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| Jan-22-13 | | mightor: Twas not skill that carried Magnus to the top. Let's face it. Magnus is a lucky guy: 1. In terms of sponsorships- that explains his elo.
2. In terms of his opponents performing below par- that explains his wins. He still has to create his perfect game which would reflect his alleged genius than his propensity to be a beneficiary of wins gifted him due to ill moves and blunders committed by his opponents. |
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Jan-22-13
 | | maxi: Thank you, <achieve>. It is likely that we are going to see an overall improvement in the quality of play in the late middle-game and endgame. |
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| Jan-28-13 | | Robyn Hode: Is this a KID Attack or a Reti? Looks like a Reti to me. |
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| Jan-28-13 | | parisattack: Reti Batcza-style, withholding c4 a few moves. |
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| Jan-28-13 | | MountainMatt: <Robyn Hode: Is this a KID Attack or a Reti? Looks like a Reti to me.> White's first 4 moves are textbook KIA; he does give it a Reti-esque look with 5. c4, but by then the queen check/pawn fork isn't available, which from what I understand is the main point of the Reti. I'd concur with CG and call it KIA. |
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| Jan-28-13 | | Eyal: Analysis of the critical stage of this endgame, starting from <67.g4>, by Karsten Muller: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... (most of the variations are actually scattered throughout the previous pages of kibitzing here): <Opposite colored bishops favor the attacker, when more material is still on the board>. There's also quite a good review of the endgame in a video by Danny King, starting from the position after 52...Ra7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgT6... (not many variations, but very clear explanations of the positional aspects). |
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| Feb-21-13 | | crazyim5: Capablanca upgraded into God Mode! This is an unbelievably deep ending! |
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| Mar-09-13 | | Conrad93: Carlsen simplified the game too early. |
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| Dec-28-13 | | thegoodanarchist: <iking:
But Fischer prefered matchplays ....>
Yes, because the chess world was quite different in his heyday. The Soviets would manipulate tournament results by giving each other easy draws so they could save their energies and TNs for non-soviet players. When he had to, Fischer played in tournaments and did quite well. For example, Stockholm IZT in 1962 and Palma De Mallorca IZT in 1970 |
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| Dec-28-13 | | thegoodanarchist: Here are the links:
Stockholm Interzonal (1962)
Palma de Mallorca Interzonal (1970) |
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| Dec-28-13 | | thegoodanarchist: < Conrad93: Carlsen simplified the game too early.> ...and was duly punished by his oppon.. Oh, wait, he won anyway. |
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| Feb-08-14 | | Stormbringer: Didn't understand why not:
82 Rg2, Rxg2
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82 Rg2, Bc5+ 83 K... , Rxg2 |
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Feb-08-14
 | | offramp: This game has only just swum into my ken. What a great ending! I wonder who taught Carlsen endings - or did he teach himself from books? |
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| Feb-08-14 | | fishcat: <Stormbringer> 82. Rg2 Rxg2 83. Bxh7 1-0 |
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| Feb-08-14 | | Chessdreamer: <Stormbringer> Black is in discovered check (Bf5). |
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| Feb-08-14 | | morfishine: I remember the game but could only recall 76.Bg8+ Kh8 77.Kf4 and after going over the game recall at the time being astounded by the consecutive pawn offers: 67.g4 & 68.h5 ***** |
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Feb-08-14
 | | OhioChessFan: Beautiful. I saw the need for Ke4, which prevents d3, but kept wanting to push 76. e5. But once I saw 76. Bg8, the rest was relatively easier. I bet Carlsen took much less time to find this. |
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Feb-08-14
| | OhioChessFan: 77. Re1 might have been more active, but I doubt Black can hold on. |
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Feb-08-14
 | | FSR: Whoever heard of a KIA where White plays e4 on move 50?! I'd call it a Reti. |
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| Feb-08-14 | | diagonalley: magnusifent technique! |
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Feb-08-14
 | | Penguincw: This puzzle wasn't really easy to solve (I got Bg8+ Kh8), but it seemed pretty simple. |
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| Feb-08-14 | | awfulhangover: 67.g4!! 68. h5! 76.Bg8+!
Insane technique, you got to be a true genius to play like this. |
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| Feb-08-14 | | avidfan: <Stormbringer>: 82...Rxg2 is illegal since the Black king is in check. |
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| Feb-08-14 | | Patriot: Material is even. Black threatens 76...d3 or 76...d3. This seems really tough. Moves like 76.Rg8 and 76.Rf6 could be met several ways including 76...Rxe5. Surely this is in black's favor. 76.Kf4 right away and 76...Bh6+ 77.Rxh6+ Kxh6 78.f6 Kg6 or 78.e6 Kg7. And 76.Bg8+ forces 76...Kh8 but didn't seem to do anything else until I later realized 77.Kf4 seems to freeze black and give time to start rolling some pawns. So, 76.Bg8+ Kh8 77.Kf4:
77...Bh6+ 78.Rxh6+ Kxg8 79.Rc6 Rc3 80.Kg5 looks lost for black. |
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| Feb-08-14 | | LAK: Stockfish says:
76. Bg8+ Kh8 77. Kf4 Re1 78. Bc4 Kh7 79. Rc6 Bh6+ 80. Kg4 Bf8 81. Rc7+ Kh6 82. Kf4 Rc1 83. Be2 Re1 84. Bb5 Rb1 85. Ba6 Rb6 86. Bd3 Kh5 87. Rc8 Bh6+ 88. Ke4 Bg5 89. Rxc5 Be7 90. Rc7 Bg5 91. Kxd4 Kg4 92. Ke4 Rb4+ 93. Bc4 Kh5 94. f6 Kg6 95. Rg7+ Kh5 96. Kf5
+ (4.53) Depth: 35/64 0:01:30 624 MN |
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