11/16/2018 – Magnus Carlsen noted in the post-game press conference that "obviously 6.b4 wasn't new to me" and former World Champion VISWANATHAN ANAND agrees in his analysis of Game 5 for the next ChessBase Magazine. Here's a sneak peek and also a candid video interview with Anand on his victory in the blitz tournament of Tata Steel Chess India after a tiebreak match. | Photo: (left) World Chess / (right) Amruta Mokal
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"That ship has sailed"
The great laugh line of the Game 5 post-game press conference came in response to the question of who were the competitors' favourite players of the past. Carlsen said "probably myself like three or four years ago", which sounds more egotistical than it was likely intended.
Grandmaster Ian Rogers asked, tongue-in-cheek, whether Magnus would be able to "emulate his idol" (i.e. himself), and he replied, "no — he won his first game and game five of the World Championship, so that ship has sailed".
Carlsen won his first game with the white pieces in Sochi, 2014, and his first win in the 2013 Chennai match came in the fifth game. Of course, his opponent in both those matches was the 15th undisputed World Champion, Viswanathan Anand. Coming off a stellar blitz performance in Kolkata (more on that later), Anand agreed to annotate Game 5 for the forthcoming issue of ChessBase Magazine.
"There's nothing that dramatic that they gave away, except that you confirm that you're looking at the Petroff. On the other hand, this is completely useless information, if the Carlsen team — even if they felt that it's authentic — would they trust it, would the bet their life on it? They can't. I think both sides cannot take this ploy any further. So, in the end, it didn't matter, but at least it was more interesting than the game [on Tuesday]".
Here's a sneak peek:
Game 5: Caruana vs Carlsen (annotated by Viswanathan Anand)
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1.e4c52.Nf3Nc63.Bb5The 3rd Rossolimo in a row. Both players seem
happy to continue the discussion. Magnus is looking for unbalanced positions
with Black and is comfortable assuming some risk, while Fabiano has a clear
target as well. Switching to a main line Sicilian is getting harder. Fabi may
end up wasting a White to gain some info on Magnus's choice of subvariation
though many people (myself included!) assume its the Sveshnikov.g64.0-0
Switching from 4.Bxc6Bg75.Re1e55...Nf66.e5Nd57.Nc3Nc78.Bxc6dxc6is playable, but is simply not the kind of position Magnus is looking
for with Black6.b4Nxb46...cxb47.a3b3was Grischuks sensible
response when surprised by Bacrot in a rapid game. It would be amazing if
Carlsen was unprepared for b4 (hardly a rare move) and he has a more concrete
response in mind.7.Bb2Carlsen did spend some time on his decisions, but
I did this as well quite often just remember things with clarity. After all
they must have revised lots of different options in the morning.a67...Qc78.d4is a surprising suggestion of the computer8.c3Nc69.d4d610.d5a611.Na3Ke7is the by now famous game Rapport-Granda 20138...a69.Bc49.Bf1exd410.Qd210.c3d311.Na3also looks reasonable for a mere pawn9...cxd410.Bb3Nc611.c3The position is very rich in possibilities,
but I won't second guess their conclusions since Magnus certainly studied this
line8.a3...You will find all of Anand's comments to Game 5 in the next
issue of ChessBase Magazine, due to be released in the last week of December!
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