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| Aug-09-04 | | acirce: Magnus said it. To link to a game, you find it by the search function on the main page, then you just copy the URL of the game from your browser and include it in your post. The URL will magically turn into this: Short vs Kasparov, 2004 |
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| Aug-09-04 | | alexandrovm: Test 1:
Kasparov vs Salov, 1989 |
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| Aug-09-04 | | alexandrovm: Thank you acirce :-) |
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Dec-06-04
 | | alexmagnus: The second game against Kasparov was quickly lost. "I played like a child!":-)). How do I play than?
The revenge for this "childish" game magnus will take soon.... |
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| Apr-22-05 | | mrblondie: Yes, Carlsen lost the second game but what a natural he is. |
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| Oct-10-05 | | AlexanderMorphy: Nice game by the youngster! |
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| Nov-07-05 | | DeepBlade: Magnus Carlsen, what a prodigy!
I remember Anand said something like this "Nowadays, when you're not a grandmaster at 14, you can forget about it." AnandThis kid is gonna make it. |
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| Dec-10-05 | | alexandrovm: incredible, Magnus rating is going up more and more, and very fast! In the year 1994 he was 2484, and now look at him! |
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| Dec-10-05 | | aw1988: <In the year 1994 he was 2484> ?????????????????? |
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| Dec-10-05 | | alexandrovm: <aw1988: <In the year 1994 he was 2484>
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ups, my bad! 2004! In the year 2004 he was 2484 :) |
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| Dec-10-05 | | aw1988: In 1994 he was 4. Not bad! |
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| Dec-11-05 | | Boomie: 15...h6 seems uncoordinated to me. When black plays Bd6 to provoke a weakness in white's kingside pawns, the bishop on h4 can defend actively with Bg3. Bd6 should be played first. Then h6 forces the exchange of a good bishop for the woeful knight on d7. 15...Bd6 16. h3 h6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6= (0.09/12)
Carlsen missed 17. Bg3  (0.31/14), a move most of us would play in a heartbeat. 17. h3= is too passive. 20...Nd6= (0.18/13) is inferior to 20...Nb6  (1.14/13). The immediate 23. d5 is better than Qc5. The queen move forces black to develop his rook to a good square. 25...Nf5 is a losing move. As pointed out by <kartzen> below, 29. Bc7! appears to be the only winning move. 30. Nxa5 leads to an amusing variation. But it is not better than the text. 30. Nxa5 Bxg2 31. Bxg7 Qg6 32. Be5 Kh7 33. Rd3 Red8 34. Ra3 (0.31/12) 32. Qg4 is a capitulation of sorts. GK must have been relieved to get that dominant queen off the board. The simple f3 keeps the initiative. 32. f3 Rac8 33. Bg3 Rxe1 34. Bxe1 Re8 35. Qc4 (1.20/13) Perhaps Carlsen's last chance for a win was 45. g4+
45. g4+ Kg6 46. Kg3 Kf7 47. f4 g6 48. Kf2 (1.23/13) An altogether impressive performance by the munchkin. The complaints below about Kasparov's opening choices ingnore the fact that nobody plays their best openings in a blitz tournament. Why give away secrets for no return? |
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| Dec-11-05 | | alicefujimori: <Boomie>In my opinion, 15...h6 might be an "attempt" to provoke his opponent to take the knight on f6. After white's 15th move, it was actually not easy to find a good plan for Black. The e-file is dominated by white while his light-squared bishop was blocked in by his own knight. If Black plays 15...Nb6 then 16.Bxf6 will lead to a similiar position to the game. While now after 15...h6 if 16.Bxf6 then 16...Nxf6 and Black not only released his light-squared bishop, but also took away White's only kingside piece away from defending its king where Black could then attack White's king with moves like Ng4 and Bd6. |
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| Dec-12-05 | | sucaba: <Boomie>, <alicefujimori>, nice analysis. I believe Gary the move 15. _ h6. Different from the game, on 15. _ ♘b6 16. ♗d3 the h♙ is attacked. If now 16. _ ♘bd7, then White can try 17. ♘c5, e.g. 17. _ ♘g4 18. g3 ♘xc5 19. dxc5 ♗xc5 20. ♗e7! ♗xe7 21. ♘d5 ♕d6 22. ♘xe7+ ♔h8 23. ♘xc8 ♖ae8 24. ♗f5 ♘e5 25. f4 wins the exchange for a ♙. On 15. _ ♗d6, 16. f4 looks good:
if 16. _ h6?, 17. ♗xh6 gxh6 18. ♕g6+ ♔h8 19. ♕xh6+ ♘h7 20. ♘e4 wins with ♘e4-g5 and ♗c4-d3.
, or 15. _ b6 16. ♖f3 ♗b7 17. ♘e4 .
Must the evaluations in
<20...♘d6= (0.18/13) is inferior to 20...♘b6 (1.14/13).>
be the other way around?
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| Dec-13-05 | | Boomie: <sucaba> Thanks for the correction on 20. Nd6 vs Nb6. Nb6 is better than the move played. (sucaba is abacus spelled backward so you are counting down to blast off?) You left out a word in the first sentence. You believe Garry what h6? 16. f4 is indeed an improvement. Nice find. This overturns my blather below about h6. I keep telling myself to never lightly judge a world champion's moves. But I never listen. 15...Bd6 16. f4 h6 17. Bxh6 Ng4 18. Bg5 Nb6 19. Nd2 Nxc4 20. Nxc4 Be6 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 (1.14/15) The 15...Nb6 line is very interesting and seems to be black's best. 15...Nb6 16. Bd3 Nbd7 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Ng4 19. g3 Ne5 (19...Bxc5 20. Be7 Bxe7 21. Nd5 Qd8
(21...Qd6 22. Nxe7+ Kh8 23. Nxc8 Rfxc8 24. Bf5 Nf6 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 (1.11/13)) 22. Nxe7+ Kh8 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. Bf5 Nf6 25. Bxc8 Qxc8 (1.07/13)) 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Be4 Bxc5 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. Rxe3 (0.27/13) |
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| Dec-13-05 | | menacing knights: carlsen seems to be a stubborn defender. |
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| Dec-13-05 | | KingG: I think Kasparov is the one doing the defending in this game. |
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| Dec-13-05 | | sucaba: <Boomie>, Indeed, after
15. _ ♘b6 16. ♗d3 ♘bd7 17. ♘c5 ♘xc5 18. dxc5 ♘g4 19. g3, ♘e5 is better then
19. _ ♗xc5.
After 20. ♗xh7+ ♔h8 21. ♗e4 ♗xc5 22. ♗f4 !? f6 23. ♕e2, black can cover the mate with 23. _ ♕f7. So your 22. ♗e3 is preferable.I wanted to express that I would believe Kasparov the correctness of his 15th move. |
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Dec-18-05
 | | perfidious: <tamar> The unfortunate thing for Nigel Short was that in his 'debut', Phillips and Drew, 1980, that he let slip an easily won position in his very first round, vs Tony Miles; the next round, he had the better of the middle game with Korchnoi, then made a gross positional error, after which he was given short shrift. If I recall correctly, Short's final score was =4 -11. |
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Dec-18-05
 | | tamar: <perfidious> I see in your profile you play poker now. I believe Nigel went on a chess form of "tilt" at Phillips and Drew 1980 and 1982. Not that he could have won, but his judgment went away after a few defeats. Magnus does not seem to take defeats to heart, but on the other hand, he had two matches where he won the first game, and lost the second. In his match against Kamsky, he played like a supergm in the first game, up to time pressure, then let Kamsky back in the game, but was unrattled and exploited an error to take the full point. ... but in compensation Kamsky seemed to get some information from that encounter and was able to get safer positions from then on. This phenomena seemed to happen to Magnus against Azmaiparashvili as well, so it is hard to guess what will happen at Corus, where his opponents have a chance to prepare. |
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| Mar-21-06 | | McCool: I think in this game, Kasparov accepted the exchanges because he didn't want to be embarrased by Carlsen. |
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| Mar-28-06 | | LluviaSean: WOW!! This kid drew "the man"? |
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| Mar-28-06 | | LluviaSean: But...if the kid had a few more years on him, he would have taken Senor Kasparov. |
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| Mar-28-06 | | Xaurus: <But...if the kid had a few more years on him, he would have taken Senor Kasparov.>Carlsen's comment after that game was "I played like a child". He had several opportunities to win, but the great Kasparov defended well to get a draw out of it. |
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| Mar-28-06 | | iron maiden: I think that comment of Carlsen's was directed at the other rapid game, Kasparov vs Carlsen, 2004. I don't recall him being displeased with his play in this one. |
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