Sep-21-17
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: Have always associated Aronian with brilliant Rook endings, and we can add this one to the collection, even though I have no doubt this game was too difficult for both players to avoid mistakes. Looking forward to the analyses. |
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| Sep-21-17 | | dehanne: Q vs R was made to look easy. |
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Sep-21-17
 | | Richard Taylor: I suppose at that level they study those so it is like checkmating with a Q or two bishops for those of us who can do that...And those things take practice. I have no doubt that MVL could have done the same with the same ease. But such is life... |
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| Sep-21-17 | | luzhin: Hardly fair to criticise an Armegeddon game with both sides down to below a minute, but 54...Raa4 would have been a stone cold draw-- and then MVL would have gone through to the final and an automatic place in the Candidates. |
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| Sep-21-17 | | thegoodanarchist: One of these men could be next CHESS WORLD CHAMPION! |
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Sep-21-17
 | | offramp: <dehanne: Q vs R was made to look easy.> That's what I thought. It's not an easy ending, normally. There is a lot to be learnt from this game. |
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Sep-22-17
 | | Sally Simpson: There were a few of these Queen v Rook endings. I had to do it once OTB in a rated game. I never had a clue what to do technique wise, I was just setting wee traps, then my opponent moved his Rook to the wrong square where a simple tactic picked it up. (phew) I'm thinking Peter Svidler may be glad he was not in the commentary box for this one. A memory may have come flooding back. Suspect he would have joked about it. Gelfand vs Svidler, 2001 |
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Sep-22-17
| | offramp: User: Sally Simpson that Gelfand-Svidler game you linked to is another example of the older player having greater technical knowledge. The players who learnt most of their chess in precomputer days have a much larger neural network of stratagems than their younger rivals. The Oldies would have had a paper notebook with tips and tricks written in longhand, such as Keep rook on third rank. The Youngsters would have played 10 games of Q v R, looked at YouTube and that's it. That's why Anand, Gelfand, Kramnik and Ivanchuk are still leading players. |
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| Sep-22-17 | | behrooznazari1: !عجب |
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| Sep-22-17 | | WorstPlayerEver: Strange what? Lol |
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| Sep-25-17 | | cro777: The best chess commentary ever.
José Cuenca Jiménez's commentary of the final moments of the game: https://twitter.com/twitter/statuse... |
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Mar-01-19
 | | Penguincw: The only Armageddon game at the World Cup. |
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Mar-01-19
| | offramp: White rabbbits! Today's GoTD Title, "My Cup Runneth Overtime", is based on a line from a song by <Fairport Convention>. |
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| Mar-01-19 | | Cheapo by the Dozen: Interesting that Aronian simplified to a disadvantageous-looking rook ending in a must-win game ... and indeed won. :) |
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Mar-01-19
 | | Check It Out: <offramp: based on a line from a song by <Fairport Convention>.> Yeah, okay. ;) |
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Mar-01-19
 | | Breunor: Losing move according to Stockfish is 54 Ra8.
54 ... Raa4 is evaluated at 0.00. After Ra8 the evacuation is over +128! I think the reason is pretty clear in retrospect - after Ra8 white has the combination that follows which forces the queen promotion. |
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| Mar-01-19 | | Patzer Natmas: The game was over by move 38...d4 in my book. I'm not a GM but I remember playing like MVL making bad moves that cost me the game when I had the advantage... I agree with offramp in regards to the older player having greater technical knowledge (I would add technical expertise). |
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Kibitzing
sac: 57.Rxa2