Chess World Championship: Anand vs. Carlsen

As a neutral chess fan, I'd say play on! But if you're a Vishy fan, even though he might have a marginal advantage now, I think the position is dangerous for Anand, and with time pressure probably around the corner, he may run into trouble soon...

EDIT: Game on it is!
 
Anand is trying to prove that Carlsen's bishop and queen are aiming in the wrong direction, and so will be out of play for some time, especially the queen.. The question is: What will he use that time for?
 
Carlsen queen will be out of the game for some time now. Will carlsen trade knight for bishop?
 
Was that a mistake from Carlsen? Carlsen under time pressure as well
 
Carlsen with the first significant mistake of the game! Will Anand capitalize??

Come on Anand! dxe3!
 
Dont think Bishop takes on b2 was winning.. too much pressure on d6.. following on my phone and nit5 calculating.. but lets see
 
In case you're wondering where was Anand's blunder, it was on move 37. Rd8, immediately allowing Carlsen to equalize. The correct move was Bd4, applying some pressure on f2, and effectively keeping the b pawn. After the exchange of rooks, the b pawn falls immediately.
 
:lol: @ Carlsen.. I think he's having a go at the journalists for applying some pressure on them in the previous games to play out the game.
 
So it's a draw.. Anand was sooooo close, but the time control was 4 moves too far.

I think Carlsen will be very happy with this result, and I expect him to come back much stronger in the next game.

(damn!)
 
TheBest said:
Yup he missed his chance. I think carlsen will win.
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Carlsen had 0 winning chances.
Danny1982 said:
In case you're wondering where was Anand's blunder, it was on move 37. Rd8, immediately allowing Carlsen to equalize. The correct move was Bd4, applying some pressure on f2, and effectively keeping the b pawn. After the exchange of rooks, the b pawn falls immediately.
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Correct. I missed it though. . Next game will be interestinh as anand can't start with e4 as he didn't prepare the caro cann
 
NM said:
Carlsen had 0 winning chances.

Correct. I missed it though. . Next game will be interestinh as anand can't start with e4 as he didn't prepare the caro cann
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I meant the championship.
 
Danny1982 said:
In case you're wondering where was Anand's blunder, it was on move 37. Rd8, immediately allowing Carlsen to equalize. The correct move was Bd4, applying some pressure on f2, and effectively keeping the b pawn. After the exchange of rooks, the b pawn falls immediately.
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Anand said he didn't see how he would be queening the b pawn.
 
TheBest said:
Anand said he didn't see how he would be queening the b pawn.
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It's a long term advantage, but a significant one. Of course the position wasn't literally "winning" for black, but that was definitely a big chance for him.. He also didn't have much time to think about it, which might be a factor ..

I think if the roles were reversed, Carlsen would have ground a win out of it.
 
NM said:
Correct. I missed it though. . Next game will be interestinh as anand can't start with e4 as he didn't prepare the caro cann
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Anand has a very good record against the Caro Cann, which is why probably nobody played it against him in the last couple of years.. Anand just needs to refresh his memory, and I think he'll be good to go..

I expect him to open with e4 again.
 
Danny1982 said:
Anand has a very good record against the Caro Cann, which is why probably nobody played it against him in the last couple of years.. Anand just needs to refresh his memory, and I think he'll be good to go..

I expect him to open with e4 again.
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What is important t remember is that Anand has a very good record wit black in World Championships. His big victories against Topalov were with black, and I think that will continue against Carlsen. The first win is going to be huge.
 
True.. And first win will absolutely be crucial.

Although last year's championship defies both points.
 
Danny1982 said:
True.. And first win will absolutely be crucial.

Although last year's championship defies both points.
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Last year's championship was against a very different opponent though. Anand has also change his playing style since then.
 
NM said:
Last year's championship was against a very different opponent though. Anand has also change his playing style since then.
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Yeah, and interestingly, even though Anand was a huge favorite to win last year's championship, it was in the end just a matter of Gelfand losing it really rather than Anand winning it, which makes you realize how unpredictable these matches could be..

I think the problem with white in those type of matches is that the player with white thinks that this is his chance to win a game, which makes him try to force the issue and take, sometimes, unnecessary risks, which eventually allows black some good chances.. Once I played a match against one of my friends (best of 8 and eventually a 2-game tie breaker), we drew 3 games and 7 games were won, and interestingly, all the wins (all 7 of them) were for the player with black pieces, which was astonishing..

Of course there is no comparison between the level we played at, and the level of chess being played here, but I can understand the psychology behind it to some extent, which can be a factor sometimes..
 
stretford_oslo said:
Commentators saying it would be considered very risky yet the computer says it'd be the best move.
Never thought chess would be this exciting.
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Well, I know chess is exciting, but I never thought this game will get exciting.. It may just have now...
 
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