15 May 12
Originally posted by WilfriedvaI watch the live board & written analysis on chesdom.com and listen to the audio commentary through the live feed on FIDE's official match page.
I wonder how you guys watch these games.Do you just sit in front of the screen waiting for the next move?
15 May 12
Trying to figure out the Gelfand game plan.
Contain Anand with White, hang on with Black thinking his best
chance is in the penalty shoot out should the match be drawn.
Perhaps hoping Anand will press too hard to avoid the blitz games.
Maybe Gelfand is holding back a stonking TN for the last game when
he is White so Anand cannot reply.
Anand needs to post a win to smoke him out.
15 May 12
So far both players seem to have prepared playing Black, but lack preparation to get better position playing White. The difference between Anand and Gelfand is that Anand`s Black strategy is to equalize, but Gelfand is trying to counter-attack. That`s the reason why 1st and 3rd game are more exciting than 2nd and 4th.
15 May 12
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Originally posted by greenpawn34Timman was saying that Gelfand used to try too hard as white to prove an advantage
Trying to figure out the Gelfand game plan.
Contain Anand with White, hang on with Black thinking his best
chance is in the penalty shoot out should the match be drawn.
Perhaps hoping Anand will press too hard to avoid the blitz games.
Maybe Gelfand is holding back a stonking TN for the last game when
he is White so Anand cannot reply.
Anand needs to post a win to smoke him out.
and he cited a game where he lost to Giri, sacrificing a pawn and not getting
compensation or the material back and because of the experience he is much more
cautious with the white pieces, simply content to try to attain and keep a small
advantage. Lets hope he plays the Latvian gambit next game if Anand opens with 1.e4
🙂
Timman is one of the greatest chess commentators I've heard, his explanations are
clear and his tactical vision still not impaired, his positional sense truly excellent.
16 May 12
Originally posted by greenpawn34I think Gelfand knows Anand won't risk much in the first 4 or 6 games, why would he? Same goes the other way. Anand playing the slav/semi slav is hardly a surprise! He's been playing that consistently for over a decade, i fail to see Gelfand making much head way there. But what else is there? If you play 1.d4, is it even possible to deviate? Obviously he could avoid playing c4 and go for something off beat but Anand isn't the sort of player to get flustered if he should try that sort of tactic, i can't remember a single World championship contender ever try to rewrite the rule book and i doubt Gelfand is going to be the one to try it first.
Trying to figure out the Gelfand game plan.
Contain Anand with White, hang on with Black thinking his best
chance is in the penalty shoot out should the match be drawn.
Perhaps hoping Anand will press too hard to avoid the blitz games.
Maybe Gelfand is holding back a stonking TN for the last game when
he is White so Anand cannot reply.
Anand needs to post a win to smoke him out.
I was surprised by Gelfands choice of the Grunfeld, it doesn't seem to be his sort of opening. Obviously he desires to dodge most of Anands home prep, which is fair enough, but i think he'll come unstuck if he sticks to that. I suspect he might be just aiming to equalise the first couple of black games and switch to a totally different system later on, after game three he might consider switching now, I think Anand showed a win in the post match analysis. Whether it was or not isn't really that relevant, he clearly showed he could build a strong advantage against Gelf's grunfeld.
I still think Anand will win, he has looked the stronger so far, but you never know. He has started blundering more frequently in recent years. Should Gelfand gain a point somewhere he's strong enough to make life pretty difficult for the champ.
Exciting stuff 🙂
16 May 12
Originally posted by MarinkatombFair analysis... 🙂
I think Gelfand knows Anand won't risk much in the first 4 or 6 games, why would he? Same goes the other way. Anand playing the slav/semi slav is hardly a surprise! He's been playing that consistently for over a decade, i fail to see Gelfand making much head way there. But what else is there? If you play 1.d4, is it even possible to deviate? Obviously he ...[text shortened]... re he's strong enough to make life pretty difficult for the champ.
Exciting stuff 🙂
-m.
16 May 12
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Originally posted by greenpawn34My man, what does Anand play with black, that is correct the Semi Slav, what is the
Hi Marin.
"i fail to see Gelfand making much head way there.
But what else is there? If you play 1.d4..."
[hidden]you have opened the door for Robbie mention the C word[/hidden] 😉
semi Slav? that is correct, Colle reversed! World champion plays it, I rest my case!
The C word, LOL!
16 May 12
Originally posted by vipiulooking for more ways to improve the game(but maybe a bit too drastically):
in Fide position: make slightly faster control games, enforce Sofia rules, maybe change WCh format (to get players like Carlsen in...),take away the champion right to play directly the final, etc
in players' position: probably nothing different, it is not their fault that they are cautious and that they play less wild, as this would fit less their styles. I ...[text shortened]... perfectly fine that they are doing their best to get the title in the boundaries of the rules.
-play Fischer random chess instead (like they suggest in latest chessbase article http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=8162)
-adopt that method where they also count half win/half draw (something like this: the player who gets stalemated gets only 33% of the point, while the opponent gets 66%...the player who forces first the draw 3 folds repetition gets only 33% of the point, while the opponent gets the rest)...this looks like deserves a try in some tournament at least...as I imagine that many "drawn" endings will be played further while trying to get that half win
16 May 12
Originally posted by vipiuon the other side it is also players'fault ...as during Topalov-Kramnik; Kramnik-Anand or Anand-Topalov matches people were not talking so much about this...
looking for more ways to improve the game(but maybe a bit too drastically):
-play Fischer random chess instead (like they suggest in latest chessbase article http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=8162)
-adopt that method where they also count half win/half draw (something like this: the player who gets stalemated gets only 33% of the point, while th ...[text shortened]... s I imagine that many "drawn" endings will be played further while trying to get that half win
16 May 12
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Originally posted by vipiuYou may ask Gelfand to obey Sophia rules (like Topalov did vs Anand) and take risk (like Topalov & Kramnik did vs Anand) ... and lose.
on the other side it is also players'fault ...as during Topalov-Kramnik; Kramnik-Anand or Anand-Topalov matches people were not talking so much about this...