Anand-Kramnik

sannevssr

Only Chess

15 Mar 08 13:12

sannevssr

Joined: 30 Nov 06
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15 Mar 08 13:12

They will start playing in 20 minutes , a blindfolded game that is :-)

http://www.amberchess2008.com/

Dance Master MC

USA

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15 Mar 08 14:59

Originally posted by sannevssr
They will start playing in 20 minutes , a blindfolded game that is :-)

http://www.amberchess2008.com/

nothing is happening when you try to click anything???

~~Adorea~~

Sub 1500

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15 Mar 08 16:41

it ended in a draw.

Nordlys

The sky

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15 Mar 08 16:52

Originally posted by Adorea
it ended in a draw.

And the first rapid games are now on the way...

cmsMaster

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Moves: 8557

15 Mar 08 17:54

Originally posted by Nordlys
And the first rapid games are now on the way...

The Kramnik-Anand rapid game was spectacular.

Note the move 42...Qf3!! by Anand.

irontigran

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Moves: 59283

15 Mar 08 18:17

Originally posted by cmsMaster
The Kramnik-Anand rapid game was spectacular.

Note the move 42...Qf3!! by Anand.

yeah, really nice finish!
im hoping there will be a few of those during the championships 🙂

~~diskamyl~~

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15 Mar 08 18:31

Originally posted by cmsMaster
The Kramnik-Anand rapid game was spectacular.

Note the move 42...Qf3!! by Anand.

well, uh, quick question. how do they do that when they cannot see anything?!!

adam warlock

Baby Gauss

Ceres

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15 Mar 08 18:33

Originally posted by diskamyl
well, uh, quick question. how do they do that when they cannot see anything?!!

I think that even like that they are more aware of what's going on in the board than us patzers.

irontigran

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Moves: 59283

15 Mar 08 18:34

Originally posted by diskamyl
well, uh, quick question. how do they do that when they cannot see anything?!!

i think that one was the blitz game..

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15 Mar 08 18:37

Originally posted by diskamyl
well, uh, quick question. how do they do that when they cannot see anything?!!

good question

Korch

Chess Warrior

Riga

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15 Mar 08 18:45

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Originally posted by diskamyl
well, uh, quick question. how do they do that when they cannot see anything?!!

Its nothing supernatural. 8-9 years ago (when I played much weaker) I played few blind games against my friends who played seeing the board and I won all games.

~~Adorea~~

Sub 1500

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15 Mar 08 18:52

Originally posted by Korch
Its nothing supernatural. 8-9 years ago (when I played much weaker) I played few blind games against my friends who played seeing the board and I won all games.

i play a friend blind every day. He text messages me his move each morning, and i text back without ever having setup the position. It makes a small handicap. Once you have analyzed enough of your own games, and especially annotated them you can visualize the board easily enough.

cmsMaster

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Moves: 8557

15 Mar 08 21:17

Originally posted by diskamyl
well, uh, quick question. how do they do that when they cannot see anything?!!

Well that move occurred in the rapid game, but when you're 2700 ELO you can find some insane moves without even looking at a board. 🙂

~~Adorea~~

Sub 1500

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Moves: 1324

16 Mar 08 04:22

Originally posted by cmsMaster
Well that move occurred in the rapid game, but when you're 2700 ELO you can find some insane moves without even looking at a board. 🙂

cmsMaster is great at it...he's really blindzorz!!?!?!

j/k 😀

wow...anand gave kramnik a lesson in the rapid game... ouchies... and how about gelfand-karjakin.... that was just pretty!

sannevssr

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16 Mar 08 20:41

Very nice video on the first round and 42. ..Qf3 by Chessvibes:

http://www.chessvibes.com/rapid-chess/lang_enfirst-videos-from-nicelang_enlang_nleerste-videos-uit-nicelang_en/langswitch_lang/nl/