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#101 User is offline   Hanoi5 

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Posted 2010-May-11, 10:30

endplays or throw-ins in bridge are more common than zugzwangs in chess, right?

 wyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:

Also, he rates to not have a heart void when he leads the ♥3.


 rbforster, on 2012-May-20, 21:04, said:

Besides playing for fun, most people also like to play bridge to win


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Posted 2010-May-11, 10:35

That's that. Very interesting match over all.
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Posted 2010-May-11, 10:35

Topalov resigns.
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Posted 2010-May-11, 15:24

gwnn, on May 11 2010, 09:48 AM, said:

I think finally black has a better position than white, for the first time in this whole match. Hardly likely that anyone will win this though. We are lucky to have seen 4 decisive games anyway, remember Kramnik vs Kasparov? yuck.

This is not true, Anand blew a win as black early on in the match, I forget which game.

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Posted 2010-May-11, 15:30

Can't see which game you're referring to. You made me curious, I'm trying to find it.
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Posted 2010-May-11, 15:55

gwnn, on May 11 2010, 04:30 PM, said:

Can't see which game you're referring to. You made me curious, I'm trying to find it.

Yeah I can't see which I'm referring to either, I just went over the games. Maybe I thought Anand was winning game 3 for a while... I retract my statement lol
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Posted 2010-May-11, 21:21

bleh I missed today but judging by this thread it sounded pretty epic. checking it out now!
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Posted 2010-May-11, 21:23

Anand by all accounts was a huge favorite in the rapid/blitz tie breaker, so it's possible Topalov was just pushing too hard for a win in this game to avoid the tiebreaker.
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Posted 2010-May-11, 21:35

Exciting match...twists & turns in momentum, lots of decisive games, and a couple of almost-decisive ones. I got the impression that Anand clearly played better on balance, but was a little more jittery under pressure (by which I mean, the way the games were, something like 7.5-4.5 wasn't out of the question, but he let a couple get away from him), but then he sucked it up and took down game 12 with black. Epic!
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Posted 2010-May-12, 04:52

Is Anand projected to overtake Carlsen's Elo rating with this win?

The top 4 were very close before the match started, but Anand should surely improve on his 4th. The question is whether he will be 1st in the next FIDE list.
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Posted 2010-May-12, 04:59

I would guess not, I mean 6.5-5.5 is not a big difference and neither was the difference between these two very big. Meanwhile Carlsen is playing a tournament now, in Dortmund if I am not mistaken.
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Posted 2010-May-12, 11:04

He'll probably gain 8 or 9 points, passing Kramnik for third, but not Topalov (or Carlsen, obviously).
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Posted 2010-May-12, 11:07

Yes, you seem to have got it right.

An unofficial rating site:
http://chess.liverating.org/
shows Anand still at #3 position
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Posted 2010-May-12, 11:59

Finnish chess:

http://www.chessgame...ame?gid=1281616
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Posted 2010-November-16, 08:55

http://livechess.chessdom.com/site/ live from the world blitz championships. kind of fun
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