Erigaisi
Kawuma
Erigaisi
 
Kawuma
 
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
a1
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
1
2
4 turns without comments
3

arjun prefers the london system against black's kings indian defense setup

00:03 Nc3
3
8
10 turns without comments
8

??MISTAKE??

Black aims to exchange the queens. Insetad, he should have sacrificed the bishop pawn on the queenside, and preferred to castle his king on the kingside.

00:11 Ne4
9
10
4 turns without comments
11

White has an extra pawn in the endgame here. Now he needs to show his technique in converting the advantagious endgame.

00:02 Kxd2
11
14
6 turns without comments
14

??MISTAKE??

Black pushes up his pawns, hoping to generate counterplay. But this will only help in creating more weaknesses in Black's position

00:14 f5
15
19
10 turns without comments
20

White has created another advantage - an advanced passed pawn on the rook flank. White should be able to win this game

00:01 h6
20
28
17 turns without comments
29

White's bishops dominate the board, and will be able to create a mating net against the black king

00:05 Be7
29
30
3 turns without comments

For the ninth round, I will be commentating on the games Navara - Kantor and Arjun - Kawuma from Pool D.

Other commentators of TakeTakeTake shall be covering Nepo-Eilenberg from Pool A, and Harvey - Ghasi and Martinez - Rakotomaharo from Pool B.