Magnus wins brilliancy game ( Zugwang masterpiece) against Dubov with Black: Chessable tournament Group A : June 22, 2020

Great positional game ( Zugwang Domination) by Magnus Carlsen with Black against Daniil Dubov.

Yasser Seirawan and Peter Svidler commented the game live on chess24.com

You can see Dubov on the left and Carlsen on the right  at the start of the game

PGN Here:

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 b6 9. Re1 Ba6 10. Nd2 Rc8 11. Bb2 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. b4 Nce4 14. Ncxe4 dxe4 15. b5 Bb7 16. e3 Bb4

17. Re2 Qd3 18. Rb1 Bc3 19. Ba3 Rfd8 20. Rb3 Qxc4 21. Qe1 Qd5 22. Bb4 Qxb3 23.axb3 Bxb4 24. Bf1 a5 25. Qd1 h6 0-1

Full game with replay and annotations below :

Brilliant positional game by Carlsen who squeezed Dubov and crowned its plan with a queen sacrifice on move 20, and won in 25 moves with Black. he must have been happy after losing 3 games to Dubov in recent online tournaments

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 b6 9. Re1 [#] E07: Closed Catalan: Main Line (5 Nf3 0-0 6 0-0 Nbd7). 9...  Ba6 10. Nd2 Rc8 11. Bb2 c5 12. dxc5 [#] ( 12. e3 dxc4 13. bxc4 cxd4 14. exd4 Bxc4 15. Nxc4 Rxc4 16. Rc1 b5 17. Bf1 ( 17. Nxb5 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 Qa5 ) ) 12...  Nxc5 ( Predecessor: 12... dxc4 13. c6 Nb8 14. Nxc4 Nxc6 15. Rc1 Bc5 0-1 (48)Zaremba,A (2348)-Shaposhnikov,E (2557) chess.com INT 2017 ) 13. b4 Nce4 14. Ncxe4 dxe4 15. b5 Bb7 16. e3? ( 16. Qc2 ) 16...  Bb4! White cannot get out of the pin 17. Re2 this rook is passive! 17...  Qd3! 18. Rb1 Bc3 [#] 19. Ba3? ( 19. Bxc3 = and White has nothing to worry. 19... Qxc3 20. Rc1 ( 20. Rb3 Qe5 ) 20... Qd3 21. Bf1 ) 19...  Rfd8! with a deadly pin 20. Rb3? [#] ( 20. Bb4 Bxb4 21. Rxb4 Rxc4 22. Rxc4 Qxc4 ) 20...  Qxc4! 21. Qe1 ( 21. Bb2 Ba5 ) 21...  Qd5 22. Bb4 [#] ( 22. Rxc3 Rxc3 23. Bb2 Rc2 24. Bxf6 Rxd2 25. Bxd8 Rd1 ) 22...  Qxb3! Black will keep white pieces tied up after giving up the queen ( 22... Bxb4 23. Rxb4 Qe5 -/+ ) 23. axb3 Bxb4 with Rook and Bishop for the Queen, Black maintains the pin on d2 24. Bf1 a5 -+ [#] looking to improvepieces, as White has no useful moves, positional domination !! 25. Qd1 h6 [#] ( 25... h6 26. h3 ( 26. Qb1 Rxd2 27. Rxd2 Bxd2 28. Kg2 Ne8 -+ ) 26... Rc5 27. Kh2 Rd7 ( 27... Rcd5 28. Qc1 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 Rxd2 ) 28. g4 ( 28. Qe1 Rcd5 ) 28... Rcd5 29. Kg1 Bxd2 30. Qa1 Nh7 31. h4 ( 31. Kh2 Ng5 ) 31... Nf6 32. Bh3 Bxe3 ) 0-1

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