Chess World Championship

[Ortho]

Also, do you know what Pinnacle's position will be if there is any change of the game 5 result?

[David Ottosen]

I believe they are counting it as a forfeit loss to Kramnik as even Kramnik appears to have given up trying to get that game replayed. He has made some threats about suing FIDE etc, but the result for the purposes of this match appears to be set.

Further, the line as posted would make no sense otherwise - if Kramnik was truly 1 game ahead, the line would be something like +manyhundred on Topalov I would guess.

[Ortho]

Yes, I think so too. I think that Pinnacle will pay out fast after the result and protests won't matter.

Wow, I assume you moved Topalov to +116. +107 now.

[Ortho]

New lines after today's draw:
Topalov +100
Kramnik -110.

Any idea? (Warning: I suck at chess). Solely because of the idea that I have that Topalov was introducing novelties in these Slav lines they've been playing over and over and Kramnik has been consistently behind on time do I think that maybe Topalov should be slight favourite. If this is so, Topalov at evens should be +EV by some amount, and I don't see how he can be -EV.

[Utah]

[ QUOTE ]
New lines after today's draw:
Topalov +100
Kramnik -110.

Any idea? (Warning: I suck at chess). Solely because of the idea that I have that Topalov was introducing novelties in these Slav lines they've been playing over and over and Kramnik has been consistently behind on time do I think that maybe Topalov should be slight favourite. If this is so, Topalov at evens should be +EV by some amount, and I don't see how he can be -EV.

[/ QUOTE ]I dont follow chess at all but from everything I read it is my understanding that Kramnik is a far better speed player that Topalov.