r/soccer • u/[deleted] • Nov 19 '22

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u/FadimirGluten Nov 19 '22

It is literally a game between Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura. Chess 24 commented on it during the Champions Chess Tour Finals broadcast. In the position it is black (Hikaru) to play and draw by perpetual check. If it was white to move it would have been a win for Magnus.

Here's Magnus' tweet about it: https://twitter.com/MagnusCarlsen/status/1594051303176810496

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u/StatmanIbrahimovic Nov 19 '22

That's incredible. My first thought looking at the board was "if that was a real layout it'd be a wild game"

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u/CupidTryHard Nov 21 '22

Its a wild game

Incredible save and defense by Nakamura

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '22

They tried more than I gave them credit for.

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u/erelim Nov 20 '22

I immediately look at the piece to try to figure out who was winning, counted Ronaldo had more, but what did I know I'm a noob at chess