Wesley So: How Carlsen tried to spice up game 11

World Chess Championship Carlsen Karjakin, New York - Newsblog 2016-11-27

Game No 11 - Notes by Wesley So

Poll: Who will win the match? And will there be a tie-break?

16.10 Hamburg / 10.10 New York: What we all would like to know: "Who is the favorite to win this thing?"

16.02 Hamburg / 10.02 New York: "What's your main reply after 1.e4 besides e5?" And, ahem..., any novelties prepared?

12.58 Hamburg / 6.58 am New York: Press conference snippets part 1 - analysis

12.58 Hamburg / 6.58 am New York: Press conference snippets part 2 - questions

11.29 Hamburg / 5.29 am New York: Yannick Pelletier did a round up show on game 11 on playchess.com. Watch it here.

11.20 / 5.20 am: Some remarkable pictures by Max Avdeev:

Sergey Karjakin being scrutinized

Last glance before the game

Magnus Carlsen arriving backstage

Last regular White for Sergey Karjakin 

A Ruy Lopez unfolds 

12.15 Mumbai / 7.45 Hamburg / 1.47 New York: Peter Svidler has experienced this variation in depth in his own games. ChessBase India reports on the eleventh game with key positions and analysis by 12-year-old prodigy Nihal Sarin: A Tale of Two Pawn Structures.

23.24 / 17.24: Draw - after 34 moves game 11 ended in a draw by perpetual check. With one game to go the score is 5.5-5.5.

World Chess Championship 2016 Newsblogs:

• November 26, Game 11, notes by Wesley So
• November 25, Rest Day
• November 24, Game 10, notes by Wesley So
• November 23, Game  9, notes by Fabiano Caruana
• November 22, Rest Day
• November 21, Game  8, notes by Fabiano Caruana
• November 20, Game  7, notes by Tiger Hillarp Persson
• November 19, Rest Day
• November 18, Game 6, notes by Tiger Hillarp Persson
• November 17, Game 5, notes by John Nunn
• November 16, Rest Day
• November 15, Game 4, notes by Dorian Rogozenco
• November 14, Game No.  3, notes by Yasser Seirawan
• November 13, Rest Day
• November 12, Game 2, notes by Ruslan Ponomariov
• November 11, Game 1, notes by Ruslan Ponomariov