vvvslaxman Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Best game of the tournament so far. In the second game Carlsen had a Christmas gift from Anand. in this game he was fully prepared. Just owned him from the get go. The way the pawn surged forward was a delight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalia_Test Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Game 4 in about 15 mins... Anand with Black pieces This link has commentary from Peter Svidler and some woman GM ---> link . Only issue is they take 2-3 breaks and in that time some chess paintings/photos and chess museum tour are shown in video ( game and board will still be on thankfully ) :facepalm: Also live tweets are displayed with hashtags #c24live and #carlsenanand . I trolled a bit last game :two_thumbs_up: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalia_Test Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 For people who don't know Peter Svidler, he is a grandmaster who even defeated Carlsen in games. He was the organizers' nominee for candidates chess in 2014 ( and drew both games with Anand )... More importantly, he is a cricket enthusiast and plays chess online under the nick name 'Tendulkar' :--D Some old tidbits from here Svidler, the 2011 World Cup champion, is not your usual Russian Grandmaster though. He is a huge cricket fan and has played chess online under the nickname of Tendulkar. He loves cricket so much that he once agreed to play a small tournament in Gibraltar only because the organiser of the tournament promised him some cricket at the nets. He happily sacrifices sleep in order to watch the Ashes live. He is capable of analysing cricket, which he has been following for well over a decade after being introduced to it by English GM Nigel Short. Svidler would be following Sachin Tendulkar’s farewell to cricket too :((, even as Anand takes on Carslen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalia_Test Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Sicilian dragon from Anand :woot: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f.b.m Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 More importantly, he is a cricket enthusiast and plays chess online under the nick name 'Tendulkar' :--D People fell for this a few months ago :D http://www.indiancricketfans.com/showthread.php?p=2885151#post2885151 ps: And this isn't the dragon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalia_Test Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 People fell for this a few months ago :D http://www.indiancricketfans.com/showthread.php?p=2885151#post2885151 ps: And this isn't the dragon. :icflove: Yeah - not a dragon..I had 5-6 tabs of old games and posted what I thought was the live game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vvvslaxman Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Things are heating up in the 4th game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalia_Test Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Things are heating up in the 4th game The more Carlsen forces trading of pieces, the more difficult it will get for Anand as Carlsen is unbeatable in minor piece end games. Anand's best bet is to keep complicated positions for long time and put Carlsen in time trouble ( but at his age, chances of blunder moves by himself also increase ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vvvslaxman Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 The more Carlsen forces trading of pieces' date=' the more difficult it will get for Anand as Carlsen is unbeatable in minor piece end games. Anand's best bet is to keep complicated positions for long time and put Carlsen in time trouble ( but at his age, chances of blunder moves by himself also increase )[/quote'] Anand's first enemy is himself. He makes some basic errors from time to time. One way he can unsettle carlsen by playing little faster and putting pressure on him with time. He is merely fortifying defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f.b.m Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 The game is slowly slipping away for Anand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randomGuy Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 That black bishop is a waste..i too thought of exchanging it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FischerTal Posted November 12, 2014 Author Share Posted November 12, 2014 Looks like a draw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raghav_12 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Anand Attacking. I think he is slightly better positioned as of now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Merlyn Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Carlsen still has the advantage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raghav_12 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Carlsen still has the advantage. I think equal now. Draw is most likely result now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sourab10forever Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 draw for sure... video service is crashed?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raghav_12 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 draw for sure... video service is crashed?? Carlsen is master of end games and conjures wins from such situation regularly. I would go with draw myself but would not be surprised if Carlsen wins from here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalia_Test Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 draw for sure... video service is crashed?? Try this Looks like after Anand's win in game 3, Indians started watching:two_thumbs_up: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FischerTal Posted November 12, 2014 Author Share Posted November 12, 2014 draw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalia_Test Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Draw - Guess Anand holding Carlsen with Black is OK as he lost last time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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