May-07-13 lostemperor chessforum 
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isemeria: Prediction for Norway Chess 2013:
1. Aronian
2. Carlsen
2. Topalov
4. Svidler
5. Karjakin
6. Anand
7. Radjabov
7. Hao
7. Nakamura
10. Hammer
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| | Apr-02-13 World Championship Candidates (2013)
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isemeria: Despite all the excitement - which I enjoyed too - I still prefer matches. In a tournament too much depends on how the other players do after they are no longer in the contention for the first place. A realistic system might be 6 games matches with rapid/blitz tiebreaks.
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| | Mar-08-13 The World vs Akobian, 2012
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isemeria: <cro777: In the diagram position White made a mistake by playing 66.Re1?? He should have played 66.Re8!> In my opinion, <??> is a bit too harsh. If a TB generator takes 35 minutes to solve it, I wouldn't expect a human to get every move correct under OTB time control. ...
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| | Jan-26-13 Yifan Hou vs Carlsen, 2013
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isemeria: In addition to <LivBlockade's> line, with 54...Ka6 black also threatens ...Qb5+ with a simple win. <54...Ka6!> is such a beautiful move, and one that I couldn't understand during the live game. Engine confirms it's the most effective move for black.
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| | Oct-22-12 Team White vs Team Black, 2012
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isemeria: Great report. And a great team player.
Thank you, <jepflast>.
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| | Sep-23-12 Nakamura vs Leko, 2012
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isemeria: Leko's drawing power is so strong that he can draw even when the opponent has a tablebase win.
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| | May-30-12 Anand-Gelfand World Chess Championship (2012)
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isemeria: I would really love to see Gelfand win the next candidates tournament and qualify again. I can imagine how people would then find all kinds of flaws in the tournament format after the fact. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_... If the the candidates tournament is held according to
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| | May-21-12 Peter Leko
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isemeria: I followed Leko's live commentary on Gelfand vs Anand, 2012 from the official site. Game 7 of the Anand-Gelfand match in Moscow 2012 that is. IMO, he's a great commentator. He explained the positional considerations and plans very clearly and understandably. He seems to be a really
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| | May-21-12 Anand vs Gelfand, 2012
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isemeria: GM Shipov's live comment after 14…Qf6: "Wha-a-a-t? Boris is continuing to play riskily with the motto "Not a step backwards!". It's as if he has to win at all costs and won't get another chance. Such sharp, provocative and here hazardous play is something I really didn't expect to ...
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