Jan-03-09
 | | achieve: What a disastrous endgame by Magnus.
Not just 43. Nd5
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| Jan-03-09 | | percyblakeney: This looks like a finish that was blitzed out, for example 41. Rxg6+ followed by f5 should make it hard for black to draw. |
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Jan-03-09
 | | notyetagm: Naka! Naka! Naka!
Woohoo!
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| Jan-03-09 | | champsylove: Great to see how Carlsen handles the Kings Indian, he has a very good record against it.
This makes this game for Nakamura all the sweeter. A slight lapse for a d4 specialist! |
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Jan-03-09
| | notyetagm: 43 ?
click for larger view43  c3x d5?? 
click for larger view<frogbert: good games by naka today, even if carlsen made an own-goal with <<<43. nxd5?? which just downright loses>>>, while the seemingly natural 43. re3 looked ok and a probable draw. instead he had to resign only three moves later, <<<since after the exchanges on d5, black's passers decide the game (how could carlsen miss that?)>>>> 43 ...  d4xd5 44 d6xd5 c6xd5 <passed pawns>
click for larger viewAn incredible oversight by Carlsen, 43 c3xd5??, as pointed out by <frogbert>. With 43 c3xd5?? Carlsen *voluntarily(!)* removes the <BLOCKADING> White c3-knight of the Black c4-passer. Moreover, after the further exchanges on d5, White is left in a position where he simply cannot stop the connected Black c4-,d5-passers. <<<<Unbelievable that Carlsen would fail to visualize this losing position reached just 3(!!!) ply after 43 c3xd5??.> Time trouble, perhaps?>>> NIMZOWITSCH: Passed pawns must be blockaded!
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| Jan-03-09 | | messachess: The white N capture at 43. looks like the losing move. 43.Na4 holds the position. |
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| Jan-03-09 | | maelith: Aron_Nimzowitsch will be mad at carlsen in this game, hehehe |
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Jan-03-09
| | notyetagm: <maelith: Aron_Nimzowitsch will be mad at carlsen in this game, hehehe> Why would Nimzowitsch be mad? Carlsen failed to do as Nimzo instructed and lost as a result. Nimzo would be saying "See, I told you so." :-) |
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| Jan-04-09 | | UnsoundHero: Interesting is 41 Rxg6+ Kf7 42 f5 Rh8!. If then 43 Nc3 Rd4 44 Nxd5 cxd5 45 Rxa6 Rxg4. |
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| Jan-04-09 | | percyblakeney: <Interesting is 41 Rxg6+ Kf7 42 f5 Rh8!. If then 43 Nc3 Rd4 44 Nxd5 cxd5 45 Rxa6 Rxg4> 45. Rxa6 isn't the best though, engines give Ra3 keeping the g-pawn with what seems to be a winning position. |
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Jan-05-09
 | | kellmano: <<maelith: Aron_Nimzowitsch will be mad at carlsen in this game, hehehe>
Why would Nimzowitsch be mad? Carlsen failed to do as Nimzo instructed and lost as a result. Nimzo would be saying "See, I told you so." :-)> You're entirely correct. From nimzo's writing style I imagine he enjoyed little more than a good gloating session. |
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| Jan-06-09 | | Jafar219: Radjabov style! |
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| Jan-14-09 | | Brown: <percyblakeney: <Interesting is 41 Rxg6+ Kf7 42 f5 Rh8!. If then 43 Nc3 Rd4 44 Nxd5 cxd5 45 Rxa6 Rxg4> 45. Rxa6 isn't the best though, engines give Ra3 keeping the g-pawn with what seems to be a winning position.> To be considered as well is the line 41.Rxg6+ Kf7 42.f5 Rd4 43.Rh3 Rg8 where black may be just hanging on. Another line, where there must be some improvements for white, is 41.Rx6+ Kf7 42.f5 Rd4 43.Rh3 Rxd1! 44.Rh7+ Ke8 45.Rh8+ Kd7 where 46.Rg7+ Kd6 47.Rxc8 c3 seems to be pretty sharp and unclear. |
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| Jan-15-09 | | dhotts: Am I missing something obvious? What is wrong with 42.Nxd5 instead of 42.Kg3? It seems to me that if 42...Rxd5 43.Rxg6+ Kf7 44.f5, it seems that Black has adequate defenses to stop the doubled pawn? Or if 42...cxd5 then 43.Rxg6+ Kg7 44.Rxa6 and again White appears to have adequate defenses? |
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| Apr-15-09 | | freeman8201: What was Carlsen thinking on last few moves? He gave Black two passed pawns! |
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| Sep-13-09 | | TheMacMan: nakamura owns carlsen |
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| Sep-13-09 | | chillowack: <TheMacMan: nakamura owns carlsen> Really? What's their score so far?
This is a major scalp for Nakamura--is this the highest-rated player he's defeated so far? |
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| Dec-09-09 | | lzromeu: What a blunder, 45kf2 seem to be a disaster. |
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Jan-25-13
 | | FSR: A very un-Carlsen-like loss. Was this a rapid tournament? |
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