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Question: Who will win Tata Steel 2012


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Magnus Carlsen 20 (39.2%) Lev Aronian 11 (21.6%) Teimour Radjabov 3 (5.9%) Veselin Topalov 4 (7.8%) Sergey Karjakin 1 (2.0%) Vasily Ivanchuk 4 (7.8%) Vugar Gashimov 0 (0.0%) Hikaru Nakamura 3 (5.9%) Boris Gelfand 0 (0.0%) Fabiano Caruana 0 (0.0%) Gata Kamsky 2 (3.9%) Anish Giri 2 (3.9%) David Navara 1 (2.0%) Loek van Wely 0 (0.0%) Total votes: 51 « Last Modified by: Alias on: 01/11/12 at 10:10:56 »

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thibdb13 God Member Offline Tal was the best Posts: 974 Location: Mechelen Joined: 01/25/07 Gender:	Re: Who will win Tata Steel 2012? Reply #12 - 01/12/12 at 16:05:28	Post Tools	Print Post
	Smyslov_Fan wrote on 01/12/12 at 15:41:37: I have no clue why Sadler is even in Group C. He outrates his opponents by a healthy margin. If he was in Group B, he'd still be one of the favorites. It seems he hasn't played for a time now. So I suppose the organizers expect his level to be lower than his elo.

	Yusupov once said that “The problem with the Dutch Defence is that later in many positions the best move would be ...f5-f7” but he is surely wrong.
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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 Tata Steel 2012? Reply #11 - 01/12/12 at 15:41:37	Post Tools	Print Post
	I have no clue why Sadler is even in Group C. He outrates his opponents by a healthy margin. If he was in Group B, he'd still be one of the favorites.


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TalJechin God Member Offline There is no secret ingredient. Posts: 2892 Location: Malmö Joined: 08/12/04 Gender:	Re: Who will win Tata Steel 2012? Reply #10 - 01/12/12 at 14:17:18	Post Tools	Print Post
	I don't care who wins, but voted for Naka as he plays some of my favourite openings. I'm also a bit surprised that Kramnik isn't in the field - but after Toiletgate you rarely (if ever?) see Kramnik and Topalov in the same tm.


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Bibs God Member Offline Posts: 2346 Joined: 10/24/06	Re: Who will win Tata Steel 2012? Reply #9 - 01/12/12 at 13:12:59	Post Tools	Print Post
	Group C: Sadler to win. 2-2.5 points clear of the field.


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thibdb13 God Member Offline Tal was the best Posts: 974 Location: Mechelen Joined: 01/25/07 Gender:	Re: Who will win Tata Steel 2012? Reply #8 - 01/12/12 at 12:53:09	Post Tools	Print Post
	I'd like to see the "old" Topalov winning or even Ivanchuk but I am afraid another one will get the honours. I am also quite sad that Kramnik does not play.

	Yusupov once said that “The problem with the Dutch Defence is that later in many positions the best move would be ...f5-f7” but he is surely wrong.
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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 Tata Steel 2012? Reply #7 - 01/11/12 at 22:43:29	Post Tools	Print Post
	I voted for Aronian. But I'm hard-pressed to come up with a super tournament Aronian has actually won outright!


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LostTactic Senior Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 336 Joined: 02/19/11	Re: Who will win Tata Steel 2012? Reply #6 - 01/11/12 at 21:44:35	Post Tools	Print Post
	I think Carlsen will win but I want Topalov or Ivanchuk to win because I like their playing style.


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gewgaw God Member Offline I love ChessPublishing.com! Posts: 687 Location: europe Joined: 09/09/04	Re: Who will win Tata Steel 2012? Reply #5 - 01/11/12 at 21:05:52	Post Tools	Print Post
	Magnus, of course - +7 and new rating record!

	The older, the better - over 2200 and still rising.
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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 Tata Steel 2012? Reply #4 - 01/11/12 at 18:53:54	Post Tools	Print Post
	I would just like to say how nice it is to see two Americans playing in the same super-tournament round robin.


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Vass God Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 1105 Joined: 06/22/11	Re: Who will win Tata Steel 2012? Reply #3 - 01/11/12 at 13:35:54	Post Tools	Print Post
	Topalov, of course! He is hungry for chess..


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Alias God Member Offline Posts: 1512 Location: East of the river Svartån Joined: 11/19/04	Re: Who will win Tata Steel 2012? Reply #2 - 01/11/12 at 09:46:17	Post Tools	Print Post
	Added a poll.

	Don't check me with no lightweight stuff.
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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 Tata Steel 2012? Reply #1 - 01/11/12 at 09:43:22	Post Tools	Print Post
	Who will win?


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Smyslov_Fan God Member Correspondence fan Offline Progress depends on the unreasonable man. ~GBS Posts: 6902 Joined: 06/15/05	Who will win Tata Steel 2012? 01/11/12 at 09:35:56	Post Tools	Print Post
	Hi, the first really big tournament of the year is about to start. Who will win this year's edition of the famous tournament held annually at Wijk aan Zee? Here are the competitors: GM Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2835 1 GM Aronian, Levon ARM 2805 2 GM Radjabov, Teymour AZE 2773 5 GM Topalov, Veselin BUL 2770 6 GM Karjakin, Sergey RUS 2769 7 GM Ivanchuk, Vasily UKR 2766 8 GM Gashimov, Vugar AZE 2761 10 GM Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2759 12 GM Gelfand, Boris ISR 2739 16 GM Caruana, Fabiano ITA 2736 17 GM Kamsky, Gata USA 2732 20 GM Giri, Anish NED 2714 28 GM Navara, David CZE 2712 30 GM Van Wely, Loek NED 2692 54


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