Dec-20-11 Vladimir Kramnik 
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| yalie: Of course Kramnik wants Anand (if he wins against Gelfand in May 2012) to play the next match in October 2013 itself. |
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Nov-30-11 Viswanathan Anand
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| yalie: Football scoring will make it difficult for anyone other than Carlsen or Aronian to win. Good chance Carlsen / Aronian go +3 against the UK contingent. That gives them 9 points already. Even if they lose the odd game to Kramnik / Vishy, I doubt the oldies will win three games against ... |
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Nov-23-11 YouRang chessforum
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| yalie: Anand - Nakamura 1-0
Ivanchuk - Gelfand 1/2
Kramnik - Karjakin 1/2
Aronian - Svidler 1/2
Carlsen - Nepomniachtchi 0-1 |
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Nov-19-11 Tal Memorial (2011)
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| yalie: Oh, and did I forget to add that he was ranked number 1 for several months in both 2010 and 2011? Maybe our standards are just a tad too high. lol. |
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Nov-12-11 Hou - Koneru Women's World Championship Match (2011)
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| yalie: Will be a very interesting match. Yifan is tactically strong while Humpy's positional understanding is probably the best among women (Judith included). |
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Oct-06-11 Grand Slam Chess Final (2011)
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| yalie: Strange cross table after 6 rounds.
everyone has at least one win and one loss.
One player on +3 and one on -3. All others on =.
Chucky train continues merrily on its way despite the speed bumps in round 5 and the robbery. If Chucky beats Vallejo tomorow and the other 2 games a are |
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Oct-03-11 Nigel Short
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| yalie: http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessne... Kasparov actually prepares really hard for these events (unlike Karpov - who just shows up to play). He played the blitz match with Karpov after working extensively with Carlsen. Now he plays blitz against Vachier-Lagrave and Short after ... |
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Sep-26-11 Hikaru Nakamura
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| yalie: thanks <polarmis>
I have a feeling Kasparov preferred the info leaked just prior to the tournament for maximum psychological impact (like Nanjing 2009). |
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Sep-25-11 lostemperor chessforum
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| yalie: in case you do host it
1. Anand
2. Aronian
3= Carlsen, Nakamura
5= Ivanchuk, Vallejo |
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Sep-21-11 Peter Leko
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| yalie: The problem for Leko has been that he was thrown (chose to throw himself) to the wolves too soon. I think he has had more games against Kasparov, Kramnik and Anand than anyone else, which has made him a great defender, but not too great an aggressor. |
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