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Hand Knit posted:Last time the title match was organized this way someone was hospitalized. I will let you decide whether this is a merit or demerit. merit
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vyelkin posted:In case anyone's curious just how good Carlsen is at fast time controls, here's a video of him playing 30-second games in a 1-minute bullet tournament. I hope he talks like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY27lgnPKWI
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Nov 27, 2018 16:08
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Sub Rosa posted:That's not correct. Here is the actual format, emphasis mine: Huh. The BBC also had the time wrong for Armageddon. Brexit already causing UK decline, I see.
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Nov 27, 2018 16:44
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Who are some fun chess streamers to watch? I just started following Hikaru and Botez. Watching people solve Puzzle Rush is oddly hypnotic.
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Bubbacub posted:Who are some fun chess streamers to watch? I just started following Hikaru and Botez. Watching people solve Puzzle Rush is oddly hypnotic. The answer is always Ben Finegold although his lectures are better than his streams: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqLLqbclDQ6IQg39Wsgy-4w https://www.twitch.tv/gmbenjaminfinegold
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Nov 27, 2018 16:51
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Ben Finegold is the best chess person on the internet and while I agree his lectures are better than his streams, the hardest I ever saw him concentrate was in a stream where he was trying really hard to get 9 queens without accidentally checkmating his opponent.
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vyelkin posted:Ben Finegold is the best chess person on the internet and while I agree his lectures are better than his streams, the hardest I ever saw him concentrate was in a stream where he was trying really hard to get 9 queens without accidentally checkmating his opponent. That game starts at 1 hour, 32 minutes, 20 seconds in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWuGzN461B0&t=5540s
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ulmont posted:That game starts at 1 hour, 32 minutes, 20 seconds in: Bless you. I always perk up during WCC. I don't know anything about chess but I love lurking this thread and it will always have a warm place in my heart. WCC 2013 got me through my quals. I mastered out and it was the best thing to happen to me 
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And we're off. Magnus playing a line which I intuitively like for white but I have no idea how to play it because I don't know how to simplify e4-f4 v e5-f5 pawn structures.
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Nov 28, 2018 16:06
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Nov 28, 2018 16:13
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Svidler and Grischuk and Giri annoy me when they go on and on about lines that start with moves that already weren't played by Carlsen/Caruana. They're sometimes three or four moves behind the actual game by the time they play out their scenario that absolutely won't be played because something else is already going on.
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Nov 28, 2018 16:22
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Carlsen's Na4/Be3 control nearly everything Caruana even could do.
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Nov 28, 2018 16:27
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Nb7 passive defence does not seem very optimistic, even if it holds for now.
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Nov 28, 2018 16:29
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Hand Knit posted:Nb7 passive defence does not seem very optimistic, even if it holds for now. Not played anyway, Fabi's made an inaccuracy here
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Nov 28, 2018 16:33
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Chess.com guys think that Caruana has a mate figured out, and he's working towards it.
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Nov 28, 2018 16:35
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vyelkin posted:Not played anyway, Fabi's made an inaccuracy here Nb7 is a very inhuman move, because b2/b7/g2/g7 are considered the in-principle worst squares on the board for the knights. You don't play that move unless you can conclusively see a fortress in that position. e: A wild perpetual check trick appears. Hand Knit fucked around with this message at 16:37 on Nov 28, 2018 |
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Yep, yeah, this looks like this is swinging hard against Caruana. Oh dear.
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Nov 28, 2018 16:41
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I'm going to assume we have a transmission issue and Carlsen did not in fact run the clock down from 10 minutes.
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Apparently, no, he's just thinking.
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Carlsen's now down 5 minutes on time! 
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Carlsen's letting it slip! Caruana might pull a draw out here.
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Teddybear posted:Carlsen's letting it slip! Caruana might pull a draw out here. And now Caruana might be losing again because he didn't insert Ra2+. Unreal.
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Nov 28, 2018 17:02
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Oh, god, that wasn't good.
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Nov 28, 2018 17:03
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Carlsen wins, finally shows his legendary endgame skills. Finegold was confused the whole time.
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And that's one.
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watching the streamers realize that Magnus was going to win after that error was crazy.
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God, that three weeks of chess could be decided by one missed move...
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Teddybear posted:God, that three weeks of chess could be decided by one missed move... The only way it could end at this point
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From the chess24 broadcast: After Carlsen runs down to 5:00 Giri Surely you don't get excited because you have 5:00 left Grishuk No, but I get excited when my opponent has 5:00 left
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Nov 28, 2018 17:14
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Teddybear posted:God, that three weeks of chess could be decided by one missed move... If anything, shows Caruana's quality. He's gone toe to toe with a monster of a chess player and matched him completely so far.
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Alright, here we go. Let's see if Caruana can unfuck this.
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Nice piece of fish posted:If anything, shows Caruana's quality. He's gone toe to toe with a monster of a chess player and matched him completely so far. I feel like that's a bit strong. e: I also feel like this opening choice is a bit ambitious from Carlsen.
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Hand Knit posted:I feel like that's a bit strong. How so? I mean I'm very impressed with Caruana so far. And Carlsen, I mean... He's pretty scary to play against.
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Nice piece of fish posted:How so? I mean I'm very impressed with Caruana so far. And Carlsen, I mean... He's pretty scary to play against. I dunno. To me, Caruana has seemed very inferior this match, especially once out of opening preparation. It's not only that he hasn't shown the impressive defences that Karjakin showed last time, but he also hasn't generated any play in any game. In the occasions that Carlsen has blundered, Caruana still hasn't done anything with it. Tiebreak one was kind of an example of that. Carlsen got a very good position that just so happened to have a bailout tactic for Caruana. Carlsen obviated that tactic, and as soon as Caruana had to make another decision in the game he made the wrong one and lost.
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Nice piece of fish posted:How so? I mean I'm very impressed with Caruana so far. And Carlsen, I mean... He's pretty scary to play against. He's seemed really out of sorts for a lot of the match, not playing the way he would have three or four years ago. e: Carlsen I mean
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vyelkin posted:He's seemed really out of sorts for a lot of the match, not playing the way he would have three or four years ago. I feel like 2014 Carlsen would've been around +4 with the way things have gone.
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Hand Knit posted:I feel like 2014 Carlsen would've been around +4 with the way things have gone. Yeah, really hard to predict for the whole match because 2014 Carlsen almost certainly would have won the first game and who knows how the match would have gone after that.
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Hand Knit posted:I feel like 2014 Carlsen would've been around +4 with the way things have gone. I see your point. Yeah, maybe. I honestly don't know what's up with that, if it's general fatigue or if he's slowing down or is prepping wrong. Even slow Carlsen is pretty scary though.
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In the movie about Carlsen's life, the soccer incident will be in dramatic slow motion from a dozen angles, like a tragedy. Caruana's taking his time here...
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