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| Jul-30-12 | | Ulhumbrus: White has an extra knight on the queen side but he may be able to gain from it no more than the win of the black a pawn eg 46 Nb2 a3 47 Nxa3 Nb6 |
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Jul-30-12
 | | tamar: Free knight!? |
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Jul-30-12
 | | OBIT: Suddenly it gets interesting... |
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| Jul-30-12 | | Marmot PFL: Now white can work a little for his draw. If he fails I get a few bucks, which I need after betting on Nakamura in the other game. |
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| Jul-30-12 | | Ulhumbrus: Carlsen finds an endgame tactic: 47 Nxb6?? a3! and a pawn on a3 which attacks a knight on b2 cannot be stopped |
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| Jul-30-12 | | haydn20: Oh my! 46...Nb6! is now possible. |
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| Jul-30-12 | | Zugged: no Nxb6 pawn queens |
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| Jul-30-12 | | watwinc: And suddenly Black has the outside pawn ... |
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| Jul-30-12 | | mike1: carlsen wins again.... |
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| Jul-30-12 | | hierophante: 47. Kf2 played. Can Carlsen play ...Nf-d5?? |
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| Jul-30-12 | | frogbert: a- and h-pawns and knights... carlsen has an eye for endgame tactics. :o) |
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| Jul-30-12 | | haydn20: 47....Nfd7 and here come the reinforcements. White still can't take on b6. |
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Jul-30-12
| | tamar: Psychologically Hao must be reeling. It is not so easy for Black to hold on to his extra pawn, but just as difficult to win it. |
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| Jul-30-12 | | watwinc: Surely White has to play f4 to stop Ne5? |
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| Jul-30-12 | | Eyal: Carlsen isn't winning yet, but Wang Hao is suddenly in danger after missing 46...Nb6!; he should have played 46.b6, and after 46...a3 either simply take off the Q-side pawns from the board by 47.Nxa3, which must be a draw, or 47.Nc1 if he insists on keeping the game going. |
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| Jul-30-12 | | watwinc: 48 .. Kf8 What did I miss? Why not 48 .. Ne5 |
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| Jul-30-12 | | Marmot PFL: The path to the draw is to trade as many pawns as possible, then sacrifice one or both knights if needed, as even a 2 knight edge is just a draw without pawns. |
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| Jul-30-12 | | haydn20: It will take some time for White to stabilize the Q-side. Meanwhile Black can switch to Kside and put the hurt on some pawns. |
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| Jul-30-12 | | Ulhumbrus: Wang Hao was unwilling to settle for s draw and may have gone too far trying to win. At present he does have positional compensation for the pawn: he has more space and his King enjoys a lead in development. However he has to be able to make this count. |
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| Jul-30-12 | | Kinghunt: And the tables have turned. Carlsen has a big time advantage and a favorable position. I would say black has serious winning chances. |
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Jul-30-12
| | OBIT: If Hao plans to draw by giving up his knights for the pawns, then he has to be sure to give up his pawns as well, since K+2N vs K+P is winnable if the pawn isn't too far advanced. Now that would be a tortuous endgame... |
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| Jul-30-12 | | whiteshark: kind of funny to follow these feisty ponies... |
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| Jul-30-12 | | Wyatt Gwyon: <Ulhumbrus>, I found a new avatar for you to sport during live kibitzing: http://www.bolgernow.com/blog/wp-co... |
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| Jul-30-12 | | Marmot PFL: On principle I don't like 49...f5, black should not be encouraging pawn trades. Maybe he can explain it later in the video but usually there is not much detail. |
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| Jul-30-12 | | Ulhumbrus: One justification for 50 e5 is that Black's knight on b6 cannot occupy both d5 and b6 |
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