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Poll closed Question: Who will win the Anand-Gelfand Title Match?
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Anand by 2 or more    
  36 (37.1%)
Gelfand by 2 or more    
  1 (1.0%)
Anand by 1    
  41 (42.3%)
Gelfand by 1    
  9 (9.3%)
Anand in a Tie-break    
  4 (4.1%)
Gelfand in a Tie-break    
  5 (5.2%)
The match will be cancelled.    
  1 (1.0%)




Total votes: 97
« Last Modified by: Smyslov_Fan on: 05/08/12 at 15:52:16 »
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Very Hot Topic (More than 25 Replies) Who will win the Anand-Gelfand World Championship? (Read 157631 times)
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Re: Who will win the Anand-Gelfand World Championship?
Reply #8 - 05/08/12 at 23:19:24
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I agree. I can't believe the amount of disrespect people are heaping on Gelfand.
  
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Re: Who will win the Anand-Gelfand World Championship?
Reply #7 - 05/08/12 at 20:46:27
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I agree that Anand should be favored, but Gelfand deserves more respect. When Gelfand won the Candidates, I looked at their standard record. I think Anand has won only one standard game out of ~12 in the last decade against Gelfand. All the rest were draws.

Of course, I could look it up again, but I'm lazy right now.
  
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Reply #6 - 05/08/12 at 20:11:06
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I'm thinking Anand by 2, but who knows with a 12-game match.  One or two big opening novelties could almost decide the whole match since there aren't many games to recover if someone goes down early.
  
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Re: Who will win the Anand-Gelfand World Championship?
Reply #5 - 05/08/12 at 19:33:40
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I went with Anand by 1 game.

However, the poll after 33 votes is way, way, WAY too skewed in favor of Anand IMO.

If I may post the current results in gray text:

31-2 in favor of Anand with one person believing the match will be scratched.
  
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Re: Who will win the Anand-Gelfand World Championship?
Reply #4 - 05/08/12 at 18:28:52
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Smyslov_Fan wrote on 05/08/12 at 18:06:55:
Anand only has a 6:5 record against Gelfand in standard time controls. It won't be easy. If Gelfand gets even one early victory, he could win the whole match. 12 games just isn't enough for a world title match.


It should be noticed that Anand scored the last 5 of his victories without losing any game in between, and that Gelfand largely got his 5 wins when Anand was younger and weaker.
  
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Re: Who will win the Anand-Gelfand World Championship?
Reply #3 - 05/08/12 at 18:06:55
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Anand only has a 6:5 record against Gelfand in standard time controls. It won't be easy. If Gelfand gets even one early victory, he could win the whole match. 12 games just isn't enough for a world title match.
  
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Re: Who will win the Anand-Gelfand World Championship?
Reply #2 - 05/08/12 at 17:29:16
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Fromper wrote on 05/08/12 at 17:10:19:
What web sites are going to be showing the games as they happen?

Maybe this one:
http://www.anand-gelfand.com/
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Re: Who will win the Anand-Gelfand World Championship?
Reply #1 - 05/08/12 at 17:10:19
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I'm expecting Anand to win.

Even though I've been away from the game for a while, I'm actually excited to watch this one. What web sites are going to be showing the games as they happen?
  

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Who will win the Anand-Gelfand World Championship?
05/08/12 at 01:23:23
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Hi, The Anand-Gelfand World Championship match is set to begin in a couple days. 

Who will win the match, and by how much?

The match, which starts on May 11th, is scheduled for 12 games with a tie-break on May 30th if necessary. The poll closes just before the match is scheduled to start.
« Last Edit: 05/08/12 at 02:39:38 by Smyslov_Fan »  
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