Tuesday, November 20, 2018

carlsen-caruana petroff lines

chessbase : Caruana-Carlsen Petroff lines



[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

Sunday, November 18, 2018

Sicilian Schevnikov Analysis

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

Start positionPrevious MoveNext MoveEnd positionPlay movesStop playing
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Ne7 ( 8... Nb8 9. a4!? ( 9. c4 Nd7 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Kh1 ( 12. a3!? f5 13. b4 a6 14. Nc3 Bf6 15. Be3 e4 16. Bd4 Be5 17. c5 Qf6 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Na4 += ) 12... f5 13. f3 a6 14. Nc3 Bg5 15. b4 b6 16. a3 Ra7 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Qc1 Qd8 ( 18... Qh4 ) 19. Qe3 f4 20. Qf2 Nf6 21. Rfd1 g5 22. Na4 Rg7 23. Nxb6 Bf5 24. Bd3 ( 24. c5 g4 ) 24... Bxd3 25. Rxd3 g4 26. c5 g3 27. Qe1 gxh2 28. Qh4 Qe8 29. c6 Nh5! 30. Nd7 ( 30. Kxh2 Ng3 ) 30... Ng3+ 31. Kxh2 Rf5! 32. Re1 Rxd7 33. Qg4+ ( 33. cxd7 Qxd7 34. Kg1 Qc7 35. Qg4+ Kf7 36. Rde3 Rh5 37. Qe6+ Kg7 ) 33... Rg7 0-1 (33) Ivanchuk,V (2738)-Piorun,K (2638) Matanzas 2017 ) 9... Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Nd7 12. a5 a6 13. Nc3 f5 14. Ra3 e4 15. Bf4 Ne5 16. Na4 Ng6 17. Bd2 Bg5 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. f4! exf3 20. Raxf3 Ne5 21. R3f2 Nd7 22. Nc4!? += 1-0 (38) Jobava,B (2687)-Salgado Lopez,I (2627) Tbilisi 2017 ) 9. c4 ( 9. c3 Nf5 10. a4 g6 11. Bd3 Bg7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qb3 Re8 14. Re1 b6 15. a5 1/2-1/2 (62) Yudasin,L (2625)-Kramnik,V (2710) Wijk aan Zee 1994 15... a6 16. axb6 Rb8 17. Na7 Rxb6 18. Qc4 ) 9...  Ng6 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Qb4 Bf5 12. h4!? a6 13. h5 Nf4 ( 13... axb5 14. hxg6 bxc4 15. Rxh7 Rxh7 16. gxh7 Bxh7 17. Qxb7 ) 14. Nc3 Be7 15. Be3 Nd3+ ( 15... Qd7 16. O-O-O ) 16. Bxd3 Bxd3 17. h6 O-O 18. Rd1 ( 18. hxg7! Re8 19. O-O-O ) 18...  a5 ( 18... e4! ) 19. Qb5 e4 20. hxg7 Re8 21. Rxd3 exd3 22. c5 Bg5 1-0 (45) Kramnik,V (2779)-Roganovic,M (2527) Batumi 2018 1/2-1/2


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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

Start positionPrevious MoveNext MoveEnd positionPlay movesStop playing
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. O-O http://view.chessbase.com/cbreader/2018/11/18/Game78831937.html 6...  Qc7 7. Re1 e5 8. a3 Nf6 9. b4 O-O 10. Nbd2 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 cxb4 13. axb4 a5 ( 13... Nd7 14. Bd2 ) 14. bxa5 Rxa5 15. Bd2?! ( 15. Rxa5 Qxa5 16. Bd2 Qc7 17. Qa1 Nd7 18. Be3 Rb8 19. Qa7 Bf8 20. Ra1 ) 15...  Raa8 16. Qb1!? Nd7 17. Qb4 ( 17. Qb2 b5 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Ra1 Qc8 ) 17...  Rfe8 ( 17... Rfb8 [%cal Rg7f8,Rb7b5] ) 18. Bc3 ( 18. Qc3 Bf8 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Ra1 ) ( 18. Qb2 Bf8 19. Reb1 b5 20. Be3 Reb8 ) 18...  b5 ( 18... Bf8 19. Qb2 Bd6 ) 19. Rxa8 ( 19. Qb2 Rxa1 ( 19... Nc5? 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Bxe5 ) 20. Rxa1 Nc5 21. Bb4 Na4 22. Qb3 Bf8 ( 22... c5? 23. Bd2! [%csl Ra4,Rb5] 23... Rb8 24. c4! ) 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. c4 Nc5 = ) 19...  Rxa8 20. Ra1 Rxa1+ 21. Bxa1 no breaks available. if you play c4, b4 is available for Black 21...  Qa7 ( 21... Bf8 22. Qc3 Bd6 23. Bb2 ) 22. Bc3 ( 22. Qb1 Qa5 23. g3 ) ( 22. Bb2 Qa2 23. g3! Qb1+ ( 23... f6 24. Kg2 Bf8 ) 24. Kg2 Qxc2 25. Qd6! Qxb2 26. Qxd7 ) 22...  Qa2 23. Qb2 ( 23. Qe7? Qxc2 24. Qxd7 Qxc3 25. Qe8+ ( 25. Qd8+ Bf8 26. g3 b4! -+ ) 25... Bf8 26. Nxe5 Qe1+ 27. Kh2 Qxf2 28. Nd7 Qf4+ 29. Kh1 ) ( 23. Ne1 Bf8 ) ( 23. Qd6 Qxc2 ) 23...  Qxb2 ( 23... Qa4 [%csl Re5] 24 g3 Variation Depth 32 24. g3 ( 24. Nxe5? b4! 25. Bd4 c5 ) ( 24. Bxe5? Nxe5 25. Nxe5 b4 26. f4 Qa3 ) ) ( 23... Qe6 ) 24. Bxb2 f6 opens the path for the King to f7-e6 and overprotects the e5 pawn to free the bishop g7 25. Kf1 Kf7 26. Ke2 Nc5 27. Bc3 ( 27. g3 only weakness for White is the c2-pawn ) 27...  Ne6 ( 27... Ke6 ) 28. g3 Bf8 29. Nd2 Ng5 30. h4 Ne6 31. Nb3 h5 fixing pawns on the dark squares 32. Bd2 ( 32. f3 ) 32...  Bd6 33. c3 ( 33. f3 f5 ( 33... c5 ) ) 33...  c5 34. Be3 Ke7 35. Kd1 Kd7 36. Kc2 f5 ( 36... g5 37. Nd2 ) 37. Kd1 fxe4?! ( 37... Kc6 38. Na5+ Kc7 39. Nb3 Kd7 40. f3 Kc6 ) 38. dxe4 c4 39. Nd2 Nc5 ( 39... Kc6 40. Nf3 Nc5 41. Bxc5 Kxc5 ) 40. Bxc5 Bxc5 41. Ke2 Kc6 ( 41... Be7 42. Nf3 Ke6 43. Ng5+ Kf6 44. Nf3 ) 42. Nf1 b4 43. cxb4 Bxb4 44. Ne3 Kc5 45. f4! exf4 46. gxf4 Ba5 47. f5 ( 47. e5 Bd8 48. f5 gxf5 49. Nxf5 Kb4 50. Ng3 Kb3 51. Nxh5 c3 52. Nf4 c2 53. Nd3 Bxh4 ) 47...  gxf5 48. Nxc4 ( 48. exf5 Bd8 49. Nxc4 Kxc4 50. f6 Bxf6 51. Kf3 ) ( 48. Nxf5 Bc3 49. Kd1 Kb4 ) 48...  Kxc4 49. exf5 1/2-1/2 (49) Fabiano Caruana-Magnus Carlsen Wch 2018 1/2-1/2


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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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Sunday, November 11, 2018

Rossolimo game

Torre-Van der Wiel 1988

Start positionPrevious MoveNext MoveEnd positionPlay movesStop playing
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 [#] 10...  Nxc3 ( 10... Bf5 11. Nh4 King-Rajkovic 1-0.Nh4 allows plans like f4 or Qf3 on the kingside 11... Nxc3 ( 11... Be6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Na4 g5 14. Nf3 f6 Kasparov-Shirov 2002 15. Nd2 ) 12. bxc3 Bd7 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Qf3 ) 11. bxc3 [#] 11...  Qa5?! ( 11... Na5 12. Ng5!? ( 12. Bg5 Bf5 13. Nh4 Be6 14. Qc1 a6 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Rb1 ) 12... h6 13. Nf3 Qc7 ( 13... a6 14. Bd3 Be6 15. Nh4 Rc8 16. f4 here again, f4-f5 after Nh4 offers white attack on the kingside. The pawn on c3 is not important ) 14. Ba3 Bf5 15. Nh4 Be6 16. Rc1 a6 17. Bd3 Nc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. f4 with idea Rf1, f4-f5; White has the edge as Black has little counterplay ) ( 11... Bg4 12. h3 ) ( 11... Bf5 ) ( 11... Bd7 12. Bd3 ) 12. a4 Bg4 13. Re3! Rook life 13...  Rfc8 ( 13... Bh6 14. Rd3 Bg7 15. Ba3 ) 14. h3 Bxf3?! Giving the bishop pair will alllow white to develop kingside initiative ( 14... Bf5 15. Nd2 ( 15. Ba3?! Bh6 ) 15... a6 16. Be2 Qc7 17. Nb3 Na5 18. Nc5!? ) 15. Rxf3 [%csl Ga5,Ga8,Gc6,Gc8,Rf7,Rg5,Rh6][%cal Rc1g5,Rd1g4,Rh3h5] [#] Black pieces are on the queenside. White can develop the initiative on the kingside with 2 bishops and the rook/queen 15...  e6 ( 15... a6 16. Bf1 b5 17. h4 similar to the main line ) 16. h4! White needs to open lines on the kingside. 16...  a6 17. Bf1 this allows Qf3-Qg4 after Rook goes on h3 17...  b5 Black rightly tries to counter-attack 18. h5! [#] 18...  b4 19. cxb4 Qxb4 20. Be3 protecting d4 20...  Na5 21. Rh3! +/- makes way for the queen to join the attack.Black cant really organize his counterplay 21...  Nc4 ( 21... Nc6 with idea Ne7-f5 was a better try 22. Rb1 Qa5? ( 22... Qe7 ) 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Qg4 Ne7 25. Qh4 Nf5 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Bg5 Ra7 28. Qh8+ Bxh8 29. Rxh8+ Kg7 30. Bf6# ) 22. hxg6 fxg6 ( 22... hxg6 23. Bg5 [%csl Rf3,Rf6][%cal Rg5f6,Rd1f3] ) 23. Qg4! [%csl Re6] 23...  Qe7 24. Bg5 Qf7 25. Qh4 [%csl Rh7] 25...  Bh8 ( 25... h5 26. Rf3 Qe8 27. Rg3 Rab8 28. Bd3 +- ) 26. Bd3! targets g6 26...  Ra7 ( 26... Rab8 27. Bxg6! Qxg6 28. Rg3 Rb1+ 29. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 30. Kh2 Kf7 31. Bf6! ) 27. Rb1! activates the last piece 27...  Rac7 28. Rb3! [%cal Rb3g3,Rd3g6] with idea Bg6 followed by Rbg3. Second rook lift 28...  Na5 29. Rb6 ( 29. Bxg6!? ) 29...  Rc6 30. Rxa6 Rxa6 31. Bxa6 +- [%csl Ra5,Rc8,Rg8,Rh8] All black pieces are scattered around without any target 31...  Ra8 32. Bb5 Rf8 33. Bh6 Rc8 34. Rf3 Qc7 35. Qg4 Qe7 36. Bg5! [%cal Rg5e7,Rb5e8] [#] full domination of the 2 bishops. Black pieces are not coordinated 36...  h5 37. Qh3! Qxg5 38. Qxe6+ Kh7 39. Qxc8 Qc1+ 40. Qxc1 Torre-Van Der Wiel 1988 1-0 1-0


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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

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Torre-Van Der Wiel 1988

Start positionPrevious MoveNext MoveEnd positionPlay movesStop playing
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 [#] 10...  Nxc3 ( 10... Bf5 11. Nh4 King-Rajkovic 1-0.Nh4 allows plans like f4 or Qf3 on the kingside 11... Nxc3 ( 11... Be6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Na4 g5 14. Nf3 f6 Kasparov-Shirov 2002 15. Nd2 ) 12. bxc3 Bd7 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Qf3 ) 11. bxc3 [#] 11...  Qa5?! ( 11... Na5 12. Ng5!? ( 12. Bg5 Bf5 13. Nh4 Be6 14. Qc1 a6 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Rb1 ) 12... h6 13. Nf3 Qc7 ( 13... a6 14. Bd3 Be6 15. Nh4 Rc8 16. f4 here again, f4-f5 after Nh4 offers white attack on the kingside. The pawn on c3 is not important ) 14. Ba3 Bf5 15. Nh4 Be6 16. Rc1 a6 17. Bd3 Nc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. f4 with idea Rf1, f4-f5; White has the edge as Black has little counterplay ) ( 11... Bg4 12. h3 ) ( 11... Bf5 ) ( 11... Bd7 12. Bd3 ) 12. a4 Bg4 13. Re3! Rook life 13...  Rfc8 ( 13... Bh6 14. Rd3 Bg7 15. Ba3 ) 14. h3 Bxf3?! Giving the bishop pair will alllow white to develop kingside initiative ( 14... Bf5 15. Nd2 ( 15. Ba3?! Bh6 ) 15... a6 16. Be2 Qc7 17. Nb3 Na5 18. Nc5!? ) 15. Rxf3 [%csl Ga5,Ga8,Gc6,Gc8,Rf7,Rg5,Rh6][%cal Rc1g5,Rd1g4,Rh3h5] [#] Black pieces are on the queenside. White can develop the initiative on the kingside with 2 bishops and the rook/queen 15...  e6 ( 15... a6 16. Bf1 b5 17. h4 similar to the main line ) 16. h4! White needs to open lines on the kingside. 16...  a6 17. Bf1 this allows Qf3-Qg4 after Rook goes on h3 17...  b5 Black rightly tries to counter-attack 18. h5! [#] 18...  b4 19. cxb4 Qxb4 20. Be3 protecting d4 20...  Na5 21. Rh3! +/- makes way for the queen to join the attack.Black cant really organize his counterplay 21...  Nc4 ( 21... Nc6 with idea Ne7-f5 was a better try 22. Rb1 Qa5? ( 22... Qe7 ) 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Qg4 Ne7 25. Qh4 Nf5 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Bg5 Ra7 28. Qh8+ Bxh8 29. Rxh8+ Kg7 30. Bf6# ) 22. hxg6 fxg6 ( 22... hxg6 23. Bg5 [%csl Rf3,Rf6][%cal Rg5f6,Rd1f3] ) 23. Qg4! [%csl Re6] 23...  Qe7 24. Bg5 Qf7 25. Qh4 [%csl Rh7] 25...  Bh8 ( 25... h5 26. Rf3 Qe8 27. Rg3 Rab8 28. Bd3 +- ) 26. Bd3! targets g6 26...  Ra7 ( 26... Rab8 27. Bxg6! Qxg6 28. Rg3 Rb1+ 29. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 30. Kh2 Kf7 31. Bf6! ) 27. Rb1! activates the last piece 27...  Rac7 28. Rb3! [%cal Rb3g3,Rd3g6] with idea Bg6 followed by Rbg3. Second rook lift 28...  Na5 29. Rb6 ( 29. Bxg6!? ) 29...  Rc6 30. Rxa6 Rxa6 31. Bxa6 +- [%csl Ra5,Rc8,Rg8,Rh8] All black pieces are scattered around without any target 31...  Ra8 32. Bb5 Rf8 33. Bh6 Rc8 34. Rf3 Qc7 35. Qg4 Qe7 36. Bg5! [%cal Rg5e7,Rb5e8] [#] full domination of the 2 bishops. Black pieces are not coordinated 36...  h5 37. Qh3! Qxg5 38. Qxe6+ Kh7 39. Qxc8 Qc1+ 40. Qxc1 Torre-Van Der Wiel 1988 1-0 1-0


Saturday, November 10, 2018

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

Start positionPrevious MoveNext MoveEnd positionPlay movesStop playing
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. a3 Qa5 10. Rd1 ( 10. Nd2 Be7 11. Rd1 e5 12. Bg5 d4 13. Nb3 Qd8 14. exd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Nb5 Bd7 = ) ( 10. O-O-O Be7 ( 10... Rd8 11. Nd2 ) 11. g4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. g5 exf4 14. gxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Ne7 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Rhg1+ Kh8 18. e4 b5 ) 10...  Rd8!? surprise ( 10... Re8 11. Nd2 e5 12. Bg5 Nd4 13. Qb1 Bf5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Ne4 16. Ncxe4 dxe4 17. Qxe4 Qb6 18. b4 Bf8 ) ( 10... Be7 11. Be2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 += ) 11. Be2 Carlsen played safe but 11.Nd2 is critical ( 11. Nd2 dxc4 ( 11... e5 12. Bg5 dxc4 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Bxc4 ) 12. Bxc4 ( 12. Nxc4 Rxd1+ 13. Qxd1 Qd8 14. Qxd8+ Nxd8 15. Be2 Nd5!? ) 12... Be7 13. O-O Qh5 14. Nde4 Rxd1 15. Qxd1 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 e5 18. Bg3 Kf8 19. f3 1/2-1/2 (36) Roiz,M (2661)-Khamrakulov,D (2479) Tashkent 2011 19... Bf5 ) 11...  Ne4! 12. O-O Nxc3 13. bxc3 h6!? ( 13... Qxa3?? 14. Ra1 ) ( 13... Bxa3? 14. Ra1 dxc4 15. Ng5 g6 16. e4 e5 17. Bc1 ) ( 13... Be7 14. a4 ) 14. a4 ( 14. cxd5 exd5 15. a4 Bd6 ) 14...  Ne7! 15. Ne5? ( 15. Nd2 Bd7 16. Ra1 Rac8 ) 15...  Bd6! 16. cxd5 ( 16. Nxf7? Kxf7 17. Bxd6 Rxd6 18. Qh7 Qc7 ) 16...  Nxd5 17. Bf3 ( 17. Nxf7!? This may be enough for a draw 17... Kxf7 18. Bxd6 Rxd6 19. Bh5+ Kg8 20. e4 Bd7 ( 20... Nf4 21. Rxd6 Qxh5 22. Rd8+ Kf7 23. Rfd1 e5 24. Qb3+ Be6 25. Qxb7+ Kg6 26. Qxa8 Qg4 27. g3 Nh3+ 28. Kg2 Nf4+ = ) 21. exd5 Qxa4 22. Qxa4 Bxa4 23. Ra1 Bd7 = ) 17...  Nxf4 18. exf4 Bxe5 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. fxe5 Qc7!? Black is a little bit better after simplification 21. Rb1 ( 21. Qd2 Bd7 22. Rb1 Bxa4 23. Rxb7 Qc5 ) 21...  Rb8 22. Qd3 ( 22. h4 Bd7 ) 22...  Bd7 23. a5 Bc6 24. Qd6 Qxd6 25. exd6 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Kf8 =+ 27. c4 Ke8 28. a6 ( 28. c5 Kd7 29. Rc1 f6 ) 28...  b6 29. c5 Kd7 30. cxb6 axb6 31. a7 Ra8 32. Rxb6 Rxa7 33. Kg2 ( 33. f4 g5 ) 33...  e5 34. Rb4 f5 ( 34... g5 35. Rb8 Kxd6 36. Rb6+ ) 35. Rb6 ( 35. f4 e4 ) 35...  Ke6 36. d7+ Kxd7 37. Rb5 Ke6 38. Rb6+ Kf7 Black has an extra pawn, but the rookending is most likely a draw 39. Rb5 Kf6 40. Rb6+ Kg5 41. Rb5 Kf4?! ( 41... Re7 probably better 42. Kg3 ( 42. Rb4 f4 43. Rb5 Re6 44. Rb7 g6 45. Rb5 Kf5 46. Ra5 ) 42... f4+ 43. Kg2 Re6 44. Rb7 g6 45. Kh3 Ra6 46. Kg2 Kf5 ) 42. Rb4+ e4 ( 42... Kg5 ) 43. fxe4 fxe4 44. h3 Ra5 45. Rb7 Rg5+ 46. Kf1 Rg6 47. Rb4 Rg5 =+ 48. Rb7 Rg6 ( 48... e3 49. Rf7+ Rf5 50. Rxg7 exf2 51. Kxf2 h5 ) 49. Rb4 Black could have tried a bit longer, just like Carlsen did in first game. Caruana preferred to call it a day and draw was agreed 1/2-1/2


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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
Start positionPrevious MoveNext MoveEnd positionPlay movesStop playing
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 ( 6. Nc3 e5 7. h3 ) 6...  Nf6 7. Nc3 Nd7 ( Relevant: 7... O-O 8. Be3 ( 8. O-O Ne8 9. Be3 b6 10. e5 f6 11. Re1 Nc7 1-0 (33) Caruana,F (2827)-Gelfand,B (2703) Batumi 2018 ) 8... b6 9. Qd2 e5 10. Bh6 Qd6 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. a4 Anand-Carlsen 2018 ) ( 7... b6 8. Be3 e5 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 Qe7 11. Qb1 Nh5 12. b4 f5 13. bxc5 f4 14. Bd2 += bxc5 15. Qb3+ Be6 16. Qa4 Rac8 0-1 (39) Caruana,F (2820)-Carlsen,M (2862) Wijk aan Zee 2015 ) 8. Be3 e5 ( 8... b6 9. Qd2 h6 10. a4 a5 ) 9. O-O b6 10. Nh2 ( 10. Qc1!? ) 10...  Nf8 11. f4 exf4 12. Rxf4 Be6!? not developing Knight yet ( 12... Ne6 13. Rf2 Nd4 14. Qd2 h6 ) 13. Rf2 h6 14. Qd2 g5!? ( 14... Qd6 ) 15. Raf1 Qd6 [#] preparing 0-0-0 16. Ng4 O-O-O! King is safe on the queenside.White king is in trouble 17. Nf6 ( 17. a4! important to launch counterplay ) 17...  Nd7 18. Nh5? ( 18. Nxd7 Rxd7 ( 18... Qxd7 19. b3 Be5 20. Ne2 Rhg8 ) 19. b3 ) 18...  Be5! 19. g4 f6 Black has the initiative with weaknesses around the white king 20. b3 Bf7 21. Nd1 Nf8? Carlsen sacrifices a pawn but this wasnt called for ( 21... Rhg8!? 22. Qe2 Kb7 23. a4 Qe6 and then take on h5 followed by g5-g4 ) 22. Nxf6 Ne6 23. Nh5?! ( 23. Nd7 Bf4 24. Nf6 ) 23...  Bxh5 24. gxh5 Nf4 25. Bxf4 gxf4 [#] 26. Rg2? ( 26. Rxf4! Bxf4 27. Qxf4 Qxf4 28. Rxf4 it was necessary for White to sacrifice the exchange. Black can then activate the knight and hold the ending 28... Rdf8 29. Rxf8+ Rxf8 30. Kg2 Rg8+ 31. Kh2 c4 32. bxc4 Rg5 33. Ne3 Ra5 34. Nf5 Rxa2 35. Kg3 Rxc2 36. Nxh6 Rc3 37. Nf7 Rxd3+ 38. Kg4 Rd7 39. Ne5 Rh7 = as an example ) 26...  Rhg8! 27. Qe2 Rxg2+ 28. Qxg2 Qe6! 29. Nf2 Rg8 30. Ng4 Qe8! -/+ Black controls the board and the h5 pawn will drop 31. Qf3 Qxh5 32. Kf2 Bc7 33. Ke2? ( 33. e5 Kb7 34. Nf6 Qh4+ followed by Rg3! ) 33...  Qg5! [#] 34. Nh2 h5 ( 34... Qe5 ) 35. Rf2 Qg1 ( 35... Qg7 ) 36. Nf1 h4? ( 36... Qg7 37. a4 Qc3 38. Kd1 Qa1+ 39. Ke2 Qc1 40. c4 Rg1! ) 37. Kd2? ( 37. e5! Kb7 38. Qxf4 Re8 ) 37...  Kb7! 38. c3 ( 38. Re2 Be5 ) 38...  Be5 ( 38... Rg3!! Elegant win 39. Nxg3 hxg3 40. Re2 ( 40. Rg2 Qa1 -+ 41. d4 Qxa2+ 42. Ke1 Qb1+ 43. Ke2 Qxb3 44. e5 cxd4 45. cxd4 ) 40... Be5 41. Kc2 Qa1 ) 39. Kc2 Qg7 ( 39... b5! White is tied up 40. Nd2 ( 40. Re2 b4! 41. Rf2 ( 41. cxb4 Qd4! ) 41... bxc3 42. Rh2 a5 ) ( 40. Rd2 b4! 41. d4 bxc3 42. Kxc3 cxd4+ completely winning for Black ) 40... Qa1 41. Re2 Qxc3+ 42. Kd1 Rg1+ ) ( 39... a5!? ) 40. Nh2 Bxc3?? ( 40... Qg1 41. Nf1 b5! Zugwang 42. Rd2 b4! 43. d4 bxc3 44. Kxc3 cxd4+ 45. Kc2 Rg5 ) 41. Qxf4 Bd4 42. Qf7+! Ka6 43. Qxg7 Rxg7 44. Re2 =+ [#] 44...  Rg3 45. Ng4 Rxh3 46. e5 Rf3 47. e6 Rf8 48. e7 ( 48. Nh6 Re8 49. Nf7 ) 48...  Re8 49. Nh6 h3 50. Nf5 Bf6 51. a3 b5 52. b4 cxb4 53. axb4 Bxe7 54. Nxe7 h2 55. Rxh2 Rxe7 56. Rh6 1/2-1/2


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