Guys relax, after the queen exchange even if they played it out it would end in a draw. They just saved you time. I mean they are not the kind of players that would make huge mistake or blunders after locked up king sides.

hypercube

Hungary2735 Posts

November 10 2013 10:48 GMT

#411

On November 10 2013 19:35 wingpawn wrote:
Yeah, Anand had optimistic prospects as long as the Queens were on.

What was he supposed to do though? If not Qd5 he has to play Qg4, Kh8, Kb1, b4 and now the queen on g4 is blocking his own pawn.

sharkie

Austria18566 Posts

November 10 2013 10:49 GMT

#412

On November 10 2013 19:38 Shock710 wrote:

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but it seems like anand is the one who initiated the draw, especially with the trading of queens, kinda looked like its what he was going for

yeah but going for a draw as white is bad prep, no? :p

mihajovics

179 Posts

November 10 2013 10:50 GMT

#413

On November 10 2013 19:45 Aelfric wrote:
Guys relax, after the queen exchange even if they played it out it would end in a draw. They just saved you time. I mean they are not the kind of players that would make huge mistake or blunders after locked up king sides.

Sure, but why go for the exchanges as white before it got even? It felt like white had a promising initiative. Anyone has some engine evals before the exchanges? Wonder what the players will say at the press conference

EDIT: I mean 15. Ne4

Kishin2

United States7534 Posts

November 10 2013 10:51 GMT

#414

Aren't draws in the first few games normal for a match like this? To feel the other player out?

Shock710

Australia6097 Posts

November 10 2013 10:54 GMT

#415

On November 10 2013 19:49 sharkie wrote:

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yeah but going for a draw as white is bad prep, no? :p

yeah, (ofc im not 100% sure

cause im not anand) but er i remember the commentators saying it might be anands gameplan to draw, because hes defending champion (and overall he just needs a draw)
So far both draws have been more or less anand's choice (that he went for the draw, rather then being put into the position like carlson was in both games)

nFo

Canada56 Posts

November 10 2013 11:00 GMT

#416

On November 10 2013 19:38 Shock710 wrote:

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but it seems like anand is the one who initiated the draw, especially with the trading of queens, kinda looked like its what he was going for

Anand said in the conference that he avoided the sharper lines because Carlsen was probably much more aware of the variations than him.

So you could say that his preparation was lacking.

mihajovics

179 Posts

November 10 2013 11:12 GMT

#417

On November 10 2013 20:00 nFo wrote:

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Anand said in the conference that he avoided the sharper lines because Carlsen was probably much more aware of the variations than him.

So you could say that his preparation was lacking.

well, okay... he still had like 90 mins on his clock to "prepare" now

It's interesting, because Anand seems to steer into sharp positions, yet doesn't bite at the end. Kind of counter intuitive, but he seems content with it, very interesting strategy.

Carlsen definitely did a better job than yesterday.

SheaR619

United States2399 Posts

November 10 2013 11:25 GMT

#418

On November 10 2013 19:51 Kishin2 wrote:
Aren't draws in the first few games normal for a match like this? To feel the other player out?

Ya but at the highest lvl of chess it pretty common to draw in general. Extremely common actually lol, I think this going to probably go to tie breaker -_-....reminds me of why I quit trying to play chess competitively

Grumbels

Netherlands7031 Posts

November 10 2013 11:25 GMT

#419

I think the post-match analysis by Anand was as follows:
- anand was out of preparation
- he seemed to think that carlsen was very confident in the position
- he thought the position was very sharp just before trading the knights & queens
- he was trying to recall the lines but he didn't see anything concrete
- he decided to be cautious and not pursue sharp lines
- he was still settling in and wanted to get comfortable with both white & black
- he thinks that next games will be more interesting

Carlsen said something funny: when asked what he was going to do on his day of rest he replied that he would do something relaxing after two tough days.

Nebuchad

Switzerland12379 Posts

November 10 2013 11:37 GMT

#420

On November 10 2013 19:38 graNite wrote:
This is like swarmhost broodlord mirror match T_T

Having this thread in TL is a great thing. Maybe more people will understand why I was always so damn annoyed when Artosis went all like 'TvT is just like chess!'