Your network blocks the Lichess assets!

lichess.org
Donate

Analyzing Games Based on Opening #4 - King's Indian Defense

@BE_estudia said ^

wt actual f. Where did So go wrong?

So didn't make a blunder, but fxg4 was indeed a bad move.@Noflaps said ^

On my first quick read-through, I was a bit puzzled by a couple of small things in this generally fine blog.

Early in the blog, the game is described as follows (I'm copying and pasting):

"Game 4 - So, Wesley vs Nakamura, Hikaru ( 1-0 )
Event : 3rd Sinquefield Cup 2015"

But the blog describes Hikaru's many "brilliant" moves. And it appears to show black winning at the end.

The blog also talks about So and seems to say that "...because of the attack on e4 he cannot play" -- but actually circles e6, not e4, apparently to illustrate the comment.

It seems that two small typographical edits might be needed? I'm not trying to nitpick -- because I liked the blog. Just offering, helpfully, I hope, a couple of possible edits to avoid slight confusion for readers.

And yes f4 does not lose a Pawn, but it is not a good move simply because both the Pawns can fall under attack.

@BE_estudia said [^](/forum/redirect/post/wnBWt2iY) > wt actual f. Where did So go wrong? So didn't make a blunder, but fxg4 was indeed a bad move.@Noflaps said [^](/forum/redirect/post/2sq7JTSd) > On my first quick read-through, I was a bit puzzled by a couple of small things in this generally fine blog. > > Early in the blog, the game is described as follows (I'm copying and pasting): > > "Game 4 - So, Wesley vs Nakamura, Hikaru ( 1-0 ) > Event : 3rd Sinquefield Cup 2015" > > But the blog describes Hikaru's many "brilliant" moves. And it appears to show black winning at the end. > > The blog also talks about So and seems to say that "...because of the attack on e4 he cannot play" -- but actually circles e6, not e4, apparently to illustrate the comment. > > It seems that two small typographical edits might be needed? I'm not trying to nitpick -- because I liked the blog. Just offering, helpfully, I hope, a couple of possible edits to avoid slight confusion for readers. And yes f4 does not lose a Pawn, but it is not a good move simply because both the Pawns can fall under attack.