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Ding Liren vs Magnus Carlsen
Chessable Masters (2020) (rapid), chess24.com INT, rd 2, Jul-01
King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation. Rare Defenses (E90)  ·  0-1

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Jul-01-20  beenthere240: A Monday POD!
Jul-01-20  Steve.Patzer: Must have been time crunch.
Jul-02-20  Ulhumbrus: 6 h3 moves a pawn in the opening

Instead of 9 Nd2 9 Be2 keeps the option of the manoeuvre Nf3-e1-d3. Black has played his queen's knight to a6 and Petrosian in his remarks on the game Petrosian vs Fischer, 1966 says < Lovers of the king's Indian defence know how important it is to oppose White's N on d3 with Black's N on d7> This suggests that if White plays his king's knight to d3 Black's queen's knight is misplaced on a6.

After 15 Nb5 the N has to return later to c3. An alternative is 15 Nb3 Rc8 16 Be3 not allowing Black to establish a post on c5

The move 27 Ra1 suggests that White has lost time and allowed Black to turn White's queen side from a weapon into a target, appropriating White's customary initiative on the queen side. However White gains a pawn for this.

Instead of 34 Ne2, 34 Ba4 does something useful with the bishop. This bishop will now remain useless until the end of the game and that is a possible reason why despite being a pawn down it is Black who retains any winning chances.

Jul-02-20  dehanne: <6 h3 moves a pawn in the opening > I see.
Jul-03-20  doash: So are games between top players now to be decided by big blunders?
Jul-04-20  sudoplatov: 6.h3 is a common line. Good game with it by Caruana somewhere recently. It's supposedly an improvement on the Saemisch variation as it doesn't weaken the e1-h4 diagonal; of course, the e4 square is weaker in this variation. Chess365 shows it as the best of the main variations in this line of the KID. (However, Chess365 statistics are not consistent going forward. I've written them and suggested counting from leaf nodes would work better.)
Jan-24-21  cehertan: Pawn down endings are like a walk in the park for MC.

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