You summed it up perfectly.Matt Mackenzie wrote:Wtf happened with Rapport today? Strong advantage and then sacced totally unsoundly AFAICS.
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Incredible - Aronian blunders a piece on move 10, and Karjakin missed it!
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Richard Bates wrote:Incredible - Aronian blunders a piece on move 10, and Karjakin missed it!
A slightly unusual idea. It's always possible that he saw it and also saw apparent counterplay. Lev presumably missed it entirely. .. f6 is a move I expect he wants to play, but not if it fails tactically.
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its incredible Lev missed it, it will be interesting to see if sergey is interested afterwardsRoger de Coverly wrote: A slightly unusual idea. It's always possible that he saw it and also saw apparent counterplay. Lev presumably missed it entirely. .. f6 is a move I expect he wants to play, but not if it fails tactically.
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And now Carlsen misses effective mate in 3.
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Brilliant play from Gawain. Turned down a couple of invitations to repeat, pressed and now likely has a winning position.
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Yes, good win for Gawain, 4 on the bounce now, keeps him in the joint lead with Ragger
Smirim is half a point back with Lu & Xiong a point off the lead
Gawain has white against L'Ami next
Gawain now England number 2 on live rating
Smirim is half a point back with Lu & Xiong a point off the lead
Gawain has white against L'Ami next
Gawain now England number 2 on live rating
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Magnus missed a win at move 56. Now they are on move 95 and it looks like being a very long endgame with Magnus trying to grind out a win, but will probably be a draw unless someone blunders.
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Some moves for his ego late on but rather unprofessional from Magnus I feel.Barry Sandercock wrote:Magnus missed a win at move 56. Now they are on move 95 and it looks like being a very long endgame with Magnus trying to grind out a win, but will probably be a draw unless someone blunders.
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The last capture was at move 62 and there haven't been any pawn moves since, so a potential 50 move draw claim is very close unless Magnus can risk a pawn move. ( now move 106 )Barry Sandercock wrote:Now they are on move 95 and it looks like being a very long endgame with Magnus trying to grind out a win, but will probably be a draw unless someone blunders.
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Pawn move at move 108. This will be a long game !
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They've contrived to go into the ending with Rook Pawn and wrong colour Bishop and the game has ended in a stalemate.Barry Sandercock wrote:Pawn move at move 108. This will be a long game !
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R,B and 2P against Q is normally a win for the former I would have thought.
White having a RP and "wrong" colour B is what stymied Carlsen here. He will be quite annoyed I suspect.
White having a RP and "wrong" colour B is what stymied Carlsen here. He will be quite annoyed I suspect.
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Has anyone got access to the Lomonosov tables to check?Matt Mackenzie wrote:R,B and 2P against Q is normally a win for the former I would have thought.
White having a RP and "wrong" colour B is what stymied Carlsen here. He will be quite annoyed I suspect.