Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Magnus Carlsen (2022)

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Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Magnus Carlsen
Airthings Masters (2022) (rapid), Chess24, rd 21, Feb-26
Sicilian Defense: Paulsen. Bastrikov Variation (B48) · 0-1

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Feb-26-22		whiteshark: Does the so-called 'English attack' come to nothing here?

Feb-26-22		Everett: Black has to get his K-rook in the game

Feb-26-22		perfidious: Carlsen's king is also not especially safe; White has definite compensation for the pawn.

Feb-26-22		tamar: So hard to find 22 b3 when white is wanting to go forward immediately. 22 Nf6+ just dissapated the attack

Feb-26-22		Everett: 24..Rg2 just played… White is in trouble.

Feb-26-22		offramp: It seems that Nepo's goose is cooked.

Feb-26-22		Ulhumbrus: IM Tania Sachdev said that today was just not Nepomniachtchi's day.

Feb-26-22		perfidious: All hail Carlsen the Inexorable. Same as his stylistic antecedent Lasker, give him that one chance and it is all up with you.

Feb-26-22		whiteshark: pincer grip

Feb-26-22		tamar: The win with 22 b3 was not obvious and looks murky even when you see the computer line. White has to alternate attacking and consolidating moves in a precise order, so very unlikely it could happen in a rapid time control. 1) +1.75 (44 ply) 22.b3 Rg8 23.h4 Qa5 24.Be5 Qc5 25.Qd3 Rg6 26.Rhe1 a5 27.Re3 Kf8 28.Nf4 a4 29.Bd4 Qc6 30.Nxd5 Qxd5 31.bxa4 Rc4 32.Re5 Qxd4 33.Qxd4 Rxd4 34.Rxd4 h6 35.a5 hxg5 36.a6 Rg8 37.hxg5 f2 38.Rd1 Kg7 39.Ra5 Ra8 40.Rf1 Bd8 41.Rb5 Rxa6 42.Rxf2 Ra7 43.Rxb4 Bxg5 44.Rg2 Kg6 45.a4 f5 46.c4 Kf6 47.Kc2 Be3 48.Kd3 f4 49.c5 Rc7 50.Rc2 Ke5 51.Rb5 Kd5 52.c6+ Kd6

Feb-26-22		ossipossi: Russian players are no more winners.

Feb-26-22		fabelhaft: Carlsen didn’t have much time left after Nepo’s mistake on the 22nd but played well after that.

Feb-27-22		et voila: Nepo got a raw deal: he traded two pawns and over that he gave Magnus one dangerous advanced passed pawn on f3 and an open g file for his rook..... for just one measly unimportant h pawn and an only seemingly dangerous attack. That's where he went wrong. Magnus' d5 was as bold as taking the bull by the horns.

Feb-27-22		Mississaugan: Where's the gyrating rook?

Feb-28-22		Check It Out: <Where's the gyrating rook?> Haven't you watched Footloose? When the right-wingers are in charge, there will be no dancing!

Mar-01-22		Saniyat24: Carlsen's lazy king doesn't move, but one of his rooks does a harakiri, and his Queen and LSB catch the a-train to imprison Ian's King in the corner...! 17.Bxh5 is a novelty...!

Mar-02-22		fredthebear: I figured the 12...Nh5 was a novelty. Here's one other game with 12...Nh5: Anand vs J van Foreest, 2021 Magnus wins again w/his doubled pawns. 27...Qa4 threatening mate on the move looks more correct to me. If 28.QxBd5 then 28.Rxb2+ 29.Ka1 (29.BxRb2 Qc2+ 30.Ka1 QxBb2#) 29...Rxa2+ 30.Kb1 Ra1#

Mar-09-22		cehertan: Well nice to see that Nepo learned from the WC match that you have to take it to him as white to have any chance. Didn�t work this time (MC plays sharp positions like the devil too) but I think he�s on the right track.

Mar-17-22		Justin796: I just don't feel Magnus is that special. I feel like I could take him out.

Mar-17-22		fredthebear: Magnus has been the world chess champion since late 2013, so he is special. You might need to swing a baseball bat to <take him out.> It would probably be more productive to read "Common Sense in Chess" by Emanuel Lasker, 21st Century edition. Buy it here: https://www.amazon.com/Common-Sense... The $1.99 Kindle edition is a lot cheaper than a baseball bat.

Mar-17-22		keypusher: <FTB> For the original <Common Sense in Chess>, you don't even have to pay $1.99! https://ia600902.us.archive.org/33/...

Mar-17-22		fredthebear: That's great <KP>. It read clear as a bell (English Descriptive Notation). FYI: "In 1896–97 Lasker published his book Common Sense in Chess, based on lectures he had given in London in 1895.[63]" -- Wikipedia Bruce Alberston edited the reprint 2006 edition, switching over to Algebraic Notation, and including more diagrams, solutions, and games. He did the job right without altering its message, unlike some modernized versions of other reprints. We could use more free common sense today! Or, perhaps we should read more of yesterday's works, back when people could think and do for themselves before the boob tube hooked us on being spoon fed by a screen.

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