GM Anand (2798) – GM Carlsen (2775) [B77]
03.08.2008 / Rapid – Mainz
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.g4 hxg4 15.h5 Nxh5 16.Rdg1 Qa5 17.Bh6 Rxc3 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Rxh5 Rxb3 20.Qxa5 Rxb2+ 21.Ka1 gxh5 22.f4 Be6 23.Nxe6+ fxe6 24.fxe5 Rb5 25.Qc7 Rxe5 26.Qxe7+ Rf7 27.Qxd6 Rxe4 28.Rh1 Rf5 29.Qe7+ Kg6 30.Qe8+ Kg7 31.Rd1 Rd5 32.Rxd5 exd5 33.Qxh5 b5 34.Qg5+ Kh7 35.Qxd5 Ra4 36.Qg5 Rc4 37.Kb2 Rb4+ 38.Kc1 Ra4 39.a3 Rc4 40.Kd2 Rd4+ 41.Ke1 Ra4 42.Kf1 Rc4 43.Kg1 Rc6 44.Qd5 Rg6 45.a4 bxa4 46.Qd7+ Kh6 47.Qxa4 Kg5 48.c4 Kf5 49.c5 Ke5 50.Qd7 White wins 1–0
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Anand has also won the second game against Carlsen….he is on a rampaging mood. Cheers!
Liked Anand’s 14. g4. Didn’t like Carlsen’s 17.… Rxc3, but I might be missing something.
Carlsen is a flash in the pot. Crumbling against those superior in the FIDE rating. This is the peak of Carlsen. All of those dreaming of Kasparov #2 can go back to sleep. Carlsen has peaked and is in decline. Anand is routing Carlsen who was routed by Kasparov so Carlsen will be mediocre from this point all the way until the future. This remind me of the Larsen-Fischer match 6-0 but this is even greater. I hope this takes Anand’s rating above 2800.
Carlsen is only 17. Anand is in his 30’s.
Magnus’ time will come. All old chess players must fade…
“I hope this takes Anand’s rating above 2800.”
One doesn’t usually reply to blogs that are obviously just intended to annoy, but a rapid chess match is irrelevant for ELO rating.
Carlsen in young… He needs more experience… But his time will come… soon
@anonymous (Post #3)
You seem to know very little about chess:
1. Rapid Games are not rated for normal ELO.
2. Even Kasparov was inferior to Anand in Rapid Chess.
3. Carlsen is 17 years old and has by now the highest Elo anybody ever had at this age.
4. Carlsen lost only one game recently after beeing undefeated for over 40 games against world top contenders. This is remarkable taking into account that he plays a quite entertaining attacking style unlike some other top players.
5. Looking at chess like a kind of brain wrestlemania may be simply the wrong approach.
René
You people are so funny.
Someone plays a good tournament or two and he is new Kasparov, then he plays a tournament or two where things don’t go so well and he is finished.
Kasparov was the best at everything, including rapid chess- he was better than Anand in rapid chess in the 1990s.
Yes, Anand is the king of rapid only in the absense of the KK machine – let’s remind that Karpov defended his chess crown against Anand in 1998 by beating him 2:0 in the rapid play-off after the match was tied.
Yes, imediatelly after Anand had to play something like 30 games in 25 days, while Karpov could sit next to the pool for the whole time. It’s a miracle that there even was a tie-break neccessary!!!
Karpov was 46 years-old, Anand was 28. Just for the record.
And let’s not forget that Karpov beat Kasparov in 2002 in a 4-game rapid match, when he was 51 years old to Kapsarov’s 39 (!) – and he scored the decisive victory after he overslept, came running and out of breath, and Garry refused to grant him a 10-minute break.
Eleven times winning the chess classic rapid, sorry:
Who can say, Anand is not an extraordinary player? And you will never find a player who behaves the friendly way he does.
The longer I watch the world chess,
I lose the reason to compare Kasparov to Anand, Carlsen to Fischer and so on. They played and actually play the most thrilling sport on the planet. Isn’t that enough to enjoy?
okay