game 4 key moments

Position 1 after 17Nd3;Black to play

Karjakin

Carlsen

Carlsen just played 17Nd3

Solid position for white, controlling center and d5 square.

Karjakin tried to attack with..h5 

Position 2 after 34Nb5, Black to play

Karjakin

Carlsen

Here Black should play 34..Ra1 and its not clear what White should do. 35 Ra1 or 35 Kh1 waiting;
Instead 34..Rb3?! ran into 35 Nd4 forking Rook and Queen. White gains the exchange while still being in control

Black to play after 48 Kh1

Karjakin

Carlsen

Here Black played  48..Qf2?? which ran into 49Rc8+ Kh7 50 Qh6+!! Kh6 51 Rh8 Checkmate or gh6 51 Rf7 Checkmate

Black had to exchange queens but ending is riskless for white. The critical mistake was to sacrifice the exchange on move 34; 34..Ra1 was the only way to keep the game going for Black.

The final combination is easy to spot, and it is possible Karjakin saw it but went for anyway.

Game 3 Tie-Break key moments

Position 1: After 18 Ne4

Karjakin

 Carlsen

Carlsen found an excellent move 18..Qe8! bringing attacking chances on the kingside. Please note that Ba2 cannot cover light squares.

Position 2: after 22Qe2

Karjakin

 Carlsen

Carlsen found a good way to open a second front on queenside. 22..a5! putting pressure on queenside as well. 23 ab5 ab4; 23 ba5 Ra5;

Position 3: after 38 Rc7

Karjakin

Carlsen

38..Ra1! winnnig on the spot ; if queen move Nf1+ and checkmate follows.

full analysis here
http://www.viewchess.com/cbreader/2016/12/3/Game5850078.html

http://www.viewchess.com/cbreader/2016/12/3/Game5850078.html

game 2 key moment Carlsen-Karjakin

Position I after 19 Ra4, Black to play

Karjakin

 Carlsen

Karjakin played Bxe3. Magnus could recapture with 20 Re3 to protect pawn on e4.

Instead he went for 20 Be3!? Ra4 21 Qa4 Ne4 Karjakin takes the pawn 22 Rc1 Bd5 23 b5 !?

Here's the second key position, Black to play 23.. move

Karjakin

Carlsen

Karjakin went for 23..cb5 24 Qe4! Qc1 25 Qd5 which led to the 2 bishops versus rook ending with 3 pawns each.

If black had played 23..Nd6 White could play 24 b6 Qb7 25 Qb4 with some pressure. nothing clear though

23..Qd6 was possible, not sure if white should take on c6 or play for advantage 24b6.

23..c5? was bad since white could play 24Bc4! getting rid of the black bishop or 24Ng5!?

Karjakin decision led to an ending which was better for white. but in the position below , Carlsen failed to find  ( in rapid game with little time left) Be6+ followed by Bf8 which was leading to a win

Position after 72..Rb7?

He played 73 Bd6 but eventually Karjakin found a very nice save via a stalemate idea.

Magnus Carlsen remains World Champion after tie-break win 3-1

GM Carlsen remains the world chess champion.

Congrats !!

magnuscarlsen.com


articles links

CNN

chess/http://edition.cnn.com/2016/12/02/sport/magnus-carlsen-sergey-karjakin-chess/


CHESS.COM
https://www.chess.com/news/view/magnus-carlsen-i-was-calm-i-was-confident-7465

https://www.chess.com/news/view/carlsen-wins-rapid-playoff-defends-world-championship-7236

excellent analysis by GM R. Hess. not simply engine variations but explanations of the key moments, and key human moves at GM level. PGN available and replay available on chess.com





CHESSBASE
IM Shah with analysis
http://chessbase.in/news/wcc-2016-tiebreaks/

GM Dlugy playing blitz in VIP room and glancing at the world top match from time to time !

http://en.chessbase.com/post/newsblog-wcc-carlsen-karjakin-2016-12-01-en

http://en.chessbase.com/post/newsblog-wcc-carlsen-karjakin-2016-11-30-en

videos recap available on chessbase.com as well


THEWEEKINCHESS
http://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/events/world-chess-championship-2016/magnus-carlsen-retains-world-championship-title-with-a-spectacular-final-move


CHESS24
best for live video and live commentary with super GM Svidler, and entertainer GM Jan Gufstafson from Germany
also great site/app to follow games live, with nice interface,engine, analysis board

chess24.com
in-depth report, with also frequent twitter coverage as well

https://chess24.com/en/read/news/carlsen-karjakin-tiebreaks-magnus-still-the-champ


official agon website
https://worldchess.com/

https://worldchess.com/2016/12/01/magnus-carlsen-is-world-champion-again/

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

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+

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

game 7 analysis (Draw) 11/20/2016

http://www.viewchess.com/cbreader/2016/11/20/Game28384515.html

Carlsen

Karjakin

White to play 17th move

Final position

Draw

Match is even

Carlsen has white next

worldchess.com

World Championship Room Photo

This is where the magic happens.

Dark room where players Carlsen and Karjakin are playing the world championship in NYC.

Game 7 today !

Carlsen Karjakin match : Even after 6 games : 3 points each

Magnus Carlsen versus Sergey Karjakin in NY for World Championship

Pictures

game5 : Carlsen-Karjakin drawn again but Karjakin had an advantage for the first time in match !

excellent recap in video here

By GM Peter Svidler from chess24.com

https://youtu.be/BRsWO0o10FI


Carlsen chose the italian opening

Things didnt go so well.

https://twitter.com/hashtag/CarlsenKarjakin?src=hash


see full recap at chess24.com
https://chess24.com/en/read/news/carlsen-karjakin-game-5-magnus-screws-up


Carlsen at the end, frustated, perhaps mad at himself. things didnt go his way and he will have black twice in a row, 6th and 7th games.

official site
worldchess.com

game 5 Carlsen-Karjakin analysis ( PGN) + Replay Game !!

Full Game 5 + Analysis on this link:

http://www.viewchess.com/cbreader/2016/11/17/Game5033562.html

Position 1: Karjakin played ..Ne4. 
Should White play Ne4 or Bbf7+ first ?
(Answer in link above or PGN below)

Position 2: White( Carlsen) took on d4 with his queen after Karjakin sacrificed d5-d4 to open lines.
Should Karjakin with Black play ..Qh6, ..Rh8 or ..Bd5 ?
Answer in link above

Position 3 : Carlsen played e5-e6; what is his idea, and was Kg3 instead possible ?

PGN here

[Event "WCh 2016"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2016.11.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "thechesscorner@gmail.com"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 d6 7. c3 a6 8. b4 ({
Relevant:} 8. h3 Ba7 9. Re1 Ne7 10. d4 Ng6 11. Bd3 c6 12. Be3 Nh5 13. Nbd2 Nhf4
14. Bf1 exd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. cxd4 d5 17. e5 f6 18. Ra3 fxe5 19. dxe5 a5 20.
Qc1 Qe7 21. Rb3 Bf5 22. Nd4 Ne6 23. Nxf5 Rxf5 24. Bd3 Rf4 25. Bxg6 hxg6 26. Qd1
Raf8 27. Rf3 Qb4 28. Rxf4 Rxf4 29. Nf3 Qxa4 30. Qd3 Rf5 31. Qb1 Qf4 32. Qc2 Kh7
33. Re3 Qc4 34. Qd1 Rf4 35. Rc3 Qb4 36. Qc1 a4 37. h4 Kg8 {Nepomniachtchi,I 
(2740)-So,W (2782) Baku 2016 0-1}) 8... Ba7 9. Re1 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. d4 {
Diagram [#]} c6 (11... Re8 $5 12. Qc2 (12. Qb3 Re7 13. h3 exd4 14. cxd4 d5) (
12. h3)) (11... h6 12. h3) (11... Nxe4 $6 12. Nxe4 d5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5
dxc4 (14... dxe4 15. Bd5) 15. Qh5) 12. h3 exd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Re8
13. Bd3 Be6 14. b5 axb5 15. axb5 Nf4 16. Bf1 cxb5 17. Nb1 Bc4 18. Bxf4 exf4 {
1/2-1/2 (18) Serazeev,A (2490)-Szczepanski,Z (2541) ICCF email 2014}) 13. cxd4
{Diagram [#]} Nxe4 $5 (13... d5 $5 14. exd5 Nxd5 (14... cxd5 15. Bd3 Nf4 16.
Nb3) 15. Ne4 Bf5 16. Bg5 Qd7) 14. Bxf7+ $5 (14. Nxe4 {was probably better} d5
15. Bd3 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Be6 17. b5) 14... Rxf7 15. Nxe4 d5 16. Nc5 h6 17. Ra3 $5
{like in Chennai} Bf5 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qh4 20. Rf3 Bxc5 21. bxc5 Re8 22.
Rf4 Qe7 23. Qd4 Ref8 24. Rf3 Be4 25. Rxf7 Qxf7 26. f3 Bf5 27. Kh2 Be6 28. Re2
Qg6 29. Be3 Rf7 30. Rf2 Qb1 31. Rb2 Qf5 32. a5 $6 (32. f4 h5 33. Qc3) 32... Kf8
33. Qc3 Ke8 34. Rb4 g5 35. Rb2 Kd8 36. Rf2 Kc8 37. Qd4 Qg6 38. g4 h5 $1 $15 39.
Qd2 Rg7 40. Kg3 Rg8 41. Kg2 $2 hxg4 42. hxg4 (42. fxg4 Qe4+ 43. Kg1 Rh8 $17)
42... d4 $5 (42... Qh6 43. Kg1 Qh3 44. Qe2 d4 45. Bxd4 Rf8 $40) 43. Qxd4 {
Diagram [#]} Bd5 $2 (43... Rh8 $1 {the best move} 44. Qe4 (44. Qc3 Qh7 $1 45.
Kf1 Qb1+ $1 46. Ke2 Qb5+ 47. Kd2 Rh1) 44... Qh6 $1 45. Kf1 Qh1+ 46. Ke2 Qa1 {
missed by Karjakin} (46... Rd8 47. Rf1 Qh4) (46... Bd5 $5 47. Qf5+ Kb8 48. Qd3
Qa1 $1 49. Qd4 Qa2+ 50. Bd2 Kc8 51. Ke3) 47. Bxg5 Bd5 48. Qf5+ Kb8) (43... Qh6
44. Qc3 Bd5) 44. e6 $1 {Diagram [#]} (44. Kg3 {was possible} Qb1 45. Qd2 Qg1+
46. Rg2 Qf1 47. Rf2 Qg1+ $11) 44... Qxe6 45. Kg3 $1 Qe7 (45... Kb8) 46. Rh2 Qf7
47. f4 gxf4+ 48. Qxf4 Qe7 49. Rh5 Rf8 50. Rh7 $1 (50. Rf5 Re8 $1 51. Bf2 Qd8
52. Re5 Rf8 53. Rf5 Rh8 54. Rh5 Rf8 55. Rf5 $11) 50... Rxf4 51. Rxe7 Re4 $6 (
51... Re4 $6 52. Rxe4 Bxe4 53. Kf4 Bd3 54. Ke5 Kd7 55. Kf6 Ke8 56. g5 Bc4 57.
g6 Kf8 58. Bh6+ Ke8 59. Bf4 Kf8) (51... Rf3+ $1 52. Kh4 Bb3) 1/2-1/2

Paste here to replay

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world chess championship 2016 pictures

at Fulton Street, NYC

Carlsen defending title against Karjakin , Nov 2016

Magnus Carlsen at the board

Sergey Karjakin at the board

Fulton Street: Fide World Chess Championship 2016 sign

Giant Chess board

Press Conference Game 5: Magnus Carlsen pouting

photos author & copyright: top10chess blog author;

Official match website : www.worldchess.com

FIDE Chess World Championship Match , New York

key positions Karjakin-Carlsen game 4 ( Draw)

Karjakin defended again with white against Carlsen, and managed to hold a difficult ending again, frustating Magnus Carlsen from his first win in the world championship in NYC.


Key Position #1

Carlsen

Karjakin

White to play 

In the position above, Karjakin had taken in h6 but Black defended with 18..Qc6!

Now white should retreat his bishop to c1, allowing black to win e4 , which is slightly better for Black.

However, Karjakin played 19 Bc4? which was answered by 18..bc4. Not only will Black win back e4 , but he gets bishop pair and weakness on b2 in any ending.

Key Position 2 after 48..Bd5+

Carlsen

Karjakin

Here Karjakin had to play Ne4 but went 49 Ke2? retreating. Black was almost winning

Full analysis here

top10chess analysis of Karjakin-Carlsen (4)

Analysis Carlsen-Karjakin Game 3 . Karjakin miraculous defense saved the day and half a point

Instant analysis of the ending and endgame drama here
http://www.viewchess.com/cbreader/2016/11/14/Game85566625.html
pgn analysis here ( game3)
http://www.viewchess.com/cbreader/2016/11/14/game85566625.pgn

Official website: www.worldchess.com

Carlsen was pressing during the entire game but let the win escape

key positions

After 67 Re6!, Carlsen was winning

Karjakin(Black)

Carlsen(white)

Position after 67 Re6!

but after Carlsen chose the wrong plan with White, Karjakin could save the game here

Black to play :

                                                                      Karjakin(Black) to play

Carlsen(white)

Position after 70 Nc6

Black took on f5 with the king. Thats a blunder. 70..Rc3!! was eventually snatching the b3 pawn and the game would fizzle into N+R for white against R for black which is a theoretical draw. see pgn file for details. 70..Rb3?? 71Re6+ Kf5 72Nd4+ would lose. Karjakin missed this key move.

But in the following position, White played 72.Rb7?? and after 72..Ra1!!, Black was able to save the half-point. Great defense by Karjakin, and missed opportunity by Carlsen.

Position on 72nd move, White to play

Carlsen chose 72Rb7? here letting the win escape. 72Rf7+ followed by Rf2! using the white rook to defend against passed pawn h3 while hanging on to b3 pawn was key.

Kudos to Svidler and Hansen from chess24.com for staying up so late commenting without a chess engine. Great stuff !
Kudos to Chessbase for providing the Chessbase viewer/