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Poll closed Question: Who will win Wijk aan Zee?
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Carlsen    
  22 (44.9%)
Anand    
  4 (8.2%)
Kramnik    
  9 (18.4%)
Ivanchuk    
  4 (8.2%)
Leko    
  1 (2.0%)
Shirov    
  1 (2.0%)
Karjakin    
  2 (4.1%)
Dominguez    
  0 (0.0%)
Nakamura    
  5 (10.2%)
Other    
  1 (2.0%)




Total votes: 49
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Re: 2010 Wijk aan Zee, Group A Poll
Reply #41 - 01/17/10 at 16:55:15
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The Nakamura-Van Wely game was interesting.  After 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3 Qc7 Nakamura played 9.Bxf6, quickly followed by g4-g5, which I haven't seen before in this line.  Nakamura went on to win a nice victory. Although it may be a standard idea, I liked his knight sac on move 15:

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In the other decisive game so far Carlsen beat Smeets in a sharp game featuring a Botvinnik semi-Slav.
  

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Re: 2010 Wijk aan Zee, Group A Poll
Reply #40 - 01/16/10 at 20:50:59
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Van Wely's win over Short looked quite Karpovian.
  

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Re: 2010 Wijk aan Zee, Group A Poll
Reply #39 - 01/16/10 at 20:43:12
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Tiviakov only had 14 minutes for 13 moves when he agreed to a draw.  In that situation, his acquiescence makes sense.
  
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Reply #38 - 01/16/10 at 19:05:32
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A bit disappointed that "everybody" seems so happy to draw. In particular I would have thought Tiviakov could press on against Carlsen, and Dominguez-Kramnik was an interesting imbalance (White has the better minor piece) that I would like to have seen played out. The Sofia rules are definitely not being used.

Probably just shows how little I understand of the game...
  

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Re: 2010 Wijk aan Zee, Group A Poll
Reply #37 - 01/16/10 at 16:57:10
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I was surprised at how meekly Short played.  He will really need to regroup if he doesn't want to bleed rating points here.  van Wely's game seemed to develop very naturally without him having to do much work.  (Of course, that's not true, but that's the impression the game gives.)
  
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Re: 2010 Wijk aan Zee, Group A Poll
Reply #36 - 01/16/10 at 16:53:58
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OstapBender wrote on 01/16/10 at 16:47:50:
In the first round, Van Wely- Short (1-0) the only decisive game thus far.  A QGD which to me seemed like a nice example of a successful minority attack.

Yep very instructive. Short was  left without anthing throughout the entire game.
  

If nothing else works, a total pig-headed unwillingness to look facts in the face will see us through.
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Reply #35 - 01/16/10 at 16:47:50
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In the first round, Van Wely- Short (1-0) the only decisive game thus far.  A QGD which to me seemed like a nice example of a successful minority attack.

Leko-Shirov is still underway.  It's an ending where Shirov is up the exchange (R, R, N + 3P vs. R, B, B + 3P).  Current position below:

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I imagine Leko will hold the draw here.


Update:
Shirov won his game against Leko.  Way to go Shirov!
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Re: 2010 Wijk aan Zee, Group A Poll
Reply #34 - 01/16/10 at 16:38:39
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trw wrote on 01/15/10 at 22:22:34:

I think corus simply has the best designed chess site out there for tournament viewing.

Do you specifically admire their use of red and green colour here?  Wink Well otherwise I really like their page. There is a lot of content and it's easy to navigate.

Any ideas what software is used best behind to set up pages like this? Is any CMS (content management system) good enough and a good choice for that?
  
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Reply #33 - 01/16/10 at 10:06:49
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I root for Karjakin
  
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Re: 2010 Wijk aan Zee, Group A Poll
Reply #32 - 01/16/10 at 00:43:54
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I checked the pairings. I would have voted for Kramnik, but there is an odd number of rounds, and he gets an extra black. Seems like he is always getting an extra game with the black pieces. Also, Kramnik will have black vs the top 2 (Carlsen and Anand).

I voted for Leko, as he must be due for a major win. I should point out I am always wrong when predicting these things. (sorry Peter, my predictions are more of a curse).

Should be another great tournament. Let's hope all the players are in good form!
  
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Reply #31 - 01/15/10 at 23:03:58
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Schaakhamster wrote on 01/15/10 at 22:34:38:
trw wrote on 01/15/10 at 22:22:34:
PAIRINGS!! These don't seem to have reach the news feeds yet...

Round 1 - Saturday the 16th
S. Karjakin - V. Anand       
L. Dominguez - V. Kramnik       
P. Leko - A. Shirov       
F. Caruana - V. Ivanchuk       
S. Tiviakov - M. Carlsen       
J. Smeets - H. Nakamura       
L. van Wely - N. Short

Full schedule up at the corus site: http://www.coruschess.com/schedule.php?year=2010&group=1


I think corus simply has the best designed chess site out there for tournament viewing.


Honestly: the competition for that isn't that impressive. Most chess sites are ugly as hell... .



true there is no competition in this respect but even still I love the corus website.
  
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Re: 2010 Wijk aan Zee, Group A Poll
Reply #30 - 01/15/10 at 22:58:59
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MNb wrote on 01/15/10 at 21:48:48:

Regarding Korchnoi I have mixed feelings. He had a rough time around 1980, having left his wife and son in the URS, being boycotted by that same URS. This boycot was taken over by most big tournaments. Notable exceptions were Leeuwarden 1977, Linares 1979 and .... Hoogovens, the predecessor of Corus.
Add the influence of a certain Petra Leeuwerik and Kortchnoi's paranoia becomes not justifiable but understandable.

Also during the matches certain decisions were also food for paranoia (is it paranoia when your entourage gets banned). Plus I think Karpy and Korchnoi kissed and made up a few years back.

Still it all pales in comparison with what one can see on a football pitch in just around one match Wink

PS I must object to the options. With 3 Dutchies (one imported) in it, one of them should win it. It is just not possible to always fail Grin

PSPS I predict a very nice game between Loek and Short, while Carlsen may be in for a surprise.
  

If nothing else works, a total pig-headed unwillingness to look facts in the face will see us through.
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Reply #29 - 01/15/10 at 22:34:38
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trw wrote on 01/15/10 at 22:22:34:
PAIRINGS!! These don't seem to have reach the news feeds yet...

Round 1 - Saturday the 16th
S. Karjakin - V. Anand       
L. Dominguez - V. Kramnik       
P. Leko - A. Shirov       
F. Caruana - V. Ivanchuk       
S. Tiviakov - M. Carlsen       
J. Smeets - H. Nakamura       
L. van Wely - N. Short

Full schedule up at the corus site: http://www.coruschess.com/schedule.php?year=2010&group=1


I think corus simply has the best designed chess site out there for tournament viewing.


Honestly: the competition for that isn't that impressive. Most chess sites are ugly as hell... .
  
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Reply #28 - 01/15/10 at 22:31:53
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trw wrote on 01/15/10 at 18:02:44:
Kasparov is well known for his facial expressions. I read the entire website you plugged for Karpov-Korchnoi and there is not a single mention of a cheating incident. I think you use the word cheating against its very definition. It means to seek outside help ie either another grandmaster or computer during the game. So the false accusation of cheating would be to indicate your opponent did this when you have no evidence to support it. I consider false accusations detrimental to game, the image of the game and the players that being unfairly treated (in the aforementioned cases this is Kramnik and Kurnsov). Anyways sorry I diverted the topic more but even more sorry the person that brought up mamedjarov did so in the first place. 

I hope Carlsen, Kramnik, Anand, Nakamura, Shirov or Ivanchuk wins but honestly I expect its a battle between Kramnik & Carlsen with the rest as wild cards. It is nice to have so many good players to root for but mostly I just want to see good chess!



Ey I would even have loved to see Topalov at Wijk. Or perhaps one of the emerging Russians. So don't feel sorry for me, I'm left without my false idols Wink.

To make amends I choose Kramnik. He has been absolutely impressive lately.
  
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PAIRINGS!! These don't seem to have reach the news feeds yet...

Round 1 - Saturday the 16th
S. Karjakin - V. Anand       
L. Dominguez - V. Kramnik       
P. Leko - A. Shirov       
F. Caruana - V. Ivanchuk       
S. Tiviakov - M. Carlsen       
J. Smeets - H. Nakamura       
L. van Wely - N. Short

Full schedule up at the corus site: http://www.coruschess.com/schedule.php?year=2010&group=1


I think corus simply has the best designed chess site out there for tournament viewing.
  
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