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baronderkilt
13-May-10, 23:04
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 The Anand thread; Interviews with the Champion, etc
www.chessbase.com
www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6267
PS, I happened on this by changing the last digit of the url and new stories come up. 6265 was about the start of the match with Topalov , from Algol's thread .
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baronderkilt
13-May-10, 23:09
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Also ....
an achievement that I do not recall done since Botvinnik(?) ... to attain the title by Tournament, then Match, then successfully defending it.
(Was Khalifman by tmt; but did not do all this, right? Or am I confusing his Highest Tmt Performance Elo ever ... I believe he did over 3000 to exceed the prior 2900+ by Sophia Polgar in Rome. But has someone not now passed both those?)
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algol
14-May-10, 08:48
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Long interview with Anand
Very good interview by Peter Doggers www.chessvibes.com
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algol
14-May-10, 21:34
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Anand got some tips from Carlsen for this match
www.sueddeutsche.de
Near the end Anand says "Yes, Magnus helped me a bit. We maintain contact and it was nice to get some tips from him."
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algol
18-May-10, 18:16
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Carlsen and Kasparov helping Anand with WCC prep
In the interview on playchess Anand says that he had Carlsen for a few days as sparring partner to try out some of the planned positions. Kasparov also reviewed Anand's repertoire and answered some questions using his old database. You can listen to Anand here www.youtube.com
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black_cat_hamlet
19-May-10, 03:42
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It does help...
when you have the world's current no. 1 player and the player with the world's highest chess rating helping you out in your game
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algol
19-May-10, 06:01
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He could use the help. Rumour has it that Topalov was using the new Rybka 4.0 - before it was officially released - on a computer cluster totalling 112 cores. (Source www.chessbase.com). Chess on top level really has become a different game - if there still was some doubt.
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algol
19-May-10, 06:16
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Kramnik and Giri too...
The youtube interview was terminated a bit early, but the chessbase interview shows that Kramnik and Giri were also helping Anand. That is quite an impressive unofficial team he had against Topalov. That must have been a tremendous boost for Anand, especially when Anand was playing Kramnik's openings.
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baronderkilt
21-May-10, 18:59
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Rather amazing ...
World unity vs the Bulgarian Chess machine (And That really sounds like Sci-fi if you lived thru the 70's). What's next, world peace ?!
Topalov et al become more isolated. But nix the bad boys and Top is very much in a Fischerlike situation. Makes me wonder. Do the Fischer types change the Chess world, or does IT squish them into its own mold . . .
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nugodog
04-Jun-10, 19:10
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Wouldn't be surprised
I wouldn't be surprised if Anand had help from other strong grandmasters who are against the Topalov team back in 2006 world championship match which he versed Kramnik. The Topalov team really can't hack defeat without complaining and a bitter remark.
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