Hanoi5 Posted May 11, 2010 Report Share Posted May 11, 2010 endplays or throw-ins in bridge are more common than zugzwangs in chess, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PassedOut Posted May 11, 2010 Report Share Posted May 11, 2010 That's that. Very interesting match over all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossoneri Posted May 11, 2010 Report Share Posted May 11, 2010 Topalov resigns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlall Posted May 11, 2010 Report Share Posted May 11, 2010 I think finally black has a better position than white, for the first time in this whole match. Hardly likely that anyone will win this though. We are lucky to have seen 4 decisive games anyway, remember Kramnik vs Kasparov? yuck. This is not true, Anand blew a win as black early on in the match, I forget which game. Ch00 pay me my money! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted May 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2010 Can't see which game you're referring to. You made me curious, I'm trying to find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlall Posted May 11, 2010 Report Share Posted May 11, 2010 Can't see which game you're referring to. You made me curious, I'm trying to find it. Yeah I can't see which I'm referring to either, I just went over the games. Maybe I thought Anand was winning game 3 for a while... I retract my statement lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjbrr Posted May 12, 2010 Report Share Posted May 12, 2010 bleh I missed today but judging by this thread it sounded pretty epic. checking it out now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlall Posted May 12, 2010 Report Share Posted May 12, 2010 Anand by all accounts was a huge favorite in the rapid/blitz tie breaker, so it's possible Topalov was just pushing too hard for a win in this game to avoid the tiebreaker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobowolf Posted May 12, 2010 Report Share Posted May 12, 2010 Exciting match...twists & turns in momentum, lots of decisive games, and a couple of almost-decisive ones. I got the impression that Anand clearly played better on balance, but was a little more jittery under pressure (by which I mean, the way the games were, something like 7.5-4.5 wasn't out of the question, but he let a couple get away from him), but then he sucked it up and took down game 12 with black. Epic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shyams Posted May 12, 2010 Report Share Posted May 12, 2010 Is Anand projected to overtake Carlsen's Elo rating with this win? The top 4 were very close before the match started, but Anand should surely improve on his 4th. The question is whether he will be 1st in the next FIDE list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted May 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2010 I would guess not, I mean 6.5-5.5 is not a big difference and neither was the difference between these two very big. Meanwhile Carlsen is playing a tournament now, in Dortmund if I am not mistaken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobowolf Posted May 12, 2010 Report Share Posted May 12, 2010 He'll probably gain 8 or 9 points, passing Kramnik for third, but not Topalov (or Carlsen, obviously). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shyams Posted May 12, 2010 Report Share Posted May 12, 2010 Yes, you seem to have got it right. An unofficial rating site:http://chess.liverating.org/shows Anand still at #3 position Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted May 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2010 Finnish chess: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1281616 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted November 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2010 http://livechess.chessdom.com/site/ live from the world blitz championships. kind of fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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