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having three Russians and Hungary also a double: Elo_2005. From 2005 to 2015 India's Anand went from #2 to #4,
and remarkably Topolov unchanged at #3. Over the ten years Nakamura went from #43 to #2.
In the current rankings, the gap between #1 Norway's Carlsen and USA's #2 Nakamura is ostensibly the same raw elo-pointwise
as that between Nakamura and #7 China's Ding. That shows Carlsen's no longer being outrageously beyond several others.
(Anyway as variantists, realize we at least refrained from calling their process Simpleminded Chess, on account of a hundred
behind the scenes Computer Engines actually trouncing the lot, at least this time)
Where would cautious ten-yr.-retired Kasparov be able to place if active? Practically speculative, but I think at the bottom of the top tier, fifth, sixth, seventh, only several years older yet not wearing as well as Anand.
Calling it as usual "world championship," Simpleminded Euro Chess under 90-year-old f.i.d.e. auspices will have the presently biennial title match in November, 2016, between north European Carlsen and East European Karjakin.
H.G.,
It seems that there are enough draws by the 50 move rule in situations were more can be done.
The last example was in apothecary 2 a endgame KB vs KRE where maybe black should have win. I now is a close one but what do you think about it? In a previous game the same situation but with a pawn for the advantaged side and FM still hasn't managed to win. It was a C pawn.
Am I observing something natural?
Here is a current tournament score:
The annotation seems excellent yet shows too the pathetic state of OrthoChess today. Let's annotate annotation a bit. '12 ...Qc8' "is already a novelty," means the first 11 moves have been played over and over ad absurdum.
In the second one, Sokolov versus Jorden, as pointed out RxQ on 24 is no good for being White mate on next move.
About 12 years ago, "Chess is Dead," said Nakamura: Nakamura.
Another old Chessbase article raises, did Hitler and Lenin play each other over the board?
November ELOs show three USA in top eight and three RUSSIA in top twelve:
Nov2016. Number One Carlsen defends against number Nine Karjakin in November at New York.
Those attending do not include Obama, Clinton, Trump yet says Ilyumzhinov: Gates_Z.
Title. Check your opening manuals and Carlsen's preferences and guess knowingly what will be the first several moves exactly, maybe in an Anti-Sicilian. Whew. 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 c3...
Setting a stage, upon Carlsen's last title defense two years ago was noted here Rabelais' 'Gargantua and Pantagruel' too, published as it was by the 1530s. The "new" Chess still played today had spread since only just before 1500, and you can sense the excitement then in Rabelais' climactic Book Five: Chess.
Gustave Dore added illustrations in the 19th C. edition 'G&P', and there is striking resemblance to Magnus Carlsen, Chess_Image , in the young Gargantua growing up Book I with toy chess pieces and admirers.
Nowadays the resemblance ChessBase and Carlsen play on is Donald Duck:
Donald_Duck for lasting tribute, Magnus' favorite read.
Fischer-Spassky 1972 was for 24 games, Capablanca-Lasker 1921 at Cuba 24 games, and Bourdonnais-McConnell 1834 London 100 games. World Title is a watered-down thing since they only play 12 games, and two wins should be enough for the prize, three at most -- Matches and Chess_Games.
Carlsen's name in above list of tournaments appears twice, compared to Lasker, Botvinnik, and Steinitz 6 or 7 title tries and defenses.
Rules. Rabelais' narrative in 'Gargantua' Book V a few years after Chess added strong Bishop and Queen about 1492, is as clear and unambiguous as many a modern Chess Variant rules-set. Queen Whims of course is representative of CVs or do-as-you-will, as opposed to regimentation and orthodoxy. Notice in Chapter 25, linked in last comment here, Queen Whims vanishes at the end but not dies.
After three games of Carlsen-Karjakin New York 2016, predictably Simpleminded Draws lead 3 to zero to zero.
The third game yesterday was far the best to watch live:
Game_3. In game three after Move 20 exchange, for which see the middle of the above article, there are just two pieces per side, Rook and Bishop versus Rook and Knight, and the Draw resolves at Move 78. So it is practically a 20-move opening and 60-move endgame with no middle game. The sidebar tells winning chances when Live, in Game 3 it was hovering around 60-40 for Carlsen, but never mentioned is watchers could see win for Karjakin if Carlsen made a subpar move. All the GMs commenting were yakking Carlsen is on the verge. Game 4 is starting this minute and Karjakin has White. Who will win the first game and then another, and with two games victorious probably the world F.I.D.E. title for 2016-2018?
FIDE Look at dramatic Karjakin 18 Bxh6 done this moment.
Draw_Chess. Draws 4 and that makes the score 2-2. Game 4 was a long worthwhile watch like Game 3. For the most part the recipients of a supposed billion viewers do not see a problem, yet what other sport or mind sport would tolerate tie after tie? It looks like still an opening for more decisive Chess Variants. Or they could do a lot better just in adopting an accepted tie-breaker by F.I.D.E. interests for lack of any other creativity.
Today is rest day, and with no wins the match may run to November 30. Equivalent to reduction to an 8-game match now, it should be equally likely that one victory will take the whole thing as two victories. Forget about so many as three wins as necessary. 1-0-10, or 2-1-9 at the extremes. There has been reference that Carlsen has not done well at Fischer Random, or Chess 960, by some Orthodox authority. Despite the experts for this tournament, Carlsen seems less versatile in style than Karjakin who comes up with great defense surprises. To support that finding, usually remote watchers can name 3 moves and Carlsen does make one of them, but it takes 4 suggestions for Karjakin likely to pick one of them.
In Game 5 Karjakin as Black just made a dramatic 13 ...Nxe4. Apparent Knight sacrifice for Pawn, is it a mistake?
Game_5 The equality after trades by Move 15 takes them out of book. With the open f-file for Black and isolated Pawn for White, Black stands better and the sidebar percentages dubious. White is thinking a long time on Move 16.
Karjakin is approaching 30 minutes spent on Move 19, and time is become factor unlike the two marathon Draws the last two games. Carlsen also took about 20 minutes last turn.
Approaching the 40-move time refresh, Karjakin has the percentage in the sidebar, but it looks like another 1/2-1/2 that may not resolve til 70 moves. (18.11.16, 5-0-0 for all Draws. Game 6 today to be noted tomorrow.)
Simpleminded Chess Game 8 for world championship 2016-2018 is under way: Live. There have been 7 Draws for their worst case in terms of decisive outcomes in 60 World Matches over 180 years, interestingly about one every three years. Draws 7, Carlsen 0, Karjakin 0.
History -- that is, in this respect the worst Match for the World Title since these started in year 1834, when Louis de la Bourdannais played Alexander McDonnell with a score of 45 wins to 28 wins with 13 Draws. That one was a 100-game match and it got to where McDonnell could not catch up, so the last games were not played. Likewise in 1972 Fischer led 7 to 3 with 11 Draws, and the final 3 games of their 24-game match then were unnecessary. It is become a 12-game modern peewee version of the classic title matches and defenses with a billion intermittent viewers, who would be better served with something else.
Here are time controls and #1 applies today: Time.
Live, Karjakin just found good move 24 withdrawing the Knight to f6. Carlsen has under 14' from 25 to 40 time refresh. Then Karjakin took over seven minutes Move 26 and is at <9'. Then both have less than nine minutes and there will be lots of fast moves 27 on. Karjakin's sharpness seems to be improving, whereas Carlsen has been on this plateau before.
Take a look, this is exciting game one feels may not end in Draw, with both at three minutes the first control. Real time, CARLSEN BLUNDERED MOVE 35. ...then Karjakin 37 ...Q-d3 is just as bad -- back to 50-50 sidebar after Karjakin had about 70-30 advantage to win couple of turns. Great 0-1!
Live Game 9 of 12-round match: Game_9, between Carlsen and Karjakin. The score has been 7 Draws, Karjakin 1 Win, Carlsen 0, match score 4.5 - 3.5. With the win as Black Monday in the best game of the match, Karjakin should be 3-1 favorite now to be victor over the twelve contests since he can succeed just by Drawing out.
At Move 30 Carlsen is the one going for Draw and Karjakin has win chance playing sharply as White.
Karjakin's 33 Q-c2 is ordinary move, but it has caused Carlsen to think over 10' now to below 20 minutes left to first control, and that carelessness lost game 8.
Game 9. Carlsen has now used 16' after Karjakin's ordinary Move 33 Q-c2, to Carlsen having 13 minutes left to time control, and that carelessness cost Game 8.
On Move 39 Karjakin has over 25' and Carlsen under 2', so little remarked strategy in case here is for Karjakin to choose not necessarily best move, but one that forces longer time spent to make reply. Imagine, Karjakin reaches 20' one one turn at this stage with advantage but no noticeably very good move. Okay, he was calculating Bishop sacrifice brought about by his Move 39. Whichever way, the Game 9 now and Game 8 are the two best of the match, and Game 9 feels to be decisive too at Moves 42.
Today will settle the championship in peewee Chess. Watch the paint dry live: 2016.
2016. As expected it is Simpleminded Draws 10, Karjakin 1, Carlsen 1 in regulation, so Rapid play and if necessary Blitz will determine winner. The Draw Death era started before f.i.d.e. surfaced in 1924 in the Capa and Lasker time, despite grandmasters constant rationalization that this or that sophistication in play followed. In fact, the purpose of F.I.D.E. has been to thwart reform and variations, enforcing dreary conformity.
Yasser Seirawan wanting to be the block mother helping the residents proposes a 13th game in future cases like this, a typically tepid solution: Thirteen. Seirawan published 5000-word articles 2000 on one after another to remedy the split title,
like this one Title, until some Russians and East Europeans would ask undiplomatically, who is this intruder, that his opinion even matters? The title was going to be unified anyway without garrulity.
Here is what cards Bridge expert says about Chess Draw problem: No_Draws.
If Orthodox forces just gave up on little 64 squares, as presenting only artificial solutions, and adopted 8x10 Capablanca board there are many solutions in dozen or more great CVs. It has been Chess Variant Page topic many times in twenty years, how to proceed or in Lenin's words "What is to be done?," and fundamentalists of ChessBase and f.i.d.e. are scared to venture into reform ideas as beyond their mentality.
Every time there is Draw, they say it is warm-up game, Polger says on Carlsen getting first game Draw with Black, or it is Fighting Draw. But it is hard to get fighting Draw in Rapids. So what else is new in Simpleminded Chess? The great multi-talented Taimanov has died: Taimonov.
Not well known though ranked about 200, Urii Eliseev fell tragically to death: Fall.
With full respect for Eliseev's tragedy, and he seems would appreciate the broadening, it appears very often Chess players fall to their death, more so than any category but some extreme sport itself:
Death_In_Fall. For example, author of 'Encyclopedia Chess Variants' and player David Pritchard fell to death about 2002. And in above list by Bill Wall, all of Pierre St.- Amant, Vitolins, Agzamov, Curt von Bardeleben, Perliss, Grigorian, Minckwitz, Rossolimo fell or jumped to death. Actually, Eliseev is repeating Lembit Oll's recent dying in falling off building in Estonia, Oll. Oll_Jump.
Base Jumping was highlighted here before, in fact in connection with the Draw Death business: BaseJump. Please, please use parachute or Wing Suit from now on, and know chute does not open in time below eight floors. Dean.
Repugnantly bad sport Magnus Carlsen does not attend conference when he loses,
Hide&Seek but is grinning like Gargantua when he wins, Carlsen. There have been only the two wins and Rapids determines Championship today.
Very likely Draw Game 4 upcoming since in Game 3 CarlsenWins: Gargantua, HisEducation and since Carlsen does not read HisEducation again in draw. He who does not read: Magnus.
Beginners Chess just had one of its big tournaments, http://en.chessbase.com/post/2017-tata-rd13-deserved-winner. Winner Wesley So came in first and in the February elo index ranks second now just a few statistical points behind illiterate Magnus Carlsen.
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