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No maybe about it. He's the defending champ it's not on him to take the risks imo.
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I think Carlsen is content with draws for now because he'd be happy to go to the rapid/blitz tiebreakers, and Caruana is happy with draws for now because his strategy is probably to go for a single win in one of the late games. No point in him waking the sleeping dragon yet. I predict more boring games for a while, and then Caruana goes for something new and risky he's prepared around game 9.
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Nov 13, 2018 23:10
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I have a feeling Carlsen might try something when he has white twice in a row for games 6 and 7, because I think he will want to have an advantage by game 12 since if they're tied at 5.5-5.5 and Fabi has the white pieces in the last game who knows what could happen.
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Nov 14, 2018 05:45
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Fairly interesting game today. Caruana is up a pawn at move 20 but Carlsen has a better position, including an active King and the Bishop pair while Caruana only has his dark squared Bishop. Judging by the previous games a quick draw is never the less my prediction.
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Nov 15, 2018 18:21
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Magnus's favorite player from the past? https://mobile.twitter.com/olimpiuurcan/status/1063138642313375744
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Nov 15, 2018 21:55
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I'M Guramishvilli on chess24: "...uh...what just happened?"
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Nov 16, 2018 16:13
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What the poo poo is this game???
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Nov 16, 2018 16:16
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It is the platonic spirit of e4e5: Go through some crazy looking but straightforward sequence. Go directly to a queenless endgame. Draw.
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Nov 16, 2018 19:00
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Piece sacrifice into an unbalanced endgame. Still objectively a draw, but by no means a guarantee on either side. Of note is that Caruana doesn't have the correct bishop for the corner.
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Nov 16, 2018 20:37
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Drawish But tricky.
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Nov 16, 2018 21:04
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If this kind of position occurred between unrated players I would give it similar chances of winning, but a low chance of a draw. Though again, black is the one with the slight advantage. Pretty interesting, that trend. I blame excessive preparation. e: with the pawn sacrifice at a5 it now almost looks like a reversal of Carlson-Nakamura at the sinquefield cup. VictualSquid fucked around with this message at 21:40 on Nov 16, 2018 |
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Nov 16, 2018 21:33
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a5 is Magnus claiming he has a fortress.
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Nov 16, 2018 21:39
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Stockfish is freaking out
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Nov 16, 2018 22:11
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People in the chess24 chat are claiming that there was a win for black at move 67, but black missed it. Seems very, uh, theoretical.
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Nov 16, 2018 22:13
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Hand Knit posted:People in the chess24 chat are claiming that there was a win for black at move 67, but black missed it. Seems very, uh, theoretical. Stockfish announced mate in 30 after Carlsen played Kg6 and then I guess Caruana didn't do whatever Stockfish wanted because then it switched to mate in 63 and then it went back to slight advantage for black.
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Nov 16, 2018 22:15
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vyelkin posted:Stockfish announced mate in 30 after Carlsen played Kg6 and then I guess Caruana didn't do whatever Stockfish wanted because then it switched to mate in 63 and then it went back to slight advantage for black. Next stop move 114, I guess. e: I can actually see this game creating one of those stealth repetitions. Like not the same position three times consecutively, but distributed over 10-20 moves. e2: Yeah, looks like Grischuk has identified a position triple repetition. Hand Knit fucked around with this message at 22:18 on Nov 16, 2018 |
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Nov 16, 2018 22:16
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And now we're into theoretical draw territory. RIP. He should've had this.
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Nov 16, 2018 22:29
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And it's in the books. Probably a large number of books. And Grischuk gives the final word: "And every Friday I'm wasted like poo poo."
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Nov 16, 2018 22:31
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Teddybear posted:And now we're into theoretical draw territory. RIP. He should've had this. Oh man I don't know about that.
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Nov 16, 2018 22:31
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If you can't calculate forced mate in 63, can you even call yourself a super GM?
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Nov 16, 2018 22:42
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Okay, well, maybe "should've had this" is a bit strong. But it felt like he was always perpetually on the verge of victory. I guess that's to Carlsen's credit, then. It'll be a bit of a bummer if this is decided by speed chess.
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Nov 16, 2018 23:00
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vyelkin posted:If you can't calculate forced mate in 63, can you even call yourself a super GM? https://twitter.com/USChess/status/1063551897053929472
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Nov 16, 2018 23:32
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Dan King explains the forced Checkmate. It's pretty inhuman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50_gFvpt33E
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Nov 17, 2018 05:19
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Loving this poo poo, looking forward to today.
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Nov 19, 2018 12:13
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Highlight of yesterday was definitely Grischuk going on like a 20 minute tangent about bullet arenas just to make a "Giri Draws" barb.
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Nov 19, 2018 12:15
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Caruana might have something here.
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Certainly aggressive.
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Nov 19, 2018 17:26
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grah posted:Highlight of yesterday was definitely Grischuk going on like a 20 minute tangent about bullet arenas just to make a "Giri Draws" barb. I hope someone makes a compilation of Grischuk stuff from the commentary, been watching his banter blitz on youtube and he's great.
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Nov 19, 2018 18:12
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Quick note for who isn't following via chess 24, the stream has consistently gotten better throughout the match. The hosts were a bit awkward at the beginning, and Sopiko was kinda side-lined a lot (partially understandable I guess, the two others are simply better players) but now they've all gotten used to each other as a group, and also figured out a way to treat Sopiko's contributions more seriously (even though there are still occasions where she suggests something that's "obviously wrong" to the others).
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Nov 19, 2018 18:24
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I'm in love with Rensch, Hess & Hikaru currently so shoutout to the chess.com stream Also feels like Fabi is fuckin shook right now
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Nov 19, 2018 18:28
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I used to like Chessbrahs but man, comparing their production quality to the Chess.com stream, there's no contest about which I'd rather watch I mean sure they have an extremely smaller budget but still
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Nov 19, 2018 18:41
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Nov 19, 2018 19:00
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Yeah rip
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Nov 19, 2018 19:05
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https://twitter.com/SusanPolgar/status/1065187711395483648 Combat chess, down to the wire.
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Nov 21, 2018 11:23
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Talk about an own goal.
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Nov 21, 2018 11:40
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What do the super computers say about playing soccer on your day off?
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This is not what white would conventionally want out of an opening, but if Caruana is already using time then Carlsen probably has roughly what he wants. It's an unbalanced position, not immediately simplifying, and has options for play. Now if you could just tell me what Carlsen does about Nc4 plans. e: Giri: "Go Premium. Unmute the Grischuk."
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Grischuk: "You know, on a weak engine this is the first line." Giri: "Hey, you got a weak engine." Svidler: "This is the highest complement I've been paid in a while."
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Hand Knit posted:Grischuk: "You know, on a weak engine this is the first line." Lol
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Complete meltdown in the Grischuk household right now.
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