World Chess Champs start tomorrow

Avocado's Number wrote:

The first game in which Carlsen really had the upper hand, and another example of his cool-headed defensive skills.

Also a great example of why Carlsen plays games out until the end. It is said that one of the most difficult things in chess is to draw a drawn game. Less so at the Super-GM level but Carlsen kept grinding and putting pressure on Anand. That puts tremendous strain on the champion.

Avocado's Number wrote:

I was an Air Force officer at the Pentagon.

Not the answer I was expecting. Were you AF ROTC at MIT?

Mr. Obvious wrote:

Avocado's Number wrote:

The first game in which Carlsen really had the upper hand, and another example of his cool-headed defensive skills.

Also a great example of why Carlsen plays games out until the end. It is said that one of the most difficult things in chess is to draw a drawn game. Less so at the Super-GM level but Carlsen kept grinding and putting pressure on Anand. That puts tremendous strain on the champion.

Carlsen was incredibly poised in this game. There were several moments in which I thought he would win with black.

On the black side of a Benko Gambit Reversed, I managed to get a draw.

I was impressed that you were able to hold a draw against a GM on the black side of any opening, but now that I've gotten my brain around what a Benko Gambit Reversed looks like, I'm even more impressed. Do you still have the scoresheet / remember the moves?

I found this example -

- of Nakamura crushing a fellow GM in a Benko Gambit Reversed in which his opponent went astray trying to defend.

my take2 wrote:

Carlsen is learning that winning major tournaments and winning the championship are night and day different.

EXACTLY. I've been waiting for this match though I don't think Magnus can win. He is the best tourney player but this is a match and he is facing the strongest match player in history!

Geez! Why don't you two just exchange email addresses and continue what ever you have in private.You have to admit its a rather personal conversation.

dkny64 wrote:

Avocado's Number wrote:

I was an undergraduate at M.I.T., and returned to Cambridge several years later as a law student at Harvard.

What were you doing during the interim period in DC?

some won't like it but wrote:

Geez! Why don't you two just exchange email addresses and continue what ever you have in private.

You have to admit its a rather personal conversation.

dkny64 wrote:

What were you doing during the interim period in DC?

Always nice to know the backstory of one of the boards better posters. Avacado's Number has been a favorite poster of mine for years.

some won't like it but wrote:

Geez! Why don't you two just exchange email addresses and continue what ever you have in private.

You have to admit its a rather personal conversation.

dkny64 wrote:

What were you doing during the interim period in DC?

I'm certainly enjoying this.

areusure? wrote:EXACTLY. I've been waiting for this match though I don't think Magnus can win. He is the best tourney player but this is a match and he is facing the strongest match player in history!

I guess but to my [out of practice amateur eyes] it looked like Carlsen's advantage today was better preparation.

ventolin^3 wrote:

not since karpov in mid-80s

he wouda edged fisher in '75

karpov - best player of all-time at his peak

They do now. These games are good. But theres no hate between the players, hate is always interesting. More intense rivalry.

Carlsen would crush Karpov, are you fvcking joking me? Go play with your bridge cards forrest gump

mako wrote:

The lady from this document:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wzs33wvr9E

and her sisters and father don't agree. They say anyone can become a world class chess player if training properly. She and her sisters were a scientific experiment of his father: he placed an advertisement looking for a woman with whom he could have children and train them to excellence. He succeeded.

He is wrong. Carlsens mind is the gift of genes + training training training. Without genes like him you have no chance.

Seems like Anand is doing better than expected so far, I thought he was supposed to be crushed according to the start of this thread.

innocent chess bystander wrote:

Seems like Anand is doing better than expected so far, I thought he was supposed to be crushed according to the start of this thread.

Chess matches are always unpredictable things and this one got off to a slow start [which isn't unusual], but now it seems to be game on.

Because the match is so short and there are only 8 games left, the first person to get a win is going to have a significant advantage.

Barakus Obama wrote:They do now. These games are good. But theres no hate between the players, hate is always interesting. More intense rivalry.

Carlsen would crush Karpov, are you fvcking joking me? Go play with your bridge cards forrest gump

moron

it is clear you know even less about chess than athletics

does you peabrain think carlsen coud win 5 games against kasparov without reply like karpov did ???

Mr. Obvious wrote:

Also a great example of why Carlsen plays games out until the end. It is said that one of the most difficult things in chess is to draw a drawn game. Less so at the Super-GM level but Carlsen kept grinding and putting pressure on Anand. That puts tremendous strain on the champion.

Anand gets tired of the long games, when he can't win he tries to end them as fast as possible. The longer the games the more happy Carlsen is.

ventolin^3 wrote:

does you peabrain think carlsen coud win 5 games against kasparov without reply like karpov did ???

You have yet to show any knowledge of either except for remembering dates and results.

ventolin^3 wrote:

karpov - best player of all-time at his peak

What about Viktor Korchnoi?

He narrowly lost to Karpov in '78 when Karpov was at his peak. Karpov should have been disqualified in that match because his team was illegally sending him blueberry yoghurts during play. Korchnoi defeated all other world champs of the era, including Kasaprov. He was also still battling for chess world champ titles in 1991 at the age of 60.

Korchnoi - greatest chess legend.

Mr. Obvious wrote:

I hope we are going to see, perhaps, a Ruy Lopez, both of these guys have tons of games in that opening.

I was happy we got this in the 4th game, although the Berlin Defense is not the most exciting variation. It is consistent w/ Carlsen's general strategy.

Carlsen was a much more daring player in the opening when he was younger.

Mr. Obvious wrote:

Mr. Obvious wrote:

I hope we are going to see, perhaps, a Ruy Lopez, both of these guys have tons of games in that opening.

I was happy we got this in the 4th game, although the Berlin Defense is not the most exciting variation. It is consistent w/ Carlsen's general strategy.

Carlsen was a much more daring player in the opening when he was younger.

Yes - another draw, but a very entertaining game - some real moments of tension. Agreed, Carlsen was much more daring a few years ago. Since he toned it down, he's got even better.