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Feb-19-15 Zurich Chess Challenge (2015)    ksr: Rules should be defined before the inveitees sign/agree to play , well before the tournament begins. How can rules be made up or changed on the fly in a prefessional event?      Mar-24-14 World Championship Candidates (2014)    ksr: <FSR: If Aronian manages to become the challenger, I think he will have a chance of beating Carlsen, maybe 20%. Anand or anyone else, I greatly doubt it. In general, I think it's unlikely that Carlsen will be dethroned by a player who's older than he is. Perhaps Caruana, who's over ...      Nov-30-13 Anand - Carlsen World Championship Match (2013)    ksr: 2013 version of Anand is pretty weaker than Carlsen. He lost and would lose to Carlsen with or without the fatigue factor. Why only Carlsen? I would bet that he would have lost to Aronian, Kramnik or Nakamura if not few more in the top 10. Ofcourse results could well have been different      Nov-27-13 Magnus Carlsen    ksr: I am not sure what Carlsen means by stating he has supassed Anand. Lot of people have supassed Anand today including Kramnik, Aronian, Nakamura and few others. I am not sure if Anand can win a match against Caruana if played today. Stating that he has surpassed Anand is a no brainer and      Nov-21-13 Viswanathan Anand    ksr: ksr: <visayanbraindoctor: Anand lost today, yet it was an honorable loss as he came out fighting. That game could easily have gone either way. Anand should have had, or had to, play every game of the match this way from the beginning. It was his only chance. His previous safe mode ...      Nov-18-13 Anand vs Carlsen, 2013    ksr: <It seems obvious what happened here. Anand wanted too badly to equalize the score and so lost his objectivity. His main mistake was psychological and not in the realms of chess.> the problem is in order to cook up something or plainly he is playing inferior or passive moves. as ...      Apr-01-13 World Championship Candidates (2013)    ksr: Once the king reaches KB5 it is over.      Dec-09-12 London Chess Classic (2012)    ksr: <and a number of oldies hold up very well in the top 20, top 5> None of the oldies (Anand, Ivanchuk, Gelfand) are holding up in Top 5. Only Anand and Ivanchuk are holding up in top 10 and Gelfand is holding up in top 20. Without applying the "age" these guys are holding up in the ...      Oct-13-12 Grand Slam Chess Final (2012)    ksr: <andrewjsacks: All this Anand-bashing is ridiculous. Great guy, great player--and if he has gone down half a step, so be it. Sorry to see it, if that is the way it is.> Correctly said. Not able to find what is there to bash Aannd. He is an aged player going downhill. Happens to ...      May-31-12 Anand - Gelfand World Championship Match (2012)    ksr: <Mr. Bojangles: All that nonsense talk about Anand - Carlsen is very premature. Carlsen has to qualify first. And there is no guarantee that he would qualify to play the champ. Anand's next challenger could yet be another shocker. It could be any of the players.> I have a hunch

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