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Topalov vs Kramnik, the world championship title reunification match has started yesterday
The FIDE worldchamp against the classical worldchampion. The fierce fighter against the solid defender!
Kramnik leads 2-0 after two games :(
more info on www.chessbase.com
I didn't even know that the world was divided :o
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Originally Posted by manker
whoops, that was a bit silly of me :) I corrected it
Totally. It's divided into black and white squares. Chess is going to be pretty tricky if they take that away :ermm:Quote:
Originally Posted by manker
My money is on whoever is playing with the black pieces.
As Wesley Snipes said " Always bet on black"
I lost interest when Kasparov and Short looked for a new sponser. I frown on Kramnik for avoiding Kasparov for too long and FIDE is just simply corrupted to the core. The title claims have become like boxing.
Topalov is suggesting that Kramnik is cheating and threatens to quit the WC!!
read the story here
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3370
It's all part of the psychological warfare but still 50 times average using the bathroom is a lot!
after 4 games it is 3-1 for Kramnik
Yeah , I mostly agree with you, but I like these matches more than for instance the sudden death knockout system used by FIDE to determine the World champ.. call me oldfashioned but the standard of games seem to be higher that wayQuote:
Originally Posted by Darth Sushi
I also think that draws should be ignored in these matches like fischer said
Kramnik refused to play today because what Topalov's team mentioned in the press earlier.. see above
still no games played
this is getting really funny
Topalov's team accuses Kramnik's team to cheat and doing so in his privat toilet(only room without camera's) . Now Kramnik's team says Topalov's team is planning to install some sort of an electronic device in Kramnik's toilet so there will be evidence to backup their story. they demand no team member of Topalov may enter the toilet of kramnik without a FIDE official to keep an eye out.
There is a big (Fischer - Spasski-esk) psychological warfare going on
These are tho moments a just love chess and maybe eventually I am going to love soaps operah's
4:3 for Kramnik
as allways check www.chessbase.com for more details.
Topalov won his first game. It is now 4:4 and 4 more games to go.
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Originally Posted by chessbase
yes i follow it up a bit, since i heard about the toilet incident in 'Holland Sport' on dutch television. this one goes in the good tradition as it was when karpov and Kasparov were playing eachother and had their own 'cold war'. :)
Always love to play chess, but unfortunately have a lack of time :(
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Originally Posted by jetje
I noticed :dabs:
http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/loung...99#post1408612
Just started playing chess again... :D
Kramnik won yesterday after Topalov's horrible game losing f6 move. Kramnik in his turn lost quickly the game before that.
Kramnik is the moral winner of the match. allmost every GM in the world does not like the ''dirty tricks'' of Topalov's team. And topalov got an extra point because Kramnik did not show up in round three for the reason mentioned earlier.
Score is now 5:5 with two more games to be played
this is getting more exciting
5.5 / 5.5 after a fighting draw
one more game to go and after that playoffs
and after that the sueing wil start. Kramnik and Topalov both threaten to sue FIDE if things don't go their way.. Topalov has the most chance according laywers