I live in Vancouver. The chess scene is not what it was 10 years ago. I don't know about any clubs, but the Grand Pacific Open just happened in Victoria, and there'll be the Keres coming up in May.

urboss

Austria1223 Posts

April 23 2014 14:03 GMT

#522

Carlsen might be losing to Caruana.

mdb

Bulgaria4059 Posts

April 23 2014 14:23 GMT

#523

Hope he loses, recently he became too cocky and annoying imo.

Orome

Switzerland11984 Posts

April 23 2014 14:26 GMT

#524

looks completely lost now

i was sort of hoping for magnus to reach 2.9k, but it's also nice to see some resistance. caruana's had a bit of a rough stretch recently, good to have him back.

urboss

Austria1223 Posts

April 24 2014 13:36 GMT

#525

And again, Carlsen is behind according to the comp, Radjabov has little time left however.

marvellosity

United Kingdom36161 Posts

April 24 2014 13:55 GMT

#526

Carlsen should really resign quite soon

the knight is locked out, the pawns just roll through easily

urboss

Austria1223 Posts

April 24 2014 14:11 GMT

#527

Two losses in a row for Carlsen, has this ever happened before?

marvellosity

United Kingdom36161 Posts

April 24 2014 14:14 GMT

#528

I dunno. Not for a long time at least. It's kinda unbelievable

RedFury

Italy85 Posts

April 24 2014 14:54 GMT

#529

Wow Carlsen just looks exhausted. Not only the way he speaks in press conferences but also his eye bags...

Dybdal

Denmark67 Posts

April 24 2014 15:51 GMT

#530

A really tough sitiuation for Carlsen to be in, he explained he felt indifferent yesterday when playing against Caruana and that screams to me as a person who should take a break from chess and refocus him self but being in a tournament made to remember a dead chess player the option of withdrawing from the tournament seems like an impossiblity from a PR standpoint.

Sad state of affairs for the norweigen.

urboss

Austria1223 Posts

April 24 2014 16:02 GMT

#531

Time to give up chess and become a poker player.

As an alternative, he can still pull a Bobby Fischer of course.

kwizach

3658 Posts

April 26 2014 13:25 GMT

#532

Carlsen and Mamedyarov both relatively low on time for the remaining 18 moves. Come on Carlsen, win this :p

edit: AND HE DOES! \o/ :D

Also, nice that during the press conference, after being asked his opinion by Mamedyarov, he correctly pointed out that Mamedyarov should have played 22. Re1 instead of f5, which was indeed a blunder.

Maenander

Germany4926 Posts

April 27 2014 08:05 GMT

#533

2 losses and people think the Carlsen-era is at an end lol.
He is still in a good position to win this tournament

vndestiny

Singapore3458 Posts

April 27 2014 13:53 GMT

#534

Time management again mess up Nakamura, hope Carlsen can finish it out.

urboss

Austria1223 Posts

April 27 2014 13:55 GMT

#535

Carlsen has again a slight advantage against Nakamura.

marvellosity

United Kingdom36161 Posts

April 27 2014 13:57 GMT

#536

Carlsen can always rely on Naka for a point

vndestiny

Singapore3458 Posts

April 27 2014 14:04 GMT

#537

On April 27 2014 22:57 marvellosity wrote:
Carlsen can always rely on Naka for a point

Edit : Maybe I speak too soon. We'll see.

urboss

Austria1223 Posts

April 27 2014 14:11 GMT

#538

Carlsen (Black) seemed to have quite a nice, crushing move in this position, which he missed (according to comp).
He played 42. ... Rd2 which keeps a slight advantage.
What would have been better instead?

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+ Show Spoiler +

42. ...b3

xM(Z

Romania5299 Posts

April 27 2014 14:43 GMT

#539

ye, at chess24 /live they made a huge deal about + Show Spoiler +

; and about the queen exchange too

Yorbon

Netherlands4272 Posts

April 27 2014 15:55 GMT

#540

Hi all,

I've been playing chess more often in the last few weeks, playing some against computer opponents and trying to increase my understanding of the game. I thought the 'academic' section of chessmaster grandmaster edition with very useful and I'm also watching a series of youtube video's with some elaborate analysis on games (example: + Show Spoiler +

).

Do you guys have any recommendations on these analyses video's or more general, on improving in general?

I'm quite a low level player. I played chess pretty high for my age between my 7th and 11th year before quitting the chess club i was a part of, but i haven't played chess a lot since then (im 24 now). I did study my old chess book and went through them without any trouble. I think the level of the video i gave as an example is about what i'd need (not too hard to follow, but i'm learning..). Although i know it probably doesnt say much, but as an indication my ranking on the chessmaster program against computer opponents averages around 1260.

Thanks for any time spent