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| Apr-06-19 | | Count Wedgemore: <BOSTER> I think Black will have to give up either his a-pawn or the h-pawn. Either way, he is clearly in trouble. |
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Apr-06-19
 | | Mateo: Meanwhile, Radjabov achieves the perfect score of 6 draws. Nowadays, He is the king of draw. |
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| Apr-06-19 | | BOSTER: White hopes that with 4 rooks he can reach more. |
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| Apr-06-19 | | watwinc: So White wins the a7 pawn, but at the cost of exchanging a pair of rooks – can Black come down to a R v R+N ending? |
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| Apr-06-19 | | BOSTER: Maybe the line Rf6+ Rf7 Rxf7 Kxf7 Rxa7+ is too obvious to play it, and after this black king will be very active. |
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| Apr-06-19 | | BOSTER: Risky push h4 should be counted. |
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| Apr-06-19 | | ChessHigherCat: This is pretty close to my least favorite versus favorite player so it's a bit painful to watch |
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| Apr-06-19 | | ChessHigherCat: The maid, on the other hand, is eye-candy supreme! |
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| Apr-06-19 | | Messiah: <ChessHigherCat> I recommend some crying, it will relieve the pain. |
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| Apr-06-19 | | Count Wedgemore: Seems like it's the h-pawn that Black will have to give up. But even though he is keeping his a-pawn, he looks almost lost. White's two connected passed pawns look deadly. I will be surprised if Anand survives this. |
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| Apr-06-19 | | whiteshark: Resigns. Guess these two connnected passed pawns are to much |
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| Apr-06-19 | | ChessHigherCat: You is one lachrymose messiah, dude. Church of the Holy Cry Babies. |
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| Apr-06-19 | | Count Wedgemore: Oh, I see Anand resigned. Well, those two passed pawns look unstoppable, so I guess he wanted to get it over with. A fine game by Karjakin. |
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| Apr-06-19 | | ChessHigherCat: I hate to stoop to using this har kinda langwich but Dangnation! |
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| Apr-06-19 | | whiteshark: <31. c5> is said to be the novelty. |
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| Apr-06-19 | | Ulhumbrus: One can assume that Anand will be able to find improvements to his play and what to avoid if this comes again. All the same the computer evaluations suggest that this game is very difficult for Black to defend, and much more difficult to play for Black than for White. From move 17 where Karjakin deviates from a previous game with 17 Qb3 Karjakin has the advantage more or less all the way, and although at a couple of points a wrong choice on Karjakin's part decreases it, at two or three points a wrong choice on Anand's part also increases it. One example of a guess is that it is prolonged experience and training - and not just any experience or training but exactly the right kind of experience and training - that will make the finding of the right defence easier, more likely and surer for Black. |
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| Apr-06-19 | | sudoplatov: Seems like (from looking at statistics) that the Harrwitz attack has a bit more sting that I previously thought. |
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Apr-06-19
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<<31. c5> is said to be the novelty.>I wasn't able to find the earlier game with the same moves up through move 31. Can you give us a pointer to it? Using the opening explorer, I found only Ivkov vs V Musil, 1967 where White played 17. b3, which is as <Ulhumbrus> said <From move 17 where Karjakin deviates from a previous game>. |
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Apr-07-19
| | beatgiant: I found this ending very instructive.
After move 35, I thought this was almost a dead draw. Even if White managed to win the a-pawn but some pieces were exchanged, it would usually be a book draw. But, I underestimated White's attack on the kingside. For example, on 40...a5, which looked to me like an obvious try, White has <41. Rg4+> driving Black's king away from the h-pawn. This probably explains Black's 40...h5, which otherwise looks like unnecessary weakening. Once we recognize that <the h-pawn is much more important than the a-pawn>, it suggests Black could try <40...Re7!?> offering the a-pawn to stop White's kingside play. On 40...Re7 41. Rxe7+ Nxe7 42. Ra7 Kf6, it looks close to a book draw. Or 40...Re7 41. Rd6 Ne5, offering a knight trade, looks even more drawish. |
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| Apr-07-19 | | Eyal: <beatgiant: I wasn't able to find the earlier game with the same moves up through move 31. Can you give us a pointer to it?> Aronian vs Caruana, 2018 [About a month earlier, in game 2 of the WC match (Carlsen vs Caruana, 2018), Caruana surprised Carlsen with 10...Rd8 and Carlsen avoided entering what's considered the most critical line with the highly forcing 11.Nd2 d4 because he figured Caruana has some deep prep - so Aronian got to do the job.] |
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| Apr-07-19 | | Eyal: Karjakin's comments on the endgame: https://livestream.com/accounts/187..., starting from 4:55:37. |
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| Apr-07-19 | | anandrulez: Thanks for the link, Eyal. |
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| Apr-07-19 | | Ulhumbrus: Karjakin's comments suggest - amongst other things - that the defence becomes much more difficult if all four rooks are on the board because White's rooks are able to threaten Black's king whereas if Black can exchange one of the rooks the defence becomes much easier and the drawing chances correspondingly greater. |
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| Apr-07-19 | | Inocencio: To beat a great player like GM Anand is not an easy task. GM Karjakin is a low key persona but with a tenacious perseverance and penetrating patience, nothing is impossible. He can move mountains with his tsunami skills. |
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Apr-07-19
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