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Nyxisto
Germany6287 Posts
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calgar
United States1277 Posts
On November 10 2014 01:07 Nyxisto wrote: I think it was off-beat - game 2 they were out of theory by move 6. If Anand invested a lot of time into the mainline Berlin planning to be able to hold then he might be in trouble. Does he continue to play it or does this shake his confidence? I think Carlsen declining the drawish endgame 4. 0-0 Nxe4 5. d4 is a good choice for the match.I actually think he came out of the opening quite fine in game 1. In the second game he didn't really have anything throughout the whole game , though. I think if he wants to win he needs to play a little more off-beat. Magnus is just unbeatable in these standard Spanish games. | ||
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Nyxisto
Germany6287 Posts
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calgar
United States1277 Posts
On November 10 2014 01:30 Nyxisto wrote: What is a typical Magnus position? He can play anything well which is part of why he is dominant. I don't think Anand should be afraid of main lines - you can't win a world championship that way. If he wants to win he can't realistically avoid mainline theory.What I meant was that Anand should probably avoid getting into these "typical Magnus" positions. Very standard openings with some kind of mixed up move orders or little changes. If I remember correctly last year Anand did really well in a Caro Kann game and nearly won if he wouldn't have let it slip. Anand has to try to draw all his black games with something and the Berlin seems like a great choice. Losing his first black game doesn't bode well for that strategy. Carlsen has indicated he isn't planning to go into the Berlin endgame and that worked well game 2. In the end, if Anand is fighting for a draw every game then it's going to be very one-sided. | ||
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wingpawn
Poland1342 Posts
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marvellosity
United Kingdom36161 Posts
On November 10 2014 02:09 calgar wrote: What is a typical Magnus position? He can play anything well which is part of why he is dominant. I don't think Anand should be afraid of main lines - you can't win a world championship that way. If he wants to win he can't realistically avoid mainline theory. Anand has to try to draw all his black games with something and the Berlin seems like a great choice. Losing his first black game doesn't bode well for that strategy. Carlsen has indicated he isn't planning to go into the Berlin endgame and that worked well game 2. In the end, if Anand is fighting for a draw every game then it's going to be very one-sided. Typical Magnus position would seem to be a slow, maybe dry-ish, manoeuvring type position. Although as you say you don't get to where he is by not being able to play everything. Still, you'd think Anand should aim for more dynamic positions where possible. | ||
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Nyxisto
Germany6287 Posts
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mishimaBeef
Canada2259 Posts
I can say this really seems to be strengthening my play as today I went 3-0 against my friend in OTB rapid with relative ease. Game 1 was a positional breakdown and in game 2 and 3 I found quick tactics in the opening to win decisive material. In my online 30 minute per side games I have been finding myself wishing I had more time to dig deeper into the middlegame positions (3 minutes per move drains your clock pretty fast). I am thinking of trying 45|45. I will continue on with the advice given by marvellosity in this thread: tactics are the fastest way to improve until 1800 on chesstempo.com standard tactics problems. I have also been reading a few pages of Pandolfini's Endgame Course here and there but am only about 1/4 of the way through. Heh, can anyone please explain this one to me? The answer is a one-move Nxd5 but it seems equal after Rxd5. Hmm maybe because black's king safety might be worse? http://i.imgur.com/Lg4Jd6P.png Heh, found another problem where I thought black was missing the key defensive move and white's "tactic" was working. Figured black should have played f5 after Qh6 to prevent the knight from checking on f6. Hmm, I guess after exf5 it doesn't look too good for black? http://i.imgur.com/yd7IInX.png | ||
Plexa
Aotearoa39261 Posts
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mishimaBeef
Canada2259 Posts
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Fi0na
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On November 10 2014 14:03 mishimaBeef wrote: Heh, can anyone please explain this one to me? The answer is a one-move Nxd5 but it seems equal after Rxd5. Hmm maybe because black's king safety might be worse? http://i.imgur.com/Lg4Jd6P.png 1. Nxd5 Rxd5 2. Nxf6 For example 2. ... Rdd8 loses to 3. Nd5+ Kg8 (Kh7 loses to 4. Re7) 4. Re7 and white gets a Queen for a rook, else checkmate As has been pointed out, 2. ... Qxf6 loses Queen for free after 3. Re7 2. ... Rc8 loses a rook for free after 3. Ne8+ Anything else loses the rook on d5 for free. On November 10 2014 14:03 mishimaBeef wrote: Heh, found another problem where I thought black was missing the key defensive move and white's "tactic" was working. Figured black should have played f5 after Qh6 to prevent the knight from checking on f6. Hmm, I guess after exf5 it doesn't look too good for black? http://i.imgur.com/yd7IInX.png 1. Qh6 f5 2. Ng5 Qe7 3. Qxg6+ will lose you either the Queen for a Knight or everything else 2. ... Qe8 will force a bunch of checks into most likely losing material (it's a long line though) 2. ... Qd7 3. Qxg6+ Kf8 4. Rxf5+ loses at least the Queen again hope I was able to help  | ||
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GolemMadness
Canada11044 Posts
On November 10 2014 18:57 Fi0na wrote: 1. Nxd5 Rxd5 2. Nxf6 For example 2. ... Rdd8 loses to 3. Nd5+ Kg8 (Kh7 loses to 4. Re7) 4. Re7 and white gets a Queen for a rook, else checkmate As has been pointed out, 2. ... Qxf6 loses Queen for free after 3. Re7 2. ... Rc8 loses a rook for free after 3. Ne8+ Anything else loses the rook on d5 for free. 1. Qh6 f5 2. Ng5 Qe7 3. Qxg6+ will lose you either the Queen for a Knight or everything else 2. ... Qe8 will force a bunch of checks into most likely losing material (it's a long line though) 2. ... Qd7 3. Qxg6+ Kf8 4. Rxf5+ loses at least the Queen again hope I was able to help Black has 2...Qf6. White's still better, but 2.Rxf5 is much easier. | ||
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oBlade
United States6378 Posts
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Nyxisto
Germany6287 Posts
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mishimaBeef
Canada2259 Posts
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JazVM
Germany1196 Posts
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xM(Z
Romania5299 Posts
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marvellosity
United Kingdom36161 Posts
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Arevall
Sweden1133 Posts
I agree Anand has looked somewhat impotent so far, let's see what he can dish out today and tomorrow. He did win the candidates after all. | ||
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Arnstein
Norway3381 Posts
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