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

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 is- Carlsen vs. Nepomniachtchi

This is the continuation of the Game of the Week series. All the previous weeks could be found here. Thank you for reading! If you find any noteworthy games that you think should appear on Game of the Week, please send me a message on lichess.org.Please note that Game of the Week will cover games played from Saturday to Saturday of each week, and any games played on Sunday will go to the next week. See you next Sunday! Contributors: Grandmaster Vasif Durarbayli Edited by Della Almind