Thanks man I almost forgot about this one.

Alt video coverage (I can't reach the main one now):

http://chennai2013.fide.com/live-video-stream...te-server/

Just the game: http://chennai2013.fide.com/anand-carsen-game...sis-video/

when is the next game tomorrow in CET or EET?

rest day tomorrow.

Chennai is GMT + 5:30

CET is GMT + 1, 4.5 hours earlier than Chennai.

Game starts at 3 pm there, so it would be at 10:30 AM CET.

EET is an hour ahead of CET, so it would be 11:30 AM EET

thanks lorfa

UK the games start at 9:30am

I like Chessnetwork for commentary. Guy also has a great youtube channel.

http://chennai2013.fide.com official stream on this site with polgar, tania, ramesh and trent.

reddit r/chess has also has threads for each match with other stream links and other information.

I wish they had short on there like they did for the fide world cup. He's hilarious.

Yeah, love Short. he's got so many little tit bits to add and his laugh is great. He may, like the world cup do games closer to the end. Trent and Polger are awesome too.

pretty dull so far

yeah man chess needs gibs and powerups

Yep, and tomorrow is a rest day.

http://chennai2013.fide.com/schedule/

Hopefully they'll crank up the action soon. The Anand Gelfand match went pretty slow until the later games, but it was kind of a boring match in general.

I'm pissed it's only twelve games. It'll probably have a negative impact on risk-taking too.

Rather surprising first game by Carlsen - you'd think he would have prepared better for the variation Anand used.

With regards to commentary, I wish they mixed the two IMs with the two GMs. I love Trent, but he works better with a GM next to him (like Short during the Candidates). Yesterday Tania and him suggested a move (13. Nxd5) for Carlsen that was immediately dismissed by Polgar and Ramesh (in favor of 13. Qb3, which Carlsen did play) as soon as they replaced them.

so pissed at carlsen, he would need just 1 percent of fischer's determination to steamroll the competition
glad to see these threads on esr, thanks lorfa

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Iagree, liability is the name od the game nowadays. I stopped playing chess after 10 years of it day in and out. Just because of the styles people immulate . Now its not per se the 'best' that wins anymore. Who can plus back the best till human makes inevitable mistake. Almost like Captain Hindsight from south park :)

FUCK how could i miss it?

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draws draws draws.

Chess was #3 game on twitch though thanks to Chessnetwork having something like 14k viewers. Not bad.

a draw is not a draw ...
and u r russian ... shame on you

uh what

first 2 games = shortdraw,
last game was fought out

if no one wins I consider that a draw. didn't know there was some special word for a draw they call off early.

Outside the short draws, the other games have been very exciting, even if they ended in a draw

I thought this was a joke.


Still is in my book.

I don't understand : /

Why did the world chess champion cross the road?

What's up with world chess championship food?

King Pawns? Chip Shop Bishops! Chestnuts of Checkmate!!!

Less QQ more cashew

lol terrible graphix

and every map has the same textures and models... fucking retarded

it doesnt even have things like in that videogame

yeah wtf, same map pool since 500 years

there are some new maps, but very few give them a chance

there's a mod by some guy named fischer too that adds random spawns

needs more hats

You can't complain about the business model, though.

where are the hats at? this game needs more crits

i don't get the decision of letting polgar comment these games.
there is a ton of better players that could do the job, i can't think of a single good reason why she's on it, besides explaining how castling works (...)

Susan is still a GM (not wgm!) rated 2577 even if she hasn't competed in some time.

She also broke the world record for a simul in 2004 by playing 326 opponents and scoring 99.03%. See here for info on that.

This means she has a very strong understanding of the game, both in terms of experience with weaker players, and against strong international players.

She's also a coach/trainer/arbiter/reporter and heavily involved in the chess world.

She has the perfect qualifications for something like this. So that's why she's there.

That being said I'm not a fan of her accent, or her casting personally so I do get where you're coming from. She tends towards more basic stuff, but keep in mind that with so many people watching, more viewers are likely to be novices.

I'm a bigger fan of Nigel Short as a caster, or Peter Svidler, and plenty of others.

She's still way better than Tania, though. Trent should be paired with a GM.

Except her accent is annoying :(

It's much more pleasant to listen to the other pair in general.

I would like to hear Rapha and Cooller commenting.
1-0 btw

2gd and joe :-P

Dude always liked your mind. This just made me a fan though

The official site seems to focus more on a casual / novice audience.

For higher quality commentary (by gm's) go to playchess or icc, unfortunately those are not free.

:D finally not a draw! /Amateur]

that 5 round game tho <3

Dat Carlsen $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

welcome to blundertown. population: Anand

Sad blunder by Anand, but at the same time he did not have much time left and Carlsen defended superbly while putting Anand under pressure by pressing on the Queen side.

ggs, vishy needs to win all three games, and he's playing twice with black, will need a miracle to save his title.

about time ... anand just wasn't a good world champion in the last 2-3 years, he is not performing well in tournaments, etc., kramnik wasn't a good world champion, either just holding to his title preventing a rematch to kasparov ... now with carlsen, the chess world has again a champion that wins also tournaments, a real no. 1 player

Anand was good champion. He did what he had to to do to retain in crown, and that no player, until now, could wrestle the championship away from him speaks volumes. The computer-age of chess has changed the game.

i often wonder if or when chess960 would take over classical chess. there would be less memorization and more on-your-own thinking.

or Go!

I don't like that too

It is like you have to do so much reading, if u want to play at high level

he was a worthy champion maybe from 2008 to 2010,
the match vs. Gelfand in 2012 was already a joke, he was already out of the top 5 back then ...

which computer age do you mean? kasparov was already on of the first players in the 80s to use electronic databases ...
computers were used to analyze positions already in the mid 90s

The king Anand is naked.

The wonder boy made it clear for everyone.
Now everybody could see it.

And you know what? He deserves such a respect.

Playing at such high level at that age, much older than Kasparov was when he retired and Garry left the scene when it wasn't so computer-heavy and the preparation and the game itself were incomparable to nowadays battles with crazy Houdini studs.

Yes, Vishy was a shadow of himself last four years but maybehe kept sitting on the throne only to pass it to somebody that worths it as much as Magnus does.

It's the end of era, as Nigel Short said.

Congrats to Carlsen, his reign now begins :)

But can he do a bridge to rail jump?
I think not!

he is from norway man, u nev0r kn0w

Congratulations to Carlsen, what a beast!, he basically demoslished Anand. Well deserved tittle and definitely the begin of a new era.

I'm disappointed that Anand didn't manage to put up more of a fight.

Oh well, not like Carlsen didn't bring his A-game. Congrats to new World Chess Champion, Magnus Carlsen.

does anyone know any good, free, online apps for android?
ICC allows you to play for a limited time, same thing for playchess.com (which is weird, as i'm able to login as a guest from the laptop)

don't care about having rated games, only about being able to set a timelimit and enough players for late night games

chess.com has an app. I've always just played on the site but I'd assume as long as you stay away from bullet or blitz it'd be just fine. site itself is good and has a large community

chess time

and you can play with iphone users too

>as long as you stay away from bullet or blitz

aw
thanks a lot anyways man

well i would just not play blitz on a mobile connection personally. if you don't care about possibly losing games on time due to connection issues go for it

thank you