Mar-31-14 World Championship Candidates (2014) 
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| orio24: Congrats to Anand. I was dead-wrong by predicting he will finish last. Kudos to him. On the other hand this tournament looks to me it was more of Aronian's huge failure then Anand's success. |
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Nov-08-13 Anand - Carlsen World Championship Match (2013)
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| orio24: I think this match will be similar to Capablanca - Lasker. My guess is 3-0 for Carlsen. |
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Apr-01-13 World Championship Candidates (2013)
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| orio24: what move is the 2nd time control? |
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May-29-12 Anand - Gelfand World Championship Match (2012)
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| orio24: I suggested some time ago following tie-breaks:
1 - classical games to follow (no rapids or blitz,
2 - the first decisive game decides the outcome,
3 - the defender starts with white, then they switch colors (that would be the only advantage of the WC, what do you think? |
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Sep-30-10 Anatoly Karpov
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| orio24: Yes, correct. It's time to start a new federation where all players could vote. No corrupted delegates. |
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Aug-15-10 Smyslov vs Botvinnik, 1957
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| orio24: With this draw Smyslov became new World Champion. |
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Jul-11-10 Karpov vs Ftacnik, 1988
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| orio24: <M.D. Wilson: How does one pronounce "Ftacnik"?> F-t-a(like a in bath)-c(like ch in chow)-n(like ni in Tania)-i-k. I believe it is hard to pronounce for English natives. :) |
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May-27-10 Anand - Topalov World Championship Match (2010)
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| orio24: I predicted that Topalov will win. I thought he will have more energy, and that Anand is behind his peak already. Now I am glad that Anand pulled this off. It seems that he is much more intelligent than Topalov, who is showing once again to be a very sore loser. It seems Topalov is ... |
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Feb-20-10 Linares (2010)
Sep-10-09 G Flear vs Ftacnik, 1988
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| orio24: This is a nice miniature. |
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