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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.

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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:

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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.

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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 )
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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.
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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.
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