[zasanya]

Interesting what Gawain Jones had said prior to the tournament about Vassily Ivanchuk.

" I don't see him managing to win the tournament, because I think his nerves will fail him at some point [...] It's possible that he beats Magnus and then loses to Kramnik and Aronian or something. He could be very vital for the final standings."

(Gawain Jones making predictions about Ivanchuk's performance before the tournament
http://www.chessvibe...tes-predictions

[JLOGIC]

This is just the sickest sweat, the sickest endgame, wow, whatever happens its too sick. Go Magnus.

[JLOGIC]

BOOM

[gwnn]

Epic stuff. Radjabov is strange in the press conference but whatever.

[JLOGIC]

I swear to god if Ivanchuk flags tomorrow...lol

edit: Just realized that implied conspiracy theory, wasn't intended that way, more was just gonna be tilted at him and lol at the same time. Who in the same tourney could beat Carlsen as black and also flag 5 or 6 times?

[zasanya]

Incredible. Both Kramnik and Carlsen are losing and so Carlsen is the challenger.

[JLOGIC]

lollllllll at both losing. It hasn't happened yet but both seem like a near lock to lose

[jjbrr]

amazing

[gwnn]

yes wow! that's not how I thought it would end.

[Thiros]

Congrats to Carlsen, he is a deserving and worthy challenger to the title in spite of his defeat today. Do we have an Anand-Kramnik 2008 thread somewhere down in the depths of this forum? For a while, it looked like we might have had to go down and gravedig it....

People are complaining about the tiebreak, I think more wins is a great way to do it. Encouraging sharp chess is good for the game, and what a more effective way than to count a win and a loss as superior to two draws for the purpose of sending a challenger to play for the title? Kramnik may have played the best overall chess in the event, but in the end, his undoing was playing too cautiously and conservatively early.

About the double round-robin format ---- it was well-regarded going in, and worked out decently this time around. But in a parallel universe not so far away, Carlsen, Kramnik, Aronian and Svidler are all part of a four-way tie for first place. Imagine the ruckus that would have been stirred up by that clusterf***.

[Cyberyeti]

Thiros, on 2013-April-01, 14:56, said:

People are complaining about the tiebreak, I think more wins is a great way to do it. Encouraging sharp chess is good for the game, and what a more effective way than to count a win and a loss as superior to two draws for the purpose of sending a challenger to play for the title? Kramnik may have played the best overall chess in the event, but in the end, his undoing was playing too cautiously and conservatively early.

When did they amend the tiebreak to this ? I was used to it being done by countback ie

Results against each other
Results agains each other and 3rd
Results against each other + 3rd + 4th

etc and on that Kramnik would have had the tie break.

[jjbrr]

lol carlsen lol karjakin

[jjbrr]

This game is nuts Moro - Naka