Chess Match Thread
- Thread starter babe
- Start date
1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nc6
3.d4 exd4
4.Nxd4 Bc5
5.Be3 Nf6
6.Nc3 Nxd4
7.Bxd4 d6
8.h3 Qe7
9.Bxc5 dxc5
10.Qf3 Bd7
11.0-0-0 0-0-0
12.Bd3 Bc6
13.R(h1)e1 R(h8)e8
14.Qe3 Rd4
15.f3 R(e8)d8
16.Nb5 Bxb5
Bxb5
So I'm going to look at the other games I've got going, and within about thirty minutes I'll be driving again, solo on this trip, with the kids. So it'll be "quality time" for them.
should be back about Monday.
1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nc6
3.d4 exd4
4.Nxd4 Bc5
5.Be3 Nf6
6.Nc3 Nxd4
7.Bxd4 d6
8.h3 Qe7
9.Bxc5 dxc5
10.Qf3 Bd7
11.0-0-0 0-0-0
12.Bd3 Bc6
13.R(h1)e1 R(h8)e8
14.Qe3 Rd4
15.f3 R(e8)d8
16.Nb5 Bxb5
17.Bxb5 Qe6
Have fun on your trip.
Qa3
My kids are sound asleep. Mom just called to check up on me. This spot is twenty minutes from the ranch, and my last Internet access. Until I pull out on my next leg of this odyssey.
One Brow vs. babe
1. d4 d5
2. c4 dc
3. Nc3
No sweat, we'll work it out, regardless. See you Monday.
1. d4 d5
2. c4 dc
3. Nc3
No sweat, we'll work it out, regardless. See you Monday.
Jonah
Well-Known Member
We have a competitive World Championship! Anand is giving Carlsen a real battle. The match is now tied 2.5 to 2.5. Today's fifth game was drawn with Anand again having the winning chances. Tomorrow begins a critical mid-point of the match. Anand appears to be in better form but he now faces his most difficult portion of the match.
The match is twelve games. By chance of the draw Anand was white in the first game and then alternates colors each game until the sixth and seventh when he must play black both games. I think the match is scheduled in this way to ameliorate the advantage of being white in the first game, however, Carlsen now has a real chance to take control with two games in a row as white.
Tomorrow's game starts at 3 PM Moscow time or 5 AM MST. It's not exactly Breakfast at Wimbledon, but GM Peter Svidler, a top ten player, does live stream commentary and analysis for NDTV Sports.
The match is twelve games. By chance of the draw Anand was white in the first game and then alternates colors each game until the sixth and seventh when he must play black both games. I think the match is scheduled in this way to ameliorate the advantage of being white in the first game, however, Carlsen now has a real chance to take control with two games in a row as white.
Tomorrow's game starts at 3 PM Moscow time or 5 AM MST. It's not exactly Breakfast at Wimbledon, but GM Peter Svidler, a top ten player, does live stream commentary and analysis for NDTV Sports.
Come on Carlsen, you can do it!
Jonah
Well-Known Member
A very surprising game so far. Magnus had pressure and all the winning chances, Anand's position was cramped and defensive, when Magnus makes an incredible blunder (26.Kd2), possibly the worst of his World Championship career. In one move Anand can go from a draw at best to winning, a crushing move 26. . .Nxe5 that wins pawns and probably the game, but Anand misses the move and blunders back. Now the game is up in the air again, who knows what will happen, possibly a draw. Two blunders in a row at this level of this magnitude is hard to believe. Anand fans must be shaken. This was his chance to take control of the match.
Jonah
Well-Known Member
Anand loses the game. Missing the winning move was psychologically crushing for Anand. He realized his blunder almost immediately, you could see it on his face, and now he is a game down instead of a game up. I'm afraid the match might be over. I don't see how Anand can recover. One of the best players in history. This was his chance to take back his title.
One Brow vs. babe
1. d4 d5
2. c4 dc
3. Nc3
No sweat, we'll work it out, regardless. See you Monday.
Nf6