Nov-16-21 Carlsen - Nepomniachtchi World Championship Match (2021) 
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| 2knights: Another idea to keep the WC match imbalanced - the champion retains his title if match is drawn, but challenger gets an extra White game in compensation. Giving us a match with an odd number of games, but this is hardly a problem. |
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Mar-12-18 Aronian vs Kramnik, 2018
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| 2knights: What a beatdown! Looks like a NN game against a 19th century master. If Kramnik can do this, why did he play the Petroff all those years? |
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Nov-29-16 Carlsen - Karjakin World Championship Match (2016)
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| 2knights: The World championship should (a) determine the world's best player, and (b) produce chess worthy of the occasion. The second isn't happening. As many people have pointed out, the problem is the format. There are too many insipid draws when the match score is even. The simplest and |
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Apr-29-16 Carlsen vs Eljanov, 2016
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| 2knights: If anyone can make sense of Qa8 I'd like to hear it. Maybe it's a typo. |
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Mar-27-15 The World vs Naiditsch, 2014
Mar-08-15 Khismatullin vs Eljanov, 2015
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| 2knights: The combination starting with 42. Qh8 echoes Mitrofanov's study - sacrificing a major piece to the Black queen with check, yet the White king reaches safety while the Black Queen is lured onto a dead square. Finding this OTB is astonishing. |
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Nov-17-14 Carlsen vs Anand, 2014
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| 2knights: Anand is playing rope-a-dope. Let Carlsen knock himself out trying to break down the fortress, then return tomorrow and win with White. |
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Jul-11-14 Analysis Forum chessforum
May-17-11 World Championship Candidates (2011)
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| 2knights: To paraphrase Mikhail Tal: Playing for a draw with the white pieces is a crime against chess.
If there is a chess god, Grischuk will lose 0-4. |
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Feb-12-11 S W Small vs C Van Tilbury, 1990
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| 2knights: If 9.g3, I prefer 9.....Qh5 leaving the rook shut in on h1 and preparing ...d5 and ....Bh3. |
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