Saturday, October 17, 2020

Carlsen Spanish Torture vs Tari : Norway Chess 2020

Spanish d3 variation. Carlsen demonstrates Knight vs Bishop domination against Tari. norwaychess.no/en/



Start positionPrevious MoveNext MoveEnd positionPlay movesStop playing
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. c3 Na5 ( Relevant: 9... b4 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nc4 Rb8 12. h3 h6 13. Re1 Be6 14. a5 bxc3 15. bxc3 Qc8 16. Ba2 Re8 17. Bd2 Bf8 18. Ne3 Bxa2 19. Rxa2 Qe6 20. c4 Nb4 21. Ra3 c5 22. Rb3 Rb7 23. Bxb4 Reb8 24. Nc2 Be7 25. Qd2 Nh5 26. Reb1 Bd8 27. Kh2 Nf4 28. Ne3 cxb4 29. Ra1 Qg6 30. Ra4 Kh7 31. Qb2 Bg5 32. Nxg5+ Qxg5 33. g3 Ne6 34. Raxb4 Rxb4 35. Rxb4 Rxb4 36. Qxb4 Nc5 37. Qc3 Qh5 38. Ng4 f5 39. exf5 Adams,M (2701)-Harikrishna,P (2719) Biel 2020 0-1 ) 10. Ba2 c5 ( 10... bxa4 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Bb1 Bb5 13. Bc2 Nb7 14. c4 Bd7 15. Bxa4 Bxa4 16. Qxa4 Nc5 17. Qc2 a5 18. b3 Ne6 19. Bb2 c5 20. Ra4 Nd7 21. Rfa1 Nb8 22. Nf1 Nc6 23. Ne3 Qd7 24. Bc3 Bd8 25. Qd1 Rb8 1/2-1/2 (53) Carlsen,M (2837)-Ding,L (2774) Saint Louis 2017 ) 11. Bg5 O-O [#] 12. Nbd2 ( 12. axb5 axb5 13. Na3 Qb8 14. Nc2 h6 15. Bh4 c4 16. Nb4 Be6 17. Re1 Qb7 18. d4 Bg4 19. Bb1 Nb3 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Ba2 Nxe4 22. Bxe7 Ned2 23. Bxb3 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Bxf3 25. Bxd6 Bxd1 26. Bxd1 exd4 27. cxd4 Qd7 28. Bg3 Qxd4 29. Bf3 Qd2 30. Rd1 Qxd1+ 31. Bxd1 Ra1 32. Kg2 Rxd1 33. Be5 f6 34. Bc3 Kf7 35. Nc2 g5 36. h3 Kg6 37. Na3 Rd5 38. Kf3 f5 39. Kg3 f4+ 40. Kg2 Kf5 41. f3 h5 Caruana,F (2807)-Topalov,V (2761) Saint Louis 2016 ½-½ ) 12...  Rb8 13. axb5 axb5 14. Re1 b4?! gives control of c4 and also d5 ( 14... Nc6 15. Nf1 ( 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nf1 Bg5 17. Nxg5 Qxg5 18. g3 ) ) 15. Nc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 bxc3 17. bxc3 white has a file, Black has b file 17...  Qc7 ( 17... Ne8!? 18. Be3 ( 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Ra7 ) ) 18. Qc2 Bb5 ( 18... Ra8 ) 19. Bxb5 Rxb5 20. Bxf6! Bxf6 21. Nd2 21...  Qc6 22. Qa4 control of the a file 22...  Rfb8 23. Nc4! Be7 24. g3 Qc8 25. Qd1 bouncing around to the kingside 25...  g6 26. Kg2 Bf8 27. Qf3 Queen on f3 eyes f7 pawn 27...  Rb3 28. Rec1 Qe6 29. Ra7 29...  R8b7 30. Rxb7 Rxb7 31. Ra1 +/- 31...  h5 32. Ra8 Kg7 33. Ne3 33...  Rc7? ( 33... Qd7 34. Nd5 ( 34. h4 Ra7 35. Rxa7 Qxa7 36. Nd5 Be7 37. Qd1 Qb7 38. Qa1 Bf8 39. Qa2 Be7 ) 34... Be7 35. h4 Ra7 ) 34. Nd5 Rc8 35. Ra7 35...  Rb8 [#] Qf3,Nd5 and Ra7 are optimized. time to open the kingside 36. h3! Rd8 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 38...  Rd7 ( 38... g5 39. Ne3 +- 39... Rc8 40. Ra1 Kg8 41. Rh1 Bg7 42. Nf5 Qf6 43. Qe3 Kf8 44. c4 Ra8 45. Rh7 Bh8 46. Qh3 Kg8 47. Ne7+ Kf8 48. Rxh8+ Kxe7 49. Rxa8 ) 39. Ra8 39...  f6 40. g5! f5 41. Qh3! 41...  Rf7 42. Re8! ( 42. Qh4 ) 42...  Qxe8 ( 42... Qd7 43. Qh6+ ) 43. Qh6+ Kg8 44. Qxg6+ Kh8 ( 44... Bg7 45. Nf6+ ) 45. Nf6! 1-0


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