Candidates Tournament begins tomorrow in London

Kramnik beats Aronian! And in the final minutes of Carlsen - Ivanchuk, it looks like the most Carlsen can hope for is a draw (but time could be an issue).
Anyway, the last two rounds should be very exciting indeed.

Originally posted by sonhouse
I have no idea, are there websites that do just that? Why can't you run your own games through Houdini? What is Houdini anyway? Never mind, I just found it. It's not free, and the latest is H 3 and there is a regular price and a pro price which can run on much fancier machines. How does it stand up in games against fritz or Rybka? So it has a feature where ...[text shortened]... in a game and it analyzes it for comparison of play, how close to computer match someone does?

I don't know how to do it.

...And Carlsen loses!

Ha! Read it and weep you chess minnows:
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b177/gallicrow/betchess.jpg

Ivanchuck and Kramnik have paid for my evenings drinking.

Originally posted by RJHinds
The OTB games I play are at much faster time controls than they are playing in the candidates matches and I am sure my matchup rates would probably be very low compared to theirs. However, my matchup rates are just for RHP games where I have much longer time for moves than they do and I also use the RHP analyze board, which they do not do OTB.

...and the Oscar goes to...R J Hinds!

Originally posted by Fright
Does anyone else think this is the end of Chucky?

Chucky is alive and well, apparently.

Originally posted by Fat Lady
Ha! Read it and weep you chess minnows:
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b177/gallicrow/betchess.jpg

Ivanchuck and Kramnik have paid for my evenings drinking.

If only you'd gone for an accumulator!

Originally posted by Fat Lady
Ha! Read it and weep you chess minnows:
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b177/gallicrow/betchess.jpg

Ivanchuck and Kramnik have paid for my evenings drinking.

You're obviously not committed enough to your drinking.

Originally posted by woodypusher
...and the Oscar goes to...R J Hinds!

Hooray! and HalleluYah !!!

Originally posted by woodypusher
...and the Oscar goes to...R J Hinds!

Never mind the Oscar.. what about the World Championship ?

RJHinds (Games: 20)
Top 1 Match: 510/767 ( 66.5% )
Top 2 Match: 645/767 ( 84.1% )
Top 3 Match: 704/767 ( 91.8% )

Magnus Carlsen (Games: 1)
Top 1 Match: 20/28 ( 71.4% )
Top 2 Match: 21/28 ( 75.9% )
Top 3 Match:24/28 ( 85.7% )

Here's the PGN of their full game:

[Event "RHP Candidates 2013 Grudge Match"]
[Site "www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2013.03.31"]
[EventDate "2013.03.31"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "RJHinds"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen]
[WhiteElo "1832/2984 depending on use of analyse board feature"]
[BlackElo "2872"]
[PlyCount "1"]



and black lost on time.

An old engine drivers' trick. Throw the timetable into chaos by not stopping at the mainline stations.

Round 13 is underway

Radjabov vs. Carlsen


Kramnik vs. Gelfand

In an crazy turn of events, it looks like Carsen and Kramnik might both lose today.

Carlsen and Kramnik both getting crushed. I'm so glad Ivanchuk is showing that he is a great player as he has been a loose cannon so far in this tournament.

Carlsen really should have resigned by now (move 43) - it is way beyond the point where he might be able to win by a cheapo. I reckon any 2000 player could win with Black from that position against Carlsen nine times out of ten.

Kramnik's position is more complicated, but Ivanchuk is clearly better and he has excellent "the rest is left as a lesson for the reader" technique.

Carlsen just lost. It's all up to Ivanchuk. He should win too letting Carlsen become the next WCC challenger through the back door.

It's over. Carlsen wins.