Karjakin-Caruana Round12 1-0 Analyzed here Candidates 2018

Karjakin won against leader Caruana today -Candidates 2018 Berlin-. Both at 7 points with 2 rounds to go analysis here Karjakin-Caruana 1-0 annotated

Round 9 Candidates Analysis (Express)

Karjakin-Kramnik 1-0 Kramnik crashed and burned his vessels
Caruana-Ding Liren 1/2 1/2 Caruana missed several wins

 Full Analysis here games round 9 FIDE candidates analyzed

Round 9 Games Annotated 

WCH coverage

Here are links on world championship coverage

great analysis on chess.com, particularly detailed notes from GM R. Hess

https://www.chess.com/news/view/karjakin-unmoved-by-surprising-pawn-sacrifice-holds-game-11-7312


AGON official coverage here ( mostly journalistic mainstream article, no complete written move/ variation analysis; video available for a fee)

www.worldchess.com

chessbase.com, with GM Fabiano Caruano commenting towards end of the match, also Wesley So !

http://en.chessbase.com/post/newsblog-wcc-carlsen-karjakin-2016-11-26

in-depth analysis and video coverage + lots of photos chess24.com

https://chess24.com/en/read/news/carlsen-karjakin-game-11-80-psychology

Blog analysis with detailed PGN

http://www.thechessmind.net/


fast coverage, with pgn analysis sortly after each game theweekinchess.com

http://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/events/world-chess-championship-2016/world-championship-match-heads-into-the-final-game-all-square

game 8 : Karjakin Wins ! Chess analysis

http://www.viewchess.com/cbreader/2016/11/21/Game123946796.html

Position after 35 c5!

Position after 52 h4??

Karjakin played 52..a2! and White resigned

[Event "AGON FWCM 2016"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2016.11.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Fritz 15 (10m)"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "top10chess.blogspot.com"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.24"]

{E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3)} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 e6
4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Bb2 b6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Qe2 Nbd7
11. c4 {last book move} dxc4 $146 ({Relevant:} 11... Qe7 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. a3 {
1/2-1/2 (13) Kohlweyer,B (2422)-Aloma Vidal,R (2403) Figueres 2014}) 12. Nxc4
Qe7 13. a3 {Prevents intrusion on b4} a5 14. Nd4 Rfd8 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Rac1
Nf8 17. Qe1 Ng6 18. Bf1 Ng4 19. Nb5 Bc6 (19... Qg5 $5 {dangerous for white !}
20. h3 N4e5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 $15) 20. a4 $11 Bd5 21. Bd4 Bxc4 22.
Rxc4 Bxd4 23. Rdxd4 Rxc4 24. bxc4 {Black has a new backward pawn: b6} Nf6 25.
Qd2 Rb8 26. g3 {Controls f4+h4} Ne5 27. Bg2 h6 28. f4 (28. h3 Qb4 29. Qd1)
28... Ned7 29. Na7 Qa3 $1 30. Nc6 {White threatens to win material: Nc6xb8} Rf8
31. h3 {Covers g4} Nc5 {Black threatens to win material: Nc5xa4} 32. Kh2 Nxa4
33. Rd8 {time trouble !} g6 34. Qd4 {White threatens to win material: Qd4xf6}
Kg7 35. c5 $2 (35. Ne5 $142 {and White can hope to live} Qc5 36. Rxf8 Qxf8 37.
Nd7 $15) 35... Rxd8 $17 (35... bxc5 $2 36. Qd6 $1 Rxd8 37. Nxd8 Qxe3 38. Qe7 $1
) 36. Nxd8 Nxc5 37. Qd6 Qd3 (37... Qa4 $142 38. Qxb6 Ncd7 $17) (37... Qc3 38.
Qe7 Nfd7 39. Qxf7+ Kh8 40. Nxe6 $13) 38. Nxe6+ $11 fxe6 39. Qe7+ Kg8 40. Qxf6
a4 41. e4 Qd7 42. Qxg6+ {White forks: h6} Qg7 43. Qe8+ Qf8 44. Qc6 $6 {White
threatens to win material: Qc6xb6; Carlsen is pushing for a win, but the
position is dangerous} (44. Qg6+ Qg7 (44... Kh8 45. e5 $1 a3 46. Qb1 Qb8 47.
Qg6 a2 48. Qxh6+ Kg8 49. Qg6+ {draw}) 45. Qe8+ $11) 44... Qd8 45. f5 {This
push gains space} a3 $1 {A strong pawn} 46. fxe6 {White has a new passed pawn:
e6.} Kg7 (46... Kh7 47. e5 a2 48. Be4+ Nxe4 49. Qxe4+ Kg7 50. Qb7+ Kg8 51. Qf7+
Kh8 52. Qf4 $11) 47. e7 {White has a mate threat} (47. Qb5 $142 $5 {must
definitely be considered} Nxe6 48. Qb4 $14) 47... Qxe7 $15 48. Qxb6 Nd3 49. Qa5
Qc5 {Black threatens to win material: Qc5xa5} 50. Qa6 {White threatens to win
material: Qa6xd3} Ne5 $1 {A comfortable square for the black knight} 51. Qe6 (
51. Qa8 $5 $15) 51... h5 $17 52. h4 $4 {causes further problems for White} (52.
Qa6 $142 $17) {[%tqu ]} 52... a2 $1 $19 {surprise! carlsen resigned. First win
for Karjakin in the match. He leads 4.5 to 3.5 with 4 games to go !} (52... a2
53. Qxa2 Ng4+ 54. Kh3 (54. Kh1 Qc1+ 55. Bf1 Qxf1#) 54... Qg1 $19 55. Qa7+ $4
Qxa7) 0-1

game5 : Carlsen-Karjakin drawn again but Karjakin had an advantage for the first time in match !

excellent recap in video here

By GM Peter Svidler from chess24.com

https://youtu.be/BRsWO0o10FI


Carlsen chose the italian opening

Things didnt go so well.

https://twitter.com/hashtag/CarlsenKarjakin?src=hash


see full recap at chess24.com
https://chess24.com/en/read/news/carlsen-karjakin-game-5-magnus-screws-up


Carlsen at the end, frustated, perhaps mad at himself. things didnt go his way and he will have black twice in a row, 6th and 7th games.

official site
worldchess.com

key positions Karjakin-Carlsen game 4 ( Draw)

Karjakin defended again with white against Carlsen, and managed to hold a difficult ending again, frustating Magnus Carlsen from his first win in the world championship in NYC.


Key Position #1

Carlsen

Karjakin

White to play 

In the position above, Karjakin had taken in h6 but Black defended with 18..Qc6!

Now white should retreat his bishop to c1, allowing black to win e4 , which is slightly better for Black.

However, Karjakin played 19 Bc4? which was answered by 18..bc4. Not only will Black win back e4 , but he gets bishop pair and weakness on b2 in any ending.

Key Position 2 after 48..Bd5+

Carlsen

Karjakin

Here Karjakin had to play Ne4 but went 49 Ke2? retreating. Black was almost winning

Full analysis here

top10chess analysis of Karjakin-Carlsen (4)

Analysis Carlsen-Karjakin Game 3 . Karjakin miraculous defense saved the day and half a point

Instant analysis of the ending and endgame drama here
http://www.viewchess.com/cbreader/2016/11/14/Game85566625.html
pgn analysis here ( game3)
http://www.viewchess.com/cbreader/2016/11/14/game85566625.pgn

Official website: www.worldchess.com

Carlsen was pressing during the entire game but let the win escape

key positions

After 67 Re6!, Carlsen was winning

Karjakin(Black)

Carlsen(white)

Position after 67 Re6!

but after Carlsen chose the wrong plan with White, Karjakin could save the game here

Black to play :

                                                                      Karjakin(Black) to play

Carlsen(white)

Position after 70 Nc6

Black took on f5 with the king. Thats a blunder. 70..Rc3!! was eventually snatching the b3 pawn and the game would fizzle into N+R for white against R for black which is a theoretical draw. see pgn file for details. 70..Rb3?? 71Re6+ Kf5 72Nd4+ would lose. Karjakin missed this key move.

But in the following position, White played 72.Rb7?? and after 72..Ra1!!, Black was able to save the half-point. Great defense by Karjakin, and missed opportunity by Carlsen.

Position on 72nd move, White to play

Carlsen chose 72Rb7? here letting the win escape. 72Rf7+ followed by Rf2! using the white rook to defend against passed pawn h3 while hanging on to b3 pawn was key.

Kudos to Svidler and Hansen from chess24.com for staying up so late commenting without a chess engine. Great stuff !
Kudos to Chessbase for providing the Chessbase viewer/

Carlsen-Karjakin wch(3) New York World Chess Championship Epic Tie ( Draw)

official website www.worldchess.com

game at : https://worldchess.com/nyc2016/

EPIC 3rd Game ending in a draw  ( TIE)

game 3 articles

chessbase
http://en.chessbase.com/post/newsblog-wcc-carlsen-karjakin-2016-11-14

the week in chess

http://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/events/world-chess-championship-2016/karjakin-escapes-after-marathon-game-against-carlsen

chess24

https://chess24.com/en/read/news/carlsen-karjakin-game-3-epic



Video : GM GM Huschenbeth
Game 3 Highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkBmZDAzyqo&feature=youtu.be


game

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/carlsen-karjakin-world-chess-championship-2016/1/1/3

Spanish Defense d3 variations

in light of the second game Karjakin-Carlsen, posting key variations from the d3 spanish

spanish d3 variation

pgn file here. pgn file for d3 variations , click here

Key position after
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6

Here White has three options

A) 8 a4

This forces Black to choose between ..b4 and ..Rb8?!. Carlsen won against Topalov a key game in the latter in 2010. For the former, White can play Nd2-c4, or Nd2 followed by Bc4.

For the beautiful win from Carlsen against Topalov ( Nanjing, 2010) in the Rb8 variation click here.
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1599150

Please note that Karjakin has experience with White 8a4 and has faced 8..Bd7!? after 8a4; see pgn file for details.


B) 8 a3

Chosen by Karjakin in game 2. I think he may go with A) or C).  This move  saves the white bishop which can retreat on a2. But Black can develop ..Na5,..c5 and this is a bit slow. see
Vachier Lagrave,M (2798)-Svidler,P (2759) Biel 2016 

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1826305

C) 8c3

This allows white to play Re1, Nd2-f1 and later d3-d4. Very flexible set-up.

see  (40) Carlsen,M (2876)-Aronian,L (2780) Stavanger 2015

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1795016

top10chess analysis: Karjakin-Carlsen wch(2) Nov 12 2016

Game 2 Analysis

http://www.viewchess.com/cbreader/2016/11/12/Game93183890.html

Official Site:https://worldchess.com/nyc2016/

(515) Karjakin,Sergey (2769) - Carlsen,Magnus (2857) [C77]
AGON FWCM 2016 New York, 12.11.2016
[top10chess]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.d3 interesting spanish sideline 6...b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a3!? Diagram

[8.a4 move played by Carlsen as White. 8...Rb8 9.axb5 axb5 10.Nbd2 0-0 11.Re1 Bd7 12.c3 Ra8 13.Rxa8 Qxa8 14.d4 h6 15.Nf1 Re8 16.Ng3 Qc8 17.Nh4 Bf8 18.Ng6 Na5 19.Nxf8 Rxf8 20.Bc2 Re8 21.f4! 1-0 (32) Carlsen,M (2826)-Topalov,V (2803) Nanjing 2010] 8...0-0 [8...Na5 is the most played here. 9.Ba2 c5 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Bxe6 (11.Nh4!? 0-0 12.Nf5 Rc8 13.Bg5 White is building attack on kingside 13...Bxf5 14.exf5 Ne8 15.Be3 Bg5 Black is trying to exchange pieces to slow down white's kingside manoeuvers. the position is balanced) 11...fxe6 12.b4] 9.Nc3 Na5 10.Ba2 Be6! 11.d4
 Diagram

[11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.b4 Nc6 13.Bd2 here Black could play ..d5 or ..Qd7.] 11...Bxa2 12.Rxa2 Re8 13.Ra1 technically the novelty [13.Qd3] 13...Nc4 1576 14.Re1 694 14...Rc8 281 15.h3 717 [15.b3 Nb6 16.Bb2 Bf8 17.Qd3 exd4 18.Nxd4 c5 19.Nf3 again, Black is golding] 15...h6 120 16.b3 311 16...Nb6 17.Bb2 Bf8 

Diagram

the key position 18.dxe5 980. very important decision [18.Nh4!? exd4 19.Qxd4 c5 20.Qd3 c4; 18.Qd2 Nbd7 19.Rad1 c6 is balanced; 18.d5 c6 19.dxc6 Rxc6 20.a4 Rc5 21.axb5 axb5 22.Qd3 (22.Ra6?! Nbd7) 22...b4] 18...dxe5 19.a4 [19.Qxd8 Rcxd8 20.Na2 Bd6 solid for black] 19...c6 416 20.Qxd8 Rcxd8 21.axb5 axb5 22.Ne2 412 [22.g4!?] 22...Bb4 465 23.Bc3 269 23...Bxc3 24.Nxc3 Nbd7 25.Ra6 125 25...Rc8 26.b4 592 [26.Ra7!?] 26...Re6 738 27.Rb1 121 27...c5! dead draw now 28.Rxe6 fxe6 29.Nxb5 98 29...cxb4 30.Rxb4 Rxc2 31.Nd6 243 31...Rc1+ 32.Kh2 Rc2 33.Kg1 1/2-1/
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Game 1 : Carlsen-Karjakin Drawn !

https://worldchess.com/2016/11/12/world-championship-game-1-draw/

Official website for Chess Championship 2016 : Worldchess

https://worldchess.com/

The World Champion had White, but was unable to crack the defense of the challenger

Black: Sergey Karjakin 

White: Magnus Carlsen

Position after 21 Ke2. White has a better structure, but Black is very solid and can defend both wings. Magnus tried to make progress but Sergey held on easily.


other coverage  : chessbase
http://en.chessbase.com/post/newsblog-wcc-carlsen-karjakin-game-1-draw

New York City : World Chess Championship 2016

The official site for the match is
https://worldchess.com/nyc2016/

Thanks to Agon to organize the highest competition in NY.
the title to be played for is part of www.fide.com historical crown.

http://www.agonlimited.com/

Official pictures
https://cdn.worldchess.com/static/img/ny2016v2/players.jpg


The players:


Magnus Carlsen   (Defending world champion)

magnuscarlsen.com  ( official website)

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=52948





Sergey Karjakin :   (Challenger)

http://www.chessgames.com/player/sergey_karjakin.html

Game of the Month : Karjakin-Kramnik Nov 2010 . Attack!

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Comments on variations to the game itself featuring a piece sac 15.Be2!

12..Nc4 13 Ne6 !? instead of 13 Qd3 played in Gashimov-Gelfand 2010. Kramnik goes for the novelty 12..Bf5

15..hg5 16 hg5 Qd7 17 g4 Bg6 18 Rdg1 followed by 18 f4 is strong for White therefore Black declined the sacrifice

17..Nc4 would has been followed by 18 Bc4 dc4 19 Qf2!? Qa5 20 f5! with attack on column h

21 Qc4!? Qd5! 22 Bd3 Qc4 23 Bc4 Be7 24 g5!?

22 ..Bh4! 23 Bd3 Bf6! is much better than the game. 22..b5!? 23 Qc6 Re2 was better than the game

23..Qd5 24 Qc3 Qb5 25 gh6 with advantage. 23..b5!?