GM Carlsen (2770) – GM Jakovenko (2753) [C67]
Dortmund 2009 (1), 02.07.2009
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0–0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 Ke8 10.h3 h5 11.Ne2 Be7 12.Bg5 Be6 13.Nf4 Bd5 14.Bxe7 Kxe7 15.Ng5 Nd4 16.Rad1 Ne6 17.Ngxe6 Bxe6 18.h4 a5 19.a3 a4 20.Rfe1 g6 21.f3 Ra5 22.c3 Rb5 23.Re2 Ra8 24.Rd4 Raa5 25.Kf2 Rxe5 26.Rxe5 Rxe5 27.Rxa4 Rb5 28.b4 c5 29.Ra7 cxb4 30.cxb4 Kd7 31.Ne2 Rb6 32.Ke3 Bc4 33.Nd4 Kd6 34.Ra5 Ra6 35.Rxa6+ bxa6 36.g4 hxg4 37.fxg4 Ke5 38.Nc6+ Kf6 39.Kf4 Ke6 40.h5 gxh5 41.gxh5 Bd3 42.Ke3 Bf1 43.h6 Kf6 44.Ne5 Bb5 45.Kd4 Ba4 46.h7 Kg7 47.Nxf7 Kxh7 48.Ng5+ Kg6 49.Ne6 White wins 1–0
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That was impressive
I shouldn’t say this on a chess blog, but it’s really a terrible waste for a mind like that to play chess. He could be a very good mathematician or something.
Lasker was a good mathematician, by the way. One of his theorems is still regularly cited.
I know of a Swedish mathematician who was quite a strong go player when he was younger. He was talked into switching to an area of math with many pleasing geometric ideas, vaguely similar to go (this is the story I’ve been told).
He’s quite a productive mathematician now.
Carlsen’s strong mind performing in chess gives many people a lot of pleasure. I hope not least to himself. He is also making a big pile of cash and is admired around the world. What would he gain by switching to something else? Or mankind which, I think, you was thinking when writing that text? Maybe mathematical theories would advance with his help but so what? In some very far fetched thinking that would help to better mankind’s blossoming existence. Although his chess betters it also to some tiny extent.
It’s a complete misunderstanding very strong players are good methematicians. They’re just good at some paterns within a game.
And even íf they are good methematics they become one of very very many.
Serves Jakovenko right for playing the Berlin.
So much for Russia’s number one.
King Magnus was not merciful.
Why did black leave the c1/h6-diagonal with 42… Bf1?
wow! best Russian player, whered he come from? any ideas? i musta been sleepin. hehe