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Dommaraju Gukesh vs Wei Yi
Budapest Olympiad (2024), Budapest HUN, rd 7, Sep-18
Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations (B50)  ·  1-0

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Kibitzer's Corner
Sep-18-24  carlomix: Impressive for a 18 year old� I was lucky to watch the endgame live� really instructive
Sep-19-24  Atking: Yes it is. In many way. A psychological victory... The fact that it's not from the opening that White won the game but by a tenacious management of small opportunities also impress.
Sep-19-24
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  saffuna: Video of the last nine moves:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcT...

Sep-19-24  Saniyat24: agadmator's analysis of the game- https://youtu.be/Ohph-NC_xeM?si=_tG...
Sep-19-24  carlomix: Engine says the blunder was pawn push in h3 at move 71. He could probably draw with Rd1+
Sep-19-24  metatron2: Incredible game by Gukesh..

I was mostly impressed by his creative and accurate play during time trouble, especially when considering that Gukesh is not particularly strong in quick time controls..

And in that time trouble, I was mostly impressed by his 76. Nhg4! move. I was thinking there about Nhf3 with similar idea: protect f7 (with Ng5) intending Ng6+ and Queens. But apparently that is the wrong way to protect f7, since Black can then play Ra3+ Kd2 Rxa4 as in the game, but then he can play Rd4+ with Rd6 preventing that deadly Ng6+ move and its just a draw.

The point is that with the white N on h6 rather than on g5, <white has the Nf5+ fork> against Rd6..

I mean, putting the N on g5 seems more intuitive then putting it on h6 edge, so Gukesh actually saw all that with only few seconds on the clock! that's just mind boggling..

Sep-20-24  chessmaster102: I really wish he analyzed this game for everyone !

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