Carlsen - Nakamura World Blitz Analysis 2019 Tie-Break London System

Here is the analysis in the tie-break game where Carlsen with White won against Nakamura. With this win, Carlsen became the 2019 World Blitz Chess Champion. fide.com

  Chessbase : Carlsen-Nakamura 2019 annotated.html

after 17 Qf3!

Position after 25...Nbc5.
 Carlsen played Nf7+ which wins but 26Rh7+Kh7 28 Qh5+Kg8 29 Ne7 is checkmate in 3 moves

Video of the game courtesy of Chessbase India
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7ZpPDrOOo


Animated game

carlsen-caruana petroff lines

chessbase : Caruana-Carlsen Petroff lines

[Event "Carlsen-Caruana World Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.11.18"] [Round "?"] [White "petroff"] [Black "lines"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C43"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 $5 Nxe4 4. Bd3

Sicilian Schevnikov Analysis

Caruana-Carlsen prep 1.e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3d4 Nov 2018

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chessbase : prep 1.e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 analysis

key moments Game 5 Caruana-Carlsen Wch 2018 Sicilian Rossolimo

Key moments of Game 5

[Event "2018 World Chess Championship"] [Round "5"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B31"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 e5 6. b4



Nxb4 7. Bb2 a6 8. a3 axb5 9. axb4 Rxa1 10. Bxa1 d6 11. bxc5 Ne7



12. Qe2 b4 13. Qc4 Qa5 14. cxd6 Be6 15. Qc7 Qxc7 16. dxc7 Nc6



17. c3 Kd7 18. cxb4 Ra8 19. Bc3 Kxc7 20. d3 Kb6 21. Bd2 Rd8 22. Be3+ Kb5 23. Nc3+ Kxb4 24. Nd5+ Bxd5 25. exd5 Rxd5



26. Rb1+ Kc3 27. Rxb7 Nd8 28. Rc7+ Kxd3 29. Kf1 h5 30. h3 Ke4 31. Ng5+ Kf5 32. Nxf7 Nxf7 33. Rxf7+ Bf6 34. g4+ 1/2-1/2



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Caruana-Carlsen Game 3 Draw Rossolimo

Caruana-Carlsen 1/2-1/2 World Chess Championship (3) London 2018 Full Annotations Nov 12, 2018

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game 3 Wch Caruana-Carlsen Draw Sicilian Rossolimo

Key moments of Game 3

[Event "Wch 2018"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.11.12"] [Round "3"] [White "Fabiano Caruana"] [Black "Magnus Carlsen"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B31"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. O-O Qc7 7. Re1 e5 8. a3 Nf6 9. b4 O-O 10. Nbd2 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 cxb4 13. axb4 a5 14. bxa5 Rxa5 15. Bd2 Raa8 16. Qb1 Nd7 17. Qb4 Rfe8 18. Bc3 b5 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Ra1 Rxa1+ 21. Bxa1 Qa7 22. Bc3 Qa2



23. Qb2 Qxb2 24. Bxb2 f6 25. Kf1 Kf7 26. Ke2 Nc5 27. Bc3 Ne6 28. g3 Bf8 29. Nd2 Ng5 30. h4 Ne6 31. Nb3 h5 32. Bd2 Bd6 33. c3 c5 34. Be3 Ke7 35. Kd1 Kd7 36. Kc2 f5 37. Kd1



fxe4 38. dxe4 c4 39. Nd2 Nc5 40. Bxc5 Bxc5 41. Ke2 Kc6 42. Nf1 b4 43. cxb4 Bxb4 44. Ne3 Kc5 45. f4 exf4 46. gxf4 Ba5 47. f5 gxf5 48. Nxc4 Kxc4 49. exf5 1/2-1/2



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Rossolimo game

Torre-Van der Wiel 1988

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Rossolimo Torre annotated

Rossolimo main line ideas

[White "Torre, E."] [Black "Van Der Wiel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B31"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 White has a strong center and Black has to continue developing his pieces



 11..Qa5 12. a4 Bg4 13. Re3! Rook lift Rfc8 14. h3 Bxf3?! 15. Rxf3 White has the initiative on the kingside  and will open lines (h file) and bring the Queen as well

  


 e6 16. h4 a6 17. Bf1 b5 18. h5 b4 19. cxb4 Qxb4 20. Be3 Na5 21. Rh3! Nc4 22. hxg6 fxg6

 

 23. Qg4! Squares e6 and h7 are weak  Qe7 24. Bg5 Qf7 25. Qh4 Bh8 26. Bd3! Ra7 27. Rb1 Rac7

 

 28. Rb3! Idea is Bxg6 followed by Rbg3 Na5 29. Rb6 Rc6 30. Rxa6 Rxa6 31. Bxa6 Ra8 32. Bb5 Rf8 33. Bh6 Rc8 34. Rf3 Qc7 35.Qg4 Qe7 36. Bg5 h5

  

 37. Qh3! wins outright , bishop pair dominates Qxg5 38. Qxe6+ Kh7 39. Qxc8 Qc1+ 40. Qxc1 1-0

 full game replay here Game with variation here

Torre-Van Der Wiel 1988