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: 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**: @username_2 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**: @username_2: 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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