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| Sep-12-06 |
| Whitehat1963: Ouch!! Who decides who gets to play in this tournament? Is there a blitz ratings list somewhere, or are there qualifiers of some kind? Where was Milov? I seem to remember him being one of the better blitz players around. Did he not qualify or choose not to come? Perhaps he's a rapid player but not blitz? I would think if you're good at one, you're probably pretty good at the other too. Thoughts? |
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Sep-12-06
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| KingG: I wonder why Anand didn't play 13...Qxa2, as in Korchnoi vs Tolush, 1958? Was he afraid of the novelty introduced in I A Nataf vs M Perunovic, 2005, 14.Rd1! ? But then maybe you have to question the decision to play the Poisoned Pawn in a blitz game, where you can be easily surprised by a prepared line, and trying to deviate can get you into big trouble. It's funny how this whole variation was thought to be refuted by the Korchnoi vs Tolush game given above, but that might not be that case. |
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Sep-13-06
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| positionalgenius: Sadly Anand is no longer #1 at blitz.
well,I guess the next generation is shuffling in... |
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Sep-14-06
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| ahmadov: <positionalgenius> Well, if you say that then I should add that this game indicates that Radjabov is going to replace Anand in that position. |
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Sep-14-06
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| positionalgenius: <ahmadov>I agree.He's one of the big ones.Topalov should be worried.If he makes it,which I don't think he will.Kramnik-Radjabov? Kramnik wins easy. |
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| Sep-16-06 |
| Chess Lou Zer: What happens if 15...fxe6? |
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| Sep-16-06 |
| Alexander I: <Chess Lou Zer: What happens if 15...fxe6?> 16.Bh4+ g6 17.Bxg6#. |
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| Sep-16-06 |
| Chess Lou Zer: And thus my name! |
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| Nov-03-06 |
| markanton: Hmm maybe Anand not prepared for that line, because Kasparov on his Najdorf DVD says 10. e5 is refuted for white, black can equalize, thats common sense. I guess that doesnt apply for blitz :) |
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| Nov-03-06 |
| clint: <while blitz is 5 mins for the whole game> I know it is a silly question but does 'whole game' mean? |
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| Nov-17-06 |
| adviser: Why didn't Anand play 12...Qxa2? |
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Mar-18-08
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| positionalgenius: Stunning result- anand destroyed in 17 moves |
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| May-13-08 |
| Whitehat1963: Wednesday puzzle after 14...Nc6. |
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| Oct-04-08 |
| ericduker: I took interest in this game as I am involved in a CC game in the Poisoned Pawn. Having had to dig around a ton in different variations, I'm shocked that Anand would get beaten that severely in a pretty well known area. Eh, happens to all of us. |
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Oct-04-08
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| Once: An unexpected thing happened when I tried to analyse this game with Fritz 11. In both "blunder check" and "full analysis" modes, Fritz said that 15...g5 was "last book move". Then it assessed 16. Nf6+ as mate in 2. And that was all the analysis that it wanted to offer. It seems that silicon is not as clever as we sometimes think. Does this really mean that Fritz's opening book includes a move that allows a forced mate for the other side? What so other engines make of this? |
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| Oct-04-08 |
| Super Chess Man: I don't really like any poisons, thank you very much. |
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| Oct-04-08 |
| Mikhail Tal fan: there 's a lot of mating variations such as :16 Nf6+ Nxf6 17 Nc6+ Ke7 18 Qd6# and if 15..fxe6 16 Bh5+ g6 Bxg6# |
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Oct-04-08
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| kevin86: As Mr. Spock would probably say:"It is illogical to offer poison to a friend or even to accept it". I enjoyed the ice cream cone set up of white's pieces after the mate: 16... e7 17  d6# |
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| Oct-04-08 |
| jovack: ouch.. this is what you see in expert vs patzer type matches |
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| Oct-04-08 |
| zatara: i dont really understand the purpose of 12.Ne4...is it to stop 12...f6?? |
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| Nov-01-08 |
| Jafar219: Radjabov destroyes world champion in 16 moves! Incredible! |
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| Nov-01-08 |
| lopium: <Jafar219: Radjabov destroyes world champion in 16 moves! Incredible!> Anand wasn't World Champion at that time and it was a blitz game. |
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| Nov-03-08 |
| Jafar219: <lopium> If Anand plays blitz with Radjabov it doesn`t mean that he must lose in 16 moves! At least they played chess and they had the same time to play!
I just want to say that Anand is too weak for being World Champion! |
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Nov-03-08
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| hitman84: <Jafar219>I see that you didn't even congratulate Anand! No probs. I'm a Radja fan, and I know that many Radja fans are enthusiastic about his play. But it is a well known fact that even World Champions and Top GMs have lost miniatures in the past. Just goes to show that even the Elite GMs has always something to learn about the game. By your logic, after this blitz game Anand has lost all rights to be a world champion in the future. Is it? Why don't you check out these games..
Game Collection: World champion blunders |
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| Nov-03-08 |
| Jafar219: <<hitman84>By your logic, after this blitz game Anand has lost all rights to be a world champion in the future. Is it?> No! I recognize Anand as world champion but also Anand is the weakest world champion in chess history! That was world blitz championship but not an ordinary game online on the web.So losing game in 16 moves is shameful! |
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