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There are two rules of betting on Ivanchuk:

200 (chess)$ on Karjakin at the start of corus = 12500 $ at the end! Without that bet I am down 2000 $.. I was better off not betting on the games at all :)

Corus was so unpredictable this year! I am actually glad this was the case, because the games were very interesting. Morozevich was the most entertaining player, only 5 draws in this competition, second was Karjakin with 6 draws and a great performance (the pinnacle - he got one over Magnus when he won the last round when Carlsen lost) and Movsesian was the most surprising with a plus score and some very good games. Chucky was Chucky, maybe he should lay off the drugs for a while, and Van-Wely also surprised me, I excpected him to go -5 in this strong field. Carlsen did exactly as I anticipated except for the last round loss to Yue.

Anand 7-4
Carlsen 12-5
Aronian 4-1
Ivanchuk 7-1
Radjabov 8-1
Wang Yue 14-1
Grischuk 15-1
Dominguez 33-1

Is it possible to create a bet with, say FIDE's TOP-50 GMs as possible candidates?

Q: You [Danailov] were in Wijk Aan Zee, which has just finished. How do you evaluate Kamsky's performance?

A: He was alone. He was hiding. He did not have any team. It was obvious he did not care and plays just to fulfill his contract. His thoughts are directed to the match with Vesko. <His team is hidden and working. <Nobody knows who is it and where it stays. >>

Thereafter he said s.th. about Sutovsky:

Q: In such matches there is a silent game between the managers as well. Tell us something about Emil Sutovsky?

A: He is not his manager, he is his speaker. At first the negotiations were with the wife of his father who is an advocate. Later on with Chernenko, with his father, and in the end appeared Sutovsky. To be a manager you have to have at least one contract in your life, and to have found at least one sponsor. Actually, Kamsky does not have a manager, he decides alone. He temporarily uses some people to help him.

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~lol~ I'm with <Switch> on this one! ;) All 5-2 and 5-3 scores (for either Topalov or Kamsky winning) are both theoretical possibilities. Only 5-4 (either winner) is not possible in the first 8 games in classical portion of the match. Here are the selected tiebreak rules if the match ends up in a 4-4 tie:

3.6 Conditions of victory

3.6.1 The match shall be played over eight (8) games and the winner of the match shall be the first player to score 4.5 points or more. A tie shall be broken according to article 3.7 below. If the winner scores 4.5 points in less then 8 games then the organizers can re-schedule the Closing Ceremony for an earlier date.

3.7 Tie-breaks

3.7.1 If the scores are level after the regular eight (8) games, after a new drawing of colors, four (4) tie-break games shall be played. The games shall be played using the electronic clock starting with 25 minutes on the clock for each player with an addition of 10 seconds after each move.

3.7.2 If the scores are level after the games in paragraph 3. 7. 1, then, after a new drawing of colors, two (2) five-minute games shall be played with the addition of 10 seconds after each move.

3.7.3 If the score is still level, the players shall play a single decisive sudden death game. The player, who wins the drawing of lots, may choose the color. White shall receive 6 minutes, black shall receive 5 minutes, without any addition. In case of a draw the player with the black pieces is declared as winner.

Schedule (if tiebreaks are needed):

Day 12 - Game 8
Day 13 - Restday (Closing Ceremony)
Day 14 - Tie Breaks (Closing Ceremony)

That should do it! :^) - Mal

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