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Game of the Week XLVIII: Carlsen, Magnus (2855) – Nepomniachtchi, Ian (2782)

Game of the Week XLVIII Carlsen,Magnus (2855) - Nepomniachtchi,Ian (2782)

The brain may fail you when the tension is at the highest level.

Several years ago, as a young and ambitious player, I made a bad move in an important game which led to a position where I got tortured for a long time and eventually lost after a drawish but difficult-to-defend endgame. Coping with this type of loss was difficult, to say the least.

Afterward, a friend of mine told me to check out how a top grandmaster ruined a position in a high-level tournament. Seeing such a mistake helped me to be a bit easy on myself because it reminded me that I am also a human who can make errors under pressure.

Even after preparing all their lives and intensively for several months beforehand, top-level players like Carlsen and Nepomniachtchi can still make mistakes under extreme pressure. This brings us to the Game of the Week…

Game of the Week XLVIII is – Carlsen vs. Nepomniachtchi

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Contributors:

Grandmaster Vasif Durarbayli

Edited by Della Almind

Vasif

Vasif Durarbayli is a highly accomplished Azerbaijani chess Grandmaster. He was born on February 24, 1992, in Sumgait, Azerbaijan, and began playing chess at the age of six. Durarbayli quickly showed a talent for the game, winning several national and international chess competitions as a young player. He holds the record for being the youngest player ever to represent the Azerbaijani Olympic chess team, achieving this feat at just 14 years old. To this day, his record has yet to be broken or renewed. He also won the World Youth Chess Championship U14 and the European Youth Chess Championship U18. He was awarded the title of International Master in 2007 at the age of 15 and became a Grandmaster in 2010, at the age of 18. Throughout his career, Durarbayli has competed in and won numerous prestigious chess tournaments, including the Azerbaijani Chess Championship twice (in 2021 and 2023). He was also ranked among the top 16 players in the World Cup in 2021. Durarbayli has represented Azerbaijan in several Chess Olympiads. Currently, he resides in St. Louis, MO.

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