Carlsen-Caruana Chess World Championship

[barrysloate]

Complete domination indeed.

The first game Caruana was behind but looked like he could draw. Then he missed a move and lost in the endgame.

In the second game Caruana had a reasonable initiative and attack, but miscalculated and lost very quickly.

Needing a win only in the third game, Caruana pressed for victory, but sometimes when you press too hard in an even position you lose. That is exactly what happened.

Carlsen showed today, and throughout the match, that he is still the best player in the world, until proven otherwise.

[Arazi4442]

Did a google search for 2020 World Chess Championship and couldn't find any results with any dates. Pretty much everything was "late 2020".

Does anyone know if this event will take place this year or if Corona will delay this as well?

Seems like a type of event that could take place in a "bubble" and with other sports delayed, may get more attention than usual.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Complete domination indeed.

The first game Caruana was behind but looked like he could draw. Then he missed a move and lost in the endgame.

In the second game Caruana had a reasonable initiative and attack, but miscalculated and lost very quickly.

Needing a win only in the third game, Caruana pressed for victory, but sometimes when you press too hard in an even position you lose. That is exactly what happened.

Carlsen showed today, and throughout the match, that he is still the best player in the world, until proven otherwise.

It's hard to believe it's been 1.5 years. Seems like just yesterday that I was up at the crack of dawn every morning to follow this.

Barry - sorry I didn't participate in the thread when it was happening. At the time I was avoiding internet discussion forums, and it wouldn't have crossed my mind to check this one.