Both their names end in -and
That means another draw, another draw...?
Who will win - Anand or Gelfand?
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I was just meaning that I'd love to see a world championship with more unusual "championships openings" ,and what's wrong with King Gambit ?
If draws were forbidden unless material reasons ... I think it would be interresting to see what would happen .
Technique and safety ... I love fighting spirit ... on those 2 games I only saw a boring technical demo :p
Stone_Cold_Crazy wrote:
I was just meaning that I'd love to see a world championship with more unusual "championships openings" ,and what's wrong with King Gambit ?
If draws were forbidden unless material reasons ... I think it would be interresting to see what would happen .
Technique and safety ... I love fighting spirit ... on those 2 games I only saw a boring technical demo :p
The only thing that I can imagine happening if you could never settle for draws was that the playersw ould tire out and the quality of the matches would drop. If it's a draw in both players eyes then it's fine for them to go for it. It wouldnt be russian to proceed in any other way.
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karikal wrote:
Both their names end in -and
That means another draw, another draw...?
Actually it means that Anand AND Gelfand will win. 
Anand, hopefully.
joeydvivre wrote:
The Aronian-Kramnik match was better.
Because there wasn't anything at stake, this is for the World Chess Championship, they aren't going to bust out the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit to entertain the masses.
The problem is that 12 games is too short for a match between equal opponents - 70 points is nothing in the hyper inflated ratings world we have now. At their best, Gelfand is only slightly weaker than Anand and its obvious that Anand is nowhere near his top form so basically its a wash. Unfortunately there wasn't a decisive game in the first 3-4 because now as the number of games left to recover from a loss goes down the likelihood of one of them taking a shot in the opening recedes, although really Gelfand should go for it because he's likely to get blown away in a 25 minuute game.
The match should have been 24 games, or first to 6 wins.
May 19, 2012
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#69
Estragon wrote:
I agree 12 games is too short for a title match, but it hasn't been possible to get sponsors for a long match. It costs a lot of money - a 24 game match would tie up the venue for 6 weeks.
maybe another 6 games to play in Israel and then another six games in India ?
Estragon wrote:
I agree 12 games is too short for a title match, but it hasn't been possible to get sponsors for a long match. It costs a lot of money - a 24 game match would tie up the venue for 6 weeks.
If it was a theatre or concert hall I can see that reasoning, but its an Art Gallery, I am sure they haven't closed the entire building to the public while the match is going on. The real problem is Gelfand isn't Kramnik, Carlsen, Aronian, Topalov, Shirov or even Nakamura or Ivanchuk - they can't sell his name to sponsors. I am sure this is what the 1963 match must have been like, no Tal , no Fischer, no Keres just two grinders feeling each other out...
May 19, 2012
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#71
"The art gallery section where the match is being played is closed to the public, btw. You can buy a ticket. No browsing while you're there, though."
That's pretty lame of the art gallery is should be thier selling points !
Gelfand have to take some risk soon because if they draw all the matches Anand keep his title.
May 19, 2012
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#73
guesso wrote:
Gelfand have to take some risk soon because if they draw all the matches Anand keep his title.
3.7.1.a If the scores are level after the regular twelve (12) games, after a new drawing of colors, four (4) tie-break games shall be played. The games shall be played using the electronic clock starting with 25 minutes for each player with an increment of 10 seconds after each move
3.7.2 If the scores are level after the games in Article 3.7.1a, then, after a new drawing of colors, a match of 2 games shall be played with a time control of 5 minutes plus 3 seconds increment after each move. In case of a level score, another 2-game match will be played to determine a winner. If still there is no winner after 5 such matches (total 10 games), one sudden-death game will be played as described below in Article 3.7.3.
3.7.3 If the score is still level after five matches as described in Article 3.7.2, the players shall play a one sudden death game. The player who wins the drawing of lots may choose the color. The player with the white pieces shall receive 5 minutes, the player with the black pieces shall receive 4 minutes whereupon, after the 60th move, both players shall receive an increment of 3 seconds from move 61. In case of a draw the player with the black pieces is declared the winner.
May 19, 2012
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#74
Estragon wrote:
The pre-Fischer matches were all-Soviet affairs with very small prize funds. Spassky won a couple grand, a new mid-sized car, and a better Moscow apartment for beating Petrosian.
But none of the top players today have been able to command the sponsorship money since Kasaparov retired. Carlsen might attract some money because he has some international celebrity. There wasn't a lot of cash for Kramnik-Leko, Kramnik-Topalov, Anand-Kramnik, or Anand-Topalov either.
The art gallery section where the match is being played is closed to the public, btw. You can buy a ticket. No browsing while you're there, though.
how much were the Kasparov purses compared to todays purse?
kco wrote:
guesso wrote:
Gelfand have to take some risk soon because if they draw all the matches Anand keep his title.
3.7.1.a If the scores are level after the regular twelve (12) games, after a new drawing of colors, four (4) tie-break games shall be played. The games shall be played using the electronic clock starting with 25 minutes for each player with an increment of 10 seconds after each move
3.7.2 If the scores are level after the games in Article 3.7.1a, then, after a new drawing of colors, a match of 2 games shall be played with a time control of 5 minutes plus 3 seconds increment after each move. In case of a level score, another 2-game match will be played to determine a winner. If still there is no winner after 5 such matches (total 10 games), one sudden-death game will be played as described below in Article 3.7.3.
3.7.3 If the score is still level after five matches as described in Article 3.7.2, the players shall play a one sudden death game. The player who wins the drawing of lots may choose the color. The player with the white pieces shall receive 5 minutes, the player with the black pieces shall receive 4 minutes whereupon, after the 60th move, both players shall receive an increment of 3 seconds from move 61. In case of a draw the player with the black pieces is declared the winner.
thanks and lol at these rules
''3.7.3 If the score is still level after five matches as described in Article 3.7.2, the players shall play a one sudden death game. The player who wins the drawing of lots may choose the color. The player with the white pieces shall receive 5 minutes, the player with the black pieces shall receive 4 minutes whereupon, after the 60th move, both players shall receive an increment of 3 seconds from move 61. In case of a draw the player with the black pieces is declared the winner. ''
wat
May 19, 2012
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#78
Lebna_Dengal wrote:
PatzerLars wrote:
The one with the higher IQ will win.
implying who?
That's a highly intelligent question. How high is yours ? 
The one with the 1st big mistake loses :P
How Gelfand won the candidates tournament?
Because Anand probably make him regret to win the candidates.