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BurningStone posted:Since that's how Carlsen plays everybody, I guess he considers everybody inferior. This is also apparent from his press conferences. In fact, given his comments after his loss to Ivanchuk, I'm wondering if it's starting to affect his judgement. King Pawn posted:Yes, it should read Qxd2 in line 2. Same error in line 3, should be Bxd2 Fixed.
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BurningStone posted:Since that's how Carlsen plays everybody, I guess he considers everybody inferior. Pretty much - though as we've discussed here before, they're really only "inferior" in certain aspects of the game, which is why he often has equal/slightly worse positions out of the opening (where he's relatively weaker than many of the other elite players). If you feel like your opponents will blunder more than you, it makes sense to just hang around in the game and then let them lose without taking too many chances if you don't have to. Hand Knit posted:This is also apparent from his press conferences. In fact, given his comments after his loss to Ivanchuk, I'm wondering if it's starting to affect his judgement. There's also this, which will be something to keep an eye on.
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| # ? May 17, 2013 18:39 |
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It's a fine line, isn't it? I certainly can't imagine a top player who was a pessimist - they'd agree to too many draws, or even resign when the game might be salvaged. But if you go too optimistic you end up overreaching your position. It's easy to forget that Carlsen, for all his ability, is still quite young and there are times it shows.
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| # ? May 17, 2013 20:26 |
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 Things got interesting in the last two rounds with Wang Hao taking both Carlsen and Anand out of the running. The Hao-Anand game was especially weird, since he managed to get his queen trapped in the middle of the board for no reason. The other game, meanwhile, seems to be a case of what we were talking about : Carlsen was content to play for an endgame and didn't press a middlegame advantage, played the early endgame incautiously, and then suddenly found himself losing.
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| # ? May 18, 2013 16:04 |
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My favorite game of the tournament was Nakamura beating Wang Hao, because it was a Petroff. When I was still playing, the Petroff was the go-too opening to force a draw and I've developed an intense hatred of it.
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