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

Aronian Kramnik 2018 Chess Analysis

Replay game here
http://aronian-kramnik_2018-annotated.html

after 8..Rg8

after ..f5

after ..Qe2