FIDE World Chess Championship thread

[George]

Hello again:

Well, you have to add to your estimations the possibility of Carlsen dying in next hours before match definition. Very unlike, but I'm afraid its only Anand really possibility to keep the title. And still not sure what rules say in such extreme rare case.

Anand in press conference, for me, does not look angry as before, all opposite, probably a sign that he maybe has accepted the end as WCC.

Of course I was assuming a normal end of the championship: no sudden deaths, no kills, etc. Crossing fingers to not reach this extreme case of 10^(-7) probability or such...

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Yep, if an and had played Bf1, Carlsen had only one move to draw the game : Qd1.

Sure, but this move should be very easy for Carlsen: I am an unrated player (but surely below 1800 Elo FIDE) and 28.- ..., Qd1 seeking 29.- Rh4, Qh5 was the only move that made sense for me without engine analysis, and it was instantly. Will not a 1000 to 1200 Elo player stronger than me see this move?

Regards from Spain.

Ajedrecista.

To have seen that move when it was the only move that would draw is not that difficult, but to have seen that move 10 or 20 moves before and for Carlsen to have calmly played b3 when it looked like Anand's f5 was simply going to crush Carlsen off the board ... is more than phenomenal! Very few people would have the ability to play b3!! when it looked like the pawn storm would be devastating and that with the Knight out of play the least black should do is bring it back into defense. That took cold calculating prowess and a confidence in one's ability to see the fine thread that holds the game. Not enough people are giving Carlsen credit for having everything under control in the middle of an F5 tornado! It really looks like Carlsen defended perfectly and the only one that really had to be careful was Anand!

Excellent observation! I concur. Anand has had his 15 min., it's Carlsen's time. This young man is brilliant and is to chess as Mozart is to music.

It would be more interesting from now on to see the next world chess Chapionship , by allowing each player to peek with Houdini for three occasions during the game!

[JuLieN]

If you can see the game live go for it right now : the endgame is fascinating : Carlsen accepted to get his knight trapped and eventually captured by Anand's king in exchange for pawns. At first glances Anand seems to be winning but the position is so complex that Carlsen might well be out-calculating us all yet again !!!

[JuLieN]

Draw !!!!!!

Magnus Carlsen is the new World Chess Champion !!!!

[mschribr]

Is there a graph of the computer's evaluation of the moves in the game?

[JuLieN]

Here's the 10th (and last) game of the match (with analysis from Chessbase):
[pgn][Event "FWCM 2013"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2013.11.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2870"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. c4 Nf6 8.
Bg5 e6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. O-O Bc6 11. Qd3 O-O 12. Nd4 Rc8 13. b3 Qc7 14. Nxc6 Qxc6
15. Rac1 h6 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Bd4 Rfd8 18. h3 Qc7 19. Rfd1 Qa5 20. Qd2 Kf8 21.
Qb2 Kg8 22. a4 Qh5 23. Ne2 Bf6 24. Rc3 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Qe5 26. Qd2 Nf6 27. Re3
Rd7 28. a5 Qg5 $2 {This move might have changed the course of the game.} 29. e5
$1 Ne8 30. exd6 $2 {The favor is returned.} ({Instead either} 30. b4 $1 {would
lead to a winning position after} d5 31. cxd5 exd5 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. Qxd5) ({or
} 30. Nc3 Rc6 31. b4 Qd8 32. Ne4 $18) 30... Rc6 31. f4 Qd8 32. Red3 Rcxd6 33.
Rxd6 Rxd6 34. Rxd6 Qxd6 35. Qxd6 Nxd6 36. Kf2 Kf8 37. Ke3 Ke7 38. Kd4 Kd7 39.
Kc5 Kc7 40. Nc3 Nf5 41. Ne4 Ne3 42. g3 f5 43. Nd6 ({It bears mentioning that
White actually had a win here had he played} 43. Nd2 $1 Nd1 (43... g5 44. fxg5
hxg5 45. Kd4 Nc2+ 46. Ke5 Kd7 47. Kf6 g4 48. h4 {The threat of the racing
h-pawn is decisive.} Ke8 49. Nf1 Nd4 (49... Kf8 50. h5 $1) 50. b4 Kf8 51. c5 f4
52. Ke5 Nc6+ 53. Kxf4 Nxb4 54. Nd2 Nd3+ 55. Kxg4 Nxc5 56. Kg5 $18) 44. Kd4 Nf2
45. h4 Nh1 46. Nf1 Nf2 47. b4 Ne4 (47... Ng4 {fares no better.} 48. Nd2 Kd6 49.
b5 Nf6 50. c5+ Kd7 51. c6+ bxc6 52. bxa6 Kc7 53. Nb3 Nh5 54. Ke5 Kb8 55. Nd4
Ka7 56. Nxc6+ Kxa6 57. Nd8 Kxa5 58. Nxe6 g6 59. Nf8 Nxg3 60. Nxg6 $18) 48. g4
Kd6 49. gxf5 exf5 50. Ne3 Ke6 51. h5 Nf6 52. b5 Nd7 53. Nd5 Nf8 54. bxa6 bxa6
55. Nb4 g6 56. Nxa6 Kd7 57. Nc5+ Kc6 58. a6 Kb6 59. Ke5 $18) 43... g5 44. Ne8+
Kd7 45. Nf6+ Ke7 46. Ng8+ Kf8 47. Nxh6 gxf4 48. gxf4 Kg7 49. Nxf5+ exf5 50. Kb6
Ng2 51. Kxb7 Nxf4 52. Kxa6 Ne6 53. Kb6 f4 54. a6 f3 55. a7 f2 56. a8=Q f1=Q 57.
Qd5 Qe1 58. Qd6 Qe3+ 59. Ka6 Nc5+ 60. Kb5 Nxb3 61. Qc7+ Kh6 62. Qb6+ Qxb6+ 63.
Kxb6 Kh5 64. h4 Kxh4 65. c5 Nxc5 1/2-1/2[/pgn]
The final position is kinda comical:
[d]8/8/1K6/2n5/7k/8/8/8 w - - 0 66

Carlsen played at his level, with a stratospheric 2882 perf....

Let me size the occasion to thank you all for having made this "one thread for the WCC" experiment a success! Now we know this is a good compromise. Thanks to Adam for having proposed this great idea!

[kgburcham]

Carlsen played at his level, with a stratospheric 2882 perf....

but actually 2200 if you factor in the blunders Carlsen made.
kgburcham

[reflectionofpower]

Probably the most blase WCC in my opinion.

[Rafael Vasquez]

Carlsen played at his level, with a stratospheric 2882 perf....

but actually 2200 if you factor in the blunders Carlsen made.
kgburcham

Humm.... You really don't like Human Chess Players.

Chess Programs had alien you

[jdart]

It is astonishing that the match ended without Anand winning a single game. This has never happened before in a world championship, as far as I know.

I was a bit disappointed with the 12-game format - I hope in future FIDE will consider a somewhat longer match.

--Jon

[carldaman]

Carlsen played at his level, with a stratospheric 2882 perf....

but actually 2200 if you factor in the blunders Carlsen made.
kgburcham

No, Carlsen's 2800+ rating already factors in his mistakes.