Traumatic though it must have been there are ten rounds to go and he is very experienced. I think that fatigue may be more relevant to his chances of success. Impressive to see Aronian recover from his round 3 nightmare albeit with some help from his opponent.Christopher Kreuzer wrote: ↑Thu Mar 15, 2018 11:50 amI really hope Kramnik recovers from this and goes on to win the event. It would be agonising if this game made the difference at the end. If Kramnik had won, he would be a whole point ahead. It does keep things tight. Maybe we will see a cagey few rounds and lots of draws as the players conserve their energies.
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It also affects the potential tiebreak (head to head) as, unless he beats Caruana with black, then if the 2 of them tie on points, Vlad loses out again on first tiebreak; so, he not only has to catch Caruana, but pass him too
Long way to go; maybe only reasonable to say it is down to a 6 horse race from the initial 8
Chess Mind round 4 report with analysis
Long way to go; maybe only reasonable to say it is down to a 6 horse race from the initial 8
Chess Mind round 4 report with analysis
Had he won the game, he'd have been a huge favorite to win the event, even with ten rounds to go, but as it is he trails Caruana by half a point and must regain his psychological equilibrium. It would have been much easier on him had he just lost the first time he had a losing position, but let's stay tuned and see how he bounces back.
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Would you even still say that if Karjakin were to win this afternoon?Mick Norris wrote: ↑Thu Mar 15, 2018 12:02 pmLong way to go; maybe only reasonable to say it is down to a 6 horse race from the initial 8.
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I'm watching Aronian-Grischuk. Good Benoni stuff there.
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So appears to have turned down an early draw by repetition. Kramnik has been using the semi-Tarrasch since at least the London Candidates. He employs it also as a defence to the Exchange Variation.
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Never going to happen, was it? DrawNickFaulks wrote: ↑Thu Mar 15, 2018 12:18 pmWould you even still say that if Karjakin were to win this afternoon?Mick Norris wrote: ↑Thu Mar 15, 2018 12:02 pmLong way to go; maybe only reasonable to say it is down to a 6 horse race from the initial 8.
Karjakin can come back and do well (he's done so before) but I don't think he's going to win
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Certainly wasn't the way to bet, but my point was that if a player is one win away from being back in it, then they're not really out of it. That's the way he should be thinking.
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You need +3 to win, maybe, so was Karjakin going to go +5 over 10 rounds in this company? 9 rounds now; I think not after a poor start which seems to show not the best form
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Aronian-Grischuk is interesting. Two big blunders on moves 24 and 27.
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And now on move 29 by Aronian, why not take the bishop with check?Christopher Kreuzer wrote: ↑Thu Mar 15, 2018 4:56 pmAronian-Grischuk is interesting. Two big blunders on moves 24 and 27.
Pity we don't know the real clock times but it seems Aronian, with more time, has missed two (difficult) wins and could end up worse.
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Moves with clock times on TWIC
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Aronian-Grischuk drawn despite 42...Ne4 appearing. Allegedly a botched attempt at placing the kings in the middle.
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Leaderboard after Round 5:
1 Caruana 3½/5
2-3 Kramnik, Mamedyarov 3/5
4-6 Aronian, Grischuk, Ding 2½/5
7-8 Karjakin, So 1½/5
1 Caruana 3½/5
2-3 Kramnik, Mamedyarov 3/5
4-6 Aronian, Grischuk, Ding 2½/5
7-8 Karjakin, So 1½/5
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In what seems, remarkably, to be a novelty in this event so far, White is a little or even somewhat better in every game! Shock!
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White did well in the first 2 rounds; it is still a total of 3 white wins to 4 black wins (albeit that is not what you would have guessed in advance)
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