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It seems that you overlooked an important factor. Chances increase a lot if you're Magnus, regardless which side you're playing.

While the result seems true, I don't really understand the value of it.

I've never seen another move except Bd3 played after d5. I thus concluded (without checking) that other moves are bad. You wrote a blog that reached same conclusion :)

Your flagging in that position is a loss by fide rules, though (I think by lichess rules as well).

Beautiful! I do admit that 16 Re3 is a bit more logical (or easy to find) that Re1 which is an absolute crazy move!

After travelling back to Romania, the game that triggered your ELO rise (and dare I say the start of a friendship!) was a draw with black with a 1400 rated patzer in your "beloved" Alapin :))

@ebk1976 : There s a typo in the article. The youtube video is not from Nov 18 2024 but from Nov 18 2020!

The Englund trap (along with it's sisters ICBM trap in the Scandi and Nf3-g5, d3-Bd3 in the Caro) have been around for many years.

@dnowmects : When someone hangs a piece every other move in 1+0 but sees every tactic no matter how long the move sequence is in 3+0 I don't really need to be focused at all to spot them. It's ok, I g…

mcgoves - you'd think moderators (just like normal users) have a way to see last 4 games played between 2 users, no? One being the reporter and the other the "reportee". Even if the 2 users played aft…