| Oct-09-22 | | sudoplatov: It seems as if 28.Bxa6 is a mistake. This at least proves that Niemann didn't have access to the local Stockfish. |
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| Oct-09-22 | | DanLanglois: This is after 45. f3.
click for larger viewIt looks like Black might play 45...h3, but that's not what he did. Instead, Black played 45...Re5. At this, White seems to have gotten balled up. 
click for larger view46. Bg4, is forced, but okay, this looks quite even -- how did White lose? 
click for larger viewBlack plays 46...Nc4. This is logical enough. Black perhaps also noodled with 46...Re7 or 46...Rb5. The thing that is cool about 46...Nc4, is that it's tricky enough that White's reply is forced. 46...Nc4:
click for larger viewWhite's only move here, forced, was 47. Ra6.
click for larger viewBut, instead, White 47. Kg2??
click for larger viewWhite has no time for this. It's not a defense. But against what? Black plays 47...Rb5! 
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| Oct-09-22 | | DanLanglois: The game proceeded with 48. Ra4 Ne5:
click for larger view49. Kh3 Kg5
click for larger viewWhite's rook is defending b4, but that really ties it down. White's bishop is defending f3, and that really ties *it* down. White is kind of getting into a zugzwang situation. He needs to move the bishop or the rook, here. Even the king, is defending the bishop on g4. White can just resign, but plays 50. Ra8 Rxb4, putting Black up two pawns: 
click for larger viewThe game went 80 moves, but one wonders why?
51. Rh8
click for larger viewHere, Black played 51...Kf6:
click for larger view52. Rh5
click for larger view52...Rb5 53. Rf5+ Ke7 54 Bh5 Ng6 55. Bxg6 fxg6 56. Rxf4 
click for larger viewNot very convincing -- is Black won? What happened? This isn't the way to go. One might marvel that Black managed to actually win this. Let's go back. When it was 50. Ra8 Rxb4 51. Rh8, Black seemed won, up two pawns. But how to convince White? 51. Rh8 looks like this:
click for larger viewHere, Black played 51...Kf6? However, 51...Kg6 prevents White's 52. Rh5 stuff. 51...Kg6
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| Oct-09-22 | | DanLanglois: Indeed, Black sort of had to win this 'three times', due to his own errors. |
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| Oct-09-22 | | DanLanglois: <An Englishman: Good Evening: Interviewed after the game, Caruana did not seem too pleased with his play overall, esp. after he won the pawn. For example, he didn't appear too pleased with 32...Kg7, allowing 33.e4, and thought that 32...e4 might have proven better.> Let's roll back to when the position looked like this after 30...g6: 
click for larger viewHere, I won't get distracted by plausible moves White might have chosen instead -- what White plays here though, is 31. h4? 
click for larger viewAfter 31...h5 32. Qg3:
click for larger viewHere, Black played 32...Kg7. And, 33. e4 Qe7 34. Qg5 Qb7: 
click for larger viewBut what if Black skips 32...Kg7, and immediately plays 32...e4!: 
click for larger viewWacky -- sure, it seems that okay, White plays 33. fxe4: 
click for larger viewBut, 33...Nxe4 is a pretty good position for Black: 
click for larger viewWhite's queen is under attack. Let's say, 34. Qf4 Qe7 35. f3 Nc5 36. Ke2 Nxd3 37. Rxd3 
click for larger viewCan Black win this simply? Well, maybe not. But Black did have some endgame transitions to consider, here. Maybe if we go back and look at 32...a5: 
click for larger view33. Kg2 e4 same idea 34. fxe4
click for larger viewBlack has 34...Qxb2!? 35. e5 Qxe5 36. Qxe5 Rxe5 looks like this: 
click for larger viewA little wrinkle, White can play 37. Bxg6, and okay, 37...Rd5 38. Bd3 
click for larger viewBlack is only up one pawn. Is it won? 38...Kf8 39. Kf3 Nc4 
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| Oct-09-22 | | DanLanglois: From a high level, I'm twiddling the dials here, experimenting with getting the queens exchanged off, for a more easily winnable endgame up material, for Black. |
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| Oct-09-22 | | DanLanglois: 32...a5 33. Kg2 e4 34. fxe4 Qxb2!? and so forth, instead of 32...e4. Well, but why not skip 32...a5 Kg2, and just play 32...e4 33. fxe4 Qxb2!?
click for larger viewBased on what I have already given, I suppose the line would seem to be 34. e5 Qxe5 35. Qxe5 Rxe5: 
click for larger viewBut this isn't great for Black. What's the difference? Based on what I was giving, one might expect this to play out like so: 36. Bxg6 Rd5 and then 37. Bd3 Kf8 38. Kf3 Nc4, right? No, after 36...Rd5 it looks like this: 
click for larger viewWhite has 37. Rxd5 cxd5
click for larger viewAnd then, 38. Bxh5 because that h5 pawn is hanging. What is different, then, between 32...e5, as there, and 32. a5, let's watch: 32...a5 33. Kg2 e4 34. fxe4 Qxb2!? 35. e5 Qxe5 36. Qxe5 Rxe5 37. Bxg6 Rd5 38. Rxd5 cxd5: 
click for larger viewAnd 39. Bxh5, right?
click for larger viewNo! see that ...a5 pawn, and weep. 39...Ne4 40. Bd1 
click for larger view40...Nc4 41. Bc2
click for larger view41...a4!!
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| Oct-09-22 | | whiteshark: "I don't think he wants to chat with me anymore" https://youtu.be/2paXLEzoXFg?t=60 Caruana's entire post-mortem innerview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pa... |
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| Oct-09-22 | | whiteshark: GM Benjamin Bok analyzes the game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p52... (~24m:13s) Enjoy! |
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| Oct-09-22 | | stone free or die: <<whiteshark> Caruana's entire post-mortem innerview: ... > It may be the entirety of the video available on youtube, but clearly this interview was truncated, and Fabio continued talking. . |
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| Oct-09-22 | | stone free or die: Giri has a bit of a wicked sense of humor, and tweeted the following about the game: <Fabi disrespecting the entire chess world by making Hans look like a noob every time.😂> https://twitter.com/anishgiri/statu... |
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