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

8 months ago
pdela

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

Thanks a lot
8 months ago
Kasvarof

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

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

thanks for these david... a pleasure to see your analysis.
8 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?
8 months ago
IM dpruess

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

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

aaaaaaah magnus...