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Saturday, November 26, 2016

WCH coverage

Here are links on world championship coverage

great analysis on chess.com, particularly detailed notes from GM R. Hess

https://www.chess.com/news/view/karjakin-unmoved-by-surprising-pawn-sacrifice-holds-game-11-7312

AGON official coverage here ( mostly journalistic mainstream article, no complete written move/ variation analysis; video available for a fee)

www.worldchess.com

chessbase.com, with GM Fabiano Caruano commenting towards end of the match, also Wesley So !

http://en.chessbase.com/post/newsblog-wcc-carlsen-karjakin-2016-11-26

in-depth analysis and video coverage + lots of photos chess24.com

https://chess24.com/en/read/news/carlsen-karjakin-game-11-80-psychology

Blog analysis with detailed PGN

http://www.thechessmind.net/

fast coverage, with pgn analysis sortly after each game theweekinchess.com

http://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/events/world-chess-championship-2016/world-championship-match-heads-into-the-final-game-all-square

game 11: drawn. brief analysis with PGN here

http://www.viewchess.com/cbreader/2016/11/26/Game179621640.html

Game was balanced, and Carlsen had a relatively easy game with Black; Karjakin had to be careful not to let Black gain initiative but kept it under control.

12th game with Carlsen having White.

Position after16..Qd7, white to play

Carlsen

Karjakin

Position after19..d5!? , white to play

Carlsen

Karjakin

Position after 27..a5

Official website : www.worldchess.com

Thursday, November 24, 2016

game 10: Carlsen wins game and match is now tied. 2 games left !! analysis

insta-analysis Game 10

Carlsen won long game against Karjakin.

1 win each, 8 draws.

2 games to decide world chess championship. then tie-break if still equal !

Analysis

http://www.viewchess.com/cbreader/2016/11/24/Game3430125.html

Black should have played Nf2+

after d4! white is pressing

here Carlsen played Nd5!; Rg6! was another good move

Final position, White will win h5 and keep a5

game 9 drawn : analysis, moves explained, world chess championship Karjakin Carlsen

http://www.viewchess.com/cbreader/2016/11/24/Game61893796.html

click to replay and check my analysis ( Pgn of game available)

Here on 13th move, White can play d5, Re1 or 13Bc2 as in the game

middle-game position after ..Qb5!?

Here White had to pick between Qb3 or Bf7+

Monday, November 21, 2016

game 8 : Karjakin Wins ! Chess analysis

http://www.viewchess.com/cbreader/2016/11/21/Game123946796.html

Position after 35 c5!

Position after 52 h4??

Karjakin played 52..a2! and White resigned

[Event "AGON FWCM 2016"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2016.11.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Fritz 15 (10m)"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "top10chess.blogspot.com"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.24"]

{E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3)} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 e6
4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Bb2 b6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Qe2 Nbd7
11. c4 {last book move} dxc4 $146 ({Relevant:} 11... Qe7 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. a3 {
1/2-1/2 (13) Kohlweyer,B (2422)-Aloma Vidal,R (2403) Figueres 2014}) 12. Nxc4
Qe7 13. a3 {Prevents intrusion on b4} a5 14. Nd4 Rfd8 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Rac1
Nf8 17. Qe1 Ng6 18. Bf1 Ng4 19. Nb5 Bc6 (19... Qg5 $5 {dangerous for white !}
20. h3 N4e5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 $15) 20. a4 $11 Bd5 21. Bd4 Bxc4 22.
Rxc4 Bxd4 23. Rdxd4 Rxc4 24. bxc4 {Black has a new backward pawn: b6} Nf6 25.
Qd2 Rb8 26. g3 {Controls f4+h4} Ne5 27. Bg2 h6 28. f4 (28. h3 Qb4 29. Qd1)
28... Ned7 29. Na7 Qa3 $1 30. Nc6 {White threatens to win material: Nc6xb8} Rf8
31. h3 {Covers g4} Nc5 {Black threatens to win material: Nc5xa4} 32. Kh2 Nxa4
33. Rd8 {time trouble !} g6 34. Qd4 {White threatens to win material: Qd4xf6}
Kg7 35. c5 $2 (35. Ne5 $142 {and White can hope to live} Qc5 36. Rxf8 Qxf8 37.
Nd7 $15) 35... Rxd8 $17 (35... bxc5 $2 36. Qd6 $1 Rxd8 37. Nxd8 Qxe3 38. Qe7 $1
) 36. Nxd8 Nxc5 37. Qd6 Qd3 (37... Qa4 $142 38. Qxb6 Ncd7 $17) (37... Qc3 38.
Qe7 Nfd7 39. Qxf7+ Kh8 40. Nxe6 $13) 38. Nxe6+ $11 fxe6 39. Qe7+ Kg8 40. Qxf6
a4 41. e4 Qd7 42. Qxg6+ {White forks: h6} Qg7 43. Qe8+ Qf8 44. Qc6 $6 {White
threatens to win material: Qc6xb6; Carlsen is pushing for a win, but the
position is dangerous} (44. Qg6+ Qg7 (44... Kh8 45. e5 $1 a3 46. Qb1 Qb8 47.
Qg6 a2 48. Qxh6+ Kg8 49. Qg6+ {draw}) 45. Qe8+ $11) 44... Qd8 45. f5 {This
push gains space} a3 $1 {A strong pawn} 46. fxe6 {White has a new passed pawn:
e6.} Kg7 (46... Kh7 47. e5 a2 48. Be4+ Nxe4 49. Qxe4+ Kg7 50. Qb7+ Kg8 51. Qf7+
Kh8 52. Qf4 $11) 47. e7 {White has a mate threat} (47. Qb5 $142 $5 {must
definitely be considered} Nxe6 48. Qb4 $14) 47... Qxe7 $15 48. Qxb6 Nd3 49. Qa5
Qc5 {Black threatens to win material: Qc5xa5} 50. Qa6 {White threatens to win
material: Qa6xd3} Ne5 $1 {A comfortable square for the black knight} 51. Qe6 (
51. Qa8 $5 $15) 51... h5 $17 52. h4 $4 {causes further problems for White} (52.
Qa6 $142 $17) {[%tqu ]} 52... a2 $1 $19 {surprise! carlsen resigned. First win
for Karjakin in the match. He leads 4.5 to 3.5 with 4 games to go !} (52... a2
53. Qxa2 Ng4+ 54. Kh3 (54. Kh1 Qc1+ 55. Bf1 Qxf1#) 54... Qg1 $19 55. Qa7+ $4
Qxa7) 0-1