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Originally posted by wormwood
first loss in what, 40 games, and people are concerned about how much he can take? 🙂
no no, personally I'm just after some hollywood type of story with an overly ambitious coach vs prodigy child that wants his own life. oh what a tragedy, what a tragedy...

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And mr. Anand, the draw king...

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the server seems to be down, no moves for ages 🙁

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Originally posted by davaniel
And mr. Anand, the draw king...
Well, considering the fact that he is preparing his match with Topalov ... that is not surprising. He doesn't want to show much of his preparations regarding opening variations.

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Originally posted by davaniel
And mr. Anand, the draw king...
Are you very disappointed that he won today?

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Originally posted by davaniel
And mr. Anand, the draw king...
I wish Anand hadn't bothered to enter this tournament, his presence diminishes it. Today he drew in 15 moves against Smeets. Surely he could have tried a little harder against someone who has lost more than half his games?

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Originally posted by Fat Lady
I wish Anand hadn't bothered to enter this tournament, his presence diminishes it. Today he drew in 15 moves against Smeets. Surely he could have tried a little harder against someone who has lost more than half his games?
Why are you hating on him he's just playing chess

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Originally posted by heinzkat
Why are you hating on him he's just playing chess
Isn't that reason enough?

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Originally posted by heinzkat
Why are you hating on him he's just playing chess
Professional chess players are in the entertainment business. If they can't be bothered to put any effort into their games then they should find another job.

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Originally posted by Fat Lady
Professional chess players are in the entertainment business. If they can't be bothered to put any effort into their games then they find another job.
He's very good at chess, that's why he's there. I couldn't care less about the side conditions, he doesn't have to make dances with all his moves or run around like a madman after scoring a point (i.e. soccer players). His chess doesn't have to be entertaining. He just has to sit down and make some moves. Isn't that enough to satisfy your chess needs? 😛

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Shirov vs Kramnik has just taken an interesting turn:



I've just tried playing the Black side (Kramnik) of this ending against Fritz. I lost horribly.

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Just worked out how it will finish.

Smashing game by the way. And agree Anand appears not interested.
We all go through them phases when nothing clicks.
Maybe he is enjoying the rest of the games and cannot be bothered playing.

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Originally posted by greenpawn34
Just worked out how it will finish.

[pgn]

[FEN "8/8/5N2/8/8/7p/8/5K1k w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
1. Ng4 h2 2. Nf2[/pgn]
If Russ fixes the Black-moves-first bug it is a draw by 1... h2

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Ha - that will never happen.

Have you seen the Mad Mods Moving Threads About thread.

The Mods have been moving it about from forum to forum.
Lsst seen in the Culture Forum.

Quite funny actually, I got caught there a good one.

Find it but you must make a comment relevant to the forum it is in.

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But if Black plays 1... Kh2? all his hard work goes down the drain

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