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

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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