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Pick the winner
This poll is closed.
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2 13.33%
Ding Liren 8 53.33%
Anish Giri 0 0%
Sasha Grischuk 1 6.67%
Kirill Alekseenko 0 0%
Ian Nepomniatchni 2 13.33%
Wang Hao 0 0%
Fabiano Caruana 2 13.33%
Total: 15 votes
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Kangra
May 7, 2012

Rb8 in that position leaves the a-pawn vulnerable, and doesn't manage to stop the pawn on d6, which is the primary threat. The knight fork isn't the best move at that point anyway since the knight is defending the pawn.

Ding's completely sunk now, not sure why he's still playing.

Nepomniachtchi-Grischuk is a weird one right now (move 28). That usually means a draw, though.

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Kangra
May 7, 2012

This should be around the time that players start to push a little harder for points. Could see some more risks being taken.

Kangra
May 7, 2012

Well, now it's lost (most likely). MVL should get the win.

I like Ding right now but it's not definite. Caruana-Wang looking interesting.

Kangra
May 7, 2012

Radjabov's being interviewed on the chess.com Twitch channel now if anyone's interested.

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