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And the winner is:
This poll is closed.
Magnus +2 or More 11 32.35%
Magnus +1 8 23.53%
Magnus in Tie-breaks 4 11.76%
Karjakin in Tie-breaks 0 0%
Karjakin +1 1 2.94%
Nuclear War 10 29.41%
Total: 34 votes
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TheRat
Aug 30, 2006

Hand Knit posted:

What reasons did they give for this? Does black have that much play up the middle?

I apologise, I really don't understand enough to give a informed opinion here, but they were definitely talking about black exploiting the middle.

E: The onscreen computer briefly jumped to 18% Carlsen before going back to 11-11 when Karjakin made the move.

TheRat fucked around with this message at 21:43 on Nov 15, 2016

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Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


I really like Svidler but ChessNetwork's stream on twitch seems nicer.

straight up brolic
Jan 31, 2007

After all, I was nice in ball,
Came to practice weed scented
Report card like the speed limit

:homebrew::homebrew::homebrew:

Josh Lyman posted:

I really like Svidler but ChessNetwork's stream on twitch seems nicer.
Yeah it's really annoying that Chess 24 can't sort out how to have a permanent board state up

Hand Knit
Oct 24, 2005

Beer Loses more than a game Sunday ...
We lost our Captain, our Teammate, our Friend Kelly Calabro...
Rest in Peace my friend you will be greatly missed..

TheRat posted:

I apologise, I really don't understand enough to give a informed opinion here, but they were definitely talking about black exploiting the middle.

Nah, that's cool. I can sorta see how white's bishop on a2 is stuffed, and black has good pressure on e4 while white's knights have hosed off.

straight up brolic
Jan 31, 2007

After all, I was nice in ball,
Came to practice weed scented
Report card like the speed limit

:homebrew::homebrew::homebrew:

I don't really like bishop x h6 as a white player just aesthetically it seems off and concedes the center, but karjakin doesn't need my take on the matter lol

straight up brolic
Jan 31, 2007

After all, I was nice in ball,
Came to practice weed scented
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:homebrew::homebrew::homebrew:

Magnus's knight placement is so good

straight up brolic
Jan 31, 2007

After all, I was nice in ball,
Came to practice weed scented
Report card like the speed limit

:homebrew::homebrew::homebrew:

Haha Jesus Hansen's face on that bishop c4

Hand Knit
Oct 24, 2005

Beer Loses more than a game Sunday ...
We lost our Captain, our Teammate, our Friend Kelly Calabro...
Rest in Peace my friend you will be greatly missed..
Karjakin trades on c4 and accepts a terminal weakness on b2. That is... risky.

TheRat
Aug 30, 2006

Norwegian TV again saying Karjakin made a bad move in Bxc4, they are saying he must have missed something and have just given up his bishops

straight up brolic
Jan 31, 2007

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:homebrew::homebrew::homebrew:

The c4 move is terrible

TheRat
Aug 30, 2006

"This is the saddest white position in a WC-game in a decade" -Jon Ludvig Hammer

AnacondaHL
Feb 15, 2009

I'm the lead trumpet player, playing loud and high is all I know how to do.

Yea, don't wanna call it early, buuuut....Bc4 lol

straight up brolic
Jan 31, 2007

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:homebrew::homebrew::homebrew:

TheRat posted:

"This is the saddest white position in a WC-game in a decade" -Jon Ludvig Hammer
lmao

Hand Knit
Oct 24, 2005

Beer Loses more than a game Sunday ...
We lost our Captain, our Teammate, our Friend Kelly Calabro...
Rest in Peace my friend you will be greatly missed..

TheRat posted:

"This is the saddest white position in a WC-game in a decade" -Jon Ludvig Hammer

ouch

TheRat
Aug 30, 2006

Jon Ludvig Hammer is very critical. "I think the entire strategy of team Karjakin is just ...".

V for Vegas
Sep 1, 2004

THUNDERDOME LOSER
Carlen's best friend caught out in smack talk shock!

Hand Knit
Oct 24, 2005

Beer Loses more than a game Sunday ...
We lost our Captain, our Teammate, our Friend Kelly Calabro...
Rest in Peace my friend you will be greatly missed..
Karjakin's minor pieces are kind of awful right now.

King Pawn
Apr 24, 2010
Karjakin is certainly living up to his reputation as a great defender.

straight up brolic
Jan 31, 2007

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:homebrew::homebrew::homebrew:

Man Karjakin is probably going to recover another draw from a difficult position this is fascinating

straight up brolic
Jan 31, 2007

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:homebrew::homebrew::homebrew:

Once he gets into the computer moves (open board) he really makes hardly any inaccuracies

Hand Knit
Oct 24, 2005

Beer Loses more than a game Sunday ...
We lost our Captain, our Teammate, our Friend Kelly Calabro...
Rest in Peace my friend you will be greatly missed..

straight up brolic posted:

Man Karjakin is probably going to recover another draw from a difficult position this is fascinating

He just has to do this for eight more games without slipping up.

Hand Knit
Oct 24, 2005

Beer Loses more than a game Sunday ...
We lost our Captain, our Teammate, our Friend Kelly Calabro...
Rest in Peace my friend you will be greatly missed..
Karjakin's gonna have to do some work to convince me that the h4 he just played isn't horrible. I guess Kh5 is met with Be7, but in principle it seems like he's just making holes.

straight up brolic
Jan 31, 2007

After all, I was nice in ball,
Came to practice weed scented
Report card like the speed limit

:homebrew::homebrew::homebrew:

Hand Knit posted:

Karjakin's gonna have to do some work to convince me that the h4 he just played isn't horrible. I guess Kh5 is met with Be7, but in principle it seems like he's just making holes.
I agreed with the GMs assessments. It's not a blunder, but it's too early. Not necessary and it doesn't help

notaspy
Mar 22, 2009

Why did carlsen trade off his rook?

Hand Knit
Oct 24, 2005

Beer Loses more than a game Sunday ...
We lost our Captain, our Teammate, our Friend Kelly Calabro...
Rest in Peace my friend you will be greatly missed..

notaspy posted:

Why did carlsen trade off his rook?

It was Karjakin's only decent piece, and Karjakin could have used it to engineer an opposite-coloured bishop endgame.

notaspy
Mar 22, 2009

Hand Knit posted:

It was Karjakin's only decent piece, and Karjakin could have used it to engineer an opposite-coloured bishop endgame.

Thanks man, this is my first time watching chess

Hand Knit
Oct 24, 2005

Beer Loses more than a game Sunday ...
We lost our Captain, our Teammate, our Friend Kelly Calabro...
Rest in Peace my friend you will be greatly missed..

notaspy posted:

Thanks man, this is my first time watching chess

we are all friends in chess thread

e: burning lawrence trent out of nowhere, always welcome

Elyv
Jun 14, 2013



Is every game in this series going to be Karjakin putting himself behind and clawing his way to a draw*

*I didn't catch any of g2 so maybe it was different

Hand Knit
Oct 24, 2005

Beer Loses more than a game Sunday ...
We lost our Captain, our Teammate, our Friend Kelly Calabro...
Rest in Peace my friend you will be greatly missed..

Elyv posted:

Is every game in this series going to be Karjakin putting himself behind and clawing his way to a draw*

*I didn't catch any of g2 so maybe it was different

Probably. It's a mix of style and strategy. Carlsen likes to play for these long drawn out grinding games, whereas Karjakin's calling card is his defensive play. At the same time, one of Carlsen's big advantages is much better physical fitness, so he's probably going to make every game as long and torturous as possible, with the idea that Karjakin will run out of gas (if not in the current game, then in a later one) before he does.

V for Vegas
Sep 1, 2004

THUNDERDOME LOSER
OK I'm not begrudging them the 2 day rest day now.

voodoo dog
Jun 6, 2001

Gun Saliva
drat, it's 1 am and I should be going to bed.. But this is just too exciting. :(

straight up brolic
Jan 31, 2007

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Came to practice weed scented
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almost certainly a draw

AnacondaHL
Feb 15, 2009

I'm the lead trumpet player, playing loud and high is all I know how to do.

straight up brolic posted:

almost certainly a draw

No way. This bishop sac setup is gonna be sick. It will be a miracle if Karjakin can stop the a pawn while simultaneously holding the 2v1 on the other side

AnacondaHL
Feb 15, 2009

I'm the lead trumpet player, playing loud and high is all I know how to do.

ok that was not the bishop sac I was talking about lol :suspense:

straight up brolic
Jan 31, 2007

After all, I was nice in ball,
Came to practice weed scented
Report card like the speed limit

:homebrew::homebrew::homebrew:

AnacondaHL posted:

No way. This bishop sac setup is gonna be sick. It will be a miracle if Karjakin can stop the a pawn while simultaneously holding the 2v1 on the other side
can't karjakin just endlessly shuffle his pieces

TheRat
Aug 30, 2006

Whats happening the computer is having an epileptic fit I don't understand anything

Schlesische
Jul 4, 2012

I'm not good at chess, and I don't understand what's happening beyond "Karjakin is holding on for a draw" and "Carlsen is going balls deep with his Bishops".

silvergoose
Mar 18, 2006

IT IS SAID THE TEARS OF THE BWEENIX CAN HEAL ALL WOUNDS




"I think the next move will be Ka1, so that Magnus can say in his press conference 'At least I played Ka1 as black'."

TheRat
Aug 30, 2006

"The computers don't understand what's going on" -Jon Ludvig Hammer

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voodoo dog
Jun 6, 2001

Gun Saliva
It does look like a draw... Oh well. Going to bed. ;)

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