Carlsen - new World Champion!

**Frank Dixon** · Monday, 4th November, 2013, 08:11 PM

Re: World Chess Championship 2013

Thanks to Wayne for posting the details of the match.

I am thinking that GM Carlsen will win, but it may be closer than many people think. In a relatively short match, GM Anand's experience at the very top level will count for more, as Carlsen will not have that much time to get used to the pressure. GM Anand will likely play to 'dry out the match', obtain a number of easy draws early on, and place the stakes on the later games. He has used this tactic before, with success. Look for GM arlsen to acquiesce to a couple of early draws, then try to take the battle to GM Anand. If the match were to be the best of 24 games, then I think GM Carlsen would be an overwhelming favourite to win, given his spread in age (23 to 44) and large rating advantage (close to 100 points). In a 12-game match, it could be much closer. GM Carlsen by 7-5 is my prediction.

**Nigel Hanrahan** · Monday, 4th November, 2013, 08:27 PM

Re: World Chess Championship 2013

Interestingly, Karpov recently said that it could be considered a joke that a (WC) match that typically took him 70 days or so is now reduced to 20 days. Everything is compressed into a shorter time frame.

I just hope whoever wins, wins in the regular time control portion of the match. Who wants a WC to be determined by, for example, an Armageddon game? ugh.

**Bob Armstrong** · Monday, 4th November, 2013, 08:29 PM

EST Start Time: World Chess Championship 2013

For those of us world time zone challenged, 3:00 pm Indian time, is what time EST here in Toronto? Thanks.

Bob A

**Dilip Panjwani** · Monday, 4th November, 2013, 09:02 PM

Re: EST Start Time: World Chess Championship 2013

4:30 am same date

**Wayne Komer** · Monday, 4th November, 2013, 09:03 PM

Re: EST Start Time: World Chess Championship 2013

I make it that Chennai is 5.5 hours ahead of Greenwich and it is 5 hours ahead of us, so the games start here at 4:30 a.m. in the Montreal/Toronto zone.

You can watch the endgame while you have breakfast.

This is all subject to correction!

**Bob Armstrong** · Monday, 4th November, 2013, 09:16 PM

Re: EST Start Time: World Chess Championship 2013

Hi Dilip:

Your son continues to improve!

Thanks. Just got the same answer over on FB on the Cooperative Chess Coalition chess discussion page.

Bob

**Bob Armstrong** · Monday, 4th November, 2013, 09:18 PM

Re: EST Start Time: World Chess Championship 2013

Hi Wayne:

Thanks - got the same conclusion from Dilip Panjwani (above) and on the Cooperative Chess Coalition FB chess discussion page.

Bob

**Adam Cormier** · Monday, 4th November, 2013, 10:27 PM

Re: EST Start Time: World Chess Championship 2013

Originally posted by Wayne Komer View Post

I make it that Chennai is 5.5 hours ahead of Greenwich and it is 5 hours ahead of us, so the games start here at 4:30 a.m. in the Montreal/Toronto zone.

You can watch the endgame while you have breakfast.

This is all subject to correction!

Am I the only one who is going to change his sleep schedule to watch a live stream of the match?

And on that point does anyone know a good place to watch the game live?

**Gary Ruben** · Monday, 4th November, 2013, 10:44 PM

Re: World Chess Championship 2013

I like whoever plays black in the first game. This hasn't been determined yet.

**Wayne Komer** · Monday, 4th November, 2013, 11:01 PM

Re: World Chess Championship 2013

There is supposed to be streaming video at:

http://chennai2013.fide.com/

Chessbomb is good for just the games + kibitzing comments:

http://chessbomb.com/

**Laurentiu Grigorescu** · Monday, 4th November, 2013, 11:20 PM

Re: EST Start Time: World Chess Championship 2013

I will follow the match, however not live. Probably the quality of the games and the ideas introduced will make the match a memorable one. I expect fight from the beginning to the end from both players. This is a very different matchup as compared to Anand - Gelfand. I do not believe Anand is interested in ELO points, so the 100 points in rating is not relevant. Also, the match being played in India makes the whole thing even more special. Who will win? I will take Anand because I believe his playing style is more complex and his wisdom will help to find the right way to play Carlsen.

**Wayne Komer** · Monday, 4th November, 2013, 11:29 PM

Re: EST Start Time: World Chess Championship 2013

There is a very entertaining Couch Potato’s Guide to Anand-Carlsen World Champs by GM Ian Rogers at:

http://www.uschess.org/content/view/12405/729/

He tells you what Indian food to snack on while watching the games and mentions these commentaries:

The Chennai organisers have gone with Susan Polgar and Laurence Trent as their primary commentators. While obviously less able to comment on the subtleties of the game compared to the star English language commentators of Moscow 2012 - Kramnik, Svidler and Leko in particular - these two showed at the recent Tromso World Cup that they were genuine chess fans and worked well together.

Expect the always-entertaining Garry Kasparov to drop by for a chat when he visits Chennai.

Playchess, will offer commentary in four languages, with the most experienced commentator in the world, Leontxo Garcia, as the Spanish host. As expected, easy-listening GMs Yasser Seirawan and Daniel King will be the trans-Atlantic anchors for Playchess's English language commentary, with guests including Alejandro Ramirez and, notably, French star Maxime Vachier Lagrave for game 10.

Internet Chess Club, at one time the undisputed king of chess commentary and still a reliable option, will be covering the World Championship games in English and Spanish and using a wider variety of commentators than Playchess. Most are from the US - including veterans Christiansen, Yermolinsky and Fedorowicz. However the line-up also includes one-night-only appearances by The Week in Chess' Mark Crowther and other Englishmen Jon Speelman and Daniel King. (Yes, King and Seirawan will moonlight for ICC on an off day from Playchess!). Sadly Peter Svidler's Russian team commitments in November do not allow him to join the ICC team.

After the Games

As soon as the games finish, the two players will be ushered into a press conference, which should be viewable on the official match site as it happens.

Chess.com are expecting few US fans to watch the games live from early morning and so have planned a 2 hour post-game show, using the skills of ChessVibes’ Peter Doggers to provide video and other colour.

**Paul Bonham** · Tuesday, 5th November, 2013, 12:33 AM

Re: World Chess Championship 2013

Originally posted by Nigel Hanrahan View Post

Interestingly, Karpov recently said that it could be considered a joke that a (WC) match that typically took him 70 days or so is now reduced to 20 days. Everything is compressed into a shorter time frame.

I just hope whoever wins, wins in the regular time control portion of the match. Who wants a WC to be determined by, for example, an Armageddon game? ugh.

Agreed, it is far better to watch them blunder in regular time control than in fast time control.

**Brad Thomson** · Tuesday, 5th November, 2013, 10:21 AM

Re: World Chess Championship 2013

With respect to a possible tie-break, it seems to me that the challenger should have to beat the champion and that a tied match should go to Anand. This puts the onus on the challenger to play for the win. But, if a series of faster and faster tie-break games is to be used, then I think it may have been Jean Hebert who stated that they should play the tie-break before the regular games, and not after. I agree with this completely, because it would force someone to play to win the match.

Carlsen - new World Champion!

Carlsen - new World Champion!

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