World Championship of Chess

[asmith]

Any other chess nerds out there watching the world championship at the moment between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana?

Caruana has the possibility of being the first World Champ from the USA since Fischer.

Game 10 has just finished and its pretty tight at 5 all.

(feel free to call me a nerd, get it out of your system now!)

[Colt45]

15 minutes ago, asmith said:

(feel free to call me a nerd, get it out of your system now!)

 

Consider it done.

[planetary]

Yes!  I had game 10 on this morning (streaming over YouTube --> Chromecast onto the TV), instead of the usual parade fare.  Terrific match!  Even someone terrible at the game like me was able to limp along and enjoy the twists and turns in the game.  From what I understand, a world championship series starting with 10 draws is unusual?  Unprecedented?

As an American of Scandinavian descent, it was good to see an American give Carlsen a run for his money!

The kids got into it a bit, too. 

[MoeFOH]

38 minutes ago, asmith said:

Any other chess nerds out there watching the world championship at the moment between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana?

Caruana has the possibility of being the first World Champ from the USA since Fischer.

Game 10 has just finished and its pretty tight at 5 all.

(feel free to call me a nerd, get it out of your system now!)

You're a nerd!

Actually, I'm a massive chess fan, too, but I haven't followed the world championship stuff since Kasparov, Anand, etc. 

We'll have to bust out the chessboard and a few cigars one day, Smithy! 

[Cep]

Yep 10 draws to start is insane lol

What is it only 2 classical games left  and if still tied they go into more rapid games to decide it? 

I love dynasties in sports generally, so i was rooting for Magnus to win.  But seems like Caruana can steal this and become champ.  Would be nuts!!! 

 

[HDGSN]

I’ve been following along with the Chess24 commentary. Svidler, Grischuk, and Giri have made it fun to see how GMs see lines and to explain out what is going on. I’m hoping Caruana can pull it off, but he will need to do so in the classical games.

[El Presidente]

I am a huge Carlsen fan. 

 

 

 

[oliverdst]

I tried but I can't understand why they are playing the way they do. I play just for fun, never studied. I understand the first 6 moves. After that is just watching.

[El Presidente]

1 minute ago, oliverdst said:

I tried but I can't understand why they are playing the way they do. 

The concept is simple. The Bishop has to capture the other sides kiddies (the little pieces). Your team has to stop him. 

 

 

 

[LLC]

I once won a Checkers competition

 

 

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[MoeFOH]

22 minutes ago, El Presidente said:

The concept is simple. The Bishop has to capture the other sides kiddies (the little pieces). Your team has to stop him. 

 

 

 

I remember Billy Connolly once quoting some jokes that came out of Ireland years ago (after the scandals)...

How do you play safe chess?

Put a condom on the Bishop. 

[MooseAMuffin]

I haven't been streaming it, but keeping up with all the post match info. This is the first time I've ever gotten into chess and it's been fun. I really like to watch the YouTube channel, Kingcrusher for his match overviews. 

I hope Caruana can pull it off and bring it to the States!

[MD Puffer]

Those guys are no joke.  One of my classmate from med school was a ranked chess player (500ish in the world years before he went to med school).  Russian, Jewish, Brighton Beach.  Chess was in his blood.  I learned much about chess from him.  We roomed together for six months, playing one to three games most nights.  Of all those games I won once- and I think it was because he was distracted by the TV.  The guy was insanely smart, but that doesn't always translate to "real world" success unfortunately (ie he's not the successful physician one might imagine whereas I've built a pretty successful practice despite being an average but well-rounded student).  It seems the penultimate competitors in all things are forgotten by history and often struggle getting situated in normal/everyday life. 

[HDGSN]

Carlsen offered a draw and Fabiano accepted after just 31 moves in Game 12. A knight on each side was the only major piece off of the board. Really unusual draw.