FIDE World Chess Championship thread

[JuLieN]

Here's the 6th game :
[pgn]
[Event "FWCM 2013"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2013.11.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2870"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O Re8 7.Re1 a6 8.Ba4 b5 9.Bb3 d6 10.Bg5 Be6 11.Nbd2 h6 12.Bh4 Bxb3 13.axb3 Nb8 14.h3 Nbd7 15.Nh2 Qe7 16.Ndf1 Bb6 17.Ne3 Qe6 18.b4 a5 19.bxa5 Bxa5 20.Nhg4 Bb6 21.Bxf6 Nxf6 22.Nxf6+ Qxf6 23.Qg4 Bxe3 24.fxe3 Qe7 25.Rf1 c5 26.Kh2 c4 27.d4 Rxa1 28.Rxa1 Qb7 29.Rd1 Qc6 30.Qf5 exd4 31.Rxd4 Re5 32.Qf3 Qc7 33.Kh1 Qe7 34.Qg4 Kh7 35.Qf4 g6 36.Kh2 Kg7 37.Qf3 Re6 38.Qg3 Rxe4 39.Qxd6 Rxe3 40.Qxe7 Rxe7 41.Rd5 Rb7 42.Rd6 f6 43.h4 Kf7 44.h5 gxh5 45.Rd5 Kg6 46.Kg3 Rb6 47.Rc5 f5 48.Kh4 Re6 49.Rxb5 Re4+ 50.Kh3 Kg5 51.Rb8 h4 52.Rg8+ Kh5 53.Rf8 Rf4 54.Rc8 Rg4 55.Rf8 Rg3+ 56.Kh2 Kg5 57.Rg8+ Kf4 58.Rc8 Ke3 59.Rxc4 f4 60.Ra4 h3 61.gxh3 Rg6 62.c4 f3 63.Ra3+ Ke2 64.b4 f2 65.Ra2+ Kf3 66.Ra3+ Kf4 67.Ra8 Rg1 0-1[/pgn]
This endgame is really amazing!

[George]

They really need to stop asking stupid questions to the loser just after the game.

I do not agree with you, the journalist was very keen by asking this particular question, and that was NOT a stupid question. I believe that was a very intelligent question, indeed, and simply because Vishy blunder, he did not need to be so rude to the reporter who was just trying to get a good response from Mr. Anand who was so furious to have lost to Carlsen that he lost his professional demeanor.

PS: Anand could have answered by saying, sorry to all my Indians fans for not being able to choose the best moves with the white pieces, I know that all al you are following with Houdini and stockfish, but I am just human, in which my best move was not as good as Carlsen best moves.

[kinderchocolate]

They really need to stop asking stupid questions to the loser just after the game.

I do not agree with you, journalist is very keen in asking questions, and that was NOT a stupid question. I believe that was a very intelligent question, indeed, and simply because Vishy blunder, he did not need to be so rude to the reporter who was just trying to get a good response from Mr. Anand who was so furious to have lost to Carlsen that he lost his professional demeanor.

PS: Anand could have answered by saying, sorry to all my Indians fans for not being able to choose the best moves with the white pieces, I know that all al you are following with Houdini and stockfish, but I am just human, in which my best move was not as good as Carlsen best moves.

Are you serious? Do you know what you're talking about?

[JuLieN]

[Note]
I edited Adam's original post, in the beginning of this thread, to add links to all the WCC's games posted in this thread. I thought getting easy access to those games, instead of laboriously searching through all the pages for them was worth desecrating Adam's post*.

* Actually, desecrating Adam's posts are always worth it!

[George]

They really need to stop asking stupid questions to the loser just after the game.

I do not agree with you, the journalist was very keen by asking this particular question, and that was NOT a stupid question. I believe that was a very intelligent question, indeed, and simply because Vishy blunder, he did not need to be so rude to the reporter who was just trying to get a good response from Mr. Anand who was so furious to have lost to Carlsen that he lost his professional demeanor.

PS: Anand could have answered by saying, sorry to all my Indians fans for not being able to choose the best moves with the white pieces, I know that all of you are following with Houdini and stockfish, but I am just human, in which my best moves were not as good as Carlsen best moves.

[Dr.Wael Deeb]

Here's the 6th game :
[pgn]
[Event "FWCM 2013"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2013.11.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2870"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O Re8 7.Re1 a6 8.Ba4 b5 9.Bb3 d6 10.Bg5 Be6 11.Nbd2 h6 12.Bh4 Bxb3 13.axb3 Nb8 14.h3 Nbd7 15.Nh2 Qe7 16.Ndf1 Bb6 17.Ne3 Qe6 18.b4 a5 19.bxa5 Bxa5 20.Nhg4 Bb6 21.Bxf6 Nxf6 22.Nxf6+ Qxf6 23.Qg4 Bxe3 24.fxe3 Qe7 25.Rf1 c5 26.Kh2 c4 27.d4 Rxa1 28.Rxa1 Qb7 29.Rd1 Qc6 30.Qf5 exd4 31.Rxd4 Re5 32.Qf3 Qc7 33.Kh1 Qe7 34.Qg4 Kh7 35.Qf4 g6 36.Kh2 Kg7 37.Qf3 Re6 38.Qg3 Rxe4 39.Qxd6 Rxe3 40.Qxe7 Rxe7 41.Rd5 Rb7 42.Rd6 f6 43.h4 Kf7 44.h5 gxh5 45.Rd5 Kg6 46.Kg3 Rb6 47.Rc5 f5 48.Kh4 Re6 49.Rxb5 Re4+ 50.Kh3 Kg5 51.Rb8 h4 52.Rg8+ Kh5 53.Rf8 Rf4 54.Rc8 Rg4 55.Rf8 Rg3+ 56.Kh2 Kg5 57.Rg8+ Kf4 58.Rc8 Ke3 59.Rxc4 f4 60.Ra4 h3 61.gxh3 Rg6 62.c4 f3 63.Ra3+ Ke2 64.b4 f2 65.Ra2+ Kf3 66.Ra3+ Kf4 67.Ra8 Rg1 0-1[/pgn]
This endgame is really amazing!

A really fast look at the game:

Anand was constantly allowing Carlsen to destroy his pawn structure....

Just take a look at the position after the move 31....

Against a player of Carlsen's calibre it's rather extremely hard to hold white's position....

I am devastated from Anand's performance so far not to mention that he's playing in India among his people....

regards,
Dr.D

[jdart]

Very nice performance by Carlsen today.

I haven't had a chance to analyze the game but it is remarkable that Carlsen won the last Rook endgame with a pawn up, and won this one a pawn down, with Black! This is what he is crazy good at: squeezing out wins in the endgame. I agree Anand will have trouble unless he can get Carlsen into positions that are uncomfortable for him.

--Jon

[George]

They really need to stop asking stupid questions to the loser just after the game.

I do not agree with you, the journalist was very keen in asking that particular question, and that was NOT a stupid question. I believe that was a very intelligent question indeed, and simply because Vishy made inferior moves he did not need to be so rude to the reporter who was just trying to get a good response from Mr. Anand who was so furious to have lost to Carlsen and at that moment lost his professional demeanor.


PS: Anand could have answered by saying, sorry to all my Indian fans for not being able to choose the best moves with the white pieces, I know that all of you are following with Houdini and stockfish, but I am just human, in which my best moves were not as good as Carlsen best moves.

Are you serious? Do you know what you're talking about?

Yes I am serious, and I do know what I am talking about. Journalism was my first career, which I gave up after moving to the U.S.A; since I would have to compete with so many American reporters in their own language.

[Daniel Shawul]

If you have to blame someone, blame the organizers who forced the press conference 1 minute after a tiring 4-hour game! Also the journalist was a Norwegian, who probably planned to get a reaction or two out of Anand for the morning papers. 'He fail right into my trap' thats what they said now but I didn't hear Carlsen say that. I root for Carlsen but even him seemed uncomfortable withe the line of questions.

[Ajedrecista]

Hello Kai:

Hello:

If I maintain the parameters of former simulations, I get now:

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White advantage:              40.0 Elo.
Supposed rating difference:   47.0 Elo.

            1000000 simulations:

Carlsen wins:               827374
Anand wins:                  48138
Drawn matches:              124488

Approximated elapsed time:    4.31 seconds.

Carlsen's win of today is very important due to the short length of the match (only 12 games). If I suppose 30% of chances for Carlsen after a drawn match (I think that 30% is a low value): 82.7374% + 0.3*12.4488% = 86.47204% ~ 86.47%. There is a big jump of over 15% in my clumsy forecast just after this game.

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Today Anand played really well the middlegame until ..., Rc1+; just as a side note, I started to see the game around 30th move and my last seen move was Bh7 by Carlsen, just the previous move to ..., Rc1+. Curious thing.

I am satisfied with the fighting spirit of last games.

Regards from Spain.

Ajedrecista.

Hi Jesus, I also get 86%/14% in my sims, and the funny thing is that betters too give 86%/14% odds.

As to the game, I was so sure of a draw that I too left viewing before Rc1+, only to discover 2 hours later that Anand lost. Carlsen seems to be a wizard of endgames, he can get the blood in apparently (by engines) even endgames.

+2 -0 =4 in favour of Carlsen looks like definitive in a match of 12 games. Running 1e+6 simulations again with the same parameters than other times:

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White advantage:              40.0 Elo.
Supposed rating difference:   47.0 Elo.

            1000000 simulations:

Carlsen wins:               963681
Anand wins:                   4994
Drawn matches:               31325

Approximated elapsed time:    2.92 seconds.

Supposing again 30% of chances for Carlsen in case of a drawn match: 96.3681% + 0.3*3.1325% = 97.30785% ~ 97.31%. I guess that you will obtain something near to 97%.

Viewing that 1e+6 simulations run so fast, let me try with 1e+7 simulations with the same parameters:

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White advantage:              40.0 Elo.
Supposed rating difference:   47.0 Elo.

           10000000 simulations:

Carlsen wins:              9637891
Anand wins:                  50768
Drawn matches:              311341

Approximated elapsed time:   32.24 seconds.

96.37891% + 0.3*3.11341% = 97.312933% ~ 97.31% after 1e+7 simulations. I am glad to see that my numbers do not oscillate so much with such large numbers.

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Now I think that the match is over in favour of Carlsen and the question could be the following: how many games will be played from now? Less than six? Of course I know that it is still too soon to proclaim Carlsen champion, but now I would put my money on him.

@Julien: thank you for edit Adam's original post: now it is very easy to find the games in this thread!

Regards from Spain.

Ajedrecista.