GM Carlsen (2776) – GM Smeets (2601) [A11]
Corus A (12), 31.01.2009
1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.cxd5 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nxd5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb5 e6 8.0–0 Be7 9.d4 0–0 10.Re1 Bd7 11.Bd3 Rc8 12.Nxd5 exd5 13.Ne5 Bf6 14.Bf4 g6 15.Qb3 Na5 16.Qb4 Be6 17.Bh6 Bg7 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.h4 Re8 20.h5 f6 21.Nf3 b6 22.Bb5 Re7 23.Re2 Rcc7 24.Rae1 Kf7 25.Qd2 Qf8 26.Qf4 Bf5 27.g4 Bc8 28.b4 Nb7 29.Bc6 White wins 1–0
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Owned!
🙁 Chess is now a young man’s game.
I hereby can diagnose a completely new disease – Carlsen-fear.
Closely related to the now extinct “Fischer-fear”, the illness strikes when the otherwise perfectly healthy GMs display symptoms of reluctance to deal with either tactical play or opening theory while the disease agent sits at the board.
6 players leading into the final day…madness…
Hm, Carlsen Fear, he only won two games with one against a considerably lower ranked player.
A 6-way tie going into the last round. It can’t get any more exciting than this. I still think Radjabov will win this. He and Aronian have the easier matchups.
“Hm, Carlsen Fear, he only won two games with one against a considerably lower ranked player.”
Then you haven’t been watching his games in this tournament. His opponents have spent much more time on their clocks. Magnus had a winning position against Karjakin as well, but made one single bad move and the game ended in a draw. Even though he’s out of form, Magnus is still a formidable opponent.
I forgot: The considerably lower ranked player (Smeets) have been playing well above his rating in this tournament (2700+ level). He only had one loss until today.
Don’t presume that a player is weaker simply because his rating is lower. Take a look at some of the highest rated players in Corus (Wang, Morozevitsch, Ivanchuk): Many of them have performed below par.
I wanna watch Carlsen – So game
Anon 1:26, I háve been watching the games. Like you did, I saw him miss a win more than once against Karjakin. What does that tell us? Is that good? Does it make you fearsome?
Apart from that a lot of quick draws. How stunning are novelties to draw in 20 moves with white?
Okay, and in the last round he lost, and makes it +1.
Yes, he is a very good player, but no, he did not dominate the scene at all, let alone make his opponnent fear him. Actually he looked vulnerable at times.
You’re the one making the comparison with Fischer, not I.
Fischer was dominating, Carlsen, at Corus, wasn’t.
And why not presume a player is weaker when he has a lower rating? Especially in this case when the weaker player is older.
Saying that a player is weaker than another aint the same as calling him weak.
If, however, you want to convince me Smeets isn’t so much weaker than Carlsen, what exactly is your point then in your praise to the latter?