World Cup Round 4 game 2.
Somewhat surprisingly only 3 out of 8 matches went to tie-break today.
Shirov has won all his matches outright and after winning as black against Akopian yesterday he showed his usual fire with an early piece sack! He got 3 pawns for the knight and seemed to easily draw the ending to win 1,5-0,5.
Ponomariov advanced by holding Sasikiran to a draw with black while both Karjakin and Cheparinov won as black against Nisipeanu and Wang to advance. Karjakin cleverly held on to the pawn sacked by Nisipeanu on g4 while Cheparinov played a great attacking King Indian.
Current highest seed Aronian and 3rd seed Svidler both drew their matches against Jakovenko and Kamsky and has to play tie-break tomorrow. The same goes for Alekseev-Bareev.
As black against Adams Magnus was a bit tired today as he had thought too much about the game late last night.
He felt reasonably happy about the opening after repeating his 10.d5!? against the Ruy Lopez. There should be sufficient compensation for the pawn with initiative and the (now famous) pair of bishops.
However, Magnus missed a few things, like Qd3, and as a result he had to make quite some consessions. Despite having much more time on the clock he was suddenly just a pawn down before the time control. For nearly 2 hours he suffered the queen and bishop ending while Adams made progress moving his king to the queenside. Magnus thought Adams could win at one point with Ka5, but in the continuous time trouble Adams instead chose a plan with Qa8 trying to put black in zugswang. He had probably missed the nice blow 78... Bxc5+. After Kxc5 white has nothing better than allowing a perpetual, and after the played 79.dxc5 Qxe5 80.Qb7+ Qc7 81.Qxc7 Kxc7, the ending is drawn. Puuuuh!
Magnus was continuously short on time but never as close losing on time as yesterday. A good game by Adams but Magnus' tenacious defence paid off in the end. Relieved and impressed I'm sure glad it's a day off tomorrow :-)
Credit also goes to second GM Kjetil Lie (Mr. Sunshine). Not only does he do a good job on opening preparations and as excellent company for Magnus, he was also considerate enough today to mention missing my cheap jokes! (Well.... I left a week ago Kjetil, what took you so long?)
Magnus is veeeery satisfied with his advance to round 5 where he'll play white in game 1 against Cheparinov on Thursday.
This will be a very tough match. Cheparinov has played convincingly and forceful thus far.
If Aronian advances tomorrow we suddenly have the two highest remaining seeded players Aronian against Shirov (original 4th and 5th seeds) in the quarter finals.
In the 2005-2007 World Championship cycle Magnus was one out of 20 players left in the cycle when he lost the candidate match to Aronian.
This time he has already secured a place among the 11 remaining contenders (Anand, Kramnik, Topalov and the 8 quarterfinalists) in the 2009 Championship cycle!
Henrik Carlsen
Lommedalen, December 4th, 2007
Shirov has won all his matches outright and after winning as black against Akopian yesterday he showed his usual fire with an early piece sack! He got 3 pawns for the knight and seemed to easily draw the ending to win 1,5-0,5.
Ponomariov advanced by holding Sasikiran to a draw with black while both Karjakin and Cheparinov won as black against Nisipeanu and Wang to advance. Karjakin cleverly held on to the pawn sacked by Nisipeanu on g4 while Cheparinov played a great attacking King Indian.
Current highest seed Aronian and 3rd seed Svidler both drew their matches against Jakovenko and Kamsky and has to play tie-break tomorrow. The same goes for Alekseev-Bareev.
As black against Adams Magnus was a bit tired today as he had thought too much about the game late last night.
He felt reasonably happy about the opening after repeating his 10.d5!? against the Ruy Lopez. There should be sufficient compensation for the pawn with initiative and the (now famous) pair of bishops.
However, Magnus missed a few things, like Qd3, and as a result he had to make quite some consessions. Despite having much more time on the clock he was suddenly just a pawn down before the time control. For nearly 2 hours he suffered the queen and bishop ending while Adams made progress moving his king to the queenside. Magnus thought Adams could win at one point with Ka5, but in the continuous time trouble Adams instead chose a plan with Qa8 trying to put black in zugswang. He had probably missed the nice blow 78... Bxc5+. After Kxc5 white has nothing better than allowing a perpetual, and after the played 79.dxc5 Qxe5 80.Qb7+ Qc7 81.Qxc7 Kxc7, the ending is drawn. Puuuuh!
Magnus was continuously short on time but never as close losing on time as yesterday. A good game by Adams but Magnus' tenacious defence paid off in the end. Relieved and impressed I'm sure glad it's a day off tomorrow :-)
Credit also goes to second GM Kjetil Lie (Mr. Sunshine). Not only does he do a good job on opening preparations and as excellent company for Magnus, he was also considerate enough today to mention missing my cheap jokes! (Well.... I left a week ago Kjetil, what took you so long?)
Magnus is veeeery satisfied with his advance to round 5 where he'll play white in game 1 against Cheparinov on Thursday.
This will be a very tough match. Cheparinov has played convincingly and forceful thus far.
If Aronian advances tomorrow we suddenly have the two highest remaining seeded players Aronian against Shirov (original 4th and 5th seeds) in the quarter finals.
In the 2005-2007 World Championship cycle Magnus was one out of 20 players left in the cycle when he lost the candidate match to Aronian.
This time he has already secured a place among the 11 remaining contenders (Anand, Kramnik, Topalov and the 8 quarterfinalists) in the 2009 Championship cycle!
Henrik Carlsen
Lommedalen, December 4th, 2007
Comments:
Posted by: tor magne
well magnus has a +4 -1=1 score agaist chep
what are the prices? some prices til now i think
what are the prices? some prices til now i think
Posted by: SimoCreeps
Great job Magnus!
It is incredible how quickly he has risen, I eagerly await the next round.
At this point his rating will go up to at least the mid 2730's, quite impressive.
Any idea where one might find video of the tense final moments of these games?
I am not sure if they let cameras into the tournament hall that late in the game, but it would be interesting to see.
It is incredible how quickly he has risen, I eagerly await the next round.
At this point his rating will go up to at least the mid 2730's, quite impressive.
Any idea where one might find video of the tense final moments of these games?
I am not sure if they let cameras into the tournament hall that late in the game, but it would be interesting to see.
Posted by: Gegga
Tor Magne:
By now he has won USD 35.000. If he gets to the semi final, he will get USD 50'. If he loses the final, he will get USD 80. If he wins the whole thing, he will get USD 120.000.
Carlsen's live rating is now 2734,6. He is number 12 in the world.
www.chessgames.com/perl/chessuser?uname=frogbert
By now he has won USD 35.000. If he gets to the semi final, he will get USD 50'. If he loses the final, he will get USD 80. If he wins the whole thing, he will get USD 120.000.
Carlsen's live rating is now 2734,6. He is number 12 in the world.
www.chessgames.com/perl/chessuser?uname=frogbert
Posted by: Stein
Number 12, only provided one rounds up to 2735, then he passes Radjabov because of more played games.
By the way, other players have enormous changes of rating as well, not least Cheparinov with +47 since official list. Karjakin and Svidler have more than +30, and poor Ivanchuk -40
:-(
By the way, other players have enormous changes of rating as well, not least Cheparinov with +47 since official list. Karjakin and Svidler have more than +30, and poor Ivanchuk -40
:-(
Posted by: Leif
Could it end up being Magnus vs Aronian again!?
I would not mind. They are both players I like. (But Magnus is of course the one I am hoping for!)
And this time Magnus has been the one playing the most impressive games. I see no reason not to be optimistic.
Finally: Thank you Henrik for this blog and for setting a definitly new standard of beeing a chess parent. I think the chess world finally deserved another kind of example, a parent quite easy to ideniyfy
with and whose ideas it is easy to sympathize with.
Good luck to you, Magnus and your family.
I would not mind. They are both players I like. (But Magnus is of course the one I am hoping for!)
And this time Magnus has been the one playing the most impressive games. I see no reason not to be optimistic.
Finally: Thank you Henrik for this blog and for setting a definitly new standard of beeing a chess parent. I think the chess world finally deserved another kind of example, a parent quite easy to ideniyfy
with and whose ideas it is easy to sympathize with.
Good luck to you, Magnus and your family.
Posted by:
henrik spiller du på icc?
Posted by: Martin
You know what I have in mind?
Final:
Carlsen vs. Karjakin
That would be legendary, historical, and I don't know what else...
Final:
Carlsen vs. Karjakin
That would be legendary, historical, and I don't know what else...
Posted by: Jagadish
Amazing save by Carlsen. Though the computer says that white has a clear plus, its heartening to see how Carlsen wriggled out the "Spider"'s web !
Congrats and all the best to go all the way !
Congrats and all the best to go all the way !
Posted by: David
I read somewhere that the final 4 gets some sort of entry into the Grand Slam - what is this about? Can you confirm this?
Posted by: Nils Axel
First of all: Congratulations -- both with Magnus' play, and with this blog!
I am a simple amateur as regards chess, but it is very facinating to follow Magnus' impressive performance!
In response to David's question, I found the following information at www.ugra-chess.ru/eng/news_19_e.htm:
"Some very interesting chess is promised in the quarterfinals as three of the final four players will all get an opportunity in the forthcoming Grand Prix whilst the winner will get to play a match next year to determine the challenger for the World Championship match in 2009."
Good luck tomorrow!
I am a simple amateur as regards chess, but it is very facinating to follow Magnus' impressive performance!
In response to David's question, I found the following information at www.ugra-chess.ru/eng/news_19_e.htm:
"Some very interesting chess is promised in the quarterfinals as three of the final four players will all get an opportunity in the forthcoming Grand Prix whilst the winner will get to play a match next year to determine the challenger for the World Championship match in 2009."
Good luck tomorrow!
Posted by: Henrik C.
Leif,
thank you very much!
Well, it won't be Aronian this time. It looks very open right now.
Blank,
har en halv-hemmelig konto ja og spiller for mye :-)
Jagadish,
thank you!
David,
somewhere on the FIDE hope page there is a long description of the new Grand Prix system. There is also a link at chessgames.com. I think it is on the World Cup pages (but I'm not sure).
Nis Axel,
much appreciated:-)
thank you very much!
Well, it won't be Aronian this time. It looks very open right now.
Blank,
har en halv-hemmelig konto ja og spiller for mye :-)
Jagadish,
thank you!
David,
somewhere on the FIDE hope page there is a long description of the new Grand Prix system. There is also a link at chessgames.com. I think it is on the World Cup pages (but I'm not sure).
Nis Axel,
much appreciated:-)
Posted by: Gegga
From The Daily Dirt:
We all should root for Magnus, he is chess' great hope, the best that has appeared since Garry (save Rybka, if you think it counts).
Also, judging by his father demeanour, he will turn into a decent man too.
Posted by: Ovidiu at December 5, 2007 13:55
I think Ovidiu has summed up what many people think!
We all should root for Magnus, he is chess' great hope, the best that has appeared since Garry (save Rybka, if you think it counts).
Also, judging by his father demeanour, he will turn into a decent man too.
Posted by: Ovidiu at December 5, 2007 13:55
I think Ovidiu has summed up what many people think!
Posted by: David
From fide.com/official/handbook/pdf/dd10.pdf :
"The FIDE president may nominate three players..." - yeah, that seems fair..
Anyway, it seems probable that Magnus will make it to one of the "21 top players" that gets to play in the tournaments. He either has to be rated in top-7 among the players not already eligible, or selected by Kirsan (Magnus is good for publicity of chess in the west, so he is an obious pick) or beat Cheparinov (Magnus is the favourite in this match, I think) to get into the semis.
"The FIDE president may nominate three players..." - yeah, that seems fair..
Anyway, it seems probable that Magnus will make it to one of the "21 top players" that gets to play in the tournaments. He either has to be rated in top-7 among the players not already eligible, or selected by Kirsan (Magnus is good for publicity of chess in the west, so he is an obious pick) or beat Cheparinov (Magnus is the favourite in this match, I think) to get into the semis.
Posted by: bonden
Hei
MAGNUS!
VI ELSKER DEG!!
Klart du kan, Magnus. Klart du kan det!
Kom igjen !!
Bonden
MAGNUS!
VI ELSKER DEG!!
Klart du kan, Magnus. Klart du kan det!
Kom igjen !!
Bonden
Posted by: Vidar
Kort og godt
FANTASTISK !
FANTASTISK !
Posted by: Henrik C.
Thank you!
I?ve been out (premiere at the girls annual ballet show) and haven?t got in contact with Magnus today. So, no comments for the blog. I?m pretty sure Magnus and Kjetil are happy about the result today and the prospects ahead though :-)
I?ve been out (premiere at the girls annual ballet show) and haven?t got in contact with Magnus today. So, no comments for the blog. I?m pretty sure Magnus and Kjetil are happy about the result today and the prospects ahead though :-)
Posted by: Martin
Henrik,
Great performance by Magnus today!
Did Magnus tell you anything about his goals for this World Cup before it started? Did he simply say "I'm gonna win it", or did he hope to be one of the four last standing?
Great performance by Magnus today!
Did Magnus tell you anything about his goals for this World Cup before it started? Did he simply say "I'm gonna win it", or did he hope to be one of the four last standing?
Posted by: Rolfo
Henrik, I guess the ballet show was with your daughters acting which naturally required your attention.
But now we are waiting for your chess update :)
Rolfo
But now we are waiting for your chess update :)
Rolfo
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