Baden-Baden 2015

**Wayne Komer** · Sunday, 1st February, 2015, 04:44 PM

Re: Baden-Baden 2015

Baden-Baden 2015

First Round Matchups

Caruana – Anand
Bacrot – Baramidze
Aronian – Carlsen
Adams – Naiditsch

The commentators will be Nigel Short and Jan Gustafsson.

First round tomorrow, Monday, at 15:00 CET

**Jack Maguire** · Monday, 2nd February, 2015, 02:49 AM

Re: Baden-Baden 2015

Carlsen is the overwhelming favourite to win this tournament at 4/7. Caruana is 2nd pick at 47/20. If Carlsen manages to beat Aronian with Black today, Aronian will fall out of the Top 10 ):

https://www.betmarathon.com/en/betting/Chess/

**Vlad Dobrich** · Monday, 2nd February, 2015, 08:53 AM

Re: Baden-Baden 2015

Originally posted by Jack Maguire View Post

Carlsen is the overwhelming favourite to win this tournament at 4/7. Caruana is 2nd pick at 47/20. If Carlsen manages to beat Aronian with Black today, Aronian will fall out of the Top 10 ):

https://www.betmarathon.com/en/betting/Chess/

Jack, I find the odds as you post them to be annoyingly difficult to decipher. For example, in the above quote, if I must bet $7 to win $4 on Carlsen, then reading the numbers the same way, I must bet $47 to win $20 on Caruana. That makes no sense. And reversing the numbers makes no sense either - in other words this is nonsense!

**Jack Maguire** · Monday, 2nd February, 2015, 09:17 AM

Re: Baden-Baden 2015

Originally posted by Vlad Dobrich View Post

Jack, I find the odds as you post them to be annoyingly difficult to decipher. For example, in the above quote, if I must bet $7 to win $4 on Carlsen, then reading the numbers the same way, I must bet $47 to win $20 on Caruana. That makes no sense. And reversing the numbers makes no sense either - in other words this is nonsense!

I'm sure there are many who find the numbers confusing, Vlad, but I wouldn't have thought you one of them. If you bet Carlsen to win this tournament you are not required to bet $7 or any multiple thereof, but for every $7 you wager you win $4 (i.e. get your $7 back plus a $4 profit). For example, if you wagered $100 on Carlsen to win the tournament and he did indeed win the tournament, you would get your $100 back plus a $100 x 4/7 = $57.14 profit. Similarly, if you bet $100 on Caruana to win the tournament and he managed to win the tournament, you would get your $100 back plus a $100 x 47/20 = $235 profit.

**Bob Armstrong** · Monday, 2nd February, 2015, 09:42 AM

Re: Baden-Baden 2015

Originally posted by Jack Maguire View Post

I'm sure there are many who find the numbers confusing, Vlad, but I wouldn't have thought you one of them. If you bet Carlsen to win this tournament you are not required to bet $7 or any multiple thereof, but for every $7 you wager you win $4 (i.e. get your $7 back plus a $4 profit). For example, if you wagered $100 on Carlsen to win the tournament and he did indeed win the tournament, you would get your $100 back plus a $100 x 4/7 = $57.14 profit. Similarly, if you bet $100 on Caruana to win the tournament and he managed to win the tournament, you would get your $100 back plus a $100 x 47/20 = $235 profit.

Hi Jack:

Never have bet.....been baffled up to now about odds...maybe you need to do a workshop for all us neophytes (trying to keep up with your vocabulary :) )! Much clearer to me now. Thanks.

Bob

**Vlad Dobrich** · Monday, 2nd February, 2015, 09:54 AM

Re: Baden-Baden 2015

Originally posted by Jack Maguire View Post

I'm sure there are many who find the numbers confusing, Vlad, but I wouldn't have thought you one of them. If you bet Carlsen to win this tournament you are not required to bet $7 or any multiple thereof, but for every $7 you wager you win $4 (i.e. get your $7 back plus a $4 profit). For example, if you wagered $100 on Carlsen to win the tournament and he did indeed win the tournament, you would get your $100 back plus a $100 x 4/7 = $57.14 profit. Similarly, if you bet $100 on Caruana to win the tournament and he managed to win the tournament, you would get your $100 back plus a $100 x 47/20 = $235 profit.

Jack, the conventional way of posting the odds in the above, would be -

to win the event - >>>>>
Carlsen $100 : 57
Caruana $100 : 235

Your $100 wager is never stated as part of the winnings. ie to bet $100 on Carlsen, win your bet, and get back only $57 (for a loss of $43) would indeed be nonsense.

**Jack Maguire** · Monday, 2nd February, 2015, 10:04 AM

Re: Baden-Baden 2015

Originally posted by Bob Armstrong View Post

Hi Jack:

Never have bet.....been baffled up to now about odds...maybe you need to do a workshop for all us neophytes (trying to keep up with your vocabulary :) )! Much clearer to me now. Thanks.

Bob

Then hopefully the Aronian - Carlsen line makes complete sense to you now, Bob. Aronian is listed at 32/5 so if someone bet $100 on him to beat Carlsen today, and he did indeed win, then you'd get your $100 back plus a very nice $100 x 32/5 = $640 profit, that is, $740 in total. Carlsen is listed at 47/20 so a $100 bet would return $100 plus $100 x 47/20 = $235 or $335 in total. If you bet $100 on both players to win, then you would get back either $740 or $335 for your $200 providing there was a winner. Should there be a draw you'd lose both bets (i.e. $200). Of course, you get bet on the most likely outcome, a draw, but the odds there are 59/100 so a $100 bet would only win $59 if a draw was indeed the result.

If you now understand all this you can click on 'All bets' and get even more betting options (e.g. you can also bet on Aronian to either draw or win). However, with the games now underway, betting on today's action is no longer possible (:

**Jack Maguire** · Monday, 2nd February, 2015, 10:24 AM

Re: Baden-Baden 2015

Originally posted by Vlad Dobrich View Post

Jack, the conventional way of posting the odds in the above, would be -

to win the event - >>>>>
Carlsen $100 : 57
Caruana $100 : 235

Your $100 wager is never stated as part of the winnings. ie to bet $10
0 on Carlsen, win your bet, and get back only $57 (for a loss of $43) would indeed be nonsense.

Both Ladbrokes and Marathon post odds in the same manner, Vlad. Perhaps someone should pass on your suggestion, albeit I do rather enjoy doing the mental math myself. Then again, Thoreau likely had it right with his "Our life is frittered away by detail ... simplify, simplify."

**Jack Maguire** · Monday, 2nd February, 2015, 04:05 PM

Re: Baden-Baden 2015

All 4 games drawn ):

Boo ... unless of course you bet on draws (:

**Wayne Komer** · Tuesday, 3rd February, 2015, 01:12 AM

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Baden-Baden 2015

Tournament Schedule and Pairings

Round 1, Feb. 2, 2015

Caruana-Anand
Bacrot-Baramidze
Aronian-Carlsen
Adams-Naiditsch

Round 2, Feb. 3, 2015

Anand-Naiditsch
Carlsen-Adams
Baramidze-Aronian
Caruana-Bacrot

Round 3, Feb. 4, 2015

Bacrot-Anand
Aronian-Caruana
Adams-Baramidze
Naiditsch-Carlsen

Round 4, Feb. 6, 2015

Anand-Carlsen
Baramidze-Naiditsch
Caruana-Adams
Bacrot-Aronian

Round 5, Feb. 7, 2015

Aronian-Anand
Adams-Bacrot
Naiditsch-Caruana
Carlsen-Baramidze

Round 6, Feb. 8, 2015

Anand-Baramidze
Caruana-Carlsen
Bacrot-Naiditsch
Aronian-Adams

Round 7, Feb. 9, 2015

Adams-Anand
Naiditsch-Aronian
Carlsen-Bacrot
Baramidze-Caruana

**Wayne Komer** · Tuesday, 3rd February, 2015, 02:45 AM

Re: Baden-Baden 2015

Baden-Baden 2015

Round One
February 2, 2015

Baden-Baden 2015
Round 1, Feb. 2
Caruana, Fabiano – Anand, Viswanathan
C54 Giuoco Piano, d3 Variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.b4 Bb6 7.a4 a5 8.b5 Ne7 9.O-O O-O 10.h3 c6 11.Bb3 Ng6 12.Re1 Re8 13.Nbd2 d5 14.Nf1 dxe4 15.Ng5 Re7 16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.dxe4 Be6 18.Rb1 Rd7 19.Qc2 Nf8 20.Ne3 Bxe3 21.Bxe3 h6 22.Red1 Rc8 23.Rxd7 Qxd7 24.Rd1 Qe8 25.bxc6 Qxc6 26.Bd5 Qxc3 27.Qxc3 Rxc3 28.Bxb7 Nd7 29.Ba6 Nc5 30.Bxc5 Rxc5 31.Bb5 Kh7 32.Rd6 Bc4 33.Rb6 Bxb5 34.Rxb5 Rxb5 35.axb5 a4 36.b6 a3 37.b7 a2 38.b8=Q a1=Q+ 1/2-1/2

Baden-Baden 2015
Round 1, Feb. 2
Bacrot, Etienne – Baramidze, David
D70 Neo-Grunfeld Defence

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.O-O-O Qd6 10.Nb5 Qd7 11.Kb1 Rd8 12.d5 a6 13.Nc3 Na5 14.Qc1 Qe8 15.h4 e6 16.Bf4 Rd7 17.Bh6 Bxh6 18.Qxh6 Qf8 19.Qxf8+ Kxf8 20.h5 exd5 21.exd5 Nac4 22.hxg6 fxg6 23.Bxc4 Nxc4 24.Nh3 Re7 25.Ng5 h5 26.g4 hxg4 27.Nce4 gxf3 28.Rh8+ Kg7 29.Rh7+ Kf8 30.Rh8+ Kg7 31.Rh7+ 1/2-1/2

Baden-Baden 2015
Round 1, Feb. 2
Aronian, Levon- Carlsen, Magnus
D36 QGD, Exchange, Positional Line (6.Qc2)

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2 Be7 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 h6 9.Bh4 Nh5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.O-O-O Nb6 12.Nf3 Bg4 13.Kb1 Nf6 14.Rc1 Nfd7 15.Ka1 O-O-O 16.Nd2 Kb8 17.Na4 Nxa4 18.Qxa4 Qh4 19.Rcf1 Qf6 20.Qc2 Rc8 21.Nb3 Rc7 22.Rc1 Rhc8 23.h3 Be6 24.Rhf1 h5 25.f4 g6 26.f5 gxf5 27.g4 hxg4 28.hxg4 Nb6 29.gxf5 Bd7 30.Nc5 Re8 31.Rce1 Qd6 32.a3 Bc8 33.Qf2 Nd7 34.e4 dxe4 35.Nxe4 Qf8 36.Rg1 Rd8 37.Qh2 Qh8 38.Qxh8 Rxh8 39.Rg7 Nb6 40.Nf6 Rd8 41.Rg4 c5 42.Ne8 Rcd7 43.dxc5 Rxd3 44.cxb6 axb6 45.Rf4 R8d5 46.Ref1 Rd1+ 47.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 48.Ka2 Rd5 49.Ng7 Bd7 50.Kb3 Kc7 51.Re4 Kd6 52.Ne8+ Kc6 53.Ng7 Rd3+ 54.Kb4 Rg3 55.Rc4+ Kd6 56.Rd4+ Kc7 57.Nh5 Rg2 58.Nf6 Bc6 59.b3 b5 60.Ng4 Re2 61.Nh6 Be8 62.Ng4 Bd7 63.Nh6 Be8 64.Ng4 1/2-1/2

Baden-Baden 2015
Round 1, Feb. 2
Adams, Michael – Naiditsch, Arkadij
C07 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.exd5 Qxd5 7.Nb5 Na6 8.Nc3 Qd6 9.Bc4 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Qe2 Rd8 12.Nde4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 Qe5 14.g3 Nb4 15.c3 Nd5 16.Re1 b6 17.Nd2 Qc7 18.Nf3 Bb7 19.Ba6 Bxa6 20.Qxa6 Bf6 21.Bg5 Bxg5 22.Nxg5 Rd7 23.Rad1 Rad8 24.Nf3 Ne7 25.Rxd7 Qxd7 26.a4 Nc6 27.Kg2 h6 28.h4 Kf8 29.Re3 Qd5 30.b4 Qd7 31.a5 Qc8 32.Qxc8 Rxc8 33.axb6 axb6 34.Rd3 Ke7 35.Kf1 b5 36.Ke2 f5 37.Ke3 g5 38.hxg5 hxg5 39.Nxg5 Ne5 40.Rd1 Kf6 41.f4 Rxc3+ 42.Ke2 Nc4 43.Rd7 Rc2+ 44.Kf3 Nd2+ 45.Ke3 Nf1+ 46.Kf3 Rc3+ 47.Kf2 Nxg3 48.Nh7+ Kg6 49.Nf8+ Kh5 50.Nxe6 Ne4+ 51.Ke2 Rb3 52.Nd4 Ng3+ 53.Kd2 Rxb4 54.Rd5 Kg4 55.Kc3 Ra4 56.Rxb5 Ne4+ 57.Kd3 Ra3+ 58.Kc2 Rc3+ 59.Kb2 Rc5 60.Rxc5 Nxc5 61.Nxf5 Kxf5 1/2-1/2
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The format of the tournament is rather somber. The house lights are low and the spotlights are on the chessboards. Nigel Short and Jan Gustafsson are lively commentators but with two tourneys on simultaneously, it is tempting to turn over to Gibraltar 2015 and watch Simon Williams and Elisabeth Pahtz. There are more players, more virtual unknowns, more rounds in Gibraltar and it is not snowing and cold outside!

All games were drawn. Perhaps tomorrow things will warm up when the players with the top elos meet those with the lowest.

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For the famous 1925 tournament, Dr. Tarrasch did the organization. Both Dr. Lasker and Capablanca declined because they weren’t guaranteed high appearance fees. There were 21 players and 20 rounds with Alekhine winning with 16/20 and no losses and then Rubinstein, Saemisch, Bogolyubov, Marshall etc. Nimzowitsch scored 11 and Reti 10.

Alekhine’s sacrifice to win against Reti is considered by some to be the greatest sacrifice ever.

Savielly Tartakower - "Capablanca won the London Tournament in 1922 because he was the World Champion; Lasker won in New York in 1924 as if he were the World Champion; but Alekhine won the Baden-Baden Tournament like a real World Champion".

Tournament Books

1. Baden Baden 1925
Nikolaj Grekov/ Jimmy Adams
Caissa, Yorklyn, DE
1991

2. Internationales Schachturnier zu Baden-Baden 1925
Siegbert Tarrasch
British Chess Magazine Classic Reprint No. 16
Facsimile of the edition Bernhard Kagan, Berlin 1925

3. Mezdunarodnye sachmatnye turnir v Baden-Badene 1925
Aleksandr Alechin/Nikolaj Grekov
Moskva, 1927

**Jack Maguire** · Tuesday, 3rd February, 2015, 05:01 PM

Re: Baden-Baden 2015

One decisive game in 8 now ):

No surprise that it was Carlsen over Adams. Carlsen is a perfect 5/5 against Adams in recent years and plus 8, minus 1, equal 4 lifetime. That works out to a 76.9% score, which is a good deal higher than his record against Nakamura, plus 11, minus zero, equal 16, a 70.4% score.

Caruana's draw drops him to #3 live, as Grischuk takes over the #2 spot.

http://www.2700chess.com/

**Wayne Komer** · Wednesday, 4th February, 2015, 03:08 AM

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Baden-Baden 2015

Round Two
February 3, 2015

(From chess.com) - Magnus Carlsen scored the first win of the 2015 Grenke Chess Classic super tournament today in Baden-Baden, Germany.

Carlsen notched the tournament’s only full point in round two, defeating English GM Michael Adams in -- appropriately -- the English Opening.

Carlsen commented on his opening choice: “It wasn’t great, but there is potential for some slight pressure there. There isn’t much risk.”

Adams emerged from the opening unscathed with the black pieces, but his 18th move Re7 looks to be slightly inaccurate, as it allowed Carlsen to build up the pressure with 19. b4! White enjoyed a steady advance on the queenside until the 30th move, when Carlsen retreated his dark-squared bishop to the back rank and redirected his efforts to the kingside.

Carlsen then shifted again, won Black's b-pawn and got the queens off the board to enter the endgame with a healthy advantage. The relentless world champion cashed in the full point with accurate and alert play until Adams capitulated on move 64, his demise imminent.

Baden-Baden 2015
Round 2, Feb. 3
Carlsen, Magnus – Adams, Michael
A29 English, Bremen, Smyslov System

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Nd5 Bc5 6.Bg2 d6 7.O-O O-O 8.d3 Nxd5 9.cxd5 Nd4 10.Nxd4 exd4 11.Bd2 a5 12.e4 dxe3 13.fxe3 Qg5 14.Rf4 Bd7 15.a4 Rae8 16.d4 Bb6 17.Qb3 Qd8 18.Qc4 Re7 19.b4 axb4 20.a5 Ba7 21.Qxb4 c5 22.dxc6 Bxc6 23.Qb3 Bxg2 24.Kxg2 Qd7 25.Raf1 Rc8 26.Rf5 h6 27.R1f2 Bb8 28.Bb4 Qc6+ 29.R2f3 Rcc7 30.Be1 Qe8 31.g4 Re4 32.h3 Rce7 33.Bf2 R4e6 34.Rb5 Bc7 35.Rxb7 Qa8 36.Rb5 Re8 37.Qd5 Qxd5 38.Rxd5 Rb8 39.Bg3 g6 40.h4 Ra8 41.Be1 Re4 42.g5 h5 43.Rb5 Ra7 44.Kf1 Re8 45.Ke2 Rea8 46.Rf6 Ra6 47.Bb4 Bxa5 48.Rxa5 Rxa5 49.Bxa5 Rxa5 50.Rxd6 Kf8 51.Rf6 Ra3 52.Kf3 Ke7 53.Ke4 Ra5 54.Rf4 Rb5 55.d5 Rb3 56.Kd4 Ra3 57.e4 Rb3 58.Ke5 Rd3 59.Rf1 Rh3 60.Ra1 Rxh4 61.d6+ Kd7 62.Ra7+ Ke8 63.Ra8+ Kd7 64.Rf8 1-0

Baden-Baden 2015
Round 2, Feb. 3
Baramidze, David – Aronian, Levon
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.O-O Re8 8.Nc4 Nd7 9.a4 Bd6 10.d4 exd4 11.Nxd6 cxd6 12.Qxd4 Qf6 13.Rd1 Qxd4 14.Rxd4 Nf6 15.Rxd6 Nxe4 16.Rd3 Bf5 17.Be3 Nf6 18.Rb3 b6 19.c4 Ne4 20.a5 Be6 21.Rba3 Rab8 22.Nd4 Bd7 23.axb6 axb6 24.Ra7 Nf6 25.b4 c5 26.bxc5 bxc5 27.Nf3 Rbc8 28.R1a5 Be6 29.Ne5 Ng4 30.Nxg4 Bxg4 31.h3 Be2 32.Rxc5 Rxc5 33.Bxc5 Bxc4 34.Re7 Rxe7 35.Bxe7 Be2 36.Bc5 h6 37.Be7 Bc4 38.Bc5 f6 39.f3 Kf7 40.Kf2 g5 41.Bd4 1/2-1/2

Baden-Baden 2015
Round 2, Feb. 3
Anand, Vishy – Naiditsch, Arkadij
D41 QGC Semi-Tarrasch (5.cxd5)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 O-O 11.Rc1 Nc6 12.Bc4 Qa5 13.d5 exd5 14.Qxa5 Nxa5 15.Bxd5 Be6 16.Bxe6 fxe6 17.Ne5 Rfd8 18.Ke2 Rd4 19.Ke3 Ra4 20.Rhd1 Nc6 21.Nxc6 bxc6 22.Rd2 Rc8 23.Rc5 Kf8 24.h4 h6 25.Kf4 Ke7 26.Ke5 Rb8 27.Rxc6 Rb5+ 28.Kf4 Rba5 29.f3 g5+ 30.hxg5 hxg5+ 31.Kg3 Rxa2 32.Rc7+ Kf6 33.Rdd7 Ke5 34.Rg7 Kd6 35.Rcd7+ Kc6 36.Rd1 a6 37.Rgd7 Re5 38.Rd8 a5 39.Rc1+ Kb7 40.Rdc8 Rb2 41.R1c6 a4 42.R6c7+ Kb6 43.Rc4 Kb5 44.Rd4 a3 45.Ra8 Rc5 46.Rxa3 Rcc2 47.Kg4 Rxg2+ 48.Kh5 Rg3 49.Rdd3 Rh2+ 50.Kg6 Rhh3 51.Rab3+ Kc4 52.Rbc3+ Kb4 53.Rb3+ 1/2-1/2

Baden-Baden 2015
Round 2, Feb. 3
Caruana, Fabiano – Bacrot, Etienne
E60 King’ Indian Defence

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d6 4.e4 Bg7 5.Ne2 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.Qd2 Nc6 8.d5 Ne5 9.Nec3 Nh5 10.Be2 f5 11.Na3 f4 12.Bf2 Bd7 13.Nc2 a6 14.a4 g5 15.a5 Qe8 16.Rb1 b5 17.axb6 a5 18.Na3 Qb8 19.Nab5 Qxb6 20.Ra1 Rfb8 21.Ra3 Qd8 22.Kd1 h6 23.Kc2 Nf6 24.h4 Be8 25.hxg5 hxg5 26.g3 Nh5 27.Rg1 Rb7 28.gxf4 gxf4 29.Bh4 a4 30.Bg5 Ng6 31.Rga1 Qc8 32.Bf1 Ng3 33.Bd3 Bxb5 34.Nxb5 Qh3 35.Bxf4 Nxf4 36.Qxf4 Rf8 37.Qd2 Rxf3 38.Rxa4 Bh6 39.Ra8+ Kf7 40.Rh8 Bxd2 41.Rxh3 Bf4 42.Rh7+ Kg6 43.Rh2 Be5 44.Ra8 Kg5 45.Be2 Rf7 46.Rg8+ Rg7 47.Rf8 Rg6 48.Bd3 Rf6 49.Rf2 Rxf2+ 50.Rxf2 Rb8 51.Kb3 Bd4 52.Rf3 Kg4 53.Rf7 Bf6 54.Kc2 1/2-1/2

Online Comments

- We could conceivably see 11 players at 2800+ this year, though not necessarily at the same time.
Carlsen, Grischuk, Caruana, Topalov are or have already been there.

Giri, Nakamura & So are 2788+ and moving up quickly.
Anand and Kramnik are probably 2800 strength anyway when on form, so it wouldn't be surprising to see them there again soon.

MVL is an outside shot. He's moved up to 2775 from 2750 very quickly.
Aronian is in bad form, but was 2830 last year, so has the potential to get back there one would assume.

Beyond that there is quite a gap forming down to Karjakin, Mamedyarov and co. Ding Liren is rising rapidly, so he could possibly get close as well.
2800 is the new 2750.

- I think Caruana just needs to manage time controls better which IMO in a couple of years he should be able to. Just like Carlsen he sees everything OTB most of the times.

- I always say there is a big void over world number 2. Nakamura is shaping up to cross 2800 and throw his hat in, as well. If based on form and consistency, I would still pick Anand for number 2, right now. He just barely edges out the rest of the contenders for world number 2 position. But good to see Nakamura regaining his position as US number 1. And maybe that win over Carlsen may finally happen....or so we hope. Carlsen is the champ for a reason; not only is he hard to beat (rarely loses), but he is able to win more often than not.

**John Coleman** · Wednesday, 4th February, 2015, 11:21 AM

Re: Baden-Baden 2015

Carlsen, playing black against Naiditsch, sacs a piece of move 10 for a couple of pawns, and... and... nothing? Should be interesting. http://grenkechessclassic.com/en/inf...n-chess-centre