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In other news Caruana and Carlsen have of course been drawn together in the first round of Grenke this Saturday. It's the fourth tournament in a row they face each other in the first round.
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In other news Caruana and Carlsen have of course been drawn together in the first round of Grenke this Saturday. It's the fourth tournament in a row they face each other in the first round.
Monumental game between Carlsen and Caruana now in the Sinquefield Cup. Caruana will be the new #1 if he wins. Also their last game before the WC match, possibly? (Not that Caruana looks very likely to win at the moment.)
I think Carlsen likes his position.
Ended in a draw. Carlsen probably missed a good squeeze if not a win.
Takes it on the chin!
Came for Chest Discussions. Obviously I misread. I'm outta here
Nakamura had a "shh" moment against Carlsen in the last round and gave up a pawn just for fun thinking it was a draw anyway. It wasn't, so we'll have a play-off between Carlsen, Caruana and Aronian (who beat Grischuk with a crazy rook sacrifice).
Wait, it's not a three-way playoff, but two-way with one of the three being eliminated by drawing of lots??
Apparently Carlsen thought this was stupid and talked the other two into sharing first place without a playoff.
In the end nothing 
I predict 11 draws and one win to Carlsen. Hyped up match but won't be a lot of decisive results.
Probably remis this
Great start to the match, however it ends.
What worse psychologically in the first game of a WC match, being outplayed with white or throwing away what would have been a huge win? Assuming this ends in a draw.
Great game so far. Hopefully M-dog will take it home. Does he know he missed out yet?
I'm pretty sure he does.
Can't see how he'll win this now.
I’ve been watching for 4 hours straight. Really exciting. Sad if this ends in a draw considering how that has been the likely result for a long time now
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Caruana will be relieved he didn't lose. Carlsen will be annoyed he didn't win but he's so strong mentally it won't affect him at all imo.
Very surprising game 1 though. First Caruana got outplayed in the opening with white when openings are probably his strongest area then Carlsen didn't close out a winning position which is so unlike him.
Black again in better position.
Much better from Caruana today. His great opening prep paid off and he put Carlsen under a lot of pressure. Carlsen defended well as you would expect but this was a much more even game than the first.
Likely another remis, but really interesting so far.
No chess expert, but looks to me like both have played better with black.
Wonder if the leaks from Caruana's preparations will affect the next couple games.
Wonder if the leaks from Caruana's preparations will affect the next couple games.
Carlsen with a rookie mistake overlooking a3. Caruana still in computerpreperation, and Carlsen have yet to do the castling.
First match that will not end in a draw.
This is a mess
Carlsen would have obviously seen a3. The game is actually level now and will probably end in a draw.
Carlsen played like a computer now for some moves and either draw or Black wins.
Five draws but I enjoy the match. It's exciting with unbalanced positions most of the time. No Berlin or Italians yet.
Has black eventually been better, however slightly, in all the games so far? Carlsen under big pressure now, but it think it's still a drawn position despite the computer evals (based on comments from people who actually have a clue and looking at computer lines).
Ok Caruana was somehow winning there for a couple of moves, but now it's a draw again? I don't understand anything.
You and the rest of the world I reckon. Everything looks exactly the same but goes from 0 to mate in 60 or whatever
That was probably Caruana's best game so far. I think he wins it against anyone but Carlsen.
This is the key position:
The only winning move is Bh4. Good endgame study material, I guess.
The only winning move is Bh4. Good endgame study material, I guess.
The least obvious missed win in WCC history?
I almost understand the endgame after watching Svidler's analysis.
Svidler and Grischuk is the best commentators I've watched. Over my head at times, but highly instructive.
Caruana proving how strong his opening prep is right now.
20 moves into games 8 and he has more than double the time of Carlsen plus a better position.
20 moves into games 8 and he has more than double the time of Carlsen plus a better position.
Caruana will regret playing h3 today a lot more than missing that crazy mating idea in game 6.
It was a very dynamic and open position and he lost all his advantage playing such a passive move.
It was a very dynamic and open position and he lost all his advantage playing such a passive move.
Is this the event in Holborn? I stood outside the VIP entrance for a bit the other day to appear like a brainiac to passersby.
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