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| Nov-06-09 |
| humANANDroid: < yalie: Anand's 10 greatest chess players: > He knew who were the Best that's why he's the World Champion! I bet Anand will win in round 3 against Svidler.
Thanks for the Link... |
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| Nov-06-09 |
| humANANDroid: I used language translator for this one, but it's worth it. Thanks again <yalie>. |
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Nov-07-09
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| SetNoEscapeOn: Thanks for the interview again <yalie>. Using babelfish yields a charmingly quaint translation of that interview. "Champion of the world" turns to "Champion of peace", and apparently "computer cheating" is "computer prompts." |
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Nov-07-09
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| SetNoEscapeOn: Anand draws first blood in Moscow! |
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| Nov-07-09 |
| anandrulez: <humANANDroid> cool prediction ! |
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| Nov-07-09 |
| humANANDroid: Yes! The Chess Machine strikes!!! Right on target... |
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| Nov-07-09 |
| VaselineTopLove: I think Anand is not going to play e4 in this tournament. He wants to keep practicing his d4 repertoire with white, which means he is concentration on e4 openings against Topalov while polishing his d4 skills as a backup. Also his penchant for playing only Grunfeld with black lately means he is going to use it as a backup and is getting practice there while hiding his real prep with the black pieces. What is Topalov's record against the Grunfeld with white pieces? |
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| Nov-07-09 |
| yalie: <anandrulez: <humANANDroid> cool prediction !> & a wonderful username too. perfectly describes Vishy too. about today's game - looked so inoccuous till Svidler went fxe. |
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| Nov-07-09 |
| VaselineTopLove: Not sure about Anand's prospects as black in this tournament. He's becoming too predictable whipping out the Grunfeld with black. His opponents here only need prepare the Grunfeld against him. Is he planning to draw from the black side in order to hide his prep? I wonder why the sudden interest in the Grunfeld, as he normally plays QGA, QGD, Nimzo, QID. Is he withholding prep in these areas? |
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| Nov-07-09 |
| Jaideepblue: It could also be a double bind, frequent usage of Grunfeld might make Topalov think he has some other "main" opening prepared, but Anand can still whip it out. Vishy has experience in the Grunfeld dating back to the Las Palmas match with Kamsky in 1995 so not a surprise exactly. |
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| Nov-07-09 |
| Ragh: <I bet Anand will win in round 3 against Svidler. > Prophetic! |
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| Nov-07-09 |
| yalie: the Anand Karpov rapid games are still not in the database |
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Nov-07-09
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| SetNoEscapeOn: <VaselineTopLove: Not sure about Anand's prospects as black in this tournament. He's becoming too predictable whipping out the Grunfeld with black. His opponents here only need prepare the Grunfeld against him.> Even if Anand decides to play the Gruenfeld defense in every black game, I think he will still retain winning chances by virtue of the nature of the opening. It's like when Carlsen was playing the Dragon at every given opportunity several months ago. It was predictable, but that didn't mean that they could neutralize black's chances- and they were still playing Carlsen. The Gruenfeld is not as risky, but I think it is still considered to be a combative opening. At the very least, the resulting positions are highly unbalanced. As for why he's playing it so much suddenly, any one (or combination) of the reasons <Jaideepblue> and yourself mentioned could be true. It's also possible that Anand has more of a general interest in employing the Gruenfeld as a weapon with black (in the match or otherwise) and wants to see how he feels playing against extremely strong opposition. So far, so good. |
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| Nov-07-09 |
| yalie: about Anand's matchup for tomorrow - though Pono has never beaten Anand at clasical controls, Anand also has not won with black over him at clasical controls. they may repeat the line from Zurich, where Anand missed a win with black. |
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| Nov-07-09 |
| VaselineTopLove: <they may repeat the line from Zurich, where Anand missed a win with black.> If that's the case, it'll most likely be a draw as Pono would have prepared against it. Anand should play something different. |
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| Nov-07-09 |
| VaselineTopLove: At least we won't see the Grunfeld tomorrow as Pono is an e4 player. |
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| Nov-07-09 |
| yalie: <VaselineTopLove: <they may repeat the line from Zurich, where Anand missed a win with black.>
If that's the case, it'll most likely be a draw as Pono would have prepared against it. Anand should play something different.
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Sry. Memory playing tricks on me.It was against Polgar that Anand missed a win. Pono-Anand was a very correct draw. |
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| Nov-07-09 |
| yalie: <VaselineTopLove: At least we won't see the Grunfeld tomorrow as Pono is an e4 player.> I'm guessing we will see a Caro Kann. probably following this: Anand vs Topalov, 2008 |
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Nov-07-09
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| SetNoEscapeOn: <VaselineTopLove: At least we won't see the Grunfeld tomorrow as Pono is an e4 player.> He used to be, but now he punches with both hands. He already played d4 in this tournament. |
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| Nov-07-09 |
| yalie: http://www.chessninja.com/dailydirt... Carlsen may not play in round 4 tomorrow (or today if you are in Europe) <The bad news is that there are reports of at least two of the players falling ill. Magnus Carlsen is suffering from a fever bad enough to consider requesting a postponement of his round four game. He's been to the doctor, so let's hope things improve. I also heard a comment that Kramnik is dealing with some flu symptoms. > |
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Nov-07-09
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| SetNoEscapeOn: Damn, that's crazy. |
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