The chess world has a new world champion, the Chinese Ding Liren. The best of all currently has dropped from the world cycle due to lack of motivation. Therefore he will stop being the champion but he will continue to be the best of all. There are players who mark an era for being the best and maintaining a regularity in their results. In my opinion there are very few who reach such a high status: Morphy, Steinitz, Lasker, Capablanca, Botvinik, Fischer, Karpov, Kasparov and Carlsen. They are arranged chronologically, not according to preference. Of course it is my opinion and I understand that not everyone has to agree. In 1910 Emanuel Lasker, who had been world champion since 1894, put his crown on the line for the fourth time against Karl Schletcher in a 10-game match. In the fifth game the Austrian player prevails after four draws, and they continue to divide the point until the ninth.
The tenth game is going to be an extraordinary battle because the two players are going for the victory. Apparently there was a clause that provided that the challenger was forced to win by two points difference, so Schletcher was forced to win if he wanted to be world champion. At the same time Lasker for a matter of decorum was obliged to equalize the score, since it would be embarrassing for him to retain the title by losing the match. And finally the biggest one, Lasker, won after a merciless battle, with mistakes and chances for both parties. Something similar was going to happen to Magnus Carlsen in his match against Sergei Karjakin, where he was going to defend his world champion title for the second time. Schletcher and Karjakin had points in common, since both were rocky players with good defensive resources, let's say hard nuts to crack. Carlsen and Karjakin played a 12-game match in 2016, and in the eighth game the world champion tried to press hard, taking advantage of the fact that he was playing with the white pieces, in search of victory, but the Russian held on and successfully counterattacked with a sharp final of queens and a minor piece, to win the victory and get ahead on the scoreboard. Of course all the previous games had been drawn. And then the match turned dramatic for the world champion. But in the tenth game he was going to manage to equalize the match, in another epic battle, where the Russian overlooked the possibility of forcing a draw…. Carlsen did not want to go through any more shocks, and in the last game he played with white, he made a quick draw instead of going for the win. So they went to the tiebreaks and Carlsen won easily and retained the title…. I am going to organize a thematic tournament with the Ruy Lopez Opening, since of the twelve games of the match, 8 were played with this opening. Both players had it in their repertoire for the contest. Of course they will be able to see the match with the commented games in English and Spanish. Players from 1600 elo points may participate in a tournament with a limit of 48 participants, which will be distributed in 8 Groups of 6, and under normal conditions 4 rounds will be played. The rhythm is 10 days for each movement. So all those who want to relive the 2016 Carlsen – Karjakin match and want to practice the Spanish Opening can take advantage of this opportunity… Greetings PS: I DON'T THINK WE WILL SEE ANOTHER PLAYER THAT MARKS AN ERA IN THE SHORT TERM. THESE TYPES OF PLAYERS APPEAR WITH LITTLE FREQUENCY.
The chess world has a new world champion, the Chinese Ding Liren. The best of all currently has dropped from the world cycle due to lack of motivation. Therefore he will stop being the champion but he will continue to be the best of all.
There are players who mark an era for being the best and maintaining a regularity in their results. In my opinion there are very few who reach such a high status: Morphy, Steinitz, Lasker, Capablanca, Botvinik, Fischer, Karpov, Kasparov and Carlsen.
They are arranged chronologically, not according to preference. Of course it is my opinion and I understand that not everyone has to agree.
In 1910 Emanuel Lasker, who had been world champion since 1894, put his crown on the line for the fourth time against Karl Schletcher in a 10-game match.
In the fifth game the Austrian player prevails after four draws, and they continue to divide the point until the ninth.
The tenth game is going to be an extraordinary battle because the two players are going for the victory. Apparently there was a clause that provided that the challenger was forced to win by two points difference, so Schletcher was forced to win if he wanted to be world champion. At the same time Lasker for a matter of decorum was obliged to equalize the score, since it would be embarrassing for him to retain the title by losing the match.
And finally the biggest one, Lasker, won after a merciless battle, with mistakes and chances for both parties.
Something similar was going to happen to Magnus Carlsen in his match against Sergei Karjakin, where he was going to defend his world champion title for the second time.
Schletcher and Karjakin had points in common, since both were rocky players with good defensive resources, let's say hard nuts to crack.
Carlsen and Karjakin played a 12-game match in 2016, and in the eighth game the world champion tried to press hard, taking advantage of the fact that he was playing with the white pieces, in search of victory, but the Russian held on and successfully counterattacked with a sharp final of queens and a minor piece, to win the victory and get ahead on the scoreboard. Of course all the previous games had been drawn.
And then the match turned dramatic for the world champion. But in the tenth game he was going to manage to equalize the match, in another epic battle, where the Russian overlooked the possibility of forcing a draw….
Carlsen did not want to go through any more shocks, and in the last game he played with white, he made a quick draw instead of going for the win. So they went to the tiebreaks and Carlsen won easily and retained the title….
I am going to organize a thematic tournament with the Ruy Lopez Opening, since of the twelve games of the match, 8 were played with this opening. Both players had it in their repertoire for the contest.
Of course they will be able to see the match with the commented games in English and Spanish.
Players from 1600 elo points may participate in a tournament with a limit of 48 participants, which will be distributed in 8 Groups of 6, and under normal conditions 4 rounds will be played.
The rhythm is 10 days for each movement.
So all those who want to relive the 2016 Carlsen – Karjakin match and want to practice the Spanish Opening can take advantage of this opportunity…
Greetings
PS: I DON'T THINK WE WILL SEE ANOTHER PLAYER THAT MARKS AN ERA IN THE SHORT TERM. THESE TYPES OF PLAYERS APPEAR WITH LITTLE FREQUENCY.
https://www.chess.com/tournament/match-carlsen-karjakin-ruy-lopez