In today’s GAME OF THE WEEK class, we looked at the highly complicated game Duda – Karjakin, Wijk aan Zee 2022. The game had a lot of instructive moments and although desperately complicated, still had a lot to teach us about the basics of strategic play. And how difficult chess is.
In time trouble the players repeated moves three times and the game ended in a draw. The first repetition (…Nc6-e7) was good, but the second repetition was bad. Karjakin placed his rook on g4 and gave his opponent a chance to win by force. Before you scroll down, please look for the candidate move in this position.
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Duda should have played 35.Rf1!, defending the queen. If the rook returns to the back rank with 35…Rg8, White has 36.Qh4!, with a winning attack. Instead Black will have to play 37…Re4 38.Qg2 Ng6 39.fxg6 Rxe2, when once again, White has to find a clever idea in order to win the game. Try to find it before you look at the analysis.
![](https://killerchesstraining.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Duda-Karjakin2-1.jpg)
You can see the solution to this puzzle here. The full game will be available to watch in Recent Recordings and of course in next week’s newsletter on chesstempo.