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Hikaru Nakamura vs Teimour Radjabov
World Championship Candidates (2022), Madrid ESP, rd 2, Jun-18
Spanish Game: Berlin Defense (C65)  ·  1-0

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Jun-19-22  whiteshark: <How I Struck Back> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR9... (~ 17 mins)
Jun-19-22  Ulhumbrus: Instead of 13...Re8 13...d6 prepares to get the queen's bishop out and on 14 Nf3 Bd7 15 Nd4 threatens no longer to take the b pawn

14...d5 offers a pawn but on 14...d6 15 Nd4 Bxd4 16 cxd4 Black has the worse pawn formation and can do no more than play for a draw, although he may be able to make some trouble by advancing his queen side pawns.

One alternative to 16...Qc4 is 16...Qf6 supporting the move ..Bf5 and it pins the c3 pawn to the b2 pawn so that ...b4 may become possible

Instead of 18...Re8, the minority attack 18...b4 keeps the option of ...Rc8 with ...Kf8 to defend the e7 square

After 20 fxe3 in one respect White is playing with an extra king: His king can defend the e3 pawn from f2 whereas Black's king cannot attack it.

Instead of 28...h5, 28...f5 pushes the potential passed pawn and gets ready to advance the black king to f6 followed by ..g5 and ..f4

35...Rd5 allows the fork 36 Rc6 gaining a second pawn. If Radjabov does not know what to do with his position this begins to suggest that the choice of 28...h5 is a costly mistake.

Jun-19-22
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  HeMateMe: Black traded down to a bad endgame, his LSB behind the pawns.
Jun-19-22  cormier: depth=41 | Stockfish 15 NNUE
+0.87 21. Rd1 Rf5 22. Rd4 Qxa2 23. Qg3 h6 24. Nd3 Qa1+ 25. Qe1 Qxe1+ 26. Nxe1 Kf8 27. e4 Rf6 28. e5 Ra6 29. Kf2 Ra2 30. Rd2 Ke7 31. Nd3 a5 32. Ke3 Ra1 33. Nf4 Rf1 34. g4 b6 35. Nh5 Re1+ 36. Kd4 Kf8 37. Nf4 Ke8 38. Nd3 Rh1 39. Nf2 Rb1 40. Ne4 a4 41. Nd6+ Ke7 42. Nf5+ Kf8 43. Ne3 Rh1
Jun-19-22  cormier: depth=32 | Stockfish 15 NNUE
+0.95 39... Kf7 40. Ra7 Ke8 41. Ra5 Re4 42. Nxb5 Rxh4 43. Nd6+ Kd8 44. Ke3 Kc7 45. Ne4 Kb6 46. b4 Rh3+ 47. Kd2 Rh2+ 48. Kd3 f5 49. Nc5 Bb5+ 50. Kd4 Rd2+ 51. Ke5 Bc4 52. a4 h4 53. Ra8 h3 54. a5+ Kc7 55. Ra7+ Kc6 56. Rh7 h2 57. Rh6+ Kc7 58. a6 Bd5 59. Rh7+ Kc6
Jun-19-22  cormier: depth=36 | Stockfish 15 NNUE
+0.14 35... Bh3 36. Ra7 Rb6 37. a3 Bf1 38. Ra8 Bg2 39. Rd8 Kf7 40. Kf2 Bh3 41. Rh8 Kg6 42. Ra8 Rd6 43. Ra7 Rb6 44. Kf3 Rd6 45. Ke3 Bf1 46. Kf2 Bh3 47. Kf3 Bg4+ 48. Ke4 Bh3 49. c4 bxc4 50. bxc4 Rd8
Jun-19-22
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  FSR: Daniel King comments on this game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEs...

I was watching Judit Polgar and Jan Gustafsson analyze this game on chess24. Gustafsson recommended 27...a6, as Radjabov played. Polgar recommended 27...a5, intending ...a4. After they analyzed for a while, Gustafsson came around to her point of view. King also recommended 27...a5! I think that would have made Radjabov's defense easier.

Jun-19-22
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  saffuna: Apparently 63. Kf2 is a winning move. I would never have guessed.

Analysts say 61...Rb1 would have drawn, which seems completely counterintuitive.

Nov-06-22  tbontb: It seems White had a small but persistent edge until 35....Rd5 (better ....Bg4) dropped a pawn. After 55. Kg3 the game was lost so the last chance was possibly 54....Rg4 when White is better but still has to prove the win.

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