EPTWorld Chess Championship 2013 - Page 95
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FireSA
Australia555 Posts
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mihajovics
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On November 25 2013 03:32 Orome wrote: Even if he does, I don't think he has any shot of making it through the candidates. He's still an excellent match player who's very hard to beat, but in a tournament like the candidates you actually need to win games. Aronian vs Carlsen would be an extremely fun match, but Aronian's really inconsistent. If he manages to play his best he can definitely has a chance vs Carlsen though. The same goes for Karjakin. Kramnik's still a beast and this is probably his last shot at becoming WC again. My darkhose pick would be Andreikin. The guy's really good, hell, he's beaten Kramnik like 3 times recently. I don't think the others have a real shot, but who knows. Svidler already surprised me at the last candidates. It's a shame we won't have Caruana or Naka there, they really belong there. Next year I hope. everyone is inconsistent compared to Carlsen  that is his biggest, Karpovian strength. I really don't think Andreikin can pull it off. I don't know him, but it just seems like he's the statistical noise of the World Cup knockout format, I don't think he'll be able to win a tournament of this caliber. You can never ever count out these old foxes Anand, Kramnik and Svidler, but somehow I just don't feel them (even though Kramnik was playing some of the best chess the World has ever seen in the previous candidates tournament). I personally dislike Topalov and especially Mamedyarov, so I just outright don't want them to win at all, thankfully they don't stand a chance. Karjakin is great, so humble and such a fantastic talent, he'll always be a contender but somehow he just doesn't strike me as a winner (kind of like Leko, Svidler, Grischuk or Ivanchuck; amazing players chess wise and in general great personalities, just not really tough/dominant or whatever enough to be champion). So that leaves the obvious choice, Aronian He has the best chance vs Carlsen, for sure... But he won't win. Seriously, I don't think anyone will take down Carlsen for a while. My best bet is perhaps Caruana, if he can continue his steady, quiet development for a couple more years. Nakamura's ego just gets in the way too much and he already has psychological scars regarding being a champion that might be hard to shrug off (remember how Ponomariov got lost in the top 100 instead of being world champion?).But let's hope I'm wrong, because I like Aronian much more than I do Carlsen. | ||
urboss
Austria1223 Posts
http://www.londonchessclassic.com/ There is also the World Team Chess Championship going on right now. http://wctc2013.tsf.org.tr/ | ||
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hypercube
Hungary2735 Posts
On November 25 2013 21:08 urboss wrote: There is also the World Team Chess Championship going on right now. http://wctc2013.tsf.org.tr/ Games Broadcast Kramnik - Aronian on board one for Russia vs Armenia today. | ||
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urboss
Austria1223 Posts
On November 26 2013 22:07 hypercube wrote: Games Broadcast Kramnik - Aronian on board one for Russia vs Armenia today. Kramnik - Aronian seems to be quite a crazy game. Nothing like the World Championship games. | ||
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Nyxisto
Germany6287 Posts
On November 26 2013 22:07 hypercube wrote: Games Broadcast Kramnik - Aronian on board one for Russia vs Armenia today. Are these links working for anyone right now? | ||
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JazVM
Germany1196 Posts
On November 26 2013 23:13 Nyxisto wrote: Are these links working for anyone right now? nope | ||
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hypercube
Hungary2735 Posts
 http://chessbomb.com/site/ has the games | ||
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JazVM
Germany1196 Posts
On November 26 2013 23:38 hypercube wrote: The website seems to be down ATM http://chessbomb.com/site/ has the games Kramnik - Aronian seems interesting | ||
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Chewbacca.
United States3634 Posts
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JazVM
Germany1196 Posts
On November 27 2013 00:27 Chewbacca. wrote: This thread should be renamed to Chess General LR Thread....I don't want it do die, and hopefully then people will continue to post links to tournament games for our enjoyment! +1000 | ||
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WerderBremen
Germany1070 Posts
Best idea ever, this is a good resource for someone like me who's just interested from time to time. Without TL I wouldn't have noticed the world championship either. | ||
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Nyxisto
Germany6287 Posts
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urboss
Austria1223 Posts
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Nyxisto
Germany6287 Posts
On November 27 2013 01:19 urboss wrote: Ivanchuk losing on time The clocks on chessbomb aren't accurate | ||
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JazVM
Germany1196 Posts
it's chucky | ||
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amazingxkcd
GRAND OLD AMERICA16375 Posts
http://www.twitch.tv/amazingoid | ||
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Nyxisto
Germany6287 Posts
Remembers me of the Candidates Tournament 2013. I think he lost five or six games on time alone, it was ridiculous. | ||
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urboss
Austria1223 Posts
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urboss
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