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Question: Final Decisive Games % for Linares?


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Less than 10% 1 (5.3%) 10-20% 4 (21.1%) 20-30% 5 (26.3%) 30-40% 1 (5.3%) Over 40% 1 (5.3%) It's the game quality that counts 7 (36.8%) Total votes: 19 « Last Modified by: TN on: 02/18/10 at 12:04:30 »

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Who will win Linares 2010? (Read 30574 times)

trw YaBB Moderator Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 1414 Joined: 05/06/08 Gender:	Re: Who will win Linares 2010? Reply #5 - 02/06/10 at 00:42:15	Post Tools	Print Post
	Of course this is the weakest Linares in many moons. It was the first thing I posted when I saw the lineup months ago. I was attacked as a Topalov hater... but... where is Anand/Kramnik/Carlsen?


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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: Who will win Linares 2010? Reply #4 - 02/06/10 at 00:33:38	Post Tools	Print Post
	I voted for the weakest non-Spaniard, Grischuk. I wonder why Shirov didn't play. Was he not invited or was he too tired? As the strongest Spaniard, he probably has a standing invitation.


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Seth_Xoma God Member Offline FM with 2 IM Norms - (2381) Posts: 558 Location: Lansing Joined: 11/05/04 Gender:	Re: Who will win Linares 2010? Reply #3 - 02/05/10 at 23:37:32	Post Tools	Print Post
	That is a rather sad lineup for what was once so prestigious a tournament. Not to slight players like Gelfand or Grischuk, but no Anand, Kramnik or Carlsen? Yikes.


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Antillian God Member Offline Brilliance without dazzle! Posts: 1757 Joined: 01/05/03 Gender:	Re: Who will win Linares 2010? Reply #2 - 02/05/10 at 23:24:27	Post Tools	Print Post
	No, you are not alone. I am totally underwhelmed. I expect Topalov's maximalist style to triumph in a field like this.

	"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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Smyslov_Fan God Member Correspondence fan Offline Progress depends on the unreasonable man. ~GBS Posts: 6902 Joined: 06/15/05	Re: Who will win Linares 2010? Reply #1 - 02/05/10 at 23:06:30	Post Tools	Print Post
	Am I alone in thinking this has to be one of the weakest Linares in years? Current (not live) FIDE rankings are 2, 5,6,7, 15 and Vallejo (31).


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TN God Member Offline Posts: 3420 Joined: 11/07/08 Gender:	Who will win Linares 2010? 02/05/10 at 21:38:04	Post Tools	Print Post
	Linares is starting in a week from now! Who will claim the trophy?

	All our dreams come true if we have the courage to pursue them.
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