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Fabiano Caruana vs Richard Rapport
Tata Steel Masters (2022), Wijk aan Zee NED, rd 10, Jan-26
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense. Flohr-Mikenas-Carls Variation Nei Gambit (A19)  ·  0-1

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Jan-26-22  Whitehat1963: Excellent subtle play by Rapport.
Jan-28-22  Everett: Rapport is having an excellent tournament, despite his first round loss to Duda
Jan-28-22  Ulhumbrus: 8...Nh6 develops the knight to the rim but takes a step towards developing the knight to f5 instead of to h6.

It takes advantage of the fact that White's queen obstructs White's queen's bishop on the diagonal c1-h6.

This suggests that because Caruana has obstructed his queen's bishop on the c1-h6 diagonal, Rapport has looked for a way to take advantage of this, that one of the ways to do this is to develop a piece to the obstructed diagonal, that Rapport has looked for a way to develop a piece to this diagonal, and that Rapport has then found a way to do this by a move like 8...Nh6.

This suggests in turn that Rapport is in very good playing form or is becoming a very good player or both.

Jan-29-22
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  Mateo: Beautiful and nearly perfect play from Rapport. So many good moves: 22...e5!, 38...g3!, 40...h3!, 41...Rd8!! and 42...Bf3!.

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