Jun-23-22
 | | Stonehenge: How about this variation:
24. Rc3 d4 25. e6 dxc3 26. exf7+ Kxf7 27. Qc7+ :) 
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| Jun-23-22 | | Margetic D: Very nice, impressive attack by Nepomniachtchi. At this point, Candidates 2022 tend more and more to be a battle between Nepomniachtchi and Caruana.Of course, it is still too early to make any serious predictions, but this is currently to expect. In both cases, if Carlsen was serious with his statement, he wants to play against Firouzja- than he would lose his title. I hope, it was a kind of joke by Carlsen. |
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| Jun-23-22 | | fisayo123: What a demolition job. Nepo shows his impressive talent once again |
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| Jun-23-22 | | Fanques Fair: Just like Firouzja and Rapport, Duda is not strong enough yet to play at the Candidates. It´s obvious that something in the system of classification of FIDE is not right. |
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| Jun-23-22 | | ILikeKeres: I would have preferred 20...Kh8 to get the king out of the queen's path. Not an easy position to defend for Duda. I don't see a way to mitigate Nepo's initiative after 23.f5 |
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Jun-23-22
 | | LRLeighton: Not to take anything away from Nepo (as the saying goes, "good players are lucky") but this win had a lot more to do with Duda's terrible play than with Nepo's attacking skills. After 16 f4, the position is roughly equal, and it would be hard to justify white's king-side pawn storm. In fact, after 16...h5, I would probably rather be playing black. But instead, Duda behaves as though he doesn't really take the attack seriously, and he gets rolled. |
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| Jun-24-22 | | Granny O Doul: It's not too early to make predictions. It's only too early to write the recap. |
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Jun-24-22
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: Would White have done better to play 14.Kh1? Later in the game, he couldn't play f4-f5 at key moments because Black could capture the e5 pawn with check. |
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| Jun-24-22 | | Ulhumbrus: 16...h6? is passive.
Although White has a doubled pawn White's king side pawns are more advanced than Black's queen side pawns. That is to say White's king side pawns have a lead in development over Black's queen side pawns. White threatens to make a weapon of his king side pawns if he is given enough time. To answer the threat Black must also make good use of his time. Either Black must get his queen side pawns moving and make a weapon of them or else he must make a target of White's king side pawns. If Black lacks time to advance his queen side pawns then one alternative is 16...f6! making a target of White's e5 pawn. 21...Bb4? looks like a serious mistake. Black has not yet got his queen side pawns moving and he allows the advance f5. 21...Bf5 blockades the f pawn. |
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| Jun-25-22 | | Ulhumbrus: 16...h6? is passive.
Although White has a doubled pawn White's king side pawns are more advanced than Black's queen side pawns. That is to say White's king side pawns have a lead in development over Black's queen side pawns. White threatens to make a weapon of his king side pawns if he is given enough time. To answer the threat Black must also make good use of his time. Either Black must get his queen side pawns moving and make a weapon of them or else he must make a target of White's king side pawns. If Black lacks time to advance his queen side pawns then one alternative is 16...f6! making a target of White's e5 pawn. 21...Bb4 looks like a serious mistake. Black has not yet got his queen side pawns moving and he allows the advance f5. 21...Bf5 blockades the f pawn. However after 22 Bh3 the black queen is overworked. If she has to look after the bishop on c5 she cannot maintain a blockade on f5 as well. This suggests that the move 19..Rad8 loses an important tempo to free the queen and that 19..Bb6 is necessary so that after 20 g5 Bf5 21 Bh3 the black queen will be free to maintain the blockade by 21...Qe6. |
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| Jun-25-22 | | beenthere240: I think it would be a class act for Carlsen to step aside and let Nepo and Caruana duke it out. |
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| Jun-25-22 | | whiteshark: An impressive performance of the game |
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| Jun-27-22 | | paavoh: < Duda is not strong enough yet to play at the Candidates. It´s obvious that something in the system of classification of FIDE is not right.> Well, someone has got to lose a game or a few so that a Candidate can emerge... But I do miss the times of Zonals and Interzonals. |
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| Jul-01-22 | | posoo: Wazza ka PADJA!
Things like this are going to ccontinue to hapen as long as playhors are not CARFUL. AMAZING stuff from person who comes back for more magnususian punish. |
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| Jul-01-22 | | Messiah: <posoo: Wazza ka PADJA!
Things like this are going to ccontinue to hapen as long as playhors are not CARFUL. AMAZING stuff from person who comes back for more magnususian punish.> wat de fök |
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| Jul-01-22 | | ChessHigherCat: I didn't like 21....Bb4, offering to trade the DSBs. The B was strong on c5 (or anywhere on that diagonal hitting on g1) because white's obvious plan was to align the heavy artillery on the h-file with Rh1/Kg1/Qh4. Duda offered to solve all white's problems by trading off the DSBs and getting his Q on the wrong side of the board. Now I'll see what really happened... |
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| Jul-01-22 | | ChessHigherCat: Having played out the game, it looks Nepo didn't think much of my "obvious plan" of setting up an attack on the h-file. I guess that proves that he's capable of winning without me (surprise, surprise). I still don't like the idea of trading DSBs, though. |
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