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Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
World Championship Candidates (2020/21), Yekaterinburg RUS, rd 13, Apr-26
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense. King's Indian Formation Double Fianchetto (A15)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Apr-26-21  Messiah: I expected a tragedy for Black, the opening was so weird.
Apr-26-21  RookFile: 41. h4 would have been a safe move, grabbing some more space. However, white only needed a draw to secure his match with Carlsen, so he took it.
Apr-26-21  SChesshevsky: Think the game shows Nepomniachtchi is playing confident, good chess. MVL might've been trying to tempt White into over playing. Black's double fianchetto takes time and gives White pretty much a free hand. Though those B's can be dangerous if White isn't careful.

But seems Nepo takes/keeps a comfortable edge with no worries. Very practical and the kind of play that might pay off in the WC.

Apr-26-21  Alexandro: With the deafeat of Giri, Ian will be the Carlsen's Chalenger in the match of this year! Go Nepo!!!!!
Apr-26-21
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  An Englishman: Good Morning: Another curious Super-GM game beyond my understanding. White could have played e2-e4 much sooner than he did, when it looked good to me, and when he finally played it, well, it looked like the wrong time. Also, Black's pawn sacrifice made no sense unless perhaps he wanted to attempt to create a fortress.

One thing that did make sense--over the last 10-12 moves, White played like someone who knew that a draw was a victory.

Apr-26-21  W Westerlund: The best player won the tournament.
Great play by Giri, except today, but the chance was not really there anyway.

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