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Posted by chessbaker chessbase.net 10/13/2008 04:00:24 Play online chess	Subject: WCC Message: Tomorrow the match between Anand and Kramnik starts for the world tittle. Seems that on GK nobody is busy with it.... or am I wrong? Say something about it; who do you think will win and why,prognoses and etc. I think Anand will win,but with only one point ahead.In my opinion Kramnik is not so good as Anand.Also physical he looks not so fit. As you see him I found he looks always very tired.But that's my opinion ,so common and let us know what yours is
Posted by heinzkat chessbase.net 10/13/2008 07:48:26 Play online chess	Message: "Seems that on GK nobody is busy with it... or am I wrong?" There is not so much "chess talking" in the forums here, which does not mean there is no interest in chess ...! Of course we will follow the match. Here is a link: www.uep-chess.com
Posted by ketchuplover chessbase.net 10/13/2008 11:32:59 Play online chess	Message: I'm picking Kramnik to win. Just a gut feeling. I'm downloading the foidos thing now. Hopefully I'll be able to watch it live FOR FREE! I'm not paying for it!! Being that I'm on dial-up I'm cautiosly optimistic. ——— Ukraine Leads Chess Olympiad; Russia Has Clinched Women's Title — With one round to go in the biennial Chess Olympiad, in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, the team from Ukraine leads the open section with Russia 1 (the top Russian team) in second and Israel in third. In the women’s division, Russia’s top team has already locked up the gold medal by winning all its matches. China is in second and four teams are tied for third. The final round is Sunday. Since Ukraine and Russia have already played, Ukraine will face Israel, while Russia 1 takes on Spain, which is among a group of five teams tied for fourth. Led by Vassily Ivanchuk, who won his first six games, Ukraine, the No. 2 seed, took the lead in Round 7 and has managed to hold it by drawing with Russia 1, the top seed, in ...
Posted by chessbaker chessbase.net 10/13/2008 12:09:24 Play online chess	wcc Message: I can not open that foidos thing.I try it from yesterday morning without success ——— Magnus Carlsen plays the maverick but Michael Adams plays it canny — England experienced highs and lows in successive rounds at the Chess Olympiad this week and will do well to reach a top-15 finish in Sunday's final round. In round six Norway's boards 2-4 looked outgunned, so British chess champion Michael Adams v world No1 Magnus Carlsen seemed a critical pairing. Carlsen's opening three moves shocked the chess world: 1 e4 g6 2 d4 Nf6?! 3 e5 Nh5?! It appears a novice choice but is the North Sea Defence, has been tried by a few maverick chess grandmasters, and offers a pawn for active play by 4 Be2 d6 5 Bxh5 gxh5 6 Qxh5 dxe5 7 dxe5 Rg8. Adams preferred a slight risk-free edge but Carlsen's position was solid until his fresh provocations 18...g5? ...
Posted by heinzkat chessbase.net 10/13/2008 14:37:58 Play online chess	If I understand correctly... Message: They want you to pay some 90 euros for the software (and you can just follow the WCC then): www.foidoschess.tv ——— At Chess Olympiad, No Team Is Perfect — It turns out that no team is capable of running away from the field at the Chess Olympiad, at least in the open section. Monday, the last three undefeated and untied teams in the competition — Hungary, Armenia and the Republic of Georgia — failed to win their matches. Armenia and Georgia played each other and drew, while Hungary lost to Ukraine. Armenia, Georgia and Ukraine are now tied for the lead with five wins and one draw, for a total of 11 points each. The two top Russian teams, Poland, the United States, Azerbaijan and Hungary are tied for fourth, each with 10 points. In the women’s portion of the Chess Olympiad, one team — the top one from Russia — remains perfect, though ...
Posted by heinzkat chessbase.net 10/13/2008 15:21:43 Play online chess	... Message: Tip: try ChessVibes. So far it has always delivered pretty good covering of events (games, analysis, videos, interviews...); I'm sure in Bonn the coverage will excel again: www.chessvibes.com (for example, a video of the opening press conference is available there, and all for free) ——— Kirsan Ilyumzhinov Re-elected as World Chess Federation President — Kirsan Ilyumzhinov was re-elected as president of the World Chess Federation on Wednesday. Mr. Ilyumzhinov reportedly defeated Anatoly Karpov, the former world chess champion, by a vote of 99 to 55. Each country in the federation, which is also known by the acronym FIDE (for Fédération Internationale des Échecs), had one vote. Mr. Ilyumzhinov’s new term runs to 2014; he has been president of FIDE since 1995. The election was held in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, where the biennial Chess Olympiad is also being played. As part of Mr. Ilyumzhinov’s ticket, Georgios Makropoulos of Greece was re-elected deputy president; Lewis Ncube of Zambia and Beatriz Marinello ...
Posted by ketchuplover chessbase.net 10/13/2008 16:13:29 Play online chess	Message: chess.ca ——— Ivanchuk Dominates Chess Olympiad — The chess olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia is in full swing, moving into the second half. The Open section has 149 teams listed, nearly 750 chess players. The women section has 115 teams, roughly 575 chess players. Head and shoulders above all players stands Vasyl Ivanchuk. The 41-year old Ukrainian grandmaster smashed everything coming his way so far, winning five straight games and amassing a giant 3357 performance rating. On Tuesday, Ivanchuk added his sixth victory against the Georgian GM Baadur Jobava. His team leads the chess olympiad after seven rounds, having won six matches and drawing one. The 11-round olympiad concludes Sunday, October 3. Ivanchuk was ...
Posted by pgroenborg chessbase.net 10/14/2008 05:53:40 Play online chess	Not my hero Message: I'm with Anand all the way, but Kramnik is very, very solid, like a rock. Remember Kramnik was the one to overthrow Kasparovs 15 years reign - and I was hoping for Kasparov at the time. I am not a fan of Kramniks style, Anand plays a more lively game I think. However they have battled in more than a hundred games, the score is more than 90 draws and 19 victories for Anand and 15 for Kramnik, so it is going to be very tight, we should be lucky to get more than 2 or 3 decisive games in the match I think, it is only 12 games, a short match. I really excited about it, although I fear the cold Russian will beat the warm Indian. Cheers and have fun Peter ps spellchecking of above is funny, it doesn't recognise the players mentioned, lol
Posted by blake78613 chessbase.net 10/14/2008 08:23:26 Play online chess	Message: Anand is certainly a talented player. I am not certain that he has the temperament for match play. Psychologically, I give Kramnik an edge.
Posted by ketchuplover chessbase.net 10/14/2008 09:54:29 Play online chess	Message: First game drawn in 32. Semi Slav exchange. Kramnik had white.
Posted by lighttotheright chessbase.net 10/14/2008 11:39:32 Play online chess	Well!!! Message: That was a rather simple game. I expected something a little more complicated for a World Championship game. There wasn't a whole lot of risk taken on either side. Given that these guys have played as much as has been stated earlier, I would not expect them to need to feel each other out that much. But that was the sense I got from just observing the moves only. They seemed to be testing what each other might do.
Posted by ccmcacollister chessbase.net 10/14/2008 12:20:14 Play online chess	Light, then I would suspect .... Message: That if the players are starting slow, they are seeking to see what can be gained on their own talents and saving the TN's and Improvements for a more critical point. Which will also give the other side less time to switch openings and study something like that. I havent actually seen the game yet. Maybe too to get comfortable with the venue and cast of characters involved. Maybe they just dont have much new ... cough, choke. Yeah, the Russian #1 and th\\Champ with most the rest of the world behind him ... I also suspect they will have a few things in store to dazzle us. ( Got to admit it, even seen a senior ccm make even a Petroff dazzle once. Ah gosh that was HARD ...oh, and of course it did Draw :))
Posted by pgroenborg chessbase.net 10/14/2008 12:55:00 Play online chess	Numbers Message: I read about that high number of games between them somewhere on the net, can't recall the source right now, think it was Chess Vibes, but not sure. Other bloggers use different source? i.e. wikipedia has this to say: Viswanathan Anand and Vladimir Kramnik have played 51 classical chess games, of which Kramnik won six, Anand took four wins, and 41 games were drawn. In rapid games, the score is 10–2 in favour of Anand with 34 draws. In blitz the score is 2–2 with four draws. In the blindfold games the score is 4–3 in favour of Kramnik with six draws. In Advanced Chess Kramnik leads 1–0 with seven draws.
Posted by ketchuplover chessbase.net 10/15/2008 10:31:51 Play online chess	Message: Game two drawn. More lively than game one imo. I think Kramnik should've tried Rd2 on move 31
Posted by lighttotheright chessbase.net 10/16/2008 10:28:24 Play online chess	Message: If 31, ,,, Rd2 then 32. Bb3. Kramnik didn't have an effective attack here.
Posted by lighttotheright chessbase.net 10/16/2008 10:52:11 Play online chess	Message: I was trying to think of something else Annand could have tried instead of the queen swap on move 19. If 19. Be7 Rde8 20. Bg5 Qc5 21, h3 h6, Black looks OK and White would probably have to look for a drawn position anyway.
Posted by ccmcacollister chessbase.net 10/17/2008 16:30:23 Play online chess	already ... Message: A win for Anand. That's a pretty quick score on K.
Posted by lighttotheright chessbase.net 10/17/2008 22:26:56 Play online chess	Message: Now that was a good and exciting game! That's the kind that we expect from a World Champion.
Posted by vulpecula chessbase.net 10/20/2008 09:05:24 Play online chess	Another win for Vishy Message: Can anyone see Kramnik recovering from this ?? Regards, Guy
Posted by ketchuplover chessbase.net 10/20/2008 09:29:25 Play online chess	Message: Stick a fork in Kramnik. He's done.
Posted by ogedei chessbase.net 10/20/2008 11:37:46 Play online chess	oy Message: Just when Kramnik has two Blacks in a row, too... Time to come out swinging with Black for the first time in years, Vlad. Good luck with that!
Posted by cairo chessbase.net 10/20/2008 13:56:42 Play online chess	It Message: certainly look rather overwhelming for Kramnik and I personally hope that Anand goes all the way, but don't count Kramnik out yet, he is known as a gritty competitor when it looks worse...... best wishes Cairo
Posted by ogedei chessbase.net 10/21/2008 11:41:31 Play online chess	Game 6 Message: Wow. It seems that Anand is working to to prove the old (and heretofore discredited) adage that, "great players never castle!" It's a great match, but let's hope Vlad can find his form quickly so that we have some competitive games. It's tough to watch won of your chess heroes going down in flames...
Posted by ccmcacollister chessbase.net 10/21/2008 12:32:32 Play online chess	ouch~! Message: Says Anand to Kramnick? www.youtube.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqeSUAlI5uI&feature=PlayList&p=03E110C6C3A1931B&index=2&playnext=3&playnext_from=PL
Posted by ccmcacollister chessbase.net 10/21/2008 12:43:58 Play online chess	btw ... Message: 1.I know Anand is just too polite to actually Say It ... 2. Thats an extended play you have never heard, I bet.
Posted by ketchuplover chessbase.net 10/27/2008 16:39:43 Play online chess	Message: kramnik wins game 10. Anand leads 6-4. Play resumes Wednesday.