I agree....Wow I cannot believe he blunder like that on this level. Just goes to show you the that presurre can affect anyone. Anand has played this entire match badly on on this level (again on this level). Magus just needs a draw now.
Carlsen just won Game 9. It's 95% done.
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I feel sorry for Anand. This match is all about nerves. He just collapsed in all 3 defeats!
Carlson played one of the greatest defensive/attacting games i've ever seen..the guy is a computer.
I would pay good money to see Kasperov v Carlson now.
It's a blunder. In time pressure. He took almost 50 minutes to play Qf4 and a few minutes (or seconds) to play Nf1.
I think he saw there was no forced win and completely overlooked the pawn queening and then blocking the H file.
Here is the game. Still not sure why this a blunder
mwille14 wrote:
Here is the game. Still not sure why this a blunder
29. Rh4 Qxh4. And White has no more attack and is down a rook for a pawn.
This is why it's a blunder.
Is there any place i can get the PNG files for this tounement or the last game played (9)
In a strange sort of way, Anand blundering didn't give Carlsen the opportunity to show his defensive resources and increase his reputation if Bf1 had been played - and Carlsen touched on a line or two at the press conference. I think chess lost out here.
jadarite wrote:
He was showing that he could draw against Magnus. Magnus so far has only won 1 game as white. That's not that huge of an achievement. If you are really that superior you would have a better record as white.
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Um, thats is better than Anands record as white, is it not? Or did I miss that game?
jadarite wrote:
He was showing that he could draw against Magnus. Magnus so far has only won 1 game as white. That's not that huge of an achievement. If you are really that superior you would have a better record as white.
I do not understand your comment at all.
Carlsen has three wins against Anand. Anand has three losses against Carlsen. Yes, Carlsen is superior.
Plus two of the wins are with BLACK which in more difficult to win with than white. Maybe you didn't know this, which would explain a lot to me.
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jadarite wrote:
Rsava wrote:
jadarite wrote:
He was showing that he could draw against Magnus. Magnus so far has only won 1 game as white. That's not that huge of an achievement. If you are really that superior you would have a better record as white.
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Um, thats is better than Anands record as white, is it not? Or did I miss that game?
No it is not. Making a gamble on white is less conservative than banking on a draw for black.
If you invest your money, you will lose some in some areas but win in others. If we look only at one match and then only one game in a match, we are investing all our money into one game, which amounts to a draw.
So, you are missing the bigger picture.
How does using the same logic as diversifying an investment portfolio translate into chess, brah?
So what was the blunder? Not playing cxb4 on move 22?
jadarite wrote:
Rsava wrote:
jadarite wrote:
He was showing that he could draw against Magnus. Magnus so far has only won 1 game as white. That's not that huge of an achievement. If you are really that superior you would have a better record as white.
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Um, thats is better than Anands record as white, is it not? Or did I miss that game?
No it is not. Making a gamble on white is less conservative than banking on a draw for black.
If you invest your money, you will lose some in some areas but win in others. If we look only at one match and then only one game in a match, we are investing all our money into one game, which amounts to a draw.
So, you are missing the bigger picture.
What? Get a grip. YOU are missing the point.
Current score 6 - 3 Carlsen. That would mean Carlsen has WON 3 more games than Anand.
Please show me where Anand won any games as White and where Carlsen has Calrsen has NOT won any games as White:
http://chennai2013.fide.com/results-and-info-page/
Delusions usually set in when you can't accept reality. Reality - Anand will lose the World Chess Champion title and Carlsen will win it.
Nov 21, 2013
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jadarite wrote:
"How does using the same logic as diversifying an investment portfolio translate into chess, brah?"
If you put in 1 dollar and get 2 back with a risky investment then you double your money. If you play it safe as Carlsen is doing you only get .5.
There are already other threads making the same claim about Carlsen and playing for draws.
As white, he hasn't gambled anything and only won one game. Instead of accepting a draw, Anand took 2 chances which failed.
That analogy doesn't make any sense brah, since chess is not tantamount to investment banking in any capacity. Moreover, you should know that with safe play comes risk, since being overcautious can actuate into oversight. The great Sun Tzu said " invincibility lies in the defense, but the possibility of victory in the attack." For a future reference a beter ananlogy would have been comparing chess to sports, however the immeasureable nuances by comparing chess to arts would have unparalleled. In this world of withheld permissions may you fly higher than the skies.
Tell me he did NOT just go Sun-Tzu all over the investment analogy.
Tell me he didn't!
jadarite wrote:
"Reality - Anand will lose the World Chess Champion title and Carlsen will win it."
Ok, looky here then http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_2010
Both Anand and Topalov had 2 wins as white. Carlsen has yet to match this. Yes, reality is setting it. Carlsen is a short term winner of draws. Let's see him win some more games as white.
He only needs 1 more draw!
Do you understand that? He does need to force anything, he can just sit back and either wait for Anand to blunder again or wait for Anand to stick out his hand for the draw.
You do understand that it is the first to 6 1/2, right?
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Nov 21, 2013
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Rsava wrote:
Tell me he did NOT just go Sun-Tzu all over the investment analogy.
Tell me he didn't!
I did because it was necessary. I agree with you that it is nearly impossible for Anand to come back, however with an ego comes complacency brah.
jadarite wrote:
"he can just sit back and either wait for Anand to blunder again"
Yes, but let's see him win as white instead. I prefer to see the 1 point game wins as white instead of 1 point wins as black because white took a chance and "blundered".
"You do understand that it is the first to 6 1/2, right?"
How you arrive should also matter. Let's see Carlsen win more as white.
What you prefer doesn't matter.
Let see Anand win more with white (or one for that matter) - as of right now he has NONE in the championship.
Anand just blundered what could at least be a draw. Unbelievable.