May-20-13 FIDE Grand Prix Thessaloniki (2013) 
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Scarecrow: Wow, Svidler keeps playing! Not only he replaced Kramnik in Norway but now he also has this... remarkable.
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| | Mar-29-13 World Championship Candidates (2013)
Jan-25-13 Tata Steel (2013)
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Scarecrow: It seems to me that 47. Kc4 Kf3 48. b5 axb5 axb5 49. e4 b6 50. e3 b7 51. e2 b8=Q 52. e1=Q, arriving at this with White to move: [DIAGRAM] may even be better for Black.
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| | Nov-16-12 FIDE Knock-Out Women's World Championship (2012)
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Scarecrow: Given that it's a knockout, I think the Kosintseva sisters will fight in the classical games already, and I look forward to it immensely. By the way, they do play decisive games, you can even watch them http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A-X...
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| | Sep-06-12 Chess Olympiad (2012)
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Scarecrow: Am I right that this would (and is likely going to) be Kramnik's first ever loss at an Olympiad?
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| | May-30-12 Anand vs Gelfand, 2012
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Scarecrow: Congratulations to world champion Vishy Anand on the successful defense of his title! I for one believe that the match was of high quality, it offered great chess value, and Gelfand made Anand run really hard for his money, something neither Kramnik (who was simply soundly beaten)
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| | May-30-12 Gelfand vs Anand, 2012
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Scarecrow: I believe we did have TB wins for white along the way.
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| | May-30-12 Anand vs Gelfand, 2012
May-30-12 Gelfand vs Anand, 2012
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Scarecrow: Anand somehow looks bored. Or finding it hard to sit there for some other reason. Gelfand looks tense and maybe nervous, but he usually does.
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| | May-28-12 Anand-Gelfand World Chess Championship (2012)
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Scarecrow: One begins to think that Anand might have health problems, or something comparable, like Kramnik claimed later to have had during the Brissago match. (Quite a few draws there also :))
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