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cpeters
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Candidates 2020/2021

Post by cpeters »

Hint:


Yesterday round 12 of 14 has finished with all decisive games (

https://en.candidates-2020.com/

Tomorrow round 13. Chess24 will be streamed live (on youtube). Commentary by Judith (Polgar), Tania (Sachdev) and Surya (Ganguly): very good team!

Don't miss this!

Greetings
Chessqueen
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Re: Candidates 2020/2021

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cpeters wrote: Sun Apr 25, 2021 5:09 pm Hint:


Yesterday round 12 of 14 has finished with all decisive games (

https://en.candidates-2020.com/

Tomorrow round 13. Chess24 will be streamed live (on youtube). Commentary by Judith (Polgar), Tania (Sachdev) and Surya (Ganguly): very good team!

Don't miss this!

Greetings

Will this 15 years old from India be future Chess Champion ?
Do NOT worry and be happy, we all live a short life :roll:
cpeters
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Re: Candidates 2020/2021

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Didn't watch it. Is it about Pragga? Well. Perhaps. Possible.

Meanwhile Wang Hao (Number twelve from the Fide Top 20) has withdrawn from professionell competition due to a buffer overflow/health problems, which is sad.
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Re: Candidates 2020/2021

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Giri playing last two games like he caught a virus on the last resting day.
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Re: Candidates 2020/2021

Post by cpeters »

He had to try everything/seek/create practical chances.
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Very interesting were Judit's comments (round 11 I think) how AlphaZero and now also stockfisk changed the playing style of Supergrandmasters (revaluate giving things for initiative; throw some conceptions (once written in stone) overboard).

Caesura really.