Chess World Championship 2014

[Skybird]

And Carlsen scores the first win! The pressure both from position and time was too much and lured Anand into a mistake in his 34th - he moved, and then resigned immediately after White's response. His position would fall apart and his material losses cannot be compensated if deflecting the mate-attack.

Carlsen - Anand 1 : 0

total 1.5 : 0.5



Tomorrow is a break. Next match will be on Tuesday, same time.

Anand was heavily criticised for the way he played in the last duel between the two, and started into the qualification for the championship challenge with the explicit intention to "rehabilitate" himself for the mediocre impression he left last time. But first with White he just pulled out a draw in a match that from beginning to end saw the balance shifting in black/Carlsen's favour, and now with Black suffers a defeat already in the second match.

Stuff the psyche needs to digest... A promising start looks different. Carlsen leaves a top impression so far. His physical fitness seems to be obvious. And he showed to be able to enforce twice right that kind of positions where he especially excels at.

[vienna]

Like, who won the 'wild card' playoff?...


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[Skybird]

Originally Posted by vienna

Like, who won the 'wild card' playoff?...


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Peter Svidler. He ended 7th of 8 in the Candidates Tournament.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_C...mpionship_2014

Four of the eight candidates were Russians. So Russia, beside emerging chess nations like India and China, still is a power in chess. The youth training however that is systematically run in China and India, can change that sooner or later.