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| Jan-21-11 | | Hesam7: <Penguincw: Grischuk should start moving faster.> :)) That made me laugh. He has an hour on his clock and obviously you don't know this guy! |
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| Jan-21-11 | | noah913: White can play Rgd2, Bxf1, and Rxf1, and his position looks slightly favorable, although it seems kind of drawish |
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| Jan-21-11 | | TheaN: Perhaps Black is playing on some form of attack using his Knight more effectively than White uses his Bishop. Of course... hard to fool Vishy with stuff like that. |
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| Jan-21-11 | | queenfortwopawns: Now the rook on d2 makes it harder for the queen to swing over to the king side for an attack. |
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| Jan-21-11 | | Shams: We are still following the correspondence game <Stonehenge> linked to a few moments ago. Surely Anand will soon deviate from the play of Hans-Dieter Päßler (2134)... |
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| Jan-21-11 | | MyCatPlaysChess: I would love to see black's d&e pawns be exchanged for white's e&f pawns... 3v1 pawn race on each side! |
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| Jan-21-11 | | Ulhumbrus: One possible plan for White is Kb1, Rf1-f2, Rd2-d3, b3 and c4. |
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| Jan-21-11 | | Shams: <Ulhumbrus> That plan comes with the Hans-Dieter seal of approval! |
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Jan-21-11
 | | Penguincw: I think the position is drawable. I'll watch the game later. |
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| Jan-21-11 | | Ulhumbrus: <Shams> If it is the best plan available to White, it is quite possible that Anand will choose it. |
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| Jan-21-11 | | queenfortwopawns: Draw???? You are friggin' kidding me! |
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| Jan-21-11 | | Rawprawn: Kramnik next? Looks interesting if there is no perpetual. |
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| Jan-21-11 | | Shams: Giri - Nepo is probably the most interesting remaining game, though I could see Nakamura playing for another sixty moves. |
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| Jan-21-11 | | Shams: Right, Shirov - Kramnik is also looking sharp. |
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| Jan-21-11 | | queenfortwopawns: Shirov-Kramnik! Vlady might get his first win of the tourney. |
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Jan-21-11
 | | moronovich: I thought they played with the Sofia-rules ?... |
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| Jan-21-11 | | Ulhumbrus: White has the advantage for three reasons. Firstly, he has the better minor piece. Secondly, Black's a6 and d6 pawns are more vulnerable to attack than White's f3 and h2 pawns are vulnerable to attack. Thirdly, It is more dangerous for Black to advance Black's King side pawn majority than it is dangerous for White to advance White's Queen side pawn majority. All this suggests that if other things are equal, White has an advantage which is more than sufficient to win. So why does Anand agree to a draw? One conceivable reason is that he is employing Nimzovich's tournament technique and conserving his energy. |
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| Jan-21-11 | | Ulhumbrus: <chessgames.com> Are you going to switch to another game? |
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| Jan-21-11 | | Rawprawn: They're all down the pub. Thought this was a safe bet for a few more hours. |
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| Jan-21-11 | | Rawprawn: In 14 mins Shirov will have resigned. |
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Jan-21-11
| | moronovich: <ulhumbrus> . White is not better.It is only in your imagination. |
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Jan-21-11
| | moronovich: <Ulhumbru> You are buliding your arguments on <IF> every hing is equal.But this is precisely what they are <NOT> in this case.But it is then a fine moment to learn from the masters. |
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| Jan-21-11 | | Chesschatology: Another thrilling climax... |
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| Jan-21-11 | | Ulhumbrus: It will be interesting to learn what Anand thinks of Hans-Dieter Päßler's plan for White in this position. It is conceivable that he will say at the press conference that he was feeling tired and considered it wise to conserve his energy. |
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| Jan-21-11 | | samikd: <chessgames.com> So this is an <uncommon opening> ? :) it looks pretty common to me ! I am sure I've seen it before :) |
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