Anand is a tactical beast, which makes it more disappointing that he has so many tame draws.
You all should get watching the Aronian/Anand match right now
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Nothing too fancy... Levon was caught in home preparation, and is losing. So far (20...Qf6) it's obviously home cooking.
It is fun to watch though :)
FirebrandX wrote:
pfren wrote:
Nothing too fancy... Levon was caught in home preparation, and is losing. So far (20...Qf6) it's obviously home cooking.
So was he (Anand that is) faking spending over an hour to get there?
No, but there are many lines to remember in such a sharp position.
Taking on d4 with queen at move 17 gives black a clear advantage, while the seemingly worse takeback with bishop wins by force due to the ...f5 brilliancy. At that point, Anand took with the bishop quite quickly.
Where is the best coverage of this, annotated games, videos etc?
Doubt there will be a video yet, though I think kingscrusher said he was going to do one and upload it in an hour or two. Chessbomb.com has some decent analysis of it, but apart from that idk
Two big wins in a row for Anand, but it doesn't get any easier. He's got Carlsen next round.
Wonder what the odds on a draw are for Anand vs Carlsen.
Anybody watching Carlsen v. Harikrishna? Great attacking chess by Carlsen, he sacrificed 2 pawns early on, has got one back with about +0,5 at the moment. http://www.tatasteelchess.com/tournament/livegames
Jan 15, 2013
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Can somebody explain the last move of Giri vs Leko? Making a draw with 34. Ke4+? The most illegal move possible?
Apparently Nf4 was the last move, e5 wasn't played and they put the kings on e4 and e5 to signal a draw.
Scottrf wrote:
Wonder what the odds on a draw are for Anand vs Carlsen.
Based on past performance, pretty good. Looking at all 2011/2012 games on chessgames.com between these two it's 2 wins a piece and 8 draws. Anand's drawn 70% of his last ~250 games and Carlsen's drawn 50% of his last ~450 games.
Scottrf wrote:
Where is the best coverage of this, annotated games, videos etc?
At chessbomb.com they are annotating some games, this has been annotated.
Cheers temp.
Carlsen using his Houdini implant again today.
Jan 15, 2013
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I think most interesting game is Carlsen-Harikrishna. Magnus saced 2 pawns for total positional bind. He's awesome!
pfren wrote:
Nothing too fancy... Levon was caught in home preparation, and is losing. So far (20...Qf6) it's obviously home cooking.
so, that game was still awesome. Anand said it was preparation for Gelfan
it's amazing. Anand as black is attacking like a madman. A MAD MAN, I tell you. Currently has three pieces hung and engines are saying hanging a third will give him a decisive edge :s