May-16-20 | | Ulhumbrus: 47 f4!! covers the potential flight square g5 for Black's king and so prepares the winning sacrifice 48 Rxh6+!! giving Black an unwelcome choice. Either he captures the rook with his king so that his king relinquishes control of the h8 square allowing Rh8 mate or he captures the rook with his pawn so that it obstructs no longer the long diagonal against White's bishop so that it can support the mate Rh8 mate |
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May-16-20
 | | PawnSac: After 26.Rac1 Stockfish gives white a pawn and half plus eval. Twice so far in this event Magnus gives up the B/R exchange, without sufficient compensation. Yes it's a very fast time control, but with players of the caliber and experience here, it's not sufficient to just walk over the competition. |
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May-17-20 | | Jambow: Another one on Svindlers list!!! |
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May-17-20
 | | chancho: That h6 square has brought doom to many:
Carlsen vs Karjakin, 2016 |
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May-17-20
 | | master8ch: I'm not sure Carlsen saw the coming sac, but there's nothing to be done about it, except resigning, which would've left a lot of people scratching their heads for not being allowed to witness a terrific example of Svidler's ingenuity. |
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May-18-20 | | amateur05: It wasn't easy to see white's decisive combination that began with 46 Rb8+. Hence the "'natural" move 45...Bxb4. It was still playable after 45...Rc7. |
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May-23-20 | | Jambow: <chancho> Not quit the same but yeah... |
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May-23-20 | | Jambow: Svidler is one of the few holding 50% against Carlsen in classical play... If we could have only squeezed the last 3% out of him. Svidler often out tactically won against Nakamura... |
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May-27-20
 | | FSR: Like Déjà Vu All Over Again. |
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Feb-10-21 | | cehertan: 46...Bf8 was a trickier defensive try. But it appears to fail to 47.Bc5 Rf7 48.Rd6 and 48...c3 49.Rdd8 c2 50.Rxf8+ and Ba3, or 48...Kh7 49.Rdd8 (anyway). |
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Jul-02-21 | | Chesgambit: Svidler take the revenge for Karjakin |
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Aug-31-23
 | | Jonathan Sarfati: Reminds me of a vital win by Magnus Carlsen himself four years previously Carlsen vs Karjakin, 2016 |
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Oct-08-24
 | | Teyss: Wicked Svidler, tempting Carlsen to take the b4 Pawn with 45.Bd4. There is no reason for this move except maybe the threat 46.Bc5 weakening the g7 P and removing the B pair, but Black can avoid this with 45...Rc7 (+0.6 at 39 ply). After 45...Bxb4? it's over as explained by <cehertan>. Fun game and pun. I thought "Déjà vu" had already been used but no, it's a première. Note to potential punsters: the simple "Déjà vu" could apply to lots of games. |
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Oct-08-24
 | | HeMateMe: Terrific game. Nice mating pattern to remember. |
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Oct-08-24 | | catlover: <Like Déjà Vu All Over Again> Wasn't that a quote from Yogi Berra? |
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Oct-08-24
 | | perfidious: Indeed it was. |
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Oct-08-24 | | EvanTheTerrible: Rxh6 at the end reminds me of Qh6 in Carlsen - Karjakin's final rapid game in their match. This one was far more obvious, though. |
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