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FIDE World Championship - Magnus Carlsen vs Ian Nepomniactchi
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Championns games are too difficult.
If they lose a game it can be fatal.
Dec 5, 2021
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#367
Hmmm in game 8 I think Nepo blundered a pawn......If he loses this game, is it safe to say Magnus will win the match?
Dec 5, 2021
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#368
I'm curious ... where do the players go when they leave the board? They've left the board quite often throughout this match, though there has been little mention about it.
Is there a common room? Do they each have private lounges? Are they simply walking away from the viewing window and pacing nearby? ...
Dec 5, 2021
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#369
dunamisfelis wrote:
ricorat wrote:
Hmmm in game 8 I think Nepo blundered a pawn......If he loses this game, is it safe to say Magnus will win the match?
I think so as Carlsen is an expert orthodox player that can pull a draw better than almost any champion to ever live.
Agreed, we'll have to see if Magnus is able to win this game
Dec 5, 2021
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#370
Stil1 wrote:
I'm curious ... where do the players go when they leave the board? They've left the board quite often throughout this match, though there has been little mention about it.
Is there a common room? Do they each have private lounges? Are they simply walking away from the viewing window and pacing nearby? ...
I'm not sure tbh, all I know is there is a bathroom but other than that I'm not sure what the room is like
Dec 5, 2021
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#371
Yes, I find it curious. Perhaps we'll see the rest of the venue after the match, and it'll explain some things.
By the way, look at that eval bar ...
Dec 5, 2021
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#372
Stil1 wrote:
Yes, I find it curious. Perhaps we'll see the rest of the venue after the match, and it'll explain some things.
By the way, look at that eval bar ...
Do you think Ian has any chances of holding? Lichess says +4 in Magnus's favor....
Dec 5, 2021
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#374
I would be shocked if Ian survives this game.
Keep in mind, Magnus can squeeze wins out of even positions. And this position is clearly winning.
At this point, I suspect Magnus sees many paths to convert. It's just a matter of finding the one he likes the most ...
Dec 5, 2021
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#375
Stil1 wrote:
I would be shocked if Ian survives this game.
Keep in mind, Magnus can squeeze wins out of even positions. And this position is clearly winning.
At this point, I suspect Magnus sees many paths to convert. It's just a matter of finding the one he likes the most ...
Yes, game 6 was actually a draw according to stockfish but, Magnus was able to squeeze Nepo. This game is lost and with such high stakes, I doubt Magnus will throw
Dec 5, 2021
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#376
Stil1 wrote:
I would be shocked if Ian survives this game.
Keep in mind, Magnus can squeeze wins out of even positions. And this position is clearly winning.
At this point, I suspect Magnus sees many paths to the win. It's just a matter of finding the one he likes the most ...
I mean not only he has a pawn, his pieces looks more active, his bishop is better, his queen is more active, I can only imagine how easy this might be for him.
Dec 5, 2021
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#377
I was reading an interview about the match that Magnus gave a few days before. In it he mentioned that he was going to try to strike early because of Ians history to crumble after a loss. So naturally this makes me wonder if this game is a result of game 6.
Dec 5, 2021
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#378
nklristic wrote:
Stil1 wrote:
I would be shocked if Ian survives this game.
Keep in mind, Magnus can squeeze wins out of even positions. And this position is clearly winning.
At this point, I suspect Magnus sees many paths to the win. It's just a matter of finding the one he likes the most ...
I mean not only he has a pawn, his pieces looks more active, his bishop is better, his queen is more active, I can only imagine how easy this might be for him.
Yes, Magnus is much more active and up a pawn, Giri said "He's up a pawn with compensation"
Dec 5, 2021
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#379
ricorat wrote:
I was reading an interview about the match that Magnus gave a few days before. In it he mentioned that he was going to try to strike early because of Ians history to crumble after a loss. So naturally this makes me wonder if this game is a result of game 6.
No doubt that it is the result of that game. And from the start of the match he tried to get Ian out of the book. I think this is the reason why he got slightly worse positions in 2 games. In this game it seemed Ian was uncomfortable. It seemed that he has equalized and then out of the blue, we had this unfortunate mistake from Ian.
Dec 5, 2021
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#380
nklristic wrote:
ricorat wrote:
I was reading an interview about the match that Magnus gave a few days before. In it he mentioned that he was going to try to strike early because of Ians history to crumble after a loss. So naturally this makes me wonder if this game is a result of game 6.
No doubt that it is the result of that game. And from the start of the match he tried to get Ian out of the book. In this game it seemed Ian was uncomfortable. It seemed that he has equalized and then out of the blue, we had this unfortunate mistake from Ian..
Yeah when I woke up and replayed the game I saw his Nd2 move which is almost never played. Ian was equal and just blundered with b5....
Thank you!! Chess is full of endless surprises!