Fide Chess Championship 2005 .......

Originally posted by XanthosNZ
www.chessbase.com can get you the notation (and some commentary) on the previous rounds.

You can watch the games live on playchess.com (chessgames.com only has one per round it seems).

Originally posted by XanthosNZ
You can watch the games live on playchess.com

Am I correct noticing only Topalov plays 1.d4 ? The rest opens by playing 1.e4. Right ?

This is the way tournament chess should be. 3rd round, no draws, all fighting chess. My personal favorite was Polgar's Keres Attack against the "World Champion" Kasimdzhanov She destroyed him and by move 27 he was in a hopeless position.

Originally posted by buddy2
This is the way tournament chess should be. 3rd round, no draws, all fighting chess. My personal favorite was Polgar's Keres Attack against the "World Champion" Kasimdzhanov She destroyed him and by move 27 he was in a hopeless position.

Jeesh, both Rustam Kasimdzhanov (against Anand !) and Peter Leko (against Polgar) won in the fourth round. These Championships haven't a winner yet. Anything can happen now .....

Originally posted by ivanhoe
Jeesh, both Rustam Kasimdzhanov (against Anand !) and Peter Leko (Against Polgar) won in the fourth round. These Championships haven't a winner yet. Anything can happen now .....

Originally posted by ivanhoe
Am I correct noticing only Topalov plays 1.d4 ? The rest opens by playing 1.e4. Right ?

Originally posted by Nordlys
Morozevich played d4 today.

Originally posted by Nordlys
Well, Topalov just won, so it looks pretty good for him.

Topolav is da man!!

Originally posted by ketchuplover
Topolav is da man!!

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2661

A statisticians view of the FIDE World Championship
By Jeff Sonas


San Luis: Anand's chances after round four
03.10.2005 Just before the start of the World Championship in San Luis chess statistician Jeff Sonas gave Anand a 31% chance of winning. Topalov got 17%. After four rounds the latter has a one-point lead, while Anand suffered a serious setback. What are the Indian's chances of winning now? And what about Topalov? Try to guess before you read Jeff's latest figures.




http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2661

I wanted to watch the games again, but I can't reach the server (Playchess). 🙁 Well, I really need some sleep, so maybe I should be glad. 😕

Edit: Oops, it works again. Just when I wanted to go to bed. 😠 And I see they also have the games of Gausdal Bygger'n Masters.

Great commentary by Yasser Seirawan. Aaargh, I need to sleep! :'(