Tuesday, 18 January 2022

A big clash

 Round 3 of the 2022 Tata Steel tournament sees the clash of two of the leaders, Carlsen and Duda. Carlsen scored a nice win over Giri in round 2, while Duda beat Rapport in the 1st round. Some might say Duda was a little lucky in that Rapport blundered just before the end, but manoeuvring your pieces in the hope that your opponent makes a mistake is a technique that dates back to the time of Tarrasch and Lasker.


Duda,Jan-Krzysztof (2760) - Rapport,Richard (2763) [D02]
Tata Steel Masters chess24.com (1.5), 15.01.2022

Start positionPrevious MoveNext MoveEnd positionPlay movesStop playing
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qb3 Bd6 7. Bg3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Rb8 9. Nc3 b5 10. Be2 O-O 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Ne5 b4 13. Na4 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Ne4 15. f3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Nc5 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. Kf2 Qxe5 19. Rd7 a5 20. Rhd1 h5 21. e4 Bg6 22. R1d2 h4 23. gxh4 Qh2 24. Bf1 Qxh4+ 25. g3 Qh5 26. Qe3 c5 27. Kg2 a4 28. Bc4 a3 29. b3 Qe5 30. Qf4 Qxf4 31. gxf4 Bh5 32. Kg3 g6 33. R2d3 Rbe8 34. Kh4 Kg7 35. Kg5 Rh8 36. Rc7 Rc8 37. Re7 Rce8 38. Red7 Rhf8 39. Rc7 Rh8 40. Rdd7 Rhf8 41. f5 1-0

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