Chess

[Sian]

IMHO Gelfand was a bit disappointing contender last year so i guess i argee with you MJW

Carlsen, Caruana, Karjakin and Aronian are probably going to be the primary players in the next 10-15 year window

But yeah ... endurance was probably a issue today with yesterday being a long teeth-pulling day for Anand as well ... only difference being that yesterday he managed to hold the fort, while he in a equally tricky position today misstepped ... in just the type of play that Carlsen is looking for

[MJW (ya that one)]

Well Anand is at -5 now... I'm pretty sure he would find the move 60. b4 if he was not tired due to lack of adjournments, though... That said it's still impressive that Carlsen pushed for the win and got it.

[novice]

At the press conference the players said that 57. Rg8+ was the deciding mistake by Anand. If he had played 57. Rc8 instead it was a drawn position.

[zakalwe]

At the press conference the players said that 57. Rg8+ was the deciding mistake by Anand. If he had played 57. Rc8 instead it was a drawn position.

It seems like that was where he made the mistake of allowing Magnus to bring his king out and eventually create a strong passed pawn on the F file. Going straight to c8 with the rook was the best way to play for a draw. He could still have salvaged it with 60. b4 though. Presumably the idea is to give a counterthreat of queening the B pawn? With any other move he loses critical tempo and the game.

[novice]

Where's the analysis of 60. b4? Simplistic counting seems to indicate Anand is too late anyway:
60. b4 h3
61. gxh3 Rd6
62. b5 f3
63. b6 f2
64. b7 f1=D
65. b8=D Dg2#

[Gustaran]

That's the annotation from the Chessbase site:

(1873) Anand,Viswanathan (2775) - Carlsen,Magnus (2870) [C65]
FWCM 2013 Chennai (6), 16.11.2013

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 0–0 6.0–0 Re8 7.Re1 a6 8.Ba4 b5 9.Bb3 d6 10.Bg5 Be6 11.Nbd2 h6 12.Bh4 Bxb3 13.axb3 Nb8 14.h3 Nbd7 15.Nh2 Qe7 16.Ndf1 Bb6 17.Ne3 Qe6 18.b4 a5 19.bxa5 Bxa5 20.Nhg4 Bb6 21.Bxf6 Nxf6 22.Nxf6+ Qxf6 23.Qg4 Bxe3 24.fxe3 Qe7 25.Rf1 c5 26.Kh2 c4 27.d4 Rxa1 28.Rxa1 Qb7 29.Rd1 Qc6 30.Qf5 exd4 31.Rxd4 Re5 32.Qf3 Qc7 33.Kh1 Qe7 34.Qg4 Kh7 35.Qf4 g6 36.Kh2 Kg7 37.Qf3 Re6 38.Qg3 Rxe4 39.Qxd6 Rxe3 40.Qxe7 Rxe7 41.Rd5 Rb7 42.Rd6 f6 43.h4 Kf7 44.h5 gxh5 45.Rd5 Kg6 46.Kg3 Rb6 47.Rc5 f5 48.Kh4 Re6 49.Rxb5 Re4+ 50.Kh3 Kg5 51.Rb8 h4 52.Rg8+ Kh5 53.Rf8 Rf4 54.Rc8 Rg4 55.Rf8 Rg3+ 56.Kh2 Kg5 57.Rg8+ Kf4 58.Rc8 Ke3 59.Rxc4 f4 60.Ra4? [60.b4! is the only move to hold the draw, if barely. 60...h3 61.gxh3 Rg5 (61...Rg6 62.Rc7 f3 63.Re7+ Kd2 64.b5 Rf6 65.Kg1 Kxc3 66.Kf2=) 62.Rc6 f3 63.Re6+ Kf2 64.Rxh6 Rg2+ 65.Kh1 Rg1+ 66.Kh2 Re1 67.b5! Re2 68.b6 and Black has no win.]

60...h3 61.gxh3 Rg6 62.c4 f3 63.Ra3+ Ke2 64.b4 f2 65.Ra2+ Kf3 66.Ra3+ Kf4 67.Ra8 Rg1

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[uberfish]

That was a pretty creative way for Carlsen to play for the win in game 6, letting most of his pawns go in order to activate his pieces

I hope Anand can pull one back to keep the match alive, but it's not looking good for him now

[Sian]

Frankly not to surprised that Carlsen is in the lead ... he plays for a win even if drawish, and Anand seem to be happy with the draw ... Anand really should have gotten more out of game 3

[zakalwe]

That was a pretty creative way for Carlsen to play for the win in game 6, letting most of his pawns go in order to activate his pieces

I hope Anand can pull one back to keep the match alive, but it's not looking good for him now

Yep. Like the commentators said, it's impressive how he creates something out of nothing.

[novice]

I found a video analysis from ChessNetwork explaining the game on a level I could understand:

http://youtu.be/pvToX22oG8s