Mar-11-13 World Championship Candidates (2013) 
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karban: What are the tie-break rules for the tournament?
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| | Jan-23-13 Tata Steel (2013)
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karban: <Kasparov complained that at Linares '94 everyone played Karpov the round after playing Kasparov.> I totally agree with him.
<The playing order is usually decided by drawing lots the day before play start and it is totally random.> Do you see a randomness in fact that ...
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| | Nov-23-12 FIDE Knock-Out Women's World Championship (2012)
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karban: A good thing in the women WC cycle is that it gives some freshness to the entire circus. It's clear that a winner can't be considered the best player in the world but hey a champion is going to play match with Hou so everyone should be contented. We shouldn't be so addicted to men's ...
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| | May-17-12 Anand-Gelfand World Chess Championship (2012)
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karban: <Gelfand's overall classical score in the ongoing cycle is +7 =27 -1. Nothing if not solid...> Ok, but if you count only candidates and the match he is +2 =15 -0. Solid but nothing special for person who want to be World Champion. Thankfully it is only 12 games. I can't imagine
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| | Apr-02-12 Judit Polgar vs P Angelova, 1988
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karban: Funny, but my first and more elegant for me choice is 17.Re4 followed by 18.Rh4 and mate next move(rook untouchable due 18.Bf6 and mate).
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| | Mar-05-12 Magnus Carlsen
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karban: Is it a joke that next top tournament is in June? 5-months holiday and then they have a problem to do two tournaments within a month.
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| | Feb-17-12 Petrov Memorial Rapid (2012)
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karban: At last some rapid chess.
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| | Feb-03-12 Tradewise Gibraltar (2012)
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karban: I think too that blitz match is somehow weird. Infamous Candidates 2011 comes to mind. But it was the same with Grand Slam Final last year Carlsen beat Chucky.
But what is better? In Bazna Carlsen won with Karjakin of 0.25 Sonnenborn-Berger; stupid but at least it was clear for both
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| | Jan-29-12 Tata Steel (2012)
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karban: Congrat to Aronian, he was no doubt handed some points (Gelfand, Naka, Kamsky) but without some luck you cannot win such tournament. Congrat to Carlsen for his amazing fighting spirit even if he missed quite a lot especially in his black games and thanks for free endgame lessons as ...
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| | Jan-14-12 Z Almasi vs Khalifman, 1997
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karban: <LoveThatJoker> With all respect but after your 32...Rfxf2 33.Qf8+ Rf8 34.Rf8 mate.
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