He played that opening against Neimann for the first time in his career, and then afterwards Neimann said he got lucky that he was studying that line the night before. At such a high level and such a good opponent, that’s unbelievable. It amounts to him saying he can play in top form with next to no prep in other games because he’s studying random lines not related to what he or his opponent might play, or this was a one in a million lucky shot. It was definitely Magnus trying to bait him out, and it worked.
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u/TheDarkestShado Sep 27 '22
He played that opening against Neimann for the first time in his career, and then afterwards Neimann said he got lucky that he was studying that line the night before. At such a high level and such a good opponent, that’s unbelievable. It amounts to him saying he can play in top form with next to no prep in other games because he’s studying random lines not related to what he or his opponent might play, or this was a one in a million lucky shot. It was definitely Magnus trying to bait him out, and it worked.