Did you just blunder your rook?

Clip from Tata Steel Chess Masters 2022
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[fuerstmetternich]

As Magnus said the knight generally moves in a "L" but in blitz (which it basically was here) it can be very unpredictable 🤣

[nilanjanbhattacharjee]

So Andrea's question was not a fluke after all !!

[advaykumar]

This will make a very cool guess the elo episode

[youuuuuuuuuuutube]

Damn, the way Anish Giri looks at the opponent is telling, you know that he knows that a blunder just happened, and he's even feeling sorry for it.

[sohamchoulwar]

I see, fabi is taking notes from my games..

[blueberryoatmeal]

I like Fabi's reaction. No yelling, no cursing. Just sitting there, dying inside, pondering the meaning of existence.

[disasterpiece]

fabi is lucky that blunder wasn't against nakamura. His facial expressions would be legendary lmao

[Ragesauce]

When the engine gives you more hope than your opponent does when he just gets up and leaves.

[icnmolr]

As Levy would say "Knights move backwards too"

[pc-nqws]

You've got to admire Fabi's composure. If it were me at those stakes, I'd probably be cursing

[SamudroEntertainment]

Anish straight up walked away from the table like action movie heroes walk away from explosions.

[CalebShimomura]

I think the most impressive thing about this is that Fabi came back the next game and beat Duda with the black pieces.

[drsouvikmondal]

"Holding ur laugh is a very tough thing!"
-Anish Giri, 2022

[thomask]

Andrea is a prophet. It’s always good for these super GMs to review how the pieces move.

[Andratos]

I can literally hear Anish thinking "What? Come on... Oh my God, I mean but... Knight takes on b6, I'm sorry but I saw that instantly! Is he nuts?
... That is insane"

[Matthew-bufg]

the thing is if this position is a blitz game, you can guarantee Fabi never makes that error. But time pressure in a classical game is so much different to time pressure in blitz because all of a sudden you have to go from deep calculation to instant intuition where silly mistakes like this can happen

[ozn]

finally I can understand a GM move immediately, that pawn was defenceless go Caruana. What's all the fuss about

[haifenglang]

For those SuperGMs who don't know how knight moves: it moves as a "L".

[PHeMoX]

"How does the knight move?" still relevant question 2022 confirmed, lol....

[Purendrakingoytb]

Fabiano - "That's a clean pawn blunder, Nepo is playing like a 2300".
Also Fabiano - **Hangs rook in 1