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The first game to finish is So-Caruana and Maurice takes advantage of the time to have an extended interview with Wesley So.
He says that the tournament so far has been difficult, to say the least. Today he was trying to prevent the losses from snowballing, so he treated the game like it was from the first round and to forget about the past. A draw was the solid result.
It is very tough to think about winning the Grand Tour. He is sort of in competition with Fabi and Vladimir Kramnik but, as a chess professional, he leaves things to take care of themselves. In soccer or in the NBA you don’t have the rating system and your team can carry you. If things don’t work out, he will pack his bags and go to the next tournament. He doesn’t want to play in the Candidates and come out second or worse. You won’t have achieved anything. Every chess player has their ups and downs. Even Kasparov, the greatest player ever, had bad tournaments but no one ever remembers them, just the wins.
(WK – what are K’s worst tournaments? I don’t remember any of them)
Wesley – I looked briefly at the database of your games a few days ago.
Maurice – My games! Are you trying to play worse?
Wesley – I saw you playing Hikaru in 2003 and you were beating him.
Maurice – I played Nd5 instead of 21.Bd5 and lost. Don’t remind me.
Actually, Ashley was winning this game after 20. Qxe5! Where he started to stray was with 21. Nd5?! Instead, 21. Bd5! Bxd5 22. Nxd5 leaves White with a decisive advantage. After missing the win, Ashley soon made an uncharacteristic, decisive blunder with 25. Be6?? Instead, 25. Rd1 = holds.
Of course Nakamura was quick to recover and take advantage of Ashley's big mistake, and happily took the swindle with the winning double attack 25... Qf2! This tactical surprise threatens to win the Rook or to pull off a back rank mate, with possibilities like 26. Qd2+ Kb1 27. Qd1+ Rxd1 28. Rd1#.
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Garry Kasparov comes in to analyze the games. Looking at Svidler-Carlsen he says that he reintroduced the Scotch into WC play in the 1990 New York City/Lyon Match. Readers will recall it was 102 moves long!
The MVL-Karjakin game attracted a lot of attention because it seemed like a draw but could go wrong for either player. At one time MVL had more than an hour on Sergey’s clock. Do you like White or Black’s chances?
Incredible endgames this last round and MVL - Karjakhin was the most incredible of all! That Sergei held with less than 5 minutes on the clock by finding the precise Qa5 followed by Qc5 is incredible by itself. Minister of Defence indeed!
After round seven Aronian, MVL, and Anand tied for the lead, and Carlsen a half point back. Who knows what will happen!?!? Key matchup round 8 - Vishy Anand vs MVL.
A caller from Saudi Arabia likes the way that Maurice talks about squares and asks what book he recommends for a 1700 player. Yasser comes in too and we got these titles:
1) David Bronstein - Zurich 1953 (just examples of good play)
2) Richard Reti – Masters of the Chessboard
3) Israel Gelfer – Positional Chess Handbook – 495 Instructive Positions from Grandmaster Games
4) Jeremy Silman - How to Reassess your Chess
5) Ludek Pachman – Modern Chess Strategy (somewhat outdated)
6) Mihal Suba - Dynamic Chess Strategy and Positional Chess Sacrifices
7) Jonathan Tisdall – Improve Your Chess Now
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Jan Gustafsson is on the other channel commentating in German. He is so well-liked that one chat-room denizen, says, that if Jan lapses into English tell him immediately so he can switch over.
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The worldchess people just don’t understand how to make an interesting chess broadcast. One has to have a good fan base, good commentators and an atmosphere of friendliness. Here is there latest attempt (from The Telegraph this morning):
In a new attempt to make chess more exciting for viewers, its stars are being asked to wear biometrics devices when the next big title match is held. The innovation is being pushed so fans can track the ups and downs of cerebral game's biggest moment.
However, the thoughts of players - including the key points when they feel calm or stressed - have, by some, been closely guarded secrets.
Ilya Merenzon, chief executive of World Chess, said: "Chess matches can be very dramatic, and biometric data gives fans and spectators alike another opportunity to follow the games and relate to them on much deeper level.
"It’s not enough to know what the next best move is anymore: you have to know what the grandmaster is thinking.
"This makes watching the games so much more exciting. This is also one of our efforts to develop the premium broadcasting experience and bring value to chess fans."
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Rustam Kasimdzhanov is interviewed by Cristian. Rustam is one of the players I can always learn something from. He is the second of Fabiano Caruana.
He says the present way to the Candidates is very heavy and hard to understand. The previous system with knockouts was good because everyone got a chance.
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Everyone is talking about Levon winning the game against Svidler and possibly the tournament. It is a very short game ending in blunders. What happened?
Round 8, Aug. 10, 2017
Aronian, Levon – Svidler, Peter
A34 English, symmetrical, Three Knights System
- Peter needs to go to the confessional and receive absolution for not taking on g2
There is only one decided game Karjakin-So, the rest being drawn. Thus that leaves Aronian, MVL and Anand at 5.0 and Carlsen and Karjakin at 4.5, so five players could theoretically have a chance at top spot.
Tony Rich comes on to explain what happens if there are players tied for first at the end. He is the event organizer and the rules and regulations were a collaborative effort between the organizers of the Grand Chess Tour – so Malcom Pein in London, David Sedgwick (Chief Tour Arbiter) and Michael Khordarkovsky of the Kasparov Chess Foundation.
If there is a two-player tie, there would be a playoff match.
But here there are five scenarios. The first is 3 players tied for 1st with 6 points; the second is 3 players tied for 1st with 5.5 points; the third is Carlsen beating Aronian and tying with MVL and Anand; the fourth is with Aronian, MVL and Anand tying but Karjakin winning his game; the fifth is with Karjakin and Carlsen winning and Anand and MVL drawing.
I have not given all the details above because several pages could be written about the possibilities and the rationale of the tie-breaks and playoffs.
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John Urschel comes on to talk with Maurice. He is massive. He was a lineman for the Baltimore Ravens of the NFL, but retired at the young age of twenty-six and is pursuing his Ph.D in mathematics at MIT. He learned chess during football practices from a friend. He likes the analytical and competitive aspects of chess. He says that what he learned from football which helps him in chess is the dictum that ‘preparation calms nerves’.
He is working on machine-learning on the theoretical computer science side.
Cristian Chirila predicts that MVL will beat Nepomniachtchi and win the tournament.
Maurice says that Peter Svidler might win the Brilliancy Prize with his game over Caruana. 18.Nf4 would start the combo.
The team thinks that Magnus is winning over Aronian.
How will these three predictions work out?
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Well, in with a complete disregard for the tie-break rules, MVL won his game against Nepo and the tournament.
Magnus beat Levon and tied for second with Vishy Anand.
Peter Svidler didn’t play the line that everyone wanted him to because he couldn’t work out all the variations but he did win against Fabiano.
Comments
- Vive la France
- (Garry Kasparov) – Congratulations to MVL on a big win. As they say, if you can make it in Saint Louis you can make it anywhere
- Nakamura-Karjakin tied. It is now mathematically impossible for Karjakin to tie for first
- Congratulations to Vachier Lagrave for winning the 2017 Sinquefield Cup. He collects 13 GCT points and $75,000
- Five different winners of the Sinquefield – Carlsen (2013), Caruana (2014), Aronian (2015), So (2016) and MVL (2017)
- Peter Svidler in the confession booth, “Life is hard”
- Three days until Kasparov rises from his tomb
- It would be hilarious if So ranked 8th qualified on rating ahead of Aronian ranked 2nd and Kramnik ranked third
- I am surprised Nakamura could not score even one win.
- A very smooth win for MVL, following the basic strategy of exchanging off minor pieces that control d5 and occupying that square with a knight. All moves were logical and simple up to 43. c5.
- Congrats MVL, Carlsen is still probably best in the world just needs to finish better missed some big chances that would have given him clear 1st.
- MVL played a master piece here that showed the superiority of the knight over bishop in these types of Sicilian positions.
- Félicitations à Maxime pour sa victoire étonnante!
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The games:
Round 9, Aug. 11, 2017
Carlsen, Magnus – Aronian, Levon
C88 Ruy Lopez, Closed, anti-Marshall
Peter said that his score was nothing to write home about. He only went one-ply in his analysis of lines before the combination that would have been a good win. “I played like a human being near the end of the tournament”
Next for him is the World Cup in Tbilisi like almost everyone else.
The Rapid and Blitz with Garry Kasparov participating starts August 14.
Last edited by Wayne Komer; Friday, 11th August, 2017, 09:36 PM.
Peter Svidler played !4.b4! a multi faceted tickler!! (havent seen that in a while) against Fabi Caruana in rd 9! Really enjoyed the games and commentary in this tournament.
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