May-20-06
 | | suenteus po 147: These two have only played each other twice before, once 11 years ago, and the second was six days ago. Kamsky drew the first and won the second. I hope Kamsky can pull off a win to somehow tie Topalov, but if what I'm hearing about rapid tiebreaks is true, he's done for anyway. |
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| May-21-06 | | blingice: Ruy Lopez and a draw, is what I'm predicting, based off of the Repertiore Explorers' frequencies of openings. Kamsky shows an equal winning percentage for white and black after Bb5 in the Ruy Lopez (30.9% for both), with a drawing chance. Svidler, after that same point, has a very large drawing chance (of about 52%) but with a very small chance of a black win. But, since Kamsky's win rate is a bit higher as black with that line, and he's playing well, so I suppose it'll equal off. |
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| May-21-06 | | whiskeyrebel: it's been a pleasantly unpredictable event. Well worth following daily. Good luck Gata. |
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| May-21-06 | | borisbadenoff: Until now
1 e4 e5
2 Nf3 Nc6
3 Bb5 a6
4 Ba4 Nf6
5 O-O Be7
6 Re1 b5
7 Bb3 O-O
8 h3 Bb7
9 d3 d6
10 a3 Qd7
11 Nc3 Rfe8
12 Nd5 Nxd5
13 exd5 Nd4
14 Nxd4 exd4
15 a4 Bf6
16 axb5 axb5
17 Rxa8 Bxa8
18 Bd2 Bb7
19 Re4 Rxe4
20 dxe4 c5
21 dxc6ep Bxc6
22 Qf3 Be5
23 g4 h6
24 Kg2 Qb7
25 Bd5 Bxd5
26 exd5 g5
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| May-21-06 | | alexandrovm: it seems to be a draw now, repetition of moves... |
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| May-21-06 | | TheBB: On the site the last move is reported as Qf4, in which case the game is definitely not drawn... hehe. |
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| May-21-06 | | alexandrovm: <TheBB: On the site the last move is reported as Qf4, in which case the game is definitely not drawn... hehe.> lol! It's really hard to believe that last move...but yet again anything is possible :) |
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| May-21-06 | | blingice: <blingice: Ruy Lopez and a draw> Can anyone say "snipe"? |
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