[Event "83rd Tata Steel Masters 2021"]
[White "Esipenko,Andrey"]
[Black "Carlsen,Magnus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2021.01.24"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2862"]
[PlyCount "75"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 {7.f4 is becoming the main line.} Be7 8. g4 b5 {B84: Sicilian
Scheveningen: 6 Be2 a6, lines without early Be3.} 9. g5 Nfd7 10. a3 Bxg5 {
The position is equal.} 11. Qd2 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 {[#]} Qh4 $146 { White has compensation.} (12... Qe7 $11 )({
Predecessor:} 12... Bb7 13. 0-0-0 Qe7 14. Nb3 Nc6 15. Qg3 Nc5 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Qxg7 Rf8 18. Bg4 Nd4 {1/2-1/2 (32) Frotscher,T (2363)-Gomila Marti,S (2375)
ICCF email 2019} )13. Rg1 { White has compensation.} g6 14. 0-0-0 Qe7 15. f4 Bb7 16. Kb1 Nc6 {White leaves nothing to chance now.} (16... Nc5 $1 $14 )17. Ncxb5 $1 $16 axb5 18. Nxc6 {
Double Attack} Bxc6 {
Double Attack} 19. Qc3 $1 {
Double Attack} 0-0 { Double Attack} 20. Qxc6 { Double Attack} d5 21. exd5 (21. Bxb5 $6 Nf6 $14 )Rfc8 { White has strong
initiative.} 22. d6 $1 $36 { White has strong
initiative.} Qd8 23. Qxb5 Rcb8 24. Qc4 Rxa3 {And now ...Qa5 would win.} 25. Qc7 Qe8 (25... Ra4 $16 )26. Rg5 $1 $18 {Bb5 is the strong threat.} Ra4 27. Ra5 (27. Bb5 $2 Rxb5 $1 28. Rxb5 Qa8 $1 $17 )Rab4 {[#]} 28. b3 R4b7 29. Qc3 Qd8 30. Bf3 Rb4 31. Qc7 Qf6 $2 (31... Rc8 32. Ra8 Rxa8 33. Bxa8 Qxa8 )32. Ra8 (32. Qxd7 $2 {[#] leads to mate.} Rxb3+ $1 33. cxb3 Rxb3+ 34. Kc2 Qc3# )Rxa8 33. Bxa8 Qf5 {aiming for ...Rxb3+.} 34. Kb2 ({Not} 34. Qxd7 $2 Rxb3+ 35. Kc1 Qxf4+ 36. Rd2 Ra3 $19 )Rb5 {Black wants to play ...Rc5.} 35. Qxd7 {Strongly threatening Qe8+.} Rc5 36. Rc1 Qxf4 37. Qe8+ Kg7 {Threatening ...Qd2.
} 38. d7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14/Black=0.36} 1-0