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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It is fun to watch though :)
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
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.
you're right, he did too.
guess it only won a pawn though. but still
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
move 43 Houdini puts naka 1.9 ahead. I think he is losing though
Looks like Sokolov and Yifan both just slipped up
Both kings are far too open for it to be anything but a draw. I can't believe either can win with best play.
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