[Event "Carlsen Tour Final 2020"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2020.08.18"] [Round "2.57"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E29"] [Annotator "thechesscorner,@gmail.com"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2020.08.09"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.10.27"] {[%evp 0,106,28,17,25,19,22,19,28,5,2,6,6,2,1,10,16,-13,-13,-17,39,39,47,-9,7, 0,0,0,0,0,10,22,20,-40,-37,-18,-8,-11,0,0,-2,-76,-61,-92,-96,-106,-83,-104,-91, -132,-135,-135,-18,-152,-126,-145,-145,-162,-159,-182,-150,-323,-214,-618,-127, -116,-89,-203,-212,-212,-91,-92,-95,-101,-102,-102,-99,-96,-96,-113,-110,-105, -92,-189,-207,-210,-220,-263,-289,-302,-133,-237,-238,-300,-186,-273,-287,-279, -266,-279,-290,-292,-300,-298,-306,-304,-304,-29969,-29970]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 {going for the saemisch} Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 { Carlsen had this position against Giri and Anand in recent online chess24.com games} O-O (7... d6 8. Ne2 e5 9. Ng3 h5 10. h4 Qe7 11. d5 Nb8 12. e4 Bg4 13. f3 Bc8 14. Bg5 {1-0 (54) Carlsen,M (2863)-Giri,A (2764) chess24.com INT 2020}) ( 7... e5 8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Ng3 Re8 11. d5 e4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. f3 Nf6 15. e4 d5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. exd5 Qxd5 18. Bb5 Rd8 19. Bg5 Be6 { 1/2-1/2 (44) Carlsen,M (2863)-Anand,V (2753) chess24.com INT 2020}) 8. Ne2 (8. Rb1 d6 9. Ne2 e5 10. e4 Ne8 $1 11. O-O b6 12. f4 exd4 13. cxd4 cxd4 14. Bb2 Bg4 15. Qd2 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Rc8 17. Rf3 Qe7 18. Rh3 h6 19. g4 Nf6 20. Kh1 Rfe8 21. Re1 Qd7 22. Rh4 Nh7 23. Rg1 Nf8 24. Bc1 Ng6 25. Rh5 Na5 {0-1 (34) Peralta,F (2563)-Bruzon Batista,L (2659) Bilbao 2015}) 8... b6 9. e4 Ne8 $1 {great prophylaxis. Black wants to play Ba6 and f7-f5. The knight on e8 will go to d6} 10. O-O (10. e5 Ba6 11. Qa4 Qc8 12. Bf4 f5 $1) 10... Ba6 11. f4 f5 $1 12. exf5 (12. Ng3 g6 13. Be3 cxd4 14. cxd4 d5 $1 {Yususpov-Karpov 1993}) 12... exf5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Be3 d6 15. Ng3 g6 16. Re1 (16. Bxf5 $5 gxf5 17. Qd5+ Rf7 18. Qxc6 Bb7 19. Qa4 Qf6 (19... h5 $1 20. Rab1 Ng7) 20. Rab1 Ng7 21. Qd1 Re8 22. Re1 Qg6 23. Bf2 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 h5 25. h4 Rd7 26. Qd1 Kh7 {1-0 (72) Nakamura,H (2644) -Volokitin,A (2665) Cuernavaca 2006}) 16... Nf6 17. Bf2 Qd7 18. Nf1 (18. Qa4 Bb7 19. Rab1 Rae8) 18... Na5 19. Bh4 (19. Ne3 Rae8 20. Bh4 Bb7 21. Bf1 Ne4 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. cxd5 c4 24. Qc2 Qb5 {1/2-1/2 (119) Sokolov,I (2652)-Grischuk,A (2717) Calatrava 2007}) 19... Rae8 {still theory} 20. Rxe8 (20. Ne3 Re6 21. Bf1 Ne4 {Ehlvest-Macieja 1999}) 20... Qxe8 {[%csl Ya3,Yc3,Yc4] Black is slightly better. a3 c3 and c4 pawns are all weak} 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Qf3 Re6 {Black controle the e file and will start to win the weak pawns on the queenside} 23. Rb1 (23. g4 $5) 23... Bxc4 24. Bxc4 Nxc4 25. a4 Kg7 26. Qb7+ $2 (26. Rb7+ { seems more natural} Kf6 (26... Kh8 27. Rxa7 Re4 28. Qh3 Re7) (26... Re7 $4 27. Qe2 $1 {[%csl Yc4,Ye7][%CAl Ye2c4,Ye2e7,Yb7g7]}) 27. Rxh7 Re7) 26... Qf7 (26... Re7 27. Re1 $2 Ne5) 27. Qa6 Re7 28. Rb8 Kh6 $1 {the king is safe here} 29. h3 Qe6 30. Ra8 $2 (30. Rb7 Rxb7 31. Qxb7 Ne3) 30... Nd2 $1 {simplifying by trading pieces off. Hikaru knew either Qe1 or Qe4 would win but he was trying to get to a draw as he would win the match} (30... Qe1 {[%csl Ye3,Rf1][%CAl Yc4e3,Ye3f1]}) 31. Rd8 (31. Nxd2 Qe3+ 32. Kh1 Qxd2 33. Qc4 (33. Qf1 Re1) (33. Qc8 Re1+ 34. Kh2 Qxf4+) 33... Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Re3 {[%csl Yg3][%CAl Ye1g3,Ye3g3, Ye3e1]}) 31... Nxf1 (31... Qe1 $1 {wins on the spot} 32. Rxd6 Ne4 33. a5 Qf2+ 34. Kh2 (34. Kh1 Ng3+ 35. Nxg3 Re1+ 36. Nf1 Rxf1+ 37. Kh2 Qxf4+) 34... Qxf4+ 35. Kg1 Qf2+ 36. Kh2 Ng5 $1) 32. Qxf1 Qe3+ 33. Kh2 Re4 34. Rxd6 Qxf4+ (34... Rxa4) 35. Qxf4+ Rxf4 36. a5 Rc4 37. Ra6 Rxc3 38. Rxa7 Ra3 39. Kg1 c4 40. Kf2 Ra2+ {only black can win here} 41. Ke3 Rxg2 $19 42. Kd4 Rh2 43. a6 Rxh3 44. Kxc4 Rh1 (44... Ra3 45. Kb4 Ra1) 45. Rd7 Ra1 46. Kb5 Kg5 (46... f4) 47. Rd4 ( 47. Rxh7 f4) 47... f4 48. Ra4 Rxa4 49. Kxa4 f3 50. a7 f2 51. a8=Q f1=Q 52. Qd5+ Qf5 53. Qd2+ Qf4+ {great win by Hikaru} 0-1