The hardest opponent for Magnus Carlsen (Kramnik?)
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Nov 26, 2016
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Who do you think would be the hardest opponent for Magnus Carlsen to play for the championship? Would Kramnik with his positional skills be a good bet?
caruana would be serious challanger
you mean one right.... lol
and also Anand was right there even in the current world championship cycle
Nov 26, 2016
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#5
All the Indians saying Anand... the evidence disagrees.
I'd say Kramnik or Caruana. And Giri, if he ever wins the candidates...oh well, forget about him.
What about Nakamura?
Nov 26, 2016
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#8
Howard Staunton for certain. Although he is too busy these days working on other things.
Nov 26, 2016
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kingofshedinjas napisał:
Kramnik, Giri & Caruana. To be honest it was my shortlist... And maybe Leko;-)
All the Indians saying Anand... the evidence disagrees.
I'd say Kramnik or Caruana. And Giri, if he ever wins the candidates...oh well, forget about him.
stuzzicadenti wrote:
Kramnik is probably the most solid player in the world. There are other players who may be stronger than him at the moment, but he is super difficult to beat. This makes him an ideal match player. I think Kramnik could pose a serious threat to Carlsen due to the differences in their styles (which is quite important in top level play).
In fact Kramnik was tied with Carlsen in the Candidates tournament 2013 and only lost on tiebreaks. So we could have just as easily seen an Anand-Kramnik rematch instead of Anand-Carlsen.
Kramnik is prone to lapses of concentration, resulting in blunders. These have happened many times in his career.
"an ideal match player"
I think Kramnik has one of the worst, if not the worst, results in matches of all World Champions.
Since 2012 Carlsen's score against Kramnik is 3-0 with a bunch of draws in classical and 10-0 with a bunch of draws in all formats.
Nov 27, 2016
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#14
Maybe you should listen to what Carlsen himself has said on the topic.
He listed Aronian as his most difficult opponent. He also mentioned Giri, Kramnik, and Karjakin, but he considered Aronian to be his most difficult opponent.
I'd like to see a match between Carlsen and Kramnik, or between Carlsen and Giri.
The last ten decisive games between Carlsen and Kramnik:
Kramnik vs Carlsen 0-1 43 2012 Tal Memorial (Blitz) A04 Reti Opening
Carlsen vs Kramnik 1-0 72 2013 Tal Memorial A45 Queen's Pawn Game
Carlsen vs Kramnik 1-0 49 2015 Gashimov Memorial C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
Carlsen vs Kramnik 1-0 35 2016 Norway Blitz D35 Queen's Gambit Declined
Carlsen vs Kramnik 1-0 50 2016 Norway Chess D35 Queen's Gambit Declined
Carlsen vs Kramnik 1-0 63 2016 Grand Chess Tour Paris Rapid
Kramnik vs Carlsen 0-1 55 2016 Grand Chess Tour Paris Blitz C55 Two Knights Defense
Carlsen vs Kramnik 1-0 32 2016 Grand Chess Tour Paris Blitz C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
Kramnik vs Carlsen 0-1 54 2016 YourNextMove Rapid A04 Reti Opening
Kramnik vs Carlsen 0-1 53 2016 YourNextMove Blitz A04 Reti Opening