Comments on: Anand takes early lead in Linares

By: Popuscu [Bulgaria]

Popuscu [Bulgaria] — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 07:08:00 +0000

to raj.

The live games are available here http://linares09.soloajedrez.com

The official web site works verry well and even you can follow the live commentary (in spanish) by Garcia and Fredel (in english).

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:59:32 +0000

It seems Anand relaxed after his great previous win. Am I wrong, or Anand played a terrible blunder on move 12. Ng5?? Losing at least a pawn like sometimes I do playing 2min/4sec blitz over Internet…?

By: shy_guest

shy_guest — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:51:42 +0000

So now Aronian is leading the tournament.

Should we now say he is winning the event (as someone said about Anand after round 1) or would that be a trifle premature after only 2 rounds ?

By: raj

raj — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:49:38 +0000

where is the linares games available live? the official website doesn’t seem to load the games at all.

By: Popuscu [Bulgaria]

Popuscu [Bulgaria] — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:46:28 +0000

Anand is losing : he is 3 paws down (K+B) vs (B+B) ..

By: vaughn

vaughn — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:45:48 +0000

look at levon!!!!!don’t compare anand with kasparov,it doesn’t worth!

By: shy_guest

shy_guest — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:09:52 +0000

Looks like Anand is heading for an impressive loss against Aronian however. Or is a bishop worth 5 pawns ?

By: Thomas

Thomas — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:46:35 +0000

Kamarak, I think you mean rook+knight (Kasparov) vs. rook (Polgar), Dos Hermanas 1996? Anyway, I think the comparison with such a theoretically drawn ending (but the other player has to prove it over the board) is a bit odd.

Among the presently active players, I would say Kramnik (on his better days) is best known for converting small endgame edges – though usually a different type of endgame, because mostly queens were exchanged earlier during the game.

Impressive victory by Anand, no doubt about it … but let’s not exaggerate too much.

By: Castro

Castro — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:09:25 +0000

Sorry, but what a mistaken impression! There are thousands of wins like that, in the sense you’re using! As you speak, it looks like Kasparov invented something here, which is completely not the case (an error by a few centuries, at least)!
Now, it’s always wonderful to enjoy such a nice winning, and yes, of course Vishy is “a monster”.

By: Popuscu [Bulgaria]

Popuscu [Bulgaria] — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:51:56 +0000

I agree with kamaraks.
When wathcing the game, I have the same impression: only Kasparov was able to win in such manner.