRAW or LOSE. There's no fire between them. Aronian's score against Carlsen for the past few years is terrible. Carlsen - Aronian matches aren't a back and forth like Carlsen - Caruana. Even if Carlsen wins more often than Caruana does, Caruana still has a chance, whereas Aronian just can't win. When he gets an advantage he chokes like a patzer because he's a coward.

Well if you look at the match scores Caruana doesn't do much better than Aronian.  But I agree that neither of them stand a chance against Carlsen. Carlsen is far and away the best player today. 

HitDaResign

NOONE

skullyvick

I hope it's soon... Carlsen's games are grind out BORING... brilliancies out of Norway are not coming any day too soon! Anand is getting a little long in the tooth as GM's go. Where are guys like Fischer and Kasparov when chess really needs some excitement? Excitement could be a Tal order!

camberfoil

I agree.

Wayward_son

Andrei Volokitin might dethrown Carlsen if he ever gets to play a match against him.  +4 -0 =2 record.

WanderingPuppet

Kirsan when he proclaims himself or one of his alien friends WC.

camberfoil

So true, so true

losingmove

Caruana is looking good...well that's an understatement...hasn't he just won 7 games in a row against a top field?

DLin2013

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5Bq8kQDZ3w

chessBBQ

Gentleman,Caruana is a storm !

Sinquefield should just organize Carlsen-Caruana  match ASAP.Forget the Anand match.Maybe they could get private sponsors like the olden days of chess.