[Event "Carlsen Tour Final 2020"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2020.08.12"] [Round "1.42"] [White "Ding Liren"] [Black "Carlsen, M."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E62"] [WhiteElo "2791"] [BlackElo "2863"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2020.08.09"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [SourceTitle "TWIC 1345"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2020.08.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.08.17"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. e4 b6 ({Relevant:} 9... a5 10. Ne1 Nd7 11. Nd3 b6 12. Be3 Nc5 13. Nxc5 bxc5 14. Qd2 c6 15. Rac1 cxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Be6 18. Qd2 Qb6 19. Rfd1 Ra6 20. Rc3 a4 21. h3 Rb8 22. b3 axb3 23. axb3 Qc7 24. Bh6 Bxh6 25. Qxh6 Rab6 26. Rdd3 Qe7 {1/2-1/2 (26) Mikhalevski,V (2578)-Zhou,J (2606) Sturbridge 2019}) 10. Rb1 a5 {[#]} 11. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. a3 Bd7 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Qc8 14. c5 bxc5 15. bxc5 Bh3 16. c6 h6 17. Rb7 Ne8 18. Nd2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 f5 20. f3 Qd8 21. Nc4 Nc8 22. Be3 f4 23. Bf2 fxg3 24. hxg3 h5 25. Be3 Qf6 26. Qd2 Qf7 27. Nb5 Ra4 28. Qc2 Ra8 29. Bb6 h4 30. Bxc7 Qf6 31. Ba5 hxg3 32. Qe2 g5 33. Bd2 Ne7 34. Nb6 Ra2 35. Nc3 Rxd2 36. Qxd2 g4 37. Rxe7 Qh4 38. Kg1 Bh6 39. f4 Qxe7 40. Nd7 Bxf4 {Petrosian,T-Panov,V Moscow 1950 0-1}) 11... Nd7 12. a3 h6 13. Nh4 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Qc2 Nf6 16. b4 {Following normal human logic} (16. Bh3 f4 17. Bxc8 Rxc8 $14) 16... Bd7 (16... axb4 17. axb4 Nh7 18. Rb3 $5 $14) 17. c5 { The kingside vs queenside race is on} (17. Bb2 {is also possible}) 17... axb4 18. axb4 e4 $2 {An active move that leaves Black with a shaky pawn centre. Black would do better to remain flexible in the centre} (18... Qe8 {Keeps Black in the game} 19. c6 Bc8 $13) 19. c6 Be8 (19... Bc8 {Forcing a big decision} 20. f3 $16 {is also hard on Black}) 20. f3 $1 {Undermining the fragile pawn centre} (20. Bb2 {is less good} Ng4 $16) 20... Nfxd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. fxe4 fxe4 $2 $18 (22... Nc3 {is the lesser evil} 23. Rb3 $1 Nb5 24. Qd3 Nd4 25. Rb1 f4 26. Nf5 Nxf5 27. exf5 $16) 23. Bxe4 Nc3 $6 {[#] An unusual fork that allows White to press with a nice shot} (23... Nf6 $2 24. Bg6 $18 (24. Bd3 $18) 24... Bxg6 25. Qxg6 Ne8 26. Re6 $18 {White has a crushing attack}) (23... Bd4+ {is relatively best} 24. Kh1 Nc3 {The position is murky enough for Black to survive} 25. Bb2 Rf2 26. Qd3 Qf6 27. Bd5+ Kf8 28. Bxc3 Bxc3 29. Qh7 Qg7 30. Qxg7+ Bxg7 31. Rf1 Rf6 32. b5 $14) 24. Bxh6 $1 Qf6 $6 (24... Nxb1 {Greed is not a good idea} 25. Bh7+ $1 {is crushing} (25. Bd5+ $18) 25... Kh8 26. Rxe8 $1 {The key idea. Black's key defenders are stripped away while the Ra8/Nb1 are out of play} Qxe8 (26... Rxe8 27. Ng6+ Kxh7 28. Nf8+ Kg8 29. Qh7+ Kxf8 30. Qxg7#) 27. Ng6+ Kxh7 28. Nxf8+ {forces mate} Kxh6 (28... Kh8 29. Qh7#) (28... Kg8 29. Qh7+ Kxf8 30. Qxg7#) 29. Qh7+ Kg5 30. Qh4+ Kf5 31. Qf4#) (24... Bd4+ { is relatively best} 25. Be3 Qf6 26. Rbc1 Bh5 27. Bg2 $16) (24... Bxh6 $6 25. Qxc3 $18 {Black will not last long with the kingside wide open to attack}) 25. Bh7+ Kh8 (25... Kf7 $2 26. Rf1 $18) 26. Rxe8 Rfxe8 (26... Raxe8 27. Ng6+ $18) 27. Ng6+ Kxh7 28. Nf8+ Kxh6 {allows mate} (28... Kg8 29. Qh7+ Kxf8 (29... Kf7 30. Rf1 $18) 30. Bxg7+ Qxg7 31. Rf1+ $18) 29. Qh7+ Kg5 30. Qh4+ Kf5 31. Qf4# 1-0
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