WC 2013 Game 4-Guess the Opening

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Avatar of toiyabe

Will we see Caro-Kann 2.0?  Will Anand deviate from 1.e4?  Will Carlsen deviate from 1...c6?  

I predict that Anand switches it up and goes with 1.d4, with an Open Catalan to follow.  What do you guys think?  

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Sicilian 

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Caro-Kann again.

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Anything that leads to a draw Tongue Out

Avatar of camter

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Bong Cloud, I think these guys should get super stoned on some good Indian herb and then go at it. :)

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Pirc

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1....... d6

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Maybe he wants to get in a Kings Indian Defence. Anand play's 1. e4 nearly EVERY game

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You know what would be interesting? If they put opening positions in a hat, picked one, and made the players play 2 games from that position, one as each color. It would be interesting to see how the world's best players would play if forced to start from a King's Gambit position, or something else equally sharp and exciting. Although I'm sure many people will argue that opening prep is such a large part of what makes one person better than another, and that randomness would be like removing an entire aspect of chess.

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Vienna Game, Frankenstein Dracula variation

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Ouch, Berlin!!!

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Interesting.  I suppose this type of position suits Carlsen.  I don't know how often Carlsen's played it before.