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View Poll Results: Who's gonna win?

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  1. 01-14-2011 09:49 PM #1
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    Default Tata Steel Tournament

    Tata Steel, who's gonna win?
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  2. 01-14-2011 10:02 PM #2
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    I THINK THE BUCS ARE GONNA WIN
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  3. 01-14-2011 10:15 PM #3
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    I was so hoping this was some kind of samuria warrior tourney...

    it wasn't.
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  4. 01-15-2011 12:01 AM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by supahaole View Post
    I was so hoping this was some kind of samuria warrior tourney...

    it wasn't.
    so much this.
    [00:29] <daven> dc, why not check turn behind
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    [00:30] <DC> on my hand?
    [00:30] <daven> yep
    [00:30] <DC> because I am drunk
    [00:30] <daven> nice reason
    [00:30] <daven> no further questions
    [00:30] <yaawn> ^^Lol

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  5. 01-15-2011 12:38 AM #5
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    I haven't kept up and wasn't aware that Nakamura should even be on the list.
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  6. 01-15-2011 08:23 AM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by spoonitnow View Post
    I haven't kept up and wasn't aware that Nakamura should even be on the list.
    he's in it but probably no real chance

    i think carlsen, he's been taking down all the super tournaments, but i hope anand.
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  7. 01-15-2011 08:59 AM #7
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    The games run through the 30th. They start each day at 730AM EST or 1230 GMT. You can rail them at FICS or listen to live coverage at chess.fm.
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  8. 01-15-2011 11:20 PM #8
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    Tata Steel. I prefer silicone.
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  9. 01-15-2011 11:57 PM #9
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    No chess players in the commune?

    Naka had a solid win today over Grischuk. Anand won, Carlsen drew, Kramnik drew.
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  10. 01-16-2011 12:44 AM #10
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  11. 01-16-2011 02:50 PM #11
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    votings really heating up
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  12. 01-16-2011 03:50 PM #12
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    The only name I know is Anand, so he gets my full support.
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    Nakamura is apparently a giant underdog, so he gets my full support.
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  14. 01-16-2011 05:45 PM #14
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    Quote Originally Posted by filthy and the panic-attacks View Post
    votings really heating up
    Lol, did I screw up the poll? Can you still vote?
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  15. 01-16-2011 06:58 PM #15
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    This is really the famous Wijk aan Zee tournament that's been held in Holland for decades. Here's a little rundown on some of the top contenders.

    Magnus Carlsen, 20 yo from Norway, true prodigy, a chess monster. There's a good chance he'll go down as the best player ever. According to ratings lists, he's been the world #1 many times already.


    Viswanathan Anand, 41, current world champion, famous as a nice guy, extremely solid.


    Lev Aronian, 28, from Armenia, current world blitz champion, world #3 behind Anand and Carlsen.


    Vladimir (Peter) Kramnik, 25, former world champion, world #4, Russian. Very hard to beat, draws alot.

    Kramnik back in the day...


    Hikaru Nakamura, 23, best American player. Alot of people don't like him because he's a little brash and arrogant, but he plays very exciting chess, always going for the win. World #10.
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  16. 01-16-2011 10:36 PM #16
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    Quote Originally Posted by couriermike View Post
    Lol, did I screw up the poll? Can you still vote?
    No
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  17. 01-16-2011 10:53 PM #17
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    "exciting chess"

    Oxymoron?
    “Right thoughts produce right actions and right actions produce work which will be a material reflection for others to see of the serenity at the center of it all”

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  18. 01-17-2011 07:18 PM #18
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    Naka had a great win over Shirov today, very technical. He's alone in first, but there's still alot of chess left to be played. Pretty much everybody else drew, except Carlsen, who got crushed by the Dutch phenom Anish Giri. Carlsen tried a novelty as white against the grunfeld that went horribly wrong and he actually dropped a piece and resigned on move 22, pretty unheard of at that level.
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