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A possible explanation I haven’t seen yet is that Magnus his second move is meant as a test. It reminds me of the old days where a chess computer would take muc
by huijzer 4y ago
A possible explanation I haven’t seen yet is that Magnus his second move is meant as a test. It reminds me of the old days where a chess computer would take much longer for an uncommon move at the start than a common move. Maybe Magnus was testing the response of Hans to his uncommon move and wasn’t pleased with the result? I don’t think that Magnus his behaviour is random. I mean he is literally a chess player.
- morelisp 4y agoAIUI you need to make at least one move before resigning and you can only resign on your turn. Magnus resigned as early as possible.
- __s 4y agoAt the top level Nf6 is the most popular response to d4. & 2. c4 the most popular response to 1. d4 Nf6
- marcusbuffett 4y agoAre you talking about this most recent game? Because the move he played was 1… Nf6, after 1.d4, which is one of the top three responses to d4, called the King’s Indian. Whether Hans is cheating or not, there’s zero chance he doesn’t know what to do against a King’s Indian. Magnus plays some off-the-wall openings and I think he could use it as a bit of a test like you’re saying, but this one wasn’t one of them