On 26 sep, 17:10, "Ian Burton" wrote:
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I don't understand how he is able to outplay a bunch of other 2700s
and be ahead by a nice margin i nthe tournament. What qualities does
he posses which maks him such a good chess player?

You could ask the same questions about whoever won the tournament. The
winner would be the one "to outplay a bunch of other 2700s." Nothing
wonderous about it. It's just one tournament.

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I don't agree with that. It isn't common to have +4 and one point and
a half ahead of the second in a tournament as hard as this one, where
I would say only Topalov is missing from the great ones. And it is not
just one tournament, it is the World Championship, where all the
players try to give their best.

About Anand being dominating or not, i think in the last years he has
won more tournaments than anyone, several FIDE oscars, etc, and he is
the top seed in the FIDE list. Together with Kramnik he plays a
different kind of chess, so let's hope to see an Anand-Kramnik match.

I agree the World Championship must be normally decided in a match,
but don't forget Botvinnik got his title in a tournament like this
one; so this title isn't less valid.

But this is my opinion of course!