2013 World Chess Championship (Anand vs. Carlsen)
2013 World Chess ChampionshipChennai, India (November 7th-28th) |
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Anand
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This is the time that we have waited for. The World Chess Championship will kick off tomorrow in Chennai, India as millions will tune into what will one of the most pivotal match in the history of chess. World Champion Viswanathan Anand faces Challenger Magnus Carlsen in a 12-game match from November 7th-28th.
The match has attracted intrigue due to the subplots pertaining to a generational battle along with Carlsen’s widespread star appeal as the world’s top-rated player. It is a match that the chess world needed to see! Anand will be defending the title for the fifth time and has been venerable world champion. There is no reason to believe he will easily cede the championship.
2013 World Chess ChampionshipChennai, India (November 7th-28th) |
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Daaim, What happen to the game of the week? Are you saving up for the Anand vs. Carlsen game of the day?
Carlsen looks to be in trouble. Maybe this great escape or a future lost will elevate his game . Scarry to think he can only get better.
Unless Anand uses his day off to come up with some brand new novelties, I am afraid we will get another drawn game and in all probability, see an implicit handshake suggesting that it is the end of an Era and the beginning of another. Three more draws, and there is really no need for a game 12
One thing is almost for sure. If our friendly tweeter named Hikaru Nakamura were sitting in Anand’s chair, we would see no shortage of tactics and aggression. And the score would be even more lopsided in Carlsen’s favor. A good cocktail recipe might be 3/4 Anand + 1/4 Nakamura on the rocks in a highball glass. Not that’s a chess player! Or just the 2008 version of Anand…
In a 12 game match between Nakamura and Carlsen, I wouldn’t be so sure of a more lopsided score. I wouldn’t underestimate Naka’s chances against him if he ever earn a spot to challenge Magnus. I do agree that it would be a brawl from start to finish.
Article 6.6a of the FIDE rules states “Any player who arrives at the chessboard after the start of the session shall lose the game.”
Magnus Carlsen had clearly arrived at the chessboard BEFORE the start of the session and therefore should have not been defaulted, even if still in the bathroom.
Those are what the rules say – although I very much doubt that was the intention of those who drafted them…
Yes, Daaim, I saw at least one of your articles. If you recall, the zero-tolerance rule was not yet a FIDE rule at the time of Dresden: it was a special rule for the Olympiad and was was worded slightly differntly.
What makes sense for, say, a 10-player invitational tournament with all the players in the same hotel at worst a few minutes walk from the venue, is discriminatory in a giant event, like the Olympiad, with some teams having to travel considerable distances.
Does anyone KNOW if theses rules apply only to the 2hour chess or do they have these same rule for the faster stuff, I havent been over there yet, only competed with their gms online?
Wow! if it were the ten point must system, this would be a 10-8 round. A knock down for sure.
Too bad Anand’s best fight of the match had to end with an unanticipated surrender! Who knows, maybe now that he has nothing to lose, we might get to see a twinkle of the younger Anand for three more rounds.
Magnus is “Jack of all trades.” The former world champ tried everything, but everything he tried just wasn’t good enough to overcome the crafty Magnus. Congratulation to a great player!