[Event "Carlsen Inv Final 4"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.03"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[Annotator "thechesscorner,@gmail.com"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.05.01"]
{[%evp 0,113,32,19,20,24,26,26,26,33,36,40,34,38,39,30,19,2,4,10,4,4,2,2,5,5,
13,1,7,7,17,-1,11,2,12,10,15,-13,-13,-17,-17,-17,-14,-24,-15,-10,21,28,26,30,
31,31,36,36,37,36,43,32,51,51,46,52,53,53,53,53,53,53,53,53,53,55,55,41,98,92,
92,108,92,92,111,92,92,111,154,154,188,209,209,209,255,338,295,361,310,335,310,
346,435,460,462,479,451,451,451,451,538,589,723,584,726,641,1374,1502,1519,
1526]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 $5
Nh5 8. Bd3 (8. Be2 {Be2 instead of Bd3 but same pawn structure and similar
themes in that game where Hikaru had Black} b6 9. b4 Nxf4 10. exf4 a5 11. a3 c6
12. O-O Qc7 13. g3 Ba6 14. Qc2 Bxe2 15. Nxe2 Ra6 16. Rab1 axb4 17. axb4 Rfa8
18. Nc1 Bf6 19. Nd3 bxc5 20. bxc5 Ra4 21. Rb4 Ra2 22. Rb2 R2a4 23. Rb4 Ra2 24.
Rb2 R2a4 {[#] same structure, same placement for rooks, and same idea for
White to go Ne5 at some point. Hikaru said Alexander Grischuk was his
inspiration for this game} 25. Nde5 Nxe5 26. fxe5 Bd8 27. Rfb1 R4a7 28. Kg2 Qc8
29. Ne1 Bc7 30. Nd3 Ra3 31. Rb6 Bxb6 32. cxb6 Rb8 33. Nc5 Qd8 34. b7 g6 35. Qe2
Ra7 36. Rb4 Qc7 37. Qb2 Ra5 38. Rb6 h5 39. Qb4 Ra7 40. h4 Kg7 {½-½ (40)
Alexander Grischuk-Hikaru Nakamura Bilbao ESP 2014}) 8... Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10.
b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Ba6 13. Qe2 ({Relevant:} 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Qe2 Ra7 15.
g3 Bf6 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. fxe5 Qa8 18. Rab1 axb4 19. axb4 Rb8 20. Qc2 Nf8 21. f4
Ng6 22. f5 exf5 23. Qxf5 bxc5 24. bxc5 Rxb1 25. Rxb1 Nf8 26. Rf1 {Nakamura-So
Chess.com game Feb 2020}) 13... Bxd3 14. Qxd3 g6 15. Rfc1 Qc7 16. g3 axb4 17.
axb4 Qb7 18. Rab1 Ra3 19. Qc2 Rfa8 20. Kg2 Bf6 {[#]} 21. Ne2 Ra2 22. Qd1 bxc5
23. bxc5 Qa6 24. Rc2 Rxc2 (24... Ra3) 25. Qxc2 Rb8 26. Rxb8+ Nxb8 27. Nc1 $14 {
[#] Hikaru said his stream about the tournament that he felt good here. White
is re-routing knight into e5, he also has h4-h5 to increase pressure. White
can play for a win without much risks as Black is passive.} Nd7 28. Nd3 Qb5 29.
Qc3 {[#]} h5 $2 (29... Qa6 $1 30. Qb3 {[%csl Rb7,Rb8][%CAl Ra6b7,Rd7b8,Ya6a2]})
30. Qa3 $1 {White takes his chances ! taking control of a file} Kg7 31. Nde5 (
31. Nfe5 $6 Bxe5 32. fxe5 {[%csl Yd3] Knight in d3 is not well place. Better
to play Nde5 instead}) 31... Bxe5 32. fxe5 Qe2 $1 33. Ng5 (33. Qa7 Qe4 $3 34.
Qxd7 g5 $11 {[#] Naka: " Incredible resource for Black here, spotted by Magnus"
}) 33... Qg4 34. h4 {White is better here} Nf8 35. Qd3 Qf5 {[#] should White
trade queens ?} 36. Qxf5 exf5 $4 {Blunder by Magnus under pressure} (36... gxf5
$11 37. Kf3 Ng6 {[%csl Rf4][%CAl Rf5f4]} 38. Nh3 f6 $1) 37. Kf3 {[#]} f6 (37...
Ne6 38. Nxe6+ fxe6 39. Ke3 $1 (39. Kf4 Kh6) 39... Kf7 40. Kd3 (40. Kf4 $3 Kf8
41. Kg5 Kg7 42. f4 $1 {easy win for White}) 40... Ke7 41. Kc3 Kd7 42. Kb4 Kc7
43. Ka5 Kb7 $11 {Black is preventing White's king to enter}) 38. exf6+ Kxf6 39.
Ke3 Nd7 40. Nf3 $18 {[%csl Re5,Rg5][%CAl Rf3e5,Rf3g5,Re3f4]} Ke6 41. Ne1 $1 {
perfect square as from d3, Knight can target b4-c6 or f4-g6} Nb8 42. Nd3 Kf6
43. f4 $1 {shutdown kingside} (43. Ne5 $2 g5 $1) 43... Nd7 44. Ne5 Nf8 (44...
Nxe5 45. fxe5+ {[%csl Rf4,Rf6,Rg5,Rh6][%CAl Rf4g5,Re3f4]} Kg7 46. Kf4 Kf8 47.
Kg5 Kf7 48. e6+ $18) 45. Nxc6 {Now white will queen first} Ke6 46. Ne5 Ke7 47.
Kd3 Kd8 48. Kc3 Kc7 49. Nd3 Nd7 50. Nb4 $1 {[%csl Gd5][%CAl Gb4d5,Gc5c6,Gd4d5]}
Nf6 51. Kb3 Kb7 52. Ka4 Ne4 53. Nxd5 Nxg3 54. Kb5 Ne4 55. c6+ Kc8 56. Kb6 Nd6
57. Ne7+ (57. Ne7+ Kd8 (57... Kb8 58. c7+ Ka8 59. Nd5 Nc8+ 60. Ka6 g5 61. Nb6+
Nxb6 62. Kxb6 gxf4 63. c8=Q#) 58. Nxg6 Nc4+ 59. Kb7 Nd6+ 60. Kb8) 1-0
