carlsen-caruana petroff lines

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[Event "Carlsen-Caruana World Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.11.18"] [Round "?"] [White "petroff"] [Black "lines"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C43"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 $5 Nxe4 4. Bd3

Sicilian Schevnikov Analysis

Caruana-Carlsen prep 1.e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3d4 Nov 2018

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key moments Game 5 Caruana-Carlsen Wch 2018 Sicilian Rossolimo

Key moments of Game 5

[Event "2018 World Chess Championship"] [Round "5"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B31"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 e5 6. b4



Nxb4 7. Bb2 a6 8. a3 axb5 9. axb4 Rxa1 10. Bxa1 d6 11. bxc5 Ne7



12. Qe2 b4 13. Qc4 Qa5 14. cxd6 Be6 15. Qc7 Qxc7 16. dxc7 Nc6



17. c3 Kd7 18. cxb4 Ra8 19. Bc3 Kxc7 20. d3 Kb6 21. Bd2 Rd8 22. Be3+ Kb5 23. Nc3+ Kxb4 24. Nd5+ Bxd5 25. exd5 Rxd5



26. Rb1+ Kc3 27. Rxb7 Nd8 28. Rc7+ Kxd3 29. Kf1 h5 30. h3 Ke4 31. Ng5+ Kf5 32. Nxf7 Nxf7 33. Rxf7+ Bf6 34. g4+ 1/2-1/2



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Caruana-Carlsen Game 3 Draw Rossolimo

Caruana-Carlsen 1/2-1/2 World Chess Championship (3) London 2018 Full Annotations Nov 12, 2018

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game 3 Wch Caruana-Carlsen Draw Sicilian Rossolimo

Key moments of Game 3

[Event "Wch 2018"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.11.12"] [Round "3"] [White "Fabiano Caruana"] [Black "Magnus Carlsen"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B31"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. O-O Qc7 7. Re1 e5 8. a3 Nf6 9. b4 O-O 10. Nbd2 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 cxb4 13. axb4 a5 14. bxa5 Rxa5 15. Bd2 Raa8 16. Qb1 Nd7 17. Qb4 Rfe8 18. Bc3 b5 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Ra1 Rxa1+ 21. Bxa1 Qa7 22. Bc3 Qa2



23. Qb2 Qxb2 24. Bxb2 f6 25. Kf1 Kf7 26. Ke2 Nc5 27. Bc3 Ne6 28. g3 Bf8 29. Nd2 Ng5 30. h4 Ne6 31. Nb3 h5 32. Bd2 Bd6 33. c3 c5 34. Be3 Ke7 35. Kd1 Kd7 36. Kc2 f5 37. Kd1



fxe4 38. dxe4 c4 39. Nd2 Nc5 40. Bxc5 Bxc5 41. Ke2 Kc6 42. Nf1 b4 43. cxb4 Bxb4 44. Ne3 Kc5 45. f4 exf4 46. gxf4 Ba5 47. f5 gxf5 48. Nxc4 Kxc4 49. exf5 1/2-1/2



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Rossolimo game

Torre-Van der Wiel 1988

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Rossolimo Torre annotated

Rossolimo main line ideas

[White "Torre, E."] [Black "Van Der Wiel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B31"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 White has a strong center and Black has to continue developing his pieces



 11..Qa5 12. a4 Bg4 13. Re3! Rook lift Rfc8 14. h3 Bxf3?! 15. Rxf3 White has the initiative on the kingside  and will open lines (h file) and bring the Queen as well

  


 e6 16. h4 a6 17. Bf1 b5 18. h5 b4 19. cxb4 Qxb4 20. Be3 Na5 21. Rh3! Nc4 22. hxg6 fxg6

 

 23. Qg4! Squares e6 and h7 are weak  Qe7 24. Bg5 Qf7 25. Qh4 Bh8 26. Bd3! Ra7 27. Rb1 Rac7

 

 28. Rb3! Idea is Bxg6 followed by Rbg3 Na5 29. Rb6 Rc6 30. Rxa6 Rxa6 31. Bxa6 Ra8 32. Bb5 Rf8 33. Bh6 Rc8 34. Rf3 Qc7 35.Qg4 Qe7 36. Bg5 h5

  

 37. Qh3! wins outright , bishop pair dominates Qxg5 38. Qxe6+ Kh7 39. Qxc8 Qc1+ 40. Qxc1 1-0

 full game replay here Game with variation here

Torre-Van Der Wiel 1988

Game 2 Draw Carlsen-Caruana Wch London 2018

Carlsen-Caruana 1/2-1/2 World Chess Championship (2) London 2018 Full Annotations Nov 10, 2018

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Caruana-Carlsen 2018 Game 1 World Chess Championship London- Chess Analysis

Caruana-Carlsen 1/2-1/2 World Chess Championship (1) London 2018 Full Annotations Nov 9, 2018
please note the game went to move 115 but the position was dead draw after move 56

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Scandinavian summary lines

I thought I would recap my suggestions to play against the scandinavian First repertoire is centered around 3 Nf3 !? key position to study is here after 6 c4 !



Please note that this can lead to offering the d4 pawn but White gets compensation.


 Second repertoire is centered around the main line 3 Nc3
 and the key position after 6 Bc4 is here :

 

While this is the main line, I suggest alternatives later on to seize the initative

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1e4 d5 2 ed5 Qd5 3Nf3!? Repertoire for White : Scandinavian

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 !?

3..Bg4 4 Be2 Nc6 5 d4 0-0-0 6 c4!

6..Qf5 7 Be3

7..Bf3 8 Bf3 Nd4 next position is

2 choices for White to be continued

Sicilian Taimanov repertoire for Black against Be3,Qd2,0-0-0,g4 played by White (B48)

http://view.chessbase.com/cbreader/2018/7/12/Game26963484.html

Typical position Taimanov:
White played Be3,Qd2,f3,0-0-0
Black played Qc7,Ne5,b5 leaving king in the center.

Game can become quite sharp

B48 typical position

Full repertoire analyzed  and can be replayed in Chessbase interface  (B48 opening)

http://view.chessbase.com/cbreader/2018/7/12/Game26963484.html

Magnus Carlsen - Fabiano Caruana 2018 Altibox chess game analysis

Chessgames Link : Carlsen - Caruana 1-0 Norway Altibox 2018
https://chess24.com/en/read/news/norway-chess-1-carlsen-shows-caruana-who-s-boss

Here's the game to be replayed. Carlsen won in a fairly convincing manner
The world champion played the bishops' opening 1.e4 e5 2 Bc4, escaping the Spanish or Petroff.
Typical of Carlsen trying to find a position to play, not trying to play twenty moves of theory.

After 12 moves, White to play. Black just played ..b5 expanding on the queen side.
But Carlsen will find a way to fight back against these pawn advances.



Here, White played 13 a4! challenging Black pawns.
Caruana played 13..b4 and it followed
14 cb4 ab4 15 Ne3 Bb7 16 d4!? fixing black pawns.

Position after 26 Rc1

Here, Carlsen has sacrificed a pawn but obtained a clear blockade on dark squares.
Without the bishops on dark squares, Black with an extra pawn remains static defending d5 and b4.
With his last move, Carlsen can activate his rook with Rc1-c5 which would regain the pawn with benefits.

Black play 26 .. Rc7 ? which simply drops the b4 pawn right away. 26..Qa6 was the best defense for Black, aiming for e2 square.
26..Qd8 possible also

Position after 32 ..Qc1

Here Carlsen played 33 b4 with a strong advantage. after another 30 moves, he duly converted into a win. The candidate will have to step up his play when under pressure as Carlsen is deadly when having an advantage.

Full game analysis here: you can replay game and annotations

Dragon 9..d5 line : White repertoire

We are presenting the second main variation in the 0-0-0 repertoire, Black plays ...d5 to reach the following position after 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O d5!?

This makes sense as White did not play Bc4 controlling d4. However, White can here as well fight for an edge

10. Qe1 e5 11Nc6 bc6 

White must put presssure on the black center pawns.  12. exd5 Nxd5 13 Bc4 Be6 14 Ne4

 

This is where White has to be careful not letting Black attack the White king by e5-e4 and Rb8

14 ..Qc7 ( 14... h6  15. Bc5 Re8 16. h4 or 16.g4 +=) 15 Bc5 Rfd8 16 g4

here Black typically plays its knight on f4 to free herself from the pressure. The Knight on e6 will challenge the Bishop on c5. 16..Nf4 17 Be6 Ne6 18 Bd6 Qb6 we reach the following

White can continue with either g4-g5 or h2-h4 with pressure. The Bd6 is super strong.


Note 1: ..f7-f5 cannot be played without preparing it with ..h6

Note 2: Black can play 12..cd5 with the following 12... cxd5 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Bc4  14... Qc7 15. Bxd5 which is the best chance (15. Bxf6 dxc4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. h4 ) 15... Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Rfc8 18. Qd2 a5

Note 3: Black can play 10..e6 without the tension in the center. White should proceed with 11h4! with an edge as well

Dragon 9..Nd4 and 10..Be6 variation : White repertoire recommendations

Sicilian Dragon , please see first post on July 1st
Black reacts by exchanging in d4 and starts attacking on the queen side Here's how to fight for the initiative for White
9... Nxd4 10 Bd4 10... Be6 11. Kb1 Qc7

12. h4 !? starting the attack 12... Rfc8 13. h5 Qa5 ( taking on h5 is not possible for Black due to attack on column h)

14. hxg6 14... hxg6 15. a3 Rab8 16 Bd3 we reach the following position

16.. Bc4 !? ( 16... b5 17. Qg5! Qc7 18. e5! ) 17. Rh4 !? ( if 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Qc1 e6 19. g4 it is promising as well for White)
17... b5 18. Bxc4 18... bxc4 19. Ka1
we reach the key position below

White has the edge += ;
White can cover b2 with Rb1; column h is open, and c4 will be difficult to defend; Black cannot crash through and endings will favor White

Repertoire for White against Sicilian Dragon

We will present a repertoire to face the Sicilian Dragon with White. This is based on an early O-O-O instead of 9 Bc4

 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O !?

here's the key position

Black has 2 ways to play :

9..Nxd4 followed by Be6 and attacking on the queen-side
early d6-d5 -since White did not play Bc4-

Tactics Sunday : the strength of the bishops pair !!

Black to play and win

you can play through the solution by clicking forward on the right or by trying a move on the board, if you find the right move, the response will be played and you can carry one!

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Sicilian Grand Prix Attack 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 e6 : repertoire for Black !

Grand Prix Attack Bc4,f4 Qe1
how to counter-attack with ..e6,d5 in the center with Black
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. Qe1 7...O-O 8. d3

Black plays 8..d5!
Then 9 Bb3 Nd4!? 10 Nd4 cd4 11 Ne2 a5!?

full analysis here

Black to win : Tactics

a neat tactical position illustrating the bishop pair strength.
Black to play and win

Solution here --------- http://view.chessbase.com/cbreader/2018/5/7/Game169100203.html

more tactics

20 tactical positions to solve here 20 positions here, with analysis and solutions

tactics sunday: White to Play and win !

tactical sequence

Grand Prix Attack Themes

Here we are presenting useful themes for White.
 Also to note if you are playing these positions with Black, watch for the attacking theme. Main Theme for White against g6,Bg7 and ..d6 or ..c5 : White will try to play Qd1-e1, Kh1, then f4-f5 or Qe1-g3 with strong attack.
 This can arise from Pirc, Sicilian Kan-Taimanov or Grand Prix Attack (B23). Typically White's bishop goes on b3

example 1 : B23 Grand Prix

Example 2: Sicilian Kan

Full game analysis here

Qd1-e1, f4-f5 games opening analysis

 All analyzed

Grand Prix Attack : Black Repertoire based on rapid ..e6

1e4 c5 2Nc3 Nc6 3 f4 e6



2 model games analyzed here



Short-Topalov 1997 0-1
Cabrera-Shirov 2007 0-1

B23 Grand Prix Attack for Black

GAMES ANALYSIS WITH REPLAY HERE

How to play with Black against Popular Grand Prix Attack : Nc3, f4-f5, Bc4 Attack for White

[Date "2000.01.04"] [White "Polgar, Judit"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
Position after 11..b5

[Date "2001.01.13"] [White "Tiviakov, Sergei"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"]

Position after 9..Na5!


Polgar-Gelfand 2000 0-1 Analyzed
Tiviakov-Kasparob 1999 0-1 Analyzed

Zukertort/Torre Bullet model game (D03)

watch 22nd move for white

king's indian attack style (side-line) bullet

10th move white 16th move white 23th move white and 27th move white Accuracy White 23 centipawns

repertoire spanish game white 5 Qe2

Position after 9 Bg5!

White to play (11th move)

White to play ( 18th move) 

[White "Tiviakov"][Black "Almasi"]

[White "Tiviakov"] [Black "Almasi"] [Event "Wijk Aan Zee"] [Date "1995.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d3 0-0 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Nbd2 Qe7 11. Bd5! Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb8 13. Ne4 Nbd7 14. Nh4! h6 15. Nf5 Qd8 16. Bh4 Kh7 17. Qf3 Rh8 18. g4! Kg8 19. Nxg7! Kxg7 20. Rg1 Nxe4 21. Bxd8 Bxf2+ 22. Ke2 Bxg1 23. dxe4 Bxh2 24. Bxc7 Bf4 25. Bxd6 f6 26. a4 Nb6 27. b3 bxa4 28. Bc7 *

Replay Game here

3 Analyzed Caruana-Carlsen Games

Carlsen-Caruana Tata Wijk Aan Zee 2018 Draw - Petroff (most recent game)
Caruana-Carlsen Isle of Man open 2017 0-1 - Spanish
Carlsen-Caruana Sinquefield 2014 0-1 - Italian
All analyzed

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https://en.chessbase.com/post/isle-of-man-open-magnus-carlsen-beats-fabiano-caruana

Caruana wins 14th round. Will play World Championship against Carlsen in November 2018. Grischuk-Caruana 0-1 analysis

Grischuk-Caruana (14) Candidates 2018 Analysis March 27, 2018 0-1

Caruana will challenge Magnus Carlsen for World Chess crown in November 2018. also available here
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Caruna wins against Aronian in Round 13 Candidates in Berlin- Analysis

Caruana-Aronian 1-0 Candidates 2018 Analysis March 26, 2018

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