2013 Chess World Championship - Page 8

fuck them, in football you can talk in your native language if you want, even if they know you speak better english them most indians, you can and should speak your language if they are bm like that!

wow anand actually blundered with 28 ... Qg5 Carlsen had a win, all he had to do was keep the tension after 29 moves. 30. exd6 lets anand off the hook. if he doesnt take he can just slowly build up and improve the position and anand cant do anything since hes tied down.

doesnt matter though. end result is the same. fun end game where both guys basically played perfect. there were a lot of pitfalls they could have fallen into and both avoided all of them

What do you think the real odds on this were?

-2000 magnus? More

If I could go back two weeks I would throw every penny I have at Magnus -350

anand was likely in the 5-10% range to win

Yea I was thinking 5%

is the skill difference that big amongst the best in chess? i mean 90-95% edge?

On November 22 2013 14:56 casinocasino wrote: is the skill difference that big amongst the best in chess? i mean 90-95% edge?

anand simply isnt one of the very best. he used to be, but has been off form for 2-3 years now. hes still ranked #9, but between 1995 and 2010 he was at some points #1 and usually top 5

vs the #2 or #3 players (aronian and kramnik), carlsen would probably be 70-75%. vs each other, aronian and kramnik would likely be 50/50. carlsen is just way way ahead of the pack at this point

On November 22 2013 09:13 xicotaSLB wrote: fuck them, in football you can talk in your native language if you want, even if they know you speak better english them most indians, you can and should speak your language if they are bm like that!

because soccer players are usually uneducated brutes, unlike chess players, have you seen poker players giving interviews in their own language for foreign media? not common

Seems like an interesting app:

http://appstore.com/playmagnus

Remember a few weeks ago I gave you a hint about something I was working on? I’m excited to say that the time has come!

Introducing, Play Magnus!

PlayMagnus is a free iOS app, that includes a chess engine tuned to play like me at different ages, training videos and the chance to play me live! I really care about helping the chess community bring our game to more people around the world, with a particular focus on young people. Play Magnus is my first step in helping us achieve that goal.

seems like a stab at monetising his shiny new high profile. just good business i suppose

it is an oversight nowadays to launch an app you want to reach far and wide on iOS 1st, when android is far and away the market leader/penetration in all demographics/countries.

has Carlsen played a chess bot yet? I know the version 2 of blue something lost to kasparov 3-2 but that was over 10 years ago, cant imagine any GM can beat a expert bot nowaways

it was deep blue.
nowadays chess computers destroy humans.

2nd version of deep blue beat kasparov actually

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1763088

Not related to WC of Chess, but its pretty sick lol. At a somewhat big tourney http://www.fide.com/calendar/tournaments.html?view=calview&aid=7780