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World Championship: Anand holds Carlsen to draw in 16 moves
ChessBase.com ^ | 11/9/2013

Posted on 11/09/2013 5:34:52 AM PST by fhayek

11/9/2013 – It was an almost anti-climactic start for the world championship. Magnus Carlsen was white in game one and chose an offbeat double fianchetto to face Vishy Anand’s Gruenfeld. No doubt he was hoping for a war of attrition to outplay the champion, but instead found himself force to accept a draw by repetition in 16 moves. A moral victory for the champ as he easily holds the challenger to a draw with black.

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A bit of a lame first game of the championship. The players were probably just warming up.
1 posted on 11/09/2013 5:34:52 AM PST by fhayek
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To: fhayek

Somewhat of a interesting opening for Carlsen. It might’ve thrown Anand off. If I was playing black, I’d have taken a draw, also.


2 posted on 11/09/2013 5:41:25 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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I think the opening was just fine. Both sides had things to think about. I would have been nice to see the ideas played out instead of the draw in 16 moves (by repetition, no less). Both players will be less tentative in the future games, I’m sure.


3 posted on 11/09/2013 5:47:50 AM PST by fhayek
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“An offbeat double fianchetto”

Ohhhhhh.....I had one of those this morning with a muffin.


4 posted on 11/09/2013 5:49:03 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: fhayek

Actually, the first paragraph of the column nails it, in my opinion.


5 posted on 11/09/2013 5:50:22 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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No kidding. A draw with black, against a guy rated 95 points higher. Anand is saving his energy.


6 posted on 11/09/2013 5:55:35 AM PST by Toddsterpatriot (Science is hard. Harder if you're stupid.)
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I remember way back when Bobby Fisher played for the championship in Iceland..the whole county was hooked on chess..what was the guy’s name... Shelby something..the world’s first chess broadcaster...the moves would come in over the AP wire, and he’d post them on the board..tens of millions watched..


7 posted on 11/09/2013 6:37:01 AM PST by ken5050 (Benghazi investigation update: "The plot thickens, like Hillary Clinton's ankles.." (longfellow")
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To: ken5050

Shelby Lyman.


8 posted on 11/09/2013 6:54:39 AM PST by Toddsterpatriot (Science is hard. Harder if you're stupid.)
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1rudeboy said: "If I was playing black, I’d have taken a draw, also."

At their level of play, a draw for black is well worth having and represents a lost opportunity to win for white. At my level, not so much.

9 posted on 11/09/2013 9:28:43 AM PST by William Tell
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Still, from my (admittedly) limited analysis, Anand (black) had the initiative, had his knights developed, working together and tying white into knots, and had put white on the defensive, even forcing him to ‘undevelop’ his queen bishop back to its initial square. I am sure that there were moves that would haved helped white, but Anand was reluctant to press the issue. I think Carlsen was happy to get the draw.


10 posted on 11/09/2013 10:41:11 AM PST by fhayek
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