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Anand, Anand, Anand
Anand, Kramnik and Moro in that order!!
ARONIAN extra original
KRAMNIK powerfull
ANAND aggresive
BUT extra original young talant Levon Aronian will win the tournament, coz he will stay fresh a looooong TIME.
GO LEVON !,
SHOW WHAT IS CALLED TO BE A MODERN CHESS GAME !!.
TOPALOV VESELIN!!!
He was robbed by Kramnik and the KGB with a wired restroom and help from Deep Fritz. This has been proven so many times !!!
Kramnik “won” two draws and “lost” against Svidler
Anand was better against Moro, but clearly botched a win in a way that Kramnik didn’t
Aronian was (for one move) busted against Grischuk.
Maybe Gelfand? (ducks & runs…)
I think the serious answer has to be Kramnik; also impressed by Grischuk’s play.
The one who hasn’t done mistakes.
These are Aronian (he lost to Anand without mistake)
Gelfand (very solid)
Grischuk (his only blunder is time control, he manages time but for draw only, he can pull win only having more time)
Unfortunately all others made mistakes according to many analysis ; and the main mistake was missing winning or drawing moves.
No blunders yet which means the quality is really high.
Strong tournament!
Ashot
“These are Aronian (he lost to Anand without mistake)”
I am sorry but this does not show a great knowledge of chess.
Without making mistakes you can’t lose a game (especially with white).
Perhaps Aronian hasn’t make a BIG mistake in that game but imprecisenesses are mistakes, too.
Ans that is what you lose a game for if you don’t do one or more big mistakes.
“Kramnik “won” two draws and “lost” against Svidler”
Bill, did we follow the same tournament? 🙂
Eh, I should also answer Susan’s question… hmm, hard to say.
Over the whole tournament noone’s chess impressed me in every round.
And for example last round Grischuk played the best end game and the early middle game but he must have blundered at any time. Anand again played a good middle game and came to some big advantage but wasn’t able to win….
That shows that most players have there strong moments but until now noone sticks out (is that impression correct used here?).
But there are some things surprising me:
* Kramnik trying to win all the games
* Anand not winning such position against Moro
* Moro und Grischuk getting in such time trouble – both against Kramnik
Is he playing so fast in the beginning? Is he so well prepared?
* so “many” decided games (and even most draws are battled out)
I am looking forward to following more interesting games.
Jochen
Jochen , I like your observations and agree on most except for one thing that I feel differently than you.
Anand stands out. He was never on a losing position but for his game against Kramnik that I missed and had not the opportunity to go over. But even against Kramnik if I understand correctly no side has a big winning advantage.
And Kramnik also stands out though objectively or at least trying to be objective, Anand is 1st.
All including me, who thought that Kramnik is not playing a lot and can surprise for the worst, are till now showed to be wrong. He is playing powerful chess like anon. 11.30 said.
Aronian is a mystery. How will his performance go? Will he continue by his winning streak or be stopped in today’s round?
Gelfand : Will he continue to be the draw machine or will he succumb and be defeated and crumble. Until now nobody has succeeded to shake his style and force him to play positions he does not feel at home with. Who will be the 1st to do it? If someone will, it is going to be interesting and good for chess and the tournament. When I reflect the above thought, I start missing attacking characters like Magnus or
Topa.
Best wishes
AB
aronian didn’t win, leko lost !!! i mean , what a blunder …
kramnik has an amazing preparation, that is very clear …
Anand is lost in his style
the other ones well they do it the way they can …
Obviously Kramnik played the best chess.
FM Goran Tomic
Jochen, I simply meant that Kramnik was pressing hard for (and barely missed) the win in two of his three draws, but was arguably worse vs. Svidler (when he offered the draw at the perfect moment). No points for style, but it shows his good form.
Kramnik
“Best chess” is too ambitious a question. What about the more moderate “best game so far”?
Then I’ll vote for Kramnik-Morosevitch. A purely positional piece sacrifice is something rarely seen. Home prep of course, but still really remarkable. Also a nice example of human chess. Those who are absolutely helpless without their computer have even said that Morosevitch should have won this and missed a big chance. Haha!
I think it’s obvious that Kramnik has played the best. I mean he could have basically won every single game.
All the other players have made clear mistakes or don’t have a good result. Even Anand should have won versus Moro but didn’t.
Kramnik obviously played the best.
And I’m an Aronian fan who is unbiased.