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| Dec-07-21 | | Albertan: ´´Carlsen On Verge Of Retaining Title As Nepo Blunders A Piece.´: https://www.chess.com/news/view/fid... |
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Dec-07-21
 | | blazerdoodle: As opposed to back in the day when I waited for my copy of Chess Life to read the games in matches, and at one point, amazed they were still going on in 83/84. |
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Dec-07-21
| | K Any: Nepo is shorn! |
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Dec-07-21
 | | harrylime:
<<MissScarlett: Nepo's strategy is to lull Magnus into a true sense of security.>> Yes and itz worked so well. lol ...
Nepo still sounds like he's been inhaling helium when he speaks. Or is it just me ?! lol That's why I'm asking about the Red Bull. |
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Dec-07-21
 | | Teyss: <moronovich> And he was probably honest, wasn't trying to manipulate.
I see you're from Denmark, nice country (looked at you bio because of "Norwegian tv"). |
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Dec-07-21
 | | Penguincw: There goes Nepo's winning record vs. Carlsen. Any other active players with such an achievement (or an even record)? |
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Dec-07-21
| | Penguincw: < "Biggest meltdown in the history of WC chess, yeah ? "To quote Anish Giri. > Janowski would like to have a chat. :-)
Though that matchup was one-sided from the get go. |
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| Dec-07-21 | | thebully99: < Penguincw: There goes Nepo's winning record vs. Carlsen. Any other active players with such an achievement (or an even record)? > Even scores that I know: Svidler, Bu Xiangzhi
Plus scores that I know: Esipenko |
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Dec-07-21
 | | moronovich: Carlsen is usually very honest in such matters and likewise the norwegian tele is well informed and reliable. Said with greetings from Denmark ! |
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| Dec-07-21 | | Albertan: Magnus Carlsen defeats Ian Nepomniachtchi in Game 9 of World Chess Championship-as it happened: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/l... |
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| Dec-07-21 | | Albertan: Carlsen-Nepo 9:Nepo crashes as Magnus closes in on 5th title: https://chess24.com/en/read/news/ca... |
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| Dec-07-21 | | diceman: I'll never understand 15.bxa3 vs 15.b4. |
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Dec-07-21
| | harrylime: <<diceman: I'll never understand 15.bxa3 vs 15.b4.>> I need to look at that particular position.
But I suspect it's because you're not very good at chess. |
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Dec-07-21
 | | saffuna: Within a minute or two Giri called 27. c5 "Spassky-Fischer part II," referring to game one. Before it was played Caruana said, "Shoutout to bishop takes h2." |
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Dec-07-21
 | | Gypsy: <27.c5?? ...> What the ...? |
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| Dec-07-21 | | cormier: 1) -4.74 (32 ply) 40.Ra6 Ne2+ 41.Kf2 Nd4 42.Ne4 Bb5 43.Ra3 Bc6 44.Ra6 Bxe4 45.fxe4 Kf8 46.Ke3 Nb5 47.Ra5 Nxa7 48.Ra3 Ke7 49.Kf4 Kd7 50.Kg5 Kc7 51.Ra1 Kb6 52.Rb1+ Nb5 53.Kxh5 Kc5 54.Kg5 Kc4 55.h5 Nc3 56.Rg1 Ra2 57.Kg4 Ne2 58.Rg2 Kd3 59.Kh4 2) -4.95 (31 ply) 40.Ne4 Nxe4 41.fxe4 Kf8 42.Kf2 Ke7 43.Ke3 Kd7 44.Kf4 Kc7 45.Kg5 Kb6 46.Kxh5 Rxa7 47.Rb1+ Bb5 48.Kg4 Kc5 49.Kf4 Ra4 50.Rg1 g6 51.Rc1+ Rc4 52.Rd1 Bc6 53.Re1 Kb6 54.Kg5 Rxe4 55.Rxe4 Bxe4 56.Kf6 Kc5 57.Kxf7 Kd5 58.Kf6 Bf5 59.Kg7 Kxe5 3) -5.11 (31 ply) 40.Nb7 Bc6 41.Nd6 Nf5 42.Kf2 Nxh4 43.f4 Ng6 44.Kg3 Ne7 45.Ra6 g6 46.Kh4 Kg7 47.Ra3 Bd5 48.Kg5 Bg2 49.Kh4 Bc6 50.Ra1 Bd5 51.Kg5 Nf5 52.Ra4 Nxd6 53.exd6 f6+ 54.Kh4 Kf7 55.Ra5 Ke8 56.f5 gxf5 57.Kxh5 Kd7 58.Kg6 |
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Dec-07-21
 | | keypusher: Shocking to learn that White is losing in the final position. Thank the Lord for engines. |
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| Dec-07-21 | | cormier: game 8 ... nepo refuse to draw by(with) 10...Qe7 game 9 he was lost by move 10 ....... |
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| Dec-07-21 | | chesslearning: What about the touch move? What are the rules regarding this? |
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Dec-07-21
 | | kingscrusher: Hi Guys
My blog about this game: https://lichess.org/@/Kingscrusher-... My video annotation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNS... Cheers, Tryfon |
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| Dec-07-21 | | fabelhaft: <What about the touch move? What are the rules regarding this?> Carlsen adjusted the knight before playing 18. … h6, but I don’t think anyone thinks he was intending to actually move the knight, no meaningful knight moves available there. |
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| Dec-07-21 | | chesslearning: <fabelhaft: I don’t think anyone thinks he was intending to actually move the knight> Ok. But is this not an official rule in formal matches: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch...
I've never played in a chess tournament. So I don't know how it works. Can players always adjust pieces like this? If so, why did commentators make such a deal about it? |
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| Dec-07-21 | | fabelhaft: On biggest meltdowns in title matches, maybe Kasparov going 0-5 down against Karpov qualifies. Kasparov was after all #1 on the rating list when the match started. Janowski and Marshall (or Nepo) were all big underdogs. |
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Dec-07-21
 | | Clement Fraud: There are lessons to be learned from the events of this game. Lesson number one is that the Reti Attack (Defense, or whatever its correct appellation is) should never again include an early g2-g3 : Black's Pawn on d4 was a serous problem for White, one that required the e2-e3 response; but, playing e2-e3 after g3 & Bg2 had already been played... this left White with too much unconsolidated space in his center (in fact, following the submissive 16.Nb3 - winning seemed only a matter of technique for Carlsen). |
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Dec-07-21
 | | Dionysius1: This business of even the top players crashing, and how tough it is, just to sit at the table. Back in 1995-ish I took up an offer from Ray Keene in The Times to apply for a viewer's ticket at a rapid tournament played at The Atheneum in London. The highlight (I've told everything I can remember elsewhere on cg.com) was watching Jon Speelman beat Kasparov. What struck me was overhearing him talk to one of the chess journalists after the game. He was totally exhausted. He'd won, yet he looked like he'd been profoundly beaten. Kasparov was breezily chatting to his minders in another corner of the library, for all the world as if he'd won the game. The psychological effort is enormous. Carlsen is a lot better than his rivals. The only two questions in my mind about that are: how much better, and who will ever have the mental strength to play their best game against him in a match for the world championship. |
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