nameno1had wrote:
If I had my pick of any, I'd take Kramnik or Ivanchuk....
Chucky! He could come up with the zany ideas, and Magnus could move the pieces and press the clock before his flag falls!
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blueemu wrote:
nameno1had wrote:
If I had my pick of any, I'd take Kramnik or Ivanchuk....
Chucky! He could come up with the zany ideas, and Magnus could move the pieces and press the clock before his flag falls!
Kramnik has been there and done that with Kasparov and Anand, his rating speaks for itself also. Ivanchuk beat the two best performers in the candidates tourney. He was playing pretty well in all of the games he had time trouble in. I could picture him walking through games with Magnus that, are either typical of Anand, or exploring some other ideas to great lengths.
fischeramir wrote:
if i could pick anyone, it would be boris gelfand because he played anand in 2012
Yea. And Boris is better then the chess fan community gives him credit for. During the commentary Nigel Short often pointed out how strong and solid of a player Gelfand is.
And while Gelfand is strong, I would be wary of sharing any secrets or training with Kramnik when he was so close to going to the big show instead of Carlsen.
Ivanchuck!!!
jason17 wrote:
fischeramir wrote:
if i could pick anyone, it would be boris gelfand because he played anand in 2012
Yea. And Boris is better then the chess fan community gives him credit for. During the commentary Nigel Short often pointed out how strong and solid of a player Gelfand is.
And while Gelfand is strong, I would be wary of sharing any secrets or training with Kramnik when he was so close to going to the big show instead of Carlsen.
" I would put him and Aronian just below my previously stated choices. They are quite formidable themselves.
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get many seconds as you can Magnus. Boris, Ivamchuk, not kramnik cuz he 2 will get ur secret
Apr 2, 2013
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#28
Magnus could adopt the Karpov 1978 assembly line approach of bring 1000's of books and about 100 GM seconds 
From the world of the living: Henrik Danielsen GM, Roman.
From the world of the dead: Grim Reaper, Ronald Washinton, Aleister Crowley [ an accomplished chess player in between magick] and HUmprey Bogart.
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#29
I don't know about that. Kramnik was one of those working for Kasparov in his series w/ anand I think. Kramnik was able to use that experience to his advantage.
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Gelfand is the first who managed to draw a match with Anand since Karpov - Anand match in the late 90's.
MrDamonSmith wrote:
How strong was Ron Washington? I looked it up and if its the same one from Illinois he was 1978. There were only 2 in U.S.
A comment on the video said his peak was 2100s
Estragon wrote:
ticcherr wrote:
i thout it wos dat danish dude nielson or watever he was caled or maybe hes something else...?
GM Peter Heine Nielson worked with Carlsen for the Candidates', but he has been a part of Anand's team for about seven years and will be working with the Champion for the title match.
It's Nielsen not Nielson 
Also I'm pretty sure Peter won't be on the Anand team for the WC match.
Where did you hear about this?
OK....I'm sorry...but whats wrong with Kasparov? Is he just too behind the times?
And why not Aronian..no one mentioned him either?
kasparov
Are these just for fun guesses? Top players don't become seconds for other top players. They have their own work and tournaments filling up their time. Also, of course, they're rivals.
The Yerminator. And if he's too expensive, sod getting a chess nerd and go with a really good looking model, someone to spice up the event a bit. By the way, where is it being held? Please tell somewhere that actually has an airport.
They haven't chosen the location yet.
Ok. I'm just hoping without hope that it won't be located in some obscure Russian province or a Balkans backwater...but FIDE usually picks those kinds of places.
And no, India isn't going to work even though Anand hails from there...no-one can get there in a reasonable amount of time and if you want press coverage (and you do, you really do), host it somewhere where there aren't a lot of police on the corners, please?
How strong was Ron Washington? I looked it up and if its the same one from Illinois he was 1978. There were only 2 in U.S.