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Meanwhile, in Casablanca where we wait… and wait… and wait… there were results from Round 1. This is an interesting “variant” tournament wherein players start from positions in historic games. In the first game, with the position of move 11 in the 1889 Chigorin v. Steinitz, Carlsen (won) v. Vishy and Nakamura (won) v. Amin (players from 4 continents). Round 2 was move 11 in Game 10 of the Xie Jun vs. Alisa Galliamova Women’s World Championship Match in Kazan/Shenyang in 1999, Amin v. Carlsen (draw) and Nakamura v. Vishy (draw). Round 3, move 12 in the 14th game of the 1985 Karpov-Kasparov match Amin v Vishy (draw) and Nakamura v Carlsen (won).
To demonstrate what a prodigious visual memory these guys have, Carlsen said:
“The last game looked very similar to Karpov-Kasparov games from the second match, and I seemed to remember that Garry’s knight ended up on g4 and maybe h2. But that was about it. The first game I thought it has to be a Steinitz game since he’s the only one who plays like that. Probably against Chigorin, as they had a World Championship match in 1889, and there were a lot of Evans Gambits. The second one, I had no clue!”.
There is also a video of Carlsen identifying games from single positions. Scary.
Three more rounds today.
Meanwhile, thanks to the kind but anonymous “A reader” who sent gift cards for Panera, which is virtually the only way I will buy their good but over-priced fare. Why is this a thing? We play OTB at a Panera. Gratias tibi persolvo.
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Meanwhile, Chess House has a 20% off sale going on. CODE: S6296
Suggestion: If you travel or know someone who does, you might have a look at this: HERE This is a spiffy travel set, remarkably compact and light (13.4 oz), with wood pieces, magnetized, extra queens, and a leather-backed folding 9″ board! It is in a small pouch that fits in the bottom of my backpack when I am on the move.
It is interesting to root around at Chess House and see what they have. May you can help to start a parish chess club!
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