This is the last classical game of the Candidates. We are at move 24, and everyone is saying 24.e4 is a devastating move for Grischuk to deal with. I don't think it's all that scary, but we do have ourselves a very good chess game here!
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May 25, 2011
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May 25, 2011
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Stockfish evaluates Gelfand's position as +1.61 at least! If you've been watching the last three games, that is pretty much the highest evaluation we've seen the whole match for Gelfand! Could this be the game that sends Gelfand to a title match?
May 25, 2011
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I hope so!
trysts wrote:
Stockfish evaluates Gelfand's position as +1.61 at least! If you've been watching the last three games, that is pretty much the highest evaluation we've seen the whole match for Gelfand! Could this be the game that sends Gelfand to a title match?
May 25, 2011
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#325
Yes. It's not looking good for Grischuk. He has less than six minutes for over ten moves, in a difficult position. This could be it!
May 25, 2011
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#326
Yay, he has a good score according to the engine now, I CERTAINLY hope he delivers the win, especially in classical games! GO GELFAND!!!
May 25, 2011
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#327
Finally someone will put an end to Grischuk's "pull the opponent into blitz and win" strategy!
He did it!
May 25, 2011
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#330
Wow! I mean, WOW!!
It will be Anand against Gelfand for the World Chess Championship!!!!
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Gelfand's win = shining moment of the candidates matches.
May 25, 2011
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trysts wrote:
Wow! I mean, WOW!!
It will be Anand against Gelfand for the World Chess Championship!!!!
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Much as I like Gelfand, I can't see him beating Anand. However, I'm pretty sure we'll have a match played in a good spirit, free of some of the accusations and idiocy of recent years.
May 25, 2011
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A great way to end a somewhat boring and monotonous tournament. Boris has a little bit less than a year to get ready for the Championship match but it won't change the fact that Anand will lay the SmackDown on him. 
-Mark
May 25, 2011
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NickYoung5 wrote:
trysts wrote:
Wow! I mean, WOW!!
It will be Anand against Gelfand for the World Chess Championship!!!!
This thread was sponsored by coffee! I want to thank all the viewers here for tuning in to the Candidates Matches: Live from my House
Thankyou for hosting!
Much as I like Gelfand, I can't see him beating Anand. However, I'm pretty sure we'll have a match played in a good spirit, free of some of the accusations and idiocy of recent years.
Thank you for reading, NY5!
May 25, 2011
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May 25, 2011
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#336
He did it, yes! This made me laugh cheerfully in this otherwise crappy day. Kudos and thanks to Gelfand, he had shared 2nd place at mexico championship with Kramnik, and achieved his spot in the candidates by a great performance in the world cup, he played the most interesting game (rook against pawns), he made the most interesting novelty (b5), he mostly played uncompromisingly, he definitely deserved this.
It would really really eat me up inside if I would see Grischuk once again offering draws with white before move 15 against Anand. Congratulations to Gelfand!!!
May 25, 2011
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Indeed! Gelfand shocked the world today, and after two decades has his chance for the title. Well deserved!
Very interesting and exciting Game was today.
Very nice game, Gelfand was very good and it looked like he didn't risk a lot, he looked always in control in this game.
Now let's see if he can pull off another upset against Anand, even though it will be very difficult. I agree with Philidor, he deserved it all the way!
if they carry any games, which is very unlikely at this point, it'll be mentioned on the TV Page or they'll message me about it and then announced in the Official Chess.com/TV Group. I will also mention it in my blog series about this event if they do cover the last game or the tie-breakers.
-Mark