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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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Who will win the Anand-Gelfand World Championship? (Read 157631 times)

trw YaBB Moderator Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 1414 Joined: 05/06/08 Gender:	Re: Who will win the Anand-Gelfand World Championship? Reply #8 - 05/08/12 at 23:19:24	Post Tools	Print Post
	I agree. I can't believe the amount of disrespect people are heaping on Gelfand.


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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 the Anand-Gelfand World Championship? Reply #7 - 05/08/12 at 20:46:27	Post Tools	Print Post
	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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ErictheRed God Member Offline USCF National Master Posts: 2534 Location: USA Joined: 10/02/05	Re: Who will win the Anand-Gelfand World Championship? Reply #6 - 05/08/12 at 20:11:06	Post Tools	Print Post
	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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Seth_Xoma God Member Offline FM with 2 IM Norms - (2381) Posts: 558 Location: Lansing Joined: 11/05/04 Gender:	Re: Who will win the Anand-Gelfand World Championship? Reply #5 - 05/08/12 at 19:33:40	Post Tools	Print Post
	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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Tricklev Junior Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 72 Joined: 03/12/11	Re: Who will win the Anand-Gelfand World Championship? Reply #4 - 05/08/12 at 18:28:52	Post Tools	Print Post
	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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Smyslov_Fan God Member Correspondence fan Offline Progress depends on the unreasonable man. ~GBS Posts: 6902 Joined: 06/15/05	Re: Who will win the Anand-Gelfand World Championship? Reply #3 - 05/08/12 at 18:06:55	Post Tools	Print Post
	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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Vass God Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 1105 Joined: 06/22/11	Re: Who will win the Anand-Gelfand World Championship? Reply #2 - 05/08/12 at 17:29:16	Post Tools	Print Post
	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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Fromper Senior Member Offline GrandPatzer Posts: 378 Location: Chicago, IL, USA Joined: 03/12/10 Gender:	Re: Who will win the Anand-Gelfand World Championship? Reply #1 - 05/08/12 at 17:10:19	Post Tools	Print Post
	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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Smyslov_Fan God Member Correspondence fan Offline Progress depends on the unreasonable man. ~GBS Posts: 6902 Joined: 06/15/05	Who will win the Anand-Gelfand World Championship? 05/08/12 at 01:23:23	Post Tools	Print Post
	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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