EPTSo far undefeteated at the tournament Topalov is going to be the new world champion!!!
Topalov[Chess] Topalov World Champion
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mdb
Bulgaria4059 Posts
So far undefeteated at the tournament Topalov is going to be the new world champion!!! Topalov | ||
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brite
United Kingdom253 Posts
is there somewhere where you can see the games?? i mean the moves | ||
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mdb
Bulgaria4059 Posts
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NovaTheFeared
United States7230 Posts
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sdpgposd
United Kingdom1464 Posts
You should check it out, its really good  | ||
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NeverEndingStory
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Soun
Poland373 Posts
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NeverEndingStory
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Beast_Bg
Bulgaria1623 Posts
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lightman
United States731 Posts
On October 14 2005 01:45 NeverEndingStory wrote: Personally I'd like to see Kasparov,Karpov or even Fischer at the 1st place...since there are not competing maybe Anand will make it,I prefer his style of the game,anyway congratulations Topalov for making it that far and having advantage. but dude, Fischer is in jail and Kasparov is running to become president. Not aware of Karpov's status....... | ||
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Soun
Poland373 Posts
On October 14 2005 04:44 lightman wrote: but dude, Fischer is in jail and Kasparov is running to become president. Not aware of Karpov's status....... Fisher got asylum in Iceland, he's not in jail. Karpov is right now trying to be the FIDE president, and it seems Ilyuminov is a bit afraid of him. He's bashing Karpov every time he can. He played the spanish teams championship last month and at a very low level. And personally, I think Kasparov will play his last match vs Topalov on the old way, candidate vs champion, to finally retire from chess being the world champion. The one I missed in San Luis was Kortchnoi. He wouldn't have won, but he's the oldest and stronger old-schooler right now. I could see him in Igualada, and he stills enjoys playing chess. | ||
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0x64
Finland4601 Posts
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Dealer
Sweden1368 Posts
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Dealer
Sweden1368 Posts
On October 14 2005 03:48 Beast_Bg wrote: Funny thing is that Bulgaria now has both the WC for men and women. Doubtful, since Topalov is not really the "world champion", Kramnik still has the classical chess World Champion title, and that title is a lot more important, hopefully they will play for unification this time tho. | ||
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NeverEndingStory
446 Posts
Yeah I agree with you that title in classical chess is more important,I hoped Anand will overtake Topalov though. edit: Is this true Karpov and Kasparov are trying to give up chess soon?I have heard that they are not doing well lately.. | ||
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TheBlackJack
57 Posts
I'm disappointed that Topalov was content with drawing his last eight matches to secure the win. He gave one of the greatest performaces in chess history for the first half of the tournament. He could have really left his mark, passing 2800 and maybe even Kasparov. He's not getting any younger and there are few Korchnoi out there. NeverEndingStory, I think Kramnik didn't compete in San Luis because he would have been defending his title against eight people at once. Not to sure about that. Bring on Hydra? | ||
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SurG
Russian Federation798 Posts
It'd great to see FIDE getting a somewhat legitimate title holder. Let's hope that they can manage to organize a championship cycle now. The best thing would be a legitimate cycle and Kramnik loosing match to Topalov. But I would still take a top-form Kramnik over Topalov in a match. The question is will Kramnik ever reach his top form again - he's been playing like shit lately. | ||
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Tiger-
Mexico190 Posts
On October 14 2005 00:55 brite wrote: nice is there somewhere where you can see the games?? i mean the moves http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=47798&crosstable=1 | ||
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yare
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goldrush
Canada709 Posts
However, the way that FIDE did this was fair. They took the average ELO of the contestants over a certain period of time and the top players were invited. Kramnik didn't want to play, so he didn't. passing 2800 He passed 2800 with this tournament. Kramnik, Ivanchuk, Aronian and Bacrot or Grischuk. Ivanchuk is great when he's on form, but when he isn't... Witness the -1 score at Karabakh recently, including a loss on time (!) with a 30 second increment in a simple bishop and pawn endgame. Kramnik, I believe, was invited, but declined. Bring on Hydra? Doubt it. Hydra would rape him, though probably not as bad as Adams. Topalov missed two easy wins against Anand and Morozevich, and playing that way against Hydra is a sure way to lose. But I would still take a top-form Kramnik over Topalov in a match. As you said, the question is if Kramnik will ever be good enough to really compete seriously as the best player in the world. He's lost points in damn near every single tournament he's played in. He's in danger slipping out of the top 10 in the world if he doesn't pick up his game. The sad part? He probably won't agree to a title match for some time, as he recently had that match against Leko. And until Kramnik loses the title, he is still the person who 'beat the man who beat the man who beat Steinitz'. (Well, except for Fischer/Alekhine). | ||
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