who will win corus 2010?

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12 Jan 10

Maxacre42

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14 Jan 10

I say 1-Carlsen 2-Kramnik

Wulebgr

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27 Jan 10

Originally posted by Wulebgr
Kramnik and Carlsen will tie. Kramnik will beat Carlsen, but lose to Nakamura. Anand will settle for third with no loses.

It's not over, but clearly I overestimated the strength of Nakamura's Dutch.

~~philidor position~~

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27 Jan 10

Originally posted by Wulebgr
It's not over, but clearly I overestimated the strength of Nakamura's Dutch.

http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/corus-press-conferences-rounds-6-8/#more-21544

press conferences of 6, 7 and 8.

Kramnik said something like dutch is actually solid and will have to be studied more seriously now as Naka intends to play it in such tournaments.

Maxacre42

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30 Jan 10

bump

Wulebgr

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30 Jan 10

Originally posted by Wulebgr
Kramnik and Carlsen will tie. Kramnik will beat Carlsen, but lose to Nakamura. Anand will settle for third with no loses.

aside from the loss to Nakamura (Kramnik won), my prediction remains on track, as each of the big three--Kramnik, Carlsen, and Anand will earn 1 1/2 in the last two rounds.

Maxacre42

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30 Jan 10

Originally posted by Wulebgr
aside from the loss to Nakamura (Kramnik won), my prediction remains on track, as each of the big three--Kramnik, Carlsen, and Anand will earn 1 1/2 in the last two rounds.

yeah good prediction, but hopefully mine will prevail!

Wulebgr

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30 Jan 10

Originally posted by Maxacre42
yeah good prediction, but hopefully mine will prevail!

Hopefully???

Why would you hope for the kid to prevail over Kramnik the Magnificent?

Maxacre42

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30 Jan 10

Originally posted by Wulebgr
Hopefully???

Why would you hope for the kid to prevail over Kramnik the Magnificent?

Because I want to live in the era of the best player of all time. There is some glimmer of hope for that in Carlsen.

Nordlys

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30 Jan 10

Originally posted by Wulebgr
aside from the loss to Nakamura (Kramnik won), my prediction remains on track, as each of the big three--Kramnik, Carlsen, and Anand will earn 1 1/2 in the last two rounds.

Kramnik lost today, so he'll have to earn 1 1/2 in the last round...

Gatusso

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30 Jan 10

Originally posted by Nordlys
Kramnik lost today, so he'll have to earn 1 1/2 in the last round...

Kramnik winning and Carlsen loosing makes Kramnik the winner, he is only 1/2 point behind.

Wulebgr

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30 Jan 10

Originally posted by Gatusso
Kramnik winning and Carlsen loosing makes Kramnik the winner, he is only 1/2 point behind.

It is impossible for Carlsen to loose at chess. (Moreover, he probably will not lose either.)

Wulebgr

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30 Jan 10

Originally posted by Nordlys
Kramnik lost today, so he'll have to earn 1 1/2 in the last round...

Something had to give for Anand to take third. Tomorrow Kramnik wins and Carlsen draws. Thus, my original prediction proves correct in the main: Kramnik and Carlsen tie, Anand third (likely tied with Shirov).

Wulebgr

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30 Jan 10

Originally posted by Maxacre42
Because I want to live in the era of the best player of all time. There is some glimmer of hope for that in Carlsen.

You already do unless you are too young to remember Garry.

Maxacre42

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30 Jan 10

Originally posted by Wulebgr
You already do unless you are too young to remember Garry.

I want more! I want Carlsen to surpass him! And I wasn't into chess when Garry was playing.

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30 Jan 10

does anyone have annotations of Anands win over Kramnik?