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| anandrulez: I wonder if there was a saving move for Vishy instaed of Nf3 ? It appears that Anand felt things were in control and simply didnt calculate h6?!
Magnus did make some mistakes but came back each time he was down with new ideas . I am wondering ifafter Rxd4 , was the position a draw? |
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Mar-01-09
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| Ulhumbrus: After 20...Nxg8 White has the superior minor piece and Black's King side pawns are broken. Can it really be so difficult and time consuming to win? White has a lead in development as well. This suggests the question: Can White make this lead count? On 21 Rc1 the R attacks the points c7 and c8, and a move by the Black KIng which defends both of the points, for example, the move 21...Kd7, leaves the f5 pawn undefended. |
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Mar-01-09
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| tamar: <Ulhumbrus> I can't make the straightforward taking of the c file work. If 21 Rc1 Nf6 22 Rc7 Rb8 and Black evicts the rook with 23...Ne8 heading to d6 as in the game. It is probably not a gain of time for Black, but I don't see how it helps White more than 21 Ke2 which has the plan of improving King position before
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Mar-01-09
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| Ulhumbrus: <tamar: <Ulhumbrus> I can't make the straightforward taking of the c file work.
If 21 Rc1 Nf6 22 Rc7 Rb8 and Black evicts the rook with 23...Ne8 heading to d6 as in the game.> On 22...Rb8 23 Bb5 Black can't play 23...Ne8 as his R can't cover both the N and the b pawn. If he does nothing, White's a pawn may advance to a6. If he advances his Q side pawns, White's King may be able to invade the Queen side. |
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Mar-01-09
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| tamar: It's interesting. It depends on your evaluation of 21 Rc1 Nf6 22 Rc7 Rb8 23 Bb5 Ne4+ 24 Ke2 Nd6 25 Bd7+ Kf6. White has a target on d5 now, but if he attacks it right away, 26 Rc5 Rd8 27 Ba4
Ke6 Black can cover. |
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Mar-01-09
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| Ulhumbrus: <tamar: It's interesting. It depends on your evaluation of 21 Rc1 Nf6 22 Rc7 Rb8 23 Bb5 Ne4+ 24 Ke2 Nd6 25 Bd7+ Kf6.
White has a target on d5 now, but if he attacks it right away, 26 Rc5 Rd8 27 Ba4 Ke6 Black can cover.> After eg 28 Bb3 Ne8 The d5 pawn will be covered but also pinned and this invites f3 and e4 |
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Aug-09-09
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| Sem: <Mulyahnto: Does that mean we'd have *solved* chess? That the perfectly played game is always a draw?> A very interesting question. The great Gyula Breyer once published the initial position with the caption 'A difficult position!'. Perhaps White is destined to win such a game, because of his extra half tempo. I would be interested, Mulyahnto, in any further thoughts you might have on this. |
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Aug-09-09
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| positionalgenius: nice game |
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| Aug-09-09 |
| openingspecialist: I am impressed. |
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Aug-09-09
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| whiteshark: What's wrong to play for a rook endgame with <56...Nxg6 57.hxg6 Rg4>? |
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| Aug-09-09 |
| Gambit All: I agree with <patzer2's> comment. Anand's 11... f5 to swap Queens was a weak move - even playing for a quick draw. All he did was create an exchange that set up a quick series of exchanges that led to an end game with him burdened by a doubled pawn. The rest was just slow death. |
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| Aug-09-09 |
| Gambit All: I dont think Anand's play is affected that much by being World Champion. Since 1994 his results, much like the results of Jimmy Connors or Andre Agassi when they played tennis, show that he oscillates between playing as well as anyone in the world and playing at a level a little below the best. Right now he's in one of those just below the best phases.
I like this opening - I hadn't seen it before. 7g4 and the subsequent complications and possibilities generated from moves 7-10 create a dynamic position. |
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Aug-09-09
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| ketchuplover: 56...Nxg6 57.hxg6 Rg4 58.Kc2 Rg3 59.b4 d4 60.b5 Kd8 61.Rb8+ Kc7 62.Rg8 d3+ 63.Kd2 Rg5 64.g7 Rg3 65.b6+ Kb7 66.Rd8 Rxg7 67.Rd6 Rg3 68.Kc3 d2+ 69.Kxd2 Rb3 70.DRAW |
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Aug-09-09
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| jmboutiere: 10....Nf8 is better than 10....Nf6 (o.oo rybka 3 versus - 0.03 )
12.Qf5 +0.27, better 11....dc
13....cd +0.64
29.fe +0.00, 29.a6 +0.65; 29....Ke6 +0.60, 29....a6 0.00; 44....f6 +1.18; 44....Ng5 +0.78
78.b5 +5.12 |
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Aug-09-09
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| parisattack: <Sem: <Mulyahnto: Does that mean we'd have *solved* chess? That the perfectly played game is always a draw?> A very interesting question. The great Gyula Breyer once published the initial position with the caption 'A difficult position!'. Perhaps White is destined to win such a game, because of his extra half tempo. I would be interested, Mulyahnto, in any further thoughts you might have on this.> We will have to wait for 32 piece Table Bases! If Moore's Law hold's up I calculate 24-28 years. My guess is chess draws out at around 3100-3200 ELO. If 200 ELO is a 'level' that means two more levels - and computers will be there in less than 20 years. |
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Aug-10-09
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| kevin86: A great finish... White WAS able to pull this one out late. The R+P vs N is not easy,maybe black should have played on. |
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| Oct-28-09 |
| payman23: I'm a beginner. Can someone please explain what's wrong with 57...Rxh5
Thank you! |
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Oct-28-09
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| suenteus po 147: <payman23> My guess is that after 57...Rxh5 58.Re6+ Kf7 59.Rxe5 Rf6 60.Rxd5 Rxf5 Carlsen can probably move into a very familiar position with his rook and pawn that is a well known endgame win. |
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| Oct-28-09 |
| MagnumDefender: A Typical Grandmaster Struggle |
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Nov-20-09
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| aazqua: Kasparov had a great deal of praise for Kramnik until he lost to him. Then he was grumpy for a while. Kasparov was not a guy who was content with losing. >>
<Ishaan: I don't think Kasparov had a very great opinion of Topalov.Kasparov on the contrary always praised for Kramnik and Anand, as far as I know.> You couldn't be more wrong! Garry always said that Topalov is one of the most creative players ever and had (after their match) not much good to say about Kramnik... |
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Nov-20-09
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| tamar: <payman23> One of the endgame K+P v K positions to learn is this one. Magnus saw that after 37...Rxh5 38 Re6+ Kf7 39 Rxe5 Kf6 40 Rxd5 Rxf5 41 Rxf5+ Kxf5 
click for larger view
Now the important point is that White can get to b4, ahead of the pawn, at a moment when Black cannot play Kb6, which would be a draw. 42 Kc2 Ke5 43 Kc3 Kd5 44 Kb4 Kc6 45 Ka5 wins |
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Nov-20-09
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| Ulhumbrus: 17...Bd7 is more exact than 17...Be6 because then after 18 Nc7 Rc8 the White Knight lacks a target on e6. If Black wants to play the bishop to e6 and allow the capture Nxe6 he will not want the f7 pawn to be pinned, so as to preclude the recapture ..fxe6. This suggests that an alternative to 16...Ke7 is 16..Kf8 17 Rg5 h6! 19 Rg1 and only now 19..Ke7 but then on 20 Bd3 Be6 21 Nc7 Rc8 22 Nxe6 fxe6 White has 23 Rg7+. This suggests that Black has to prevent Rg7. On 16...Kf8 17 Rg5 h6 18 Rg1 Be6 19 Nc7 Rc8 20 Nxe6+ fxe6 Black has not played ...Ke7 yet and so White cannot play Rg7. |
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Nov-20-09
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| Ulhumbrus: An alternative to 36...Ne8 is 36...Nc4 obstructing White's bishop and attacking the b2 pawn |
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Nov-20-09
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| aazqua: Is Carlsen really 4 wins 0 losses against Anand in 2009? Hmmm ... which one should have the title? |
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| Nov-20-09 |
| Schwartz: Anand. |
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