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The Carlsen-van Wely Match: 1-1, 2 Games to Go

The match started Friday and continues through Monday, May 1. So far, each player has won with White; first Loek van Wely, then Magnus Carlsen, whose impressive game two win can be replayed here. More info here and here, if you can read Dutch.

Posted by Dennis Monokroussos on Sunday April 30, 2006 at 3:04am

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Bill (mail):

Dennis, I'll be very interested to see what you have to say about game three. I was watching it live at Playchess and was astonished to see Carlsen let a large advantage slip through his fingers by playing 45 ... e4. Do you think he miscalculated and missed White's 50th move; the capture of the Bishop? It seems to me that he could have easily won the game by capturing the pawn on c7 on the 45th move but instead went for something 'clever and pretty'. I can't find any commentary on the game anywhere (at least not in English) so I'm hoping you can shed some light on the game.

5.2.2006 6:05am

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Perseus (mail):

Carlsen managed to win after the tiebreak, which is kind of a shame. I've not seen any dutch commentary either, but if there is any, I'd be happy to translate.

5.2.2006 5:24pm

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