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World Chess Championship (Game Nine)


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Recap after my instant notes which I do not edit.

Ding going for a Berlin Defence, which Nepo avoided. A standard looking
Lopez. Na7 and Qc7 from Ding caught me out (and Nepo) I did spot,
(eventually)a plan with Bf8 and the a7 Knight going to c5. I had plenty
of time to do this because Nepo spent 20 minutes on playing 16. Ba2...

World Chess Championship (Game 8)


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A picture taken after Game 7. A shattered Ding Liren and a relieved Nepo.

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Game 8 (recap after my instant in game notes.)

Ding Liren played an obscure 9 Ra2 which appears to have been played before...

World Chess Championship (Game Seven)


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Another twist in this match. Nepo knocks together a Kingside attack,
Ding defended magnificently and just on the point of going on the counter
he froze at the board. This is something that can happen to anyone. With
less than 5 minutes on the clock he took 4 minutes to move and lost on time. ...

World Chess Championship (Game Six)


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That fantasy variation I saw in game 5 I found a good RHP game with the same idea.

RunninScared - Caravan Man RHP 2022


39. axb4 Qa1+ 40. Kh2 Qe1 41. Qf7 {Going for it.} 41... Qxd2 {There goes a Rook.} 42. Qxg8+ Kxg8 {There goes a Queen.} 43. Rc8+ {Kh7 Rh8 mate.} 43... Kf7 44. Rf8# {But checkmate anyway.} ...

World Chess Championship (Game Five)


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The header is from a picture in April 2023 CHESS magazine
of the line up for this years World Master held at Dusseldorf.

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Thank you Wesley So and Anish Giri for holding up the board which
is now worthless because all the players in this event autographed it....

World Chess Championship (Game Four)


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This is the flag of Kazakhstan (where the chess world championship is taking place.)

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Truly a chess mad country, Note there are 32 rays coming from the sun.
One ray for every chess piece. The 32 spaces in between the each of the
rays are for the empty squares when all the pieces are placed on the board...

World Chess Championship (Game Three)


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Hi yesterday at the hospital was OK, I’m a wee bit dopey but fine.

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The Playing Schedule.
Friday, 7 April Opening ceremony (had that)
Saturday, 8 April Media day (whatever that is...

World Chess Championship (Game Two)


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I hope you lot appreciate the work I do for these intro screens.
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We have a winner. Nepo. I watched most of the game at chessgames.com
no engine, no commentary and I can post there. I did however flick onto
Chess.24 to grab a couple of pics. The empty board is significant because
both players, especially Ding Liren spend a lot of time in their rest rooms...

World Chess Championship: Game One.


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At the opening ceremony a robot was to pick out a pawn to see what colour Nepo
would be for Game One. It pulled out two pawns of both colours at the same time

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The 2023 Chess World Championship (the intro.)


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A prelude to the coming World Chess Championship that is being played in
the St. Regis Astana Hotel, Astana, in Kazakhstan starting on the 9th April.

First I shall explain the flags. Nepomniachtchi (from now on Nepo the fully
accepted name used by everyone) is a Russian and due to sporting sanctions
imposed against Russia because of the current conflict in the Ukraine he can...
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