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Nyxisto
Germany6287 Posts
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IgnE
United States7681 Posts
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FiWiFaKi
Canada9859 Posts
On November 24 2014 06:43 IgnE wrote: It would have been a tragedy if Carlsen lost. The better player is supposed to win. Unbeatable champions are better for the sport than a group of second placers trading the trophy back and forth. It doesn't really matter what's better sport, who wins wins, if people are trading wins, not much you can do about it, you can't just go balance chess. Anyway, I haven't been impressed with Carlsen's play here, I think if he doesn't go back to how he was playing a year ago, he will be easy food for someone like Caruana in two years. | ||
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IgnE
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Abominous
Croatia1625 Posts
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wingpawn
Poland1342 Posts
On November 24 2014 05:30 Nyxisto wrote: I actually think this doesn't only apply to Carlsen. That was one of these weird errors that only GM's make. Just one passed pawn for being a whole exchange down would probably be considered to be not so great by most players. Rb4 was just a terrible idea. For the entire game, Carlsen's dark-squared Bishop was the worst piece he had and Vishy allowed it to be exchanged for the best piece of his. And he also recaptured with the c-pawn, closing all files and prospects of active play on the Queenside forever. But regarding this, to be honest, I don't think axb4 would work either. On November 24 2014 22:54 Abominous wrote: What does undisputed champion mean by the way? In the 90s, Kasparov broke out of FIDE because of his dispute with the federation, regarding money and playing conditions. Back then, FIDE played the World Championship as a knockout-style tournament while Kasparov's federation, PCA, held their own title matches in an old, multiple-game between champion and a contender format. Between 1993 and 2006, there were multiple 2nd tier players (Khalifman, Kasimdzhanov) who held the FIDE title but they weren't really recognized worldwide as the best players in the game because of Kasparov's association matches (in which he first beat Short and then lost the title to Kramnik). As late as in 2006, the PCA Champion Kramnik played an official unifying match against FIDE Champion Topalov and by beating him, he put the dispute to the end (PCA lost main sponsors much earlier and held their last ever WCh match in 2004). | ||
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mishimaBeef
Canada2259 Posts
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Abominous
Croatia1625 Posts
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Orome
Switzerland11984 Posts
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Orome
Switzerland11984 Posts
http://www.uschesschamps.com/aronian-vs-nakamura-live | ||
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sharkie
Austria18635 Posts
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calgar
United States1277 Posts
On November 26 2014 07:58 sharkie wrote: He's rated #4 in the world in blitz. I'd say he's good. Nakamura is #2, though, so it may not seem that way.Aronian isn't a good blizz player is he? | ||
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sharkie
Austria18635 Posts
On November 26 2014 08:12 calgar wrote: He's rated #4 in the world in blitz. I'd say he's good. Nakamura is #2, though, so it may not seem that way. He is just spending so much time... He is so good with 10secs remaining but with 10+ secs he ruins his good positions | ||
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Orome
Switzerland11984 Posts
I really hope Aronian gets back on track soon. He's my favourite player and one of the few serious challengers for Carlsen. | ||
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Nyxisto
Germany6287 Posts
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Ingebrigtsen
Norway343 Posts
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Arnstein
Norway3381 Posts
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don_kyuhote
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infinity21
Canada6683 Posts
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don_kyuhote
3007 Posts
On January 05 2015 15:17 infinity21 wrote: Decided to pick this game back up over new years but I really suck at this game. What are some good free resources to get started? Should I focus on openings or end game first? Absolutely tactics and endgame first (and thought process) As for free resources, there are many youtube channels on chess, but my favorite is the St.Louis Chess Club. http://www.youtube.com/user/STLChessClub/videos Lectures done by Ben Finegold and Varuzhan Akobian seemed best for me. Finegold's lectures are on many different topic, while Akobian's are more going over his own games types. Chess.com has a study plan that could be helpful http://www.chess.com/article/view/study-plan-directory | ||
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