Fact: Carlsen IQ Better WC Not As Kramnik-y

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ivandh

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TheGreatOogieBoogie

Please no Kramnik!  His style is very dry and technical!  Speaking of which, where has Leko been?  Haven't been hearing much about him lately. 

I haven't looked at any Anand games lately (apart from one where Nakamura beat him with black in the Ruy Lopez where Nakamura gave himself doubled pawns to restrict Anand's knight), but he has a very dangerous style that is heavily calculation intensive.  Not someone you want to play chess with in a dark alley. 

Phelon

Carlsen is just better at playing from an equal than Anand. Thats why he won.

McHeath
jadarite wrote:

Meanwhile Anand also cheated by having moves delivered between the tea cup and the plate.  The only problem is that he didn't drink the tea fast enough so he couldn't get the other moves to counter Carlsen. 

This was Carlsen´s master stroke. He knew that Anand drank tea and that it would often be too hot to drink quickly, so after a night´s brainstorming with his poker friends in the hotel suite he went for the cold drinks. As we now know, it worked.

Proof of this was the Tata Steel tournament this year. In both games against Anand, Carlsen was ill and slowly drank hot tea during the games; two early draws were the result. Good to see that our Magnus can still learn from experience, despite his advancing years!