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Forum readers! Predict the outcome of the last eight games.

No prizes, just the temporary esteem of your peers.

Very simple, point for each result correct predicted. Competition closes at kick-off on Sunday (don't forget the clocks go forward).

The pairings:

ROUND THIRTEEN

Caruana v Svidler
Aronian v Karjakin
Topalov v Nakamura
Anand v Giri

ROUND FOURTEEN

Svidler v Anand
Giri v Topalov
Nakamura v Aronian
Karjakin v Caruana

And my selections:

ROUND THIRTEEN

Caruana v Svidler 1-0
Aronian v Karjakin 1/2
Topalov v Nakamura 1/2
Anand v Giri 1/2

ROUND FOURTEEN

Svidler v Anand 1-0
Giri v Topalov 1-0
Nakamura v Aronian 1/2
Karjakin v Caruana 0-1

I'll be cold blooded and go for eight draws, hoping 6/8 will be a winning score.

ROUND THIRTEEN

Caruana v Svidler 1/2
Aronian v Karjakin 1-0
Topalov v Nakamura 1-0
Anand v Giri 1/2

ROUND FOURTEEN

Svidler v Anand 1-0
Giri v Topalov 1-0
Nakamura v Aronian 0-1
Karjakin v Caruana 1/2

8 - Aronian, Caruana with the former winning on tiebreak

ROUND THIRTEEN

Caruana v Svidler DRAW
Aronian v Karjakin DRAW
Topalov v Nakamura 0-1
Anand v Giri DRAW

ROUND FOURTEEN

Svidler v Anand DRAW
Giri v Topalov 1-0
Nakamura v Aronian 1-0
Karjakin v Caruana DRAW

Round 13
Caruana v. Svidler DRAW
Aronian v. Karjakin DRAW
Topalov v. Nakamura DRAW
Anand v. Giri DRAW

Round 14
Svidler v. Anand DRAW
Giri v. Topalov DRAW
Nakamura v. Aronian DRAW
Karjakin v. Caruana DRAW

JustinHorton wrote:And my selections:
Giri v Topalov 1-0

Spoilsport

Matt Mackenzie wrote:

JustinHorton wrote:And my selections:
Giri v Topalov 1-0

Spoilsport

From Facebook:

Danny Gormally
21 hrs ·
The only thing that could stop Giri drawing was my predicting that he would do so.

Barry Sandercock wrote:Round 13
Caruana v. Svidler DRAW
Aronian v. Karjakin DRAW
Topalov v. Nakamura DRAW
Anand v. Giri DRAW

Round 14
Svidler v. Anand DRAW
Giri v. Topalov DRAW
Nakamura v. Aronian DRAW
Karjakin v. Caruana DRAW

Already taken!

I'll have to think up a tie-break

ROUND THIRTEEN

1/2 Caruana v Svidler
1/2 Aronian v Karjakin
1-0 Topalov v Nakamura
1-0 Anand v Giri

ROUND FOURTEEN

0-1 Svidler v Anand
1/2 Giri v Topalov
1/2 Nakamura v Aronian
1/2 Karjakin v Caruana

So somebody out there wants Carlsen-Anand III, evidently

NickFaulks wrote:

Barry Sandercock wrote:Round 13
Caruana v. Svidler DRAW
Aronian v. Karjakin DRAW
Topalov v. Nakamura DRAW
Anand v. Giri DRAW

Round 14
Svidler v. Anand DRAW
Giri v. Topalov DRAW
Nakamura v. Aronian DRAW
Karjakin v. Caruana DRAW

Already taken!

Last time there were only 5 draws in the last 2 rounds despite Vishy winning with a round to spate

London only had 3 draws when it was tight like here

Pressure+nerves=blunders unlikely to lead to 8 draws surely

Depends a bit on whether they end up blundering away draws or doing the same with wins

Matt Mackenzie wrote:So somebody out there wants Carlsen-Anand III, evidently

If I had predicted based on what I wanted, it would have been:

ROUND THIRTEEN

0-1 Caruana v Svidler
1-0 Aronian v Karjakin
1/2 Anand v Giri

... resulting in a 5-way tie before the last round!
Quite possible combination of results.