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Question: Who's going to win?


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Carlsen +1 16 (17.6%) Carlsen +2 41 (45.1%) Carlsen +3 7 (7.7%) Carlsen +4 or higher 0 (0.0%) Anand +1 8 (8.8%) Anand +2 5 (5.5%) Anand +3 0 (0.0%) Anand +4 or higher 0 (0.0%) Draw and Carlsen wins tiebreaks 7 (7.7%) Draw and Anand wins tiebreaks 0 (0.0%) Carlsen wins but not sure on score 6 (6.6%) Anand wins but not sure on score 1 (1.1%) Total votes: 91 « Created by: LostTactic on: 11/04/14 at 18:04:29 »

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Carlsen vs Anand Sochi 2014 World Championship (Read 101306 times)

Smyslov_Fan God Member Correspondence fan Offline Progress depends on the unreasonable man. ~GBS Posts: 6902 Joined: 06/15/05	Re: Carlsen vs Anand Sochi 2014 World Championship Reply #357 - 11/23/14 at 16:09:59	Post Tools	Print Post
	LostTactic wrote on 11/23/14 at 16:02:09: Majority were right predicting +2 for Carlsen, doesn't tell the whole story though. Hope the Norwegian journalists treat Anand with more respect after his defeat than they did last year. Don't write Anand off to win the Candidates again to give us a Anand-Carlsen Part 3. Do you really think Anand had better winning chances if the match went longer? I don't like a 12 game match for the World championship either, but in this case, the better player won. If it were a 24 game match, I would expect Carlsen to win by more than 2 points.


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Smyslov_Fan God Member Correspondence fan Offline Progress depends on the unreasonable man. ~GBS Posts: 6902 Joined: 06/15/05	Re: Carlsen vs Anand Sochi 2014 World Championship Reply #356 - 11/23/14 at 16:06:56	Post Tools	Print Post
	What a fight! Anand can be proud of his effort in this match. Carlsen played fantastically well and made only a few (4 maybe?) discernible mistakes in the entire match. Congratulations to Carlsen. He clearly deserves to be the winner.


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Keano God Member Offline Money doesn't talk, it swears. Posts: 2928 Location: Toulouse Joined: 05/25/05 Gender:	Re: Carlsen vs Anand Sochi 2014 World Championship Reply #355 - 11/23/14 at 16:04:31	Post Tools	Print Post
	Well done to Magnus Carlsen retaining his title, showed good nerves but could easily have been a different story. Again the 12 game match has showed itself up as insufficient for a World ch match. In my opinion!!!


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LostTactic Senior Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 336 Joined: 02/19/11	Re: Carlsen vs Anand Sochi 2014 World Championship Reply #354 - 11/23/14 at 16:02:09	Post Tools	Print Post
	Majority were right predicting +2 for Carlsen, doesn't tell the whole story though. Hope the Norwegian journalists treat Anand with more respect after his defeat than they did last year. Don't write Anand off to win the Candidates again to give us a Anand-Carlsen Part 3.


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tony37 God Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 619 Joined: 10/16/10	Re: Carlsen vs Anand Sochi 2014 World Championship Reply #353 - 11/23/14 at 15:54:18	Post Tools	Print Post
	Keano wrote on 11/23/14 at 15:40:53: Shame because it could have been a great game. it's not because Anand doesn't win, this can't be a great game both sides got chances, 23...b5 was a wonderful move, great enough for me


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LostTactic Senior Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 336 Joined: 02/19/11	Re: Carlsen vs Anand Sochi 2014 World Championship Reply #352 - 11/23/14 at 15:46:43	Post Tools	Print Post
	Vishy finding the only way to keep the game going according to Svidler and Nepom with 37...Kc6, Carlsen only needs to make 3 moves to make the time control.


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Keano God Member Offline Money doesn't talk, it swears. Posts: 2928 Location: Toulouse Joined: 05/25/05 Gender:	Re: Carlsen vs Anand Sochi 2014 World Championship Reply #351 - 11/23/14 at 15:40:53	Post Tools	Print Post
	Shame because it could have been a great game.


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LostTactic Senior Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 336 Joined: 02/19/11	Re: Carlsen vs Anand Sochi 2014 World Championship Reply #350 - 11/23/14 at 15:30:25	Post Tools	Print Post
	Looks over now, Carlsen found the engine's best continuation, feel for Vishy as it looks like he realises on the cam that he's dead lost now.


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ErictheRed God Member Offline USCF National Master Posts: 2534 Location: USA Joined: 10/02/05	Re: Carlsen vs Anand Sochi 2014 World Championship Reply #349 - 11/23/14 at 15:30:13	Post Tools	Print Post
	Yes, looks like White is winning now, I wonder what Vishy missed.


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Keano God Member Offline Money doesn't talk, it swears. Posts: 2928 Location: Toulouse Joined: 05/25/05 Gender:	Re: Carlsen vs Anand Sochi 2014 World Championship Reply #348 - 11/23/14 at 15:29:19	Post Tools	Print Post
	well, I think Carlsen will win this now!! Was this ...Rb4 move just too much?


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Keano God Member Offline Money doesn't talk, it swears. Posts: 2928 Location: Toulouse Joined: 05/25/05 Gender:	Re: Carlsen vs Anand Sochi 2014 World Championship Reply #347 - 11/23/14 at 15:21:12	Post Tools	Print Post
	Wow- what a move. I still think earlier ...Be7xf6 was the way, but this position is not easy to play for White either


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LostTactic Senior Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 336 Joined: 02/19/11	Re: Carlsen vs Anand Sochi 2014 World Championship Reply #346 - 11/23/14 at 15:21:01	Post Tools	Print Post
	Pretty obvious, he doesn't think he'll get a better chance than this to equalise the match. I think given the time situation he's hoping Carlsen may make a mistake, the pressure now is on Carlsen to win the game.


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tony37 God Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 619 Joined: 10/16/10	Re: Carlsen vs Anand Sochi 2014 World Championship Reply #345 - 11/23/14 at 15:19:36	Post Tools	Print Post
	28...axb4 felt more natural to me, activating the rook


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Seth_Xoma God Member Offline FM with 2 IM Norms - (2381) Posts: 558 Location: Lansing Joined: 11/05/04 Gender:	Re: Carlsen vs Anand Sochi 2014 World Championship Reply #344 - 11/23/14 at 15:18:38	Post Tools	Print Post
	I just don't get it.


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LostTactic Senior Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 336 Joined: 02/19/11	Re: Carlsen vs Anand Sochi 2014 World Championship Reply #343 - 11/23/14 at 15:13:05	Post Tools	Print Post
	27...Rb4, Anand has decided now is the time. Will need some help from Magnus for it to pay off.


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