Naka’s Match Strategy

Since Nakamura finished higher than Carlsen in the previous rounds, he had the right to chose the color in the Armageddon. This means that he just had to draw every single game, chose black and win the match. Drawing Carlsen isn’t that easy of course, but in the end it worked out. The following game shows this strategy in action. Naka plays a line that leads to a forced draw, Carlsen deviates and loses.