Magnus Carlsen vs Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa (2024)

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Magnus Carlsen vs Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa
12th Norway Chess (2024), Stavanger NOR, rd 8, Jun-04
Spanish Game: Open Variations. Howell Attack (C81) · 1/2-1/2

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Jun-04-24		An Englishman: Good Morning: Hoping for a titanic clash. Might have to brew a second pot of French press coffee.

Jun-04-24		vonKrolock: After 15.Nf1 black can play Bishop to f5 and exchange at least the 'spanish' Bishop (or maybe im overlooking something !?)

Jun-04-24		vonKrolock: No exchanges for the while ...

Jun-04-24		An Englishman: Good Morning: 17.Ng3 contains an obvious threat. Looking at 17...Qe7?!; 18.Nxe4,dxe4; 19.Nd4,Na5. If the isolated e4 pawn doesn't drop, it would become a problem for White, but it still looks very risky.

Jun-04-24		Diademas: Do they have another picture of Prag from after he turned 10 and before he morphed into Anand?

Jun-04-24		An Englishman: Good Morning: Must confess, would feel a little uncomfortable playing either side after 20.a4. Something about Queens on the same files as Rooks...

Jun-04-24		1300patzer: As no doubt has been pointed out many times, "Praggnanandhaa" contains "anand." Is there an etymological connection, perhaps? Also, I gather that Anand has been instrumental in promoting chess in India, and some sources credit him in large part for the development of strong young players, but I haven't located and specifics about that. Does anyone have pertaining links?

Jun-04-24		An Englishman: Good Morning: Now both players have moved their Queens away from their opponents' Rooks. Which means both players think like me and me five remaining brain cells. Sounds like they're both in trouble now.

Jun-04-24		perfidious: The only move I ever faced in bygone days was 11.c4, with the followup 11....bxc4 12.Bxc4 Bc5 13.Be3 Bxe3 14.Qxe3 Qb8 15.Bb3 Na5, which even Karpov once tried as Black.

Jun-04-24		perfidious: The chief drawback of the Open is that Black, in return for the active play which does not come his way in the Closed, takes on weaknesses on the queenside, as we see here. Carlsen would be the man to exploit such edges, if at all possible.

Jun-04-24		mdsarva: This game is less likely to end with draw but white has advantages if it goes with pawn exchange a×b5, 26th move.

Jun-04-24		An Englishman: Good Morning: Without minor pieces, Black can no longer contest d4, c5, et cetera. Superficially, it appears White has better chances of inducing an error in a probable draw.

Jun-04-24		Check It Out: 32.Rd1 and both sides have to be careful of back rank threats.

Jun-04-24		Check It Out: Anand is a common boys name in India. It means joy. Now that blacks a pawn has gone down, Pragg is feeling just a tad less joy.

Jun-04-24		An Englishman: Good Morning: Don't know how the players feel, but to me this game seems to have gotten progressively more difficult with every exchange of pieces and pawns.

Jun-04-24		Check It Out: 35.Qc4 and both sides have to watch the enemy passers and the back ranks. It seems like an impasse, but if they just keep moving pieces, stuff happens.

Jun-04-24		Check It Out: Time control reached. 3 on 2 sameside pawns with single rooks is a draw I assume, but they may keep playing on. A couple of Soviet guys would be sippi.g vodka at the bar by now.

Jun-04-24		Check It Out: Now I realize there is no 40 move time control. 120 min each with 10 sec increment and that's it. A bit unusual, like the scoring format. Norway chess has take on the mantle of being the expirement tournament.

Jun-04-24		An Englishman: Good Morning: Neither player wanted to take risks and therefore got rid of Queens and Queen side pawns. Not a bad idea. Carlsen loves to squeeze Champagne from gravel, but it seems most unlikely he'll get more than a draw.

Jun-04-24		Check It Out: Squeeze champagne from gravel is a cute variation on an old saying. I think all Carlsen will find here is dust.

Jun-04-24		Check It Out: I like that these guys play it out. They could have called it at move 40 but played 35 more moves to the baked conclusion.

Jun-04-24		An Englishman: Good Morning: Chores beckon, nay, chores command. Have a great day, everyone.

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