tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970746810324898604.post7734196513339937320..comments2023-03-22T07:01:56.428+01:00Comments on Lost On Time: Highlightsejhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970746810324898604.post-48116972652578955822016-05-02T16:31:07.762+02:002016-05-02T16:31:07.762+02:00The weird thing is how truncated Karjakin's op...The weird thing is how truncated Karjakin's options for top tournaments were last year. He had a lot of exposure to lower rated players because he didn't get invites to perhaps the four best tournaments of the year. Admittedly he had slipped down in 2014 a bit, but it's still strange. Second and firsts in the last two Candidates tournaments, and frozen out of top non-FIDE events. <br /><br />(No doubt pulling out of Stavanger this year will hurt futures prospects a little, too.)Todd Durhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10904658872875790102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970746810324898604.post-36509759069224140062016-04-14T11:13:35.746+02:002016-04-14T11:13:35.746+02:00Increasingly the standard of player has levelled u...Increasingly the standard of player has levelled up so that most or all of the world 20 would be plausible opponents against the world champion. You wouldn't have been able to say that in the days of dominance by many of the past champions, up to and including Kasparov. Botvinnik, perhaps, to the extent that his colleagues in the Soviet team and reserves were potential challengers. <br /><br />RdCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com