Yesterday was the first round of the new Grand Slam Chess Final. it is being held in Bilbao, Spain. Magnus Carlsen got of to a great start as he defeated Levon Aronian with black. It reminded me of the candidates matches they played in Elista earlier. There Carlsen put up a tremendous fight to constantly get back into the match.
It could have been quite a vote yesterday, for playing with the black pieces, had Ivanchuk seized his opportunity to capitalize on a promising position against Anand. It is this game that I am taking a look at in the video:
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September 10th, 2008 at 10:21 am
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September 12th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
Hi David, thanks again for your kind words!
November 12th, 2008 at 12:13 am
Fascinating. Thanks!
January 28th, 2009 at 11:11 pm
thanks waldemar, great video another time