[Event "Tata Steel India Blitz"] [Site "Kolkata IND"] [Date "2024.11.16"] [Round "8.2"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B44"] [WhiteElo "2831"] [BlackElo "2799"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "40"] [GameId "2112599895928879"] [EventDate "2024.11.16"] [EventType "blitz"] {[%evp 0,40,21,23,26,71,37,4,13,5,5,9,14,21,0,9,4,23,2,-3,-3,-10,-23,5,3,-179,-187,-295,-410,-501,-461,-489,-647,-593,-680,-812,-934,-850,-930,-870,-883,-869,-947]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 {This shouldn't replace 3.d4, but it's one of several decent "anti-" options.} Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bc5 (6... Bb4) 7. Nc2 (7. Nb3) ({and} 7. Nxc6 {avoid the following mayhem.}) 7... Qb6 {A nice and tricky line. Black goes forward and hopes something tactical will work out before he gets pushed back. In this game, it does.} (7... O-O {is the other move here, which Carlsen had faced (and defeated) before.} 8. Be3 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Qe7 11. Qd2 Rfd8 12. Rfd1 Rac8 (12... Ne5 13. Bxc5 bxc5 14. f4 Ng6 15. Qe3 d6 16. Rd2 a6 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. b3 h6 19. g3 Rd7 20. Bf3 Re8 21. Qf2 Ne7 22. h3 Red8 23. Bg2 Nc6 24. g4 Qa5 25. Na4 Qc7 26. e5 dxe5 27. Nxc5 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 Rxd2 29. Qxd2 Ba8 30. fxe5 Qxe5 31. Nd7 Qb2 32. Qd6 Nxd7 33. Qxd7 Qxc2 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Qxa8 Qd1+ 36. Kh2 Qd6+ 37. Kh1 Nd4 38. Qe4+ f5 39. gxf5 exf5 40. Qe3 Ne6 41. b4 Ng5 42. c5 Qf6 43. c6 Ne6 44. a4 Nc7 45. Qf4 Ne6 46. Qd6 Qa1+ 47. Kh2 Nd4 48. c7 Qc3 49. Qc5 Qe3 50. c8=Q f4 51. Qg4 {1-0 Carlsen,M (2835)-Caruana,F (2832) World-ch Carlsen-Caruana Tiebreak London rapid 2018 (3)}) 13. Bxc5 bxc5 14. Qe3 d6 15. f4 a6 16. Rd2 Qc7 17. Rad1 e5 18. f5 Nd4 19. Bd3 h6 20. Qh3 Bc6 21. Ne3 Qb7 22. Qh4 Qe7 23. Rf1 Rb8 24. g4 Nd5 25. Qxe7 Nxe7 26. h4 Rb7 27. Rg2 Rdb8 28. Rff2 Kf8 29. Kh2 a5 30. Kg3 a4 31. Ned1 Ng8 32. Nb1 Nf6 33. Ndc3 Rb4 34. Na3 Ke7 35. Nc2 Rxb2 36. Nxd4 cxd4 37. Rxb2 {1-0 Carlsen,M (2830)-Vokhidov,S (2596) Wch Blitz Samarkand 2023 (6)}) 8. Qd2 Ng4 (8... O-O {is a playable if less ambitious option.} 9. Na4 Bb4 10. Nxb6 Bxd2+ 11. Bxd2 axb6 12. Be3 $1 $14 {White has a nice edge thanks to his dark-squared bishop.} d5 (12... Nxe4 13. Bxb6 d5 14. c5 e5 15. a4 Be6 16. a5 d4 17. Ra3 Rfc8 18. Bd3 Nf6 19. Kd2 Bd5 20. f3 e4 21. Bb5 d3 22. Bxc6 Bxc6 23. Nd4 Nd7 24. Re1 exf3 25. gxf3 Bd5 26. Nf5 Kf8 27. Ne7 Nxb6 28. cxb6 Rd8 29. Nxd5 Rxd5 30. Rea1 Rh5 31. b4 Rxh2+ 32. Kxd3 Rd8+ 33. Kc3 Rh5 34. Kb3 Rf5 35. Ka4 h5 36. Rc3 h4 37. a6 bxa6 38. b7 Rb5 39. Rc8 Ke7 40. Re1+ Kf6 41. Rxd8 Rxb7 42. Rd6+ Kf5 43. Rxa6 g5 44. b5 f6 45. Rc6 h3 46. b6 {1-0 Bjerre,J (2624)-Guseinov,G (2661) FIDE World Cup Baku 2023 (2.6)}) 13. exd5 exd5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Bc4 Nxe3 16. Nxe3 Ne5 17. O-O Nxc4 18. Nxc4 Be6 19. b3 Ra6 20. a4 Bxc4 21. bxc4 Rc8 22. Rfc1 g6 23. g3 Kg7 24. Rab1 Rxa4 25. Rxb6 Raxc4 26. Rxc4 Rxc4 27. Rxb7 h5 28. h4 Rc6 29. Kg2 Rf6 30. Kg1 Re6 31. Kg2 Rf6 32. Kg1 Re6 33. Kg2 Rf6 {½-½ Artemiev,V (2701)-Caruana,F (2764) Chessable Masters Div 1 Win Chess.com INT rapid 2023 (2.1)}) 9. f3 (9. Nd1 {keeps f2 safe, but Black has other ways of generating play, e.g.} d5 $1 10. cxd5 exd5 $11 11. exd5 $2 O-O $3 $19 12. dxc6 Bxf2+ 13. Nxf2 Re8+ 14. Be2 Qxf2+ 15. Kd1 Qxg2 16. Rf1 Bf5 $1 17. Rxf5 (17. c7 Bg6 $19) 17... Rad8 18. Bd3 Qg1+ 19. Ne1 Ne3+ $19 {It's time for White to start losing pieces like Netflix loses customers after last night's abysmal Tyson-Paul fight.}) 9... Nf2 10. Na4 Qc7 11. Nxc5 Nxh1 {The critical position. Black is up the exchange and threatens ...Qxh2, but the knight on h1 is trapped. White needs to make sure that the knight doesn't escape, and to make sure that when he does finally collect the knight it doesn't come at too great a cost.} 12. Qf4 $4 {This awful move was played almost immediately. I was watching the game without any commentary and saw the next two moves in just a few seconds, recognizing that White was completely lost, so the fact that Erigaisi took 51 seconds to play his next move can only be understood as a sign of respect for Carlsen. Surely Carlsen has *something* in mind, right? Nope, it's just an outright blunder.} (12. g3 Ne5 (12... O-O 13. Bg2 Na5 $1 (13... Nxg3 14. hxg3 {0-1 Svane,F (2566)-Lazavik,D (2529) Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Oct Early Chess.com INT blitz 2022 (8)} Ne5 $1 15. f4 Qxc5 16. fxe5 Qg1+ 17. Bf1 Qxg3+ 18. Qf2 Qxe5 19. Be3 $1 $14) 14. Nd3 Nxg3 $1 15. hxg3 Nxc4 $1 16. Qf2 d5 $11 {is a mess.}) 13. Qe3 O-O 14. b3 b5 $36 {0-1 Pap,G (2476)-Lazavik,D (2578) Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Jun Late Chess.com INT blitz 2024 (4)}) ({The best move was played in an email game, unsurprisingly. What may come as a surprise is that Black had no trouble holding the game, even in that format, so this whole approach by Black seems genuinely good, not just a tricky idea for a quick game.} 12. f4 $1 O-O 13. Be2 d5 $1 14. Kf1 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Rd8 16. Qe1 e5 $1 17. Nc3 Be6 18. f5 Bxf5 19. Ne3 Nd4 20. Nxf5 Nxf5 21. Kg1 Nd4 $1 22. Qf1 Nxe2+ $1 23. Qxe2 Qd6 24. Nd5 b5 25. b3 Kh8 26. Kxh1 bxc4 27. bxc4 Qa6 28. Ne3 Qg6 29. h3 Rac8 30. Qf2 Rd3 31. Bb2 Qe4 32. Re1 {½-½ Khorunzhy,M (2377)-Bernal Varela,N (2404) ST-2021-0-00211 LSS email}) 12... Qa5+ $1 13. b4 $2 {Another error, but obviously how White intended to meet the check when he played 12.Qf4.} Nxb4 {Now - too late - Carlsen started to think. He probably would have resigned if it wasn't so early in the game (Carlsen losing in 13 moves would be published everywhere, forever), so after 49 seconds spent going through Kübler-Ross's stages of grief he produced another lemon - not that it matters at this point.} 14. Kd1 $4 Nf2+ 15. Ke2 (15. Kd2 $4 {(or 15.Ke1??)} Nbd3+ {picks up the queen.}) 15... Nxc2 {Not just taking a piece, but winning the rook as well.} 16. Be3 (16. Rb1 $2 Qe1# {would be shown everywhere and forever - and constantly.}) 16... Nxa1 17. Qe5 Qxa2+ 18. Bd2 f6 19. Qd6 b6 20. Nxe6 Qxc4+ (20... Qxc4+ 21. Kxf2 Qxe6 {leaves Erigaisi two rooks and two pawns ahead. Enough moves have transpired for the game to escape Zapata-Anand territory, so Carlsen resigned.}) 0-1