Topalov vs Anand Gmae 8

[AdminX]

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[royb]

Can't use my SF right now : it's busy analyzing yesterday's game at depth 28 (with a variation at move #42 : Qb1). It takes up to 15/20mn per move on my Core i5 iMac...

Interesting. I thought my customized Stockfish was the only one that spotted Qb1 as an interesting alternative to 42. Qa4...

I am not sure it is as strong as Qa4 but it is not that bad either!

[Milos]

Now that Bc2 by Anand was really far from optimal...

[AdminX]

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[Sven]

Now that Bc2 by Anand was really far from optimal...

So which move was better in that drawn position?

Sven

[Milos]

Now that Bc2 by Anand was really far from optimal...

So which move was better in that drawn position?

h6, and +1 is maybe draw for you, but certainly not for everyone...

[Uri Blass]

Now that Bc2 by Anand was really far from optimal...

So which move was better in that drawn position?

Sven

I do not agree that Bc2 was bad

I see that it is a draw and I do not understand the reason that topalov repeat again and again the same opening line that he cannot win.

[Sven]

Now that Bc2 by Anand was really far from optimal...

So which move was better in that drawn position?

h6, and +1 is maybe draw for you, but certainly not for everyone...

I propose that you play the PV of your favourite engine on a chess board, and then tell me whether the positions towards the end of the PV are really won for White. You will be surprised.

Displaying "+1.XX" does not mean that the position is won. In this case, with unlike bishops and no way for White to make progress, it is simply a draw but the engines have a hard time to see that.

Sven

[AdminX]

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[kingliveson]

...I see that it is a draw and I do not understand the reason that topalov repeat again and again the same opening line that he cannot win.

The condition is known as insanity.