Oct-11-19
 | | Check It Out: Alexey Sarana has been on an impressive roll this past year. I hope he gives Magnus a good run here. |
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Oct-11-19
 | | MissScarlett: Golden piranah alert! |
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Oct-11-19 | | Pedro Fernandez: 1.e4!, no chance with 1.d4. Hope the kid learns a lot from the WC. |
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Oct-11-19
 | | MissScarlett: After <16.cxd5>, where <cg> runs out of book, here's Stockfish's mainline: <+0.11 (23 ply) 16...Qd8 17.exf5 Qxd5 18.Rad1 e4 19.Bxb5 Qxf5 20.Qxf5 Bxf5 21.Bd7 Bxd7 22.Rxd7 Bxb2 23.Nc4 Bg7 24.Rfd1 Rac8 25.Ne3 Rc3 26.Nf5 Rc2 27.Re7 Rxa2 28.Rxe4 Kh8 29.Nxg7 Kxg7 30.Rg4+ Kf6 31.Rh4 Kg7 32.g3 Re8 33.Rc4 Rae2> |
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Oct-11-19
 | | Stonehenge: 24. g3 seems to be new:
https://iccf.com/game?id=958857 |
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Oct-11-19 | | spingo: This where I came in:
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That looks level to me. Black has an outside passed pawn but White can immediately get behind it by 30. Rd8+ Bf8 31. Ra8. |
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Oct-11-19 | | devere: 30.Rd8+ Bf8 31.Nf6+ Kg7 32.Nh5+ Kg8 33.Nf6+ forces a draw, and against the World Champion that's what I would do. But Sarana intends to beat him, and you know how that might end. |
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Oct-11-19 | | LameJokes: What is white doing? play h5, nf6 and threaten h6 winning the bishop. Black can't take away the bishop from f8, since Rg8 mates? |
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Oct-11-19 | | LameJokes: of course, I mean Nf6 first then h5. |
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Oct-11-19 | | LameJokes: 36.nf6 kg7 37.h5 h6 38.gh6 kf6 39.rf8 kg7 catches the h6 pawn. |
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Oct-11-19 | | beenthere240: ...h6 appears forced |
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Oct-11-19 | | ewan14: Exciting |
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Oct-11-19 | | spingo: MC played 39...Ba3.
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This gives up the h6 pawn.
This game might go into one of those dreaded R and minor piece v R endings. If Carlsen has the R + B he has been known to win endings like that. |
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Oct-11-19 | | Gypsy: Surely Carlson is playing for a draw in this position, does not he? I mean, he seems to be close to that, but his position is somewhat worse. He can win this only is White makes a serious blunder, or two. |
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Oct-11-19 | | ewan14: Nice , nice ! |
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Oct-11-19 | | spingo: Black played 45...a3.
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He could have taken the h-pawn, but then he would have been checkmated. |
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Oct-11-19 | | devere: A nice effort by 19 year old Alexey Sarana to press the World Champion and force him to work for a draw. It's only round 2 and I am already liking this format that gives many more players a chance to advance. |
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Oct-11-19 | | Pedro Fernandez: Good post <Devere>, greetings. |
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Oct-11-19 | | Nov8: Better than So's Giri |
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Oct-12-19 | | starry2013: It's not always easy in the computer age when you against prep as black, Carlsen needs to take risks to win in some circumstances but it can be too dangerous. It's remarkable he has the rating he has considering the impact of computers. |
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Oct-12-19
 | | saffuna: Analysis from Daniel King: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p31... Carlsen had to come up with some great stuff just to hold the draw. |
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