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| Jun-04-12 | | MindCtrol9: It is not easy to predict who is going to win. |
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| Jun-05-12 | | twinlark: There's always a lot of anticipation for this event, but having so many of the top players competing also means there will be heaps of draws. As long as they're fighting draws it doesn't matter. |
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| Jun-05-12 | | Sokrates: <Eyal:... Nakamura already finished near the top in 2010 (which was his breakthrough year); but in such a super-strong tournament, if someone isn't in top form it's also easy to finish last, as he did last year. There are just no weak opponents here.> I agree with Eyal on this. It's interesting to observe the optimism by Nakamura fans, an optimism he will have a very hard time to do justice in that company. If the players are in good mood this is likely to become an iconic tournament. Notably, no one seems think that the strength and value of this tournament is diminished by the absence of the recent contestants for the world championship. |
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| Jun-05-12 | | twinlark: I think that just demonstrates that there isn't much between the top players anymore, and most especially that there is no player who is clearly dominant over everyone else. I don't think anyone would be stunned if any one of the contestants won, apart from McShane perhaps (maybe Tomashevsky). |
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| Jun-05-12 | | MORPHYEUS: <there is no player who is clearly dominant over everyone else.> I wouldn't exactly agree.
Magnus Carlsen has been no. 1 since Jan 2010 until the present, continuously except for mar-may 2011. That's almost 2 years of being no.1
If this is golf or tennis, it will be called dominance. |
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| Jun-05-12 | | jussu: <If this is golf or tennis, it will be called dominance.> What's the point of using up such a strong word as "to dominate" in the meaning of "to be the best". |
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| Jun-05-12 | | Robin01: Do we have the actual pairings yet? Thanks. |
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| Jun-05-12 | | Jacob Arnold: I'm pretty sure that the actual pairings aren't out yet. |
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| Jun-05-12 | | Eyal: <Do we have the actual pairings yet?> No, the opening ceremony is on Thursday (May 7th), so the pairings will be up only then. Btw, according to the official site, instead of drawing numbers for the pairings in the usual way, they are going to have a blitz tournament (with a prize fund of 15,000 euros) right before the opening ceremony, and the places reached there by the participants will be their start numbers for the pairings of the main tournament. |
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| Jun-05-12 | | firebyrd: If not stunned I will be more than slightly surprised if someone other than Carlsen or Aronian wins it, and that someone is not Kramnik. On the designated tail-enders it will still be interesting to see how well they do, esp. McShane as an amateur player thrown in among all the best pros. Also, Tomashevsky who have been doing extremely well on his level - according to CG he has 21 wins and only 1 loss in 2011-2012. How will he fare when stepping up a level or two? |
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| Jun-05-12 | | Jacob Arnold: I don't think you'd call McShane an amateur.... But I agree that it will be suprising if anyone other than Carlsen, Aronian, and Kramnik (and maybe Naka) wins. |
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| Jun-05-12 | | Mr. Bojangles: <MORPHYEUS: If this is golf or tennis, it will be called dominance.> You're right. |
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| Jun-05-12 | | Eyal: I suppose McShane can be called an "amateur" in the sense that he's not a full-time pro, because he has a full-time job outside chess (Goldman Sachs?). This became evident during 2011, when he declined playing at the British Championship and later at Tata Group A of this year, due to his work. (I rememeber that he was asked about Tata during the London tournament, and said that he had to choose between the two, because they were too close to play in both.) |
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| Jun-05-12 | | LucB: <Eyal>: is the official site russiachess.org? If so, is there an english version to this site? |
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| Jun-05-12 | | Eyal: <LucB> Well, not an "official" version, but you can check the automatic google translation... (go to http://translate.google.co.il/trans... and click on the link to the Tal Memorial) |
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| Jun-05-12 | | LucB: Oh, all right, that works for me... thanks <Eyal>! |
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| Jun-05-12 | | waustad: At least Kazan and Moscow are in the same time zone so the Tal and the Women's Grand Prix both get to use the same clock widget I had set up for the Women's Rapids. |
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| Jun-05-12 | | bishopone: I hope Moro will be in great shape and be the surprise of this tournamnet. He deserved to win a big tournament. |
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| Jun-05-12 | | Layson: <Btw, according to the official site, instead of drawing numbers for the pairings in the usual way, they are going to have a blitz tournament (with a prize fund of 15,000 euros) right before the opening ceremony, and the places reached there by the participants will be their start numbers for the pairings of the main tournament.> This is incredibly bizarre, as players who place 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th and 9th will get an extra white. This doesn't seem like a great idea if you ask me. It would also mean that the top two blitz finishers would play in the second round of the main tournament, rather than in a climatic finale. Unless pairings are attributed in a pre-determined but strange order (e.g. first place finisher is #1, second place finisher is #9...), in which case, I like it! It gives whites based on merit, not luck. |
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| Jun-05-12 | | jussu: Players who place 1-5 get an extra white, I think. |
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| Jun-05-12 | | magnuschess: İ am very happy to see a big tournament at last. İ really miss to see real chess fight and more important " fight spirit ". İ am sure there will be some exciting games because there are some very exciting players , McShane is very surprising against strong players , naka is also , and finally i see moro OTB and he is also gives a relish to chess , btw it will be exciting to see carlsen naka fighting and finally we see the tomashevsky in the top tournament. İ think also that carlsen has been very silent for many days and he has been in some deep preparations and trainings for this tal memorial. After the WCC match i feel that i miss a real chess fight. Hope that this tournament gives it to us. My money is on Carlsen#1 ,Levon#2 , Naka#3 , Moro #4 that s my prediction for the final result. What is yours ? |
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| Jun-05-12 | | Jacob Arnold: 1. Carlsen
2. Aronian
3. Kramnik
4. Nakamura
5. Morozevich |
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| Jun-05-12 | | dotsamoht: If Naka can beat Carlsen, he can win the tournament. I hope he gets White against Magnus early on and wins to get off to a good start. Lately, it seems Magnus gets White and beats Naka. |
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| Jun-05-12 | | magnuschess: if i must be honest , i think Naka has no rational chance to beat Carlsen because of his style , Naka plays more aggresive and complex play against him we saw that many times , and this is not logical tactic against him i think because under the time pressure and some mental factors , in the complex game he doesnt survive so far , but that s just my opinion. if naka plays passive and positional play , he increases his chances to take a point against him. Btw we know that this Naka is not the young and unexperienced Naka , he is in top10 and has more experience so if he takes places #1 or #2 in this tournament , it wont be surprise. Anyway , i want to see just great chess plays , there is no important then who wins. if MC wins , it will be the best result for my patzer eyes and heart :) |
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| Jun-05-12 | | 14DogKnight: 1. Carl Magnusen
2. Aron Levonian
3. Nakaru Hikamura |
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