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title: Game of the Week XLVIII Carlsen,Magnus (2855) - Nepomniachtchi,Ian (2782)
description: The brain may fail you when the tension is at the highest level.
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**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**


https://lichess.org/study/GWPZqTsb/nrOoZer6
This is the continuation of the Game of the Week series. All the previous weeks could be found [here](https://www.chess.com/blog/gameofweek). 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](https://lichess.org/@/Durarbayli) Edited by [Della Almind](https://lichess.org/@/QueenDella)