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Magnus Carlsen rises above the mediocrity at stuttering Tal Memorial — The world's top four chess grandmasters have gone head to head this week at the Tal Memorial in Moscow, and will do so again on 3-12 December in the London Classic at Olympia, where England's top trio will also compete. World No1 Magnus Carlsen, world chess champion Vishy Anand, Levon Aronian and Vlad Kramnik all have 2800+ ratings so the month's play could clarify who is top dog. Going into Friday's final round, Moscow has proved a damp squib. It is the strongest 10-player event in chess history, a planned tribute to the legendary attacking genius Mikhail Tal, but its standout feature is the excessive draw count, 80% after eight rounds. All six games among the 2800+ quartet have been halved. It is true that ...
Inventive or Error Filled, Draws Have Their Charms — It is natural to focus on tournament games that ended decisively. After all, they determine the winners. But draws can be as exciting as any victory. They may be filled with entertaining errors on both sides. Or the play may be inspired and imaginative, with the competitors bringing out the best in each other. In the Tal Memorial chess tournament in Moscow, which ended on Friday, there was an unusual number of draws, and several of them were riveting. One of those games occurred in Round 5 between Sergey Karjakin and Peter Svidler. In the top diagram, Karjakin could have played 17 Ng4. Then, after 17 ... Qh4, Svidler would have had some compensation for his pawn deficit. Instead, Karjakin began a speculative ...
At times, young guns ignore famed coach — Being coached by former world chess champion Garry Kasparov might seem a straightforward matter. But it isn’t, for either the extraordinary mentor or his students of recent years: Norwegian chess phenom Magnus Carlsen, his disciple during 2009-10; and American standout Hikaru Nakamura. All three are extraordinarily independent. After notably improving his results under the Russian grandmaster, Carlsen pointedly explained that it was he — not Kasparov — who actually made the moves on the chess board. And Nakamura matter-of-factly admitted that he has several times ignored Kasparov’s advice — once choosing to play in a poker event rather than a chess competition — despite having a spectacular chess ...
Chess: Cheeky opening play — The bold Armenian Levon Aronian is one to watch out for at the London Chess Classic, as this unusual game shows. The third London Chess Classic begins this weekend at Kensington Olympia. The world no 1 Magnus Carlsen is the favourite, but in such a short tournament, and with the soccer scoring system, there could be an upset. Watch out for the Armenian Levon Aronian. Off the board he's laid back, on the board he is often bold and original. Here, in a standard Queen's Gambit position, instead of developing his king's bishop and castling, Aronian has advanced his kingside pawns. How would you respond with Black? RB: Outrageous! To advance the kingside pawns so early in the game ...
When Bobby Fischer Played Chess Like Misha Tal — Reckless sacrifices were not his style, but for one day, one game and one moment in 1959 Bobby Fischer threw caution to the wind, went va banque and played like Mikhail Tal. His opponent was the Czech grandmaster Ludek Pachman and the game was played in Santiago de Chile. Tal mesmerized his opponents with a demonic look, quick mind and unsurpassed imagination. Sometimes his combinations were wrong, but it was always fun to watch him find his way through turbulent complications he created on the chess board. In 1956, Tal and Fischer slowly lifted their chess careers and began to fly. Bobby created his "game of the century" against Donald Byrne. Tal won the first seven games at the Student chess olympiad in ...
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