[Event "Tata Steel 83rd"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2021.01.24"] [Round "8.1"] [White "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Edouard,Romain"] [ECO "B84"] [WhiteElo "2677"] [BlackElo "2862"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "75"] [GameId "2235863769135601"] [EventDate "2021.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "19"] [SourceTitle "CBM 201 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2021.05.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.05.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,75,58,31,100,90,111,111,87,36,65,65,94,63,110,99,103,73,106,88,98,17,0,10,30,23,37,25,72,81,89,28,34,34,78,-100,108,108,108,108,89,78,161,178,220,156,156,13,81,108,108,116,104,121,267,70,102,124,144,144,148,69,153,118,135,116,179,311,480,148,395,425,446,383,915,1171,1171,1171]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. g4 b5 9. g5 Nfd7 10. a3 Bxg5 {Now that this pawn is gone, it will be hard for Black to safely castle shortside.} (10... Bb7 11. Qd2 {is what White wants: he has avoided ...b4.}) 11. Qd2 Bxe3 $146 (11... Bf6 {didn't go much better for GM Negi, eleven years ago:} 12. O-O-O Bb7 13. Rhg1 Nc5 14. e5 $3 Bxe5 (14... dxe5 15. Ndxb5 $16) 15. Ndxb5 Nb3+ (15... axb5 16. Bxc5 $16) 16. cxb3 axb5 17. Bxb5+ Bc6 18. Bd4 $18 {1-0 (21) Ivanchuk,V (2739)-Negi,P (2615) Peristeri 2010}) (11... Be7 12. O-O-O Bb7 {is the other crtical option:} 13. Rhg1 (13. f4 $5) 13... g6 14. Bh6 (14. f4 $5) 14... Nc6 15. Bg7 Rg8 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Qh6 Qc7 18. Qxh7 O-O-O $132 {1-0 (46) Ni Hua,- (2671)-Xu Yinglun (2333) China 2013}) 12. Qxe3 Qh4 $6 {Just a a loss of time, it seems.} (12... Bb7 {should be critical and a more solid approach, e.g.} 13. O-O-O Qe7 14. f4 Nc6 15. Rhg1 g6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. h4 {with a messy position where I definitely like White.} (17. Qd4 O-O 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Rac8 20. Rgd1 Nf6 $11)) 13. Rg1 g6 (13... O-O 14. O-O-O {just looks awful for Black.}) 14. O-O-O Qe7 15. f4 Bb7 16. Kb1 Nc6 $6 {A mistake - and beautifully punished - but Black's position was already a nightmare.} (16... O-O 17. h4 $146) 17. Ncxb5 $1 axb5 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Qc3 {A pattern I had never seen! Beautiful!} O-O 20. Qxc6 {Black will lose the d6-pawn and the b5-pawn is on the line of sight as well. The World Champion is lost!} d5 21. exd5 Rfc8 22. d6 Qd8 23. Qxb5 {Just taking all the pawns, although a retreat to f3 was strong and safe.} Rcb8 24. Qc4 (24. Qd3 Ra4 {wth the ideas of ...Qf6 and ...Rxf4 is not entirely over for Black.} (24... Nc5 25. Qd4 Na4 26. b4 {should be a walk in the dark fo White.})) 24... Rxa3 25. Qc7 Qe8 26. Rg5 $1 {An exellent move - aiming for ?b5 or ?a5 eliminating Black's dangerous a-rook.} Ra4 27. Ra5 ({The last trick was NOT to play} 27. Bb5 $4 {due to} Rxb5 28. Rxb5 Qa8 29. Kc1 Ra1+ 30. Kd2 Qg2+ 31. Kc3 Rxd1 32. Qxd7 {and White will be lucky if there's no forced win for Black! Which is probably the case as the engine suggests 32...Kg7, with a clear advantage (only) for Black.}) 27... Rab4 28. b3 {Black has no counterattack whatsoever. White is completely winning.} R4b7 29. Qc3 Qd8 30. Bf3 Rb4 31. Qc7 Qf6 32. Ra8 $1 {Putting an end to any hope for Black.} ({Obviously not} 32. Qxd7 $2 Rxb3+ {with mate to follow.}) 32... Rxa8 33. Bxa8 Qf5 34. Kb2 Rb5 35. Qxd7 Rc5 36. Rc1 Qxf4 37. Qe8+ Kg7 38. d7 {Young talents starting to crush the World Champion - let's expect quite some fight for the supreme title in the years to come!} 1-0