Re: WCC 2016 thread
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2016 11:58 pm
Agreed, but keeping hope alive.Henk wrote:They are playing fourth game now. I would say "Carlsen Congratulations".
Would be surprised it Karjakan wins.
Agreed, but keeping hope alive.Henk wrote:They are playing fourth game now. I would say "Carlsen Congratulations".
Would be surprised it Karjakan wins.
WOW.AdminX wrote:https://gaming.youtube.com/watch?v=qc5xYmkPAHk
But the beauty is that MC saw the whole thing before reaching this position. There were other "safe" alternatives (a draw would have been enough), but he went for the jugular with a couple of minutes on the clock.AdminX wrote:Nice finish to a predictable match.
White to Move and Win!
FEN:2R5/4bppk/1p1p4/5R1P/4PQ2/5P2/r4q1P/7K w - - 0 50
No computer needed to calculate this one.
michiguel wrote:But the beauty is that MC saw the whole thing before reaching this position. There were other "safe" alternatives (a draw would have been enough), but he went for the jugular with a couple of minutes on the clock.AdminX wrote:Nice finish to a predictable match.
White to Move and Win!
FEN:2R5/4bppk/1p1p4/5R1P/4PQ2/5P2/r4q1P/7K w - - 0 50
No computer needed to calculate this one.
Miguel
So, are we just going to ignore that he went from a tablebase win to a draw in the second game?michiguel wrote:But the beauty is that MC saw the whole thing before reaching this position. There were other "safe" alternatives (a draw would have been enough), but he went for the jugular with a couple of minutes on the clock.
Not sure he saw "the whole thing", as in.. the mate-in-12 or so if black plays Bf8 instead of Kh7 😆michiguel wrote:
But the beauty is that MC saw the whole thing before reaching this position.
Funny.. against stockfish im always in bad shapeHenk wrote:Karjakin said in Press Conference that he was not in good shape last day.