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Why is Carlsen being praised for his tie-break play, when Caruana made several game-losing moves?
I followed the three games live on chess24.es (for live commentary from GMs) and chess.com (for actual real time computer analysis).
As per my understanding:
Game 13 was mostly balanced until 19... ...
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In Spassky v Fischer '72 game 11, why is 14. Nb1 considered such a great move?
In game 11 of the 1972 World Championship, Spassky as white moves his Knight back to its 14. Nb1 starting position. Apparently, this moved was received as 14. Nb1!!. But to me, it seems as a simple ...
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Anand - Gelfand 12th game in World Chess championship 2012
I have been following 12th game in World Chess championship 2012, and I just could not understand why a draw was offered.
Is it that they can see 10 or more moves ahead and think of the ending or is ...
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In game 1 of the 2012 WCC between Anand and Gelfand, black ignored his passed pawn advantage. Why?
In the first game of the WCC 2012 between Anand and Gelfand, which was drawn, Gelfand had a passed pawn on a6. Could he not have exchanged the major pieces and then tried to win with it?
Why was the ...
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Did Anand have a forced win at any point in Game 9 of the 2013 Anand-Carlsen world champhionship match?
For much of today's Anand-Carlsen game, white seemed to have a powerful mating attack. But from the analyses I've seen, there was never a point where it was clear that black would not be able to ...
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What makes game 5 of the 2018 World Championship a draw?
I was watching recently the excellent ChessNetwork commentary of the 5th game of the WCC 2018 between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana. The end position looked like this and players shook hands ...
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Capablanca vs Lasker - 1921 WCC
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1241495
[White "Capablanca"]
[Black "Lasker"]
[FEN "2r2rk1/pb1n1ppp/Bp3q2/2p5/3P4/Q3PN2/PP3PPP/2R1K2R b K - 1 16"]
This is the 5ht Match game for the ...
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Is there any analysis of the Carlsen-Caruana World Championsip match by AlphaZero?
How cool would it be to have the world's most powerful computer analyzing games played in a match between the world's two strongest human players? Has it happened yet and is the analysis available?
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Why didn't Spassky play 26. g3 in game 5 of Fischer-Spassky (1972)?
Fischer's play was powerful in this Nimzo-Indian, achieving a strong knight against two bishops in a closed position. The knight became a monster on f4. But why did Spassky let the knight reach f4? ...
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Why did Gelfand resign against Anand in the shortest match in WCC?
I saw the notations of the match in chessbase, and I couldn't understand why Boris resigned. Anand was no where close to checkmate. I don't see why he didn't just trade his queen for a bishop and ...
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Did Hans Berliner win the world ICCF championship using computer help?
Way back when, Hans Berliner worked for IBM. I met him at an IBM data center one time, but he worked in the Federal division and just used the center for a demo. I had known him from the Washington ...
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Game Analysis Techniques of Grandmasters in the 1970s for World Chess Championships
I'm interested in the historical aspect of chess, particularly in how grandmasters prepared and analyzed their games during significant events like the World Chess Championships in the 1970s. My ...
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