I was just watching the grandmasters moderating the match do an analysis of the position. In almost every line, Magnus had a winning game. Yet he decided to offer Fabiano a draw, when Fabiano was in very bad time pressure (which of course makes it harder to find a successful defense). None of them understood why he did not press on to victory.
When Carlsen was shown all his winning lines in the post game analysis, he apparently responded "I don't care." A great mystery to me.
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