[Event "Bazna Kings 4th"] [Site "Medias"] [Date "2010.06.17"] [Round "4"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Wang, Yue"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C36"] [WhiteElo "2813"] [BlackElo "2752"] [Annotator "Rogozenco,Dorian"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2010.06.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ROU"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 137"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.07.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 {A big surprise: the King's Gambit is extremely rare on the top level nowadays. "Things weren't going so well in the tournament I thought I just try it and see how it goes" said Magnus after the game.} d5 ({Carlsen himself played once with Black} 2... exf4 3. Nf3 g5) 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 Nxd5 6. O-O Be7 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qd8 9. d4 O-O 10. Bxf4 Bf5 11. Qe2 {There is almost no theory here. The impression is that White can hope for an edge thanks to his lead in development and somewhat better control in the center, but Black has the bishop pair and should be able to hold equality.} Bd6 {A new and somewhat unexpected move, since Black is giving up the bishop pair and leaves the queenside undeveloped yet.} ({Previously Black played} 11... Nc6) ({Another move to consider is} 11... c6) 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Nb5 Qd8 14. c4 a6 ({More natural looks} 14... c6 15. Nc3 Nd7) 15. Nc3 Nd7 16. Rad1 Bg6 17. Qf2 Re8 18. h3 {White is slightly better, but since Black has no weaknesses it is far from easy to break through.} Rc8 {What could be possibly be the purpose of this move? It does not prepare the advance c5 and Black doesn't need to protect the pawn c7 either. So the only explanation I find is that the Chinese Grandmaster wanted just to wait and see how his opponent is going to make progress.} 19. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 c6 21. d5 {Sooner or later White must make this move.} Nf6 22. Qd4 cxd5 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. cxd5 Qd6 25. Ne5 {White's plan is to play at some moment ?c4 and then advance the d-pawn. If Black prevents it by playing b7-b5, then the weakness of square c6 is unpleasant. Therefore a good defensive plan is needed and Wang Yue fails to find it.} Re8 ({There was a reasonable way to force matters with} 25... f6 26. Nxg6 (26. Nc4 $2 {is a blunder in view of} Qb4 27. Rc1 b5 {and Black wins.}) (26. Nf3 {is also bad:} Bf7 27. Rd1 Rd8 {and White loses the d5-pawn}) 26... hxg6 27. Re6 Qc5 ({Perhaps} 27... Rc1+ 28. Kf2 Rc2+ 29. Kf3 Qd7 {is also acceptable.}) 28. Qxc5 Rxc5 29. d6 Rd5 {and the endgame should be a draw. For instance:} 30. Kf2 ({or} 30. h4 b5 31. Kf2 Kf7 32. Re7+ Kf8 33. Rd7 Rd2+ 34. Ke3 Rxg2 35. Ra7 Ke8) 30... g5 31. Ke3 (31. g4 b5 32. Ke3 Kf7 33. Re7+ Kf8 34. Rd7 g6 35. Ke4 Rd2) 31... f5 32. Re7 Rxd6 33. Rxb7 Kh7 34. a4 Kg6 35. a5 f4+ 36. Ke4 Re6+ 37. Kf3 (37. Kd3 Re3+ 38. Kd4 Re2 39. Rb6+ Kf5) 37... Kf5) (25... Bf5 $5) (25... Qc5 $2 {loses due to} 26. Qxc5 Rxc5 27. d6 Rd5 28. d7 {winning.}) 26. Re3 Rd8 (26... b5 27. Nc4 $1 Qd8 28. Rxe8+ Qxe8 29. Ne5 {is the kind of position White is aiming for.}) 27. Nc4 Qf6 28. Re5 $1 h6 $2 {This allows White to advance the pawn.} ({After} 28... b5 29. Na5 (29. Qe3 h6) 29... h6 {Black should be able to hold the position.}) 29. d6 $1 Bf5 (29... b5 30. d7 $1 Kh7 31. Nb6 {is also unpleasant.}) 30. Nb6 $1 Be6 (30... Rxd6 31. Nd5 {forces Black to give up the exchange}) (30... Qxd6 $2 {loses right away due to} 31. Rd5) 31. d7 Kh8 32. a4 {Black is almost paralyzed and will soon end up in a sort of zugzwang.} g6 33. Qc3 Kg7 34. a5 h5 35. h4 {Here the Chinese player decided to give up the exchange and go for a position where he said "I think I have chances to draw".} Rxd7 (35... Bxd7 $2 36. Rd5 {loses the bishop}) (35... Qxh4 $2 36. Rxe6+) ({Black could still wait with} 35... Kg8 {but then} 36. Rc5 ({or first} 36. g3) 36... Qxc3 (36... Qxh4 37. Rc8) 37. Rxc3 Kf8 38. Rc7 {and White wins.}) 36. Nxd7 Bxd7 37. Qd4 Bc6 38. b4 Bb5 39. Kh2 Ba4 40. Rd5 Bc6 41. Qxf6+ Kxf6 42. Rc5 Ke6 43. Kg3 f6 44. Kf2 Bd5 45. g3 g5 $2 {This loses by force, but on the other hand the position must be lost anyway. White brings the king to d4, then attacks with the rook the pawn f6, forcing Black to play ?e6, then White goes with the king to b6 and takes with the rook on b7, winning.} 46. g4 $1 {This way White creates a passed h-pawn, which decides quickly.} hxg4 47. h5 Be4 48. Rc7 f5 49. h6 f4 50. h7 g3+ 51. Ke1 f3 52. h8=Q f2+ 53. Ke2 Bd3+ 54. Ke3 1-0