[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: Dortmund, Round 1 Pairings

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
Dortmund, Round 1 Pairings
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1214623457.shtml


   The [1]Dortmund super-tournament starts in the morning (3 p.m. local
   time in Germany = 9 a.m. ET), and here are the pairings:
   Gustafsson - Kramnik
   Naiditsch - Nepomniachtchi
   Mamedyarov - Leko
   Ivanchuk - van Wely
   I'm going to go out on a limb (not!) and predict that Kramnik will win
   the tournament, with Ivanchuk challenging (but maybe running out of
   gas); Nepomniachtchi is my dark horse. I think Mamedyarov will do well
   but not threaten for first; likewise Leko (but maybe slightly worse
   than Mamedyarov), and Gustafsson, Naiditsch and van Wely will likely
   feature as chum. Readers? Predict away - but do so before the first
   round gets going!

References

   1. http://www.sparkassen-chess-meeting.de/english/english.html