13 May 12
Originally posted by Paul LeggettWell said.
The chess rules are what they are, and it seems to me that to try to mold or shape the nature of the world championship contest to conform to a particular style of play will only limit match strategies, bias the conditions in favor of certain players, and stifle creativity and diversity in the venue.
One person's boring draw is another person's excit ...[text shortened]... match progresses. It should be very interesting to see where the rest of the games take us!
13 May 12
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Originally posted by PacifiqueI see no point, but my point was, its the nature of the game, there is a large margin of
Of course. But could you explain the point of making players to continue game when the position is dead draw and both of them don`t see options to play for win (like in game 10 Anand-Topalov match) ?
draws at the top level because players are so evenly matched.
14 May 12
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Originally posted by vipiuyeah i watched it on my kids smartphone for a little while but you get a message, not
Can anyone watch match commentary from the official site on Android ?
Somehow for me it does not work(while US Championship similar site live video does work).
optimised for mobile, but it still works, just watch it through a browser on the official
site. 27minutes, 1627seconds to go! weeeeeee!
14 May 12
Originally posted by robbie carrobiethx...looks like working but it is somehow very slow, cannot hear properly the sound...
yeah i watched it on my kids smartphone for a little while but you get a message, not
optimised for mobile, but it still works, just watch it through a browser on the official
site. 27minutes, 1627seconds to go! weeeeeee!
maybe the use a too high resolution for my phone strength(even I manage to see other sites live relays).
I will move to chessbomb.
14 May 12
Originally posted by Fat Lady3.... gxf5 doesn't work in that line?why?
That was a much more exciting game. I've never seen Anand in time trouble before.
Speelman found an amusing line which might have been winning for Anand:
[pgn]
[Date "2012.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand"]
[Black "Gelfand"]
[Result "1-0"]
[FEN "2r5/1p1b2kp/3P2p1/p7/3N3R/1P3P2/P2r2P1/K3R3 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
{--------------
. . r . . . . ...[text shortened]...
1. Re7+ Kf6 2. Kb1 Bf5+ 3. Nxf5 Kxf5 4. d7 Rcc2 5. Rf7+ Ke6 6. d8=N+
*
[/pgn]
14 May 12
Originally posted by Fat LadyNice!
4. f4 threatens mate and seems to lead to a much better ending for White. For example:
[pgn]
[FEN "2r5/1p1b2kp/3P2p1/p7/3N3R/1P3P2/P2r2P1/K3R3 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
{--------------
. . r . . . . .
. p . b . . k p
. . . P . . p .
p . . . . . . .
. . . N . . . R
. P . . . P . .
P . . r . . P .
K . . . R . . .
white to play
--------------}
{ ...[text shortened]... Bf5+ 3. Nxf5 gxf5 4. f4 Rg8 5. Rhxh7 Rgxg2 6. Rhf7+ Kg6
7. Rg7+ Kf6 8. Rxg2 Rxg2
*
[/pgn]
That f4 is strong indeed.I would've gone 4.... Rxd6 but it changes nothing.
I discarded f4 as just a silly mate threat.Must learn to look further into seemingly silly threats!
Good Anand didn't see it!although Gelfand probably had something else up his sleeve.But what else is there but Bf5......