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2016 World Chess Championship Candidates Tournament

View Poll Results: Who Will Challenge Magnus Carlsen for the 2016 Chess World Championship?

Viswanathan Anand

6 15.79%

Anish Giri

1 2.63%

Levon Aronian

3 7.89%

Fabiano Caruana

16 42.11%

Sergey Karjakin

5 13.16%

Hikaru Nakamura

4 10.53%

Peter Svidler

2 5.26%

Veselin Topalov

1 2.63%

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03-11-2016 , 07:18 AM

Sugar Nut

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Here we go! Unlike in previous years, we won't be seeing mini matches to determine the challenger. Rather, this Candidates Tournament will be a double round-robin over 14 games, with four rest days after Games 3, 6, 9, and 12.

It starts today!

Here are the first round pairings:

Coverage will be provided by the official site (to which I will not link because they require sign ups, and **** them for that), and even though they threatened legal action to anyone relaying the moves and talking about them publicly (LOL), at the very least Chess24 have already announced that they will be covering the event live, HERE.

Let Us Candidates!

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03-11-2016 , 07:44 AM

Mayo

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Man, it would be awesome if Hikaru or Fabiano shipped this. Let's go. USA#1.

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03-11-2016 , 08:03 AM

All-inMcLovin

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The best chess player will win this event.

Disclaimer: by best chess player I mean the person who plays the best chess in this event.

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03-11-2016 , 08:34 AM

ScottTK

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Ugh, the official broadcast is awful.
A half hour of random chit chat and a then a break for the ads, without any commentary on the moves.

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03-11-2016 , 08:52 AM

All-inMcLovin

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Originally Posted by ScottTK

Ugh, the official broadcast is awful.
A half hour of random chit chat and a then a break for the ads, without any commentary on the moves.

**** 'em.

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03-11-2016 , 09:05 AM

Mayo

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This is a ****ing travesty.

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03-11-2016 , 09:13 AM

Fabian

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At least chess24 is live now, even if there's no Jan it sure beats that official abomination.

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03-11-2016 , 09:15 AM

Mayo

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I guess Chess24 is lawyered up, and they've got a stream going.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzQH2afKVRE

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03-11-2016 , 09:16 AM

jalfrezi

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Wide open. I went for Giri mainly because it'd be nice to see a new young challenger.

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03-11-2016 , 09:29 AM

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All-inMcLovin

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I guess Chess24 is lawyered up, and they've got a stream going.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzQH2afKVRE

I think they're just playing fast and loose.

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03-11-2016 , 09:30 AM

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Rei Ayanami

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Not quite Peter Svidler + Sopiko Guramishvili, but if you turn the volume down and squint . . .

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03-11-2016 , 11:38 AM

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All-inMcLovin

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Not quite Peter Svidler + Sopiko Guramishvili, but if you turn the volume down and squint . . .

Lmao

Anand appears to have a winning advantage.

But then again wtf do I know (rhetorical).

Edit: I don't know ****.

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03-11-2016 , 12:39 PM

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Sugar Nut

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I guess Chess24 is lawyered up, and they've got a stream going.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzQH2afKVRE

I don't even think there's a big legal risk for them. No one owns the moves that are being played.

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03-11-2016 , 01:27 PM

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All-inMcLovin

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I remember years ago reading about how you can't do anything about your game being submitted by your opponent to a magazine etc.

Because there's no intellectual rights for your chess moves (or something).

Note: IANAL

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03-11-2016 , 01:37 PM

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Sugar Nut

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Exactly (IANAL either, of course, but still). They do have intellectual property of their own broadcast, and they can allow or restrict third party live coverage with cameras from the venue. They cannot prevent someone watching the moves being played, then making the same move on their board and analysing them. Not even if that analysis then is being broadcast. That's the intellectual property of the "2nd" broadcaster.

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03-11-2016 , 01:40 PM

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All-inMcLovin

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Lmao

Anand appears to have a winning advantage.

But then again wtf do I know (rhetorical).

Edit: I don't know ****.

Well maybe I do know something.

Wtg Anand.

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03-11-2016 , 01:49 PM

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The Yugoslavian

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So Anand Carlsen III?

Old man still may have some fight left! Hopefully not as much as someone else though

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03-11-2016 , 04:47 PM

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BobJoeJim

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Originally Posted by All-inMcLovin

The best chess player will win this event.

Disclaimer: by best chess player I mean the person who plays the best chess in this event.

Going out on a limb with that call, lol. Well played

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03-11-2016 , 07:53 PM

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YouKnowWho

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What is this anal everyone is talking about.

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03-11-2016 , 08:40 PM

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All-inMcLovin

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Originally Posted by YouKnowWho

What is this anal everyone is talking about.

<insert lame joke here that gets me temp banned>

IANAL = I Am Not A Lawyer

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03-11-2016 , 08:41 PM

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All-inMcLovin

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Going out on a limb with that call, lol. Well played

What can I say?

It just came to me.

It's a gift.

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03-11-2016 , 09:44 PM

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BobJoeJim

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Originally Posted by All-inMcLovin

What can I say?

It just came to me.

It's a gift.

I think you misspelled "curse"?

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03-11-2016 , 10:00 PM

#23

All-inMcLovin

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Originally Posted by BobJoeJim

I think you misspelled "curse"?

It's a gift and a curse naturally.

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03-11-2016 , 10:20 PM

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All-inMcLovin

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Okay here's a prediction.

Anand will lose steam around round 8-9.

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03-12-2016 , 08:50 AM

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All-inMcLovin

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3 interesting games so far in round 2.

Edit: Gotta love Chess24 for keeping their pimp hand strong and relaying these games right away.

#Respect
#StrongArmAPawn

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