2020 Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals
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Game 5 sees Carlsen fall into a known opening trap which I guess he must have just forgotten about. 11...Ne6? is the mistake as after 12 Nxe5 the intended 12...Nd4 fails to 13 Nxf7.
Nakamura, Hikaru (USA) - Carlsen, Magnus (NOR)
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Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Kiva Finals 2020 round 36
Nakamura, Hikaru (USA) - Carlsen, Magnus (NOR)
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Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Kiva Finals 2020 round 36
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Game 6 sees a draw and Nakamura's strategy becomes clear. He wants to go 2-2 in the first four rapid games and then he believes he is the best blitz player in the world. Least that's how Seirawan sees it. Nakamura now leads 2 sets to 1.
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Re: 2020 Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals
And they're off. Magnus, needing to win today's set, opens 1 c4 e5 2 g3...
LATER: Game 1 Drawn. Carlsen seems to have blown a big advantage somewhere. This is not the player who was so dominant for most of the Magnus tour. Will he stick with the Berlin now?
LATER: Game 1 Drawn. Carlsen seems to have blown a big advantage somewhere. This is not the player who was so dominant for most of the Magnus tour. Will he stick with the Berlin now?
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Game 1 was an epic, Carlsen looked like he was going to slaughter Nakamura with the lightning strike 23 Bxb6 but Nakamura conducted another unbelievable defensive effort to get the draw.
Carlsen, Magnus (NOR) - Nakamura, Hikaru (USA)
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Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Kiva Finals 2020 round 38
Carlsen, Magnus (NOR) - Nakamura, Hikaru (USA)
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Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Kiva Finals 2020 round 38
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Game 2 was also a draw and Game 3 saw Nakamura miscalculate in a complex position with the natural 26...Qxf2+ rather than 26...Rxe5. Nakamura will now have to win Game 4 on demand.
Carlsen, Magnus (NOR) - Nakamura, Hikaru (USA)
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Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Kiva Finals 2020 round 40
Carlsen, Magnus (NOR) - Nakamura, Hikaru (USA)
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Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Kiva Finals 2020 round 40
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Nakamura didn't even get close to pushing for a win and eventually it was a perp. 2 sets all.
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After four draws today Carlsen won game 5 with the Alekhine before losing game 6 as white in a Kings Indian. Needing to win the armageddon game he then lost against the Nimzo.
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Carlsen edged ahead in the whole thing for the first time, only to immediately mess it up?
He won't like that.
He won't like that.
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Re: 2020 Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals
TWIC report on set 5
Nakamura, Hikaru vs Carlsen, Magnus game 5
Carlsen, Magnus vs Nakamura, Hikaru game 6
Nakamura, Hikaru vs Carlsen, Magnus game 5
Carlsen, Magnus vs Nakamura, Hikaru game 6
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Re: 2020 Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals
"In the Armageddon Carlsen chose white - a little surprisingly perhaps -"
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Carlsen wins the sixth set 3-1 so its 3 sets all and all on the very last seventh set.
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I can hear the mutterings of "fix" already
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I did wonder about that myself but when you look at the state of Carlsen today he really seems under pressure. Nakamura has been so resilient, a real test for Carlsen.
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Carlsen apparently hurt his back recently, that probably can't be helping.
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Re: 2020 Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals
TWIC set 6 report
Nakamura, Hikaru vs Carlsen, Magnus Game 4
Carlsen, Magnus vs Nakamura, Hikaru Game 1Carlsen injured himself exercising just half an hour before play and was low down on the screen as he clearly struggled to get comfortable. Whether this helped or hindered Carlsen I'm not sure, it might well have taken his mind off the must win situation he was in
Nakamura, Hikaru vs Carlsen, Magnus Game 4
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