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This thread is for professional chess play. If you would like to play yourself, which is a very good thing to want, we have a lovely thread in Traditional Games just on the other side of this link. We also have an infrequently used IRC channel, #chess on irc.synirc.net 2014 World Chess Championship Match Official, yet very underwhelming site Other and better places to get coverage are, in no particular order: Other places to get games and follow commentary will be: Official twitter, which is retweeting various top players: @AnandCarlsen14 Polgar’s twitter: @SusanPolgar Natalia Pogonina’s twitter: @pogonina Chessdom Internet Chess Club The very new chess24 (ICC is currently offering a free one month membership, which would cover the duration of the match.) Of those sites, I have been very impressed with chess24 lately. The 2014 World Chess Championship will be held in Sochi, Russia, because nobody else really wanted it. The opening ceremony is this Friday, the 7th of November, and the play starts the next day. The match is, surprisingly, a rematch of last year. Magnus Carlsen, then the challenger and winner, now plays the role of the defending champion. Vishy Anand, who everyone thought was pretty much cooked, was the surprise winner of this year's candidates tournament, cruising to a +3 result. The Participants The Champion - Magnus Carlsen  Magnus, in the spirit of many WWE wrestlers, celebrated his championship winning by claiming that he would be a fighting champion, and keep up an active schedule. For the first part of the year, everything looked to be in order as he pushed his already-record rating to a high of 2889. From that point, however, things started to slip. He was very unimpressive in the Olympiad, dropping games to C-listers Ivan Saric and Arkadij Naiditsch. From there he went to play in St Louis, where he was overshone by a historic performance by Fabiano Caruana. Betweem Caruana's burst and Carlsen's swoon, Magnus' lead on the rating list fell to the lowest it had been in years. He enters this match facing the most doubt his form has seen in the better part of a decade. The Challenger - Viswanathan Anand  The once and probably not future great. Anand was dispatched fairly easily by Carlsen last time around and, sadly, I expect much the same to happen again. He won a candidates tournament that was characterized by generally poor play all around, and despite winning Bilbao with a +2 score, simply hasn't looked inspiring this year at all. Hell, he hasn't looked like much of a top player since his match against Topalov in 2010. One of the greatest players of all time, for sure, but that's an increasingly long time ago. Analysis If there is one thing the last few months have taught us, it's that Magnus actually does have holes in his game. Granted, "semi-open positions with sharp strategic posiibilities" is a fairly narrow category, but that does seem to get at both his losses in the Olympiad, as well as two games where he looked quite bad against Caruana (he lost won, but won the other after Caruana mishandled a very strong position in time pressure). Once upon a time, back in the halcyon days of the 90s and the Age of Kasparov, that sort of game was Anand's bread and butter. But those days are long gone and now, just as Kasparov shares his hot takes on twitter, Anand plays a very tame game where he plays openings for small advantages to carry into the endgame. This is not how to beat Carlsen. This is not even how to not lose to Carlsen. Luckily, Anand seemed to recognize that towards the end of last years match and went down in a blaze of... something. Prediction: Carlsen mishandles a win into a draw, but Anand still never gets close to taking a full point. 6.5-3.5 yet again. Hand Knit fucked around with this message at 13:23 on Nov 8, 2014 |
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Here is the match schedule. I will edit in links to the posted games after they finish, as well as the pgns posted in the thread. All games start 3PM Moscow time, which is 7AM Eastern Standard Time. Draw NOVEMBER 08 ROUND 1 PGN Chessgames Carlsen Wins NOVEMBER 09 ROUND 2 PGN Chessgames NOVEMBER 10 REST DAY Anand Wins NOVEMBER 11 ROUND 3 PGN Chessgames Draw NOVEMBER 12 ROUND 4 PGN Chessgames NOVEMBER 13 REST DAY Draw NOVEMBER 14 ROUND 5 PGN Chessgames Carlsen Wins NOVEMBER 15 ROUND 6 PGN Chessgames NOVEMBER 16 REST DAY 122 Move Draw NOVEMBER 17 ROUND 7 PGN Chessgames Draw NOVEMBER 18 ROUND 8 PGN Chessgames NOVEMBER 19 REST DAY DRAW NOVEMBER 20 ROUND 9 PGN Chessgames DRAW NOVEMBER 21 ROUND 10 PGN Chessgames NOVEMBER 22 REST DAY Magnus WinsNOVEMBER 23 ROUND 11 PGN Chessgames Carlsen wins 6.5-4.5 with one game left. Hand Knit fucked around with this message at 00:32 on Nov 26, 2014 |
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gret posted:"Playing a bit like Quack-amura" LOL. This is an ever greater chess-artifact than that weird Skyfall video.
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Anand with white in game 1, and we get a Gruenfeld. These sorts of openings, unless mishandled by black, tend to lend themselves to draws. Part of what's interesting is that Anand went with 5.Bd2 here, after he got some quite good games against Gruenfeld-specialist Gelfand in the 2012 match by playing 3.f3. More importantly, perhaps, is that Peter Svidler is doing the commentary for chess24. e: Magnus spends 16 minutes to find 9...Bg4. A long time to spend on a move so early, suggesting that either Anand played outside Magnus' preparation, or, less likely, Magnus found a new possibility/worry over the board. Anand is playing the sort of opening that may allow him to play h4-h5 and attack the kingside very aggressively, which is sort of what I talked about in the OP as the sort of game that Anand has to play, although I don't think the position is quite tactical enough. Hand Knit fucked around with this message at 13:22 on Nov 8, 2014 |
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I have a very tough time believing that Anand missed 13...c6 in his prep, so what the hell?
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Also Radjabov (@Rajachess) and Giri (@AnishGiri) are kibitzing the game on twitter. e: I really don't like this endgame for Anand. It's not losing in any objective sense, but I feel like major piece endgames are one area where he's outclassed and it's not like his pawn structure is doing him any favours. It's worth remembering that last match Carlsen won a game with black in an objectively drawable rook endgame. e2: 28. d6 and Vishy is going for it. Hand Knit fucked around with this message at 16:24 on Nov 8, 2014 |
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PGN: White: Anand Black: Carlsen 1.d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. Bxc3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. d5 Bxf3 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. gxf3 Ne5 13. O-O-O c6 14. Qc3 f6 15. Bh3 cxd5 16. exd5 Nf7 17. f4 Qd6 18. Qd4 Rad8 19. Be6 Qb6 20. Qd2 Rd6 21. Rhe1 Nd8 22. f5 Nxe6 23. Rxe6 Qc7+ 24. Kb1 Rc8 25. Rde1 Rxe6 26. Rxe6 Rd8 27. Qe3 Rd7 28. d6 exd6 29. Qd4 Rf7 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. Rxd6 a6 32. a3 Qa5 33. f4 Qh5 34. Qd2 Qc5 35. Rd5 Qc4 36. Rd7 Qc6 37. Rd6 Qe4+ 38. Ka2 Re7 39. Qc1 a5 40. Qf1 a4 41. Rd1 Qc2 42. Rd4 Re2 43. Rb4 b5 44. Qh1 Re7 45. Qd5 Re1 46. Qd7+ Kh6 47. Qh3+ Kg7 48. Qd7+ 1/2-1/2 Elyv posted:QR endgames are so hard. I think that Anand is completely outclassed in them, even though he managed to survive this one.
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Xtanstic posted:Aww nuts what the hell I have to pay 5 bucks to watch twitch archives now? http://www.twitch.tv/ChessNetwork/profile/past_broadcasts I don't know about video casts, but Svidler wrote up R1G1 here.
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10 moves in and we have a pretty turdy Berlin. I have some practical worries for Anand given he's already working his clock and the a-pawn looks vulnerable, but so far it's nothing that objectively should cause him trouble.
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King Pawn posted:What do you mean by "pretty turdy"? I don't mind this anti-Berlin stuff, it looks like a real game of chess with plenty of potential. I much prefer this to 30 moves of theory in some main line. By turdy I mean largely stale without much opportunity for play. Even if not strictly in theory, it's a very dry, well-trod position that doesn't offer either player much of anything. This game actually looks somewhat similar to last one where white, this time Carlsen, gives ground positionally (taking on b6) to undertake a major piece attack that seems to be completely ephemeral. e: Computers showing a long rook-sac line now. Presumably Anand looked at it and decided it wasn't critical. Let's see if Magnus disagrees. e2: Magnus keeps it simple. e3: Another major piece endgame where Anand looks to be in quite a bit of trouble. Hand Knit fucked around with this message at 15:36 on Nov 9, 2014 |
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And Anand goes out with a splat.
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PGN: White: Carlsen Black: Anand 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.Re1 O-O 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.h3 Re8 9.Nbd2 Nd7 10.Nc4 Bb6 11.a4 a5 12.Nxb6 cxb6 13.d4 Qc7 14.Ra3 Nf8 15.dxe5 dxe5 16.Nh4 Rd8 17.Qh5 f6 18.Nf5 Be6 19.Rg3 Ng6 20.h4 Bxf5 21.exf5 Nf4 22.Bxf4 exf4 23.Rc3 c5 24.Re6 Rab8 25.Rc4 Qd7 26.Kh2 Rf8 27.Rce4 Rb7 28.Qe2 b5 29.b3 bxa4 30.bxa4 Rb4 31.Re7 Qd6 32.Qf3 Rxe4 33.Qxe4 f3+ 34.g3 h5 35.Qb7 1-0 This game was really similar to last game, as well as a bunch from the previous tournament. Anand simply appears to be planless, which is strange because match strategy was his advantage in the Kramnik and Topalov matches. He seemed to accept a toothless opening without putting any consideration into what he would do next. Consequently, once the position reached equality, Anand flailed around and lost very directly. King Pawn posted:I hope we get eight more turdy openings So long as Carlsen can reliably sit there with his dick in his hand while Anand reduces to a major piece endgame he doesn't know how to play then yes we will. Hand Knit fucked around with this message at 18:20 on Nov 9, 2014 |
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I like Anand's choice in opening, even if I can see him losing this very easily. Lots of pieces, lots of ideas, and a passed pawn on the 7 already.
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After 26...g5, I don't know that Magnus understands this position as well as others. This looks like there is a way for white to win with correct play, and the relative clock times (52 minutes for Anand, 13 for Carlsen, 13 moves to time control), I think Anand has very good chances.
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PGN: White: Anand Black: Carlsen 1.d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. Bd3 b6 9. b4 a5 10. a3 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Rxa6 12. b5 cxb5 13. c6 Qc8 14. c7 b4 15. Nb5 a4 16. Rc1 Ne4 17. Ng5 Ndf6 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. f3 Ra5 20. fxe4 Rxb5 21. Qxa4 Ra5 22. Qc6 bxa3 23. exd5 Rxd5 24. Qxb6 Qd7 25. O-O Rc8 26. Rc6 g5 27. Bg3 Bb4 28. Ra1 Ba5 29. Qa6 Bxc7 30. Qc4 e5 31. Bxe5 Rxe5 32. dxe5 Qe7 33. e6 Kf8 34. Rc1 1-0 Press conference is on right now. He just suggested that he was still solidly in prep through 24.Qxb6, and everything had come up in some sense until black's 27...Bb4. Elyv posted:Bxc7 seems like a very Quackamura-esque move. It's actually Ba5 the move before that does it. Black doesn't have a response to Qa6.
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Yeah, that was going around twitter. The game also matched Tomashevsky-Riazantsev, except white had a pawn on h3. While Anand denied knowing about the game, given that he followed Tomashevsky's winning play (0-0 and Rc6), I wouldn't be surprised if he had run it at some point. What I found interesting (if I may fully indulge in confirmation bias, briefly), is that Anand very emphatically won in part because of keeping the bishop on in the sense that Carlsen's first big mistake was playing the position as if it was a pure major piece endgame. The move I am thinking of is when he played Rxd5. The idea behind that move is to keep the integrity of black's pawn structure, and maybe later crack white's centre with e5. The thing is, with the bishops on, this simply fails. The bishop cuts off the rooks squares, not only immediately but much more generally as well as the centre of the board is difficult to navigate for any marauding rooks. An e5 break is, of course, completely out of the question. And then Carlsen's later full blunder was Ba5. I'm telling you guys, the secret is the minor pieces.
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PGN White: Carlsen Black: Anand 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 d5 5.exd5 exd5 6.O-O Nf6 7.d4 Be7 8.Be3 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bg4 10.Qd3 Qd7 11.Nd2 O-O 12.N2f3 Rfe8 13.Rfe1 Bd6 14.c3 h6 15.Qf1 Bh5 16.h3 Bg6 17.Rad1 Rad8 18.Nxc6 bxc6 19.c4 Be4 20.Bd4 Nh7 21.cxd5 Bxd5 22.Rxe8+ Rxe8 23.Qd3 Nf8 24.Nh4 Be5 25.Bxd5 Qxd5 26.Bxe5 Qxe5 27.b3 Ne6 28.Nf3 Qf6 29.Kg2 Rd8 30.Qe2 Rd5 31.Rxd5 cxd5 32.Ne5 Qf5 33.Nd3 Nd4 34.g4 Qd7 35.Qe5 Ne6 36.Kg3 Qb5 37.Nf4 Nxf4 38.Kxf4 Qb4+ 39.Kf3 d4 40.Qe8+ Kh7 41.Qxf7 Qd2 42.Qf5+ Kh8 43.h4 Qxa2 44.Qe6 Qd2 45.Qe8+ Kh7 46.Qe4+ Kh8 47.Qe8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2 Elyv posted:This is an interesting position. I wasn't around to flood the thread this game, but it was an interesting game and I think, outside of maybe one strategic miscue, a very good black game by Anand. He played the opening very firmly and, I think, had his pieces on simply better squares. His one mistake was playing the position for a draw - I think there were points he could've pushed if he was looking for it - but it's understandable with a rest day coming up and the white pieces on the other side. What was especially relevant was that after Carlsen manoeuvred into a very slight advantage, Anand quickly equalized and was in fact the one to force Carlsen to take a draw. Carlsen, on the other hand, looked very unlike Carlsen. He seemed to struggle finding what to do in the minor-piece-heavy middle game and, once he made an advantage, very quickly lost it.
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After 20 moves, Anand looks very good again. What's interesting is that Carlsen has only used 20 minutes of his time, and had only used 15 before this move. This seem strange to me, because this position doesn't seem very favourable for Carlsen. Anand, on the other hand, has already gone through an hour. The dynamic for the rest of the game might be a fair bit of Anand managing his advantage (should he consolidate it) against his time. e: Guess Anand decided he'd rather take the draw and rest, rather than pushing a small winning chance. PGN: Anand Carlsen 1.d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. Bg2 c6 8. e4 d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Ne5 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12. cxd5 Nxe5 13. d6 Nc6 14. dxe7 Qxe7 15. Bg5 h6 16. d5 Na5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. dxe6 Qxe6 19. Re1 Qf6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Rad8 22. Qf3 Qxb2 23. Rad1 Qf6 24. Qxf6 gxf6 25. Re7 Kg7 26. Rxa7 Nc6 27. Rb7 Nb4 28. Bb3 Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 Nxa2 30. Rxb6 Nc3 31. Bf3 f5 32. Kg2 Rd8 33. Rc6 Ne4 34. Bxe4 fxe4 35. Rc4 f5 36. g4 Rd2 37. gxf5 e3 38. Re4 Rxf2+ 39. Kg3 Rxf5 1/2-1/2 Hand Knit fucked around with this message at 16:12 on Nov 14, 2014 |
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uXs posted:Are players notified somehow when their opponent moves while they're away from the table? They aren't, but they probably have a view of the board somehow. Also both players just missed a near-winning tactic for black.
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da_goob posted:Amazing that those two players missed that tactic. It wasn't terribly deep. Looks like Anand has completely come undone since that point. His play almost looks like he was playing for a helpmate. e: PGN Carlsen Anand 1.e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 Nc6 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. e5 Nd7 11. Bf4 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Kc7 13. h4 b6 14. h5 h6 15. O-O-O Bb7 16. Rd3 c5 17. Rg3 Rag8 18. Bd3 Nf8 19. Be3 g6 20. hxg6 Nxg6 21. Rh5 Bc6 22. Bc2 Kb7 23. Rg4 a5 24. Bd1 Rd8 25. Bc2 Rdg8 26. Kd2?? a4 27. Ke2 a3 28. f3 Rd8 29. Ke1 Rd7 30. Bc1 Ra8 31. Ke2 Ba4 32. Be4+ Bc6 33. Bxg6 fxg6 34. Rxg6 Ba4 35. Rxe6 Rd1 36. Bxa3 Ra1 37. Ke3 Bc2 38. Re7+ 1-0 Hand Knit fucked around with this message at 16:32 on Nov 15, 2014 |
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Sorry for lagging, I've been busy. But some catching up. First of all, ICC has free log-ins for rounds 10 and 11. Info here PGN Round 7 White: Carlsen Black: Anand 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.h3 Ke8 10.Nc3 h5 11.Bf4 Be7 12.Rad1 Be6 13.Ng5 Rh6 14.g3 Bxg5 15.Bxg5 Rg6 16.h4 f6 17.exf6 gxf6 18.Bf4 Nxh4 19.f3 Rd8 20.Kf2 Rxd1 21.Nxd1 Nf5 22.Rh1 Bxa2 23.Rxh5 Be6 24.g4 Nd6 25.Rh7 Nf7 26.Ne3 Kd8 27.Nf5 c5 28.Ng3 Ne5 29.Rh8+ Rg8 30.Bxe5 fxe5 31.Rh5 Bxg4 32.fxg4 Rxg4 33.Rxe5 b6 34.Ne4 Rh4 35.Ke2 Rh6 36.b3 Kd7 37.Kd2 Kc6 38.Nc3 a6 39.Re4 Rh2+ 40.Kc1 Rh1+ 41.Kb2 Rh6 42.Nd1 Rg6 43.Ne3 Rh6 44.Re7 Rh2 45.Re6+ Kb7 46.Kc3 Rh4 47.Kb2 Rh2 48.Nd5 Rd2 49.Nf6 Rf2 50.Kc3 Rf4 51.Ne4 Rh4 52.Nf2 Rh2 53.Rf6 Rh7 54.Nd3 Rh3 55.Kd2 Rh2+ 56.Rf2 Rh4 57.c4 Rh3 58.Kc2 Rh7 59.Nb2 Rh5 60.Re2 Rg5 61.Nd1 b5 62.Nc3 c6 63.Ne4 Rh5 64.Nf6 Rg5 65.Re7+ Kb6 66.Nd7+ Ka5 67.Re4 Rg2+ 68.Kc1 Rg1+ 69.Kd2 Rg2+ 70.Ke1 bxc4 71.Rxc4 Rg3 72.Nxc5 Kb5 73.Rc2 a5 74.Kf2 Rh3 75.Rc1 Kb4 76.Ke2 Rc3 77.Nd3+ Kxb3 78.Ra1 Kc4 79.Nf2 Kb5 80.Rb1+ Kc4 81.Ne4 Ra3 82.Nd2+ Kd5 83.Rh1 a4 84.Rh5+ Kd4 85.Rh4+ Kc5 86.Kd1 Kb5 87.Kc2 Rg3 88.Ne4 Rg2+ 89.Kd3 a3 90.Nc3+ Kb6 91.Ra4 a2 92.Nxa2 Rg3+ 93.Kc2 Rg2+ 94.Kb3 Rg3+ 95.Nc3 Rh3 96.Rb4+ Kc7 97.Rg4 Rh7 98.Kc4 Rf7 99.Rg5 Kb6 100.Na4+ Kc7 101.Kc5 Kd7 102.Kb6 Rf1 103.Nc5+ Ke7 104.Kxc6 Rd1 105.Rg6 Kf7 106.Rh6 Rg1 107.Kd5 Rg5+ 108.Kd4 Rg6 109.Rh1 Rg2 110.Ne4 Ra2 111.Rf1+ Ke7 112.Nc3 Rh2 113.Nd5+ Kd6 114.Rf6+ Kd7 115.Nf4 Rh1 116.Rg6 Rd1+ 117.Nd3 Ke7 118.Ra6 Kd7 119.Ke4 Ke7 120.Rc6 Kd7 121.Rc1 Rxc1 122.Nxc1 1/2-1/2 Jesus Christ. Anand doesn't play the opening convincingly, then reduces to an endgame down a piece for two pawns that he believes he knows how to draw but Carlsen can still press effectively for god damned ever. And so Carlsen did. And did. And did. PGN round 8 White: Anand Black: Carlsen 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6 9.Qc2 Re8 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Rd1 Qa5 12.Bd3 h6 13.Bh4 dxc4 14.Bxc4 a6 15.O-O b5 16.Ba2 Bb7 17.Bb1 Rad8 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Ne4 Be7 20.Nc5 Bxc5 21.Qxc5 b4 22.Rc1 bxa3 23.bxa3 Qxc5 24.Rxc5 Ne7 25.Rfc1 Rc8 26.Bd3 Red8 27.Rxc8 Rxc8 28.Rxc8+ Nxc8 29.Nd2 Nb6 30.Nb3 Nd7 31.Na5 Bc8 32.Kf1 Kf8 33.Ke1 Ke7 34.Kd2 Kd6 35.Kc3 Ne5 36.Be2 Kc5 37.f4 Nc6 38.Nxc6 Kxc6 39.Kd4 f6 40.e4 Kd6 41.e5+ 1/2-1/2 A very fast draw and, after getting a nice looking opening, not a good showing from Anand. I wonder if this was the effect of the marathon the day before and he was merely out of steam.
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V for Vegas posted:What makes it worse is the first 30 moves were played very quickly as they were just playing the main line. Yeah. Leaves me very curious as to what Anand's strategy was. Maybe he was super confident he could hold the endgame and had this in his pocket as a "need a draw no matter what, no matter how unpelasant" line but you'd think there'd be a better option for that than going down a piece. Speaking of Berlins, we have another one today but Anand is making things a little more interesting. Anand largely broke theory with 12...Ba6, and 13...Bb7 is a total novelty. What's interesting is that by virtue of Bb7, doubly so if Carlsen does what the computer recommends and plays b3-Bb2, will have a completely different dynamic from the previous game. I wonder if Anand is playing for an opposite coloured bishop endgame.
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V for Vegas posted:Well that was something alright.  White: Carlsen Black: Anand 1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Ne2 b6 12. Rd1 Ba6 13. Nf4 Bb7 14. e6 Bd6 15. exf7+ Kxf7 16. Ng5+ Kf6 17. Ne4+ Kf7 18. Ng5+ Kf6 19. Ne4+ Kf7 20. Ng5+ 1/2-1/2
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Before Game 11 starts, lets get up a PGN of game 10 White: Anand Black: Carlsen 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Na6 8.Be2 c5 9.d5 e6 10.O-O exd5 11.exd5 Re8 12.Bg5 h6 13.Be3 Bf5 14.Rad1 Ne4 15.Nxe4 Bxe4 16.Qc1 Qf6 17.Bxh6 Qxb2 18.Qxb2 Bxb2 19.Ng5 Bd4 20.Nxe4 Rxe4 21.Bf3 Re7 22.d6 Rd7 23.Bf4 Nb4 24.Rd2 Re8 25.Rc1 Re6 26.h4 Be5 27.Bxe5 Rxe5 28.Bxb7 Rxb7 29.d7 Nc6 30.d8=Q+ Nxd8 31.Rxd8+ Kg7 32.Rd2 1/2-1/2 This was quite an interesting game, and ultimately a frustrating one from the perspective of broader match strategy. Anand roughly followed his previous win, quickly establishing a passed pawn. However, this game was Wojtaszek's baby so Anand played the somewhat suspicious 12.Bg5 and 13.Be3. There is an idea behind that (h6 is weakened for Qc1) but it ultimately isn't a good one. Carlsen just gave up that weakened pawn to take on b2 and leave white without enough pieces to break black's hold on d4. This is at least the second game (the round 6 loss being the other) where Anand has transparently been following the preparation of his seconds and been worse for it.
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 This is game is looking pretty awesome right now. Anand sacrificing a pawn to make the game interesting.
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Anand just sacrificed an exchange out of nowhere. Uh, wow. Svidler giving an interesting reduction on the position right now.
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Khorne posted:This game is the coolest one so far. It was this really cool technical game and then Anand just blew up. Very disappointing. e: This match is decided by two very bad blunders. Very much "what could have been." Hand Knit fucked around with this message at 16:35 on Nov 23, 2014 |
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PGN of the deciding game. Anand self-destructing is really tragic because I thought he played and absolutely fantastic game up to that point. This was ultimately a very good match on the whole, the best since Anand-Kramnik. Despite defending, Magnus looked very mortal in it and could have easily lost both games 6 and 11. Now he has two years before his next defence where he will play... Caruana? Aronian? Grischuk? White: Carlsen Black: Anand 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.h3 Bd7 10.Nc3 h6 11.b3 Kc8 12.Bb2 c5 13.Rad1 b6 14.Rfe1 Be6 15.Nd5 g5 16.c4 Kb7 17.Kh2 a5 18.a4 Ne7 19.g4 Ng6 20.Kg3 Be7 21.Nd2 Rhd8 22.Ne4 Bf8 23.Nef6 b5 24.Bc3 bxa4 25.bxa4 Kc6 26.Kf3 Rdb8 27.Ke4 Rb4 28.Bxb4 cxb4 29.Nh5 Kb7 30.f4 gxf4 31.Nhxf4 Nxf4 32.Nxf4 Bxc4 33.Rd7 Ra6 34.Nd5 Rc6 35.Rxf7 Bc5 36.Rxc7+ Rxc7 37.Nxc7 Kc6 38.Nb5 Bxb5 39.axb5+ Kxb5 40.e6 b3 41.Kd3 Be7 42.h4 a4 43.g5 hxg5 44.hxg5 a3 45.Kc3 1-0 And now, to tide us over for the time being, we have a match between Aronian and Nakamura. The London Classic starts up in a week and a half, with the headliner event featuring Caruana, Anand, Giri, Nakamura, Kramnik, and Adams. All six will also play in the giant single-section rapidplay which is looking pretty drat sexy.
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Nov 26, 2014 00:32
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V for Vegas posted:Giri is doing a Caruana at the Qatar masters. 6 from 6. Up against Kramnik next. He's thrashing people, too. He won rounds 4 and 5 (against Oleksienko and Mamedyarov) in a combined 39 moves.
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Dec 1, 2014 22:47
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Looks like a quick draw in Giri-Magnus, but some interesting opening play from black. Also, a Modern in this game and a Pirc in another. e: The computer found a wonderful shot in Saric-Aronian  24. c6!! Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Rxd1 26.cxb7 Rd8 27.Bxb5 +- That's the proof of the line. Black is merely worse after 24...bxc6. Hand Knit fucked around with this message at 15:31 on Jan 10, 2015 |
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Jan 10, 2015 15:26
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Round 3 and it took 15 moves for Jobava to be lost against Liren. Meanwhile, Wojtaszek, who was one of Anand's seconds, has an advantage against Carlsen in the opening. Caruana, with the black pieces, just sacrificed an exchange against Giri. Looks like a good round so far.
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Jan 12, 2015 14:49
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Radek Wojtaszek, who was Anand's second during the last match against Carlsen, has now beaten both the world's #1 and #2 players. Beat Caruana today with the white pieces in a Dutch that I wouldn't be surprised ended up being the last time Caruana played the Dutch in a major tournament for a while.
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Jan 15, 2015 19:25
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Vlad did not look like he was having fun that weekend. He held a newspaper up to his face when walking around so nobody would bother him, and when he stalked into the middle of the elevator everyone else just kinda pressed themselves to the sides. The elevator was mostly full but there still managed to be a sort of halo around him.
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Jan 29, 2015 00:39
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A friend who has nearly the same rating as me (had going in, that is) is one game from an IM norm in Gibraltar 
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Feb 4, 2015 12:18
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gret posted:Sounds like there's some stuff going on behind the scenes during the championship that might've distracted So. Also I love that my local newspaper is covering chess. The So stuff sounds phenomenally weird. Here's his mother and here's his facebook post. His parents are Toronto-based (at least last I knew) so I'm trying to see if anyone I know know's anything.
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Apr 16, 2015 15:03
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I also just checked the live rating list and what?
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Apr 21, 2015 11:36
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Great position from an analysis line in Jakovenko-Gelfand.  White leaves his bishop hanging to both of black's knights, but neither can capture without leaving a queening square undefended. Black is near-totally frozen so white has all the time in the world to march his king to a5. If black tries to reposition the one knight via e8 he loses to 1...Ne8 2.Bc6 Kf7 3.Bxe8+ Kxe8 4.f6 and now white will walk the king to capture on g5 before queening the h-pawn.
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May 24, 2015 16:13
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gret posted:What a crazy ending to that game. Jakovenko walked into a stalemate. Both of the last two games went from wins to draws in fairly spectacular fashion as Caruana turned an evenish bishop endgame into a winning Q+P v Q endgame, then hung a perpetual.
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