24 February 2018

2018 Carlsen - Nakamura : Resources

In my previous post, 2018 Carlsen - Nakamura, I wrote,
The match generated considerable interest about 'Fischer Random Chess960' (as someone called it during the match and which is a good compromise to avoid the confusion surrounding the two names) and I'll have more to say about that in a follow-up post.

For consistent, top-level reporting on the match, you can't beat the resources shown in the following table. The first column leads to a record of the live commentary. The other two columns are for leading chess news sources that put considerable effort into covering the match. All three resources also allowed comments, which are an important part of the record.

Twitch
(Video)
Chess.com
(Peter Doggers)
Chessbase
(Macauley Peterson)
Pre-match 2018-02-06:
Chess.com To Cover Carlsen - Nakamura Match
2018-02-09:
Carlsen, Nakamura in high-stakes C960 match
2018-02-09:
Day 1
Part 1
Part 2
Nakamura - Carlsen FRC Tied After Day 1 C960: Nakamura and Carlsen start with two draws
2018-02-10:
Day 2
Part 1
Part 2
FRC Day 2: Nakamura Blunders Queen C960: Carlsen grabs a point from Nakamura
2018-02-11:
Day 3
'Black Sunday' Delivers Exciting FRC C960: Two wins on day three
2018-02-12:
Day 4
Carlsen Wins, Then Flags vs Nakamura In FRC Day 4 C960: Nakamura flags Carlsen to keep match close

2018-02-13:
Final Day
Carlsen Wins FRC Championship Carlsen adds a new title: C960 champion
Post-match C960 revisited: Grandmaster analysis

I collected dozens of other references -- many well informed, some not-so-well -- but I'll leave those for another day. The table in this post gives me more than enough material to fill my chess960 time.

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