2013 Chess World Championship - Page 3

On November 08 2013 18:21 hiems wrote: Show nested quote + On November 07 2013 10:02 Daut wrote: And re: blindfold matches. Any international master can probably beat 3 players of 1700 strength at the same time. There is a GM named timur gareev who did 64 games at once. 10-12 is insane for us to think about, but id be shocked if 8 versions of me would stand a chance vs any blindfolded 2700 simultaneously. What's your rating Daut?

i actually dont play much real chess. i do tactics problems on chesstempo and watch the major tournaments, but dont really enjoy playing full games cause i dont have the focus for it and tilt. on chesstempo im rated 1820, but id assume if i was a live tournament grinder (LOL) id be around 1600-1700 USCF ish? but the rating systems vary so much its impossible to say and it doesnt really matter

damn that was disappointing 1st game ... draw in 16 move

which is def good for Anand given that he was black

hopefuly in the next 11 games we get to see some sick games

LOL sick 16 move draw.

Nice, quick draw for Anand. Should help him keep his stamina up for the upcoming games (a real factor when you realize he's almost twice Carlsen's age).

Also, I was watching the pre-match stream for a bit. Anand came very late to the match and Carlsen was just sitting there by himself, looking visibly impatient/frustrated. Karpov used to come very late to games just to fuck with people as well.

No doubt Carlsen's sick, but I hope he can stand firm mentally on stuff outside of the board. There are a lot of psychological tricks to match play that don't exist in the tournament play that Carlsen's been dominating.

On November 09 2013 09:51 Sanai wrote: Nice, quick draw for Anand. Should help him keep his stamina up for the upcoming games (a real factor when you realize he's almost twice Carlsen's age). Also, I was watching the pre-match stream for a bit. Anand came very late to the match and Carlsen was just sitting there by himself, looking visibly impatient/frustrated. Karpov used to come very late to games just to fuck with people as well. No doubt Carlsen's sick, but I hope he can stand firm mentally on stuff outside of the board. There are a lot of psychological tricks to match play that don't exist in the tournament play that Carlsen's been dominating.

surprising to see anand do it though. he seems like hes the nicest guy ever. like anand definitely could have played for an advantage this game it looks like but was just like ok you want to draw lets do it good game chap see you tomorrow!

On November 09 2013 10:13 Daut wrote: Show nested quote + On November 09 2013 09:51 Sanai wrote: Nice, quick draw for Anand. Should help him keep his stamina up for the upcoming games (a real factor when you realize he's almost twice Carlsen's age). Also, I was watching the pre-match stream for a bit. Anand came very late to the match and Carlsen was just sitting there by himself, looking visibly impatient/frustrated. Karpov used to come very late to games just to fuck with people as well. No doubt Carlsen's sick, but I hope he can stand firm mentally on stuff outside of the board. There are a lot of psychological tricks to match play that don't exist in the tournament play that Carlsen's been dominating. surprising to see anand do it though. he seems like hes the nicest guy ever. like anand definitely could have played for an advantage this game it looks like but was just like ok you want to draw lets do it good game chap see you tomorrow!

Haha yeah, he looks like such a nice, middle-aged man. But you can't be the champ without having that sort of coldness.

And you're right, there were some points where Anand could have played for an advantage, but I think the quick draw plays right into Anand's hands. For one thing, this is a 12-game match. Carlsen got white first game, he's got the media and hype surrounding him, he wants to take an early win and gain the momentum (especially since now Anand gets white for games 6 and 7 consecutively). He chose a opening sequence with a lot of positional moves that just developed his pieces, expecting a long game (at least a long midgame). But Anand forces this quick draw, blunts the momentum, and says "pz c ya tmr." I wouldn't be surprised if this frustrated Carlsen even more. It resets the series with Anand now having white-advantage (more games as white).

when does next game start?

link to stream???

On November 09 2013 14:36 JonnyCosMo wrote: link to stream???

VoD for first match. Dunno when it continues, but this guy will stream it I think

Yes he will tomorrow from 4:30 am EST

this is supposed to start soon right? anyone have a stream?

http://chennai2013.fide.com/live-game-with-video/

I wish i knew more about chess so i could appreciate all this awesomeness more.

lol who is winning? no clue whats going on.. looks like carlsen is on the defensive?

magnus looking tilted right now

why would white give up his queen for a pawn

http://chennai2013.fide.com/fide-world-chess-championship-2013-live/

found this site that shows if the moves are good or not. Looks like they both basically play GTO chess. crazy they just have all the best moves memorized or something

dam looks like they are going for the threefold draw. and im learning what this RG3 Rg2 stuff means

holy shit that was boring and anticlimactic. So basically at any point they can both decide to just each move the same piece back and forth three times and boom draw. SiCK

do they just play one game a day? and seriously why do they do that intentional draw thing? They both don't really like their position or its completely even and they just dont want to play it out or what?