[Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"] [White "Carlsen,Magnus"] [Black "Aronian,Levon"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Round "10"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2020.10.17"] [WhiteElo "2863"] [BlackElo "2767"] [PlyCount "115"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. Qc2 g6 8. e3 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. h4 {[#] D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation.} a5 $5 $146 { An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 11... Nb6 12. Ne5 Qc8 13. 0-0-0 Qe6 14. Kb1 Ne4 15. Qc2 Bb4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. h5 g5 18. Bxg5 f6 {1/2-1/2 (51) Carlsen,M (2863) -Nakamura,H (2736) chess24.com INT 2020} )12. Kf1 a4 13. a3 {The position is equal.} Qb6 14. Qc2 h5 15. Bg5 0-0 16. Ne5 Rfe8 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Rh3 Qb3 $36 { Black is pushing.} 19. Qb1 {[#]} Ne4 $1 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Qxe4 Bd6 22. Rg3 {Black must now prevent Rxg6+!} Bxe5 23. dxe5 Qb5+ 24. Kg1 Rxe5 25. Qd4 Rd5 26. Qf6 Rf5 27. Qd4 $1 Qe2 28. e4 Rb5 29. Rb1 Qc2 30. Qd3 Rc5 (30... Qxd3 {looks sharper.} 31. Rxd3 Kf8 32. f3 c5 33. Rc1 Ke7 )31. Qxc2 Rxc2 $11 { Endgame KRR-KRR} 32. b3 b5 33. Rd3 axb3 34. Rbxb3 Ra4 35. Rdc3 Rc4 (35... Rxc3 {is more complex.} 36. Rxc3 Rxe4 37. Rxc6 Rxh4 38. Rb6 Ra4 )36. Rxc2 Rxc2 {KR-KR} 37. f3 (37. Rb4 $11 {keeps the balance.} )Kf8 $1 $17 38. Kh2 (38. g3 $142 )Ke7 $1 39. Kh3 Ke6 40. Rd3 Rc4 ({Black should play } 40... Ke5 $1 $17 )41. Kg3 Ke5 42. Rd7 Rc3 43. Ra7 ({White should try} 43. Re7+ $15 Kd4 44. Rxf7 )f6 44. Ra8 {[#]} Kd6 ({Better is} 44... Rb3 $1 $17 45. Kf2 Kd4 46. Rd8+ Kc5 )45. Kf4 $11 Kc7 46. g4 $1 Kb7 47. Rg8 $1 hxg4 48. fxg4 Rxa3 {Strongly threatening ...b4.} 49. Rxg6 b4 { Hoping for ...b3.} 50. Rxf6 $2 (50. Rg7+ $11 Kb6 51. h5 )b3 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 51. Rf7+ Kb6 52. Rf8 { [#]} Ra7 $1 53. Rb8+ Rb7 54. Rd8 c5 55. Ke3 c4 56. Rd1 c3 57. Rb1 Kc5 58. Kd3 { Av CentiPawn Loss W=-32/B=-11. Weighted=-29/-11} 0-1