Anand v Carlsen...3 weeks away.

Originally posted by greenpawn34
"Anand is what, 41?"

...he will celebrate his 44th birthday on the 11th December - hopefully
the match will still be on then and there has not been a white wash.

Magnus was born on the 30th November 1990 so he will be 23.

There will be dual birthday parties in both camps during the match.

Like Trev I would not be surprised by an Anand win though Carlsen
appears to be the favourite.

Do you know a site with the dates of the games? Or are they played a day after each other?

Originally posted by Trev33
Do you know a site with the dates of the games? Or are they played a day after each other?

http://chennai2013.fide.com/schedule/

YouTube#t=205

one Indian brother gives good synthesise of chess styles, strengths and weaknesses.

Hi Trev.

These are the dates.

Saturday 09.11.2013 Game 1
Sunday 10.11..2013 Game 2
Monday 11.11.2013 Rest Day
Tuesday 12.11.2013 Game 3
Wednesday 13.11.2013 Game 4
Thursday 14.11.2013 Rest Day
Friday 15.11.2013 Game 5
Saturday 16.11.2013 Game 6
Sunday 17.11.2013 Rest Day
Monday 18.11.2013 Game 7
Tuesday 19.11.2013 Game 8
Wednesday 20.11.2013 Rest Day
Thursday 21.11.2013 Game 9
Friday 22.11.2013 Game 10
Saturday 23.11.2013 Rest Day
Sunday 24.11.2013 Game 11
Monday 25.11.2013 Rest Day
Tuesday 26.11.2013 Game 12
Wednesday 27.11.2013 Rest Day
Thursday 28.11.2013 Tie Break Games To be decided and possibly the Closing Ceremony

Saturday the 30th November the first book comes out, then the DVD,
the t-shirts, the mugs, the signed pictures, the unsigned pictures....

On Sunday the 1st December we all start argung with each about what was
the best move in Game 7 and friendships forged over many years are broken.

I bet you R D Kobe will have his book of the match out before the end of November.

Great, day off work, sat down to watch it and all the video streams have crashed. Lucky I have my android app 🙂

Originally posted by Dewi Jones
Great, day off work, sat down to watch it and all the video streams have crashed. Lucky I have my android app 🙂

well, it wasn't much of a first days play 4sure

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
well, it wasn't much of a first days play 4sure

Ah, I enjoyed it. Nice and short, plus I have money on Anand so a comfortable quick draw with Black is a solid start. Pressure is on Carlsen tomorrow with black now. They played their pieces to squares I understood, and most of the moves played were ones I would have considered candidates - so it felt like I knew what was going on.