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here you can replay the key sicilian taimanov variations White plays Be3,Qd2,Qf2 followed by f3-f4 Black plays ..Bb4, Ne5, Qc7 trying to defend against White's attack. Key annotations with White side followed by Akopian, Kasparov among others..

game 4 key moments

Position 1 after 17Nd3;Black to play

Karjakin

Carlsen

Carlsen just played 17Nd3

Solid position for white, controlling center and d5 square.

Karjakin tried to attack with..h5 

Position 2 after 34Nb5, Black to play

Karjakin

Carlsen

Here Black should play 34..Ra1 and its not clear what White should do. 35 Ra1 or 35 Kh1 waiting;
Instead 34..Rb3?! ran into 35 Nd4 forking Rook and Queen. White gains the exchange while still being in control

Black to play after 48 Kh1

Karjakin

Carlsen

Here Black played  48..Qf2?? which ran into 49Rc8+ Kh7 50 Qh6+!! Kh6 51 Rh8 Checkmate or gh6 51 Rf7 Checkmate

Black had to exchange queens but ending is riskless for white. The critical mistake was to sacrifice the exchange on move 34; 34..Ra1 was the only way to keep the game going for Black.

The final combination is easy to spot, and it is possible Karjakin saw it but went for anyway.

Game 3 Tie-Break key moments

Position 1: After 18 Ne4

Karjakin

 Carlsen

Carlsen found an excellent move 18..Qe8! bringing attacking chances on the kingside. Please note that Ba2 cannot cover light squares.

Position 2: after 22Qe2

Karjakin

 Carlsen

Carlsen found a good way to open a second front on queenside. 22..a5! putting pressure on queenside as well. 23 ab5 ab4; 23 ba5 Ra5;

Position 3: after 38 Rc7

Karjakin

Carlsen

38..Ra1! winnnig on the spot ; if queen move Nf1+ and checkmate follows.

full analysis here
http://www.viewchess.com/cbreader/2016/12/3/Game5850078.html

http://www.viewchess.com/cbreader/2016/12/3/Game5850078.html

game 2 key moment Carlsen-Karjakin

Position I after 19 Ra4, Black to play

Karjakin

 Carlsen

Karjakin played Bxe3. Magnus could recapture with 20 Re3 to protect pawn on e4.

Instead he went for 20 Be3!? Ra4 21 Qa4 Ne4 Karjakin takes the pawn 22 Rc1 Bd5 23 b5 !?

Here's the second key position, Black to play 23.. move

Karjakin

Carlsen

Karjakin went for 23..cb5 24 Qe4! Qc1 25 Qd5 which led to the 2 bishops versus rook ending with 3 pawns each.

If black had played 23..Nd6 White could play 24 b6 Qb7 25 Qb4 with some pressure. nothing clear though

23..Qd6 was possible, not sure if white should take on c6 or play for advantage 24b6.

23..c5? was bad since white could play 24Bc4! getting rid of the black bishop or 24Ng5!?

Karjakin decision led to an ending which was better for white. but in the position below , Carlsen failed to find  ( in rapid game with little time left) Be6+ followed by Bf8 which was leading to a win

Position after 72..Rb7?

He played 73 Bd6 but eventually Karjakin found a very nice save via a stalemate idea.

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/

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 11: drawn. brief analysis with PGN here

http://www.viewchess.com/cbreader/2016/11/26/Game179621640.html

Game was balanced, and Carlsen had a relatively easy game with Black; Karjakin had to be careful not to let Black gain initiative but kept it under control.

12th game with Carlsen having White.


Position after16..Qd7, white to play

Carlsen

 Karjakin

Position after19..d5!? , white to play

Carlsen

 Karjakin

Position after 27..a5

Official website : www.worldchess.com