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| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave |
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2 | 13.33% |
| Ding Liren |
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8 | 53.33% |
| Anish Giri |
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0 | 0% |
| Sasha Grischuk |
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1 | 6.67% |
| Kirill Alekseenko |
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0 | 0% |
| Ian Nepomniatchni |
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2 | 13.33% |
| Wang Hao |
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0 | 0% |
| Fabiano Caruana |
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2 | 13.33% |
| Total: | 15 votes | ||
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"Bond movies were just generally not a huge part of the Soviet upbringing."
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Mar 21, 2020 14:33
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Fabi blew his winning chances. Disappointing
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Mar 21, 2020 15:41
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Wang-Alekseenko getting sharp, and each are under 10 minutes with 11 moves to time control.
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Mar 21, 2020 15:42
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Openings looking sharper today. Jan is saying in particular that black has some dangerous ideas in the line of the Spanish being played in Grischuk-Ding. We also have a good ol' Najdorf in Alekseenko-Vachier.
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Mar 22, 2020 12:15
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Mar 22, 2020 12:37
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Caruana starting to look like being in a bit of trouble against Giri. Grischuk-Ding also looks potentially dynamic, though it's moving at the pace of Grichuk's thinking.
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Mar 22, 2020 13:38
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Sharp, but drawing anyway??
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Mar 22, 2020 14:01
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silvergoose posted:Sharp, but drawing anyway?? Any position that is not won is drawn but, uh, I feel like Caruana is gonna have to put in some work to get there.
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Mar 22, 2020 14:06
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Hand Knit posted:Any position that is not won is drawn but, uh, I feel like Caruana is gonna have to put in some work to get there. That bishop pair, despite being on the back line, are sending some serious domination towards the queenside.
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Mar 22, 2020 14:08
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silvergoose posted:That bishop pair, despite being on the back line, are sending some serious domination towards the queenside. Right now, the most important feature of black's queenside shittiness is that it makes it too hard for Caruana to close and control the middle of the board. So long as Caruana can't do that, the bishops are going to be very good. Further, so long as he can't do that, white is going to have a much easier time launching an attack on the kingside, since black will have a tough time shuffling over to defend. e: yeah, f4 suggests that Giri's plan is to play Be2, h5, and land a heavy piece on h8. Hand Knit fucked around with this message at 14:14 on Mar 22, 2020 |
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Mar 22, 2020 14:10
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 Caruana going with the Alfred E Newman approach to defending his dark squares. e: Jan asking what a soy boy is, not getting any answers, and then saying Svidler would know. Hand Knit fucked around with this message at 15:13 on Mar 22, 2020 |
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Mar 22, 2020 15:05
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Wang blundered and exploded against Nepomniachtchi, so Wang is back to even while Nepomniachtchi is up to +2. Meanwhile, it looks like Giri failed to put the game away against Caruana.
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Mar 22, 2020 15:51
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Could nepo win the whole thing and make everyone mad??
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Mar 22, 2020 16:02
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I would love to see Nepo in a world championship match against Carlsen.
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Mar 22, 2020 16:19
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vyelkin posted:I would love to see Nepo in a world championship match against Carlsen. Right?
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Mar 22, 2020 16:23
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silvergoose posted:Could nepo win the whole thing and make everyone mad?? I would not be mad.
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Mar 22, 2020 17:32
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Hand Knit posted:I would not be mad. Yeah by everyone I mean people who were mad that he was invited in the first place.
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Mar 22, 2020 17:38
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Does anyone in the field have a chance against Magnus
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Mar 22, 2020 20:44
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silvergoose posted:Yeah by everyone I mean people who were mad that he was invited in the first place. Wasn't it Alekseenko that was the somewhat controversial Wild Card over MVL?
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Mar 22, 2020 20:55
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kalensc posted:Wasn't it Alekseenko that was the somewhat controversial Wild Card over MVL? Yes. Nepomniachtchi qualified through Isle of Mann. Nissin Cup Nudist posted:Does anyone in the field have a chance against Magnus A chance? Sure. I feel like Ding's got the best shot of it, but they're all serious underdogs.
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Mar 22, 2020 21:12
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Some frisky looking openings in the game before the offday.
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Mar 23, 2020 12:10
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I like this little Be2 manoeuvre Grischuk has done to keep the knight out of b5. e: Ding is getting smushed. Not a good tournament for him so far, despite beating Caruana. Hand Knit fucked around with this message at 14:17 on Mar 23, 2020 |
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Mar 23, 2020 14:08
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Nepomniachtchi looking good... Did anyone predict this?! I had Ding as the favourite before the start but he's falling to pieces.
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Mar 23, 2020 16:45
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Flayer posted:Nepomniachtchi looking good... Did anyone predict this?! I had Ding as the favourite before the start but he's falling to pieces. I feel like Nepo was considered around the third strongest player in terms of current form behind Ding and Caruana before this started.
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Mar 23, 2020 16:56
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Koskinator posted:I feel like Nepo was considered around the third strongest player in terms of current form behind Ding and Caruana before this started. He was the fourth-highest rated player at the start of the tournament (since passed Grischuk, and actually closing in on Ding), but he was also a full 70 points short of Caruana and holds a reputation for inconsistency. Also Giri doing some work to get blood from a stone here. It would get Giri back up to 50% going into the rest day.
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Mar 23, 2020 17:31
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Nepo in the lead, and also coughing and saying he doesn't feel well
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Mar 23, 2020 18:17
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Worth mentioning also that I think Nepo is the only candidate with a positive record against Carlsen in classical.
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Mar 23, 2020 18:37
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Giri with the technique to win the knight endgame on move 98.vyelkin posted:Worth mentioning also that I think Nepo is the only candidate with a positive record against Carlsen in classical. Nepomniachtchi is +4 -1 =6, but of those 4 wins, 1 is from the U12 in 2002, 1 is from the U14 in 2004, and a third is from 2011. e: Looks like the fourth win, in 2017, was a straightforward tactical blunder by Carlsen.
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Mar 23, 2020 19:11
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People keep joking about Nepomniachtchi being sick 
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Mar 24, 2020 10:42
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Nepomniachtchi breaks out the Winawer against Vachier-Lagrave, basically daring regression to the mean to come and get him.
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Mar 25, 2020 12:04
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This should be around the time that players start to push a little harder for points. Could see some more risks being taken.
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Mar 25, 2020 13:49
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Kangra posted:This should be around the time that players start to push a little harder for points. Could see some more risks being taken. Ironically it looks like the player a full point clear in first who is getting punished for being too risky.
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Mar 25, 2020 14:10
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Doesn't look lost, yet, but not good, certainly.
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Mar 25, 2020 14:48
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Well, now it's lost (most likely). MVL should get the win. I like Ding right now but it's not definite. Caruana-Wang looking interesting.
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Mar 25, 2020 15:11
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"How has the first half of your tournament gone" was not the right question to ask there. Alekseenko looked like he was on the verge of tears. e: Wang skips the guaranteed draw to explore some winning chances. Hand Knit fucked around with this message at 15:45 on Mar 25, 2020 |
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Mar 25, 2020 15:37
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Hand Knit posted:"How has the first half of your tournament gone" was not the right question to ask there. Alekseenko looked like he was on the verge of tears. 
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Mar 25, 2020 15:44
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And with that, Vachier-Lagrave is the tournament leader.
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Mar 25, 2020 15:52
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Hand Knit posted:And with that, Vachier-Lagrave is the tournament leader. From not making the cut to leading the pack. That’s quite a swing!
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Mar 25, 2020 16:42
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If MVL goes on to win it all there will be a lot of thinking about how it might be an advantage to get drafted in as a last-minute replacement because it means your opponents haven't prepared for you.
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Mar 25, 2020 16:44
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I like Nepo but for the sake of making the tournament more interesting, I'm really happy that MVL won today.
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Mar 25, 2020 17:01
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