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SwamyG wrote:Susan asked him a simple question....how many children play in TN. He is still talking about something, and not given her the answer. He should first give her an answer nnnnnn thousands, and then expand it. That is the first thing I teach my kids. Answer a given question - straight and simple (or executive summary)...and then give long winding explanation. Sundar does not the answer, I guess.
He got his 15 mins of fame. Good that he gave credit to Aaron.
This is one of the first things that politicians, bureaucrats, media managers and others learn: not to give a straight-forward quantifiable answer. To give vague, long-winded and non-committal answers.
I like the fact that, in the Official commentary; we have two desis part of the 4-member team. Susan is more respectable and is concerned/interested in some things surrounding the Chess. She even talked about Sachin. Poor Tania has to put with this dood.
Jon Speelman thinks h5 is not an optimal move. Muruga. Give us a draw.
Akobian does not think it is a lost cause yet, Anand can pull out a draw. He has to play good. But the general sentiment is that black is in trouble.
But Carlsen's body language gives me hope. Is he not finding the optimal moves the commentators are finding? He will go for a win, hope he blunders
Have you ever seen a game which has turned on its head like this? Fantastic stuff from Anand as he moves in to dominate -- he's gone for a walk and Carlsen slightly dazed at what happened.
Abhijeet called the dood out. saying you are making all the moves for white. The dood has been in the last 4 games has been analyzing from the perspective of Carlsen. Whereas the desi commentators have considered both players.
the position is so good for black that my computer database gives an advantage to white of +1.30. And it is easy to see that white as a good chance of promoting a pawn
by imothep 7:34 PM
Both Abhijeet and Ramesh, think 2 flank pawns with a rook can be defended for a draw. Anand has to be very precise in that end game...which is where this is probably heading. Nervous.
Carlsen - Anand (1-0)
Friday Nov 15, 2013
Location Chennai
Carlsen's opening looked like Queen's gambit declined with Anand playing French defense. There may be a diff name for this.
CHENNAI: The worst fears for the chess fans backing defending champion Viswanathan Anand came true as the Indian blundered in a drawn endgame to go down against challenger Magnus Carlsen in the fifth game of the World Chess Championship on Friday.
With seven games to come in the 12 games match, Carlsen now leads 3-2, drawing the first blood in his trademark style.
It started with a Notebbom opening that went in to the Marshall gambit that never happened. Typical to his style of getting a position wherein he can just continue playing for a long time, Carlsen chose something that has not been seen in elite chess.
Anand equalized easily with some timely manoeuvres and it appeared that he had nothing to worry about while Carlsen still pressing for some advantage.
The hallmark of Carlsen's play has been to mesmerize opponents from seemingly innocuous positions and to make them commit mistakes. This was exactly what happened at the Hyatt.
Anand had a perfect balance on the board even after losing a pawn but what saved him in the previous game with his clock ticking away caused him the game on Friday.
The world champion had said he was lucky to get some checks to the king before each time control in the fourth game, it was exactly a check that came to haunt him back on the 45th move.
While another move would have kept the balance Anand decided to buy a move and push the king away, but in the haste overlooked that the ensuing rooks and pawns endgame was simply lost for him.
Anand could not make corrections thereafter as Carlsen was simply at his best. The Norwegian is known to make things work for him and he was at his technical best to find the best moves, something that he missed in the fourth game.
Anand's defense was not as good as it is known to be and the Indian ace will now have to strike back fast. As the trend has been in the last few world championships clash, Anand has won the next game after a loss.
It happened in 2010 against Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria when Anand won the second game after losing the first. And then in 2012, he won the eighth game after losing the seventh against Israeli Boris Gelfand.
Luckily for Anand, the loss comes when he has two back-to-back white games to play. The Indian can hope to level the scores within the next two rounds. If that doesn't happen, it won't be so easy.
"It was a complete draw, just precision was needed but we have seen Carlsen do similar things many times in the past," said Grandmaster and former world junior champion Abhijeet Gupta who was a part of the commentary team on Friday.
Anand cannot climb out of these deep hole. Seems to have been created by himself. He missed a win earlier in the match. Now he lost a drawish game. He kept making mistakes.....and it was only time when opponents latch on.
It will be tough to watch the next few games....the more draws the deeper the hole for Anand. The first person to reach 6.5 is the Champion. Carlsen is 4, and Anand only 2. The match can be decided in the next 3 games.
Leaving out all mathematical probability, like Carlsen going to 6 and Anand coming back and winning all the remaining games to tie....and take this in 12+ games. In my opinion, Anand has to win 2 out of next 3 games. Anand has to win the next game.
Marten wrote:He looks just so frikking despondent. No way he will recover from this.
Losing his temper as well. Never seen this, so...
He was always curt during the draws against Topalov and Gelfand. He talks and smiles, only when he is winning. It is but natural. If somebody asks stupid questions like that Sachin retired today, and you lost today....and what do you think about Sachin and his retirement to a guy who just lost a big game (and possibly the WC), I would have not even answered such lame questions.
Some of the questions in the press conferences, have been very lame. People ask questions for the sake of asking questions.
It is difficult to climb back from 2 down in a world championship. The end games on both occasions were bad and he lost from drawish positions. I think the last time he was white washed was against Kasparov. I would have liked him to retire at the top. Be prepared for a heartbreak unless a miracle happens.
Anand going to lose onlee. 
