EPTedit: I guess 55...Rh5+ 56.Kc6 Rh4 idea ...Rb4
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marvellosity
United Kingdom36161 Posts
edit: I guess 55...Rh5+ 56.Kc6 Rh4 idea ...Rb4 | ||
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urboss
Austria1223 Posts
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urboss
Austria1223 Posts
On March 18 2014 22:31 Elyvilon wrote: I'm kind of a mediocre player, but how is Rg1 winning? Bxf8 looks like a better move to me. Edit: Oh I see, Rg1 exd1 Qxd1 and the queen dominates in such an open position. Here is a detailed analysis of this position (Kramnik vs. Aronian): And a great review of the game in general: This was certainly the greatest game of the tournament so far! | ||
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urboss
Austria1223 Posts
Round 6: Aronian vs. Andreikin Anand vs. Karjakin Topalov vs. Kramnik Mamedyarov vs. Svidler Live streams: + Show Spoiler + Official stream: http://www.chessdom.com/candidates-2014-video-stream-live ICC: http://www.twitch.tv/internetchessclub Live computer analysis: http://www.chessdom.com/candidates-chess-2014-live http://chessbomb.com/site Standings before round 6: ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/fekBlgq.png) | ||
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wingpawn
Poland1342 Posts
Anand vs Karjakin is a theoretical duel in Berlin Defense, where Black broke the pawn structure by taking on c3 at cost of his Bishop. As commentators claim, Karjakin already played this twice so he should be okay. Topalov vs Kramnik is Queen's Gambit with 7. c5, a variation I never understood, but it seems that the Bulgarian has prepared very agressive plan with 10. h4, hoping to attack the King. May get really exciting (wow, Vlad just went 10...f5). Mamedyarov vs Svidler is still deep in the opening stages of the game, so it's hard to comment on that. I think Black is doing well after 7...Qe8 and 8...e5 in Leningrad variation of Dutch Defense. Aronian vs Andreikin is a Catalan where the World Cup runner-up apparently tries to hang onto the c-pawn for a while. His last move 8...Qd4 looks artificial and Aronian just sacrficed two minor pieces for a Rook and 2 pawns. Sharp stuff! | ||
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urboss
Austria1223 Posts
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GolemMadness
Canada11044 Posts
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marvellosity
United Kingdom36161 Posts
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Orome
Switzerland11984 Posts
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mdb
Bulgaria4059 Posts
On March 19 2014 18:32 wingpawn wrote: Viktorija Čmilytė has such sexy voice. And thats the only good thing about the commentary. I really miss Nigel Short as commentator... edit: apparantly commentators are husband and wife O_O I hope that Topalov will convert his home preparation today in a win. Yesterday he once again outplayed his opponent in the opening but something went wrong along the way. | ||
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Orome
Switzerland11984 Posts
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TheBB
Switzerland5133 Posts
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Orome
Switzerland11984 Posts
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wingpawn
Poland1342 Posts
On March 19 2014 20:11 TheBB wrote: Gustafsson just mentioned that Andreikin is a very strong SC2-player… anyone know more? Dunno about Andreikin, but on Reddit Q&A, Hikaru Nakamura was asked by someone whether he plays any other games. He said none at the moment because of lack of time, but also said that few years ago, he was a very bad BroodWar player. | ||
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Grumbels
Netherlands7031 Posts
On March 19 2014 20:16 wingpawn wrote: Dunno about Andreikin, but on Reddit Q&A, Hikaru Nakamura was asked by someone whether he plays any other games. He said none at the moment because of lack of time, but also said that few years ago, he was a very bad BroodWar player. I'm sure they just play other games to relax, no high level chess player would be stupid enough to try and master any game outside chess other than maybe poker (for money purposes). Even if you're a brilliant chess prodigy, there is no evidence whatsoever you'll be any good at Starcraft 2 anyway, since it rewards different talents. Btw, it's funny that chess is so nonexistent in the SC2 culture. There is a huge connection between poker and Starcraft, yet I've never heard of a SC2 tournament where the players play blitz chess for fun. And I've seen discussion on TL where people are like: "chess is a dumb game that rewards mindless calculation and is figured out". | ||
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marvellosity
United Kingdom36161 Posts
On March 19 2014 20:07 Orome wrote: Felt like Topalov's usual overaggression. He had a nice position, then started pushing really hard for a win that probably wasn't there. That bishop on e2 was such a sad piece. I think the win may have been there with good moves (not that his position was winning, but it was promising), but he simply made too many sub-par moves. | ||
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urboss
Austria1223 Posts
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Orome
Switzerland11984 Posts
On March 19 2014 20:23 marvellosity wrote: I think the win may have been there with good moves (not that his position was winning, but it was promising), but he simply made too many sub-par moves. Yeah, who knows. My point was more that Topalov's philosophy in chess sometimes leads to him pushing too hard. Even after he made some inaccuracies, he had several moments where he could have bailed out into positions that were probably drawn. | ||
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Romania5296 Posts
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marvellosity
United Kingdom36161 Posts
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