[Event "Carlsen Inv Final 4"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[Annotator "thechesscorner,@gmail.com"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.05.01"]
{[%evp 0,95,20,16,26,25,20,12,21,8,7,13,8,13,17,9,11,-8,-8,-23,-22,-27,-25,-50,
16,-42,-48,-40,-48,-15,-19,-69,-12,-9,-2,-14,29,8,8,8,14,11,10,7,8,7,13,8,8,0,
0,8,7,7,7,10,8,8,12,19,33,34,34,34,34,33,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,14,32,27,27,27,
27,26,27,27,27,27,27,27,28,-190,-190,-190,-190,-190,-190,-190,-190,-190,-190,
-187]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nbd2 Bd6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 b6
8. Qe2 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. h4 {Carlsen shows he is not looking for a
positional game but a swift attack against the king : Ng5 followed by Qe2-h5.
If blacks stops the queen by g5-g6 , White will play h4-h5, and 0-0-0
attacking Black's king first. very aggressive start by Carlsebn} Nd7 11. Ng5 h6
12. f4 $5 {Black can't take the knight} (12. Nh7 Re8 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 (13... Qxf6
14. f4 c5 15. c3 {[%CAl Yg2g4,Yg4g5]}) 14. g4 c5 {with a complex game} 15. c3
cxd4 16. cxd4 e5 {unclear} 17. g5) 12... c5 (12... Be7) (12... hxg5 $4 13. Bh7+
Kh8 14. Qh5 $18) 13. c3 Be7 $1 14. g4 Nf6 {[#] Key position} 15. a3 $5 (15.
O-O-O $5 {castling makes sense , to play Rdg1. on 15..Rc8 16Kb1} Rc8 (15... c4
16. Bc2 b5 17. Ngf3 b4 {with a tense game}) 16. Kb1) (15. Qg2 $5) 15... Rc8 16.
Qg2 $5 Bd6 (16... cxd4 17. cxd4 Rc7) (16... hxg5 $2 17. hxg5 Ne4 18. Qh3 f5 19.
Bxe4 fxe4 20. Qh5 $1 {and g5-g6!} (20. g6 Bh4+)) 17. Ngf3 $5 {[#] Now White
wants to play g4-g5} (17. O-O-O $6 cxd4 18. exd4 Bxf4) 17... cxd4 18. cxd4 (18.
Nxd4 $5) 18... Ne4 $1 19. g5 {[#]} h5 (19... Kh8 20. Rg1 (20. gxh6 gxh6 21. Rg1
Rg8)) 20. Ne5 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 g6 22. Kf2 (22. Nxg6 $2 fxg6 23. Bxg6 Qc7) 22...
Kg7 {[#] Ding Liren has defended well, and kept kingside closed with ..h5 and .
.g6} 23. Rac1 Qe7 24. Qe2 Rc7 {[#] trying to get control of column c as Black
has closed the kingside} 25. Rxc7 Qxc7 26. Rd1 Rc8 27. Rd2 Qc1 $1 28. Qd1 (28.
Rc2 Rxc2 (28... Qa1 29. Nf3 Bc6 30. Qd2 Bd7) 29. Qxc2 Qxc2+ 30. Bxc2 Ba6) 28...
Qxd1 29. Rxd1 Bxe5 30. fxe5 Kf8 {[#] Ending is equal} 31. Ke2 Ke7 32. Kd2 Rc7
33. b4 a6 34. a4 Rc8 35. Rf1 Rd8 36. Rf6 Rg8 37. a5 b5 38. Rf1 Rc8 39. Rc1 Rxc1
40. Kxc1 Bc6 41. Kd2 Kd7 42. Ke2 Ke7 43. Bxg6 $5 fxg6 {No side can make any
progress.} 44. Kd2 Bd7 45. Ke1 Bc6 46. Kd2 Bd7 47. Ke1 Bc6 48. Kd2 1/2-1/2
