Chess

[DarthFed]

Kasparov just brutalized So. What a beast

 

[Federberg]

boooyah! Have some respect for your senior guys!!

 

[Federberg]

Other game was crazy. Don't know why Naka accepted the draw there. That turned into bullet

 

[Federberg]

My bad.. Naka won

 

[DarthFed]

Naka-Kasparov. This should be good. Naka might be too fast, that's how he won the game against Caruana.

 

[DarthFed]

Draw as black vs. Naka

 

[Federberg]

Great game! Just shows you that Gary could easily still be a top 5 player. No way I could believe that his blitz is better than classical now

 

[DarthFed]

I love the Kasparov facial gestures. They are incredible.

 

[DarthFed]

Great game! Just shows you that Gary could easily still be a top 5 player. No way I could believe that his blitz is better than classical now

It's possible. One thing though is that I feel blitz is actually better for older players. The main disadvantage of age is that it's a lot harder to concentrate for long periods of time in the game. And it gets harder as a long tournament/match progresses. I think we've seen that with Anand. Even Kasparov himself before he retired was starting to draw won positions and lose some drawn positions.

I figured coming in Kasparov would be far from a pushover here, he could easily finish top 2. If he was playing these guys in a triple round robin of classical it probably wouldn't go well.

 

[DarthFed]

Man, that game with Caruana was wild, looks like it was a draw.

 

[Federberg]

It's possible. One thing though is that I feel blitz is actually better for older players. The main disadvantage of age is that it's a lot harder to concentrate for long periods of time in the game. And it gets harder as a long tournament/match progresses. I think we've seen that with Anand. Even Kasparov himself before he retired was starting to draw won positions and lose some drawn positions.

I figured coming in Kasparov would be far from a pushover here, he could easily finish top 2. If he was playing these guys in a triple round robin of classical it probably wouldn't go well.

That's a fair point

 

[Federberg]

Kasparov leading at the moment

 

[DarthFed]

He is still impressive. That's why I cringed at that Naka comment about him only being good at openings. Pretty appalling

 

[Federberg]

Yup! Me too! He hasn't earned the right to make those sorts of comments. Has he won a blitz or rapid world championship yet? I can't remember but I don't think so

 

[DarthFed]

^ Surprisingly not. He is awesome at blitz, at least on the internet. Playing live and playing only against fellow elite players is a different dynamic though.

 

[DarthFed]

And the old man just blundered the game away. Had a nice position vs. So before an awful Nc3

 

[brokenshoelace]

Damn, big blunder by Garry.

 

[DarthFed]

And he just beat Naka. Jesus, the dude is strong!

 

[DarthFed]

Kasparov had that game too. That's the part of rust/age that he naturally has to worry about playing an event like this.

 

[DarthFed]

Garry has a nice attack against So here. Seeing Gazza's pieces surrounding your king would be terrifying!