Even though Nakamura beat Magnus 3-1 in a blitz match I think Magnus will do better against the field. My vote is for reigning WBC Champion Magnus Carlsen...if he doesn't withdraw. (Nakamura didn't compete in this event last year)
World Blitz Chess Champion 2010?
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Naka
My money is on Grischuk. Then Aronian.
Blitz chess is too slow...
Nakamura
Mr.Magnus!
for those who is interested to watch the live games go to this link: http://livechess.chessdom.com/site/
Nakamura lost the 1st round
Carlsen made e8 = N, but it doesn`t matter.
I was voting for Magnus but in all truth i thought that Hikaru would win. But after seeing Magnus brilliant play as black yesterday my money is back on him. I was rooting for Anand but found out he is not taking part in it this year.
Nakamura is currently # 10 on the live FIDE list, though that's still 60 points or so behind Carlson, Anand and Aronian. At that level 60 points is huge.
I would have put my money on Carlson in the blitz.
carld wrote:
Nakamura is currently # 10 on the live FIDE list, though that's still 60 points or so behind Carlson, Anand and Aronian. At that level 60 points is huge.
I would have put my money on Carlson in the blitz.
Carlson isn't playing at this blitz tournament.
Fezzik wrote:
I've only the slightest idea why so many ppl thought Naka would win a blitz tnmt against the very best players in the world.
Naka's online bullet skills are very impressive. But he still isn't one of the top ten players in OTB chess... at any speed.
Having said that, I notice that he has already played all of the top players and only has the bottom feeders left to play in this first half of the double RR.
well considering his live rating is tenth in the world...
Fezzik wrote:
Ok, his live chess rating makes him #10. But why not give some love to Karjakin, Mamedyarov or Aronian, who are all higher rated than Naka and also in the blitz tnmt? And last I checked, all three are doing better than Naka.
I don't have anything against Naka, just the fan club that follows him without looking at the great chess his opposition plays!
I don't follow him much myself or really know much about who'e at the top of high level blitz. I was just pointing out that your statement that he is not in the top ten at any time control didn't make much sense considering his rating.
Fezzik wrote:
Ok, his live chess rating makes him #10. But why not give some love to Karjakin, Mamedyarov or Aronian, who are all higher rated than Naka and also in the blitz tnmt? And last I checked, all three are doing better than Naka.
I don't have anything against Naka, just the fan club that follows him without looking at the great chess his opposition plays!
Come on, admit you're jealous of him because he is so awesome!
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World Blitz Chess Championship 2010: November 16th - 18th Moscow, Russia
38 Rounds - Double Round Robin - 14 Rounds a day - 10 the last day
Time Control: 3 minutes +2 Sec. of Increment
Participants:
Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian, Vladimir Kramnik, Alexander Grischuk, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Sergey Karjakin, Ruslan Ponomariov, Teimor Radjabov, Pavel Eljanov, Hikaru Nakamura, Peter Svidler
Who will win?
My vote is Hikaru Nakamura.