I am not saying that Giri and Anand are the best players in the Candidates, but I think that they are the only ones that would stand a chance in a match against Carlsen. Especially Giri.

don_kyuhote

3006 Posts

March 12 2016 22:32 GMT

#1482

Nakamura loses to Karjakin!
Sac'd a piece, thinking he would get it back with interest, but looks like he didn't calculate quite far enough.

xM(Z

Romania5296 Posts

March 25 2016 08:34 GMT

#1483

Moscow Candidates Tournament ranking with 3 more rounds to go:

1) Caruana, Fabiano - points 6½/11
2) Anand, Viswanathan - points 6½/11
3) Karjakin, Sergey - points 6/11
4) Svidler, Peter - points 5½/11
5) Aronian, Levon - points 5½/11
6) Giri, Anish - points 5½/11
7) Nakamura, Hikaru - points 4½/11
8) Topalov, Veselin - points 4/11
( https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/candidates-2016/12/1/1 , today's round in 3h25m)

Maenander

Germany4926 Posts

March 25 2016 18:50 GMT

#1484

Props to Anand for still competing with the very best when people had already written him off as being too old when he lost heavily to Carlsen in their first World Championship duel.

Still, I am glad that this time someone else might get a shot at defeating Carlsen.

On March 12 2016 18:19 JazVM wrote:
I am not saying that Giri and Anand are the best players in the Candidates, but I think that they are the only ones that would stand a chance in a match against Carlsen. Especially Giri.

Judging from this tournament he might have a chance of drawing all games against Carlsen

don_kyuhote

3006 Posts

March 28 2016 01:30 GMT

#1485

It couldn't be more exciting.

Co-leaders Karjakin vs Caruana in the final round to decide who will be facing Magnus Carlsen.

If Karjakin wins, he will face Magnus Carlsen no matter what.
If Caruana wins, he will face Magnus Carlsen no matter what.
If they draw, and Anand doesn't win, then Karjakin will face Carlsen,
If they draw, and Anand wins, then I'm not sure how tie-breaks would work in that case.

Oshuy

Netherlands529 Posts

March 28 2016 03:13 GMT

#1486

On March 28 2016 10:30 don_kyuhote wrote:
It couldn't be more exciting.

Co-leaders Karjakin vs Caruana in the final round to decide who will be facing Magnus Carlsen.

If Karjakin wins, he will face Magnus Carlsen no matter what.
If Caruana wins, he will face Magnus Carlsen no matter what.
If they draw, and Anand doesn't win, then Karjakin will face Carlsen,
If they draw, and Anand wins, then I'm not sure how tie-breaks would work in that case.

If they draw and Anand wins, Caruana will face Carlsen according to the FIDE report.

don_kyuhote

3006 Posts

March 28 2016 03:30 GMT

#1487

Well, in that case, a lot of people will be happy to find out that there will be no Carlsen vs. Anand round 3.

calgar

United States1277 Posts

March 28 2016 16:42 GMT

#1488

Karjakin wins outright in a richter-rauzer by sacking a rook in time pressure to expose Caruana's king. I'm really happy for him - what amazing win streak in the FIDE knockout and now the candidates as well. I don't think he has much chance but it's hard to argue with his amazing results recently.

FiWiFaKi

Canada9859 Posts

March 28 2016 20:40 GMT

#1489

Was really hoping for Caruana, he's a really nice guy.

Well, I'm expecting a massive sweep for Carlsen, but excited to have some more matches to watch.

Plexa

Aotearoa39261 Posts

March 29 2016 00:30 GMT

#1490

Was also hoping for Caruana since I think that would be the best matchup to promote chess into the future. But after the combination that Karjakan played, I can't even be mad.

don_kyuhote

3006 Posts

March 29 2016 04:54 GMT

#1491

Congrats to Karjakin.
The guy who holds the record for youngest ever GM finally gets his shot at becoming a World Champ.

JazVM

Germany1196 Posts

March 29 2016 05:24 GMT

#1492

Would have been nice for the storyline if Caruana won.

bluzi

4703 Posts

March 29 2016 07:23 GMT

#1493

Gonna be an epic series in Nov , those 2 going to be playing really good chess for sure and they play to win which is always fun.

calgar

United States1277 Posts

March 30 2016 00:34 GMT

#1494

On March 29 2016 14:24 JazVM wrote:
Would have been nice for the storyline if Caruana won.

He has another 15-20 years left of being in his prime so there's still a great chance for the story to build. He had that meteoric rise in 2014 to almost pass Kasparov's live rating record but he has since crashed back to earth.

[UoN]Sentinel

United States11320 Posts

April 21 2016 22:11 GMT

#1495

Either I'm getting really lucky with my opponents, or the English opening is just that good, but I've c4'd my way up a good 200 rating points on chess.com lately

imBLIND

United States2626 Posts

April 22 2016 00:15 GMT

#1496

Would anyone be up for some games on chess.com? I'm getting really rusty and I need to crank out some games...add or challenge imBLIND if anyone is interested

don_kyuhote

3006 Posts

April 23 2016 01:56 GMT

#1497

there is teamliquid team page on chess.com, granted that it's not the most active place.

we do annually hold an inhouse tournament though.

Assault_1

Canada1950 Posts

April 23 2016 02:28 GMT

#1498

why is chess.com even relevant, it seems so unworthy of that domain - I went there and its just a bunch of ads all over. I think en.lichess.org is the best chess site.

ThePhan2m

Norway2750 Posts

April 23 2016 15:15 GMT

#1499

anyone following Norway chess?

don_kyuhote

3006 Posts

April 23 2016 17:49 GMT

#1500

On April 24 2016 00:15 ThePhan2m wrote:
anyone following Norway chess?

I've been following US championship, but I also have been keeping an eye on Norway Chess as well. (just the results mainly)
I noticed Giri lost to MVL in less than 30 move in Najdorf Poisoned Pawn. damn. Long live the Poisoned Pawn!