They've managed to liven up stuff that was extremely boring in school chess fifty years ago.NickFaulks wrote:Looking like two White wins after 1.e4, e5. That's encouraging.
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LawrenceCooper
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Nepomniachtchi has lost rather limply with white to So whilst Nakamura-MVL & Svidler-Anand were drawn.
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LawrenceCooper
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Carlsen has beaten Karjakin and Aronian has blundered and looks like he will lose to Caruana.
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Aronian-Caruana still going three hours later...LawrenceCooper wrote:Carlsen has beaten Karjakin and Aronian has blundered and looks like he will lose to Caruana.
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0-1 after 110 moves so glad I didn't stay up for thatChristopher Kreuzer wrote:Aronian-Caruana still going three hours later...LawrenceCooper wrote:Carlsen has beaten Karjakin and Aronian has blundered and looks like he will lose to Caruana.
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Picture of the scoresheet in the chess.com report
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Slightly odd to annotate the game and not comment on the moment that Aronian blundered the pieceMick Norris wrote:Picture of the scoresheet in the chess.com report
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The reverse is true for Chess Mind report
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So far draws in Karjakin-Aronian, Caruana-Nepomniachtchi whilst Svidler has escaped from a bad position a pawn down to equality. Carlsen & So have extra pawns to try to convert.
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Every game was drawn today.
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Some people think Vishy had a draw all along against Magnus, but computers begged to differ on at least one occasion.
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I suspect both players had their doubts too.Matt Mackenzie wrote:Some people think Vishy had a draw all along against Magnus, but computers begged to differ on at least one occasion.
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I thought the theory of positions like that was well known. Every time I get a position like that (on either side) I manage to draw with the extra material and lose when defending. Must be doing something wrong...LawrenceCooper wrote:I suspect both players had their doubts too.Matt Mackenzie wrote:Some people think Vishy had a draw all along against Magnus, but computers begged to differ on at least one occasion.