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Nepo played a great tournament. Naka is well deserving of his 2nd place, he played really well and enterprising. Ding had an up and down tournament. Except for a couple of games he could have fought for 1 st place, Firouza is the great deception of the tournament, -4 or -5 and playing bullets all night, Radjabov played really well with a crushing game against Ding with black. Tomorrow we are going to have avery good Naka vs Ding matchup for 2nd place, or maybe a place for a WC match . Who knows ?
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Nakamura did indeed win a lovely game and is in clear second with 7.5
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Rd 13. Nepo wins the candidates with a draw.
In the fight for second place Radjabov and Caruana draw.
Firoujza - Ding was a draw after an interesting endgame.
Nakamura is playing a marvelous game against Duda and is winning. Check it out.Last edited by Hans Jung; Sunday, 3rd July, 2022, 01:29 PM.
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Kasparov with his opinions on the candidates https://en.chessbase.com/post/kaspar...andidates-2022
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Yes, the battle for second place is still interesting. Four players, Ding, Nakamura, Radjabov and Caruana, only half a point apart.
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Atleast we have the fight for second place if Carlsen decides to withdraw from the WC :)
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Ding's instincts werent good in the round 12 game. He played Kf2 and allowed the 21...Rxe3 shot.
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Originally posted by Hans Jung View PostIts up to Ding.
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Originally posted by Brad Thomson View Post
This may be true, but it used to be interesting how so many of Tiger Woods' opponents never seemed at their best when paired with him, how many of Mike Tyson's opponents seemed to have a bad night... and so on. Nepo must be very intimidating right now, he exudes power, this guy is for real and his opponents live in fear of him.
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Originally posted by Patrick Kirby View PostI don't think Nepomnyashci's result reflects his true superiority over the field, he has played steady chess, but in many of his wins his opponents played well below their usual level.
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I don't think Nepomnyashci's result reflects his true superiority over the field, he has played steady chess, but in many of his wins his opponents played well below their usual level.
I think Ding's series of wins toward the end has impressed me the most. If he had converted a few of the positions he got earlier in the event, he would be right in the hunt.
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