Below is the list of the new LIVE rating leaders as of 9-13-08. This will likely be the rating order for the official October 1, 2008 FIDE rating list as well.
1 Topalov 2790,6
2 Morozevich 2787,0
3 Carlsen 2786,1
4 Ivanchuk 2785,6
5 Anand 2783,2
6 Kramnik 2771,9
7 Aronian 2756,8
8 Radjabov 2751,5
Source: http://chess.liverating.org/
Based on the performance at the Bilbao Grand Slam Final and other events in the past few months, how would you rate the odd of the Anand – Kramnik and Topalov – Kamsky upcoming matches? Who do you pick to win?
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
My heart is with Anand and Kamsky!
My money is on Kramnik and Topalov.
An Anand-Kramnik match should’ve been held in 1998. Both players seem past their prime today.
Kramnik is no longer the immovable object, a smooth plus-two and zero losses every tournament. He loses regularly nowadays. Maybe his illness took something out of him permanently, maybe its his age.
Anand has lost some of his luster as well.
Kramnik and Kamsky will be my picks.
Topalov will beat Kamsky easily.
I wish Kamsky would win, but probably Topalov will.
Kamsky wins with rounds to spare. The guy is some match player! Mark my words.
I pick Judit Polgar!
My prediction: Anand is going to beat Kramnik, but just by a little margin.
I think Topalov is going to clean Kamsky’s clock. Hope it doesn’t actually turn out that way, but I just think that Kamsky isn’t the same caliber as Topa (and the rest of the world elite). Frankly, I’m surprised at how many people think that Kamsky is going to win… We will see.
Kramnik will beat Anand and Topalov will beat Kamsky. Then we will have Toiletgate II.
Both matches will be close and exciting.
Finally after Fischer break from fide in 72, followed by Kasparov’s break from fide in 1993 we are going to get one World Champion.
With Kramnik and Anand the answer is simple as team Kramnik has pointed out.
Kramnik is the World Match Champion and Anand is the World tournament Champion. Now the going to play a match. Now who going to win ? quick look back – 1995 Anand loses to Kasparov , 2000 – Kramnik defeats Kasparov.
2008 Kramnik defeats Anand
Ok, the other Match Toppy vs Kamsky. This is going to be very very exciting. In the past Kamsky had some excellent match wins including Kramnik and Anand. And with his Fairy story return to chess, Kamsky has to be the crowd pick. Toppy however shown he is no push over in matches , eg vs Kramnik, and he opening pre is just awesome. Although Kamsky will be crowd fav, Toppy must be where the bets are placed.
We are all in for some great chess.
Although Topalov has looked the best, I have to wonder what is going on in Anand’s mind. He could be psyching the opposition now. No evidence, just a guess.
Kramnik will beat Anand…it wont be easy…but Anand’s approach for just looking for a draw is going to be a disadvantage for him in this match.
Topalov is going to crush Kamsky so bad that is not going to be funny at all. Kamsky has no chance whatsoever….he will not even win one game.
“This will likely be the rating order for the official October 1, 2008 FIDE rating list as well.”
Not exactly. The official ratings for Carlsen and Ivanchuk will be rounded to 2786. Since they will tie, Ivanchuk will be listed 3rd because he has a larger number of games played.
just to let you all know. they havent been able to get Kramnik to stop laughing after Anand has finished last at the recent Bilbao tournament.
thanks for letting me know.
Hahahahhahahhahahhahahahahahahaha.
‘Not exactly. The official ratings for Carlsen and Ivanchuk will be rounded to 2786. Since they will tie, Ivanchuk will be listed 3rd because he has a larger number of games played.’
Who’re you?? Some arbiter? I trust the host more.
Topolov should win easy and Anand should win although he should have a bit harder time in doing so.
“Topalov is going to crush Kamsky so bad that is not going to be funny at all. Kamsky has no chance whatsoever….he will not even win one game.
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This will always be written by someone who enjoys some beating, but also by someone who doesn’t know the real Kamsky. He most probably got interested in chess when Kamsky took a sebattical. The writer doesn’t know his history very well. Don’t get me wrong, Topalov can beat Kamsky, yes, but it won’t be easy and culd well be the way around.
“This will always be written by someone who enjoys some beating, but also by someone who doesn’t know the real Kamsky. He most probably got interested in chess when Kamsky took a sebattical. The writer doesn’t know his history very well. Don’t get me wrong, Topalov can beat Kamsky, yes, but it won’t be easy and culd well be the way around.” – Anon: Sunday, September 14, 2008 9:40:00 AM CDT
I can only wish I was as young as you claim I am. Anyway, I base my comments on the fact that I have followed Topalov’s performance since he was 17 and competed in international tournaments. His game today is the sharpest and most aggresive I have seen him play. I’m not saying Kamsky is a bad player…not at all….but he is just not at Topalov’s level. Topalov will be at the World Championship next year, don’t bet against it. He will be there, and Kramnik will be sitting on the other side of the table.
Of course you have strong arguments aabout Topalovs game: it’s sharp and very agressive. He can win right from the opening getting you by the throat.
But tournaments are quite different from matches when you have each time the same face before you and there is far more stress involved. Kamsky is a heck of matchplayer! If someone would have said Carlsen would be beaten by him, everyone would have bet against it. It happende though.
His sebattical and how he came out of it is questionable, and therefore yes, Topalov is favorite. But Topalov doesn’t have an unshaken black repetoir and had some suspicous positions early in the game against Kramnik. There lies the chance. Kamsky must survive his black games, perhaps like Kramnik did against Kasparow with the Berlin variation. With white Kamsky is very dangerous, and both are very good in middlegames!
It’s intersting and open this one. Let’s look forward to it!
My picks are Kamsky and Anand but Topalov might win but kramnik will almost definetly lose.