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#162950 - 06/13/12 09:37 AM
Tal Memorial Rd. 5
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Rook
Registered: 02/20/08
Loc: Washington, DC
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The games are all cool enough this round, I thought I would start a thread.
Aronian - Morozevich is a Stonewall Dutch (!), and Aronian has just sacrificed a bishop on h7. Both players are pretty low on time (about 30 minutes for 25 moves til time control), so anything could happen.
Grischuk - Caruana is close to being a masterpiece by the Italian GM. He gave up the exchange in return for a killer pawn center and severe pressure. He has just won back the exchange, and Grischuk is unable to castle. He is also very low on time.
Radjabov - Carlsen is a rook and bishop endgame, but Carlsen is leading on time with 1 hour 17 minutes to Radjabov's 15 minutes, with 15 moves to go til time control.
Some of the games look headed to a draw, but I would say there is a slim possibility we see a few Black victories!
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#162951 - 06/13/12 04:48 PM
Re: Tal Memorial Rd. 5
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Ninja
Registered: 12/14/02
Loc: Vienna, Austria
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Contest standings after round 5: Pred. Square
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1 Akselborg 9,11 12,96
2 Instant Karma 10,44 21,85
3 Rimfaxe 11,56 20,12
4 littlefish 11,56 24,69
5 Petrosianic 12,00 20,00
6 PircAlert 12,44 22,22
7 Avalon 12,67 30,25
8 kalten 13,56 35,56
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#162969 - 06/16/12 03:19 PM
Re: Tal Memorial Rd. 5
[Re: littlefish]
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Ninja
Registered: 12/14/02
Loc: Vienna, Austria
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With 5 players at +1, 3 at -1 and one at = Petrosianic's prediction is starting to look good. Standings after round 7: Pred. Square
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1 Akselborg 9,11 12,52
2 Petrosianic 10,00 12,00
3 Instant Karma 10,89 20,30
4 Rimfaxe 11,78 19,09
5 PircAlert 12,22 18,22
6 littlefish 12,44 23,06
7 kalten 13,78 29,11
8 Avalon 14,00 29,28
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#162971 - 06/17/12 11:34 AM
Re: Tal Memorial Rd. 5
[Re: littlefish]
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Queen
Registered: 02/17/05
Loc: Norway
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Some blunders in round 8. Seems to me that the players are getting into time pressure quite often. Perhaps counting on the 30 seconds increment per move to much?
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#162972 - 06/17/12 11:35 AM
Re: Tal Memorial Rd. 5
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Rook
Registered: 02/20/08
Loc: Washington, DC
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These last few rounds have been pretty crazy. Morozevich has lost three in a row, Kramnik has lost two in a row. McShane has won twice in a row and is now back to even, while Naka and Aronian are sitting towards the bottom at -1. Going into the last round, Caruana is in clear first at +2!
Edited by Avalon (06/17/12 11:37 AM)
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#162990 - 06/18/12 09:28 AM
Re: Tal Memorial Rd. 5
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Rook
Registered: 02/20/08
Loc: Washington, DC
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Grats to Carlsen, who wins outright with +2, undefeated. He definitely got some help in the last couple of rounds, but fully deserves his victory.
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