Magnus Carlsen vs Andrey Esipenko (2021)

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Magnus Carlsen vs Andrey Esipenko
World Cup (2021), Krasnaya Polyana (Sochi) RUS, rd 5, Jul-25
Indian Game: Anti-Nimzo-Indian (E10) · 1/2-1/2

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Jul-25-21		Ulhumbrus: 11 Nxd7? moves the knight a third time to exchange itself for a knight moved once, making a loss of two tempi for development. At the very least this may pass any advantage to Black. This move suggests that Carlsen is making a dubious attempt to win. 12 dxc5? exchanges in effect the central d4 pawn for the less valuable b6 pawn. This suggests that Carlsen is continuing a dubious attempt to win. After 14 e3 one of the commentators - it may have been Emil Sutovsky - indicated that Carlsen had the kind of defensive position against the hanging pawns that Black typically had against White from an opening. One objection to 15...a5?! is that White has offered no target for Black's a pawn by playing b3. Perhaps Esipenko wants to prevent the move Ba5. However on 15...Rac8 16 Ba5 Re8 Black's rook seems to have conceded less than White's queen's bishop has conceded. 17...Qb5 allows White to propose an exchange of queens although Black's bishop pair means that Black need worry less about it. Instead of this 17...Rac8 gets the queen's rook out. Instead of 20...Bxb2 one of the commentators GM Loek Van Wely suggested the capture 20...Rxa2 followed by ...Rxb2 and that may gain Black the upper hand in at least one variation. Carlsen may have thought that his opponent would not handle the hanging pawns as well as an experienced master of the highest rank (eg Nimzowitsch, Alekhine , Botvinnik or Karpov) would handle the hanging pawns. However if Esipenko examines the game - and possibly gains advice from an experienced coach as well - this suggests that it will be unwise for Carlsen to continue to count on it. .

Jul-25-21		Messiah: <Ulhumbrus: 11 Nxd7? moves the knight a third time to exchange itself for a knight moved once, making a loss of two tempi for development. At the very least this may pass any advantage to Black. This move suggests that Carlsen is making a dubious attempt to win. 12 dxc5? exchanges in effect the central d4 pawn for the less valuable b6 pawn. This suggests that Carlsen is continuing a dubious attempt to win. After 14 e3 one of the commentators - it may have been Emil Sutovsky - indicated that Carlsen had the kind of defensive position against the hanging pawns that Black typically had against White from an opening. One objection to 15...a5?! is that White has offered no target for Black's a pawn by playing b3. Perhaps Esipenko wants to prevent the move Ba5. However on 15...Rac8 16 Ba5 Re8 Black's rook seems to have conceded less than White's queen's bishop has conceded. 17...Qb5 allows White to propose an exchange of queens although Black's bishop pair means that Black need worry less about it. Instead of this 17...Rac8 gets the queen's rook out. Instead of 20...Bxb2 one of the commentators GM Loek Van Wely suggested the capture 20...Rxa2 followed by ...Rxb2 and that may gain Black the upper hand in at least one variation. Carlsen may have thought that his opponent would not handle the hanging pawns as well as an experienced master of the highest rank (eg Nimzowitsch, Alekhine , Botvinnik or Karpov) would handle the hanging pawns. However if Esipenko examines the game - and possibly gains advice from an experienced coach as well - this suggests that it will be unwise for Carlsen to continue to count on it. .> He messed up big time.

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