pillory
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Grischuk is practically in time trouble already.
I believe Caruana, Nakamura, Anand and Grischuk have all been #2 in the live ratings this year.
Yup, it's crazy.And now Topalov.
Finally, he moved! Carlsen will win this one now. This will lead to his kind of endings (asymmetrical with weak pawns) with Grischuk low on time.Grischuk is practically in time trouble already.
Yeah noticed that too. Incredible.Interesting development in Anand's game. The computers thought it was dead equal, then realised he had a big advantage once he played 21. g5.
I definitely caught the world cup, but missed this post.Did you catch the World Cup, btw? It was amazing until the final, which was also amazing in a trainwrecky sort of way.
That's actually the main reason why I thought Anand is out and Karjakin has a good chance now.Anand's chances are as you say very slim, but he could still have a big say on the last day because Karjakin would win a tiebreak against Caruana, but Caruana would win the tiebreak between the three of them. So if everyone draws tomorrow, Karjakin and Caruana won't know what result they need in their game until they see where Svidler-Anand is going. Of course, in that scenario it would be impossible for Anand to win the tournament, so it's hard to see him beating Svidler, especially considering his form with black.
On the other hand, if Anand beats the immovable object tomorrow while Karjakin and Caruana draw, the last round will be crazy. Breakdown:
Caruana wins if he:
- beats Karjakin
- draws Karjakin while Anand also draws.
Anand wins if he:
- beats Svidler and Karjakin doesn't lose
Karjakin wins if he:
- beats C and Anand doesn't win
- draws C and Anand loses
Which means they'd all need to go all out for the win.
Caruana has had a strange tournament. Feels like he's saved really bad positions or wasted really good ones in almost all of his games.
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So it's simple. Karjakin needs a draw with white tomorrow to win the tournament, Caruana will need to win with black to win the tournament, everybody else is out.Tweet
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So the arbiter says Karjakin would win the tiebreak with Caruana and Anand (if K and C draw today and tomorrow, and A beats Svidler), but Caruana would win that tiebreak according to what seems to be the actual rules.
That doesn't matter - it looked like Svidler played final few moves just to make sure he's not checkmated within 50 anyway.Oh dear, what happens now? 50-move draw even though Caruana is winning?