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Ding Liren vs Ian Nepomniachtchi
Nepomniachtchi - Ding World Championship Match (2023) (rapid), Astana KAZ, rd 17, Apr-30
English Opening: Agincourt Defense. Neo Catalan Declined (A14)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Apr-30-23  optimal play: 2 rapids down

2 draws

2 to go

I fear we're headed for blitz deciders

Anyway, let's see how game 3 goes

Apr-30-23  wordfunph: Ding!
Apr-30-23  optimal play: Ding was saving 1.Nf3 for the rapids
Apr-30-23
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  moronovich: Nf4 !? played
Apr-30-23  whiteshark: Yeah, great, now they clear the board right at the start of the game
Apr-30-23  optimal play: <whiteshark> They just want to get straight to the blitz games
Apr-30-23
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  MarcusBierce: Ding has some positional pull here
Apr-30-23
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  moronovich: Some rook endgames that are slightly in whites favour, lurking in the horizon
Apr-30-23  Cassandro: They are still following this V Artemiev vs Duda, 2020
Apr-30-23
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  moronovich: After Nd7 (!) Ra8 ? a4 is very strong. but Nepo should know.
Apr-30-23  optimal play: Nepo looking relaxed, keeps walking away from the board
Apr-30-23  optimal play: Nepo seems confident about drawing this and will try hard for the win as white in the 4th rapid
Apr-30-23  whiteshark: ♖+oppcol♗ White's pawn majority on the queenside is not exploitable and White's kingside pawns are structurally devalued.
Apr-30-23  whiteshark: the ♖s left the board and there's <nothing to see here> anymore...
Apr-30-23
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  Sergio X Garcia: 1 rapid to play
Apr-30-23
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  offramp: This was very quiet. Let's take look behind the final curtain....
Apr-30-23
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  moronovich: So Nepo with the white pieces in the last round....

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