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Magnus Carlsen vs Fabiano Caruana, world chess championship match - game one ends in a draw

Posted by nsz
Tags: norway, grandmasters, magnus carlsen, fabiano caruana, chess, world chess championship.2018, usa, author.sean ingle, source.the guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/nov/09/king-toppled-before-play-begins-in-caruana-carlsen-chess-match

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Title
Clash of chess stars ends in dramatic draw after seven gruelling hours
Authors
Sean Ingle
Published
Nov 9 2018
Word count
1035 words

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  1. nsz
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    Kind of a funny tidbit, Woody Harrelson started off the match but miss-herd the move Caruana wanted, playing d4 instead of e4, both Caruana and Carlsen looked worried by the choice but the arbiter...

    Kind of a funny tidbit, Woody Harrelson started off the match but miss-herd the move Caruana wanted, playing d4 instead of e4, both Caruana and Carlsen looked worried by the choice but the arbiter allowed a takeback. Here is an image of the moment. Woody ended up staying for most of the 7 hour game providing commentary with Anna Rudolf and Judith Polgar, here's a nice picture of them at the stand.

    6 votes
  2. Whom
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    Oh god, thanks for posting this! I've disconnected from a lot of the ways I used to keep up with things (mostly Reddit) so I didn't see that it was happening.

    Oh god, thanks for posting this! I've disconnected from a lot of the ways I used to keep up with things (mostly Reddit) so I didn't see that it was happening.

    5 votes
  3. [2]
    EightRoundsRapid
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    Game 3: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2018/nov/12/magnus-carlsen-v-fabiano-caruana-world-chess-championship-game-3-live

    Game 3:

    https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2018/nov/12/magnus-carlsen-v-fabiano-caruana-world-chess-championship-game-3-live

    5 votes
    1. nsz
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      It's interesting how Caruana went for the same opening as game one, even though Magnus had the upper hand in that game. I imagine it was after some home preparation, maybe even a bit of a...

      It's interesting how Caruana went for the same opening as game one, even though Magnus had the upper hand in that game. I imagine it was after some home preparation, maybe even a bit of a psychological move.

      2 votes
  4. [2]
    EightRoundsRapid
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    Game Five https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2018/nov/15/magnus-carlsen-v-fabiano-caruana-world-chess-championship-game-5-live

    Game Five

    https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2018/nov/15/magnus-carlsen-v-fabiano-caruana-world-chess-championship-game-5-live

    3 votes
    1. nsz
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      I hope this doesn't end in a draw again. Hopefully Fabiano will bring something interesting with the white pieces. Also it seems whoever had the video rights to the footage has gone back on the...

      I hope this doesn't end in a draw again. Hopefully Fabiano will bring something interesting with the white pieces.

      Also it seems whoever had the video rights to the footage has gone back on the decision to cut the stream short in the first game and has much longer version of the official stream on YouTube for the subsequent matches. They will probably show something for this game as well, though it seems badly organised, the YouTube page does not look official at all. Yeah it's not the official stream, just saw that it's somebody ripping the stream form the FIDE site.

      1 vote
  5. [2]
    nsz
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    Game 6 https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2018/nov/16/magnus-carlsen-v-fabiano-caruana-world-chess-championship-game-6-live Magnus with white, started off really weird, at least to me,...

    Game 6
    https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2018/nov/16/magnus-carlsen-v-fabiano-caruana-world-chess-championship-game-6-live

    Magnus with white, started off really weird, at least to me, exchanging queens by move 8.

    3 votes