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| Apr-06-24 | | Murky: <VerySeriousExpert> No 8...c6 is not the 'serious mistake' you claim it to be. Yes, white gets a passed pawn on d6. But do you think that pawn has long-term survival prospects? Trying playing through variations of the position with the aid of Stockfish. After a half dozen moves or so that glorious pawn on d6 gets consumed by the Black pieces. With minimal or no advantage for White. |
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| Apr-06-24 | | TheaN: <VerySeriousExpert: The move 8...c6? is a very serious mistake! What was Black's plan after the trivial 9.dc cb 10.cd etc.? > <Murky>'s right, labeling it as a mistake is wrong: any proper NNUE (I'm just using infinite SF16 on Lichess) shows Black's fine after 10....Ng6 11.Qd3 (all other moves defending e4 fairly similiarly) Be6!, hitting on c4 and preparing Rc8-c6 to take on d6. Having said that, 12.Qxb5 Qxd6 = does win a pawn even though SF is convinced this is completely even due to the development setback for White. It seems to be a rather risk-less line that Naka could have tried if he'd be content enough with a draw. |
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| Apr-07-24 | | Cassandro: After Vidit played 8...c6 I'm surprised that Naka played 9.Bd3. I think that 9.dxc5 cxb5 10.cxd6 looks good for White. |
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Apr-07-24
 | | HeMateMe: White seemed to be behind in development almost from the start. |
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| Apr-07-24 | | Let The Wookiee Win: Looking at this game with an (admittedly old) engine, two surprises jumped out: • Nakamura actually outplayed Vidit for a few moves after the fateful 12Nc4 • At move 16, Nakamura had two ways to get a double-edged position with relative equality (~ -0.6). Any guesses on the two moves? 
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| Apr-07-24 | | cormier: depth=47 | Stockfish 16
-0.98 14... Nfd5 15. Ne3 Nxe3 16. Bxe3 h5 17. Bd4 Nd5 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Bf5 Qe7 |
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Apr-08-24
 | | Korora: Another ear worm for a pun. |
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Apr-08-24
| | HeMateMe: Love the pun, very creative! |
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Apr-08-24
 | | FSR: Love the pun! Great game by Vidit, featuring a shocking opening novelty, though a sad game for us Naka fans. He played well below his usual standard. Before this game, he had a 47-game unbeaten streak in classical chess. |
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Apr-08-24
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: Have already commented on the game, but have to add my praise for the excellent game title! |
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| Apr-08-24 | | mk volkov: Two main mistakes - 12. Nc4 and 19. f4. |
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| Apr-08-24 | | goodevans: The excellent pun adds even more pleasure to a game I've already enjoyed playing through. Bravo! |
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| Apr-08-24 | | thegoodanarchist: I like the pun. |
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| Apr-08-24 | | Pyrandus: Pun = Sacrifice? |
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Apr-08-24
 | | offramp: Trevor Horne created the song <Radio Killed the Video Star> or it might have been around.
Horne went on to be a brilliant music producer.
His biggest hit was <RELAX> by Frankie Teardrop Goes To Funkenstein.In this game everything I just mentioned is exemplified. |
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Apr-08-24
 | | OhioChessFan: If 12. gxh3 isn't best, something is wrong with chess. I suspect Vidit had this worked out with SF to a draw, and figured the worst that could happen would be an easy draw with Black against Naka. The best that could happen was Naka thinking it was a prepared winning line and not playing the obvious response. A little strained but I like the pun. |
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| Apr-08-24 | | areknames: Really brilliant game title, the best in recent memory and of course what a grand game! |
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Apr-08-24
 | | perfidious: The diagrammed position posted by <whiteshark> looks a typically unbalanced one for the modern game: White has a spatial advantage and the bishop pair, but his king position is airy and if Vidit gets untangled, that looseness could be exploited to good effect. |
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| Apr-09-24 | | areknames: <Horne went on to be a brilliant music producer.> True, but let's not forget that soon after the release of VKTRS Horn and Geoff Downes joined Yes, replacing 2 bona fide heavyweights like Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman who had left the band. They recorded and released Drama with Yes, an oddity in that band's catalogue but nonetheless an excellent album. |
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Apr-09-24
 | | Sally Simpson: Brilliant Pun to a well played game. Obviously prep from a previous session saved up for the chance to spring it. Vidit took 20 seconds to play 11...Bxh3. I see nothing wrong at all in prep. If a player is working off the board then they deserve to see the fruit of their labour. There was still work to do. Vidit first long think, 18 minutes, came after Nakamura declined the sac with 12.Nc4. So we can hazard a good guess by saying that was the end of prep. |
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| Apr-10-24 | | Voice without Words: Vidit beat youtuber. Wow amazing wow |
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| Apr-15-24 | | saturn2: The bishop sacrifice was kind of a bluff, annoying and irritating to human opponents and Its effect demonstrated by white's following mistakes. |
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| Apr-22-24 | | RookFile: So now it's all over and Naka is a 1/2 a point short. Just a reminder that the early games in the tournament count just as much as the later games. How Naka probably wishes he had just made a draw. |
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| Apr-28-24 | | DanLanglois: 'Vidit killed the internet star'
touché |
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| Nov-11-24 | | generror: Great prep by Vidit. When did we last see a novelty on move 8 on that level? Especially one with the lovely punchline 11...Bxh3! Seems this really got Nakamura off guard. (And no, it's not a bluff, according to Stockfish by far the best move, the only one that doesn't give White a clear advantage.) 8..c6!? has since been tried a few times by other GMs, but I'm amazed that White never tried Stockfish's favourite 9.dxc5 cxb5 10.cxd6 Ng6 11.Re1 (D). 
click for larger viewWhile the passed d-pawn looks more impressive than it is, it keeps the center closed for the time being, allowing White to develop their queenside, which is what White struggles with in other continuations. |
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