Round 10: Monday

Kramnik-Anand: C'mon, it's Kramnik vs. Anand, who cares what their past record is? They've played each other 119 times, counting standard time, rapid, blindfold, blitz, etc... First place may very well be on the line here, all the records can just go out the window!! (I think it will be a draw, 55 moves...) Their earlier game was a draw, after 65 moves, in a Petrov Defense game.

Svidler-Morozevich: Svidler have a record of +5 -4 =6 all time when paired with Morozevich. Svidler is +4 -3 =2 when he have white against Morozevich. Morozevich won their earlier meeting with a beautiful Scotch Game.

Aronian-Grischuk: All times, Aronian leads it +1 -0 =4 against Grischuk, (Their earlier meeting resulted in a 31-move draw, with Ruy Lopez) Aronian, with white pieces is +1 -0 =2 against Grischuk.

Gelfand-Leko: Gelfand is +3 -2 =9 against Leko (All-time), with white, Gelfand is +0 (two wins are rapid games) -1 (Dortmund, 2007 Gelfand vs Leko, 2007) =6.

I bet on him too <pawnofdoom> since I figured it was his turn to win one and win BIG he sure did in a real nice game - Morozevich vs Kramnik, 2007 :-)

and...

<WannaBe: Handi-Capper's Corner Round 10: Monday
Kramnik-Anand: C'mon, it's Kramnik vs. Anand, who cares what their past record is? They've played each other 119 times, counting standard time, rapid, blindfold, blitz, etc... First place may very well be on the line here, all the records can just go out the window!! [...]>

Indeed <WannaBe> - Bring it ON! ;-) - Mal

Round 11: Tuesday

Grischuk-Kramnik: Overall, Kramnik is +2 (both rapid) -0 =3 when paired with Grischuk. With white, Grischuk is +0 -1 (rapid) =0 against Kramnik. Their earlier game was a draw after 58 moves.

Anand-Morozevich: Anand have a record of +7 -3 =7 when facing Moro. With white, Anand is +4 -1 (2001) =3 against Morozevich. Their earlier round game resulted in a draw after 61 moves.

Leko-Aronian: Leko have a record of +1 -2 =5 against Aronian. When Leko is play white, he is +1 -1 =1 against Aronian. Their earlier game was a victory for Aronian (45 moves).

Gelfand-Svidler: Gelfand have a record of +4 -5 =16 against Svidler. With white, Gelfand is +3 -2 =4 against Svidler. Their earlier game was a draw after 24 moves. Petrov Defence.

I owe it all to you <WannaBe> as I would be nothin' without the award winning <♔ !!Handi-Capper's Corner!! ♔> ~ROFL~

Besides, I won it fair and square! ;-) - Mal

Mexico WCC: Rd 11: Anand vs Morozevich: Opening

With white, Anand have opened 1. e4 914 times, 1. d4 66 times, 1. Nf3 44 times, and 1. c4 7 times.

Now, when faced with 1. e4, Morozevich have responded with 1...e6 68 times, 1...e5 52 times, 1...c5 51 times, 1...c6 11 times, 1...Nf6 5 times, 1...d6 4 times, 1...d5, and 1...g6 two times each.

When Anand and Morozevich have faced off against each other (with Anand playing white) There have been:

B05 Alekhine
B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly
B90 Sicilian$, Najdorf
D17 QGD (Slav)
D11 QGD (Slav)
D07 QGD (Chigorin)
C11 French$*, 4 times! Two w/ regular time control
C12 French, MacCutcheon*
C42 Petrov*
C95 Ruy, Closed, Breyer

Go <Tactic101> GO! :-)

Just to demonstrate how close CG.com betting goes sometimes... If Vishy had *won* (it was so close but understandable and had a sizable counter bet on Kramnik just in case) I'd be +16K 'Net Worth.' Plus, if Moro had also won then +20K 'Net Worth!' (would have hit '2 draws' in 'How many draws?' as well). ~lol~ It was a small risk (losing only 2.2K) but I freely choose to take the chance! ;-) - Mal

Go TD!!! GO!!! Straight to the bottom of the stack......... and beyond! The Loanshark must be wringing for his neck by now..... :)

Now, something a bit more sensible....

Go <malthrope>! Show them who's the boss! :)

Hehehe... Looks like he's <TD> facing some tough competition with <Tartalacreme> holding down spot #388 at -$1,217 but <TD> looks strong at the very bottom of the stack with -$2,033 in negative c-bucks! :-)))

<Go <malthrope>! Show them who's the boss! :)>

If 1., then TD is bound to end up near the top, much to his (and everyone else's) shock. (perhaps for TD, maybe even despair)

1. Who thought that Rybka would win?

2. Who thought the Zappa would win?

The players should be well rested, since the last round was all draws! And was followed by a free day!

Round 12: Thursday

Kramnik-Leko: Kramnik's record, over-all, against Leko is +8 -7 =45. With white, Kramnik is +5 -3 =8. Their previous game was a draw after 24 moves, (C24).

Morozevich-Grischuk: Morozevich's record, overall, against Grischuk is +4 -5 =7. With white, Morozevich is +3 -1 =5. Their previous game was a win for Grischuk (D38).

Svidler-Anand: Svidler's record, over-all, against Anand is +2 -4 =10. With white, Svidler is +1 -0 =12. Their earlier round game, was a victory for Anand (C89).

Aronian-Gelfand: +0 (Aronian did have 2 wins in Rapid.) -3 =10. With white, Aronian is +0 -0 =7 against Gelfand. Their earlier round game, was a victory for Gelfand (E00).

Are Andand-Moroczevitsch playing the <Clash of Titanium Beattles> and Zappa and Rybka playing WC2007 ??

Two more rounds after today, Friday, and Saturday!!

Round 13: Friday

Gelfand-Kramnik: Kramnik leads it with +6 -3 =26 against Gelfand. With white, Gelfand have a record of +3 -1 = 11. Their earlier round game resulted in a draw after 40 moves (D43).

Leko-Morozevich: Overall, Leko is +3 -3 =12 when paired with Morozevich. With white, Leko have a record of +3 -1 =7. Their earlier round game resulted in a draw after 60 moves (C45).

Grischuk-Anand: Overall, Grischuk is +0 (4 wins in non-classical time control) -2 =3. With white, Grischuk is +0 (2 wins with rapid, 1 with blindfold) -0 (2 losses in rapid play) =2. Their earlier meeting, resulted in an Anand victory in 50 moves (C88).

Round 14: Saturday

Kramnik-Aronian: Over-all, Kramnik is +1 -0 =4 against Aronian. With white, Kramnik is +1 -0 =0. Their earlier game resulted in a draw after 22 moves (E05).

Morozevich-Gelfand: Morozevich have a record of +3 -3 =7 when paired up with Gelfand. With white, Morozevich is +2 -1 =4. Their earlier game resulted in a Gelfand victory (E17).

Anand-Leko: Over-all, Anand is +13 -4 =30 against Leko. With white, Anand is +7 -2 =16. Their earlier game resulted in a draw after 21 moves (C78).

Svidler-Grischuk: Svidler have a record of +3 -1 =6 against Grischuk. With white, Svidler is +3 -1 =2. Their earlier game resulted in a draw after 41 moves (D43).

*Again, all statistics does not take rapid/blitz/blindfolds into consideration, unless otherwise noted.