Mar-27-16 Caruana vs Svidler, 2016 
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| Ishaan: Crazy round 13. Probably this marks the total ascent of the Gen Next - Karjakin, Caruana, Nakamura and ofcourse Carlsen perched right at the top. |
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Mar-25-16 Nakamura vs Anand, 2016
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| Ishaan: Sharp game! Such a different Anand in this tournament. Great for chess. |
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Mar-24-16 Anand vs Karjakin, 2016
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| Ishaan: Respect for Vishy!!! He is competing with a lot of fire with guys half his age. Hope we see a Carlsen-Anand III. |
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Mar-23-16 Caruana vs Anand, 2016
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| Ishaan: The white knight becomes a beast now. So much juice in the game. |
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Mar-21-16 Anand vs Aronian, 2016
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| Ishaan: Aronian wishing that the old man loses his mind. |
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Mar-27-14 World Championship Candidates (2014)
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| Ishaan: Drawing a relatively complex position in time trouble is better than blundering and losing. A loss here may have well cost Anand his chance for a rematch. |
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Jun-14-12 Aronian vs Morozevich, 2012
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| Ishaan: Probably both had taken it seriously to dedicate this game to Tal. Exciting play by these two. Wonder when our current WC Anand will come out of his intentionally passive tournament play since he became a WC. |
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May-30-12 Anand - Gelfand World Championship Match (2012)
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| Ishaan: I think this WC was a very easy affair for Anand. One thing I have observed about Anand is that, unlike other GMs he is not too worried about retaining a bishop-pair. He is quite happy with a Knight vs Bishop situation... something I am observing distinctly in his games. |
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Sep-04-11 Svidler vs Kramnik, 2011
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| Ishaan: A player of Kramnik's caliber, IMO, would have no qualms trying out new things against relatively weaker opponents in relatively less recognized tournaments. May be that is why this sacrifice. |
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Sep-04-11 Aronian vs Anand, 2011
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| Ishaan: Anand has always used his Knights to great effect. The Knight in this game was a real irritant for Aronian. |
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