Jan Smeets vs Magnus Carlsen (2010)

Jan Smeets vs Magnus Carlsen
Amber Tournament (Rapid) (2010) · Spanish Game: Closed Variations. Breyer Defense (C95) · 0-1

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Given 12 times; par: 95 [what's this?]

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Mar-16-10		beenthere240: Isn't this the RL version that Keres made popular (with the knight retreat and redeployment to d7)?

Mar-16-10		Shams: How does he win endings like this, it's unreal.

Mar-16-10		HeMateMe: It is amazing, looks like a dead draw, 5 pawns and 3 pieces. Smeets even had the Bishop pair, on an open board. But, MC got his Knights perfectly centralized and set to capitalize on the lack of whites piece/pawn coordination. I'm sure Smeets play before the exchanges can be improved upon. A good engine would rate this a draw, no advantage to either side, and could never lose a position like this, to a human or another software program.

Mar-17-10		ajile: Horrible endgame by Black.

Mar-18-10		ajile: I meant White actually.

Mar-22-10		IvoryKnightAndRook: 32. Bd4 and I see a draw. b4 opens up a can of worms and is unclear

Mar-22-10		david9000: beenthere240 - I'm not sure whether Keres popularised the RL Breyer but Spassky was an expert in these lines. At Gibraltar recently he analysed a game with Stuart Conquest in this variation.

Mar-29-10		Chess Network: Wow! What an excellent illustration of a bishop dominance over a knight in an endgame!

Aug-03-10		eightsquare: Black didn't deserve a win.

Mar-15-11		notyetagm: Game Collection: Magnus Carlsen Best Games J Smeets vs Carlsen, 2010 Magnus is the master of the Ruy Lopez Breyer variation

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