EPTWorld Chess Championship 2013 - Page 21
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tuxkamen
United States10 Posts
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Oleo
Netherlands283 Posts
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Malli
Germany138 Posts
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Shock710
Australia6097 Posts
On November 10 2013 19:36 Oleo wrote: So can we whine about Anand opening prep now? 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 | ||
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Hall0wed
United States8486 Posts
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graNite
Germany4434 Posts
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sixfour
England11062 Posts
draw lol chess | ||
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75
Germany4057 Posts
On November 10 2013 19:33 Hyperionnn wrote: The engine estimates a 0.09 pawn advantage for white, which means nothing at all thanks. | ||
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mihajovics
179 Posts
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Aelfric
Turkey1496 Posts
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hypercube
Hungary2735 Posts
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. | ||
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sharkie
Austria18658 Posts
On November 10 2013 19:38 Shock710 wrote: 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 | ||
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mihajovics
179 Posts
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 | ||
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Kishin2
United States7534 Posts
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Shock710
Australia6097 Posts
On November 10 2013 19:49 sharkie wrote: 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) | ||
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nFo
Canada56 Posts
On November 10 2013 19:38 Shock710 wrote: 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. | ||
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mihajovics
179 Posts
On November 10 2013 20:00 nFo wrote: 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. | ||
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SheaR619
United States2399 Posts
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 | ||
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Grumbels
Netherlands7032 Posts
- 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. | ||
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Nebuchad
Switzerland12468 Posts
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!' | ||
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