Comments on: Carlsen strikes again, increases lead even further

By: sergio

sergio — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:20:15 +0000

And another win for Carlsen. In which round shall he be the official winner?

By: nalk

nalk — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:20:03 +0000

i expect things to heat up in the second half when jet-lag has worn off

By: Pam

Pam — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:51:03 +0000

We really miss Kasparov but Magnus is now “the big hope” for chess!

By: Jan

Jan — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:41:31 +0000

Again, what is wrong with laziness?

By: ClammyHamster

ClammyHamster — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:01:08 +0000

In my humble opinion there are too many draws in chess tournaments. Look at SPICE cup, a great tournament but Yuri Kuzubov won with only 1 win and and a total of 8 draws. I think they should give 3 points for a win and 1 point for a draw, that way the winner would be the crowd favorite, Jon Ludvig Hammer, who fought to win every game. We are rewarding laziness and apathy instead of spirit and guts.

By: vooruitgang

vooruitgang — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:33:28 +0000

Also agree with with Harish.

The games are very instructive and not boring at all. Magnus is on a roll. Can he be stopped? Maybe…maybe not. Will Radjabov play the KID against him? Great stuff and yes, thank you Vibes for the great reports and photos. The jackets the players wear are much better this year!

And if you have the urge to complain just think how much you would miss these reports if they were not presented.

By: Lyra

Lyra — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:50:53 +0000

The result does not tell you how exciting the game was. Surely Radjabov-Topalov was more exciting than many decisive games are. It is not as if all of the non-Carlsen games are just short draws, though surely with a field including Leko, Jakovenko, and Wang you would expect a lot of safe games.

By: JustBe

JustBe — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:07:34 +0000

Carlsen could have won them all!!!

By: CAL|Daniel

CAL|Daniel — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:46:25 +0000

I agree with Harish.

Thanks to chessvibes for these great reports and pictures.

By: Harish Srinivasan

Harish Srinivasan — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:13:48 +0000

“In some way it’s a boring tournament. Carlsen wins almost all his games, the rest plays draw. Just look at the crosstable. When does the fight start?!”

Its amazing, some people always search and find something to complain about.

It has been a great tournament so far and thanks chessvibes for the very quick report and analysis of all the games.