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Kasparov with his opinions on the candidates https://en.chessbase.com/post/kaspar...andidates-2022
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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.Comment
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Nakamura did indeed win a lovely game and is in clear second with 7.5Comment
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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 ?Comment
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Yes that is a fitting final round for second place. Nakamura vs Ding and hopefully someone wins.Comment
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I am most impressed by Nakamura. Why? He is so busy streaming and yet he played the candidates on a high level - enough for second place and very competitive the whole tournament.Comment
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Yes, other than Nepo, Naka is the most impressive.Comment
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Congrats to Ding for finishing clear second!Comment
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Overall a great tournament to watch, lots of decisive games. If Magnus ducks it will be great to see Ding play Nepo.Comment
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Lots of fighting games in the last round. Ding trapped Nakamura's bishop to win second place. Even Duda - Nepo was played out to the end.Comment
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Carlsen has been dithering about whether he will defend his title against Nepo. Does anyone know when Carlsen has to make a decision by?Comment
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Peter Doggers said that Carlsen was going to announce his intention 5 min. before the 2022 Candidates' Tournament last round on Monday.
Seems that that didn't happen.......
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What exactly is the champ's issue? Does he loathe Nepo personally? Is it because of Nepo's nationality; i.e. playing a Russian in present circumstances is not correct (would make a mockery of gens una sumus)? Or is the champ just bored with the whole business?Originally posted by Bob Armstrong View Post"We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office." - Aesop
"Only the dead have seen the end of war." - Plato
"If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination." - Thomas De QuinceyComment
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imho, that is the case. I don't think he has ambitions to break the Lasker's record. He already beat Nepo badly. or Maybe he is just like Fischer who hated to loose at the chess board, thus forfeiting is not a big deal then :)Originally posted by Peter McKillop View PostComment
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