31 Mar 14
From chessgames so I cannot vouch for it 100% but nobody has challenged it.
Prize money in Euro's.
1. Viswanathan Anand - €95,000
2. Sergey Karjakin - €88,000
3. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - €56,667
3. Vladimir Kramnik - €56,667
3. Dmitry Andreikin - €56,667
6. Peter Svidler - €25,000
6. Levon Aronian - €25,000
8. Veselin Topalov - €17,000
01 Apr 14
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Originally posted by greenpawn34Poor Topy barely made plane fare🙂
From chessgames so I cannot vouch for it 100% but nobody has challenged it.
Prize money in Euro's.
1. Viswanathan Anand - €95,000
2. Sergey Karjakin - €88,000
3. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - €56,667
3. Vladimir Kramnik - €56,667
3. Dmitry Andreikin - €56,667
6. Peter Svidler - €25,000
6. Levon Aronian - €25,000
8. Veselin Topalov - €17,000
That adds up to a bit over 400K Euro's. I thought I heard at one point in the commentary there was a 600K prize fund.
Maybe the extra 200K went to FIDE president🙂
Boy, Aronian must be crying in his beer to be near the bottom of the list when his rating was way over 2800. He should have creamed everyone.
Well, that amount, 400 odd thousand Euro's is about 600,000 US so maybe that is what they were talking about.
01 Apr 14
Originally posted by MarinkatombI cannot believe that Kramnik and Topalov did not shake hands and held a private press conference each, flip sake it was like 6 years ago, very bad sportsmanship and not keeping within the spirit of chess, they should be ashamed and join Clan Metallica who take that kind of skulduggery as parr for the course.
Yes I agree. His play has become far too cautious over the last 4 or 5 years. It seems to be quite a common problem which goes with the World title. Kramnik was the same when he was the champion.
Now Anand has nothing to lose. I'll be interested to see how different his match with Carlsen will be a year on. If my memory serves me correctly, there hav ...[text shortened]... akes to adapt to Carlsens style and really challenge him this time? It would be great to see. 🙂
02 Apr 14
Originally posted by robbie carrobieAny idea what caused the bad blood between them?
I cannot believe that Kramnik and Topalov did not shake hands and held a private press conference each, flip sake it was like 6 years ago, very bad sportsmanship and not keeping within the spirit of chess, they should be ashamed and join Clan Metallica who take that kind of skulduggery as parr for the course.
02 Apr 14
Originally posted by Data Fly8 years later they're still ticked off. Wow. I would have thought that if K was cheating with engine, he would not have used a network cable, I would have thought he would have used a wifi link of some kind but if not, how would he even have gotten a computer into a bathroom or even a laptop? Hidden in the ducts?
Are you having a giraffe?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_2006#Bathroom_controversy
Seems a bit paranoid of Topy.
02 Apr 14
Originally posted by sonhouseThe previous occupant left specially coded deposits.
8 years later they're still ticked off. Wow. I would have thought that if K was cheating with engine, he would not have used a network cable, I would have thought he would have used a wifi link of some kind but if not, how would he even have gotten a computer into a bathroom or even a laptop? Hidden in the ducts?
Seems a bit paranoid of Topy.
02 Apr 14
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Originally posted by sonhouseTeam Topov didn't really think that Kramnik was cheating. Kramnik was beating the pants off their man and they came up with the toilet nonsense to put Kramnik off, and they succeeded. Luckily for all lovers of honesty and fair play, Kramnik staged a fantastic comeback and won the match anyway.
8 years later they're still ticked off. Wow. I would have thought that if K was cheating with engine, he would not have used a network cable, I would have thought he would have used a wifi link of some kind but if not, how would he even have gotten a computer into a bathroom or even a laptop? Hidden in the ducts?
Seems a bit paranoid of Topy.
02 Apr 14
Originally posted by Data FlyIndeed it was the scurrilous Silvio Danailov (spit ding) who caused all the trouble
Team Topov didn't really think that Kramnik was cheating. Kramnik was beating the pants off their man and they came up with the toilet nonsense to put Kramnik off, and they succeeded. Luckily for all lovers of honesty and fair play, Kramnik staged a fantastic comeback and won the match anyway.