Magnus Carlsen is back in Form. The “Grenke Chess Classic” in Baden-Baden and Karlsruhe, he competes against his rival Fabiano Caruana. Germany sends a great talent into the race.
World champion Magnus Carlsen continues to attack
“It was just super!” – in a good mood, Magnus Carlsen, was presented in early April at the world-class tournament in Shamkir in Azerbaijan. No wonder, as the chess Champion was at the end with a two-point lead at the top of the table. In football that would be comparable to a 5:0 square victory in the final of the Champions League. Before all of the final sprint, with three Wins in a row, impressed the competition. His last opponent, the top Russian player Alexander Grischuk summed up his game against the stronger champion of the world together in consternation: “Carlsen has played the position surprisingly well.”
Carlsen continues to attack
Fixed: Magnus Carlsen – since the 2013 chess world champion, has fun with his Sport. That was a few months ago at the world championship fight in London. Asked about his favorite player, gave the Norwegians a surprising insight into his soul: “My favorite player from the past, I’m probably self – three, four years ago.” Carlsen’s sister speculated about an imminent resignation of the world champion.
Of Fatigue is nothing more now but to be felt: In Shamkir swept over Carlsen many of his high-class opponents. Otherwise rather known for the accumulation of small advantages and his opponent puts more and more pressure, took the world champion at once the enemy kings directly into the visor. Possibly, the champion of the world by the current developments in the Computer-chess inspired.
“Alpha Zero” is the name of the program, the swirls since the beginning of this year, the chess scene by each other. The program uses so-called “neural networks”. Thus, the Computer learns the game itself, and does so amazingly, so well that “alpha zero” is not only the best human chess players, but also to all conventional chess programs, is wide of the get ahead of.
“Alpha zero” as a role model?
In the chess scene the way has found, such as “alpha-zero” wins its games, a lot of attention. The program is not perfect-expect a defensive expert, but turned out to be the more aggressive attacking player. Certainly has looked at Magnus Carlsen this Computer matches exactly. In Shamkir, one sometimes had the impression that Carlsen is based on the style of play of the programme – with success.
Number two in the world, Fabiano Caruana (USA)
This new momentum continues for the champion of the world, the “Grenke Chess Classic” in Baden-Baden and Karlsruhe, your choice, of course, his Fans. In this, the most important tournament this year in Germany, Carlsen is certainly the case again on Fabiano Caruana – who has always been an enterprising chess, but since the world Cup-so-good shape.
This includes even Ex-world champion Vishy Anand from India, continues to be one of the best players in the world, Levon Aronian from Armenia and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave from France. “MVG”, as Vachier-Lagrave is often abbreviated, is 28 years old same age as the champion of the world, meanwhile, the number eight in the world and could well be Carlsen and Caruana in the fight to win the tournament dangerous.
Young Talent Vincent Keymer
Each draw is a victory: Vincent Keymer takes to the road with 14 years against Carlsen & Co
The German participants will not be expected to land on the top. Respect the experienced national team players Georg Meier and the former German number one Arkadij Naiditsch, the commencement, in the meantime, for Azerbaijan, it is quite believed to be successes.
The focus of interest from a German point of view, a 14-year-old student from saulheim near Mainz: Vincent Keymer is available but is considered to be the greatest German Talent since 50 years and has for the first Time, the Chance to compete with the best in the world. Keymer is not even officially a Grand master, but has already defeated some Top players.
His first match against Magnus Carlsen will be from the German point of view, the highlight of the tournament: Playing maybe the current champion and a possible successor?