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10-04-2015 , 11:03 AM

#151

The Yugoslavian

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10-04-2015 , 11:27 AM

#152

RoundTower

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Hard to see svidler coming back now, whatever the ELO simulations say. He must be totally dispirited.

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10-04-2015 , 04:08 PM

#153

Shandrax

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Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 4,818

That game was absolutely ridiculous and Svidler deserves to lose if he plays like that.

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10-04-2015 , 06:08 PM

#154

All-inMcLovin

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Perhaps Svidler has a fear of success and he's self sabotaging himself without him being aware of it.

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10-04-2015 , 07:17 PM

#155

Nyul86

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Swindler played a weird opening

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10-05-2015 , 01:59 AM

#156

Chocaholic2

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Originally Posted by Shandrax

Karjakin - who was described by Kortchnoi as lacking talent - on the other hand is the product of memorizing lines and working with computers from early childhood on. His mind is far less complicated than Svidler's and he isn't fighting any ghosts under the bed. In fact if you watch his interviews, you may even think that he is some sort of simpleton who only excels at one thing in life, chess.

I can't believe you continue to post stuff like this.

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10-05-2015 , 07:17 AM

#157

Fabian

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Can't handle these swings

Oh Svidler.

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10-05-2015 , 08:37 AM

#158

lastcardcharlie

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Originally Posted by All-inMcLovin

Perhaps Svidler has a fear of success and he's self sabotaging himself without him being aware of it.

He can only win as underdog. Clear sublimation of id by ego.

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10-05-2015 , 09:02 AM

#159

The Moocher

Ottermandias

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ridiculous match, lets get it done peter

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10-05-2015 , 09:42 AM

#160

The Yugoslavian

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This is ridiculous. C'mon Svidler, gogogo!

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10-05-2015 , 09:47 AM

#161

The Yugoslavian

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** **ing **. Svidler really wants to lose

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10-05-2015 , 09:58 AM

#162

The Moocher

Ottermandias

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good lord

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10-05-2015 , 10:19 AM

#163

Fabian

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Good lord indeed.

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10-05-2015 , 10:25 AM

#164

The Moocher

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10-05-2015 , 11:35 AM

#165

BobJoeJim

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Elite chess is kind of boring with all the draws. They should do something about that.

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10-05-2015 , 12:30 PM

#166

The Yugoslavian

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Probably ban the Berlin defense? Good idea to run some simulations on that,

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10-05-2015 , 12:58 PM

#167

ScottTK

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Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 355

I know only 4 were classical games, but has this happened before - 10 straight decisive games in match play?

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10-05-2015 , 01:06 PM

#168

The Moocher

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Originally Posted by ScottTK

I know only 4 were classical games, but has this happened before - 10 straight decisive games in match play?

Anderssen - Steinitz (1866) The match finished 8-6 to Steinitz with no draws

Steinitz vs Chigorin (1889) 16 straight decisive results with a draw in game 17

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10-05-2015 , 01:14 PM

#169

The Yugoslavian

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Had draws even been invented back then?

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10-05-2015 , 01:19 PM

#170

RoundTower

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Nice

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10-05-2015 , 01:50 PM

#171

Mayo

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Well that was utterly absurd. I -- with all of 1200 rating points -- end up yelling at myself when I make blunders as egregious as Svidler dropping that rook. I can't even fathom how he felt. Though the visual speaks volumes:

It's obvious that after a month of nonstop chess, the players aren't at full strength. They have to be fried out of their minds. So I'd like to take the opportunity to retroactively LOL at FIDE for ever pretending that an event like this was viable to determine the world champion.

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10-05-2015 , 01:53 PM

#172

The Yugoslavian

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Isn't Carlsen keen for something similar to this to decide world champ? He must be getting pretty bored up on his perch b/c, yeah, that'd be insane if this were a world champ format instead.

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10-05-2015 , 03:34 PM

#173

Mayo

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Originally Posted by BobJoeJim

I still have Karjakin at a 2% chance of winning.

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10-05-2015 , 03:58 PM

#174

Shandrax

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Svidler deserved to lose. He had more than enough winning positions to win the event and spoiled every single one of them. It isn't enough to be a good player, you also need to play well.

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10-05-2015 , 05:42 PM

#175

RoundTower

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It's hard to say svidler lacks the mental strength to win this event when (a) he won the 6 important matches - the final was "just" for the title and 40k (b) he's won this event before in the exact same format.

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