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Dec-03-15
 | | juan31: Master Carlsen for the victory |
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Dec-03-15
 | | Penguincw: To quote someone, MVL vs. MVP of 1990.
< Classical games: Magnus Carlsen beat Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 4 to 1, with 7 draws. > When Vachier-Lagrave has white, he's +1,-1,=3.
This isn't the first time these 2 met in R1 of a major tournament, with <cg> broadcasting this game: M Vachier-Lagrave vs Carlsen, 2014. That game ended in a draw, and so did their previous meeting with this colour (Norway, M Vachier-Lagrave vs Carlsen, 2015), so that's my prediction for this game: a draw. Oh, and earlier on the Grand tour, Carlsen beat MVL with white in St. Louis: Carlsen vs M Vachier-Lagrave, 2015. |
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Dec-04-15 | | whiteshark: Classical games: Magnus Carlsen beat Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 4 to 1, with 7 draws. http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... M Vachier-Lagrave vs Carlsen, 2011 This was the initial trick, but the second follows quick... |
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Dec-04-15 | | Kinghunt: I suspect the outcome of this game depends strongly on which Carlsen shows up in London. |
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Dec-04-15 | | Absentee: <Kinghunt: I suspect the outcome of this game depends strongly on which Carlsen shows up in London.> I believe the invitation is only valid for Magnus Carlsen, not Henrik Carlsen, Ingrid Carlsen or Ellen Carlsen. |
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Dec-04-15
 | | dgm1214: Let's go! |
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Dec-04-15 | | Sokrates: Chessgames: <Game starts 11:00am USA/Eastern - it is now 8:34am > I know there are many Americans here, but it would be nice if you also stated the local time - the tournament takes place in Europe, after all. Thanks in advance. |
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Dec-04-15
 | | keypusher: <sokrates> In case they don't get around to it, I guess London is five hours ahead of us and Demark is six. So 4 pm London time and 5 pm in Copenhagen. |
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Dec-04-15
 | | keypusher: <whiteshark> One of my all-time favorite Carlsen games: Carlsen vs M Vachier-Lagrave, 2015
Not likely to be much of a guide to what happens today though. |
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Dec-04-15 | | Sokrates: Thanks, <keypusher>, appreciate. |
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Dec-04-15 | | Shams: This is the line that Karpov favored as White, isn't it? Black will get to play ...f5 but once only. |
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Dec-04-15
 | | offramp: Black does want to play ...f7-f5 in this variation, and later he wants to play ...f5-f7. |
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Dec-04-15 | | Shams: Apologies to Garry, I should have mentioned him first!
Kasparov vs Kramnik, 1994
But this is probably closer to what Carlsen is going for.
Karpov vs Dolmatov, 1980 |
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Dec-04-15
 | | Domdaniel: That Nd5 just looks better and better. I don't think it will be enough to win, though. |
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Dec-04-15
 | | moronovich: <Sokrates> tomorrow and sunday we start 1500 Danish ;)time. |
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Dec-04-15
 | | moronovich: <Domdaniel: That Nd5 just looks better and better. I don't think it will be enough to win, though.> Right,some more pawns and pieces would help ;) |
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Dec-04-15 | | Shams: This is a drawish line going by the statistics but 15...Bb7 has given Black good results here.
http://www.365chess.com/opening.php... |
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Dec-04-15
 | | Domdaniel: 16...Qc8 and 16...Bc6 have been played here. |
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Dec-04-15 | | varishnakov: http://livestream.com/accounts/1504... live video coverage |
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Dec-04-15 | | beenthere240: Carlsen is offering the broken K-side pawns in exchange for the powerful d5 knight. He's also protecting the a pawn, which is probably more valuable. |
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Dec-04-15
 | | offramp: Carlsen likes his pawns to be a bit smashed up. He gets lots of play that way. |
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Dec-04-15
 | | Domdaniel: 17.Nc3, preserving the knight, has been played in this position. |
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Dec-04-15
 | | Domdaniel: Though Black looks a little better after 17.Nc3 Bc6 ... |
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Dec-04-15 | | alfamikewhiskey: <http://analysis.sesse.net> |
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Dec-04-15
 | | moronovich: In the Caruana-Aronian game we may also end up with a Sveshnikov-structure though via Ruy Lopez . |
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