chessmicky wrote:
It would be a much bigger scandal if Carlsen was sleeping with Anand
50 years ago, maybe. Today nobody would care.
Carlsen sleeping against Anand
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As great as both Magnus and Vichy are, I think this is a bad image for chess. Some compare the game akin to watching paint dry and this gives them fuel for their fire if Magnus appears to lose interest in the watching.
Carlsen was just pretending to be sleeping, to distract Andand
Sred wrote:
chessmicky wrote:
It would be a much bigger scandal if Carlsen was sleeping with Anand
50 years ago, maybe. Today nobody would care.
Though I admit that some might consider it scandalous if they did it during the game.
What a fool. Magnus is a great chess player but pretty crappy at presenting chess in a positive light.
Can't think of any world champion who slept during their WCC games. He's the first.
It may be an indicator of the stress he is under. Or the time he is spending to prepare for these games. Vishy's countenance looks far more relaxed.
But, that's just my observation.
j_day wrote:
What a fool. Magnus is a great chess player but pretty crappy at presenting chess in a positive light.
Indeed, the boy has an emotional age of 15 years.
Magnus is a badass. I think its funny how upset people get about the little things he does or doesn't do.
Carlson and Anand have different strengths/approaches to playing chess. Imagine someone having the best of both of those worlds.
Carlsen is a genius.
He is giving a clear message to the worlds youth to stay away from a game that will bore them to pieces unless FIDE is abolished.
A cat who likes narcoleptics. Figures.
Cats see the best in people.
Sred wrote:
chessmicky wrote:
It would be a much bigger scandal if Carlsen was sleeping with Anand
50 years ago, maybe. Today nobody would care.
People probably still would. It isn't a gay/ straight thing. If two co-stars in a movie, one male and one female, who aren't married or dating slept together during the production of the movie people would be pretty shocked, and it would be all over the tabloid magazines.
I think Anand could well try chatting Carlsen up, but I reckon Magnus would turn him down.
Anand plays boring chess, so I don't think I could have resisted the urge either.
Jadulla wrote:
Anand plays boring chess, so I don't think I could have resisted the urge either.
Maybe boring to a woodpusher.
Magnu-zzzzzzzzz Carl-zzzzzzzzz-en 
Carlsen is really a great player!!! The best!!!
Even in bad physical shape, Anand couldn´t beat him!!!