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Hikaru Nakamura vs Sergey Karjakin
World Championship Candidates (2016), Moscow RUS, rd 9, Mar-21
Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto. Check Variation Intermezzo Line (E15)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Mar-21-16  Ulhumbrus: An alternative to 16 Bxe4 is 16 Rb2 Bd5 17 Nxe4 Nf6 18 Nc3 Bxg2 19 Kxg2 getting ready for f3 and e4
Mar-21-16  SirDumbsss: This is the best Naka came up with preparing for this for over a year, this garbage with white. Pathetic.
Mar-22-16  RookFile: I don't know anything about this line, but asked myself what I would play on White's 10th move. The move I came up with was: 10. Ne5. It scores reasonably well in the chessgames database, i.e. +4 -0 =5.

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Mar-22-16  Ulhumbrus: If 12 b4 can be answered with 12...Bc4 and if an attempt to prepare Nd2 by 13 Bf4 can be answered with 13...Ne4 this suggests playing 12 Bf4 before b4 so that then ...Bc4 can be answered with Nd2 at once, not waiting for ...Ne4. In that case Black may try 12...Ne4 in reply to 12 Bf4. However then White has not induced ...Bc4 by b4 yet, so that on 13 Nxe4 dxe4 14 Nd2 Black can't play ...Bxa2 as in the game.

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