2016 Candidates prediction (redux)

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Following round 6, who will win the 2016 Candidates Tournament?

Poll ended at Tue Mar 22, 2016 2:05 pm

Anand
5
19%
Aronian
9
35%
Caruana
1
4%
Giri
2
8%
Karjakin
9
35%
Nakamura
0
No votes
Svidler
0
No votes
Topalov
0
No votes
 
Total votes: 26

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MJMcCready
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Re: 2016 Candidates prediction (redux)

Post by MJMcCready » Sat Mar 19, 2016 12:25 pm

Matthew Turner wrote:I went for Giri before, so I'll do so again. It seems to me that all we (probably) know so far is that Svidler, Topalov and Nakamura are out of contention and that Anand is a much more serious contender than many of us would have expected.
I would also say that the event hasn't grasped my imagination in the same way that the London candidates did. Whilst I haven't had a lot of time to look at the games I haven't found them that exciting.

Can't rule Topalov out just yet, he is a bit of a comeback king.

Note that we haven't seen a Berlin in the Candidates yet whereas London was full of them. Many exciting games already if you look.

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Re: 2016 Candidates prediction (redux)

Post by Matt Mackenzie » Sat Mar 19, 2016 5:55 pm

MJMcCready wrote:
Matthew Turner wrote:I went for Giri before, so I'll do so again. It seems to me that all we (probably) know so far is that Svidler, Topalov and Nakamura are out of contention and that Anand is a much more serious contender than many of us would have expected.
I would also say that the event hasn't grasped my imagination in the same way that the London candidates did. Whilst I haven't had a lot of time to look at the games I haven't found them that exciting.
Can't rule Topalov out just yet, he is a bit of a comeback king.
Can we rule him out now, then?
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Re: 2016 Candidates prediction (redux)

Post by MJMcCready » Sun Mar 20, 2016 12:25 am

ahem, well probably.

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Re: 2016 Candidates prediction (redux)

Post by Joshua Gibbs » Sun Mar 20, 2016 12:34 am

Karjakin all day long

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Re: 2016 Candidates prediction (redux)

Post by Christopher Kreuzer » Sun Mar 20, 2016 3:30 pm

*bumping* this thread.

I have gone back and edited the opening post and marked the check-box that enables people to change their votes (I had intended to do this originally, but forgot).

This means people can switch their votes to Caruana if they want to! :mrgreen:

(With 23 votes so far, there are still around 16 people from the original poll yet to vote in this one.)

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Re: 2016 Candidates prediction (redux)

Post by John McKenna » Sun Mar 20, 2016 11:59 pm

This means people can switch their votes to Caruana...
Switching from Nakamura to Caruana is natural after today's results so, naturally, I have done so.

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Re: 2016 Candidates prediction (redux)

Post by Mick Norris » Thu Mar 24, 2016 9:33 am

I'm a bit surprised that Caruana only got 1 vote (he's done well since I switched my prediction from him to Levon :oops: )

Remaining pairings are:

Round 11: Aronian-Svidler, Topalov-Caruana, Anand-Karjakin, and Giri-Nakamura.
Round 12: Svidler-Giri, Nakamura-Anand, Karjakin-Topalov, and Caruana-Aronian.
Round 13: Caruana-Svidler, Aronian-Karjakin, Topalov-Nakamura, and Anand-Giri.
Round 14: Svidler-Anand, Giri-Topalov, Nakamura-Aronian, and Karjakin-Caruana.
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Re: 2016 Candidates prediction (redux)

Post by LawrenceCooper » Thu Mar 24, 2016 10:13 am

Mick Norris wrote:I'm a bit surprised that Caruana only got 1 vote (he's done well since I switched my prediction from him to Levon :oops: )

Remaining pairings are:

Round 11: Aronian-Svidler, Topalov-Caruana, Anand-Karjakin, and Giri-Nakamura.
Round 12: Svidler-Giri, Nakamura-Anand, Karjakin-Topalov, and Caruana-Aronian.
Round 13: Caruana-Svidler, Aronian-Karjakin, Topalov-Nakamura, and Anand-Giri.
Round 14: Svidler-Anand, Giri-Topalov, Nakamura-Aronian, and Karjakin-Caruana.
The vote seems to reflect the standings up to about round 7. Caruana's +2 is a recent development as is Aronian dropping back to +1.

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Re: 2016 Candidates prediction (redux)

Post by Christopher Kreuzer » Thu Mar 24, 2016 10:19 am

Poll ended at Tue Mar 22, 2016 2:05 pm
If anyone wants to open a short-lived final poll before the final two rounds (there is a rest day beforehand)...