Ding defeats Carlsen with a brilliant kingwalk

Featured is a brilliant king walk by Ding Liren against Magnus Carlsen from the 2019 Tata Steel Chess Rapid & Blitz. The time controls for this game were 5 minutes with a 2-second increment. The opening is a Ruy Lopez, Delayed Exchange variation. Does anything happen to grab your attention about the position after Ding's 26th move? The position made me question if it is possible to improve upon Ding's brilliant idea. As black, it may be worthwhile to keep white guessing which side the black king will ultimately castle.

Image of Ding Liren in thumbnail by Lennart Ootes
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