tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6812670776373470303.post5440615762362798523..comments2024-03-11T15:46:13.155-04:00Comments on In The Arena: Ruminations About Competition: Carlsen Misses a Crushing Shot and Caruana Secures a Draw in Game One of the 2018 World Chess ChampionshipDavid Friedmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08444347475303187373noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6812670776373470303.post-31414395474754177222018-11-11T14:16:05.105-05:002018-11-11T14:16:05.105-05:00Eric L:
Thank you for your kind words.
I probabl...Eric L:<br /><br />Thank you for your kind words.<br /><br />I probably will not make a post about each game but I definitely will be following the match closely and making posts throughout.<br /><br />I am Doc319 at chess.com but I have limited time to play online chess.David Friedmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08444347475303187373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6812670776373470303.post-68540828698248098202018-11-10T17:19:19.037-05:002018-11-10T17:19:19.037-05:00David,
Long-time reader of your 20SecondTimeout b...David,<br /><br />Long-time reader of your 20SecondTimeout blog! <br /><br />I happen to click on your this blog's link and was so glad to find out that you are an avid chess player and fan! I myself am nowhere near the expert level as you are. I have recently fallen in love with chess the past year and would evaluate myself as an average club player (1400s). I play most of my games on chess.com.<br /><br />Today's Game 2 was nowhere near the brutality of Game 1's "second-half" portion since they agreed to a draw around move 49. Caruana's 10...Rd8 seemed to really give Magnus a ton of deep-think. I wonder if Magnus will play 1.e4 next time he has white and we see Fabiano's patented Petroff as black.<br /><br />I think Fabiano is slowly gaining confidence from yesterday's mishap and nerves (since it was his first ever World Championship game). Magnus needs to focus more and not underestimate Caruana as I think Fabiano is going to be his toughest challenger yet. We can all agree that Fabiano must gain an advantage in the classical format since the tie-breaker time formats will heavily favor Magnus.<br /><br />I'm looking forward to your analysis of Game 2!<br /><br />P.S. If you have an account on chess.com, I would love to play you for some live or correspondence games. My username is ericjleeEric Lnoreply@blogger.com