In two big events taking place right now (Biel and North Urals Cup), all 7 games had decisive results. The two biggest ones are the losses of the two #1 seeds: Carlsen and Humpy Koneru.
GM Carlsen (2775) – GM Alekseev (2708) [C65]
28.07.2008 / Biel – Round 7
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Nc3 0–0 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Nxe5 Qd4 8.Be3 Qxe5 9.d4 Qe7 10.dxc5 Nxe4 11.Qd4 Bf5 12.0–0–0 Rad8 13.Qb4 Qe6 14.Kb1 b5 15.b3 Qe5 16.Nxe4 Bxe4 17.Bd4 Qf5 18.Qc3 f6 19.f3 Bd5 20.Rhe1 Rd7 21.Bf2 Rfd8 22.Rd4 h5 23.h3 Bf7 24.g4 hxg4 25.hxg4 Qg5 26.Kb2 Rxd4 27.Bxd4 Qd5 28.Rd1 b4 29.Qxb4 Qxf3 30.Rd2 Qxg4 31.Bc3 Qc8 32.Rg2 Bd5 33.Rg1 Qf5 34.Qb7 Kf7 35.Qxc7+ Rd7 36.Qc8 Be4 37.Qh8 Qh7 38.Qc8 Qf5 39.Rf1 Qe6 40.Qh8 Re7 41.Rd1 Re8 42.Qh2 Bf5 43.Rd2 Re7 44.Qb8 Rd7 45.Rf2 Bg6 46.Rh2 Qe8 47.Qg3 Qe4 48.Rg2 Re7 49.Rd2 Rb7 50.Qh2 Re7 51.Qb8 Bf5 52.a4 Bg6 53.a5 Bf5 54.a6 Bg6 55.Qg3 Bf5 56.Rg2 Bg6 57.Rh2 Bf5 58.Qb8 Bg6 59.Ka3 Bh7 60.Rd2 Bf5 61.Qh8 Qe3 62.Kb2 Qe4 63.Rf2 Qg4 64.Qh2 Bg6 65.Qd6 Qe6 66.Qxe6+ Kxe6 67.Ba5 Be4 68.c4 g5 69.Bd2 Rg7 70.Re2 f5 71.b4 g4 72.b5 cxb5 73.cxb5 g3 74.Re1 Kd5 75.Be3 Bd3 76.Rd1 Ke4 77.Rxd3 Kxd3 78.Bg1 f4 79.b6 f3 80.b7 Rg8 81.c6 f2 82.c7 fxg1Q 83.c8Q Qd4+ 84.Ka2 Black wins 0–1
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Carlsen pushed too hard.
This comment is a little bizarre…when he pushes hard and he wins, everybody goes gaga over his ability to push and confuse the opponent.
So, please take it in the right spirit when he loses with the same strategy. Carlsen has talent but he has won more by others mistakes vs. by creatign new novelites like Kasparov, Anand or Fischer did.
“Carlsen has talent but he has won more by others mistakes vs. by creatign new novelites like Kasparov, Anand or Fischer did.”
If you play through Fischer’s games you will find the same characteristics as Carlsen’s: continuing to press and set the opponent problems in situations that other players would abandon as draws. eventually the opponent wilts under the unrelenting pressure. From off the cuff memory play through his game vs Geller from Palma de Majorca, or several games from the Taimanov match.