Magnus Carlsen vs Denis Lazavik | Chess at EWC 26 | Grand Final - VOD

We expect to be in the final . Dennis is a little bit of a surprise, but not the way he's been playing . The way he's been playing in the tournament, it's no surprise at all that he made the final . And we're about to get lift off as Magnus thinks for a little bit . Don't think too long . Don't keep us guessing. . And he opens up with a queen's pawn . Dennis there . He's a very classical player . He's going to develop his knight and stake that claim into the center . And we have an opening which is the queen's gambit . Whether it's going to be declined, whether it's be accepted, well, we have an answer . The bishop comes out, sets up a pin and D dynamic is at play from Dannis because this is the most aggressive response . Now, here plenty of options for white . You can come out with your bishop, set up your own pin . You can also take the pawn in the middle . You can also throw in a check with a queen . He goes for that pin and gets immediately questioned . It's funny . Bishop B4 is probably the most common move in that position on on move four, but we haven't seen it a lot this event . Queen A4 check uh forking the king and bishop, forcing black to . This is a pretty common line . Black has the two bishops , but black's bishop on C8 as per usual in the queen pawn openings isn't very isn't very active . Magnus as per usual going for the safe solid advantage and try to outplay his opponent slowly in the positional part of the game . And typically the younger player in this case obviously Lazik wants to play more tactically and more aggressively . Magnus is going to avoid that by playing safe, solid and sound and try to get a small advantage