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Magnus Carlsen vs Hikaru Nakamura
Nakamura vs. Carlsen | Speed Chess Final (2023) (blitz), Chess.com INT, rd 3, Sep-22
Three Knights Opening: Steinitz Defense (C46)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Sep-28-23
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  offramp: This was a cracking game. A BULLET game, I believe - I am not certain about the round numbers.

I am full of admiration for these players. They play very high quality chess at ultra-quick time controls. In this game both players had the ETHOS of the game and their attack and defence ideas. They had concepts: they were not shifting wood, move by move.

This thrilling game ends with a stunning DOUBLE-♖ sacrifice for checkmate. His oppo was about to administer his own checkmate.


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The white king is most egregious threatened by an instant Monopoly™®© checkmate.
Carlsen started with 39. Rd7+.
After 39...Kc6 it looks likes that White is sunk....but...


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Here is the double-rook sac.
40. Rxc5+! bxc5
41. Rc7+!. That leads to a forced mate.

Sep-28-23
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  Sally Simpson: Hi offramp,

The result here is a draw though there is a White mate in the final position.

Not too sure what happened but one of the other coaches brought this along to the kids we coach last night to highlight the dangers of not seizing a chance and then looking at ALL checks no matter how silly they appear at first glance.

Something Carlsen never did when playing 38. Qc3-c2 as 38.Rxb6+ wins. Then Nakamura here missed;


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38....Ra2+ wins the White Queen (39.Kxa2 Ra8+ mates.) They got that pretty quickly as we covered Dovetail Mates a while back. (Someone tell Nakamura I can supply him with my notes and examples :))

After Nakamura missed the win by playing 38...Rea8 the lesson went onto the check all check phase. The kids spotted the shots easily enough but we took a while digging out the White mate. Not too bad an example to store for future classes.

Sep-29-23
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  Check It Out: This was the final game of the match, a 1+1 game. At the end, Carlsen gave Nakamura a courtesy draw because that's all that was needed to clinch the victory.

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