Dortmund 27 June - 5 July 2015

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Christopher Kreuzer
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Re: Dortmund 27 June - 5 July 2015

Post by Christopher Kreuzer » Sun Jul 05, 2015 9:56 pm

Mick Norris wrote:How many points should Meier have scored??
More? :D

Dominant performance by Caruana. Sad to see Kramnik failing to arrest his decline. I wonder if this was a good performance by Hou Yifan (a learning experience) or a sign that she might struggle to break into the 2700 club? What was encouraging was that she got some very good positions, though she did fail to convert them.
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Re: Dortmund 27 June - 5 July 2015

Post by IM Jack Rudd » Sun Jul 05, 2015 10:03 pm

Mick Norris wrote:How many points should Meier have scored??
2.75 - at least, that's his expected/break-even score based on rating.
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Re: Dortmund 27 June - 5 July 2015

Post by Matt Mackenzie » Sun Jul 05, 2015 10:11 pm

Christopher Kreuzer wrote: Sad to see Kramnik failing to arrest his decline
It was looking OK for a while......

It doesn't help that he hardly ever seems to get an opening advantage anymore, tbh.
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Re: Dortmund 27 June - 5 July 2015

Post by Mick Norris » Mon Jul 06, 2015 8:14 am

Chess Mind report and Caruana game analysis
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Re: Dortmund 27 June - 5 July 2015

Post by Jonathan Bryant » Mon Jul 06, 2015 9:13 am

Christopher Kreuzer wrote:Sad to see Kramnik failing to arrest his decline.

I thought Vlad played an exceptional defensive game (for most of) yesterday. I was following it live from the Black point of view and his position looked impossibly ugly - and yet he still kept on coming up with good moves.

Played a good game for 95% of the time and still lost because of the 5%. This is a pattern that is recognisable to quite a few of us who are older than we used to be.

Incidentally, I think the So - Kramnik game was a perfect example of why most amateur chessers hate the Berlin. Impossible to comprehend from start to finish.
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Re: Dortmund 27 June - 5 July 2015

Post by JustinHorton » Mon Jul 06, 2015 9:47 am

Matt Mackenzie wrote:
Christopher Kreuzer wrote: Sad to see Kramnik failing to arrest his decline
It was looking OK for a while......

It doesn't help that he hardly ever seems to get an opening advantage anymore, tbh.
Well he did against Nepo.
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