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After all the draws, it was nice to see some actual wins. For those less familiar with chess, the final game was kind of fun. Carlsen's final play was to sacri
by dswalter 10y ago
After all the draws, it was nice to see some actual wins.
For those less familiar with chess, the final game was kind of fun. Carlsen's final play was to sacrifice his queen to draw the king into a trap, when Karjakin was one free move from putting Carlsen into an inextricably losing situation.
- conistonwater 10y agoI don't think that's accurate: Carlsen could have gotten a winning advantage just by defending everything with Qg3. On chess24's broadcast, Svidler even thought Carlsen might not go for the mate just because Qg3 was safely good enough.
- mjhoy 10y agoThe trick is that he was under time pressure and if he miscalculated faced a mate in one, so it was somewhat risky (and why Svidler was surprised he played it).