Tuesday, August 18, 2020

incredible win in Nimzo by Hikaru Nakamura against Magnus Carlsen

Armageddon game today. Hikaru must draw, Magnus must win for day 5.

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  1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne2 b6 9. e4 Ne8!
a very important move to prepare f7-f5 and the knight will go back to f6 or d6. Black wants to play Ba6 pressuring c5. Magnus had played this against Giri and Anand in the last months so Hikaru was prepared.
  
  10. O-O Ba6 11. f4 f5! 

White to play

 

The game continued and Hikaru increased his advantage with Black. After his move 30..Nd2! we reached the following 

White to play


If white takes the knight 31 Nxd2 31..Qe3+ wins it back with attack against the king. Magnus pieces ( queen and rook) are too far to defend the lone white king. Magnus played 31 Rd8 but the following occured:31. Rd8 Nxf1 32. Qxf1 Qe3+ 33. Kh2 Re4


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Start positionPrevious MoveNext MoveEnd positionPlay movesStop playing
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 going for the saemisch 4...  Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Carlsen had this position against Giri and Anand in recent online chess24.com games 7...  O-O 8. Ne2 b6 9. e4 Ne8! great prophylaxis. Black wants to play Ba6 and f7-f5. The knight on e8 will go to d6 10. O-O ( 10. e5 Ba6 11. Qa4 Qc8 12. Bf4 f5! ) 10...  Ba6 11. f4 f5! 12. exf5 ( 12. Ng3 g6 13. Be3 cxd4 14. cxd4 d5! Yususpov-Karpov 1993 ) 12...  exf5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Be3 d6 15. Ng3 g6 16. Re1 ( 16. Bxf5!? gxf5 17. Qd5+ Rf7 18. Qxc6 Bb7 19. Qa4 1-0 (72) Nakamura,H (2644)-Volokitin,A (2665) Cuernavaca 2006 ) 16...  Nf6 17. Bf2 Qd7 18. Nf1 Na5 19. Bh4 Rae8 still theory 20. Rxe8 ( 20. Ne3 Re6 21. Bf1 Ne4 Ehlvest-Macieja 1999 ) 20...  Qxe8 [%csl Ya3,Yc3,Yc4] Black is slightly better. a3 c3 and c4 pawns are all weak 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Qf3 Re6 Black controle the e file and will start to win the weak pawns on the queenside 23. Rb1 ( 23. g4!? ) 23...  Bxc4 24. Bxc4 Nxc4 25. a4 Kg7 26. Qb7+? ( 26. Rb7+ seems more natural 26... Kf6 ) 26...  Qf7 27. Qa6 Re7 28. Rb8 Kh6! the king is safe here 29. h3 Qe6 30. Ra8? Nd2! the winning move 31. Rd8 ( 31. Nxd2 Qe3+! 32. Kh1 Qxd2 33. Qc4 ( 33. Qf1 Re1 ) ( 33. Qc8 Re1+ 34. Kh2 Qxf4+ ) 33... Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Re3 [%csl Yg3][%cal Ye1g3,Ye3g3,Ye3e1] ) 31...  Nxf1 ( 31... Qe1! wins on the spot 32. Rxd6 Ne4 33. a5 Qf2+ 34. Kh2 Qxf4+ 35. Kg1 Qf2+ 36. Kh2 Ng5! ) 32. Qxf1 Qe3+ 33. Kh2 Re4 34. Rxd6 Qxf4+ 35. Qxf4+ Rxf4 36. a5 Rc4 37. Ra6 Rxc3 38. Rxa7 Ra3 39. Kg1 c4 40. Kf2 Ra2+ only black can win here 41. Ke3 Rxg2 -+ 42. Kd4 Rh2 43. a6 Rxh3 44. Kxc4 Rh1 45. Rd7 Ra1 46. Kb5 Kg5 47. Rd4 f4 48. Ra4 Rxa4 49. Kxa4 f3 50. a7 f2 51. a8=Q f1=Q 52. Qd5+ Qf5 53. Qd2+ Qf4+ great win by Hikaru 0-1

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