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Fabiano Caruana vs Hikaru Nakamura
Magnus Carlsen Invitational (2020) (armageddon), chess24.com INT, rd 5, Apr-27
Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack. Two Knights Defense (D37)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
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Apr-27-20  Ulhumbrus: In the end Black's queen side pawn majority becomes little more than a target while White's central pawn majority becomes a weapon. This suggests 20...f5 so as to hinder the advance e4, or at least reduce the value of what it gains for White
Apr-27-20  SirChrislov: A little bit of badassery from white in 43.d7 not fearing ...Nxe5, and then 44.Rxc4! not fearing ...Nb2, because if so then 45.Rc8 I think wins immediately. Nicely executed Caru.
Apr-28-20  MordimerChess: 38. Qf3 was not really precise move. What if Hikaru plays 38...Nb5, for example:

39. Qxc3 Nxc3 40. Re1 Rxd4 41. Bf3 Rxf4=

39. d5 Nd4 40. Qxc3 Ne2+ 41. Kh2 Nxc3 42. Rd4 Nxe4 43. Rxe4 Rxd5 44. Rexc4⩲ with chances for black to draw this rook endgame

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