Artemiev's model game against Hedgehog system from Magnus Carlsen

official site: http://www.chess.com Artemiev wins against Magnus Carlsen game 4 on Speed Chess Championship. Hedgehog system for Black. Artemiev makes g3-g4 work for him. A promising player.

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Hikaru Nakamura win in the Saemisch Variation NimzoIndian Defense with Black

Carlsen Spanish Torture vs Tari : Norway Chess 2020

Spanish d3 variation. Carlsen demonstrates Knight vs Bishop domination against Tari. norwaychess.no/en/

Breaking news: Hikaru wins first blitz game in finals against Magnus Day 7

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Magnus needs two wins in a row : first 2nd blitz game and second the armageddon after game 1.

Hikaru very close to win the whole thing !

Hikaru wins critical Ruy Lopez game on day 7 to level the score : details inside

Hikaru went for a sharp version of the anti-berlin 4d3. 

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. h3 Nd7 8. Nc4 a5 9. g4 Re8 10. Rg1! a411. Ne3 Bxe3 12. Bxe3 Nf8 13. h4 Qd6 14. Qd2 c5 15. h5 b5 16. Nh4 Qc6 17. Nf5!

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incredible win in Nimzo by Hikaru Nakamura against Magnus Carlsen

Armageddon game today. Hikaru must draw, Magnus must win for day 5.

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  1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne2 b6 9. e4 Ne8!

a very important move to prepare f7-f5 and the knight will go back to f6 or d6. Black wants to play Ba6 pressuring c5. Magnus had played this against Giri and Anand in the last months so Hikaru was prepared.

  

  10. O-O Ba6 11. f4 f5! 

White to play

 

The game continued and Hikaru increased his advantage with Black. After his move 30..Nd2! we reached the following 

White to play

If white takes the knight 31 Nxd2 31..Qe3+ wins it back with attack against the king. Magnus pieces ( queen and rook) are too far to defend the lone white king. Magnus played 31 Rd8 but the following occured:31. Rd8 Nxf1 32. Qxf1 Qe3+ 33. Kh2 Re4

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Berlin Defense rapid games between Nakamura(white) and Carlsen(black) annotated

In this entry, I will analyze Nakamura versus Carlsen game the Ruy Lopez ( Spanish) Berlin Defense with White getting a better opposite bishop ending

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Great example where White built pressure

Berlin Wall destroyed: Hikaru Nakamura wins in 22 moves against Magnus Carlsen day 3 chess24.com finals

 Berlin Wall is the position after 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 Nf6 in the www.chess24.com finals.

Hikaru chose anti-berlin 4 d3 on which Carlsen plays the most popular and active 4..Bc5 

6. Nbd2 O-O (6..Bg4 was played by Carlsen before)  7. Qe2

White hasn't decided where his king will castle

7..Re8 8. Nc4 Nd7 9. Bd2 b5 10. Ne3 Nf8 11. h4 Ne6? (11..a5 was safer) 

White to play , what did Magnus miss with Black ? I am sure he intended 12..Nd4 but white has 13Nf7! Ne2 14Nd8 with  2 pawns up

12. Nxe5 a5? 13. Qh5! g6 14. Qf3 f6 15. Nxc6! Qd7 16. Qxf6 Qxc6 17. Bc3 

Position after 17 Bc3!

White threatens 18 Qh8+ and h7, and has already 3 pawns for the piece. White can continue the attack with h4-h5 as well as 0-0-0 followed by d3-d4

17...Rf8 18. Qh8+ Kf7 19. Qxh7+ Ke8 20. Qxg6+ Kd7 21. d4 b4 22. dxc5 1-0

very convincing win by Hikaru today in the berlin 

Hikaru Nakamura and Magnus Carlsen trade wins in Berlin Defense: Day 3 chess24 chess tour finals

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we want show here games between Magnus and Hikaru on day 3  

They played the Berlin Defense several times, with white and Black. Hikaru lost game 1 with white, drew with Black easily in game 2 and won game 3.

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O

  

and replay with my comments below 

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final 2020"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2020.08.16"] [Round "3"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [Annotator "thechesscorner,@gmail.com"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2020.08.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Qe2 (7. Nc4 Nd7 8. O-O f6 9. a4 a5 10. Be3 b6 11. h4 Qe8 12. g3 (12.Nfd2) 12... Be7 13. Ne1 Nc5 14. Ng2 Be6 15. b3 Qd7 16. Qe2 Rae8 17. f3 (17. f4) 17... Bxc4 18. dxc4 Qh3 19. Kf2 Qe6 20. Kg1 f5 21. exf5 Qxf5 22. Rad1 Qh3 23.Bf2 Bd6 24. Rfe1 Re7 25. Qe3 Ref7 26. f4 exf4 27. gxf4 Qg4 $17 28. Qe2 Rxf4 29.Qxg4 Rxg4 30. Rd4 Rg6 31. h5 Rh6 32. Rh4 Rf5 33. Be3 Rhxh5 34. Rxh5 Rxh5 35.Bf4 Bxf4 36. Nxf4 Rf5 37. Ne6 Nxe6 38. Rxe6 c5 39. Re7 h5 40. Rxc7 Kh7 41. Kg2 Kh6 42. c3 Rf6 43. Rc8 Kg5 44. Rd8 Kg4 45. b4 h4 {0-1 game 1 day 3 Magnus won with Black}) 7... Re8 8. Nc4 Nd7 9. h4 a5 10. h5 b5 11. Ne3 Nf8 12. Bd2 (12. h6 g6) 12... Ne6 13. a4 b4 $6 (13...Nf4 14. Qd1 f5) 14. b3 Ba6 $2 (14... Nf4) 15. g3 Bxe3 16. Bxe3 f5 17. Rh4 $1 f4 18. Bd2 Nd4 $2 (18... Qf6 19. O-O-O Rad8) 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. Rc1 fxg3 21. fxg3 (21. Rg4 gxf2+ 22. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Re7) 21... Qg1+ 22. Qf1 Qxg3+ 23. Qf2 Qxf2+ 24. Kxf2 $14 Re6 25. Rg1 Rf8+ 26. Ke1 Bc8 27. h6 g6 28. Bg5 Ree8 (28...c5 29. Ke2) 29. Rh2 Rf3 30. Rf2 Rxf2 (30... Rh3) 31. Kxf2 Rf8+ 32. Ke3 Kf7 33.Rf1+ Ke8 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Bd8 c5 36. Bxc7 Ke7 37. Bxe5 Kd7 38. Bf6 Bb7 39.Kf4 Bc6 {1-0 (39) Nakamura,H-Carlsen,M chess24.com INT 2020} 1-0

Breaking news: Nakamura defeats Magnus Carlsen in day 1, game 2 for Magnus tour finals on chess24.com

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Critical position where Magnus sacrificed the exchange on move 19 with 19Rg7?!

2nd Critical position where Hikaru played 36..Kg7 with a clear plan to activate rooks as indicated by arrows and explanation below. turning point of the game 2 with Hikaru(Black) in the driver seat

Ding Liren wins Brilliant Game against Magnus Carlsen in King's Indian Defence: chess24 magnus tour finals Aug 2020

In this entry, I will analyze a game where Magnus plays the King's Indian Defense with Black and Ding outplays it with near perfect play. lots of tactics to calculate and Ding was up to the task.

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Great example where Ding Liren quickly built pressure againt Magnus who wasn't really up to speed with KID structures. Ding has mastered positions with 1d4 and g3,Bg2 fianchetto. His calculation ability is world class level even though he started poorly in candidates 2020 first half and will not challenge Magnus for World Championship ( it will be either Nepo,MVL or Caruana again).

Ding was impressive with the line starting with 24Bh6! and played perfectly until 31 Qf4 checkmate. Magnus could have defended better if he found Bd4+ in several instances but instead lost very quickly

Carlsen tactics (Carlsen-Ding Liren 2020 Chess24.com Finals)

today I'd like to go over the game from Magnus Carlsen against Ding Liren, a sharp sicilian defense game.www.chess24.com for full coverage

Critical position 1:

Both players went into a dynamic types of positions ( Sicilian Najdorf by Ding Liren). with Kings on opposite sides. 

White to play in diagram above.

Hint: Magnus was looking at 27 Rf3 and 27Rf7+. Can you calculate the lines ?

Critical position 2 (analysis):

White had to evaluate 27Rf7+ Kf7 28 Qe6+ Kg7 leading to the following diagram, white to play.

can Black defend and what is White's best move ?

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Solution

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Magnus looked at 29 Qe7+ Kg8  30 Nxe5 but 30..Rh7! saves Black.

White would win by playing 29 Ne7! , and here's why:

if 29..Rab8 30 Qg6+ Kf8 31Rf1+ wins

if 29..Rh7 30 Rf1! Qc4 31 Qf7+ Kh8 32 Ng6 checkmate

if 29..Qxc4 30 Qg6+ Kf8 31 Nf5! Qe4+ 32 Ka1 wins.

in the game Magnus played 27Rf3 f5 28 gf6+ Nf6 29 Qg2 Qd7 which allowed Ding to come back into the game. But eventually Magnus won the game anyway.

Carlsen-Giri Game Analysis with Variations and PGN

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Brilliant attack by Carlsen against Giri , using his prep in semi-tarrasch.
Carlsen-Giri 2020

Carlsen-Giri 2020
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Magnus wins brilliancy game ( Zugwang masterpiece) against Dubov with Black: Chessable tournament Group A : June 22, 2020

Great positional game ( Zugwang Domination) by Magnus Carlsen with Black against Daniil Dubov.

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You can see Dubov on the left and Carlsen on the right  at the start of the game

PGN Here:

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 b6 9. Re1 Ba6 10. Nd2 Rc8 11. Bb2 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. b4 Nce4 14. Ncxe4 dxe4 15. b5 Bb7 16. e3 Bb4

17. Re2 Qd3 18. Rb1 Bc3 19. Ba3 Rfd8 20. Rb3 Qxc4 21. Qe1 Qd5 22. Bb4 Qxb3 23.axb3 Bxb4 24. Bf1 a5 25. Qd1 h6 0-1

Full game with replay and annotations below :

Brilliant positional game by Carlsen who squeezed Dubov and crowned its plan with a queen sacrifice on move 20, and won in 25 moves with Black. he must have been happy after losing 3 games to Dubov in recent online tournaments

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Carlsen win against Nakamura

White to play

16.Ndc6! 

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Snapshot Magnus