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Magnus Carlsen seems both surprised and relieved that Fabiano Caruana did not go for 50.Nf5! which could have led to a study-like win for the American. A thrilling game.
17.b3!? [17.Ndb5! White opens the way to put more pressure on Black's isolated d-pawn and the central squares. 17...d5 18.Na7 Rc7 19.Ncb5 Bxb5 20.Nxb5 Rc8 21.c3Β²; 17.Qd2 d5 18.Rad1 Re8 19.b3 Ba6 20.Ndb5 Nce4 21.Nxe4 Nxe4 22.Bxe4 Rxe4 23.Qxd5 Qxd5 24.Rxd5 Rxc2 25.Rd8+ Bf8 26.Nd4 Rc3 27.Bf2 Rxe1+ 28.Bxe1 Rd3=]
17...Be6? [ΒΉ17...Ba6=]
18.Qd2 Qd7 19.Nxe6 Nxe6 20.Rad1 Rfe8 21.Nb5 d5 22.c4Β±
1β0
17...Be6? [ΒΉ17...Ba6=]
18.Qd2 Qd7 19.Nxe6 Nxe6 20.Rad1 Rfe8 21.Nb5 d5 22.c4Β±
1β0
50...Nc3! [50...Ra8 51.Rf4+ Ke6 52.Rxg4 Nc5 53.Kf2 Ke7 54.Rb4 Ne6 55.Rb7+ Kf6 56.Rb6 Ra3 57.Kf3 Kg7 58.Ke3 Ra4Β΅; 50...Nc5 51.Rf4+ Ke6 52.Rxg4 Ra8 53.Kf2 Ke7 54.Rb4 Ne6 55.Rb7+ Kf6 56.Rb6 Ra3 57.Kf3 Kg7 58.Ke3 Ra4-/+]
51.Rf4+ Ke5 [51...Kg5! 52.Rf2 (52.Rxf7 Nxe2+ 53.Kf2 (53.Kg2 Rh3 54.Rg7+ Kf5 55.Rf7+ Kg6 56.Rf8 Nxg3β+) 53...Rh2+ 54.Ke3 Nxg3β+) 52...f6 53.e4 Rd8 54.Rf5+ (54.Rd2 Nxe4β+) 54...Kg6β+]
52.Rxg4 Nxe2+ 53.Kf2 Rh2+ 54.Ke3 Nc3 55.Rc4 Nd1+ 56.Kf3 Rf2+ [56...Rf2+ 57.Kg4 Ne3+β+]
0β1
51.Rf4+ Ke5 [51...Kg5! 52.Rf2 (52.Rxf7 Nxe2+ 53.Kf2 (53.Kg2 Rh3 54.Rg7+ Kf5 55.Rf7+ Kg6 56.Rf8 Nxg3β+) 53...Rh2+ 54.Ke3 Nxg3β+) 52...f6 53.e4 Rd8 54.Rf5+ (54.Rd2 Nxe4β+) 54...Kg6β+]
52.Rxg4 Nxe2+ 53.Kf2 Rh2+ 54.Ke3 Nc3 55.Rc4 Nd1+ 56.Kf3 Rf2+ [56...Rf2+ 57.Kg4 Ne3+β+]
0β1
15...d5! [Sarana takes advantage of the situation and builds up the strong center.]
[If 15...0β0?! , then 16.Rfd1 Rc6 17.Rd2!Β² β³Rad1]
16.Bg5 d4! [β³RΓc2]
17.Bxf6β’ Bxf6 18.Rfd1 0β0! [Black does not hurry to exploit his positional advantage and consolidates his position first.]
[18...Qc6? 19.Ne4 0β0 20.c3 Rfd8 21.Rd3=]
19.g4 h6!-/+ [19...Rfd8!? 20.Rd3 Qc7! 21.Ne4 Qxc2 22.g5 Be7 23.f6 Bf8-/+]
[If 15...0β0?! , then 16.Rfd1 Rc6 17.Rd2!Β² β³Rad1]
16.Bg5 d4! [β³RΓc2]
17.Bxf6β’ Bxf6 18.Rfd1 0β0! [Black does not hurry to exploit his positional advantage and consolidates his position first.]
[18...Qc6? 19.Ne4 0β0 20.c3 Rfd8 21.Rd3=]
19.g4 h6!-/+ [19...Rfd8!? 20.Rd3 Qc7! 21.Ne4 Qxc2 22.g5 Be7 23.f6 Bf8-/+]
Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 238
public poll
A) Qh5 β 5
πππππππ 50%
Nikhil, @BehroudR, Majid, @SophiaCat_does_Chess, @A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy
B) a5 β 3
ππππ 30%
@kord_sol, Nagaprasad, Jai
C) Rg6 β 2
πππ 20%
@fantastic45, Ψ§ΩΫΩ
π₯ 10 people voted so far.
public poll
A) Qh5 β 5
πππππππ 50%
Nikhil, @BehroudR, Majid, @SophiaCat_does_Chess, @A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy
B) a5 β 3
ππππ 30%
@kord_sol, Nagaprasad, Jai
C) Rg6 β 2
πππ 20%
@fantastic45, Ψ§ΩΫΩ
π₯ 10 people voted so far.
Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 238
public poll
B) Bd4 β 11
πππππππ 85%
@Jalalam_attar, Jonas, @shahriarmz88, Nikhil, @BehroudR, Ψ§ΩΫΩ, Nagaprasad, @A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy, Jai, Matthew, Florentino
A) f4 β 1
π 8%
@SophiaCat_does_Chess
C) Kf1 β 1
π 8%
@fantastic45
π₯ 13 people voted so far.
public poll
B) Bd4 β 11
πππππππ 85%
@Jalalam_attar, Jonas, @shahriarmz88, Nikhil, @BehroudR, Ψ§ΩΫΩ, Nagaprasad, @A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy, Jai, Matthew, Florentino
A) f4 β 1
π 8%
@SophiaCat_does_Chess
C) Kf1 β 1
π 8%
@fantastic45
π₯ 13 people voted so far.
According to Stockfish the player who had the lowest number of blunders was Capablanca only 0.44% of his moves were blunders.
Bobby Fischer basically had the same result.
@UnityChess
Bobby Fischer basically had the same result.
@UnityChess
"A chess game is divided into three stages: the first, when you hope you have the advantage, the second when you believe you have an advantage, and the third... when you know you're going to lose!"
πΈ Savielly Tartakower
@UnityChess
πΈ Savielly Tartakower
@UnityChess