TheMouse wrote:
I think Gelfand will beat Grischuk, and Carlsen plays Anand in a WC match.
wrong
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May 20, 2011
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#223
TheMouse wrote:
I think Gelfand will beat Grischuk, and Carlsen plays Anand in a WC match.
I think you're wrong.
May 20, 2011
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#224
Fezzik wrote:
Right now (~move 30 of game 2) it looks like Grischuk has an advantage. (B+N vs R+P, with Gelfand's R@f4 being horribly misplaced). But this at least is a 6 game match which should favor the stronger candidate.
Grischuk is a fantastic player when the material and position is unbalanced.
I would be so scared to have my rook stuck there! It's like a slow constriction going on.
@steinar--I think you've called it correctly--what a game! Tal would be proud of this one.
May 20, 2011
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#226
TheMouse wrote:
pdela wrote:
TheMouse wrote:
I think Gelfand will beat Grischuk, and Carlsen plays Anand in a WC match.
wrong
nobody will fund a grischuck vs anand or gelfand vs anand match. like in 2000 when kramnik played kasparov despite shirov winning the match vs kramnik earlier
Somebody will. Things were different back then, Kasparov had his own federation and he wasn't easy to negotiate as usual, and there were no regular cycles carried out by a single governing body. Besides, why would a match between Carlsen and Anand be more significant? Carlsen didn't even bother to fight for the right to challenge Anand.
...because Carlsen is a very popular and talented player, has achieved the second highest rating in history, etc. whereas Grischuk, he has shown that he can win a blitz game.
May 20, 2011
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#228
philidor_position wrote:
TheMouse wrote:
I think Gelfand will beat Grischuk, and Carlsen plays Anand in a WC match.
I think you're wrong.
we agree
May 20, 2011
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#229
OK that makes sense but he also held his own in 4 games against Kramnik, and quitting the cycle is worse than offering draws at move 8 in my opinion.
May 20, 2011
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#230
pdela wrote:
philidor_position wrote:
TheMouse wrote:
I think Gelfand will beat Grischuk, and Carlsen plays Anand in a WC match.
I think you're wrong.
we agree
I agree
philidor_position wrote:
OK that makes sense but he also held his own in 4 games against Kramnik, and quitting the cycle is worse than offering draws at move 8 in my opinion.
I doubt that there will actually be such shenanigans as a Carlsen-Anand final unless there is a prolonged debate. Carlsen did skip the cycle and it would not be fitting for him to just get a free pass, but Grischuk hasn't proven that he is a real contender; he needs to do better than hold his own in the final.
May 20, 2011
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#232
We've reached time-control, and I have no idea whether Grischuk will win this, or will Gelfand draw. Excellent game!
May 20, 2011
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#233
Yes, I think the next cycle should include 6 slow games + 4 rapids + longer blitz matches (at least 4 games) and for the final, 8 slow games + the same.
May 20, 2011
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#234
Draw! Good game! At one point, if Grischuk made a3, it looked even more difficult for Gelfand to hold a draw than the line Grischuk had taken. But, these guys have superb defensive skills! A really good match thus far. (And worth waking up in the morning
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May 20, 2011
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#235
Fezzik wrote:
True, trysts, but the GMs at ICC believed that even after a3, White could draw.
Oh, you were watching it at ICC. Which grandmasters were commenting over there?
May 21, 2011
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#236
Wow, Fezzik's comments are gone from this thread. I guess that means his account is closed
Right now we are on move twelve of the third game of the Candidates final today, and it's already interesting! So I'm going to get a cup of hot chocolate soy milk, and a crumpet for this one
May 21, 2011
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#239
pdela wrote:
gelfand will suffer again
Hi pdela! It's an interesting opening they're playing today
I bet Grischuk all the way.