Chess World Championship

[Kieran]

The commentators are all over the place on my link. Anand has the greatest defence - draw! He's running out of time - Loss! Carlsen has finished off players in jig time from this position - win!

 

[DarthFed]

Ah, there's the point, dead draw now I think, no way to save that last pawn

 

[DarthFed]

Can't hear the audio but none of them should be claiming this is a win that's for sure.

 

[Kieran]

They're saying rook C3 is a draw...

 

[DarthFed]

Carlsen is stubborn to the point of being a jerk...perfect for a chess player. But this is extra ballsy to refuse the draw

 

[Kieran]

Carlsen is stubborn to the point of being a jerk...perfect for a chess player.

That's how we know you're a chess player, buddy... :snigger

 

[Kieran]

Carlsen might as well play on, though, right? I mean, he can't lose, but there might be a slim chance to win. A draw seems to be the universal chorus of the commentators...

 

[DarthFed]

Well with 2 passed pawns I'd say Carlsen is at more risk actually but Anand's time is an issue so something crazy could happen. The rook vs. rook and knight is almost always a draw.

 

[DarthFed]

Carlsen is borderline nuts to try this since he is up a point in the match and should feel confident.

 

[Kieran]

Gathering pace now. Is Carlsen trying to run Anand into time-consuming complications?

Or is Anand comfortable?

 

[DarthFed]

That's all Carlsen is going for right now. If the time was even he'd be accepting the draw and avoiding potential disaster.

 

[Kieran]

Surely now, with the pawns removed, Anand has to be very careful?

 

[DarthFed]

Yep, Carlsen took care of the dangerous pawn and now he is the only one with winning chances but still should be a draw.

 

[Kieran]

They keep adding minutes to Anand's clock. If he keeps going, Carlsen will run into time difficulties... :laydownlaughing

 

[DarthFed]

I didn't realize they had 30 second increments till I watched this one live. I don't like that rule, it makes the time less of a factor.

 

[DarthFed]

It was a draw in the end, 122 moves.

 

[Kieran]

I didn't realize they had 30 second increments till I watched this one live. I don't like that rule, it makes the time less of a factor.

What's that mean? They get more time after a certain amount of moves?

It was interesting, but a good result for Anand...

 

[DarthFed]

It means that 30 seconds gets added back to their clock after every move. I assume it was all game but maybe they do it if there is less than 10 mins left? It is a bad thing to have such a big game decided by time but that is part of chess...the clock.

 

[DarthFed]

Easy draw today in game 8, something Carlsen will take any day now. Down to the final 4 games and Carlsen is still holding onto the 1 point lead.

 

[Kieran]

Ah, I forgot they were playing. So they have tomorrow off. One more win with white should seal it for Carlsen, but he's not having it as easy as I expected. Has Anand shown any after-effects of "The Mistake?"