Partai Catur Jadul Jacob Baay vs Frank Crowl - Australian Chess Championship 1951

As my post earlier, we come to discover new game by Jacob G. Baay, who was a strong Dutch chess player living in Indonesia during the World World II era. You can check his other game in this post. Jacob G. Baay earn his reputation playing in Java island of Indonesia during that time. This game was recovered from the Sidney Morning Herald, dated May 13th, 1951. The chess column editor was Australian master Gregory Koshnitsky.

The full text of the article:

The Victorian chess champion, Frank (Arthur) Crowl, has been often compared to the great Russo-Danish player and thinker, Aaron Nimzovitch, whose original ideas on chess strategy shocked the conservative school of his day.

Like Nimzovitch, Crowl is a great strategist and some of his games have been acclaimed as masterpieces of subtlety and ingenuity, but it is only just that both players should suffer from the same weakness-inability to cope with direct methods. Nimzovitch's genius was ineffective against Lasker and Alekhine, while Crowl is notoriously weak against our attacking players when they get positions which suit them.

In the following game, the visiting Dutch master brilliantly exploits a weak move in the opening to inflict on Crowl a crushing defeat.

Jacob G. Baay chess games, the Sidney Morning Heral chess column by Gregory Koshnitsky 1951

Di postingan blog terdahulu, kita sudah melihat partai catur dari pecatur berdarah Belanda yang tinggal di Indonesia tahun '40an, yaitu Jacob G. Baay. Pecatur Indo-Belanda ini mengunjungi benua Australia di tahun 1951 dan bermain di kejurnas catur Australia tahun 1951. Berikut adalah partai catur yang kembali ditemukan di surat kabar The Sidney Morning Herald.

Lawan master Jacob Baay adalah pecatur dari Victoria Frank Crowl. Dalam artikel tersebut diketahui bahwa pecatur ini adalah pecatur nyentrik yang disetarakan dengan pecatur Russia-Denmark Aaron Nimzovitch. Sayangnya seperti Nimzovitch, keunikan pecatur un-ortodox seperti Frank Crowl tidak berkutik kalau sudah bertemu pecatur dengan tipe penyerang. Mari saksikan partai catur jadul Jacob G. Baay yang sangat langka ini, di mana sang master dengan mudah menangkis pembukaan kurang lazim dari hitam.

Jacob G. Baay vs Frank Crowl , 1-0, Australia Championship , Brisbane 1951 
C60 - Ruy Lopez Fianchetto Smylov Defence

Bill Gates vs Magnus Calrsen Chess Games 2014

While the other world top rank chess players sweating in high rated tournament in Tata Steel 2014, Magnus Carlsen enjoy his campaign to meet the world highest rated digital personalities. Today's news was the most interesting as we got a clear Youtube video showing mr Microsoft, Bill Gates challenge Magnus Carlsen in a chess of game. The game only last 9 moves, a miniature in a strange 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d5?! with Carlsen as black. Carlsen sacrificed a bishop to open the cornered White King, but it was Bill Gates call to takes the Knight in the last move that allowed Carlsen checkmated Gates, in just 71 seconds.

Here is a list of Magnus Carlsen's events and 'opponents' after his Vishy Anand match:

A Simuls vs 20 players in Texas - Nordic Semiconductor sponsored

6 Blindfold Simuls - and become Honorary Member of America’s Foundation for Chess

Mark Zuckerberg - Facebook founder
Yuri Milner - investors Facebook, Twitter, Spotify, and Groupon
Art Levinson  + 10 others simultans included Ali Tamur rated 2168  - CEO of Calico
Peter Thiel - Paypal co-founder
Bill Gates - Microsoft founder

the game : Bill Gates vs Magnus Carlsen 0-1, 2014

historic chess games, Bill Gates vs Magnus Carlsen

and the final position...

 Mark Zuckerberg vs Magnus Carlsen

Di kala pecatur dunia lainnya lagi keringatan bertarung catur di Tata Steel 2014, Magnus Carlsen asyik menikmati lawatannya ke kantor para petinggi industri digital dunia. Carlsen bertemu boss nya Facebook Mark Zuckerberg dan bermain catur serta memberikan tips. Juga Juara Dunia Catur ini bertemu boss Paypal, Peter Thiel. Dia juga bertandang ke kantor Google dan bermain simul dengan sepuluh karyawan Google di lokasi. Paling sensational adalah duel catur nya melawan Bill Gates di sebuah acara talk show. Semua liputan perjalanan promosi catur Magnus Carlsen bisa dibaca di link-link / tautan di atas. Partai catur di atas adalah partai catur Bill Gates vs Magnus Carlsen.

Magnus Carlsen akan segera mengetahui penantang nya setelah turnamen kandidat catur 2014 digelar dua bulan lagi. Dengan peserta, Vishy Anand, Vladimir Kramnik, Levon Aronian, Shak Mamedyarov, Sergey Karjakin, Peter Svidler dan Veselin Topalov.

Partai Jadul Jacob G Baay (Pecatur Indo-Belanda) tahun 1951

Jacob G. Baay is chess player who lives in Indonesia in the World War II period. He continue to play in Java island, Indonesia, and make a fame in the region. Here is a newspaper report from Australia about his participation in the continent's Australian Championship 1951. He was playing George Karoly, strong local master. The games deciphered from The Sunday Herald, Sidney May 27th 1951, editor and annotation by Gregory Koshnitsky, a local master as well.

See Jacob G. Baay games vs Frank Crowl from The Sidney Morning Herald here.

Tahukah anda di era perjuangan tahun '40an, Jacob G. Baay adalah pecatur yang aktif di Indonesia, teristimewa pulau Jawa. Jacob bekerja sebagai agen persurat kabaran, dia bermain di Kejuaraan Belanda 1948 dan Kejuaraan Australia 1951. Berikut adalah salah satu partai catur yang berhasil direkam media pers dari Australia.

Partai Catur Jadul dari Kliping koran The Sunday Herald tanggal May 27th, 1951. Editor Gregory Koshnitsky

Jacob G. Baay vs George Karoly, Brisbane 1951
Australian Championship 1-0
C88 Ruy Lopez

The Sunday Heral, Sidney May 27th 1951

Chess in SEA Games 2013 Myanmar - Irine Won the Blitz

From 11 to 22 Dec 2013, 27th SEA Games is on going in Myanmar. The venue will be at the Capital Naypyitaw, Yangon, Mandalay and Ngwe Saung Beach. FYI, SEA Games is the Olympiad version for countries of South East Asia, or about all member in the 'confederation' union, the ASEAN countries (Association of Southeast Asian Nations).

Chess is apparently a regular sport in SEA Games and as there are now in 2013 edition. In the past, SEA Games resembling closely to Olympiad sports, and also to ASIAN Games (all Asia countries Olympiad). Recently, more traditional games are being included in SEA Games to accommodate local sports, such as Sepak Takraw (a 'kick' version of volley ball) , Pencak Silat (martial art), Thai Boxing and so on. With this spirit, chess is also one of sport that being 'localized'.

The Traditional Chess - Myanmar Chess
In SEA Games Myanmar, their version of chess is included as titled as "traditional chess". This is the Burmese version of chess and the complete explanation can be read on this BLOG.  You can also read the official FACEBOOK note from organizer regarding this issue. Excerpt:


By successful inclusion of Traditional Chess (Myanmar Chess) in SEA Games, Myanmar Chess Federation took the opportunity to introduced the centuries-old Myanmar Traditional Chess which is called as Myanmar Sit-Tu-Yin in Myanmar language.

It is believed that chess reached to Myanmar around A.D. 800 via Rakhine (Arakan). Ancient Myanmar people loved to play chess and it was adopted in their own way by making special rules and regulations different from international chess. Then chess spread to Thailand in A.D. 1100. By Southeast Radiation, chess spread early and easily through Myanmar into the Malay Peninsula via Thailand. It reached a dead end in Borneo and Java where Sanskrit chess was later to be covered by the modern form of the game brought in by the British and Dutch traders.


CHESS in 27th SEA Games Myanmar
Meanwhile, back to the news. There are about 18 medals to be grabbed in chess section. As explained above, there is about four different chess variant here, the International Chess, Chess960, Transfer chess which is a "Bug House" chess,  ASEAN Chess and Traditional chess. The complete list is as below.

I managed to listed out the medals receivers, updated as the time of writting. For Indonesian contingent, we already collected one gold medal by IM Irine K. Sukandar in Women Blitz. WGM Medina Warda Aulia is reported by Potret Catur Blog to be on winning position in the final round but unable to handle the pressure and scored a draw. She collected Bronze medal, while the silver goes to Hoang Thi Bao Tram from Vietnam. Unfortunately I can't found the chess notation on this event.

Cabang CATUR yang dipertandingkan di SEA Games Myanmar menjadi salah satu cabang dengan hasil terbaik di kontigen Indonesia.  Hasilnya adalah 5 emas, 4 Perak, 7 Perunggu.

1. International Chess - BLITZ - Individual (Men)
Gold - Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son    VIE    13.0
Silver - Nguyen Van Huy    VIE    11.0
Bronze - Rogelio Antonio Jr    PHI    11.0

2. International Chess - BLITZ - Individual (Women)
Gold - Irene K. Sukandar (INA) 13.0
Silver - Hoang Thi Bao Tram (VIE) 12.5.0
Bronze - Medina Warda Aula (INA) 11.5.0

3. International Chess - RAPID - Individual (Men)
GOLD - Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son    VIE    6.0
Silver - Nguyen Duc Hoa    VIE    5.5
Bronze - John Paul Gomez    PHI    5.0

4. International Chess - RAPID - Individual (Women)
GOLD - Irine Kharisma Sukandar    INA    5.5
Silver - Pham Le Thao Nguyen    VIE    5.0
Bronze - Medina Warda Aulia    INA    5.0

5. Chess 960 - RAPID - Individual (Men)
GOLD - Susanto Megaranto    INA    6.0
Silver - John Paul Gomez    PHI    5.0
Bronze - Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son    VIE    5.0

6. Transfer Chess - BLITZ - Man  13 Rounds
GOLD - Muhammad Lutfi Ali, Susanto Mega    INA    11.5
Silver - Dao Thien Hai, Nguyen Van Huy    VIE    10.0
Bronze - Farid Firman Syah, Masruri Rahman    INA    8.5

7. Transfer Chess - BLITZ – Mixed Pair
GOLD - Muhammad Lutfi Ali, Chelsie Moni    INA    13.5
Silver - Dao Thien Hai, Hoang Thi Nhu Y    VIE    13.0
Bronze - Susanto Megaranto, Dewi Ardhiani    INA    11.5

8. ASEAN Chess - BLITZ - Individual (Men)
GOLD - Warot Kananub    THA    8.0
Silver - Uaychai Kongsee    THA    8.0
Bronze - Taufik Halay    INA    6.0


9. ASEAN Chess - RAPID - Individual (Men)
GOLD - Uaychai Kongsee    THA    5.5
Silver - Boonsueb Sae Heng    THA    5.5
Bronze - Dede Lioe    INA    4.5

10. ASEAN Chess - STANDARD - Individual (Men)
GOLD - Uaychai Kongsee    THA    7.0
SILVER - Boonsueb Sae Heng    THA    6.0
BRONZE - Nay Oo Kyaw Tun MYA 4.0

11. ASEAN Chess - RAPID - Team (Men)
GOLD - Thailand
Silver - Philippine
Bronze - Myanmar

12. ASEAN Chess - RAPID - Team (Women)
GOLD - Myanmar
Silver - Indonesia
Indonesia
1. Dita Karenza INA
2. Chelsie Monica Ignesias Sihite
3. Nadya Anggraini Mukmin
4. Dewi Ardhiani Anastasia Citra
Bronze - Thailand

13. Traditional Chess - BLITZ - Individual (Men)
GOLD : Win Zaw Htun    MYA    7.0
Silver : Worathep Timsri    THA    6.5
Bronze : Taufik Halay    INA    6.5

14. Traditional Chess - RAPID - Individual (Men)
Gold : Win Zaw Thun (Myanmar)
Silver : Pairoj Suwan (Thailand)
Bronze : Worathep Timsri (Myanmar)

15. Traditional Chess - STANDARD - Individual (Men)
GOLD - Nakorn Trisa Ard    THA    5.5
Silver - Mohamad Ervan    INA    5.5
Bronze - Pairoj Suwan    THA    5.0

16. Traditional Chess - BLITZ - Team (Men)
GOLD : Thailand
Silver : Indonesia
Bronze : Myanmar

17. Traditional Chess - RAPID - Team (Men)

18. Traditional Chess - RAPID - Team (Women)
Gold - Myanmar
Silver - Indonesia (Nadya, Dita, Chelsie Monica)
Bronze - Thailand

All information can be viewed in official website, but it is a bit messy.

Magnus Carlsen Is World Chess Champion - Anand vs Carlsen Round 10 Chennai

Magnus Carlsen is now officially World Chess Champion! When he leads the World Chess Championship match by 6-3 yesterday, most of chess fans already considered this lead too decisive and believe that Carlsen already new World Champion. But today's round 10 draw confirmed this status. The game gone nowhere although gone through hours of play in Sicilian theme defence. Anand replied promptly with c5 Sicilian defence to Carlsen's 1.e4. Clearly the (ex) World Champion wants the last fight by playing this instead of Ruy Lopez (Berlin). Carlsen opted for 3.Bb5+ a Moscow Variation and Anand played 3..Nd7. The game can be dulled but somehow got excited because Carlsen seemingly reject Anand's "draw offer" by avoiding repetition. Both player was able to continued the game to move 65 before called it as technical draw with only Knight on the board.

Final Score:

VISHWANATHAN ANAND 3.5 - MAGNUS CARLSEN 6.5,
World Chess Championship 2013 Chennai

So by now, congratulations for Magnus Carlsen for being the 16th World Chess Champion, or the 20th in FIDE list. We also wish Anand to comeback soon in fighting chess, as he will need to play in the next Candidate tournament among other seven chess personalities.

It is interesting by now to see who can become the real challenger to Magnus Carlsen "new era" domination. Seeing how he destroyed Anand with three victories is of course putting some fear to his colleagues, confirmed this will be the new world champion who dominated in superiority. Let's immediately imagine the next Challenger for Magnus Carlsen throne next year:

Vladimir Kramnik - the most serious challenger for Carlsen, in the interview Kramnik believe he and Aronian will able to match Carlsen's chess.

Levon Aronian - almost only few years above Carlsen in term of generation, if there were no Carlsen, Aronian can be the next big things on chess for this age.

Veselin Topalov - his style will put chess to another super sharp battle in case Topalov once again triumph into the challenger position

Sergey Karjakin - in the same age to Carlsen by only months different. He is almost like a missing link between Carlsen-generation to Aronian and others. His chances in the candidate match are not great as he haven't prove to be consistently fighting on top elite circle of chess.

Peter Svidler - the same generation to Kramnik and Topalov. He is wildcard in the Candidate tournament and only by very strong hard work we shall see the reality of putting Svidler as Challenger next year. A veteran player with vast experiences and already cross sword with almost all living world champion in the '80 to '2010s, from Spassky, Karpov, Kasparov and others.

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - His strength mostly on top when playing as team member of Azerbaijan. His style also aggressive and risky. But inconsistent performance in the last five years will raised high doubt of him able to snap the challenger spot.

Dmitry Andreikin - a new force from Russian Republic which we still do not know much more about his true strength. He come to Candidate tournament as runner up to 2013 World Cup. Much more to be prove on this young fellow.

or... shall Vishwanathan Anand once again regain his opportunity to make the chess comeback of the time?


Compilation of Round 10 reports and commentaries:

Chessvibes - game analysis Peter Dodgers and Daniel Rensch
Chessbase - game analysis by GM Alejandro Ramirez
Video Analysis - Daniel King
TWIC - Magnus Carlsen is 16th undisputed World Champion
LIVE Video with Susan Polgar, Lawrence Trent, GM Ramesh and Tania Sachdev

Congratulation to GM Magnus Carlsen from Norwegia as new world champion !

Pertandingan dwi tarung antara Vishwanathan Anand melawan penantangnya Magnus Carlsen usai sudah. Kemenangan akhirnya diraih oleh pecatur muda dari Norwegia, yaitu Magnus Carlsen, setelah di ronde ke sepuluh berhasil menahan remis Vishy Anand. Anand yang tertinggal sebanyak tiga point memilih pertahanan Sisilia yang diyakini lebih berpeluang membawa hasil menang-kalah bagi kedua belah pihak. Pilihan ini didasari pada kenyataan bahwa Anand musti menang di tiga sisa babak terakhir. Pilihan Anand ini disambut baik oleh insan catur dan rekan GMnya. Walaupun Anand tidak mampu menggiring permainan ke arah yang lebih baik, namun usahanya membuat Carlsen musti duduk bertahan selama beberapa jam. Baru setelah langkah ke - 65, kedua pemain menyudahi harinya dengan jabat tangan remis karena di atas papan catur hanya tinggal seekor kuda milik hitam. Perlu dicatat bahwa Carlsen sendiri sempat tidak mau bermain pengulangan tiga langkah dan memilih bermain terus ketimbang langsung remis.

Selamat untuk Juara Dunia catur baru, Magnus Carlsen. Ucapan selamat berdatangan di twitter dari rekan GM. Magnus Carlsen menjadi juara catur Klasik ke - 16 kalau dihitung di silsilah Juara Catur yang meraih gelar dengan mengalahkan juara sebelumnya. Kalau ditambah juara dunia catur FIDE yang meraih gelar melalui turnament KO, yaitu Khalifman, Topalov, Ponomariov and Kasimdzhanov, maka Carlsen menjadi juara ke-21.

Di usianya yang baru 23 tahun, Magnus Carlsen menjadi juara dunia Catur termuda kedua, setelah Garry Kasparov. Untuk Komentar partai catur ronde ke-10 antara Magnus Carlsen vs Vishwanathan Anand akan diupdate segera besok hari.......

Komentator Catur siaran Langsung LIVE sepanjang dwitarung Anand vs Carlsen, menurut laporan Chessdom sekitar 200-300 juta pemirsa menyaksikan pertandingan ini. Foto adalah Tania Sachdev dari India dan Lawrence Trent dari Inggris, keduanya master catur

Partai Catur dwitarung Juara Dunia 2013, Chennai
Magnus Carlsen vs Viswanathan Anand 1/2-1/2
B51 Sicilian Defence - Moscow

Vishy Anand vs Magnus Carlsen Round 9 - Dwitarung Juara Dunia Catur

The Prelude to Round 9

Meanwhile, a poll before Round 9:

Can Vishy Anand bounced back after his -2 score against Magnus Carlsen in WCC 2013 Chennai?
	No, Carlsen will wins it eventually
	Yes, Anand will catch up the score and tie break
	Yes, Anand will turn back the table and won
pollcode.com free polls

ROUND 9 - MAGNUS CARLSEN IS THREE-MOVES-REPETITION AWAY FROM WORLD CHAMPION!

 Because he did it! Magnus Carlsen defeat Viswanathan Anand in a perhaps the most sharp and attacking games in the match, and perhaps the only one ever (but no, if Anand played kamikaze King's Gambit in the rest of the round). So it is +3 for Carlsen in the remaining three rounds, mean Carlsen only half point away for World Champion, just force a three fold repetition boy! In round 9, Anand opted for 1.d4, Carlsen for Nimzo-Indian, and Anand for 4.f3!, which by the way the variation name is Kmoch variation, ECO E20. So, hail Kmoch! But then the final position is Saemisch Variation, E25.

We were then get excited , some maneuver and suddenly Anand struck again, with 10.g4! We then got even excited when some smart commentators start saying that Kasparov played this move against Judit Polgar, Tilburg 1997. At this point Carlsen begin to think, and for first time in the match it seems like Anand able to give Carlsen a serious work to be done in the opening. Carlsen replied with castling, so did Anand and at some point Anand allowed Carlsen to put his knight on the strategic b3. At this point almost all engine started giving un-universal evaluation for both player. So, this is exciting games where engines is not 99% dependable by now, because even though the evaluation looks minus, but humans starts liking White position.

We then reach position where Anand had three line up pawn of e-f-g to start abusing Carlsen's king in the corner of king side. Carlsen pieces are line up in the 8-rank waiting , seems like waiting for the checmate. Anand think about 40 minutes and Queen goes to f4 to maneuver to h4, hoping his rook can come to backup the checkmate. Carlsen counter-calculated and see the best defence, so in the final tactical combination, Carlsen played b2! Anand continued the attack and Carlsen Queen-ed his b-pawn. In this point, alas,...alas,.. Anand blundered badly playing Nf1 to block the new  Queen check. If just Anand played 28.Bf1, the game is believed to be drawn only by best counter attack from Carlsen. So, that the match is almost over. The -3 in world chess championship is quickly a dejavu from Hou Yifan vs Anna Ushenina match, months prior! If during the match, chess was able to trigger "The Pyjamas Girls" and defeated Victoria's Secret, we can only hope for the best in coming years. 2013 World Chess Championship, After Round 9 Result: Anand vs Carlsen 3-6

Compilation of commentaries
Carlsen vs Anand round 9 0-1, Round 9 World Chess Championship 2013 Chennai
ECO E25 - Nimzo Indian Saemisch

Shocker! #FWCM2013
Anish Giri (@anishgiri) November 21, 2013


A new era is upon us. The Carlsen Era.
Lawrence Trent (@LawrenceTrentIM) November 21, 2013


End of an era... #AnandCarlsen
Nigel Short (@nigelshortchess) November 21, 2013


A sad finish. At least Vishy showed real fight today... #AnandCarlsen 
Nigel Short (@nigelshortchess) November 21, 2013


Magnus deserves every bit of it, he is truly the best. That said I'm heart broken. Vishy you're a legend.
Tania Sachdev (@TaniaSachdev) November 21, 2013


Meanwhile this is from the day before Round 9:


Starting to realize that I am the only person who is going to be able to stop Sauron in the context of chess history. Hikaru Nakamura (@GMHikaru) November 19, 2013

Official Website Game 9 Report
Chessbase with GM Alejandro Ramirez and Josh Friedel and alternate article
Chessdom - Round 9 - Report
TWIC - by Mark Crowther
Chessvibes analysis by IM Danny Rensch / Chess.com by Peter Doggers
Video Analysis by Daniel King
Official Youtube LIVE commentaries by Susan Polgar, Lawrence Trent, GM Ramesh
Chessgames.com with GM Daniel Gormally
Lengthy video analysis by IM David Pruess , Youtube
OnlineChessLesson analysis for Round 9, GM Ronen Har-Zvi

strange evaluation on the final move,... the actual Stockfish gives around -6 to -7, for Black's extra piece

Di babak ke sembilan dwi tarung catur Anand vs Carlsen, Magnus Carlsen meraih kemenangannya yang ke-tiga! Babak ini berjalan sangat tajam, sesuai komentar Anand sendiri di post-game interview, bahwa dia harus mengubah strategy pertandingan dan dia tidak menyesal memainkan openingnya. Anand bermain 1.d4, dijawab dengan Nimzo Indian oleh Carlsen, dan di sini Anand bermain line 4.f3! Di mana variasi line ini bernama Kmoch-variation, E20. 

Game kemudian berjalan taktis dan menjurus sangat tajam ketika Anand bermain 10.g4. Di mana langkah ini pernah dimainkan Kasparov melawan Judit Polgar di Tilburg 1997. Di langkah ini Anand memaksa Carlsen untuk berpikir panjang untuk pertama kalinya sepanjang dwi tarung. Carlsen memainkan langkah aman dengan rokade, disusul rokade oleh Anand. Dan kemudian Anand mengijinkan Carlsen meletakkan kudanya di petak strategis b3. Di poin ini, diyakini engine-engine mulai saling tidak sepakat dan permainan menjadi komplikasi rumit untuk bisa dianalisis dengan seksama. Beberapa komentator lebih senang berpihak pada putih, diyakini Anand sangat berpeluang untuk bisa memenangkan partai ini. Namun setelah Anand berpikir panjang hampir 40 menit, masuklah ke posisi di mana Anand memiliki tiga bidak e-f-g saling berjejer untuk menggempur raja Carlsen yang ada di sudut. Perwira-perwira Carlsenpun seakan tidak berdaya berjejer di barisan terakhir. Namun Carlsen berhasil mengkalkulasi pertahanan terbaik. Dengan langkah pion b2, hanya mengandalkan Ratu yang barusan promosi, Carlsen berhasil mencegah serangan Anand. Anand kemudian blunder maut di langkah 28 di mana dia menggunakan kuda untuk memblok skak dari Carlsen dan Carlsenpun bisa mencegah benteng Anand yang siap-siap mendukung serangan Ratu utk skak-mat. Akibatnya Carlsen menjadi memiliki satu perwira ekstra, yang oleh Anand lebih baik langsung menyerah saja, karena kombinasi serangan skak mat nya sudah gagal.

Andai Anand menggunakan Bishop/Gajahnya  untuk memblok, 28.Bf1, diyakini partai ini hanya akan draw dengan Carlsen perlu mencari konter-attack terbaik, karena Anand hanya 1-2 tempo dari skakmat. Di pers konferen, Anand berkata bahwa dia melihat langkah ini tapi mengira 28.Kuda-f1 lebih baik...di mana adalah blunder.


Ini adalah partai taktis yang penuh komplikasi,  untuk menyimak analisis GM yang lebih detail bisa dilihat di link-link di atas...

Komentar catur ronde ke-9,
Viswanathan Anand vs Magnus Carlsen 0-1, Round 9 E25 Nimzo Indian Saemisch
World Chess Championship 2013 Chennai

Magnus Carlsen secured more draw vs Vishy Anand - WCC 2013 Round 8

World Chess Championship 2013 between Viswanathan Anand vs Magnus Carlsen is now reach two third of its length, 8 out of 12 rounds being played by now. In Round 8, the only interesting story was Magnus Carlsen opened with 1.e4, surprising ye again Anand (perhaps..) and spectators. Carlsen must be the most unpredictable and diversed World Championship player in regards of opening move! Anand played yet another Berlin who troubled him in this match and apply the strategy of using enemy's knife to attack them. Carlsen in fact too prepared and using clocks only within few minutes to reach the harmless middlegame. One should see the pattern that both player used up two rounds to re-warm up themselves before the storm to come next, hopefully. The game ended in 33 moves with all pieces kill in action leaving only 7 pawns endgame!

Round 8 Current Score: Anand - Carlsen 3-5

Compilation of commentaries (to be update soon...)
Carlsen vs Anand round 8 1/2-1/2, World Chess Championship 2013 Chennai

Official Website Game 8 Report 
Chessbase with GM Alejandro Ramirez and Josh Friedel and alternate articleChessdom - Round 8
TWIC - by Mark Crowther
Chessvibes / Chess.com by Peter Doggers
Video Analysis by Daniel King
Official Youtube LIVE commentaries by Susan Polgar, Lawrence Trent, GM Ramesh
Chessgames.com with GM Daniel Gormally, Simon Williams Round 8
Lengthy video analysis by IM David Pruess , Youtube
OnlineChessLesson analysis for Round 8, GM Ronen Har-Zvi

Three World Leading Chess Engine also agree to a draw - Houdini, Komodo and Stockfish

The engine dully only moves King in the rest of their 'continuation'... follow the LIVE analysis in http://tcec.chessdom.com/anand-carlsen-2013-live.php

Dwi tarung catur Juara Dunia antara Viswanathan Anand dari India melawan penantangnya Magnus Carlsen dari Norwegia memasuki ronde ke-8. Di babak ke delapan ini kedua pemain sepakat remis di langkah ke-33. Posisi akhir adalah kondisi endgame dengan masih ada tujuh pion di kedua belah pihak sementara semua perwira telah ditewaskan masing-masing. Satu-satunya hal menarik hanya Magnus Carlsen yang membuka permainan dengan langkah 1.e4, kabarnya Vishy Anand lagi-lagi kaget dan di luar perkiraan. Dengan hasil remis ini, Carlsen tetap memimpin dua point dengan nilai sementara adalah Anand 3 vs 5 Carlsen.

Komentar catur untuk partai dwitarung Anand-Carlsen ronde 8 ini juga tampaknya tidak terlalu seru, oleh karena itu ronde ini istirahat dulu untuk komentar nya... untuk komentar partai-partai sebelumnya bisa ditinjau di halaman MENJELANG PEREBUTAN JUARA DUNIA CATUR VISHY ANAND vs MAGNUS CARLSEN.

Magnus Carlsen vs Vishwanathan Anand 1/2-1/2,
Round 8 World Chess Championship Chennai 2013
ECO C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin