I personally voted Anand, though this was more because I think his cautious play is the right strategy for this long event, than because I have been blown away by his great chess. I just think the others have played too poorly as well, relying a bit too much on luck. I feel that the […]
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I am sadly busy producing books. I will of course go into whatever debates are on this blog, but I will not put something up for a few days.
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Live video on YouTube Anand – Kramnik 1/2-1/2 (1.42.52) Karjakin – Topalov 1/2-1/2 (4.10.12) Mamedyarov – Andreikin 1-0 (4.15.06) Aronian – Svidler 1-0 (5.21.33) I only have two small points to add to today’s games. The first is in Mamedyarov – Andrekin, which was essentially decided by time trouble. Obviously it is stupid to be
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Black to play – …Qe7 or …Qe5? A while ago I looked at one of Ray’s games as a part of this Monday training tips thing. My opinion was quite different than his was on what had gone wrong in his games. Now Ray had sent a good game he played recently, where he was
Topalov – Aronian, 1/2-1/2 Andreikin – Karjakin, 1/2-1/2 Mamedyarov – Anand, 0-1 Svidler – Kramnik, 1/2-1/2 So Anand is leading after three rounds with two excellent wins and essentially flawless play. I am not sure many would want to see him as the challenger after the match in November, but as Grischuk said: the player
Candidates Round 3 – What went wrong for Svidler? Read Post »
Topalov – Anand 1/2-1/2 Svidler – Andreikin 1-0 Kramnik – Karjakin 1-0 Aronian – Mamedyarov 1-0 Topalov – Anand 1/2-1/2 Anand drew more or less from preparation. The Kramnik game will be the main focus everywhere; great new idea in the opening, exchange sacrifice and so on. But to me the two moments of special
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Being a bit nervous calling anything a novelty these days, we think that Kramnik has widely increased our knowledge of the QGA this morning with a novelty!? 9.a3! and once again Kramnik manages to get into a position with opposite coloured bishops!
Big novelty by Kramnik!? Read Post »