Good evening to all readers! We would be viewing the game 10 of the World Chess Championship 2018 being held at The College, London. Fabiano Caruana was playing White with Carlsen again retorting to the Sveshnikov Siccilian which he played in Round 8( although getting into trouble). I had predicted for Caruana to go for the Open Siccilian yet believed that Carlsen would deviate and not play the Sveshnikov Siccilian as Caruana would have something in mind there. All of this happened with Caruana getting a slight edge in the ensuing positions. My prediction score hence: 7/10! He repeated the lines though having found improvements over 12. Bd2 that had been played in Game 8. This time Caruana came up with a new idea:
This is a theoritical novelty(played first time in a tournament game) according to the database! Pretty surprising for one to play a novelty at the World Chess Championships! Caruana tried to sharpen up the play and got another of his ideas into the game when it seems to be fine to conclude that he has won most of the opening duels in this World Chess Championship. Credits: Sagar Shah.
Carlsen was surprised and thought for 12 more minutes for his reply. This can already be considered an achievement in the openings as Caruana got more time than his opponent in the opening, also noted in the previous articles.
Fabiano Caruana (right) with his coach Rustam Kasimdhzhanov(center) and Christian Chirilla( Left). They seem to be doing a great job in the openings having won most of the opening battles until now and getting their ideas over the board. It looks to me that Rustam Kasimdhzhanov has surely gotten the better of Peter Hienne Nielsen in the battle of coaches in this World Championship knowing his style quiet well as they both were a part of ' Team Anand' for a lot of time earlier. Credits: Cathy Rogers
The day being Thansgiving can probe chess players for thanking the two warriors for an excellent fighting game of Chess!
Carlsen had to again face Caruana's opening surprise which he countered with good aplomb. His body language during and after the game however made one wonder how much energy he still has left. He looked extremely tired both during and after the game; although did well to get away with the 10th game. He even admitted to be in fear of losing the game while it was being played in the post-game press conference. Credits: Niki Riga
Caruana then continued playing logical chess and tried to get all of his pieces into the game. The critical moment of the game came here:
Carlsen simply played ....Qg6-g5 aiming to transfer the Rook to the Kingside via Rf6-g6 or ....Rf6-h6 and tried to attack the opposition King which was very vulnerable. The obvious question here was Bb5 which the silicon engine's were considering very seriously. It looked 'very greedy' said Caruana and instead played g2-g3 here. Credits: Sagar Shah
That was not the most critical reply. Caruana agreed to this being an extremely critical moment and claimed that he immediately regretted not playing f2-f3 here because he considered it to be most principled. He expected the Sveshnikov Siccilian for the game wherein the game is extremely double-edged. The silicon engine's further said that the players played most of the top moves in the position regularly. Magnus admitted to not keeping cool under a little time trouble till reaching Move 40( when they gain half an hour extra).
The players looked extremely tired in the press conference with Carlsen often taking deep sighs due to his frustrations and tiredness. He had said before the whole Match that he would have to regulate his energy levels which seem to drop when a player reaches near the age of 30. Credits: Niki Riga
You can watch the entire 'tired' post-game press conference here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDki7h0YVFE
In the endgame, Caruana agreed to a pawn up Rook endgame which is known to be a very well-known draw. This was not made a great deal by the international press yet I consider it to be a significant moment: Carlsen was down and out, being terribly tired and Caruana could have kept pressing in order to annoy Carlsen much more and ask him to make difficult decisions with tiredness also set to play a major role in the ensuing battle. He however did not and agreed to a draw. I think he should have pressed Carlsen like he did in Game 7 of the match before missing a far-from trivial mate in 36 which not many top players could even fathom!
The battle is heating up despite all games ending up with the next two games being extremely important.
Nikita Vitiugov, the Russian Olympiad Team Member, an elite chess player for a lot of years now and the current Olympiad Bronze medallist known for his brilliant opening preparations gave an interview to Russian Chess Federation on their website. You can see the full interview here: http://ruchess.ru/en/news/all/carlsen_caruana_match_balance_maintained_after_game_10/. He said that extending the match to 16 or 18 games in order to avoid such a problem of too many draws can be a solution to make chess more 'people friendly' and so can be the format of introducing a tiebreaker before the main games to know who will win if the scores are tied 6-6 at the end of classical games. He added that Carlsen was pressing on a little bit before drifting which gave Caruana an advantage wherein he agreed to a draw. He added that two draws are most likely in the remaining games while that he sees Caruana's victory more logical. He said that Caruana should try and go 'all in' in Game 12 in case the Game 11 ends in a draw- as Carlsen is the favourite in the Tiebreaks although Caruana's speed chess skills cannot be ruled out. He also added Carlsen winning in Game 1 would have given a totally different character to the whole match and it was an extremely balanced and well-thought out view from the current Olympiad Bronze-medallist.
Thanks and Stay Tuned!
This is a theoritical novelty(played first time in a tournament game) according to the database! Pretty surprising for one to play a novelty at the World Chess Championships! Caruana tried to sharpen up the play and got another of his ideas into the game when it seems to be fine to conclude that he has won most of the opening duels in this World Chess Championship. Credits: Sagar Shah.
Carlsen was surprised and thought for 12 more minutes for his reply. This can already be considered an achievement in the openings as Caruana got more time than his opponent in the opening, also noted in the previous articles.
Fabiano Caruana (right) with his coach Rustam Kasimdhzhanov(center) and Christian Chirilla( Left). They seem to be doing a great job in the openings having won most of the opening battles until now and getting their ideas over the board. It looks to me that Rustam Kasimdhzhanov has surely gotten the better of Peter Hienne Nielsen in the battle of coaches in this World Championship knowing his style quiet well as they both were a part of ' Team Anand' for a lot of time earlier. Credits: Cathy Rogers
The day being Thansgiving can probe chess players for thanking the two warriors for an excellent fighting game of Chess!
Carlsen had to again face Caruana's opening surprise which he countered with good aplomb. His body language during and after the game however made one wonder how much energy he still has left. He looked extremely tired both during and after the game; although did well to get away with the 10th game. He even admitted to be in fear of losing the game while it was being played in the post-game press conference. Credits: Niki Riga
Caruana then continued playing logical chess and tried to get all of his pieces into the game. The critical moment of the game came here:
Carlsen simply played ....Qg6-g5 aiming to transfer the Rook to the Kingside via Rf6-g6 or ....Rf6-h6 and tried to attack the opposition King which was very vulnerable. The obvious question here was Bb5 which the silicon engine's were considering very seriously. It looked 'very greedy' said Caruana and instead played g2-g3 here. Credits: Sagar Shah
That was not the most critical reply. Caruana agreed to this being an extremely critical moment and claimed that he immediately regretted not playing f2-f3 here because he considered it to be most principled. He expected the Sveshnikov Siccilian for the game wherein the game is extremely double-edged. The silicon engine's further said that the players played most of the top moves in the position regularly. Magnus admitted to not keeping cool under a little time trouble till reaching Move 40( when they gain half an hour extra).
The players looked extremely tired in the press conference with Carlsen often taking deep sighs due to his frustrations and tiredness. He had said before the whole Match that he would have to regulate his energy levels which seem to drop when a player reaches near the age of 30. Credits: Niki Riga
You can watch the entire 'tired' post-game press conference here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDki7h0YVFE
In the endgame, Caruana agreed to a pawn up Rook endgame which is known to be a very well-known draw. This was not made a great deal by the international press yet I consider it to be a significant moment: Carlsen was down and out, being terribly tired and Caruana could have kept pressing in order to annoy Carlsen much more and ask him to make difficult decisions with tiredness also set to play a major role in the ensuing battle. He however did not and agreed to a draw. I think he should have pressed Carlsen like he did in Game 7 of the match before missing a far-from trivial mate in 36 which not many top players could even fathom!
The battle is heating up despite all games ending up with the next two games being extremely important.
Nikita Vitiugov, the Russian Olympiad Team Member, an elite chess player for a lot of years now and the current Olympiad Bronze medallist known for his brilliant opening preparations gave an interview to Russian Chess Federation on their website. You can see the full interview here: http://ruchess.ru/en/news/all/carlsen_caruana_match_balance_maintained_after_game_10/. He said that extending the match to 16 or 18 games in order to avoid such a problem of too many draws can be a solution to make chess more 'people friendly' and so can be the format of introducing a tiebreaker before the main games to know who will win if the scores are tied 6-6 at the end of classical games. He added that Carlsen was pressing on a little bit before drifting which gave Caruana an advantage wherein he agreed to a draw. He added that two draws are most likely in the remaining games while that he sees Caruana's victory more logical. He said that Caruana should try and go 'all in' in Game 12 in case the Game 11 ends in a draw- as Carlsen is the favourite in the Tiebreaks although Caruana's speed chess skills cannot be ruled out. He also added Carlsen winning in Game 1 would have given a totally different character to the whole match and it was an extremely balanced and well-thought out view from the current Olympiad Bronze-medallist.
Thanks and Stay Tuned!
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