Magnus Carlsen vs Vladimir Kramnik (2011)

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Magnus Carlsen vs Vladimir Kramnik
London Chess Classic (2011), London ENG, rd 4, Dec-06
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Romanishin Variation. English Hybrid (E20) · 1/2-1/2

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Dec-06-11		Ulhumbrus: My present guess is that this will end in a draw.

Dec-06-11		Domdaniel: This is where it starts to look silly.

Dec-06-11		beenthere240: When all the pawns are gone, there will be a handshake.

Dec-06-11		lost in space: This is now a clear draw. Good night

Dec-06-11		YouRang: Oh well, each side goes safely home to their respective fortresses.

Dec-06-11		knighterrant999: At least MC tried to win it.

Dec-06-11		Shams: Time to Lizzie Borden the point, fellas.

Dec-06-11		Marmot PFL: Anand may even have a hard time drawing now that Naka made it to move 40.

Dec-06-11		whiteshark: Draw agreed on move 55.

Dec-06-11		knighterrant999: Anand will lose to protect his world championship match preparation.

Dec-06-11		YouRang: Yeah, a good draw. It will be interesting to see if Carlsen had any winning chances. The key move (I think) may have been Kramnik's refusal of the Ph6.

Dec-06-11		Shams: <Marmot> I hope we switch to Anand-Naka which is an amazing game. According to Naiditsch the players have alternated giving away the win a couple times each in the last few moves.

Dec-06-11		Ulhumbrus: Kramnik and Carlsen are in the commentary box. Here is the link: http://www.livestream.com/LondonChe...

Dec-06-11		whiteshark: <I hope we switch to Anand-Naka which is an amazing game. > I second that!!

Dec-06-11		haydn20: I've been there 40 min. + and it's been like two heavyweights toe-to-toe.

Dec-06-11		chancho: They are discussing the game. They clearly have respect for each other.

Dec-06-11		Shams: <They clearly have respect for each other.> Although it has been reported that Carlsen dislikes Kramnik, which to me seems hard to believe.

Dec-06-11		Shams: Either Naiditsch is getting paid by the punctuation mark or Anand-Naka is really a Blunder-palooza.

Dec-06-11		chancho: Wow, Naka looks to be winning now.

Dec-06-11		Domdaniel: <Shams> - < getting paid by the punctuation mark > Not that's an idea. Of course, like all hacks, he'd get more for a "??" than a "!!" - bad news sells. Though maybe "?!" would be better ... always keep 'em guessing. And conceal your own ignorance, if possible.

Dec-06-11		Kinghunt: Why is Nakamura hesitating to take on f2? It seems to me to be a clear tactical sequence: take on f2, then on f3, with a clearly winning position. What could be spooking him?

Dec-06-11		Domdaniel: And fines for typos. I meant "Now that's an idea" ...

Dec-06-11		Ulhumbrus: Luke McShane and David Howell are in the commentary box. Here is the link: http://www.livestream.com/LondonChe...

Dec-06-11		chancho: Beating Aronian AND Anand. That's huge.

Dec-06-11		Domdaniel: Naka won, though Anand's engine eval was +5 at one point? Crazy. So it wasn't a sequence of draws after all. It was a run of non-wins.

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