Oct-13-08 Vladimir Kramnik 
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| barbababa: Does anyone know what kind of contract Kramnik and Anand have with their seconds? Does Leko get somekind of bonus if Kramnik uses his novelty? Do they have an agreement that they cannot use some moves after the match before somebody else does or what? Otherwise I think the seconds |
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Oct-10-08 Nigel Short
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| barbababa: <Things have got so bad for Short he now has to travel half-way around the world just to find a tournament weak enough for him to win.>
Where has this quote been taken from?
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Oct-06-08 Anand - Kramnik World Championship Match (2008)
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| barbababa: <ksr> <Do you seriously think picking up the best rated player is a good process of selecting a challenger?>
I like most somekind of zonal -> interzonal -> candidates system. If one wants to choose the best opponent, picking the best rated player is certainly ... |
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Sep-12-08 Magnus Carlsen
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| barbababa: And with Elo expected score I meant Carlsen's white Elo rating against Anand's black Elo rating expected score.
That means Carlsen white and Carlsen black are hanlded like two different players with different elo ratings. Betting would probaly be profitable even with these rules ... |
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Sep-10-08 Grand Slam Chess Final (2008)
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| barbababa: <Rottamo> <Ivanchuk live top 1?
http://chess.liverating.org/
when we take account todays results.>
And Anand probably #5. Leader changes almost daily. In my opinion, much more interesting than having the same #1 for 20 years in a row. |
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Aug-24-08 Alexander Morozevich
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| barbababa: Morozevich #1 in the world at least temporarily. http://chess.liverating.org/ 2798,9 after todays win. |
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Aug-24-08 Tal Memorial (2008)
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| barbababa: If Morozevich wins today he will gain 4 rating points and will be #1 in the live rating list. |
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May-03-08 Tomi Nyback
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| barbababa: <FHBradley> <After seven rounds he's doing almost as he should have been, with rating performance of 2590.> The official site says Tomi had gained 12 rating points after seven rounds http://www.eicc2008.com/en/standing... . Since his rating before the tournament was ... |
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Jan-22-08 Corus Group A (2008)
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| barbababa: <cotdt> Just a guess, but it looks like one small mistake and Kramnik's position falls apart, Topalov's king is much more safe etc. On the other hand, I would lose with both colours. |
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Jan-22-08 Corus Group B (2008)
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| barbababa: So, is this http://fide.com/news.asp?id=1391 just a recommendation or is it in effect? |
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Kibitzing
