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Viswanathan Anand vs Hikaru Nakamura
World Championship Candidates (2016), Moscow RUS, rd 5, Mar-16
Spanish Game: Berlin Defense (C65)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Mar-16-16  Ulhumbrus: After having lost a game a draw was perhaps a sensible decision for Anand, if Nakamura had not taken too much risk.
Mar-16-16  Marmot PFL: After the first five moves I said draw by move 30 and hardly looked again. it's possible that neither of these two players is all that eager to play Carlsen.
Mar-16-16  RookFile: Once upon a time Kasparov played the Sicilian Dragon as black against Anand, and won. I think it's a fair point to say that if you want to be champ, Naka, you need to start putting some W's up on the board.
Mar-16-16  SirRuthless: Yea one loss and his probability of recovery goes to zero in a hurry. On the other hand one win and against the right opponent makes his chances become as good as anyone. This isn't the moment to go all out and it probably won't be for several rounds.
Mar-16-16  savagerules: Too much excitement, lol. Thankfully only 4 out of 20 games have been Berlins so far. It seems like Nakamura should take more chances against Anand even with black, he's got a big age advantage.
Mar-17-16  activechess55: In this type of high stakes tournament, the onus of playing for win is with white. Black is more often content with draw. Here, white did not show enough ambition. Black was, off course, happy with a draw.
Mar-17-16  mjmorri: A convenient repetition. A cynic would call this game prearranged.
Mar-17-16  dynamica: 1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Bb5 Nf6
After move 3........Nf6 winnings percentage:
White - 38%
Black -24%
Draw - 38%
Mar-19-16  RookFile: I'm pretty sure Anand vs. Kasparov, world championship match, was also for high stakes.

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