@casi0, You can see all games here: live.kramnikaronian.com

where can I see the first game?

Krammy takes Game 3! Match is even!

kramnik can do better, he just needs to get his old form back like the way he played in 1990 manila olympiad

The chess.com TV live coverage was really good in round two, no computer analysis was performed, all analysis was made the old fashion way: by moving pieces on the board, the different posibles moves were analyzed and evaluated (both positional and dynamic play were considered in the evaluations). Excellent job by IM Rensch.  

I'm siding with Kramnik.

I like Levon's play

I don't see why one should complain about having an additional reference -- Houdini. Why wouldn't you want another perspective? Is it perfect? No, but of course its influence could help find the truth of a position.

I think the recorded videos are only for premium members IIRC.

first!!!

thanks for your reply ryan.

oh, that's a bummer. i thought it was open to all members so i could watch it the next day when i have the time to do so. aren't those available afterwards for all members then? 

@ TongLen -  it should be made available for premium members to replay, but I'm not sure when, sorry. Keep checking! 

will the chess.com-TV coverage from yesterday be viewable in the TV-archive? it's not there yet... ;(

i only had the chance to watch for a few minutes yesterday and IM rensch did a very good job explaining the berlin defence... i need to watch the whole thing! :)

between the excellent commentary on chess.com/tv and the official site, this match is very instructive and entertaining !

The frequent references by the official commentators to computer evaluations are kinda making me cranky.

I see an angry monologue in my future if they keep this up through to the end of the coverage.

Vladimir_Horovitz, postalexpert, and Caliphigia:  29...Rxf2? would lose to 30.Rxc6 Rxc2?? (even worse mistake; without that move black is simply a pawn down in material) 31.Nd4 (or as Caliphigia suggested after a rook check), threatening both Rc2 and Be6.

Well, the "tussle" really lasted only a few moves -- by move 16 black had equalized for all practical purposes: 3 vs 3 pawns on either side, equally active pieces, and opposite-colored bishops.  Between then and move 37 they mostly ensured that the spectators got something for their money.

It seems that Aronian's push 14.e6 (which is not usually played so early in this line) gave away that he had no good ideas how to play effectively against the Berlin.  In some ways, this is a psychological advantage to Kramnik -- he easily equalized this game.

This is corroborated by Aronian's refusal of the draw offer at move 19 -- had they drawn the game then, there would have been a rapid game, and who knows if Kramnik couldn't turn the psychological tables even more then.  So, it seems that Aronian was simply protecting the draw and making sure that this was the only game played that day, so that he goes to rest after the first two games with a point advantage and no lingering regrets about a potential rapid game...

Why the short fuse of six games? If this match were to be something of real interest, they should play 12 games I would think. To say that this match may take a little punch out of the World Chess Championship is as "CKHAAN" states...NaNaNaNaNaNa...BOOOOOOORING! These guys agreed to make some money, while entertaining the chess world. I am not madd at cha, but this will never come close to the World Championship of Chess.

It's pretty lame for the commentators to keep referring to computer analysis when the interface includes the Houdini evaluations anyway.  Even those who don't have a strong engine can see that.

Kramnik is under a lot of pressure now to notch a win with White to get back even.  If he is going to uncork something new in this match, now is the time.

Because it loses to Bc4 and then b5#