During the press conference, Anand said that he and his team found a new line against the Marshall against Aronian. However, there were 2 ways for Black to go and apparently, Anand’s camp felt that the second choice was not that strong so they went much further with the other one.
In the game, Aronian chose the line that Anand did not analyze. Aronian said that he was surprised by Anand’s novelty but since he knows the Marshall and its ideas quite well, he was not really concerned about it. He said if one understands the ideas, one can find the moves on the board.
Another person asked about Anand’s approach to tomorrow and the rest of the tournament with a lead. Anand’s response was he will play chess and whatever happens happens. He will play the board and not worry about the standings.
After the press conference, Anand had to be escorted to the elevator because the mob was too large. I asked his wife if she is used to this. She said yes but it is much worse in India because he is so big over there.
susan this post is the same one posted at 4:15pm any particular reason?
its incredible im at home and its 430pm and i feel like im at the conference room “alive”, technology is aussum.
Anand-Aronian was a pre-arranged draw, at least it looks like it?! No chess seen there, don’t know what they were talking about to the press, when nothing was played actually. I am ashamed of watching such ‘chess’. Hehehe.
Its called strategy, my friend. With this quick draw mcgraw, against one of the strongest young players in the world, veteran Anand increased his lead by half a point!!! Go Anand!! Why was Aro happy with a draw, well, for the same reason!
Thank you for all the news from Mexico, really I am (and we all are) so grateful.
This draw was very smart for Anand because the final position favors black, he gets extra rest before his game against Kramnik and he leads the World Championship by 1 point at the end of the day.
He is putting more pressure on Gelfand and Kramnik by holding his games with ease. Good tournament strategy.
It is true that some will be disappointed by the short draws. But it is smart strategy on the part of Anand.
We need to understand that this is not a normal tournament. There are higher stakes here. Trying to fight all games is risky and drains one’s energy & emotions.
Before the tournament, people were talking about the winner getting a +3 or a +4 score. Anand is already at +3.
I think it is a nice strategy as they have 14 games to play and any human cant give his 100% in all games!
If organizers wanted true fights, they should have scheduled the games in a different way..