World Championship: Game 10 annotated by Wesley So

12/9/2021 – "A short and quite uneventful draw, which totally makes sense as Magnus is on the verge of match victory." This is how Wesley So summed up game 10 of the World Championship match between Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi. However, in his analyses he still managed to dig deep and indicates a lot of hidden subtleties of the game, particularly in regard to opening theory and match strategy. | Picture: FIDE

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World Championship match 2021, Game 10: M. Carlsen - I. Nepomniachtchi

 

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1/5/2022 – The World Championship match between Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi was the chess highlight of the year 2021, and chess fans all over the world followed the games and the match avidly. Carlsen won 7.5-3.5 and defended his title. Shortly after the match, Oliver Roeder and Simran Parwani took a look at some statistics of the match and presented their findings on <a href="https://www.538.com/">www.538.com</a>, a statistics-oriented website that focuses on American politics and sports. | Image: FIDE
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World Championship: Game 9 annotated by Wesley So

12/8/2021 – After blundering in game 8 of his World Championship match against Magnus Carlsen, Ian Nepomniachtchi also blundered and lost in game 9. Carlsen now leads 6-3 and with five games to go the match is practically over. Wesley So took a close look at game 9 and concludes: "Ian was playing very well early on in the match but ... game 6 was clearly the turning point in this match as before that both players were playing equally well and it seems that Ian was no inferior to Magnus. ... Ian is a great player and even the greatest players make mistakes. Unexpected and miserable stuff happens to us all, and we hope Ian will be able to move on and get his mojo back asap!" | Photo: Wesley So (Archive) | Photo: Lennart Ootes
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60m English The Elephant Gambit

The Elephant Gambit (1.e4.e5 2.Nf3 d5!?) has never really been given the attention it deserves. It is a very useful surprise weapon. Let us list the advantages of playing this particular opening: 1) Shock value 2) It is very aggressive. Black can take over the initiative early. 3) Many tricky lines 4) Unorthodox. Black is basically taking the game to the opponent as early as move two. Not many openings do that! It's a perfect opening for young players and club players to adopt. Let Andrew Martin select a repertoire for you on this 60 mins, which, if used with discretion, will rack up the points. I am sure that you will enjoy this unusual tour of the Elephant Gambit.

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Stephen Ham Stephen Ham 12/9/2021 09:26
This was an excellent annotation by GM Wesley So. He took an extremely boring-looking game, and gave it life and interest with very thoughtful commentary.

Well done, Wesley!
nirvana1963 nirvana1963 12/9/2021 12:21
@deadbob "... Ian will play his heart out now". A bit late right when you need 3½ points out of 4 games? He should have done it from the very beginning instead of those dull draws (apart from game 2). He literally didn't achieve anything with the white pieces in the first half of the match, not the way you can beat Carlsen.
deadbob deadbob 12/9/2021 10:31
Impossible?? I think so but we will see. To overcome a -3 deficit
looks pretty daunting but Ian will play his heart out now. The
rest day comes at a good time.
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