Featured is a brilliant king walk by Ding Liren against Magnus Carlsen from the 2019 Tata Steel Chess Rapid & Blitz. The time controls for this game were 5 minutes with a 2-second increment. The opening is a Ruy Lopez, Delayed Exchange variation. Does anything happen to grab your attention about the position after Ding's 26th move? The position made me question if it is possible to improve upon Ding's brilliant idea. As black, it may be worthwhile to keep white guessing which side the black king will ultimately castle.
Magnus Carlsen vs Ding Liren, 2019 Tata Steel Chess Rapid & Blitz
Question 1 of 2: Why do you think Carlsen decided to exchange his knight for black's bad bishop?
https://lichess.org/study/CuawoDiY/3HAoRCuZ#27
Question 2 of 2: What prompted Ding to go for the kingwalk?
https://lichess.org/study/CuawoDiY/eLhST2Ka#38
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