FIDE World Chess Championship thread

[JuLieN]

Here's the 7th game:
[pgn][Event "FWCM 2013"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2013.11.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2870"]
[Annotator "Robot 4"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8.
Nf1 Nd7 9. Ng3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 g6 11. Be3 Qe7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Ne2 Rhe8 14.
Kb1 b6 15. h4 Kb7 16. h5 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Nc5 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. g3 a5 20. Rh7 Rh8
21. Rdh1 Rxh7 22. Rxh7 Qf6 23. f4 Rh8 24. Rxh8 Qxh8 25. fxe5 Qxe5 26. Qf3 f5
27. exf5 gxf5 28. c3 Ne6 29. Kc2 Ng5 30. Qf2 Ne6 31. Qf3 Ng5 32. Qf2 Ne6
1/2-1/2[/pgn]

[M ANSARI]

It looks like Carlsen is just going to try and draw every game from now on and it is up to Anand to take risks. Unfortunately risk taking can backfire, but not many white games left for Anand and I think it is time he starts risking things.

[Martin Thoresen]

It was a really tame attempt by Anand today. I would expect more. I can safely say that this looked like a comfortable draw by Carlsen.

[IGarcia]

It was a really tame attempt by Anand today. I would expect more. I can safely say that this looked like a comfortable draw by Carlsen.

I do agree. Stil there is a good reason behind this. In football, wen you receive a goal you main objective is to not receive a second one. Or a third one, like in this case.

Maybe was better strategy to seek a draw as white in 6th game and push for a win in this one, again with white. But been 2 games down, some caution is needed to avoid been 3 games down.

Ignacio.

[Ajedrecista]

Hi again:

Maintaining 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:               975633
Anand wins:                   2431
Drawn matches:               21936

Approximated elapsed time:    0.68 seconds.

97.5633% + 0.3*2.1936% = 98.22138% ~ 98.22% for Carlsen after 1e+6 simulations.

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

           10000000 simulations:

Carlsen wins:              9756923
Anand wins:                  23693
Drawn matches:              219384

Approximated elapsed time:    6.87 seconds.

97.56923% + 0.3*2.19384% = 98.227382% ~ 98.23% for Carlsen after 1e+7 simulations.

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

          100000000 simulations:

Carlsen wins:             97572936
Anand wins:                 234983
Drawn matches:             2192081

Approximated elapsed time:   68.62 seconds.

97.572936% + 0.3*2.192081% = 98.2305603% ~ 98.23% for Carlsen after 1e+8 simulations.

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Tomorrow Anand has black pieces... will it be his last opportunity? Challenge accepted.

Regards from Spain.

Ajedrecista.

[Albert Silver]

It was a really tame attempt by Anand today. I would expect more. I can safely say that this looked like a comfortable draw by Carlsen.

I do agree. Stil there is a good reason behind this. In football, wen you receive a goal you main objective is to not receive a second one. Or a third one, like in this case.

Maybe was better strategy to seek a draw as white in 6th game and push for a win in this one, again with white. But been 2 games down, some caution is needed to avoid been 3 games down.

Ignacio.

I have to disagree. There is a football expression in Brazil: "there is little difference between losing by ten goals or losing by a thousand"

[JuLieN]

It was a really tame attempt by Anand today. I would expect more. I can safely say that this looked like a comfortable draw by Carlsen.

I do agree. Stil there is a good reason behind this. In football, wen you receive a goal you main objective is to not receive a second one. Or a third one, like in this case.

Maybe was better strategy to seek a draw as white in 6th game and push for a win in this one, again with white. But been 2 games down, some caution is needed to avoid been 3 games down.

Ignacio.

I have to disagree. There is a football expression in Brazil: "there is little difference between losing by ten goals or losing by a thousand"

This is an uninformed opinion, as Brazil never loses.

But I agree with your disagreement : when you're about to lose you don't care for how much you'll lose : you react and try to win. The only moderation to this idea being during a group tournament when the goal average has to be taken into account. But clearly, during a several game match between two players you don't care about the goal average.

[Laskos]

Hi again:

Maintaining 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:               975633
Anand wins:                   2431
Drawn matches:               21936

Approximated elapsed time:    0.68 seconds.

97.5633% + 0.3*2.1936% = 98.22138% ~ 98.22% for Carlsen after 1e+6 simulations.

Tomorrow Anand has black pieces... will it be his last opportunity? Challenge accepted.

Regards from Spain.

Ajedrecista.

I am also getting 98%, there is house with 1/41 for Carlsen, on which we can bet, that betting house gives 96.7%/3.3% with 1.0% to the house. On Anand there are no bets approaching 50.

Carlsen had a comfortable draw, and no problems in the opening.

[Dr.Wael Deeb]

Every lost chess game needs a bad move to make it into a loss. We can sit in our armchairs and criticize this or that move, but a loss is a loss that was caused by one or more bad moves. The whole concept of winning a chess game it to create an opportunity where your opponent will make a mistake, and that is what is called "creating chances". Anand had to continuously dodge bullet after bullet, and had to play perfectly to avoid a loss. He had an incredibly impressive defensive game where he managed to draw what looked like a sure loss, but was unable to keep that up for the other two games. Unfortunately he does not have the luxury of running a chess engine while playing like the rest of us, but has to calculate every move based on his intuition and calculating prowess. But if there is a serious weakness that Anand has in his chess is that he is sometimes impatient and impulsive, and I think that Carlsen has noticed that in his preparation and is playing for that weakness. The computer like precision combined with the human ability to understand what positions humans are most likely to misplay is one of Carlsen's hallmarks ... it is impressive that he is able to do that even at the highest levels.

An excellent review Majd and I do agree all the way with it....
Dr.D

[Dr.Wael Deeb]

Here's the 7th game:
[pgn][Event "FWCM 2013"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2013.11.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2870"]
[Annotator "Robot 4"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8.
Nf1 Nd7 9. Ng3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 g6 11. Be3 Qe7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Ne2 Rhe8 14.
Kb1 b6 15. h4 Kb7 16. h5 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Nc5 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. g3 a5 20. Rh7 Rh8
21. Rdh1 Rxh7 22. Rxh7 Qf6 23. f4 Rh8 24. Rxh8 Qxh8 25. fxe5 Qxe5 26. Qf3 f5
27. exf5 gxf5 28. c3 Ne6 29. Kc2 Ng5 30. Qf2 Ne6 31. Qf3 Ng5 32. Qf2 Ne6
1/2-1/2[/pgn]

As you can see here,Anand didn't allow Carlsen to destroy his pawn structure this time and managed to hold up his position against Carlsen's Berlin wall....

Unfortunately,I don't have enough time for a deeper analysis but will do when I get some....
Dr.D