Vladimir Kramnik beat Magnus Carlsen for the first time in 7 years to move within a mere 6.4 rating points of stealing the World Champion’s no. An out-of-form Carlsen would now need to win both remaining games simply to reach 50%, while Levon Aronian is flying – victory over the hitherto unbeatable Sergey Karjakin took him into the sole lead on +3. A sensational day of chess also saw Anish Giri grab his second win in Stavanger, leaving MVL to quip about his joint last place, “Generally when you’re sharing a spot with Magnus it’s good news”. This time it wasn’t! Tough times for the no. 1, who's struggling even to control his hair| photo: Lennart Ootes Kramnik explained that the tournament was simply “too strong” to go into it without being well-prepared: Here I can see that he’s struggling. He’s getting nothing with White and struggling with Black. It’s very difficult, even if you’re Magnus. To me it’s quite obvious that his openings with Black are not that great at the moment. Kramnik noted that Carlsen had barely made it out of the opening against Aronian, and in Round 7 Vlad managed to spring a surprise on move 12: Actually I expected Magnus to go for something sharp. Today was probably the last chance for him to fight for something in this tournament, so I was mainly preparing for a kind of Sicilian I didn’t expect him to play his normal repertoire, but fortunately this 12.Bd3 I was preparing for somebody else in this tournament, since it’s not my first Italian here. I think it’s a very, very dangerous move. Was Vlad happy? Of course I’m very happy because I haven’t won against Magnus for quite a while. I have to admit that most of the time in recent years I was having Black with Magnus. It was epidemical. ![]() ![]() ![]() Antivirus Information We did not scan Chess-7 for viruses, adware, spyware or other type of malware. For your own protection it's recommended to have an updated. Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *. Chess Titans, free and safe download. Chess Titans latest version: Finally: Chess Titans for Windows 8. Chess Titans, one of the most loved chess games by users of. I think I had like out of ten games eight Black, or something, so it’s quite difficult. The comment on colours isn’t entirely borne out by the facts, though Carlsen was White in the previous three classical games, but Kramnik was correct about it being a while. In fact he last beat Magnus back in Bilbao in 2010. It’s curious that at the time questions were also being asked about the world no. 1, with Sergey Shipov summing up: What’s up with Magnus Carlsen? The question’s becoming real. His current form (at the Olympiad and at the start of Bilbao) is simply horrifying. The level of his play has dropped catastrophically. The fighter isn’t keeping his concentration, he’s miscalculating, letting even simple resources escape his attention. But he has to play! The contracts have already been signed, there’s no way to get out of it. Well, we hope Magnus and his team can get through this difficult period. He’s risen up high and shouldn’t fall low. And after failures new victories should follow His opponent’s problems do nothing to lessen the brilliant play of Vladimir Kramnik. He was himself – he played a clean and even textbook game. Anand, Viswanathan 2804 6 1969 Carlsen, Magnus 28 Aronian, Levon 28 Kramnik, Vladimir 27 Topalov, Veselin 2786 9 1975 In the wake of winning Bilbao Kramnik gave. He reflected on the ratings and felt that Magnus’ previous big lead had been an anomaly: In chess, as in any other form of sport, there are good runs and bad runs. The rating which Magnus acquired when he was on a good run didn’t, it seems to me, reflect the true state of affairs among the elite. At the given moment there are five roughly equal players – Anand, Aronian, Carlsen, Kramnik and Topalov (the surnames can be arranged in any order), who are playing stronger than the others. The interview is remembered for another quote, though: Yury Vasiliev: It seems as though you’ve become a classic “inconvenient” opponent for Magnus Vladimir Kramnik: In terms of results, yes. I’ve got a good score against him, and I’ve also regularly beaten him in rapid chess. For now I’m a very tough opponent for him. You could even say, using the professional slang, that for now Magnus is my “client”. But I understand perfectly well that it won’t always be that way, especially as time is working in his favour. Given that we’re playing together in the Candidates Tournament, and also the fact that it’s entirely possible that we’ll meet there “on a narrow path”, it’s clear that he’ll work very seriously specifically in order to improve his play against me. Magnus is young, he’s developing, and the main thing is that he’s mentally resilient. This guy won’t lose heart after temporary setbacks. I understand that completely and I don’t have any illusions, but for now I’m his problem, rather than him being mine. The rest, as they say, is history. Until yesterday Kramnik hadn’t beaten Carlsen again in classical chess, while Magnus racked up four wins. He regained the no. 1 spot on the next rating list, then lost it again to Anand on the one after that, then from July 2011 onwards has topped every official rating list, reaching an astronomical rating of 2882 in May 2014, when he was 67 points ahead of Alexander Grischuk in second place. It’s remarkable that since they were introduced in 1971: Bobby Fischer, Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik, Veselin Topalov, Vishy Anand and Magnus Carlsen. .but first they need to get there! Before that, though, we can break out the popcorn to watch the unfolding spectacle of whether the world no. 1 spot will change hands before the end of the tournament. With Carlsen playing his World Championship opponents Karjakin and Anand you can’t rule anything out. While it was hard to take your eyes off Kramnik-Carlsen, we were spoiled for drama wherever we looked: MVL 0-1 Giri: No Hammer here The “If you can't spot the Hammer, it's probably you” quip that Magnus directed at Giri after the opening blitz is threatening to backfire spectacularly. While things have gone from bad to worse for the World Champion, Anish got his suffering out of the way early on with a loss to Nakamura in the first classical game. Since then he’s drawn four and won two, and has been getting the type of excellent positions he got in the 2016 Candidates Tournament. The difference this time is that he's also converting a healthy number of them into wins. Tournament venue with a view: the Stavanger Concert Hall| photo: Lennart Ootes In Round 7 against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave it was an opening triumph in a topical Sicilian Dragon. Anish said he’d revised his notes just before the game and could still recite all the forced draws - with best play from both sides. Instead he got more than he bargained for: I didn’t expect it to be double-edged. In fact this variation is very, very forcing. I thought it would be the first game to finish and a draw. Maxime, however, has struggled in Stavanger, dropping to -1 when he completely misevaluated a position against Nakamura. He said of the theoretical lines against Giri, “The problem is I saw them, but not today”. Both players confessed that after some point they were on their own and struggled to understand what was going on, so rather than giving the computer’s turning points it’s perhaps best simply to give one late position that illustrates how badly things had gone awry for Maxime. Only desperation can explain 31.Kc2 (after 31.g6 White might retain some swindling chances in a lost queen ending). The move at least had the virtue of cutting short a miserable day for the French no. There followed 31b3+! 32.Kd1 (the impossible dream goes on) 32Rc8! And since simply 34.gxf7+ Kh7! Would be game over, White resigned. Karjakin 0-1 Aronian: Russia’s defences breached While those were noteworthy games the encounter that might prove most significant for the tournament standings was a third win for Levon Aronian. The Armenian no. 1 had previously beaten the world’s top two players with the white pieces, but in Round 7 he showed how dangerous he can be with Black as well. If you haven’t seen it check out Artur Yusupov’s series of videos with Jan Gustafsson on the topic of. It was downhill from here for Sergey.| photo: Lennart Ootes Levon was downplaying his performance afterwards, but you needn’t necessarily believe a word! I think I’m fighting. I’m not playing particular good. I’m not playing better than usual. Asked about the source of his combative play he came up with: Sessions of poker with my friends prior to the tournament helped to build my aggression! Two fighting draws There’s not normally any reason to doubt Fabiano Caruana’s aggression at the chessboard, but his Queen’s Gambit Accepted choice against Wesley So came in for some light-hearted criticism from our commentary team – Jan Gustafsson mentioned playing like an 80-year-old man and pointed the finger at Fabiano’s coach Rustam Kasimdzhanov! The line Fabi played had indeed been played by Rustam and, not for the first time in Stavanger, Caruana stumbled into a position a pawn down with no counterplay in which he was merely grimly trying to hold on. He did it – opposite-coloured bishops came to the rescue – and can point to four draws in four games as Black as some kind of justification for his approach. Vishy and Hikaru's game was overshadowed by events elsewhere, but it was quite a fight| photo: Lennart Ootes The remaining draw between Viswanathan Anand and Hikaru Nakamura was yet again a Giuoco Piano, with Vishy commenting on that ancient opening: Surprisingly the Italian is one area where you can just say computers have revolutionised it, because it seems that we gave up way too early. The encounter was extremely sharp, with Vishy noting at one point in the post-mortem: “I wasn’t sure if I was in control or I was losing the plot!” Even the ending unexpectedly became one in which all three results were possible, though the draw was the logical outcome and saw Nakamura slip half a point behind Aronian at the top of the table. Chess is among the most famous and oldest board games in the world. In the past, you must be two to play it, but nowadays, you can play with your computer. Chess-7 is computer version of chess. 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