Answers.Body: <p>If White goes for <strong>11.Nc7+</strong>, then Black can reply <strong>11...Kd8 Nxa8 Nxc1</strong>, however if Black played <strong>10...Nxc1</strong> directly, <strong>11.Nxc7+</strong> would win an extra pawn.</p>
  
  <p>Note <strong>10...c6 Bxe2 cxd5</strong> would have been OK for black.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: @NoahSnyder Black probably trusted to get his knight out before White could. Chess is very easy when you can look it up in Stockfish
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Answers.Text: It seems implausible to me that Caruana thought he could get his knight out, after Nc3 the knight on c1 is threatened and has nowhere to go.
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Body: <p>In Game 10 of the 2020 Clutch Chess International, Caruana played <code>c6</code> in response to Carlsen's <code>9. Nd5</code>. </p>
  
  <pre><code>[FEN ""]
  [Event "Clutch Chess International"]
  [Round "10"]
  [White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
  [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
  [Result "1-0"]
  [WhiteElo "2881"]
  [BlackElo "2773"]
  
  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nc4 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Ne3 Nc6 7. Nd5 Nd4 8.
  Nxe7 Nxe2 9. Nd5 c6
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What was Caruana's plan in making this strange move, since the white knight can just gain the rook through <code>Nc7+</code>?</p>
  
Tags: <opening><online-chess>
Title: What was Caruana's plan in playing c6 against Carlsen in Game 10 of the Clutch Chess International?
ThreadText: # What was Caruana's plan in playing c6 against Carlsen in Game 10 of the Clutch Chess International?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2020-06-16)
  
  In Game 10 of the 2020 Clutch Chess International, Caruana played c6 in response to Carlsen's 9. Nd5. 
  [FEN ""]
  [Event "Clutch Chess International"]
  [Round "10"]
  [White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
  [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
  [Result "1-0"]
  [WhiteElo "2881"]
  [BlackElo "2773"]
  
  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nc4 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Ne3 Nc6 7. Nd5 Nd4 8.
  Nxe7 Nxe2 9. Nd5 c6
  
  What was Caruana's plan in making this strange move, since the white knight can just gain the rook through Nc7+?
  
  **Tags:** opening, online-chess
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2020-06-16. Score: 6
  
  If White goes for **11.Nc7+**, then Black can reply **11...Kd8 Nxa8 Nxc1**, however if Black played **10...Nxc1** directly, **11.Nxc7+** would win an extra pawn.
  
  Note **10...c6 Bxe2 cxd5** would have been OK for black.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: What’s black’s compensation for being down the exchange?  Stockfish has this position at +4!  
  > **username_1**: @NoahSnyder Black probably trusted to get his knight out before White could. Chess is very easy when you can look it up in Stockfish  
  > **username_2**: It seems implausible to me that Caruana thought he could get his knight out, after Nc3 the knight on c1 is threatened and has nowhere to go.  
  > **username_3**: @NoahSnyder: The games are 10 minutes so mistakes are not uncommon.  In this case the mistake was missing 9...Nd4!, threatening a Nxc2+ fork of his own  
  
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