top10chess analysis: Karjakin-Carlsen wch(2) Nov 12 2016

Game 2 Analysis

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(515) Karjakin,Sergey (2769) - Carlsen,Magnus (2857) [C77]
AGON FWCM 2016 New York, 12.11.2016
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.d3 interesting spanish sideline 6...b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a3!? Diagram

[8.a4 move played by Carlsen as White. 8...Rb8 9.axb5 axb5 10.Nbd2 0-0 11.Re1 Bd7 12.c3 Ra8 13.Rxa8 Qxa8 14.d4 h6 15.Nf1 Re8 16.Ng3 Qc8 17.Nh4 Bf8 18.Ng6 Na5 19.Nxf8 Rxf8 20.Bc2 Re8 21.f4! 1-0 (32) Carlsen,M (2826)-Topalov,V (2803) Nanjing 2010] 8...0-0 [8...Na5 is the most played here. 9.Ba2 c5 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Bxe6 (11.Nh4!? 0-0 12.Nf5 Rc8 13.Bg5 White is building attack on kingside 13...Bxf5 14.exf5 Ne8 15.Be3 Bg5 Black is trying to exchange pieces to slow down white's kingside manoeuvers. the position is balanced) 11...fxe6 12.b4] 9.Nc3 Na5 10.Ba2 Be6! 11.d4
 Diagram

[11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.b4 Nc6 13.Bd2 here Black could play ..d5 or ..Qd7.] 11...Bxa2 12.Rxa2 Re8 13.Ra1 technically the novelty [13.Qd3] 13...Nc4 1576 14.Re1 694 14...Rc8 281 15.h3 717 [15.b3 Nb6 16.Bb2 Bf8 17.Qd3 exd4 18.Nxd4 c5 19.Nf3 again, Black is golding] 15...h6 120 16.b3 311 16...Nb6 17.Bb2 Bf8 

Diagram

the key position 18.dxe5 980. very important decision [18.Nh4!? exd4 19.Qxd4 c5 20.Qd3 c4; 18.Qd2 Nbd7 19.Rad1 c6 is balanced; 18.d5 c6 19.dxc6 Rxc6 20.a4 Rc5 21.axb5 axb5 22.Qd3 (22.Ra6?! Nbd7) 22...b4] 18...dxe5 19.a4 [19.Qxd8 Rcxd8 20.Na2 Bd6 solid for black] 19...c6 416 20.Qxd8 Rcxd8 21.axb5 axb5 22.Ne2 412 [22.g4!?] 22...Bb4 465 23.Bc3 269 23...Bxc3 24.Nxc3 Nbd7 25.Ra6 125 25...Rc8 26.b4 592 [26.Ra7!?] 26...Re6 738 27.Rb1 121 27...c5! dead draw now 28.Rxe6 fxe6 29.Nxb5 98 29...cxb4 30.Rxb4 Rxc2 31.Nd6 243 31...Rc1+ 32.Kh2 Rc2 33.Kg1 1/2-1/
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