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Question: Who will win the London Chess Classic?


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Magnus Carlsen 12 (60.0%) Luke McShane 0 (0.0%) David Howell 0 (0.0%) Hikaru Nakamura 3 (15.0%) Ni Hua 0 (0.0%) Michael Adams 1 (5.0%) Nigel Short 0 (0.0%) Vladimir Kramnik 4 (20.0%) Total votes: 20 « Created by: Antillian on: 12/07/09 at 20:46:12 »

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Schaakhamster God Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 650 Joined: 05/13/08	Re: London Chess Classic Reply #14 - 12/13/09 at 19:51:51	Post Tools	Print Post
	Carlsen keeps shoving 'em off the board. He certainly looks the real deal. Nakamura is having a rough time. He needs to set up camp in Europe and stop with silly things like playing in the us chess league and flying off to Japan between tournaments. Winning in blitz against Carlsen is nice but in the end it doesn't really matter.


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gewgaw God Member Offline I love ChessPublishing.com! Posts: 687 Location: europe Joined: 09/09/04	Re: London Chess Classic Reply #13 - 12/10/09 at 13:23:00	Post Tools	Print Post
	Imho Magnus entered a new level in chess. I´ve a rating of ~21 and with the help of rybka, I got the impression at least, to understand to some extend the games of the elite. But the game Carlsen against Kramnik was something special, even with the help of engines, I feel helpless and I cant say what really happend, especially lots of pawn moves surprised me. Anyone out there who thinks the same?

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Bibs God Member Offline Posts: 2342 Joined: 10/24/06	Re: London Chess Classic Reply #12 - 12/10/09 at 11:39:07	Post Tools	Print Post
	One would hope that she would not need convincing.


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Antillian God Member Offline Brilliance without dazzle! Posts: 1757 Joined: 01/05/03 Gender:	Re: London Chess Classic Reply #11 - 12/10/09 at 11:17:59	Post Tools	Print Post
	MNb wrote on 12/10/09 at 02:46:37: dfan wrote on 12/08/09 at 21:57:54: McShane-Short 1-0 (159 moves) Do not hurry! That one certainly will convince my girlfriend that chess is an exciting game. Perhaps not. But it may convince her that chess players have endurance.

	"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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MNb God Member Offline Rudolf Spielmann forever Posts: 10777 Location: Moengo Joined: 01/05/04 Gender:	Re: London Chess Classic Reply #10 - 12/10/09 at 02:46:37	Post Tools	Print Post
	dfan wrote on 12/08/09 at 21:57:54: McShane-Short 1-0 (159 moves) Do not hurry! That one certainly will convince my girlfriend that chess is an exciting game.

	The book had the effect good books usually have: it made the stupids more stupid, the intelligent more intelligent and the other thousands of readers remained unchanged. GC Lichtenberg
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Smyslov_Fan God Member Correspondence fan Offline Progress depends on the unreasonable man. ~GBS Posts: 6902 Joined: 06/15/05	Re: London Chess Classic Reply #9 - 12/10/09 at 02:00:30	Post Tools	Print Post
	I don't really like this single RR format. Carlsen benefitted from a very kind draw by getting to play Kramnik as white in the first game of the tnmt, and then scored with his second white in a row to give himself a huge psychological advantage. If this was a double RR format the lottery wouldn't have an impact because his opponents would know they could get even in the second half. Of course, Carlsen did have to win both games. (He had two whites to begin the Tal Memorial also, but couldn't take advantage there.) So if you're gonna award 3 points for a win, at least give everyone equal opportunities to win with a double RR!


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TalJechin God Member Offline There is no secret ingredient. Posts: 2892 Location: Malmö Joined: 08/12/04 Gender:	Re: London Chess Classic Reply #8 - 12/09/09 at 20:32:50	Post Tools	Print Post
	Magnus is already alone on 100% and all the others on 50% :) - or less since in this tm a win gives 3 points and a draw 1 point... A new Nanjing coming up?


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dfan God Member Offline "When you see a bad move, look for a better one" Posts: 766 Location: Boston Joined: 10/04/05	Re: London Chess Classic Reply #7 - 12/08/09 at 21:57:54	Post Tools	Print Post
	McShane-Short 1-0 (159 moves) Do not hurry!


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trw YaBB Moderator Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 1414 Joined: 05/06/08 Gender:	Re: London Chess Classic Reply #6 - 12/08/09 at 19:19:47	Post Tools	Print Post
	after nakamura blowing that elementary endgame... I doubt he can have a pray of winning.


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Antillian God Member Offline Brilliance without dazzle! Posts: 1757 Joined: 01/05/03 Gender:	Re: London Chess Classic Reply #5 - 12/08/09 at 18:58:10	Post Tools	Print Post
	Kramnik went down like a lost sheep today. He was totally outplayed. Pity this game had to be the first. The rest of the tournament might well prove to be anticlimactic. With Carlen's take no prisoners approach, I am going to predict a +3 or even +4 tournament victory.

	"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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TonyRo God Member Offline I'm gonna crack your skull! Posts: 1846 Location: Cleveland, OH Joined: 11/26/07 Gender:	Re: London Chess Classic Reply #4 - 12/08/09 at 18:39:05	Post Tools	Print Post
	Kramnik looks busted in his game against Carlsen. Probably the best start Carlsen could ask for in a tournament like this! And with the English! Whooo!


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Smyslov_Fan God Member Correspondence fan Offline Progress depends on the unreasonable man. ~GBS Posts: 6902 Joined: 06/15/05	Re: London Chess Classic Reply #3 - 12/08/09 at 15:33:05	Post Tools	Print Post
	The contrarian in me almost voted for Adams. But there's just too much fire power. I ended up voting for the tnmt favorite, Carlsen. I wonder how many people over the age of 25 voted for Naka. I'm surprised to see his fan club extending to these pages.


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mangler Full Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 174 Location: Orlando Joined: 10/30/06 Gender:	Re: London Chess Classic Reply #2 - 12/08/09 at 15:09:51	Post Tools	Print Post
	I voted for Kramnik. Maybe I should wait a round or 2 like others did for the last tournament.... I did notice that Kramnik won the last tournament even though he had an extra black. Here again he has an extra black (only a 7 round tournament? Please correct me if wrong). Would be impressive if he wins this one too.


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Antillian God Member Offline Brilliance without dazzle! Posts: 1757 Joined: 01/05/03 Gender:	Re: London Chess Classic Reply #1 - 12/07/09 at 20:46:12	Post Tools	Print Post
	I think this really could have been a poll with just two persons.

	"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:	London Chess Classic 12/07/09 at 20:42:54	Post Tools	Print Post
	The London Chess Classic kicks off tomorrow. It should be a straight show down between Kramnik and Carlsen, I would think. I am routing for Kramnik again. Considering how he played in the Tal Memorial when he was sick, imagine what can happen now he is well. http://www.londonchessclassic.com/classic/the_classic.htm

	"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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