[Event "Clutch Chess Champions Showdown 2025"] [White "Gukesh D"] [Black "Carlsen,Magnus"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Round "8.1"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2025.10.28"] [WhiteElo "2752"] [BlackElo "2839"] [PlyCount "64"] [TimeControl "600+5"] {[%evp 9,64,47,46,42,51,46,71,43,47,36,53,55,39,44,52,-31,-30,-33,-35,-29,-38,-22,-36,-39,-28,-42,-37,-28,-31,-41,-35,-39,-39,-43,-36,-45,-41,-34,-38,-39,-47,-379,-380,-373,-376,-354,0,0,0,-8,-2,-1604,-1420,-3577,-3253,-3720,-2239]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:0:14]} e5 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 3. Bc4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} d6 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:0:24]} Be6 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 5. Bxe6 {[%emt 0:0:35]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 6. c3 {[%emt 0:0:5] C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo.} Nf6 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 7. Re1 {[%emt 0:0:10]} Be7 {[%emt 0:0:29]} 8. d4 {[%emt 0:0:35] Black must now prevent d5. White is better.} O-O {[%emt 0:0:29]} 9. dxe5 $146 {[%emt 0:1:26]} (9. Bg5 Ne8 10. d5 exd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. exd5 Nd8 13. Nbd2 c6 14. c4 Nf6 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Rxe4 {1-0 Pacheco Rodriguez,J (1539)-Camacho Hincapie,N (1409) COL-ch School U15 2011 (4.8)} )Nxe5 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 10. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:0:2]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 11. Nd2 {[%emt 0:3:54]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:0:40]} 12. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:25]} ({White should play} 12. Qe2 $14 )Qxd1 $15 {[%emt 0:0:11]} 13. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:0:1]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 14. Be3 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Bxe3 {[%emt 0:1:34]} 15. fxe3 {[%emt 0:0:1]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:0:13]} 16. Rd7 {[%emt 0:0:53]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 17. Rad1 {[%emt 0:0:9]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:0:39]} 18. Rd8+ {[%emt 0:0:47]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 19. Rxd8+ $11 {[%emt 0:0:2][%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN. Black is a pawn up.} Rf8 $1 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 20. Rd1 {[%emt 0:0:56]} e4 {[%emt 0:1:3]} 21. Ne5 {[%emt 0:0:1]} h5 {[%emt 0:0:28]} 22. Nd7 {[%emt 0:0:14]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:0:7]} ({Avoid the trap} 22... Rd8 $2 23. Nf6+ Kf7 24. Rxd8 $18 )23. Nxc5 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Rxc5 $15 {[%emt 0:0:2] KR-KR. Black is a pawn up.} 24. Rd4 {[%emt 0:0:46]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:1:27]} 25. c4 $2 {[%emt 0:0:5][%mdl 8192]} (25. Rxe4 $15 Rd1+ 26. Kf2 )Rxd4 $19 {[%emt 0:1:45]} 26. exd4 {[%emt 0:0:2] KP-KP. Black is a pawn up.} Kf7 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 27. Kf2 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:0:1] [#]} 28. Ke3 {[%emt 0:0:15]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 29. b4 {[%emt 0:0:4]} a6 {[%emt 0:1:2] Strongly threatening ...b5.} 30. h4 $2 {[%emt 0:0:6][%mdl 8192]} (30. a4 $11 )b5 {[%emt 0:0:58] Black is clearly winning.} 31. c5 {[%emt 0:0:6]} c6 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 32. g3 {[%emt 0:0:4]} e5 {[%emt 0:0:9] Weighted Error Value: White=1.01/Black=0.02 (flawless) Loses game: White=2 --- Mistake: White=1 --- Inaccurate: White=2 --- OK: White=6 Black=11 Best: White=3 Black=3 Strong: --- Black=1} 0-1