Even the World Champion Blunders

That position comes from the game Aronian - Carlsen. As you can see, Black has a huge material advantage (+8), although White has some counterplay.

In this position, there are 3 legal moves for Black:
1. one is winning,
2. one leads to a draw,
3. one loses the game.

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Carlsen made a huge blunder here and chose the losing move. Can you play better than he did?

Let's analyze:

1... Kh5! (The Winning Move) 2. Qf7 g6 3. Qxh7 Qh6 — no more checks, and Black is winning.

1... Kg5 (The Drawing Move) 2. Be7 Kh5 3. Qf7 Kh6 (3... g6?? 4. Qf6 — White wins) 4. Qe6 Kh5 5. Qf7 — draw by repetition.

1... g6?? (The Blunder) 2. Bf8+ Kh5 3. Qe7 — and Black loses because both Qxh7+ and Qh4 are threatened.

Unfortunately for the World Champion, Carlsen played g6 and was forced to resign after two moves.

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LESSONS TO BE LEARNED

👉 Making blunders is a common disease — no matter your rating, you’re still in the risk group.

👉 The game is not over until you checkmate your opponent — no matter how big your advantage is.

👉 Blunders often happen when you relax too early — stay focused until the very end.

👉 When your king is exposed, you have to be extremely careful — especially in the middlegame.