The Chess Thread

General Discussion
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Carlsen wins! So the finals for the chess world championship 2013 will be Carlsen VS Anand.

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Who will win? Carlsen or Anand. this is the 1st time where there is no contender for the world chess championship title that doesn’t have ties to the former USSR and/or Russia in a really long time!!!

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So Magnus Carlsen will win?

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I thought I lost; click the link in the post:

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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 b6 4.d3 Bb7 5.Ng5 Qf6 6.Nxf7 Bc5 7.O-O h5 8.Bg5 Qg6 9.Nxh8 Qxg5 10.Bxg8 O-O-O 11.Nf7 Qg6 12.Nxd8 Nxd8 13.Bc4 b5 14.Bxb5 d5 15.exd5 Bxd5 16.g3 h4 17.Nc3 hxg3 18.hxg3 Qxg3#
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Hikaru Nakamura (USA) in 3r place. Nice:

Norway Chess 2013 (from 7 May to 18 May 2013)

Pl. Player Rating (No.) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points SB
1 Sergey Karjakin (Russia) 2767 (10) X 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 6.0 24.00
2 Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2868 (1) 1 X ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 5.5 22.75
3 Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2775 (7) 0 ½ X ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 5.5 21.25
4 Peter Svidler (Russia) 2769 (9) 1 ½ ½ X ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 5.0 21.50
5 Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2813 (2) 0 ½ 1 ½ X ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5.0 20.50
6 Viswanathan Anand (India) 2783 (5) ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ X 0 1 1 1 5.0 19.25
7 Wang Hao (China) 2743 (16) 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 X ½ ½ 0 4.5 21.50
8 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) 2793 (4) ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ X ½ ½ 4.0 18.00
9 Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) 2745 (14) 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ X 1 3.0 10.75
10 Jon Ludvig Hammer (Norway) 2608 (197) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 X 1.5 6.50

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Check this out!

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Oh shit!!! I just realized that this 128 player 2013 world cup tournament is double elimination and not single elimination!!!

http://www.chessworldcup2013.com/official-info/rules-and-regulations

EDIT: maybe not but it appears to be a 2/3 match like street fighter and magic the gathering…

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Viswanathan Anand will lose to Magnus Carlsen

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The EVO of chess is going on now. It’s single elimination, but each match you have to at least win a 1.5 to 0.5

http://www.chessworldcup2013.com/games/pairings

EDIT: Nakamura and Kamsky are still winning. Hopefully they will be in the top 2!!!

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America is going to get squashed again, just like at EVO:

http://www.saintlouischessclub.org/sinquefield-cup-overview-and-tickets

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It’s on like Donkey Kong

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Nakamura in top 5!!!

Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year
1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2870 6 1990
2 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2796 16 1975
3 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2795 12 1982
4 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2786 6 1983
5 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2783 14 1987
6 Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2779 10 1992
7 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2775 0 1969
8 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2771 6 1975
9 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2765 8 1968
10 Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2762 8 1990

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Tomorrow is the opening ceremony…

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Round 1 starts in roughly 12 hours from now!!!

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OH SHIT It’s On!!!

http://chennai2013.fide.com/anand-carlsen-video-with-commentary/

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Round 3

Over 9,000 stream monsters are viewing this game

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Another draw, but it was a great match to watch.

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Looks like Magnus Carlsen is the next world chess champion!!! The score after 6 of 12 rounds is 4-2 for Carlsen. However, Anand might get lucky and catch up, but I doubt it.

Anand’s rating is 2775

Carlsen’s rating is 2870

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I saw this match on the front page of twitch and checked it out.

Chat went >:O on the ra4 near the end.