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Two rapids, two blitz, Armageddon, I think.
I believe Kramnik will play, but we'll see.
It's interesting how this match has not really seen a repeated opening, as previous matches have (not Kramnik-Leko, but K-K the Berlin, K-Anand the Schev, K-Short the Bc4 Naj, etc). Of course generally with computers most players have wider repertoires these days.
You'd think though that if chess were dying because of computers as people predict then players would stick more to their openings with Black, since they'd have them so well prepared they couldn't be busted.
Indeed Kramnik at least has paid for playing new openings in the match: if he'd had more Slav experience (I don't think he's played it much at all?) then he'd surely have lost in a little less childlike manner in game 9.
Tuesday's a huge, indeed super-colossal, game now of course. 1 e4 would be a monstrous decision at this stage. I imagine Topalov will stick with 1 d4, and Kramnik? My view is that in such a game you must stick with what you know. That would mean a semi-Slav, maybe, or perhaps an orthodox QGD? I've been surprised he's not gone with that. Of course he has bad memories from the Leko match, amd usually Topa plays Bf4 also.
My prediction would be the same as game 9 from Topalov, and then back to 4...e6 again, then the s-Slav. It's surely safer to go somewhere you've already seen Topalov's number one prep.
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