Fabiano Caruana vs Magnus Carlsen (2018)

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Fabiano Caruana vs Magnus Carlsen
Carlsen - Caruana World Championship Match (2018), rd 5, Nov-15
Sicilian Defense: Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack. Gurgenidze Variation (B31) · 1/2-1/2

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Nov-15-18		Dr Winston OBoogie: It's gonna take a major <inaccuracy> for a decisive game, these two play like machines.

Nov-15-18		not not: hes copying my style except his king didnt get mated

Nov-15-18		Relahara07: Very exciting game

Nov-15-18		DrGridlock: Looks very drawish now. Question of the match: was Fabi's 13 Qc4 (played with 39 seconds of thought) pre-game preparation? or bluff-prep (a move quickly played, so to convince the opponent that the lines are still researched)?

Nov-15-18		moronovich: Draw officially.½-½

Nov-15-18		lost in space: A good game. Nicely played by both sides. First Fabi was down a pawn, aterwards Magnus was down 2 - later for a long time - 1 pawn, then Fabi was down a pawn and at the final end - after a few check mate tricks, all in even.

Nov-15-18		not not: giri said the final position is great theme for a tattoe

Nov-15-18		Albion 1959: A game that almost threatened a breakthrough, but in the end another draw:

Nov-15-18		mistermac: Hope you enjoyed the game.

Nov-15-18		ChessHigherCat: <Ulhumbrus> Thanks! In Alphazero vs. Stockfish there were about 90% draws, right? These guys are sort of the human equivalents except they are even more evenly matched.

Nov-15-18		Dr Winston OBoogie: Link to the post game interview https://www.facebook.com/theworldch...

Nov-15-18		Vladimir Zukhar: interesting chess...certainly not Karpov-Korchnoi WC Match...but interesting. also, when you have Tal as a second, you can play stuff in a WC match like the Karpov Gambit in the Ruy Lopez. Now that took b@lls!! 11 Ng5 night sac in a WC game! Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1978

Nov-15-18		whiteshark: Caruana–Carlsen, analysis after <34. g4+> (last move of the game!) Score: 0.00 PV: 34. … Ke6 35. Ra7 Rd7 36. Ra4 Rd6 37. Ke2 hxg4 38. hxg4 Bd8 39. Ra8 Bb6 40. Bxb6 Rxb6 41. Kf3 Rc6 42. Ra7 Rc3+ 43. Kg2 Kf6 44. Ra6+ Kg5 45. Re6 Kxg4 132,274,686 nodes, 401,249 nodes/sec, depth 46 ply (24 selective), 977,256 Syzygy hits

Nov-15-18		Richard Taylor: This must have been exciting to watch! I just logged on about 10 minutes ago and it was finished. But b4 etc certainly led to an interesting game.

Nov-15-18		rogge: Having watched the press conference, both players seem to think that 20...b5 wouldn't make much of a difference. The jury's still out on that one..

Nov-15-18		Richard Taylor: The game somewhat followed (in the opening for some moves) the game by the quite strong women players Jackova (Czech) and the Iranian Shadi Paridar. It is one method to play the same opening and "spring" novelties. Possibly both Caruana and Carlsen had studied the line a bit but it wouldn't be the main line studied by Carlsen. A kind of delayed wing gambit..

Nov-15-18		Richard Taylor: They say that but it was worth a shot: yes, against some even very strong players it would be a bit disconcerting but Carlsen either is or pretends to be bored all the time so it may have made no difference. But Aronian managed to beat him with, let's say it, off-beat moves...

Nov-15-18		Diademas: At the press conference the players got asked about favorite players from the past. M.C.: <I would probably say my favorite player from the past is myself 3-4 years ago.>

Nov-15-18		keypusher: Good game. Most of the games so far have been. <Vladimir Zukhar: interesting chess...certainly not Karpov-Korchnoi WC Match...but interesting. also, when you have Tal as a second, you can play stuff in a WC match like the Karpov Gambit in the Ruy Lopez. Now that took b@lls!! 11 Ng5 night sac in a WC game!> Correction. When you have Tal as a second <and no engines>, you can play stuff like the Karpov Gambit in a WC match.

Nov-15-18		Caleb554: <Count Wedgemore: Carlsen's king retreat shows how misguided his whole king excursion has been, starting with 20...Kb6. > He had two back to back whites. No reason to sweat after queens were off. The position was dynamically equal with Caruana up a pawn. Equalizing meant positional concessions with all the material off the board. He took the most pragmatic approach.

Nov-15-18		anjumskhan: Their scores : Fabiano Caruana 0 Inaccuracies 0 Mistakes 0 Blunders 5 Average centipawn loss === Magnus Carlsen 0 Inaccuracies 0 Mistakes 0 Blunders 5 Average centipawn loss Horrifyingly accurate.

Nov-15-18		louispaulsen88888888: Jackova Paridar continued 10...cxb4. White won that game. The shortest game so far but interesting again.

Nov-15-18		louispaulsen88888888: 20...Kb6 seemed like one of three or four reasonable moves.

Nov-15-18		Sargon: <anjumskhan: [...] Fabiano Caruana 0 Inaccuracies 0 Mistakes 0 Blunders 5 Average centipawn loss Magnus Carlsen 0 Inaccuracies 0 Mistakes 0 Blunders 5 Average centipawn loss> Some were opining that Magnus Carlsen squandered a <win> in Round 2—or maybe it was Round 1. If true, then the suggestion that both players have been perfect could stand some revision. Squandering a win, if not a bona fide <blunder>, is minimally tatamount to an <inaccuracy>, if not an outright <mistake>, and—by logical extension—also suggests that Fabiano Caruana had committed an even more egregious <error>...

Nov-15-18		DrGridlock: <Sargon> I think that <anjumskhan> was referring to game 5, not to the entire match.

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