I see that the machine evaluation of Caruana-Fridman isn’t all that severe, but, to the naked eye, Caruana’s position looked like a horror story. I doubt that anyone will want to repeat his handling v. the Petroff.
Had to wonder what Naiditsch thought he was doing. He got an ugly, cramped game and opted for radical measures aimed vaguely toward the World Champion’s King. It looked very unconvincing, and Naiditsch’s game fell to bits quickly.
It looked at first as though Meyer had a little something, with space and the Bishop pair, but it’s tough to beat Adams with purely technical advantages, and one didn’t get the sense that Adams was worried.
I see that the machine evaluation of Caruana-Fridman isn’t all that severe, but, to the naked eye, Caruana’s position looked like a horror story. I doubt that anyone will want to repeat his handling v. the Petroff.
Had to wonder what Naiditsch thought he was doing. He got an ugly, cramped game and opted for radical measures aimed vaguely toward the World Champion’s King. It looked very unconvincing, and Naiditsch’s game fell to bits quickly.
It looked at first as though Meyer had a little something, with space and the Bishop pair, but it’s tough to beat Adams with purely technical advantages, and one didn’t get the sense that Adams was worried.
Vishy rules.
My apologies to GM Meier; i != y; I’ll try not to adjust his name’s spelling in the future.