[Event "SWE-chT 9900"] [Site "Sweden"] [Date "2000.??.??"] [Round "11"] [White "Andersson, Ulf"] [Black "Ivanov, Sergey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E02"] [WhiteElo "2623"] [BlackElo "2538"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "1999.11.??"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "SWE"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2002"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,115,16,16,31,10,20,-23,0,-40,-19,-2,18,9,20,5,4,7,4,22,-15,-6,42,-17, 18,-1,-1,-1,-1,-21,-17,-5,-15,2,12,-3,13,-3,-19,-4,-4,-2,-6,-29,-14,-18,-2,-16, -6,-1,4,-13,-12,-3,-3,6,8,7,7,14,32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,1,-5,0,0,0,9,7,2,10,22, 29,21,22,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,42,29,29,42,0,127,130,153,175,217,230, 281,281,313,294,313,211,294,305,324,426]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Bg2 a6 7. Nc3 Rb8 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qd3 Bb7 10. O-O c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. Rad1 O-O 14. Ne5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Qxd3 17. Rxd3 Rfd8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rc1 Be7 21. Nb1 f5 22. e3 Bf6 23. b3 Kf8 24. Kf3 Ke7 25. h3 Rd5 26. Ke2 Kd7 27. Nd2 Be7 28. Nf3 Bf6 29. Ne1 Rd6 30. g4 fxg4 31. hxg4 Rc6 32. Rxc6 Kxc6 33. Nd3 a5 34. e4 a4 35. Ke3 axb3 36. axb3 Kd6 37. Kf4 Bd8 38. g5 Ke7 39. Kg4 Kf8 40. f3 f6 41. Kh5 fxg5 42. Kh6 Kg8 43. Nc5 Kf7 44. Kxh7 Bb6 45. Nd3 Kf6 46. Kg8 Bg1 47. Kf8 e5 48. Ke8 Ke6 49. Kd8 Kd6 50. Kc8 Be3 51. Kb7 Bd4 52. b4 Kd7 53. Nc5+ Kd6 54. Kb6 Bc3 55. Kxb5 Bd2 56. Nb7+ Kc7 57. Na5 Be3 58. Ka6 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Championship 2021"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2021.12.03"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2855"] [BlackElo "2782"] [Annotator "Sundararajan Kidambi"] [PlyCount "271"] [EventDate "2021.11.25"] [EventType "match"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%mdl 8192]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. c4 $5 {[%mdl 4]} dxc4 9. Qc2 Qe7 $146 10. Nbd2 {[%CAl Bb1d2,Bd2c4, Bc4e5][%mdl 32] A nice Pawn sac typical of the Catalan. Opening up lines for piece pressure.} Nc6 11. Nxc4 b5 12. Nce5 Nb4 13. Qb2 {With the idea Bg5.} Bb7 14. a3 (14. Bg5 $5 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Nxg5 Bxg2 17. Nh7 Kxh7 18. Ng4 {-Kramnik/ Svidler/Miro}) 14... Nc6 15. Nd3 Bb6 {[%CAl Oe6e5]} 16. Bg5 Rfd8 17. Bxf6 gxf6 $1 {Rightly maintaining Queens on the board} (17... Qxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Rfc1 $5) 18. Rac1 Nd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Qa2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qb7+ 22. Kg1 Qe4 23. Qc2 a5 24. Rfd1 Kg7 $6 (24... Rd5 25. e3 Bxe3 26. fxe3 Rad8 {-Kramnik}) 25. Rd2 ( 25. e3 $1 Be5 26. Qe2) 25... Rac8 26. Qxc8 Rxc8 27. Rxc8 Qd5 28. b4 a4 29. e3 Be5 30. h4 $1 h5 $6 31. Kh2 $1 Bb2 32. Rc5 Qd6 33. Rd1 $2 (33. Rcc2 $1 Bxa3 34. Nf4 Qxb4 35. Rd7 {and White's attack crashes through}) 33... Bxa3 34. Rxb5 Qd7 $1 35. Rc5 {[%CAl Od3b2] [#]} (35. Rb6 {runs into} Qc7 {[%CAl Yc7c2] with a decisive double attack.This is perhaps what Magnus had missed under extreme time trouble.}) 35... e5 ({Black should play} 35... Bxb4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 36. Rc2 {[#]} Qd5 (36... Bxb4 $1) 37. Rdd2 {[%CAl Od3f4]} Qb3 38. Ra2 e4 $2 (38... Bxb4 39. Rdb2 Qxd3 40. Rxb4 $16 {White will have very good winning chances in this 4 versus 4 positon.}) (38... f5 $5) 39. Nc5 $1 {[%csl Bb3,Be4]} Qxb4 40. Nxe4 (40. Rdc2 $1 f5 41. Nxa4 Qxa4 42. Rc3 $18) 40... Qb3 41. Rac2 Bf8 42. Nc5 Qb5 43. Nd3 a3 44. Nf4 Qa5 45. Ra2 Bb4 46. Rd3 Kh6 47. Rd1 Qa4 48. Rda1 Bd6 49. Kg1 Qb3 50. Ne2 Qd3 51. Nd4 Kh7 52. Kh2 Qe4 53. Rxa3 {Threatening Ra5.} Qxh4+ $1 (53... Bxa3 54. Rxa3 Qg4 55. Ra5 $16) 54. Kg1 Qe4 55. Ra4 Be5 56. Ne2 Qc2 57. R1a2 Qb3 58. Kg2 Qd5+ 59. f3 (59. Kh2 $1 $14) 59... Qd1 60. f4 Bc7 61. Kf2 Bb6 62. Ra1 Qb3 (62... Qd3 63. R4a3 (63. Nd4 Bxd4 64. Rxd4 Qc2+ 65. Kf3 Qc6+ 66. Kf2 Qc2+ 67. Kf3 Qc6+ 68. Kf2 Qc2+ $11) 63... Qd5 64. Rb1 $14) 63. Re4 Kg7 64. Re8 f5 65. Raa8 Qb4 66. Rac8 Ba5 67. Rc1 {Inhibits Qe1+.} Bb6 68. Re5 Qb3 $1 (68... Qd2 69. Rb1 f6 70. Re7+ Kf8 71. Re6 $16) 69. Re8 Qd5 70. Rcc8 Qh1 71. Rc1 {Chess con chili.} Qd5 72. Rb1 Ba7 73. Re7 Bc5 74. Re5 Qd3 $1 75. Rb7 Qc2 76. Rb5 Ba7 77. Ra5 ({Much less strong is} 77. Rxf5 $6 Qd3 78. Rxf7+ (78. Rg5+ Kf8 $11) 78... Kxf7 79. Rb7+ Ke8 80. Rxa7 Qd5 $16) 77... Bb6 78. Rab5 Ba7 79. Rxf5 Qd3 {[#]} 80. Rxf7+ $1 Kxf7 (80... Kg6 81. Rxa7) 81. Rb7+ Kg6 82. Rxa7 { [%mdl 4096]} Qd5 83. Ra6+ Kh7 84. Ra1 Kg6 85. Nd4 Qb7 86. Ra2 Qh1 87. Ra6+ Kf7 88. Nf3 Qb1 89. Rd6 Kg7 90. Rd5 Qa2+ 91. Rd2 Qb1 92. Re2 Qb6 93. Rc2 Qb1 94. Nd4 Qh1 95. Rc7+ Kf6 96. Rc6+ Kf7 97. Nf3 Qb1 98. Ng5+ Kg7 99. Ne6+ Kf7 100. Nd4 Qh1 101. Rc7+ Kf6 102. Nf3 Qb1 103. Rd7 Qb2+ 104. Rd2 Qb1 105. Ng1 Qb4 106. Rd1 Qb3 107. Rd6+ Kg7 108. Rd4 Qb2+ 109. Ne2 Qb1 110. e4 Qh1 111. Rd7+ Kg8 112. Rd4 Qh2+ 113. Ke3 h4 114. gxh4 Qh3+ 115. Kd2 Qxh4 116. Rd3 Kf8 117. Rf3 Qd8+ 118. Ke3 Qa5 (118... Qb6+ $1 $11 {Giri}) 119. Kf2 Qa7+ 120. Re3 Qd7 121. Ng3 Qd2+ 122. Kf3 Qd1+ 123. Re2 Qb3+ 124. Kg2 Qb7 125. Rd2 Qb3 126. Rd5 Ke7 127. Re5+ Kf7 128. Rf5+ Ke8 129. e5 {[%CAl Be4e5,Be5e6][%mdl 32]} Qa2+ 130. Kh3 Qe6 131. Kh4 Qh6+ {[#]} 132. Nh5 $1 $18 {[%CAl Oe5e6]} Qh7 {[#]} 133. e6 $1 { [%mdl 512]} Qg6 134. Rf7 Kd8 135. f5 Qg1 136. Ng7 1-0 [Event "Bonn Man-Machine"] [Site "Bonn"] [Date "2006.11.25"] [Round "1"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Comp Deep Fritz 10"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E03"] [WhiteElo "2750"] [Annotator "Braun,A"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2006.11.25"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "CBM 116"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.02.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,94,20,20,23,0,0,-19,-25,-59,-12,-12,9,-17,-5,-45,-49,-61,-40,-48,-17, -20,-4,-24,9,-35,-7,-1,-16,-39,-29,-48,8,-60,-57,-13,-4,-3,17,9,23,9,21,20,10, 11,20,18,28,9,42,34,30,32,36,39,39,39,27,47,53,23,11,2,11,30,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 { In my opinion the Catalan Opening is a good choice against a computer. In the structures which generally arise from it, concrete calculation is not at such a premium; more important are strategic nuances. Die Katalanische Eröffnung ist meiner Meinung nach eine gute Wahl gegen einen Computer. Meistens entstehen Strukturen in denen es nicht so sehr auf die konkrete Berechnung ankommt, sondern mehr auf strategische Feinheiten.} d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 $1 {Of course Fritz 10 tries to open the position and thus avoids the variations Natürlich versucht Fritz 10 die Stellung zu öffnen und vermeidet daher die Varianten die nach} ({which could arise after} 4... c6 {entstehen könnten.}) 5. Qa4+ {Kramnik tries to win back the pawn he has "sacrificed" as soon as possible, since computers have a tendency to hang on like grim death to material they have won. Kramnik versucht so schnell wie möglich den "geopferten" Bauern wiederzugewinnen, da Computer normalerweise dazu neigen gewonnenes Material gnadelos zu verteidigen.} Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qd3 {Now Pb5 no longer gains a tempo, but after his early queen moves White can scarcely expect (much of) an opening advantage. Nun gewinnt Pb5 kein Tempo mehr, jedoch kann Weiß mit seinen frühen Damenzügen keinen (großen ) Eröffnungsvorteil erwarten.} c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Qe7 11. Nc3 b6 {Another possibility would be Eine andere Möglichkeit wäre} (11... b5 {e.g.: z.B.:} 12. Ng5 (12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Ra7 14. Bg5 f6 15. Be3 Rc7 16. Rac1 {1/2-1/2 Szekely,P-Krumpacnik,D/Feldbach 1997/EXT 98}) 12... Bb7 {exploits the unfavourable position of the white queen. nützt die ungünstige Position der weißen Dame aus.} 13. Bxb7 Ne5 14. Qc2 Qxb7 {and Black has no more problems. und Schwarz hat keine Probleme mehr.}) 12. Ne4 $1 {Kramnik continues to simplify the position. Kramnik vereinfacht die Stellung weiter.} Nxe4 (12... Bb7 {would leave Kramnik with the bishop pair. würde Kramnik das Läuferpaar überlassen.} 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. Qa3) 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qh4 $5 (14. Qxa8 { would allow Black a dangerous initiative. würde Schwarz eine gefährliche Initiative einräumen.} Bb7 15. Qxf8+ Kxf8 16. b3 (16. Bf4 $2 e5 $1 17. Bxe5 Ng4 18. Bd4 (18. Bc3 Qxe2) 18... Bxd4 19. Nxd4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qe4+ 21. Nf3 Qxe2 $17) (16. Bd2 e5) 16... e5 17. Bb2 e4 18. Ne5 e3 $36 19. f3) (14. Qxa8 Bb7 15. Qxf8+ Kxf8) 14... Bb7 15. Bg5 Rfd8 16. Bxf6 (16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qb7+ $1 18. f3 Be7 $15) (16. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rd8 $11) 16... Qxf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. Rfd1 {Objectively speaking, the position which has arisen should be a draw (after 18. ..Bxf3). But Kramnik hopes that Fritz 10 will not find the right moves in this position, and in fact he manages to improve his position one step at a time. Die entstandene Stellung sollte objektiv remis sein (nach 18...Bxf3). Aber Kramnik hofft, dass Fritz 10 sich in dieser Stellung nicht zurechtfindet und tatsächlich gelingt es ihm Stück für Stück seine Stellung zu verbessern.} Kf8 $2 (18... Bxf3 $1 $11 {Fritz 10 errs in its evalutaion of the position. The computer considers the bishop on b7 to be stronger than the knight on f3, which in the long run turns out to be wrong. Fritz 10 schätzt die Stellung falsch ein. Der Computer hält den Läufer auf b7 für stärker als den Springer auf f3, was sich langfristig aber als falsch erweist.}) 19. Ne1 $1 {Now White gets good chances. In what follows the white knight will be clearly superior to the black bishop. Nun erhält Weiß gute Chancen. Im weiteren Verlauf wird der weiße Springer dem schwarzen Läufer deutlich überlegen sein.} Bxg2 20. Kxg2 f5 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Nd3 Bd4 23. Rc1 e5 $1 { The correct decision. Fritz 10 tries to organise some counterplay at once. Die richtige Entscheidung. Fritz 10 versucht sofort Gegenspiel zu organisieren.} 24. Rc2 Rd5 $2 (24... a5 $142 $1 {to prevent Nb4-c6. um Nb4-c6 zu verhindern.} 25. e3 (25. f3 e4) 25... e4 26. exd4 exd3 27. Rd2 Rxd4 28. f4 (28. Kf3 f4 $1 29. gxf4 f5 $11) 28... Ke7 29. Kf3 Ke6 30. Ke3 Kd5 31. Rxd3 Rxd3+ 32. Kxd3 h5 $11) 25. Nb4 $1 Rb5 (25... Ra5 26. a3 $16 {/+/=}) 26. Nxa6 Rxb2 (26... Bxb2 27. Nc7 Rc5 (27... Rb4 $2 28. Nd5 Rb5 29. Ne3 f4 30. Nf5 $16) 28. Rxb2 (28. Rxc5 bxc5 29. Nd5 c4 30. Ne3 c3 31. Kf1) 28... Rxc7 29. Rxb6 Rc2 30. Kf3 Rxa2 31. Rf6 $14) 27. Rxb2 Bxb2 28. Nb4 Kg7 (28... b5 29. Nd5) 29. Nd5 {The knight has reached its dream square. It is attacking the pawn on b6 and limiting the activity of the black king. At this point, we can see the weakness of Deep Fritz 10. It evaluates the position as level, since the long term danger remains hidden beyond the horizon of its calculation. Der Springer hat sein Traumfeld erreicht. Er attackiert den Bauern b6 und schränkt die Aktivität des schwarzen Königs ein. An dieser Stellung erkennt man die Schwäche von Deep Fritz 10. Er schätzt die Stellung als ausgeglichen ein, da die langfristige Gefahr hinter seinem Rechenhorizont verborgen bleibt.} Bd4 (29... b5 $2 30. Nc7 b4 31. Nd5 Ba3 (31... Bc3 32. a3 $18) 32. Kf3 $16) 30. a4 $2 (30. e3 $142 $1 Bc5 31. Kf3 {The white king heads for b5. Der weiße König läuft nach b5.} f6 (31... Kg6 32. Ke2 Kg5 33. h3) 32. Ke2 Kf7 (32... e4 33. Kd2 Kf7 34. Kc3 b5 35. Nc7 Bb6 36. Nxb5 Ba5+ 37. Kc4 Be1 38. a4 Bxf2 39. a5 Bxe3 40. Nd4 $18 f4 41. gxf4 Bxf4 42. a6 Bb8 43. Nc6 $18) 33. Kd3 Ke6 34. Kc4 $18 { Black is suddenly in zugzwang (and there is the additonal threat of a4-a5). Plötzlich ist Schwarz in Zugzwang (außerdem droht auch a4-a5).}) 30... Bc5 31. h3 (31. e3 e4 32. f3 Kg6 33. Kf2 Kg5 34. h3) (31. Kf3 f6 (31... Kg6 32. e3 $1 $16) 32. e4 (32. e3 Kf7 33. Ke2 Ke6) 32... Kg6 33. Ne3 fxe4+ (33... Bxe3 34. Kxe3 {should be a win for White. sollte für Weiß gewonnen sein.}) 34. Kxe4 $16) 31... f6 32. f3 (32. g4 Kg6) (32. e3 Kf7) 32... Kg6 33. e4 $2 {After this White's advantage is gone. There were better chances after Danach hat Weiß keinen Vorteil mehr. Bessere Chancen bot} (33. e3 h5 34. Kf1 (34. Kf2 h4) 34... Kf7 35. Ke2 Ke6 36. e4 fxe4 37. fxe4 f5 38. Kf3 Bd4 39. Ne3 fxe4+ 40. Kxe4 { and White still has a clear advantage. und noch immer hat Weiß deutlichen Vorteil.}) 33... h5 $1 {Now Kramnik has problems activating his king. The only possibility lies in playing g4, but this leads to a weakness after which Black obtains sufficient counterplay. Nun hat Kramnik Probleme damit, seinen König zu aktivieren. Die einzige Möglichkeit besteht darin g4 zu spielen, doch dies führt zu einer Schwäche wonach Schwarz genügend Gegenspiel erhält.} 34. g4 (34. Nc7 Bb4 35. Kf2 Bc5+ 36. Ke2 fxe4 37. fxe4 f5 38. Kf3 fxe4+ 39. Kxe4 Bf2 $11) (34. Kf1 fxe4 35. fxe4 f5 $11) 34... hxg4 35. hxg4 fxe4 36. fxe4 Kg5 37. Kf3 Kg6 38. Ke2 Kg5 39. Kd3 Bg1 $5 (39... Kxg4 40. Nxf6+ Kf3 41. Kc4 Be7 42. Nd5 Bc5 {also leads to a draw. führt auch zum Remis.}) 40. Kc4 Bf2 41. Kb5 Kxg4 42. Nxf6+ (42. Nxb6 Bxb6 43. Kxb6 f5 44. exf5 Kxf5 45. Kc5 e4 46. Kd4 Kf4 47. a5 e3 48. Kd3 Kf3 49. a6 e2 50. a7 e1=Q 51. a8=Q+ $11) 42... Kf3 43. Kc6 Bh4 44. Nd7 Kxe4 45. Kxb6 Be1 46. Kc6 Kf5 47. Nxe5 Kxe5 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2018.03.18"] [Round "7"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A26"] [WhiteElo "2800"] [BlackElo "2769"] [PlyCount "147"] [EventDate "2018.03.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "22"] [SourceTitle "Mega2018 Update 23"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.03.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2018.03.30"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,147,20,-15,0,-31,-9,-8,-27,-58,2,4,4,-3,7,3,1,-2,43,-13,7,31,23,6,20, 18,13,2,8,-7,-11,-16,-14,-37,27,27,17,25,13,3,15,15,27,10,10,-37,-50,-78,-79, -37,-39,-32,-42,-56,-56,-103,-65,-74,-15,-24,30,54,53,53,37,-27,0,0,0,-10,-4,0, 0,0,0,0,-3,-3,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,-107,-117,-91,-27,-82,-83,-75,-82,-75,-67,-75,-75, -75,-61,-48,-55,-67,-55,-67,-67,-67,-65,-68,-65,-68,-67,-68,-67,-122,-104,-99, -105,-161,-113,-128,-113,-113,-113,-121,-101,-58,-58,-52,-45,-69,-98,-134,-11, 0,0,-170,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. b3 Nd4 9. Nd2 c6 10. e3 Ne6 11. Bb2 Nc5 12. Qc2 a5 13. Rae1 Re8 14. h3 Bf5 15. e4 Bd7 16. Ne2 b5 17. d4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Rc8 19. N4f3 d5 20. exd5 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 cxd5 22. cxb5 Bf5 23. Qd1 Nd3 24. Bd4 Rc1 25. Qxc1 Nxc1 26. Rxc1 Ne4 27. Nf1 Bxd4 28. Nxd4 Qb6 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Nxf5 gxf5 31. a4 Qe6 32. Ne3 Qxb3 33. Rc4 h5 34. h4 Kh7 35. Kg2 f6 36. Rd4 Kg6 37. Rc4 Kf7 38. Kh2 Kg6 39. Kg1 Qb1+ 40. Kg2 Qb3 41. Rd4 Kf7 42. Rd5 Qxa4 43. Rxf5 Kg6 44. b6 Qb3 45. Rxa5 Qxb6 46. Rd5 Qb2 47. Rf5 Qa2 48. Rc5 Qe2 49. Rc4 Qa2 50. Rb4 Qa5 51. Rb8 Qa2 52. Rd8 Qa5 53. Rd5 Qa2 54. Rf5 Qe6 55. Rd5 Qa6 56. g4 hxg4 57. h5+ Kf7 58. Rd7+ Ke6 59. Rg7 Qe2 60. h6 Qf3+ 61. Kg1 g3 62. Rxg3 Qh5 63. Rg7 f5 64. h7 f4 65. Ng4 Qh3 66. Rg6+ Kf5 67. Rg7 Ke6 68. Rg6+ Kf5 69. Nh6+ Kxg6 70. h8=Q Qxh6 71. Qe8+ Kf5 72. Qb5+ Kg4 73. Qe2+ Kf5 74. Qb5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2017.01.21"] [Round "7"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E14"] [WhiteElo "2840"] [BlackElo "2773"] [Annotator "Krasenkow,M"] [PlyCount "245"] [EventDate "2017.01.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "21"] [SourceTitle "CBM 177"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.03.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,245,31,17,14,14,14,5,9,19,5,-34,13,-8,18,-22,32,-6,-10,-12,-6,-6,-1, -1,-3,-1,0,0,22,12,13,11,8,0,7,-11,31,35,22,19,39,42,53,54,71,44,40,29,29,20, 30,9,35,39,62,66,72,79,90,90,90,89,83,94,95,90,121,99,124,91,104,125,112,130, 124,103,133,106,136,114,114,144,144,118,131,163,179,179,179,131,144,126,147, 187,195,143,143,146,149,171,166,187,220,222,472,622,622,622,798,818,841,838, 849,219,228,206,123,245,219,93,93,83,90,83,83,96,96,96,107,97,96,77,97,81,96, 96,96,96,96,96,106,106,106,106,101,96,96,96,96,96,91,96,96,96,96,96,96,96,101, 101,101,101,101,96,101,101,101,101,101,101,101,101,106,101,101,96,101,101,108, 109,109,110,109,103,109,109,109,109,107,109,109,107,110,107,107,107,127,107, 107,89,101,97,119,107,110,107,107,107,116,110,110,109,110,107,108,101,107,101, 94,104,103,96,107,108,110,93,139,93,159,111,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. b3 {White plays a kind of "Anti-Meran 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3" with reversed colours. Of course, it is not too dangerous for Black.} O-O 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Bd6 { A strange idea. This loss of a tempo was not forced at all.} (10... Qc7 { [%CAl Ye6e5]} 11. c4 Rad8 12. Rac1 Rfe8 13. Rfd1 Bd6 {(now timely)} 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Ba6 Qc8 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Qb5 a6 18. Qf1 h6 19. h3 Bb8 $11 {1/2 (33) Kaszowski,D (2283)-Barglowski,F (2335) Ustron 2004}) (10... Ne4 11. Rfd1 f5 ( 11... cxd4 12. exd4 Nxd2 13. Rxd2 Rc8 $11) 12. c4 a6 13. Nf1 Qe8 14. Ne5 Bh4 15. Ng3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bxg3 17. hxg3 Qg6 $13 {1-0 (43) Eliskases,E-Engels,L Bad Oeynhausen 1938}) 11. c4 {This position arose in a number of games in which White's c4-pawn and Black's d6-bishop reached their positions in one go.} cxd4 (11... Ne4 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ba6 Bxa6 14. Qxa6 Ndf6 (14... cxd4 15. Bxd4 Ndc5 16. Qe2 Re8 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. Bb2 Ne6 19. Nf1 Rad8 20. Ng3 g6 21. Rac1 Ba3 22. Qc2 $14 {1/2 (60) Doettling,F (2360)-Vatter,H (2385) Karlsbad Auerbach 1998}) 15. h3 Re8 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Nd4 Qe5 20. Rd2 Bd6 { 1/2 (24) Koneru,H (2575)-Ushenina,A (2458) Hancheng 2016} 21. g3 $5) 12. exd4 Qe7 13. Ne5 (13. a3 Bf4 14. Rfe1 Rfd8 15. a4 Bd6 $5 {[%csl Rb4]} 16. a5 Bb4 17. axb6 axb6 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Ra1 Rxa1+ 20. Bxa1 Qd8 21. Qd1 Qa8 22. Bf1 h6 23. Qc1 {1/2 (22) Bruno,F (2436)-Godena,M (2495) Boscotrecase 2014}) 13... Ba3 { The exchange of bishops is desirable for Black: it weakens White's d4-pawn and generally, simplifications are favourable for the side fighting against hanging pawns.} 14. Bxa3 (14. Bc3 Bb4 15. Bb2 Ba3 {1/2 Minev,N-Tolush,A Warsaw 1961}) 14... Qxa3 15. f4 Qb2 $1 16. Nef3 (16. Qe3 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Ng4 $1 18. Qf4 Qc3 $132) 16... dxc4 17. bxc4 Bxf3 {Too straightforward.} (17... Rad8 $5 18. a4 Nb8 19. a5 Nc6) 18. Nxf3 Qxe2 19. Bxe2 Rac8 20. a4 Rc7 $6 {Just a loss of an important tempo.} (20... Nb8 $142 $1 21. a5 Nc6 22. axb6 axb6 23. Ra6 Rfd8 24. Rd1 Ne4 {[%CAl Re4c3]} 25. Bf1 Rb8 $11) 21. a5 Rd8 22. axb6 Nxb6 (22... axb6 23. Ra6 {- Black has no time to transfer his passive d7-knight to c6 anymore.}) 23. Rfc1 (23. Ra3 $142 $1 {[%CAl Yf1a1]} Nxc4 $4 24. Rc3) 23... Nc8 {This knight finds some good squares now.} 24. g3 Ne7 25. Ra4 Nc6 (25... Kf8 $142 26. c5 Nfd5) 26. c5 {[%CAl Ye2b5]} Nd5 27. Ne5 $1 {[%mdl 32] The exchange of knights is favourable for White, whose knight is less active.} Nde7 (27... Nxe5 28. fxe5 $14) 28. Rcc4 (28. Rd1 {was quite possible. If} Nb8 {then} 29. Bf3 f6 30. Nc4) 28... Nxe5 (28... Nb8 $5 {[%CAl Yf7f6]} 29. Rc1 f6 30. Nf3 Nbc6) 29. fxe5 f6 30. exf6 gxf6 31. Bf3 e5 32. dxe5 fxe5 {[%csl Re5] Black has got another weakness in his camp, and White has a chance to outmanoeuvre him.} 33. c6 Nf5 (33... Rdc8 34. Ra5 $1 Nxc6 $2 35. Rac5) 34. Ra5 Re8 35. Rcc5 Nd4 36. Be4 Kf7 37. Kg2 Kf6 38. Ra2 Ke6 $6 {Black´s king will now be in danger, too.} (38... Rec8 $142) 39. Rca5 Ree7 (39... Rec8 40. Rxa7 Nxc6 41. R7a6 Ke7 42. Rf2 $18 {[%CAl Re4h7]} Ke8 43. h4 $22) (39... Ra8 $5) 40. Rf2 Rg7 (40... Nxc6 41. Ra6 Kd7 42. Bxc6+ Rxc6 43. Rd2+ Kc7 44. Rxa7+ $18) (40... Kd6 41. Rd5+ Ke6 42. Rd8 Rg7 43. Bd5+ Ke7 44. Rff8 $18) 41. h4 h5 42. Kh2 $22 a6 (42... Rce7 43. Bd5+ Kd6 44. Rf6+ Ne6 45. c7 $18) (42... Rge7 43. Bd5+ Kd6 44. Rf6+ Ne6 45. g4 hxg4 46. Kg3 $18 {[%CAl Yh4h5,Yh5h6]}) 43. Bd5+ Ke7 44. Rxa6 Kd6 45. Bg2 $1 { White has won a pawn, the rest should be a matter of technique.} (45. Be4 $143 Rg4 $1) 45... Rge7 (45... Rg6 46. Rf8) 46. Ra5 (46. Be4 $1 {was now appropriate, e.g.} Re6 47. Rf8 Nxc6 48. Rf2 $1 Rh6 49. Rc2 Kd7 {Black is totally tied up and loses after} 50. g4 $1 hxg4 51. Kg3 {etc.}) 46... Nxc6 47. Rf6+ Re6 48. Rd5+ Ke7 49. Rf5 e4 $6 {Desperation.} (49... Rh6 {was more stubborn although after} 50. Be4 {Black's position remained poor.}) 50. Rxh5 e3 51. Rh7+ Ke8 (51... Kf8 52. Rxc7 e2 53. Rf5+ Ke8 54. Bxc6+ Kd8 55. Ra7 $18) 52. Rxc7 e2 53. Bf3 $1 {The refutation of Black's idea.} e1=Q 54. Bh5+ Kf8 55. Rf5+ Kg8 56. Bf7+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] White played this move without thinking, missing a simple mate:} (56. Rc8+ Kg7 57. Rf7+ Kh6 58. Rh8#) 56... Kh8 $1 57. Rh5+ Kg7 58. Bxe6+ Kf6 {Suddenly it is not easy for White to consolidate his pieces.} 59. Rh6+ $2 (59. Bc4 $1 {was the right way but it was not easy to calculate the following variations:} Ne5 60. Rh6+ $1 Kf5 61. Bd3+ $1 Nxd3 (61... Kg4 62. Rg7+ Kf3 63. Rf6+ Ke3 64. Bf1 Nf3+ 65. Rxf3+ Kxf3 66. Bg2+ Kf2 67. Rf7+ $18) 62. Rf7+ Kg4 (62... Ke4 63. Re6+ Ne5 64. Rxe5+ Kxe5 65. Re7+ $18) 63. Rg7+ Kf3 (63... Kf5 64. Rg5+ Ke4 65. Re6+) 64. Rf6+ Ke4 65. Re6+ Ne5 66. Rxe5+ Kxe5 67. Re7+ $18) 59... Ke5 60. Bh3 (60. Rh5+ $142 Kd6 (60... Kf6 61. Bc4 $1) 61. Rxc6+ Kxc6 62. Bd5+ Kd6 63. Rf5 {cutting off Black's king.}) 60... Qd2+ 61. Bg2 Qxh6 62. Rxc6 {[%mdl 4096] This endgame is theoretically drawn.} Qh7 $6 (62... Qe3 $142) 63. Rc4 {White misses another chance to cut off Black's king and keep more winning chances:} (63. Bh3 {[%CAl Yc6e6]}) 63... Kf6 64. Rg4 $6 {This cut-off is insufficient.} (64. Rc6+ Ke5 65. Bh3) 64... Qd7 {, and Black successfully held his ground:} 65. Rg5 Qc7 66. Rb5 Qc2 67. Rb6+ Kg7 68. Re6 Qa2 69. Re7+ Kf6 70. Re4 Kg7 71. Kh3 Qf7 72. Re2 Qf5+ 73. Kh2 Qf6 74. Be4 Qf1 75. Rc2 Qe1 76. Bf3 Qf1 77. Bg2 Qe1 78. Rc7+ Kh8 79. Rc4 Qe2 80. Re4 Qd2 81. Re6 Qa2 82. Re8+ Kg7 83. Re7+ Kh8 84. Re3 Qd2 85. Rf3 Qd7 86. Rb3 Qe6 87. Rb2 Qe5 88. Rf2 Qe6 89. Bf3 Qe5 90. Kg2 Qf6 91. Re2 Qd8 92. Ra2 Qf6 93. Rc2 Qe7 94. Rc6 Qd8 95. Rc2 Qe7 96. Rc8+ Kg7 97. Rc6 Kh8 98. Rh6+ Kg7 99. Rh5 Qe1 100. Rd5 Qe7 101. Rb5 Qe1 102. Rb7+ Kh8 103. Rd7 Qe8 104. Rd1 Qc8 105. Re1 Qc3 106. Rf1 Qd2+ 107. Kh3 Qd7+ 108. g4 {White finally starts moving his kingside pawns but exposes his king.} Qd3 109. Kg2 Qd2+ 110. Rf2 Qe1 111. h5 Kg7 112. Re2 Qa5 113. Re4 Kf6 114. Rf4+ Kg5 115. Rf5+ Qxf5 116. gxf5 Kxf5 117. Kg3 Kg5 118. Bg4 Kh6 119. Kh4 Kg7 120. Kg5 Kh8 121. h6 Kh7 122. Be6 Kh8 123. Kg6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Qatar Masters op"] [Site "Doha"] [Date "2014.12.01"] [Round "6"] [White "Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman"] [Black "Xu, Jun"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E38"] [WhiteElo "2335"] [BlackElo "2523"] [PlyCount "237"] [EventDate "2014.11.26"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "QAT"] [SourceTitle "CBM 164"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.01.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteClock "1:30:30"] [BlackClock "1:30:30"] {[%evp 0,237,16,28,29,-16,-10,-10,4,-26,2,-7,6,13,4,37,82,73,78,65,64,37,33,30, 10,-15,-4,3,1,-27,48,65,25,46,61,12,12,9,12,12,12,9,8,8,0,1,0,20,15,26,23,0,0, 3,3,1,7,-5,11,-8,-7,-4,9,-16,-20,-16,-14,-19,-14,-19,-19,-22,-10,-33,-10,-25,0, 0,0,0,0,0,48,45,73,90,90,-26,0,0,0,0,78,80,80,89,91,91,83,75,77,77,75,94,94,75, 80,99,86,80,121,9,28,22,22,16,80,37,76,72,81,81,72,79,71,71,83,50,76,80,83,65, 82,58,62,72,75,75,80,88,111,111,112,108,113,103,97,71,0,0,0,0,97,41,16,0,85,59, 69,77,77,75,75,26,59,0,69,91,55,0,92,81,92,41,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 94,51,49,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-72,-66,-66,-67,-67,-67, -67,-57,-72,-72,-63,-75,-57,-57,-57,-68,-69,-57,-69,-57,-57,-57,-57,-57,-57]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. e3 Qc7 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O a6 10. e4 Nc6 11. a3 Bb7 12. h3 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Bd3 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Qd4 f5 18. Be3 O-O 19. f3 f4 20. Qxb6 Qxc4 21. Rac1 Bc2 22. Bd4 Rac8 23. Rf2 Qd3 24. Bc5 Rc6 25. Qxc6 dxc6 26. Bxf8 Bb3 27. Bb4 Bd5 28. Re1 Kf7 29. Bc3 g5 30. Rd2 Qb5 31. Rd4 c5 32. Rd2 Kg6 33. Kh2 Qc4 34. Re5 h6 35. Kg1 h5 36. Rf2 Qd3 37. h4 gxh4 38. Kh2 Qb1 39. Be1 Qc1 40. Rfe2 c4 41. Bxh4 c3 42. bxc3 Qxc3 43. Rxe6+ Bxe6 44. Rxe6+ Kf5 45. Rxa6 Qc7 46. Rf6+ Ke5 47. Rxf4 Kd5 48. Bg3 Qc2 49. a4 Kc6 50. Rf6+ Kb7 51. a5 Ka7 52. a6 Qd2 53. Rd6 Qe3 54. Kh3 Qg1 55. Re6 Qh1+ 56. Bh2 Qc1 57. Rg6 Qd1 58. Rg5 Kxa6 59. Rxh5 Kb6 60. Rf5 Qf1 61. Be5 Kc6 62. Kh2 Kd5 63. Bg3+ Ke6 64. Re5+ Kf7 65. Re1 Qc4 66. Bf2 Qf4+ 67. Kg1 Kg6 68. Re3 Qd6 69. g4 Kg5 70. Kg2 Qc7 71. Re4 Qb8 72. Be3+ Kg6 73. f4 Qb7 74. Kf3 Qd5 75. Bf2 Qb7 76. Bd4 Qd5 77. Ke3 Qb3+ 78. Kf2 Qd5 79. f5+ Kg5 80. Be3+ Kh4 81. Rd4 Qa2+ 82. Kf3 Kh3 83. g5 Qa8+ 84. Re4 Qd5 85. f6 Qf5+ 86. Rf4 Qxg5 87. Ke4 Qg2+ 88. Ke5 Qe2 89. Re4 Qh5+ 90. Ke6 Qe8+ 91. Kf5 Qh5+ 92. Bg5 Qh7+ 93. Kf4 Qc7+ 94. Re5 Qc2 95. Re3+ Kg2 96. Kg4 Qc8+ 97. Kh5 Qh8+ 98. Kg6 Qg8+ 99. Kf5 Qc8+ 100. Kf4 Qc7+ 101. Re5 Qc4+ 102. Kf5 Qc8+ 103. Kf4 Qc4+ 104. Re4 Qc7+ 105. Kf5 Qc8+ 106. Re6 Qd7 107. Bf4 Kf3 108. f7 Qxf7+ 109. Rf6 Qd7+ 110. Kg6 Kg4 111. Rf7 Qe6+ 112. Kg7 Kh5 113. Rf6 Qd7+ 114. Rf7 Qg4+ 115. Kf8 Qc8+ 116. Kg7 Qc3+ 117. Rf6 Qd4 118. Kf7 Qd7+ 119. Kf8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-rapid 03rd"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1994.03.31"] [Round "5"] [White "Seirawan, Yasser"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E05"] [WhiteElo "2585"] [BlackElo "2710"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "1994.03.26"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "16"] [SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,96,20,23,27,-17,-7,-7,-3,-30,-19,-10,25,-26,34,-24,-21,-15,-3,-2,-28, -74,-37,-37,-20,-26,-47,-26,-43,-16,-41,-27,-17,-42,-38,-84,-75,-75,-51,-68, -49,-62,-53,-52,-43,-44,-56,-63,-67,-54,-61,-71,-74,-76,-76,-76,-76,-74,-74, -88,-101,-98,-98,-109,-109,-118,-118,-124,-84,-124,-145,-122,-133,-139,-153, -207,-243,-244,-172,-184,-108,-106,-147,-145,-184,-206,-409,-638,-663,-663, -663,-702,-715,-1040,-1074,-1055,-1291,-1438,-1438]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 c5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Rad1 Qb6 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Nd4 Rac8 16. Qb1 Rfd8 17. N2b3 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 f5 19. Nxc5 Qxc5 20. Nf3 Qc2 21. e3 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Bf6 23. b3 Qxb1 24. Rxb1 Rc2 25. a4 bxa4 26. bxa4 Rc4 27. a5 Ra4 28. Rb7 Rxa5 29. Nd4 Ra2 30. Ra7 a5 31. Kf3 a4 32. h3 h5 33. h4 f4 34. gxf4 Bxh4 35. Ne2 f5 36. Ng3 Kf8 37. Kg2 a3 38. Kf3 Ke8 39. e4 fxe4+ 40. Kxe4 Be7 41. Ke5 h4 42. Ne4 Re2 43. f3 h3 44. Kxe6 h2 45. Rxe7+ Kf8 46. Rh7 a2 47. f5 a1=Q 48. f6 h1=Q 0-1 [Event "World-ch Carlsen-Karjakin +2-2=10"] [Site "New York"] [Date "2016.11.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "2857"] [BlackElo "2769"] [Annotator "Ponomariov,R"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2016.11.11"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 176"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,73,23,27,27,-10,-10,12,60,-6,19,-5,11,-22,21,-28,-10,-16,-6,7,7,3,44, 57,43,44,29,14,10,32,21,19,19,9,15,24,19,15,15,15,12,8,26,25,16,16,17,17,27,20, 21,16,24,20,11,10,0,0,13,0,20,15,14,26,19,17,15,11,19,14,18,-3,0,0,0,0] The first game of the World Championship match in New York is over. Personally I hope to learn something from the match and to see how modern chess is developing.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 {In an interview with Norwegian TV before the match I had predicted that both players will play 1.d4. In my opinion nowadays 1.d4 gives White more options to reach complicated positions and to create tension. But I didn't expect the Trompovsky though Carlsen had played it before. Maybe Carlsen wants to force the team of Karjakin to study each and every game he has ever played? At any rate, the next games will reveal his strategy for the match.} d5 {Black's most solid response.} ({If you want to complicate things you can go for} 2... g6) ({or} 2... e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 {which leads to asymmetrical positions. But in World Championship matches the players usually play solidly with Black while trying to press with White. Therefore 2.. . d5 is an understandable decision.}) 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. dxc5 ({If White wants to keep more tension he can play} 5. Nc3 {leading to a Chigorin Defence with colours reversed. The text move gives Black more options to resolve the tension in the centre.}) 5... Nc6 {There is nothing wrong with this natural development move. It seems as if Karjakin - like everyone else - was a bit by surprised by his opponent's opening choice and decided to calm down and to spend some time to find out where danger might be lurking in his position.} ({I don't think that anything is wrong with} 5... e6 {either.} 6. Nf3 (6. b4 a5) 6... Nd7 ({Here I once played} 6... Bxc5 7. c4 dxc4 8. Nbd2 Bd7 9. Bxc4 Bc6 10. O-O Nd7 {and I think in this position Black has solved all of his problems.} 11. Qe2 Qe7 12. Rac1 O-O 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. Nfd4 Rac8 15. Qg4+ Kh8 16. Qh4 Ne5 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Be2 Rfc8 19. Qe4 Kg7 20. g3 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 22. Nxc1 Qc7 23. Nb3 f5 24. Qb1 a5 25. Qd1 Qc6 26. Nd4 Qe4 27. Nb5 Bc5 28. Nc3 Qc6 29. Bb5 Qc7 30. Bf1 Be7 {1/2 (30) Andreikin, D-Ponomariov,R Moscow blitz 2015}) 7. c4 dxc4 8. c6 Nb6 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 bxc6 11. Qc2 Bg7 12. Bd3 f5 13. e4 {1-0 (72) Carlsen,M (2864)-Kramnik,V (2803) Moscow RUS 2013, and in this position Magnus somehow managed to complicate things and to outplay Vladimir Kramnik. But I think this was not due to the opening. Kramnik was in bad shape in that tournament, he played badly and finished last. It is interesting that Karjakin also took part in this tournament and with his good memory he probably remembered the Carlsen-Kramnik game.}) 6. Bb5 e6 7. c4 dxc4 8. Nd2 Bxc5 9. Ngf3 O-O 10. O-O Na5 ({It's interesting to consider} 10... c3 {to change the pawn structure. Yes, Black's kingside is shattered as well, but Black has the two bishops which might give some chances to play for an advantage. Instead, Karjakin decided to play simpler and more solid chess. But after the game move White has less to worry about.}) 11. Rc1 Be7 ({Black also had the option to play} 11... a6 12. Bxc4 Nxc4 13. Rxc4 Be7 {and now White needs to play actively, otherwise Black will just finish his development and the two bishops will be very strong on the long diagonals.}) 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. Qc3 Qd5 {Solid again! But sometimes solid play and giving the initiative to your opponent backfires.} ({A more principled try was} 14... b6 15. Ne4 (15. Nxc4 Rac8) 15... e5 16. Rfd1 Qe6 17. Ng3 {Obviously, White has some compensation but Black still has a healthy extra pawn. One wonders what Carlsen would have done with Black in such a position.}) 15. Nxc4 { Unfortunately White does not have much choice and can hardly avoid mass exchanges. Therefore I think that 5.dxc5 was a really committal move.} Nxc4 16. Qxc4 {A slight inaccuracy by the World Champion.} ({There was the possible intermezzo} 16. Rfd1 Qb5 17. Qxc4 Qxc4 (17... Qxb2 18. Rb1) 18. Rxc4 {and the white rook is already on d1 instead of f1. However, after} Rfc8 {White probably has nothing better than} 19. Rdc1 Rxc4 20. Rxc4 {which leads to the same position we reached in the game. But sometimes such small nuances can be important.}) 16... Qxc4 17. Rxc4 Rfc8 18. Rfc1 Rxc4 19. Rxc4 Rd8 20. g3 ({ Again I think it's more accurate to play the king to the centre first.} 20. Kf1 Rd7 21. Ke2 {is of course very similar to the game, but maybe White can eventually grab some space with g2-g4, taking two steps at once with g-pawn.}) 20... Rd7 21. Kf1 f5 22. Ke2 (22. Ne5 Rd5) 22... Bf6 23. b3 Kf8 {For the first time it may seem as if White has some advantage because Black's pieces are so passive. White's pieces are indeed slightly more active and Black's pawn structure on the kingside is a bit vulnerable. You can also try to find some analogy with the famous game Ribli-Karpov, Amsterdam 1980, which White managed to win. But it seems that these small advantages are simply not enough to win the game for White unless he gets a lot of help from Black.} 24. h3 h6 { This move is still a little bit of a mystery for me.} ({Why not} 24... Ke7 { ? Probably Karjakin wanted to nip active play from White in the bud.}) 25. Ne1 Ke7 26. Nd3 Kd8 27. f4 ({In the event of} 27. g4 fxg4 28. hxg4 Rc7 29. Rxc7 Kxc7 30. Kf3 Kd6 31. Ke4 Bc3 {It's difficult to see how White can make progress.}) 27... h5 ({Now Black didn't like} 27... Rc7 28. Rxc7 Kxc7 { probably because of} 29. Kf3 Kd6 30. e4 fxe4+ 31. Kxe4 {and in this position he might hit on some ideas to pose Black problems.}) 28. a4 {White really has difficulties to make progress. But as always Carlsen tries till the end.} (28. Ne5 Bxe5 29. fxe5 Rd5 30. Rh4 Rxe5 31. Rxh5 Rc5 $132) 28... Rd5 29. Nc5 b6 30. Na6 Be7 (30... b5 $5) 31. Nb8 a5 32. Nc6+ Ke8 33. Ne5 (33. Nxe7 Kxe7 34. Rc7+ Rd7) 33... Bc5 34. Rc3 Ke7 35. Rd3 Rxd3 36. Kxd3 f6 37. Nc6+ Kd6 38. Nd4 Kd5 39. Nb5 Kc6 40. Nd4+ Kd6 41. Nb5+ Kd7 42. Nd4 Kd6 {So, to be honest, the first game of the match was not particularly exciting. I don't think we will see this variation again. Even for Magnus it is difficult to squeeze blood out of a stone. I expect that the Queen's Indian will be tested in the next games unless Karjakin has prepared something else. But before that we will see what Sergey will play with White.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "RUS-chT 13th"] [Site "Sochi"] [Date "2006.04.21"] [Round "2"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2731"] [BlackElo "2756"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2006.04.20"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.05.09"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,73,26,34,31,43,43,5,-2,12,-16,-14,16,-26,-15,6,9,-11,-3,-27,2,1,10, -60,-35,-21,-6,-10,-35,-12,8,9,57,-30,-19,-19,-15,-26,-39,-48,-10,-54,0,-163, -17,-59,-31,-31,-46,-38,-38,-46,-24,-22,-4,-15,0,0,36,37,0,0,66,66,66,66,69, 148,447,451,447,675,946,990,990,330]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Qf3 Bb7 13. Nd2 Bc5 14. Nf1 Qc8 15. h3 Kh8 16. Ng3 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 f5 18. Nxc5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 f4 20. Kh2 Qf5 21. Bd2 Rf6 22. Rg1 Rh6 23. Rg4 a5 24. Re1 Rf8 25. Ne4 Qh5 26. h4 Rg6 27. Rxg6 Qxg6 28. c3 c5 29. Nxc5 Rd8 30. Ne4 Qb6 31. Rd1 Rd3 32. Bc4 Rxf3 33. Be1 g5 34. hxg5 Kg7 35. Rd7+ Kf8 36. Rf7+ Ke8 37. Rf6 1-0 [Event "Reykjavik op 21st"] [Site "Reykjavik"] [Date "2004.03.16"] [Round "9"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Sutovsky, Emil"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A16"] [WhiteElo "2648"] [BlackElo "2666"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "2004.03.07"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ISL"] [SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2004.05.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,39,21,16,28,1,26,23,75,13,24,24,15,15,15,16,16,29,18,-36,-36,-78,-78, -78,-70,-60,-60,-80,-77,-100,-87,-86,-81,-86,-81,-81,-81,-82,-81,-87,-87,-81]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Nc6 7. d4 Bg7 8. e4 O-O 9. e5 Be6 10. exf6 Bxc4 11. fxg7 Kxg7 12. Bxc4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Be2 Qb4 15. a3 Qb3 16. Bd1 Qc4 17. Be2 Qb3 18. Bd1 Qc4 19. Be2 Qb3 20. Bd1 1/2-1/2