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| Jan-25-13 | | Ulhumbrus: Capablanca said of Lasker something like this < If he got an advantageous ending he was sure to win it. If on the other hand his opponents had the advantage they had to be very careful to not let the win slip> |
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| Jan-25-13 | | DcGentle: Ok, quick draw. Black made a mistake in the opening. Anyways, time to switch to a different game :-) |
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| Jan-25-13 | | queenfortwopawns: Wonder if we will switch to the Anand game - promises to be a good finish. |
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| Jan-25-13 | | marcwordsmith: looks like Caruana is not having a good tournament. Giri blew him off the board today. Not sure why that happened like it did. Don't quite understand the game. |
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| Jan-25-13 | | OneArmedScissor: where's the next game, chessgames dot com? |
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| Jan-25-13 | | Marmot PFL: Or nakamura-Aronian which is more tactical |
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| Jan-25-13 | | okba12: SO wang IS HAPPYnow -getting a draw from a winning position -absurd |
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| Jan-25-13 | | Ulhumbrus: <marcwordsmith: looks like Caruana is not having a good tournament. Giri blew him off the board today. Not sure why that happened like it did. Don't quite understand the game.> Giri had gained a massive lead in development at the end |
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| Jan-25-13 | | marcwordsmith: thank you <ulhumbrus>. I meant that, at a glance anyway, I did not understand the way Caruana played, and all the moves that led up to the final position. I do see that Giri ended up with an overwhelming attack. Just not clear about the logic of Caruana's moves throughout. I hope Daniel King selects it as his Play of the Day or something. |
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| Jan-25-13 | | haydn20: <Eyal: Carlsen may well draw this game yet, but I don't recall him getting into such a difficult position out of the opening since his game vs. Moro in the Tal Memorial - in this regard it's not typical at all. The time-wasting 11...Be7 may have been the main culprit.> I think you were exactly right. |
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| Jan-25-13 | | queenfortwopawns: Naka may find that his streak of holding on in lost positions is coming to an end. Levon won't falter. |
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| Jan-25-13 | | Ulhumbrus: <marcwordsmith: thank you <ulhumbrus>. I meant that, at a glance anyway, I did not understand the way Caruana played, and all the moves that led up to the final position. I do see that Giri ended up with an overwhelming attack. Just not clear about the logic of Caruana's moves throughout. I hope Daniel King selects it as his Play of the Day or something.> Here is a link to the official site. It gives you the houdini evaluation. Whenever you see a point where the evaluation suddenly worsens considerably after Black's move that suggests that Black has made an error: http://www.tatasteelchess.com/tourn... |
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| Jan-25-13 | | Marmot PFL: <I hope Daniel King selects it as his Play of the Day or something.> Caruana played badly and King would not want to embarrass him. I think he probably go for the Hou-Anand game which had no real blunders just the stronger player outplaying the other. |
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| Jan-25-13 | | marcwordsmith: awesome. Thanks <ulhumbrus>. I see that Caruana's position was demoted 3 points after he played b6, which seems logical to me. What I don't understand, all the way back on move 14, why didn't Caruana accept the pawn sac on e5 instead of playing Nbd7? I see that after the exchanges on e5, White can play Bb2 with tempo and some attack, but was that really so forbidding? |
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| Jan-25-13 | | marcwordsmith: <Marmot> Yes Caruana certainly did appear to be having a very off day. He played a spiritless game as far as I can tell. Nice to see Giri score though. I like that kid. |
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| Jan-25-13 | | beenthere240: <eyal> I thought we were in for a clinic on endgames. I think I was right, but again, not as I expected. ;-) |
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| Jan-25-13 | | marcwordsmith: Just clicked on the live stream on the tournament site. For the last two minutes all it shows is Hikaru Nakamura's suffering, head shaking face. Wonder why. |
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| Jan-25-13 | | Eyal: <marcwordsmith: What I don't understand, all the way back on move 14, why didn't Caruana accept the pawn sac on e5 instead of playing Nbd7? I see that after the exchanges on e5, White can play Bb2 with tempo and some attack, but was that really so forbidding?> It's not a real sac - after 14...Bxe5? There's the intermediate 15.Bd2! (not 15.b4? Qa4 and Black is fine) 15...Qb5 16.Nc3 Qb4 17.dxe5 Nfd7 18.Ne4 Qe7 19.Bg5 with very big advantage to White. |
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| Jan-25-13 | | haydn20: Looking back, 22....Kf8 was a really nice move. I'm sure my betters here (I'm not being sarcastic) noticed it, but I don't think I would have. |
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| Jan-25-13 | | marcwordsmith: Nice. Thank you <eyal> |
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| Jan-25-13 | | Eyal: The chessdom commentator (Aman Hambleton) on the position before 25.Nc6(?):
click for larger view<Carlsen is keeping his head and wisely bringing the King to the center. Here he controls important squares along the d-file (d8,d7) which prevent a further invasion by the White rooks. Although Carlsen has a great skill in handling slightly worse positions and drawing them, Hao can put some real pressure with moves like f3, Kf2-e3, a3, b4. It's difficult for Black to improve his position whereas Hao enjoys a free hand: not common against the World #1!> |
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 | | FSR: I hate playing against 3.Bb5 because so often you end up getting tortured like this - which can be a problem if you're not Carlsen. I've taken up playing 2...d6 in the Sicilian just so I can avoid it. (Well, White can still play 3.Bb5+, but now Black doesn't have to put his knight on c6.) |
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| Jan-25-13 | | Bengambit: Ok,I want someone to explain to me how and why this game came to a draw,and under the circumstance of the tournament sake. |
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| Jan-26-13 | | arnaud1959: <FSR> +1 for me. I don't know why but I feel more comfortable with d6, Bd7 and now even more with Nd7. |
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| Jan-26-13 | | Chessdreamer: Another game in this opening line (10.c4);
[Event "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yury"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "B30"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 Ng6 6.c3 d5 7.Qa4 Be7 8.d4
O-O 9.exd5 Qxd5 10.c4 Qh5 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.dxc5 Qxc5 13.Nc3 Qb6 14.h4 c5 15.h5 Nh4 16.Nxh4 Bxh4 17.h6 Bb7 18.hxg7 Rfd8 19.Be3 Rd4 20.Bxd4 cxd4 21.c5 Qxc5 22.Qb5 Qc7 23.Ne4 Bd5 24.Rac1 Qf4 25.g3 Qg4 26.Qe2 Qxg7 27.Rc5 Be7 28.Rc7 f5 29.Nd2 Kh8 30.Rd7 Bc6 31.Qxe6 Bxd7 32.Qxd7 Bb4 33.Re8+ Rxe8 34.Qxe8+ Bf8 35.Qe6 f4 36.Ne4 fxg3 37.fxg3 d3 38.Qd5 Qxb2 39.Qxd3 Qa1+ 40.Qf1 1/2-1/2 |
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