Re Pfren's post. I found my self a bit irritated at his "exactly zero" pronouncement regarding Naka's chances. I think that when a titled player comes along and says something like that it really would be nice if he could offer some sort of explanation. Otherwise he just sounds like some know nothing class D player who's just a Carlsen "fanboy". Not that I mind people being "fanboys" for whoever they like but it was a silly over the top comment. Obviously Naka's chances wouldn't be "exactly zero". Even my chances wouldn't be "exactly zero". There are a lot of ways to win a match, your opponent having a fatal heart attack during the event being just one example of a way anyone might win an "unwinnable" match. That said the point that has been made by a few people regarding how Fischer had zero wins against Spassky and Alekhine zero against Capa before their matches speaks directly to the issue. Both of these players, Carlsen and Naka, are young men with unbelievable talent and who is to say what might happen as time goes on. Frankley after reading many of Pfren's comments over the years I expect better from him...
Nakamura, The Future World CHamp??
Pfren has never spoken well of Naka. Not sure why. Am thinking he may have ,met him.
Still, that's pretty good, Naka breaking into the top three. I was begining to think Carlsen, Aronian, and Kramnik were glued there.
Pfren has never spoken well of Naka. Not sure why. Am thinking he may have ,met him.
It's not that, but rather Nakamura's "semi-dubious" style has usually met with disaster when playing Carlsen. He just doesn't match up well against him because Carlsen is simply the best probably ever at jumping on inaccuracies. Another player that has Nakamura's number is Svidler. I don't think Nakamura has ever beaten him either, and has several losses.
According TO me, The Reason NAka HAs nt BEen able to beat carlsen till now is perhaps CArlsen Positional Style Which never suits A player OF NAka's PSychology !
I think Nakamura was intimidated and didnt feel like he could defeat carlsen earlier. I think he's now come to the conclusion that if he doesn't defeat carlsen no one else will, and that if he doesn't try he's giving away an era of chess to Carlsen's dominance. I think he's gotten even more serious about improving and is focusing his energies on getting to where he can finally defeat Carlsen.
Kramnik about Nakamura as world champion
"Nakamura can be world champion if all us others stopped to play chess!"
Thats funny because Nakamura owns Kramnik and just passed him by in ratings.
vill0236 wrote:
Kramnik about Nakamura as world champion
"Nakamura can be world champion if all us others stopped to play chess!"
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I just lost all respect for Kramnik.
Link for quote, that doesn't sound like Vlad at all.
Reduce the match time controls to 25 minutes. Then it's Nakamura all the way!
He thinks like a runaway train.
Carlsen has the highest elo also in rapids time control, followed by Grischuk.
Rapids Elo:
Carlsen 2845
Grischuk 2828
Nakamura 2812
Aronian 2797
Anand 2794
Kramnik 2777
Topalov 2772
Naka can win the FIDE WCC in knock-out format.
In knock-out format, the winner is usually not the highest rated player. Khalifman and Ponomariov become world champion although not among the top 10 in ratings. Carlsen most probably won't even participate.
Naka can win the FIDE WCC in knock-out format.
He was eliminated in the World Cup this year by Korobov (2713) in 4th round.
Naka can win the FIDE WCC in knock-out format.
He was eliminated in the World Cup this year by Korobov (2713) in 4th round.
True. However, Anton Korobov is an extremely strong player, with excellent theoretical background, but he's not really interested following a professional chess career. His knowledge of the game is quite certainly deeper than Naka's.
I can also mention Volodya Malakhov, who is a genius, but he has classified chess as his second priority for some ten years (he is a nuclear engineer by profession). The last couple of years, he has returned to competitive chess, and currently he has a damn respectable rating (2713)- but it's quite unclear if he wants to pursue a professional chess career.
you guys are all quite irritating and make not more that silly claims taken advantage of the incidental fact that American Naka is currently number 3 to say he is the only one that can avoid a Carlsen era ( he is not qualified for the candidates can you delay the multiple threads on Naka chances to be WC). Azeri player Rabjadov was #3 for long time and over 2800 and there were not multiple threads on him being WC (with reason), Aronian had been #2 and 2800+ for long time and keeps the good performances, Caruana reached 2800, Grischuck surpassed Kramnik at live ratings, Karjakin got the spot to Candidates this year because of Rating average (being younger that Naka)... However is Naka, Naka, Naka all the time ... who will point out candidates blunders in Twitter from his home sofa. US prepotency and ability to overlook everyone else is legendary
Azeri player Rabjadov was #3 for long time and over 2800
Radjabov was never top 3, and never reached 2800.
there was not official rating each month like now, but strictly speaking Naka has yet to be number 3 seed
Fixing_A_Hole wrote:
Jion_Wansu wrote:
Then why isn't it listed on www.fide.com?
Because FIDE updates their rating lists once a month, and 2700chess.com keeps track of ratings daily.
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Now that the topic is mentioned, why DOESN'T FIDE update daily? What, are they busy doing something else?
I think they should wait until an event is finished before publishing a real rating. Let the others update game by game.
Also, you have the lethargic bloat of the FIDE bureaucracy . When they had the ability to publish more frequently, they still were just doing quarterly lists. Maybe going to the event-by-event updates would have been an admission of earlier error.