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| pugofcrydee: Carlson wins the world Blitz at 16-1 £340 return for me from £20 stake, thanks for the tip Nigel ;) |
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| Nigel Short: There was nothing guaranteed about his victory, but 16-1 were ridiculous odds for the hottest player in the world at the moment. |
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| HeMateMe: Carlsen paid off at 16-1? Thats impossible, gotta be an error. What book maker would make the world's highest ranked player such an underdog? |
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| Nov-20-09 |
| pugofcrydee: paddypower the same ones that paid out on Tiger Woods two days early when he lost! |
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| Nov-20-09 |
| pugofcrydee: check a few pages back |
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| HeMateMe: but MC had to be say, one of 5 people with a realistic chance of winning this. Wouldnt money pile on mc at 16-1? BTW, why are the paddies running the gaming? Doesnt' London have its own book? |
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| Nov-21-09 |
| moronovich: The odds at CG were 6.4 which did reflect reality much more than the ridiculous 16:1 . |
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| Nov-21-09 |
| jacparov: Hello GM Short,
No doubt you can only speak for yourself but do you know of any reason why there are no English players at the world cup?
Thanks, J. |
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Nov-21-09
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| Nigel Short: <jacparov> Because no English players qualified. In addition, unlike Ivan "No-handshake" Cheparinov or Vladislav "Drunk-as-a-skunk" Tkachiev, none of us qualify as personal favourites of the FIDE President - the most convenient route to bypass entry on merit. |
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Nov-21-09
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| Eyal: Adams actually qualified by rating (according to the lists of 7/2008 & 1/2009), but he preferred to play in the London tournament - and maybe after the way FIDE handled the present WC cycle, he wants nothing to do with it anyway (he did retire from the Grand Prix). Besides rating, the other way to qualification for English players was through the European Championships of 2008 & 2009, which counted as "zonals" - I think the only English GMs who tried that were Gawain Jones and Peter Wells, both unsuccessfully. |
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Nov-21-09
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| Nigel Short: Thanks for the correction <Eyal>. |
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| Red October: <Ivan "No-handshake" Cheparinov > hmmm we used the term Ivan <Cheapshot> ... but both work :) |
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| Nov-21-09 |
| jacparov: Thanks for the info Nigel - and indeed Eyal.
Appreciated. J. |
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| Appaz: <<Red October> we used the term Ivan <Cheapshot>> How ironic. |
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