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Kramnik and Svidler will start and finish with black; Mamedyarov and Anand will start and finish with the white pieces. The event is a double round robin.
First Place 95,000 Euros
Second Place 88,000 Euros
Third Place 75,000 Euros
Fourth Place 55,000 Euros
Fifth Place 40,000 Euros
Sixth Place 28,000 Euros
Seventh Place22,000 Euros
Eighth Place 17,000 Euros
At today’s exchange rate, First Place is worth 141,983.42 CAD, which is a nice piece of cash.
and there are 30 varieties of pizza including Buffalo, Toronto, Macho, Primavera, Chicago and Sinatra.
The Toronto has cheese, salami and tomatoes and costs 430 rubles ($13.25 CND). The Sinatra has cheese, mushrooms, bacon, ham, pickles, tomatoes and greens for 410 rubles. The Buffalo has boiled beef, potatoes, onions and cheese at 615 rubles.
Rarely have I got so hungry writing about chess!
There is Coca Cola, Fanta and Sprite and delivery.
A more “traditional” menu has Siberian borsch, goulash, barbecued chicken and stuffed cabbage.
I suppose that the players will have catered meals but, if you are there as a spectator, you might drop over to 104a Roznina Street for a nosh.
Can anyone forecast his most dangerous opponent from the above?
I'd go for Kramnik's tied record with Magnus. Kramnik is still very dangerous. He barely failed to finish the last Candidates' ahead of Magnus. (Levon is second and has been, in the FIDE ratings, for eternity, and is a great player, but he never seems to play his best when all the chips are in).
I would have liked to see these three young men in too
Fabiano Caruana 3 wins 2 losses 5 draws
Hikaru Nakamura 8 wins 0 losses 15 draws
Anish Giri 0 wins 1 loss 4 draws
The wins/losses/draws is Carlsen’s record against them
If head-to-head against Carlsen is your criterion, then drop Nakamura and replace with Andrei Volokitin, who has scored 83.33% against Magnus (4 wins, 0 losses, and 2 draws) (:
When did that happen? When Magnus was 12?
Svidler seems to hold very well against Carlsen. I would like to see Topalov coming back to his best shape and win this tournament. He won't play for sure like Anand did against Carlsen. Kramnik and Aronian are always the main contenders to win any tournamnet. Strong competition also for the last place, we have now about three Radjabovs. Magnus will be the the clear favorite regardless of who will win this edition of the Candidates.
Volokitin is a Ukrainian grandmaster, 28 years old, who stands 70th in the world with a rating of 2679. Let it be said that much water has passed under the bridge since the 20-year-old beat the 16-year-old Carlsen!
If I am not mistaken, he was in the World Cup 2013 in Tromso and lost two games to Ray Robson. Dmitry Andrekin went on to win a spot in the Candidates from that tournament.
High class games where a great positional player in the making gets outplayed strategically with excellent tactics. I especially like the last game. Maybe GM Volokitin should travel around Europe with a T-shirt that says in both Norwegian and English "I Own Magnus Carlsen". After all he's the only one in the world who might be able to say that.
Carlsen, Caruana, and Grischuk all think either Aronian or Kramnik will emerge victorious. Grischuk also adds that Anand, Andreikin, and Topalov have little or no chance.
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