Magnus Carlsen remains World Champion after tie-break win 3-1

GM Carlsen remains the world chess champion.

Congrats !!

magnuscarlsen.com


articles links

CNN

chess/http://edition.cnn.com/2016/12/02/sport/magnus-carlsen-sergey-karjakin-chess/


CHESS.COM
https://www.chess.com/news/view/magnus-carlsen-i-was-calm-i-was-confident-7465

https://www.chess.com/news/view/carlsen-wins-rapid-playoff-defends-world-championship-7236

excellent analysis by GM R. Hess. not simply engine variations but explanations of the key moments, and key human moves at GM level. PGN available and replay available on chess.com





CHESSBASE
IM Shah with analysis
http://chessbase.in/news/wcc-2016-tiebreaks/

GM Dlugy playing blitz in VIP room and glancing at the world top match from time to time !

http://en.chessbase.com/post/newsblog-wcc-carlsen-karjakin-2016-12-01-en

http://en.chessbase.com/post/newsblog-wcc-carlsen-karjakin-2016-11-30-en

videos recap available on chessbase.com as well


THEWEEKINCHESS
http://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/events/world-chess-championship-2016/magnus-carlsen-retains-world-championship-title-with-a-spectacular-final-move


CHESS24
best for live video and live commentary with super GM Svidler, and entertainer GM Jan Gufstafson from Germany
also great site/app to follow games live, with nice interface,engine, analysis board

chess24.com
in-depth report, with also frequent twitter coverage as well

https://chess24.com/en/read/news/carlsen-karjakin-tiebreaks-magnus-still-the-champ


official agon website
https://worldchess.com/

https://worldchess.com/2016/12/01/magnus-carlsen-is-world-champion-again/

game 9 drawn : analysis, moves explained, world chess championship Karjakin Carlsen

http://www.viewchess.com/cbreader/2016/11/24/Game61893796.html

click to replay and check my analysis  ( Pgn of game available)

Here on 13th move, White can play d5, Re1 or 13Bc2 as in the game

middle-game position after ..Qb5!?

Here White had to pick between Qb3 or Bf7+

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

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

Game 2 : Karjakin - Carlsen Spanish Drawn in 33 moves

https://worldchess.com/2016/11/12/world-championship-game-2-draw/


Official Coverage on official Agon Website : see above. Game 2 : A spanish defense where Magnus had black was drawn

Game 2 Drawn.

Position after 17..Bf8

Magnus Carlsen ( Black)

Sergey Karjakin(white)

Here White chose to simplify with 18de5 leading to exchanges. ; 18 d5 or 18 Nh4 were possible. The move led to an ending where Black could hold easily.


Current score: Magnus Carlsen 1 - Segey Karjakin 1

Next Game : Monday Nov 14 , 2016

where to watch : official website

https://worldchess.com/nyc2016/



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Interesting topic  : Hacking and Chess

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/05/king-of-chess-magnus-carlsen-calls-in-microsoft-to-fight-off-rus/

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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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