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Originally posted by Fat Lady
I can't believe Bareev gave away the match by agreeing a short draw. What a wimp.
Is it any worse than Leko playing the same variation against Kramnik when Kramnik had to to win to draw his World Championship match in the last round? I think Bareev, who had given up, was making a statement: Leko tacitly agreed to play for two results using this variation (a draw or a loss against Kramnik) and so would he. Why else would someone play this line when needing a win? Still, I can't explain Leko's use of this variation when Kramnik had no answer to 1...e5 which at least plays for all three results.

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So you're saying Bareev played a line against Leko in which he had almost no chance of winning to teach Leko a lesson for playing the same line against Kramnik?

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Well Kamsky lost. He played another bad game with White, though not as bad as his pitiful attempt to play the London System. He appeared to miss a rather obvious mate in two at the end, though his position was completely lost by then anyway.

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Originally posted by Nordlys
And it only took four more moves to make it a draw...
The Aronian-Shirov draw in game 5 is not terribly surprising.

Shirov came close to winning Game 4 (as White), so drawing game 5 (as Black) means that he is basing all his chances on Game 6 (again as White).

By drawing game 5, Aronian needs only a draw in Game 6 to win the match.

So, from both players' perspectives, the draw in Game 5 is not a bad result.

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Match 1
Aronian Levon (ARM) 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 3.0
Shirov Alexei (ESP) 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 2.0

Match 2
Leko Peter (HUN) 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 3.5
Bareev Evgeny (RUS) 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1.5

Match 3
Grischuk Alexander (RUS) 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 2.5
Rublevsky Sergei (RUS) 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 2.5

Match 4
Kamsky Gata (USA) ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1.5
Gelfand Boris (ISR) ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 3.5

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good, Aronian has qualified...he will be one of the favourites for the WC...

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Can anybody explain the format for the championship in Mexico? and when is it to be played? What happened to the old challenge format and where the hell is Topalov?
Where's a good site to catch all the news?
A lot of questions i know, Anybody?

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http://www.chessmexico.com/es/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=22&Itemid=139

is a good starting point to answer your questions

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Originally posted by Talisman
Can anybody explain the format for the championship in Mexico? and when is it to be played? What happened to the old challenge format and where the hell is Topalov?
Where's a good site to catch all the news?
A lot of questions i know, Anybody?
Topalov's out. See Thread 70039.

And here's the official site at http://globalchess.eu/main.php.

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Match 3
Grischuk Alexander (RUS) 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 2.5 5.5
Rublevsky Sergei (RUS) 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0.5 3.5

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Thanks guys. That's clearer.

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