World Champion: Carlsen-Anand Game 10

IM dpruess
| Nov 22, 2013 at 10:19 AM
| Posted in: dpruess's Blog
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Carlsen did a great job of proving what Anand had said a few days ago: if someone wants a draw against the Sicilian, it can be found too. He played very clearly and comfortably to keep Anand from ever developing any real play-- until an equal endgame emerged. There still remained a big imbalance, and the two titans played out a very instructive and precise endgame, leading to a draw with no pieces left on the board.

Applause!

Here's my video analysis:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKObnI34Td4

And here's a PGN viewer for game+variations:

It's been fun! And there's still lots to study and learn from this match. My thanks to both players for a fantastic show.

Comments

2 months ago
sp1234

well played magnus
14 months ago
pdela

watching Aronian playing, one thinks, how entertaining can chess be. Wonder when Carlsen will start to play the Bovitnik
14 months ago
MaviYengec

Thanks a lot
14 months ago
Kasvarof

Congratulation to Carlsen, The World Chess Champion!
14 months ago
IM dpruess

you're very welcome, Matthew :-)
14 months ago
NM Petrosianic

thanks for these david... a pleasure to see your analysis.
14 months ago
MomirRadovic

Congrats to the new King winning the Championship match! But maybe we shouldn't call it a "match" - the original meaning of the word "match" is to place (one) in conflict with (another)."

Or we could call it one-game match as the only game that sparked real interest was game nine.

The 2003 interview with the legendary David Bronstein, "The Sixteen-square Fraud" may give you hint on where the art of chess has gone:

Part 1, Chess is no more a game

Part 2, When chess was more than a game

Part 3, Soviet Chess school - should we admire or pity it?

Part 4, Modern chess - just another big scam?
14 months ago
IM dpruess

what did you expect from the games? (i'm very curious :-) )
14 months ago
irinette

hmmm interesting...I keep expecting something more from each game and not getting it...I did like game number 8 though :)
14 months ago
Razzfazz

The best chessplayer in the world has become Worldchampion ! And he's from Norway! Thanks a lot for your couverage - hope to see more from you on that site again :-) All the best!!
14 months ago
pdela

Just to show everybody draw is the more probable outcome of a Sicilian in a masters game:

http://www.365chess.com/opening.php?master=1&m=2&n=3&ms=e4&ns=3
14 months ago
pdela

Carlsen did a great job of proving what Anand had said a few days ago: if someone wants a draw against the Sicilian, it can be found too

Seriously, this is getting embarrassingly honeyed
14 months ago
eaglejorge

aaaaaaah magnus...