Carlsen's Luck

Some weeks ago I wrote about luck in chess. It's an elusive subject, to say the least. In this post I would like to share with you an instance that is more common than it would appear. As an example, we will take Game 9 from the match Carlsen-Karjakin in New York in 2016.

Let's have a look at a typical situation. It appears that Carlsen makes a mistake, …