Apr-06-13 World Championship Candidates (2013) 
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mrbasso: The tiebreak system used is certainly not good.
More wins does not necessarily mean more fighting spirit. A player can i.e. play the exchange slav with the intention to draw a boring game and still win if his opponent overpresses.
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| | Apr-03-13 Ivanchuk vs Kramnik, 2013
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mrbasso: <But he impulsively avoided the simplifications because he couldn't be sure about the outcome of Carlsen-Svidler yet.>
I don't think Kramnik found this line.
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| | Mar-29-13 Nigel Short
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mrbasso: <specially today you saw everything>
What?? He condemned Chucky's 27...Ne7!?
which ultimately won the game and overlooked 27...dxc4 28.Ke4! with compensation.
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| | Mar-28-13 Kramnik vs Radjabov, 2013
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mrbasso: This is English Opening, Symmetrical variation. I'm absolutely sure about that. It's just a move order thingy.
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| | Mar-28-13 Aronian vs Ivanchuk, 2013
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mrbasso: <perfidious> seems to miss the point.
Just like in any sport you don't have to be as good as the players you criticize.
I expect these players to not make mistakes even I would avoid OTB.
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| | Mar-28-13 Carlsen vs Gelfand, 2013
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mrbasso: <Anybody thinks 44...Bxf1 45.Qxf7 Kh8 46.Qf6+ Kh7 47.Kh2 Qe8 48.Qf4 Qd7 49.Qf3 Bb5 50.b7 Qc7+ is equal?> White goes g3. Bb5 is forced. followed by Qe4 and f4. Bc6 is forced. then b8Q and white is 2 pawns up in a Qeen vs. Qeen endgame.
I don't know how to win this. Maybe it's ...
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| | Mar-22-13 Radjabov vs Aronian, 2013
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mrbasso: <Even if Radj had made the right move, Aronian could've won.> You don't have a clue about what happened in this game. Black completely spoiled his huge advantage several times and had absolutely nothing except for the better time on the clock.
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| | Mar-16-13 Aronian vs Gelfand, 2013
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mrbasso: I'm not impressed by Bh6. Easy to see with white, easy to miss with black...
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| | Feb-22-13 Zurich Chess Challenge (2013)
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mrbasso: My prediction:
1-4 Kramnik,Anand,Caruana,Gelfand 3/6
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| | Feb-13-13 G Meier vs Caruana, 2013
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mrbasso: Kd7 looks suicidal. More subtle plans are required here.
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