Femi finally castles..

We are still in the book lines, popular white next move would be Nbd2.. but we know Carlsen too well..He may as well deviate to a not so poular line.

h3 is another standard move

Carlsen goes with the h3 option, Femi has to answer the question of what to do with his bishop. Moving back would be wasteful so he has to take the Knight on f3. This should give him control over the e5 square at least

Pieces have been exchanged on f3, Femi proceeds with e5...

still book routine

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Carlsen plays Rd2. Book move was d5.. Femi now has the chance to take on d4 which would be his best move as he can mount pressure on white's e pawn

Femi played Qe8...


Bg5 or d5 is a strong next move, still standard stuff

Carlsen taking almost 8mins to think of next move....

yorex2011:
Carlsen taking almost 8mins to think of next move....

Finally Carlsen plays d5

Femi moves Knight to e7

I thought the f3 queen was in a great position, why did Carlsen play e2?

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Femi is trying..I am.impressed

After Carlsen Qe2 (why??), Balogun accepts the invitation to bring his knight to h5 to harrass the queen via f4

Magnus plays Bb5, trying to instigate c6 from black. As this will allow the d5 pawn to clear a the d file for his D1 rook mounting some presure on blacks d pawn.

Black can play either c8 or d8 as c6 is completely out of it

Balogun playing quite well... Chose Qc8

Carlsen needs to start looking at his remaining knight and bishop at his back rank who have not been developed

As expected he develops his b1 knight to a3.

Good books for black are a6 and f5

Black's Knights can play a vital row the toggle for the center

Femi chased he bishop with a6

Balogun plays f5...Game is balanced and Balogun is doing great. I think he was lucky to play carlsen cos of the way he plays.. if twas all those GM wey their head dey hot them for don dey nack am akpako..

Carlsen is a slow crushing player, so even if it takes a while, you go still lose

Balogun playing really really well today.. impressive...

I salute you @yorex2011. Please keep the update coming.

Femi behind on time. In times like this magnus will start grinding the guy slowly. Lets hope Femi doesnt start making errors. cos the longer the game goes on, the more you go into magnus comfort territory

Femi plays f4 threatening f3!!

Magnus plays Qg4 seeking Queen exchange??

Should Femi accept? I think so.... as this will prolly help him draw (generally queens off the board become drawish with accurate play)

Femi dey try.. A draw won't be bad at this moment

The game beginning to look quite tight for black... This is Magnus territory

babyfaceafrica:
Femi dey try.. A draw won't be bad at this moment

A draw will be an excellent result!!!!

Balogun has been winning the hearts of a lot of chess fans ... He's done quite well for himself.

Lolz

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Keeping up with the match... neat job... OP... you're the realest MVP!!!

yorex2011:
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