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Kramnik just blew a superior position in the World Chess Championship

25 points by mnemonicsloth 18y ago

greyman 18y ago
Hi, I welcome chess news here, thank you for reminding that WCC is here!. Anyway, mnemonicsloth, are you sure with your title? At which point do you see Kramnik's position superior?
- iends 18y ago
  It looks as if Kramnik blundered at 29. ... Nxd4 based on analysis (some of which can be seen at: http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/files/kramnik_anand_2008_5.htm http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/files/kramnik_anand_2008_5.h... ) but I agree that their wasn't much advantage either way until then. Of course, I'm pretty crappy chess player.
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redorb 18y ago
can anyone here actually visualize the chess notation? I always have to set up a board <feeling dumb>
- DanielBMarkham 18y ago
  At the bottom of the page there is a chess player that lets you step through the game.
yters 18y ago
What's the least well known, but most impressive, intellectual game that has a dedicated following?
- rw 18y ago
  Define "intellectual game".
  - yters 18y ago
    Success depends on a strong mind vs a strong body. A combination of the two would also work, as long as the emphasis is still on the mind.
- lacker 18y ago
  How about Hex? A very intellectual game, some curious mathematical theorems around it, and there is at least the dedicated following of me. Unfortunately there isn't anywhere to play online that I know of - you used to be able to play at Playsite. It does have a wiki - http://www.hexwiki.org/index.php?title=Main_Page http://www.hexwiki.org/index.php?title=Main_Page
- dfranke 18y ago
  Blindfold Go meets those criteria pretty well.
- danteembermage 18y ago
  My friend who was a missionary in South Korea taught me to play Janggi which is really quite fun. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janggi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janggi
- jyothi 18y ago
  How about mafia? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_village_murder_mystery_game http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_village_murder_mystery_game
goodgoblin 18y ago
Siam's going to be the witness to the ultimate test of cerebral fitness
ca98am79 18y ago
What does it matter? Rybka 3.0 (rated well over 3000) could crush them both easily. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rybka http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rybka

25 points by mnemonicsloth 18y ago

Hi, I welcome chess news here, thank you for reminding that WCC is here!. Anyway, mnemonicsloth, are you sure with your title? At which point do you see Kramnik's position superior?

iends 18y ago
It looks as if Kramnik blundered at 29. ... Nxd4 based on analysis (some of which can be seen at: http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/files/kramnik_anand_2008_5.htm http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/files/kramnik_anand_2008_5.h... ) but I agree that their wasn't much advantage either way until then. Of course, I'm pretty crappy chess player.

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redorb 18y ago

can anyone here actually visualize the chess notation? I always have to set up a board <feeling dumb>

DanielBMarkham 18y ago
At the bottom of the page there is a chess player that lets you step through the game.

yters 18y ago

What's the least well known, but most impressive, intellectual game that has a dedicated following?

rw 18y ago
Define "intellectual game".
- yters 18y ago
  Success depends on a strong mind vs a strong body. A combination of the two would also work, as long as the emphasis is still on the mind.
lacker 18y ago
How about Hex? A very intellectual game, some curious mathematical theorems around it, and there is at least the dedicated following of me. Unfortunately there isn't anywhere to play online that I know of - you used to be able to play at Playsite. It does have a wiki - http://www.hexwiki.org/index.php?title=Main_Page http://www.hexwiki.org/index.php?title=Main_Page
dfranke 18y ago
Blindfold Go meets those criteria pretty well.
danteembermage 18y ago
My friend who was a missionary in South Korea taught me to play Janggi which is really quite fun. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janggi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janggi
jyothi 18y ago
How about mafia? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_village_murder_mystery_game http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_village_murder_mystery_game

goodgoblin 18y ago

Siam's going to be the witness to the ultimate test of cerebral fitness

ca98am79 18y ago

What does it matter? Rybka 3.0 (rated well over 3000) could crush them both easily. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rybka http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rybka