Grischuk game at the Olympiads - Round 6
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Aug 8, 2014
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IMO, all the top 10 players are fairly equal, and all of them can beat each other. Almost nothing seperates them.
EXCEPT Carlsen. He is in a league of his own. He is super strong. Look at his game against Caruana earlier. He just played a weak opening, was slightly worse, and just waited for Caruana to make errors, which Caruana obliged. For Carlsen to lose, it will be headlines.
Caruana could have just played to draw, I suppose....but brings me back to my point, it takes something extraordinary to beat Carlsen.
Aug 8, 2014
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Debistro wrote:
IMO, all the top 10 players are fairly equal, and all of them can beat each other. Almost nothing seperates them.
EXCEPT Carlsen. He is in a league of his own. He is super strong. Look at his game against Caruana earlier. He just played a weak opening, was slightly worse, and just waited for Caruana to make errors, which Caruana obliged. For Carlsen to lose, it will be headlines.
Caruana could have just played to draw, I suppose....but brings me back to my point, it takes something extraordinary to beat Carlsen.
I think Carlsen offered draw at some point.
Anyway, I'm not a fan of Carlsen, hardly ever he tries to go for the game, just move around till the opponent makes mistakes and capitalize them. I don't usually find his games exciting
Grischuk may well achieve 2800+ rating as well, but I still would not consider him, Caruana, and Aronian as rock solid 2800s.
Kasparov and Carlsen are rock solid examples of 2800s.
How I wish for peak Kasaparov vs Carlsen match (a dream match). Kasparov is the only one whose style and precision in attacking could/may well rock Carlsen's boat.
Aug 8, 2014
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Debistro wrote:
How I wish for peak Kasaparov vs Carlsen match (a dream match). Kasparov is the only one whose style and precision in attacking could/may well rock Carlsen's boat.
Kasparov might be a bit past his best-before date, by now, though.
Fabulous game there by Griswold! Loved it, thanks spudela!
Are we going to get analysis from the banana ?
Aug 8, 2014
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Chris-de-Burger wrote:
Fabulous game there by Griswold! Loved it, thanks spudela!
Are we going to get analysis from the banana ?
spudela?
centipede has quite an obsesion with bananas, sausages and so...
but it would be would if he provides analysis
Aug 8, 2014
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pdela wrote:
centipede has quite an obsesion with bananas, sausages and so...
Clearly an example of Freudian symbolism.
Oops typo on pdela! Sorry about that cupcakes.
There's a picture of a banana flashing a strawberry & pear but I can't get it to load on here for some reason. Now THAT'S Freudian symbolism
Aug 8, 2014
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@Centipede:
You do realize that according to the TOS (Terms of Service) agreement you signed when creating your account, spamming unrelated images into random threads is a banning offence?
I'm sure it's entertaining for you... right up until the Moderators lose patience and delete the account.
Just a tip. I'm not a Mod (on this forum, anyway) so it means nothing to me either way.
Yep, that's the one!! But ya gotta admit though, that one is freakin hilarious. Amirite?