#6 · The Longest Game

World Chess Championship · 2021 · vs Ian Nepomniachtchi
You are Magnus Carlsen.
b. 1990 · The Grinder from Norway · Meet the Legend

Dubai, 2021, game six of the World Championship — after seven hours and 45 minutes, the longest world title game ever played. You are Magnus Carlsen: rook, knight and two pawns against a queen that will not stop checking. Nepomniachtchi has finally slipped. Ten precise moves separate you from the win that broke the match open.

Find the moves they actually played · 🟩 exact · 🟨 engine says just as good · five lives

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