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Post by Midi-Chlorian_Count on Nov 26, 2021 12:36:21 GMT
Is now underway! Game 1 of 14:- youtu.be/-VMaCRU_z6cMagnus Carlson Vs Ian Nepomniachtchi. They're playing incredibly quickly for classical! |
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Post by DrKrippen on Nov 26, 2021 14:38:49 GMT
Live coverage. Cool.
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Post by Midi-Chlorian_Count on Nov 26, 2021 16:39:36 GMT
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Post by Carl LaFong on Nov 26, 2021 16:42:37 GMT
Was it a perpetual check draw?
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Post by DrKrippen on Nov 26, 2021 16:53:00 GMT
Carlson admitted he made a mistake in the end game, didn't press his oh so slight advantage.
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Post by Midi-Chlorian_Count on Nov 26, 2021 16:54:08 GMT
Yup, threefold repetition.
I didn't realize that the previous World Championships had ended with every single game being drawn! Hopefully doesn't happen again...
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Post by DrKrippen on Nov 26, 2021 16:56:12 GMT
Nepo refused to be interviewed alone after the match choseing instead to go straight to the press conference.
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Post by Midi-Chlorian_Count on Nov 27, 2021 12:27:27 GMT
Game 2 about to begin.
Funny thing from yesterday - Nepo not allowed to play under the Russian flag due to doping violations!
Think it would have to be some kind of X-Men style brain injections to effect chess players 😂
Magnus has gone for some crazy Tailor of Panama style suit!
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Post by stickman38 on Nov 27, 2021 16:51:46 GMT
Just think if they used real people as the chess pieces. It might get an audience...  |
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Nov 27, 2021 18:07:42 GMT
Just think if they used real people as the chess pieces. It might get an audience...
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Post by Midi-Chlorian_Count on Dec 1, 2021 12:50:30 GMT
On to game 5 now. Four draws thus far. Nepo might possibly have the upper hand today though... youtu.be/SPvOzcNlm9U |
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Post by Carl LaFong on Dec 1, 2021 15:50:47 GMT
Another draw
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Post by Midi-Chlorian_Count on Dec 1, 2021 17:34:28 GMT
Yeah, disappointing - thought I'd get home in time to watch some exciting end game but they went with another repetition... Magnus Carlsen has now drawn nineteen consecutive World Championships classical matches! All five here, twelve against Caruana in 2018 and the last two against Karjakin in 2016! Maybe getting to the stage where the format needs to be thought about - although bizarrely despite the last two championships going to rapid tie breaks, it looks like they've increased the number of games from twelve to fourteen this time around! |
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Post by weststigersbob on Dec 2, 2021 2:19:21 GMT
Yeah, disappointing - thought I'd get home in time to watch some exciting end game but they went with another repetition... Magnus Carlsen has now drawn nineteen consecutive World Championships classical matches! All five here, twelve against Caruana in 2018 and the last two against Karjakin in 2016! Maybe getting to the stage where the format needs to be thought about - although bizarrely despite the last two championships going to rapid tie breaks, it looks like they've increased the number of games from twelve to fourteen this time around! I think that because of Carlsen's extensive advantage in blitz and/or rapid , he has no real desire to "push the boat out" as it were. He's content to play solid, fortress like chess and wait for this opponent to make a risky move as black, and as white hes played even more defensive knowingly playing openings renown for their drawishness.
It will be interesting what happens in games 12, 13 and 14 if its still a 6-6, all draws by then.
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Post by Midi-Chlorian_Count on Dec 2, 2021 11:45:40 GMT
Probably true, although to be fair to Carlsen he has at least varied his openings with white thus far and Game 2 was at least exciting. Anyway, let's see what happens next - the order reverses after Game 6 so Magnus has two games in a row with white. Agadmator giving some in depth analysis of the pre game handshakes:- youtu.be/JVdiRyRHI14😂 |
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Post by notoriousnobbi on Dec 6, 2021 1:49:14 GMT
Game 6 was pretty intense
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Post by weststigersbob on Dec 6, 2021 2:44:21 GMT
Carlsen with a 2 point cushion now after 8 games - he leads 5-3.
Game 8 was a perfect illustration of just how accurate these players truly are. 21 … b5? wasn’t a classic blunder in any sense of the word, but it gave Carlsen an advantage of a pawn and a tempo that he never relinquished and forced Nepo into an endgame which he couldn’t convert into a draw.
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Post by Midi-Chlorian_Count on Dec 11, 2021 8:30:56 GMT
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