[Event "8th Norway Chess 2020"] [Site "Stavanger NOR"] [Date "2020.10.13"] [Round "8.3"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Tari, Aryan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C84"] [WhiteElo "2863"] [BlackElo "2633"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2020.10.05"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 ( 8. a3 {has been more popular, but without being especially successful.}) 8... Bd7 9. c3 Na5 10. Ba2 (10. Bc2 {has been much more common.}) 10... c5 {Black has done well here, but the sample size is small. Carlsen shows that there is plenty of play here.} 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Nbd2 $146 Rb8 13. axb5 axb5 14. Re1 b4 $6 {Weakening the c4 square.} 15. Nc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 bxc3 17. bxc3 Qc7 (17... Ne8 $142 {is better, keeping the knight to fight for the d5 square and offering to swap his bad bishop.}) 18. Qc2 (18. Re2 $1 {followed by Rea2 is a nice idea.}) 18... Bb5 $6 {This is a poor move, allowing White to swap two sets of minor pieces and thereby head for a classic good knight vs. bad bishop scenario.} 19. Bxb5 Rxb5 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nd2 {Heading for d5.} Qc6 22. Qa4 Rfb8 23. Nc4 Be7 24. g3 $16 Qc8 25. Qd1 g6 26. Kg2 Bf8 27. Qf3 Rb3 28. Rec1 Qe6 29. Ra7 R8b7 30. Rxb7 Rxb7 31. Ra1 h5 32. Ra8 Kg7 33. Ne3 Rc7 $2 (33... Qd7 {was the last try, aiming to chase and swap White's rook with ...Ra7 (and in case that's met by Rb8, then ...Rb7).}) 34. Nd5 $18 {It took a while, but Mission Accomplished. Now White has to figure out how to convert.} Rc8 35. Ra7 Rb8 36. h3 $1 { Aiming to play g4-g5 and seize the f6 square. The end is nigh.} Rd8 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 Rd7 39. Ra8 f6 {Else g5 followed by Qf6, but this creates fresh problems.} 40. g5 $1 f5 41. Qh3 Rf7 42. Re8 $1 {Very pretty.} Qxe8 43. Qh6+ Kg8 44. Qxg6+ Kh8 (44... Bg7 45. Nf6+ Rxf6 46. Qxe8+ Rf8 47. Qe6+ Kh7 48. exf5 $18) (44... Rg7 45. Nf6+ Kh8 46. Qh6+ Rh7 47. Qxh7#) 45. Nf6 {Black resigns here, as there's no good way to meet the threats of Qg8#, Qh5+ followed by mate in at most two more moves, and Nxe8.} (45. Nf6 Rxf6 {is the only thing that looks like a try, but after} 46. Qxe8 {Black is losing the rook as well.}) 1-0