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Question: Who will win Linares/Morelia 2007?


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Veselin Topalov 17 (23.3%) Viswanatan Anand 17 (23.3%) Peter Svidler 0 (0.0%) Alexander Morozevich 3 (4.1%) Peter Leko 7 (9.6%) Levon Aronian 10 (13.7%) Teimour Radjabov 4 (5.5%) Magnus Carlsen 6 (8.2%) Robert J. Fischer 9 (12.3%) Total votes: 73 « Created by: Antillian on: 02/07/07 at 12:08:42 »

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Linares/Morelia 2007 (Read 23666 times)

JonHecht Senior Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 345 Joined: 01/17/07	Re: Linares/Morelia 2007 Reply #25 - 03/02/07 at 18:20:56	Post Tools	Print Post
	No, it was on a smaller chess-server, though it shocked me too because there most people are very polite too... not to mention I am an SR there which made it really shocking that he would do that. Anyway, did Carlsen just blunder or is this some terribly deep plan?


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OstapBender God Member Offline There is no spoon. Posts: 1491 Location: not in Kansas anymore Joined: 10/16/04	Re: Linares/Morelia 2007 Reply #24 - 03/02/07 at 17:47:42	Post Tools	Print Post
	JonHecht wrote on 03/02/07 at 17:11:39: I was watching the Leko game live and I commented asking of Bxc6 followed by Bd8 works... then an NM called me an idiot... Was this on ICC? During live broadcasts I've listened to there in the past (don't have an active membership at the moment), it seemed to me that most of the titled players weren't hearing kibitzing except from other titled players. I've encountered ocassional rudeness on ICC but generally have found people (including the ocassional titled player) to be polite -- as well as patient and tolerant of my too often off-the-mark kibitzing!

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OstapBender God Member Offline There is no spoon. Posts: 1491 Location: not in Kansas anymore Joined: 10/16/04	Re: Linares/Morelia 2007 Reply #23 - 03/02/07 at 17:39:32	Post Tools	Print Post
	IMJohnCox wrote on 03/02/07 at 17:32:35: Leko-Ivanchuk is still going on according to chesspro.ru The Playchess server, which seems very disorganized this round, had Leko-Ivanchuk down as a draw but there is now a game in progress up there. So maybe this game is still unfinished after all... Leko-IVanchuk http://www.france-echecs.com/diagramme/imgboard.phpfen=5r2/ppb2p2/2p1k1pp/4P3/4P... after 24.g4 Leko might be pushing for a win, but I don't see it. The e5-pawn will fall, and Ivanchuk can contest the d-file with ...Rd8.

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IMJohnCox God Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 1551 Location: London Joined: 01/28/06 Gender:	Re: Linares/Morelia 2007 Reply #22 - 03/02/07 at 17:32:35	Post Tools	Print Post
	Leko-Ivanchuk is still going on according to chesspro.ru, although I'm not very sure who's playing for the win. A quiet round so far, although Moro's g4-5-6 plan is certainly spicing it up.


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JonHecht Senior Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 345 Joined: 01/17/07	Re: Linares/Morelia 2007 Reply #21 - 03/02/07 at 17:11:39	Post Tools	Print Post
	I was watching the Leko game live and I commented asking of Bxc6 followed by Bd8 works... then an NM called me an idiot...


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OstapBender God Member Offline There is no spoon. Posts: 1491 Location: not in Kansas anymore Joined: 10/16/04	Re: Linares/Morelia 2007 Reply #20 - 03/02/07 at 17:06:46	Post Tools	Print Post
	Leko-Ivanchuk and Aronian-Svidler both draws (Svidler's drawn all 8 of his games!). Nothing thrilling (to my eye at least) happening in Anand-Topalov or Morozevich-Carlsen. Maybe Anand and Carlsen have small edges in their respective games. Anand-Topalov http://www.france-echecs.com/diagramme/imgboard.phpfen=1r3rk1/3qnp2/pb1p1n1p/1p1... after 22.Nf3 Morozevich-Carlsen http://www.france-echecs.com/diagramme/imgboard.phpfen=4r1k1/5npp/1q2pb2/2pp2P1/... after 24.g5 Anand-Topalov finished: 22...Rfc8 23.Rxc8+ Rxc8 24.Nh2 Ng6 25.Ng4 ½–½ Morozevich-Carlsen continuing 24...Bd8 25.f5 e5 26.c4 Morozevich-Carlsen http://www.france-echecs.com/diagramme/imgboard.phpfen=3br1k1/5npp/1q6/2pppPP1/2... after 26.c4 I don't know what Moro's thinking here, but he's definitely not thinking draw. However, if anyone benefits from this aggression (other than the fans), I think it's gotta be Carlsen.

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MarinFan Senior Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 447 Location: Leeds Joined: 04/04/06 Gender:	Re: Linares/Morelia 2007 Reply #19 - 03/02/07 at 15:21:30	Post Tools	Print Post
	Yes, it was 2.30 apparantly. ICC are getting the moves for most games now...


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Willempie God Member Offline I love ChessPublishing .com! Posts: 4312 Location: Holland Joined: 01/07/05	Re: Linares/Morelia 2007 Reply #18 - 03/02/07 at 15:07:48	Post Tools	Print Post
	IMJohnCox wrote on 03/02/07 at 15:04:23: Should be 2.30, surely? But there seems to be some problem with the relay link - as there has been all tournament so far.... Yep. Rumour has it that the link gets overloaded by mysterious signals during gameplay. Danailov has been asked for a reaction, but was busy talking on his cell phone

	If nothing else works, a total pig-headed unwillingness to look facts in the face will see us through.
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IMJohnCox God Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 1551 Location: London Joined: 01/28/06 Gender:	Re: Linares/Morelia 2007 Reply #17 - 03/02/07 at 15:04:23	Post Tools	Print Post
	Should be 2.30, surely? But there seems to be some problem with the relay link - as there has been all tournament so far....


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MarinFan Senior Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 447 Location: Leeds Joined: 04/04/06 Gender:	Re: Linares/Morelia 2007 Reply #16 - 03/02/07 at 14:58:42	Post Tools	Print Post
	Hello, Think it is 3.30 pm GMT, the boards are all set and ready to go on ICC now. Bye John S


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Antillian God Member Offline Brilliance without dazzle! Posts: 1757 Joined: 01/05/03 Gender:	Re: Linares/Morelia 2007 Reply #15 - 03/02/07 at 14:24:10	Post Tools	Print Post
	So Round 8 starts today correct? Anyone know what time GMT this begins?

	"Breakthrough results come about by a series of good decisions, diligently executed and accumulated one on top of another." Jim Collins --- Good to Great
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Antillian God Member Offline Brilliance without dazzle! Posts: 1757 Joined: 01/05/03 Gender:	Re: Linares/Morelia 2007 Reply #14 - 02/27/07 at 13:33:44	Post Tools	Print Post
	Does anyone know if the organisers will use the same official pathetic website when they move to Linares?

	"Breakthrough results come about by a series of good decisions, diligently executed and accumulated one on top of another." Jim Collins --- Good to Great
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IMJohnCox God Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 1551 Location: London Joined: 01/28/06 Gender:	Re: Linares/Morelia 2007 Reply #13 - 02/26/07 at 11:40:23	Post Tools	Print Post
	Yes, Topalov missed about a dozen clearish wins. Moro was then almost equal before 36...Kc7?? Topa could have played 38 Qg7 terminating the game immediately, or 39 Bg2 still winning, but preferred to allow equality. Moro then blundered with 40...Rc7?? instead of either 40...Qe3 or ....Qf4, covering c1 and defending against fxe6 by ...Be8 - the point is to hit the h6 rook. Leko also missed a beautiful win starting 25 Bxc6+ Rexc6 28 Bd8. Good round for Fritzhounds, although disappointing that Topa didn't botch it entirely (or not entirely enough). And as I said in the other thread my heart bled for Leko. Karma is taking its time for rewarding him for not flagging Ivanchuk: this would have just been a great game if he'd crowned it with this combination. Strange really to miss it when these two moves (Bc6 and Bd8) were so much the themes he was working with. Just didn't see the particular order and timing of them that was needed. Aronian doesn't seem to be able to play against Ivanchuk - this made the fifth loss in a row I think. LarryC was saying he must have overlooked that Nd3 threatened a4 winning the b5 rook (I don't know why ...a4 didn't defend this threat: wasn't watching this game much).


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Alias God Member Offline Posts: 1512 Location: East of the river Svartån Joined: 11/19/04	Re: Linares/Morelia 2007 Reply #12 - 02/26/07 at 09:31:52	Post Tools	Print Post
	Can someone explain what happened in Ivanchuk-Aronian? It looked embarrasingly easy for Ivanchuk. Pawns droped off at a regular rate. No counterplay at all. Topalov-Morozevich is a game I would trust computer analysis for. An open game full of tactics. Was anything missed during the game? PS. Reasons for using this thread rather than the other: 1) It was started before the other one. 2) It includes Morelia in the subject.

	Don't check me with no lightweight stuff.
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IMJohnCox God Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 1551 Location: London Joined: 01/28/06 Gender:	Re: Linares/Morelia 2007 Reply #11 - 02/19/07 at 14:16:21	Post Tools	Print Post
	Ironic if Chukky won. After Elista, where I think it's fair to say none of the voters really predicted what happened, that would make the second super-tournament with a zero percent prediction rate.


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