GM Anand (2798) – GM Carlsen (2775) [B77]
01.08.2008 / Mainz Rapid
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 0–0 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.Bb3 Rc8 11.0–0–0 Ne5 12.Kb1 a6 13.h4 h5 14.Bh6 Nc4 15.Bxc4 Rxc4 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Rhe1 Re8 18.Nde2 Qa5 19.Nf4 Rec8 20.Ncd5 Qxd2 21.Rxd2 Nxd5 22.Nxd5 Re8 23.Nb6 Rc7 24.e5 Be6 25.exd6 Rc6 26.Na4 exd6 27.b3 Rec8 28.Nb2 Rc5 29.Ree2 Re5 30.Nd3 Rxe2 31.Rxe2 Game drawn ½–½
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Ha! Carlsen plays the Sicilian Dragon against Anand the one that Kasparov wipes him off the board with and does not get anywhere. Another proof that Carlsen will never be another Kasparov. Everyone knows Anand can’t handle the Dragon but Carlsen just can’t perfom. I predict he has peaked and will decline in rating from this point onward. Carlsen is a flash in the pot.
Current standings:
Anand 2
Carlsen 2
Morozevich 1,5
Polgar 0,5
Flash in the pot…..haha….dude…thats flash in the pan. Carlsens a kid!!! and number 2 or 3 in the world! I don’t think even Kasparov or Fischer was at this level at this age.
I’m looking forward to the future with this little demon.
Finally somebody has come along to spice things up…..hopefully now…GM draws and tourney after tourney with the same guys..drawing all the time and boring the public ..inflating their ratings….etc will now pass.
I like SPICE!
And GM Magnus too!
Hot!
okay
Mr. HA
How can you say that about a young boy (didnt your parents teach you anything about beeing nice)?
You are right no.1, Charlson is weak and wins only on opponent’s mistake! While Alekseev is strong, he without opponent’s mistakes. I think Charlson will soon back to 2200, while Dominguez will be 2800 and Alekseev the greatest of all times. Yes, also Bacrot is one of the greatest of his times.
Of course the greatest of all the times is NAPOLEONE, hail to the chess emperor!
I would like to see black playing the Breyer variation in Ruy Lopez against Anand. Has he something to come with? Strange how easy black has nowdays to achieve good postitions, something the old expert Boris Spassky had very difficult to do, losing to the top players. I hope Kramnik plays the Breyer.