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30/11/2021 World Championship Game 4
The fourth game between Magnus Carlsen and Yan Niepomniashchy was played on 30/11/2021.
Game 3 diverged from game 2 early, at move three, when Black opted for the Petroff Defence. The game took about an hour to drift into a 33-move draw, with Carlsen delivering perpetual check. To the “average” playr some moves may have seemed mystifying. 0. Why, for instance, did White not play 18.bxa6 and deny Black a passed pawn? White will have looked at 30. d6 and concluded that it would get nowhere. The possible continuation 30. … a2 31. Nf6+ Kg7 32. d7 seems somewhat unclear. 32. … Rb6 would allow 33. Rxa2. So, the final may well be more complicated than is immediately obvious.
Click here to play through Game 4, Magnus Carlsen ˝-˝ Yan Niepomniashchy.
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