Showing posts with label FollowChess. Show all posts
Showing posts with label FollowChess. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Hikaru finally wins!

He finally beat Magnus! And with the black pieces! Quite a day.

Here is a link to Chess24's coverage, including video analysis.

And here is a link to Chess.com's coverage, along with some more analysis.

Jaideep Unudurti made the following excellent point on Twitter.
I knew about Kasparov's record against Shirov & Adams, but somehow had missed that he had such a record against Gelfand, too. 

And don't forget that he had a monster score against Judit Polgar, though I believe she finally won a game shortly before he retired. Record Check: Nope, she beat him, but only in one rapid game! Really, Garry's record against Judit practically constituted a hate crime. So make that four top players he blanked in their primes at "Classical Chess".

And finally, a bit of fun from the spoof account NakaFacts: This tweet went out before today's round, but it's still funny.

ADDED: First, IM Daniel Rensch of Chess.com has a nice ten minute long analysis of the game. It's quite good, and I recommend it, as he gives you the ideas of the position in a clear manner.

Second, I can't resist adding one more tweet, this one from Follow Chess:
Bonus points if you recognize everyone.