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Contents
GAME LIST PLAYER L IST INTRODUCTION CHESS METHOD GAME S
DECODE D
GAMES LIST Game No. 1-Carlsen,M 2848 vs
Aronian
L
Chess
2815-4th
Classic
London ENG-ECO
2012.12.02 Game No. 2-Carlsen,M 2814 vs
Nakamura, Hi 2751-73rd Tata Steel
GMA
Wijkaan
Zee
2011.01.23 Game No. 3-Carlsen,M 2813 vs
Aronian,L
2782-19th
Amber
Rapid Nice FRA 2010.03.14 Game No. 4 - Carlsen,M 2813
vs
Dominguez Perez,L
2713-
19th Amber Rapid Nice
FRA
2010.03.23 Game No. 5-Carlsen,M 2813
vs
Smeets,J 2651-19th Amber
Blindfold Nice FRA 2010.03.16 Game No. 6- Aronian,L 2801
vs
Carlsen,M 2802- VI World
Blitz Moscow RU S 2010.11.17 Game No. 7- Aronian,L 2782
vs Amber
Carlsen,M Blindfold
2813-19th Nice
FRA
2010.03.14 Game No. 8- Carlsen,M 2813
vs Svidler,P 2750-19th Amber
Rapid Nice FRA 2010.03.15 Game No. 9- Carlsen,M 2814
vs Wang Hao 2731-73rd Tata Steel GMA
Wijkaan Zee NED
2011.01.29 Game No. 10- Carlsen,M 2815
vs Kings
Nisipeanu,LD Tournament
2659-5th Medias
ROU 2011.06.15 Game No. 1 1- Carlsen,M 2815
vs
Gashimov,V
2746-20th
Amber Blindfold Monaco MNC 2011.03.13 Game No. 12- Carlsen,M 2815
vs
2747-20th
Grischuk,A
Amber Rapid
Monaco MNC
2011.03.23 Game No. 13- Carlsen,M 2815
vs
lvanchuk,V 2776-5th Kings
Tournament
Medias
ROU
2011.06.18 Game No. 14- Carlsen,M 2815
vs
Karjakin,Sergey
Amber Rapid
2776-20th
Monaco MNC
2011.03.18 Game No. 15- Carlsen,M 2815
vs
Nakamura, Hi
Amber Rapid
2774-20th
Monaco MNC
2011.03.12 Game No. 16- Carlsen,M 2815
vs Kings
Nakamura, Hi Tournament
2774-5th Medias
ROU 2011.06.11 Game No. 17- Carlsen,M 2815
vs
Topalov,V
Amber Rapid
2775-20th
Monaco MNC
2011.03.20 Game No. 18- Carlsen,M 2826
vs
Galego,L
Olympiad
Men
2500-39th Khanty-
Mansiysk RU S 2010.09.22 Game No. 19- Carlsen,M 2826
vs
2716-3rd Pearl
Bacrot,E
Spring
C HN
Nanjing
2010.10.20 Game No. 20- Carlsen,M 2826
vs Shirov,A 2749- Grand Slam Final
Bilbao
Masters
ESP
2010.10.14 Game No. 21- Carlsen,M 2826
vs
Topalov,V
Spring
2803-3rd Pearl Nanjing
C HN
2010.10.24 Game No. 22-Carlsen,M 2826
vs
Vallejo Pons,F
Olympiad
Men
2697-39th Khanty-
Mansiys RU S 2010.09.25 Game No. 23- Carlsen,M 2826
vs Anand,V 2800- Arctic Stars Final
Kristiansund
NOR
2010.08.30 Game No. 24- Carlsen,M 2826
vs
Wang Vue
Spring
2732-3rd Pearl Nanjing
C HN
2010.10.22 Game No. 25- Gelfand, B 2733
vs
2815-20th
Carlsen,M
Amber Rapid
Monaco MNC
2011.03.24 Game
No.
26-
Kramnik,V
2785 vs Carlsen,M 2815-20th Amber Rapid
Monaco MNC
2011.03.19 Game No. 27- Smeets,J 2662
vs
Carlsen,M 2814-73rd Tata
Steel GMA
Wijkaan Zee NED
2011.01.21 Game No. 28- Svidler,P 2750
vs
Carlsen,M
Amber
Blindfold
2813-19th Nice
FRA
2010.03.15 Game No. 29- Topalov,V 2803
vs
Carlsen,M
Spring
2826-3rd Pearl Nanjing
C HN
2010.10.29 Game No. 30- Carlsen,M 2813
vs
2756-19th
Grischuk,A
Amber
Rapid
Nice
FRA
2010.03.25 Game No. 3 1- Ponomariov,R
2733 vs Carlsen,M Kings
2813-4th
Tournament
Medias
ROU 2010.06.20 Game No. 32- Bareev,E 2634
vs
Carlsen,M
2801- World
Blitz Moscow RU S 2009.11.16 Game
No.
2619
vs
33- Karpov,Ana
Carlsen,M
2801-
World
Blitz
Moscow
RU S
2009.11.18 Game No. 34- Carlsen,M 2776
vs
Anand,V
SuperGM
2791Linares
XXVI ESP
2009.02.25 Game No. 35- Carlsen,M 2625
vs Anand,V 2792- Glitnir Blitz Reykjavik ISL 2006.03.16 Game No. 36- Karjakin,Sergey
2727 vs Carlsen,M 2775- Tal Memorial Blitz
Moscow RU S
2008.08.30 Game
No.
37-
Alekseev,Evgeny
2708
vs
Carlsen,M 2775- Tal Memorial Blitz Moscow RU S 2008.08.29 Game No. 38- Pelletier,Y 2569
vs
2775-41st
Carlsen,M
Festival
Biel
GM
SU I
2008.07.26 Game
No.
39-
Carlsen,
Magnus 2835 vs Radjabov, T. 2784-7th
Tal
Mem
Blitz
Moscow RU S 2012.06.07 Game
No.
40-
Carlsen,
Magnus 2835 vs Grischuk, A. 2761-7th
Tal
Mem
Blitz
Moscow RU S 2012.06.07 Game
No.
4 1- Kramnik, V.
2801
vs
Carlsen, Magnus
2835-7th
Tal
Mem
Blitz
Moscow RU S 2012.06.07 Game
No.
42- Carlsen, M.
2821 vs Shirov, A. 2714- Biel ACCENTU S
GM
Biel
SU I
2011.07.19 Game No. 43- Gelfand, Boris
2738
vs
2837-
Carlsen, Magnus Blitz
Championship 2012.07.10
World 2012
Game
2821
44- Carlsen, M.
No.
vs
Pelletier, Y.
Biel ACCENTU S GM
2590-
Biel SU I
2011.07.25 Game No. 45- Shirov, A. 2714
vs
Carlsen, M.
ACCENTU S
2821-
GM
Biel
Biel SU I
2011.07.26 Game
No.
46- Carlsen, M.
2826 vs Nakamura, Hi 27583rd
London
Chess
Classic
London ENG 2011.12.05 Game
No.
2826 vs
47- Carlsen, M.
Howell, D. 2633-3rd
London Chess Classic
London
ENG 2011.12.03 Game
No.
48-
Carlsen,
Magnus 2837 vs Wang, Hao 2739-45th Biel GM
Biel SU I
2012.07.24 Game
No.
2739
vs
49- Wang, Hao
Carlsen, Magnus
2837-45th Biel GM
Biel SU I
2012.07.30 Game No. 50- Bologan, Viktor
2732 vs
Carlsen, Magnus
2837-45th Biel GM 2012.07.29
Biel SU I
Game No. 5 1- Carlsen,M 2843 vs Anand,V 2780- Sao Paulo I Bilbao
Grand
Slam
Final
2012.10.12 Game
No.
52-
Carlsen,
M.
2843 vs Caruana F. 2773- Sao Paulo I Bilbao Grand Slam Final 2012.10.08 Game No. 53- Carlsen,M 2843 vs Caruana, F 2773- Sao Paulo I
Bilbao
Grand
Slam
Final
2012.10.13 Game No. 54- Carlsen,M 2843 vs
Vallejo Pons, F
2697- Sao
Paulo I Bilbao Grand Slam Final 2012.10.09 Game No. 55- Caruana F 2773
vs Carlsen M 2843- Sao Paulo I
Bilbao
Grand
Slam
Final
2012.10.13 Game No. 56- Vallejo Pons,F
2697 vs Carlsen,M 2843- Sao Paulo I Bilbao Grand Slam Final 2012.10.25 Game No. 57- Caruana, F 2773
vs Carlsen,M 2843- Sao Paulo I
Bilbao
2012.09.24
Grand
Slam
Final
PLAYER L IST Alekseev- Game No. 37 Anand - Game No. 23 - Game No. 34 - Game No. 35 - Game No. 5 1 Aronian - Game No. 1 - Game No. 3- Game No. 6- Game No. 7 Bacrot- Game No. 19 Bareev- Game No. 32 Bologan- Game No. 50 Caruana -
Game
No.
52 -
Game No. 53 - Game No. 55 -
Game No. 57 Galego- Game No. 18 Gashimov- Game No. 1 1 Gelfand - Game No. 25- Game No. 43 Grischuk -
Game
No.
12 -
Game No. 30- Game No. 40 Howell- Game No. 47 lvanchuk- Game No. 13 Karjakin- Game No. 14- Game No. 36 Karpov- Game No. 33
Kramnik -
Game
No.
26 -
Game No. 4 1 Lenier Dominguez - Game No. 4 Nakamura -
Game
No.
2 -
Game No. 15 - Game No. 16 Game No. 46 Nisipeanu- Game No. 10 Pelletier -
Game
No.
38 -
Game No. 44 Ponomariov- Game No. 3 1 Radjabov- Game No. 39 Shirov - Game No. 20 - Game
No. 42- Game No. 45 Smeets - Game No. 5 - Game No. 27 Svidler - Game No. 8 - Game No. 28 Topalov- Game No. 17- Game No. 2 1- Game No. 29 Vallejo Pons - Game No. 22 Game No. 54- Game No. 56 Wang Hao
- Game No. 9 -
Game No. 48- Game No. 49 Wang Vue - Game No. 24
Introduction Just as you a n d m a ny oth e rs, I e njoy p l ayi ng ch ess too, a n d w h e n ca n
pa rt i c i pate
tou r n a m e nt,
in
a ny
I ca n not l ose t h e
o p po rtu n ity to pa rt i c i pate i n t h ese . We a l l know that c h ess i s 99% ta ctics a n d we m ust t ra i n a n d we m u st p re pa re ve ry we l l if we wa nt to l eve l u p a n d get bette r p l a ces i n t h e tou rn a m e nts . Fo r m a ny yea rs, j ust l i ke yo u a n d
m a ny
oth e rs,
I
bo ught
boo ks,
v i d eos a n d cou rses, not o n ly i n o rd e r to l ea rn, b ut a l so to i m p rove my tact i cs . H oweve r m ost of t h e m l eft m e a l ot of q u estions wh i l e t ryi ng
to
so lve
so m e
of
the
p ro b l e m s p ro posed . As you•ve see n, m ost of t h e ta cti ca l books wi l l s h ow yo u a d i ag ra m with a pos it i o n a n d yo u n eed to ca l c u l ate t h e so l ution a n d / o r va ri a nts i n o rd e r to fi n d t h e best seq u e n ce, b ut at t h e e n d of t h e book, w h e n eve ryo n e l ooks fo r t h e
sol ution, i n m ost cases t h e book show you t h e va r i a nt a n d / o r su b va r i a nts o n ly {a lthough m ostly not i n c l u d ed) without co m me nt. As yo u m ay h ave n ot i ced, fo r a under
2000
ELO
p l aye r,
is
frust rati ng to ta ct i ca l t ra i n i ng with a boo k l i ke t h at, beca use t h ese books
not
d is p e l
all
dou bts,
q u esti o n s a ri se eve ryw h e re a n d eventu a l ly yo u e n d u p l eavi ng that book
on
yo u r
books h e l f
a nd
l oo ki ng a ny oth e r boo k, v i d eo o r co u rse i n o rd e r to now yo u cou l d
l ea r n i ng a nd / o r u p l oa d yo u r tact i ca I l eve l . Th e m a i n reason that t h e vast m aj o rity books a re n ot usefu l l i ke I j ust d escri bed, i s beca use t h ese books
we re
G ra n d m a ste rs,
w ritte n
by
s pecifi ca l ly
C h ess fo r
p l aye rs ove r 2 300 ELO, w h i c h need n o com m e nt a n d t h ey ca n fi n d th ese boo ks i nte resti ng. It is as if we wou l d l i ke to t h at a Nobel
Pri ze fo r Lite ratu re wi l l
tea c h us to rea d a n d w rite
B e i ng as frustrated a s yo u a nd m a ny oth e rs t ryi ng to fi n d t h e boo k a n d t h e m ethodo l ogy set to t ra i n
a nd
strength
i n c rease a nd
my tact i ca l
visu a l i zation,
d eve l o ped a n d i m p l e m e nted t h is n ew m et h od fo r tact i ca l t ra i n i ng, which
not o n ly a l l ows yo u to
i n crease yo u r powe r ta cti ca l but t h ey
a l so
i n crease
yo u r
visua l i za t i o n l eve l to t h e exte nt t h a t yo u ca n v i ew a n d d ecoded t h e sol utions i n t h e pos itions of a ve ry p ra ct i ca l way.
As a n a d d e d bo n us i n t h is boo k, I ' l l show you how wo rk t h e m eth od, n ot h i ng m o re a n d n oth i ng l ess t h a n with m o re t h a n 50 of t h e best ga m es of t h e g reatest c h ess p l aye r cu r re nt ly, t h e Wo r l d N o . 1, G M Mag n u s
Ca r l s e n
i n c l u d i ng
the
h isto r i ca l ga m e w h e re gets t h e h ig h est rat i ng of a I I t i m e beati ng Kas pa rov. So t h ro u g h o ut of t h e book, we wi l l be l ea rn i ng ta cti cs a n d a lso e njoy t h e ga m es of G M Ma g n us Ca r l s e n i n c l u d i ng t h e l ast to u r n a m e nts of
20 1 2 . So without fu rt h e r a d o I i nvite to you to beg i n t h e ta ct i cs t ra i n i ng w ith t h e C h ess Decoded m ethod .
Chess Decoded Method We se l ected ove r 50 of t h e best ga m es of Mag n us Ca r l s e n to wo rk o n yo u r ta ct i ca l t ra i n i ng . I n ea c h of t h e ga m es yo u wi l l fi n d t h e fo l l owi ng: 1.
Al l t h e c h ess ga m e fro m
-
o pe n i ng
u nti l
the
One
or
fi rst
stu dy
m o re
boa rd
position 2.
-
positions fo r stu dy
3 . - B u tto ns at t h e botto m of e a c h pa n e l i n d i cate t h e opt i o n yo u ca n ch oose 4. - Decoded posi t i o n s boa rds 5.
-
Ana lys i s a nd co m m e nts at
the e n d of the ga m e i n o rd e r t h at yo u cou l d ve rify a n d co n c l u d e t h e t ra i n i ng
in
eve ryo n e
of
the
p ro b l e m s As yo u wi l l noti ce, o n e of t h e d iffe re n ces w i t h a l l c h ess ta ct i c books is t h at yo u ca n p l ay t h e w h o l e ga m e o n yo u r boa rd; t h is
book wi l l
s h ow yo u
n ot o n ly
ta ct i ca I pos iti o n s . S o I h ig h ly reco m m e n d t h at yo u wo rk with yo u r c h essboa rd a n d i n e a c h ga m e yo u p l ay, move by m ove, to go e njoy ea c h . Re m e m be r that
you ' re
watc h i ng
a
m a ste rpi ece, m a d e by t h e Wo r l d
No. 1. O n ce yo u get to boa rd t h e tact i ca l position a n a lys is, p l ease sto p a n d
d evote at l east 10 m i n utes to t h i n k a bout t h e poss i b i l it i es a n d o pt i o n s that h a d Mag n us Ca r l s e n i n that pos iti o n . Ai m i n yo u r t ra i n i ng boo k t h e va r i a nts t h at yo u 've fo u n d a n d o n ce you w rote you r va r i a nts o r 10 m i n utes e l a psed, as yo u not i ced, u n d e r e a c h p ro b l e m boa rd t h e re is a butto n, w h i c h we h ave ca l l ed "D ECO D E"
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Press t h e butto n "D ECO D E" a n d
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h ave
position,
the
sa m e
b ut with
tactica l
vi s u a I
a i d s,
s peci a l ly d es i g n e d to be a b l e to d ecod e
what
he
was
see i ng
Ca r l s e n w h e n h e a n a lyzed t h is pos iti o n .
Th at
is,
we
wi l l
be
exe rcis i ng visu a l i zation to decode to Mag n us Ca r l se n . Anot h e r o pt i o n we h ave i s t h a t at t h e end of t h e p ro b l e ms t h at occu r d u ri ng e a c h ga m e yo u wi l l h ave t h e Ana lys i s o pt i o n, w h e re yo u wi l l fi n d t h e exp l a n ation of t h e position
a nd tact i ca l so l ut i o n s to p ro b l e m s t h at a rose d u ri ng t h e ga m e . Press t h e ANALYS I S butto n to m ove to t h is stage i n e a c h ga m e . ..
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Yo u ca n: 1 . - Move to t h e n ext ga m e 2 . Ba ck to p revious page -
be a b l e to t ra i n a n d i n c rease yo u r visu a l i za t i o n a n d t h us yo u ca n d ecod e
the
pos itions
of
yo u r
ga m es i n a s i m p l e way.
W h e n t ra i n i ng with t h e m ethod of Ch ess Decoded n ot o n ly yo u wi l l e njoy bea utifu l c h ess ga m es, yo u ' l l a cq u i re t h e too l s to a c h i eve what you see m i m poss i b l e . You ' l l get a m et hod t h a t e n a b l es you to: 1 .-Ta cti cs Tra i n i ng
2 .- Deve l o p m e nt
of
Yo u r
I magi nation 3 .- Deve l o p m e nt Visua l i zation 4.-Ca l c u l at i o n of Va r i a nts Th is wi l l g ive yo u m o re too l s to m a ke a bette r d e c i s i o n i n yo u r ga m es without h avi ng to m ove t h e p 1 eces . .
I n a s i m p l e way yo u wi l l l ea r n to d ecod e t h e ch ess positions l i ke t h e G ra n d Ma ste rs .
"I assure you that the chess tactic after applying the Chess Decoded method will never be the same. "
GAME No.1 Th is is a h isto r i c ga m e betwee n G M Mag n us Ca r l s e n aga i nst t h e Wo r l d N o 2 . If Ca r l s e n m a n ages to ga i n exceeds t h e maxi m u m ELO l eve l fro m a l l ti m e t h at be l o ngs to G M G a rry Ka s pa rov . Car l s e n , M 2 848 vs Aro n i a n ,L 2 815 4t h Lo n d o n C h ess C l a ss i c E N G ECO 11C7 711 1 -0 20 1 2 . 1 2 . 02
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N xd S 9 .Bxd 5
Rb8
10 . 0-0
Ne7
1 1 . N xe 5 N xd S
1 3 . d 4 Bf8
1 4 . b3
1 6 . N f3 Qf6 Qg 6
1 2 . exd 5
Bb7
1 5 . c4
1 7 .Be3 Bc8
1 9 .Kh 1
h6
Re8 d6
1 8 .Qd 2
2 0 . Ra c 1
Be7
2 1 . N g 1 Bg S 2 2 .Bxg5 Qxg S 2 3 . Rfd 1 bxc4
2 4 . bxc4 Qxd 2
2 5 . Rxd 2
aS
2 6 . h 3 Rb4 2 7 . N f3 Bfs 2 8 . c5 Kf8 2 9 . N h 2 Re b8 3 0 . N g4 Rb l 3 1 . Rx b 1 Rx b l+
3 2 .Kh 2
a4
3 3 . N e3
Bg6
3 4 .Kg3 Rb4 3 5 .Kf3 Ke7 3 6 .Ke2 Kd 7 3 7 .f3 Rbs 3 8 . N d 1 Rb4 3 9 . c6+ Kc8 40 . N c3 f6 4 1 .Ke3 Rc4 42 . N e 2 a 3 43 . h 4 Rb4 44.g4 Rb l 45 . h 5 Bh 7 46 .f4 fS 47 .g5
Rh l 48 . N g3
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50 g6 A ro n i a n ca n n ot see how to sto p t h e pawns, l eavi ng l ocked h is Bishop ...
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51.Re2 Kd8 th reate n i ng m ate a n d ta ki ng a dva ntage of t h e poo r position of b i s h o p, p e n et rates i nto t h e B l a ck's position 52.hxg6 Bxg6 53.Re6 Bf7
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54.g6!! I n c red i b l e m ove m e nt a p pa rently sa c r ifi ced t h e roo k, w h i c h i s poiso n ed beca use if Aro n i a n ta kes t h e roo k wou l d be i n evita b l e pawn Qu e e n s 54 ... Bg8
55.g7 f4 56.Kxf4 Rh2 57.Nf5 Rxa2 58.Rf6 Th reate n i ng ch eckm ate 58 ...Re2 Ca r l s e n wi ns i n i m p ress ive way a n d beco m es t h e p l aye r with the h ig h est rati ng of a II t i m e 59.Rf8+ ReS 60.Nxd6 a n d i f 60 ... cxNd6 fo l l ows t h e st ro ng 61.c7+ cu l m i nati ng t h i s exce l l e nt ga m e, d u e t h e Ki ng ca n not d efe n d both s i d es .
GAME No.2 Mag n us Ca r l se n gives us a d ee p ly co u rse a bout t h e p i ece sa c rifi ce a n d tact i ca l a s pects of t h e sa m e . Carl s e n , M 2 814 vs N a ka m ura , H i 2 751 73rd Tata Steel GMA Wijkaan Zee NED ECO "B92" 1-0 2011.01.23
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3l.Rxh6 Nf7 Ca r l s e n d oes not back dow n i n th e i r atta ck, sacrifi c i ng h i s roo k, h is Qu e e n r u s h es aga i nst t h e e n e my Ki ng
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37.Rel+ 1-0 Ove rwh e l m i ng tact i ca l co m bi n a t i o n t h at l eaves no o pt i o n s to N a ka m u ra .
GAME No.3 Th is i s a bea utifu l e n dga m e betwee n t h e c u r re nt N o 1 a n d N o 2 of t h e wo rl d . Carl s e n , M 2 813 vs Aro n i a n ,L 2782 19th A m b e r Ra p i d N i ce F RA ECO " C48 " 1 - 0 20 10 .03 . 1 4
l . e4 eS 2. Nf3 N c6 3 . N c3 Nf6 4. B b5 B d 6 5 . 0-0 0-0 6 . d 3 Re8 7 . Re l a 6 8 . Bc4 N a S 9 . a 3 Nxc4 10. dxc4 h 6 l l . h 3 BcS 12. Be3 Bxe3 1 3 . Rxe3 d 6 14.Qd2 Be6 1 5 . b3 N d 7 1 6 . Rd l Rf8 1 7 . Qe2 b6 18. N e l N cS 19 . N d 3 Nxd 3 20. cxd 3 b S 21 . d4 exd4
22. Rxd4 bxc4 23 . bxc4 Qf6 24. Rd l Ra b8 25 . N d 5 Bxd S 26 . cxd 5 R b2 27 . Qf3 Qxf3 28 . Rxf3 Re2 29 . Rd4 Rc2 30. Ra4 Ra8 3 1 .g4 cS 32. dxc6 Rxc6 3 3 . R b4 Ra c8 34. Rd3 Rc3 3 5 . R bd4 R8c4 3 6 . Rxc4 Rxd 3 3 7 . Ra4 Rxh 3 38 . Rxa 6 g6 3 9 . Kg2 Rd3 40. a 4 Ra 3 4 1 .f3 Kg7 42. Kg3 Ra2 43 . a 5 Ra 3 44. Ra8 Kf6 45 . a 6 Ke7 46 . a 7 Ra2 47 .f4 Ra3+ 48 . Kf2 Kf6 49 . Ke2 Kg7 SO. Kd2 h S S l .gS h4 52. Ke2 h 3 5 3 . Kf2 Ra2+ 54. Kg l Rg2+ S S . Kh l Ra2
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66. Kxd 6 Ra 6+ [66. . . Ra 7 67. Re 7 Ra6+ 68. Kd7 Ra l+ 69. Ke8 RaB+ 70. Kxf7 Gaining th e position and winning th e game] 67 . Ke7 Ra7+ 68. Kf8 1-0 With g reat tacti ca l p recis i o n moves (m a ki ng it l ook as easy a s ta ki ng ca n dy fro m a c h i l d) Ca r l s e n a c h i eved by d rawi ng wate r a n d h e m a ke to l oo k ba d t h e wo r l d N o . 2.
GAME No.4 Pl ayi ng ve rs us t h e cu rre ntly Cu ba n best c h ess p l aye r . H e is a ve ry fa st p l aye r. Ca r l s e n , M 2 813 vs Do m i n g u ez P e rez,L 2 713 19th A m b e r Ra p i d N i ce F RA ECO " B9 2 " 1 - 0 2 0 1 0 . 0 3 . 2 3
l . e4 cS 2. Nf3 d6 3 . d4 cxd4 4. N xd4 N f6 5 . N c3 a 6 6 . Be2 eS 7 . N b3 Be7 8 . 0-0 0-0 9 . Kh l N c6 10.f4 bS l l . Be3 B b7 12.a4 N b4 1 3 . Qd2 d S 14.fxe5 Nxe4 1 5 . N xe4 dxe4 1 6 . N d4 N d S 17 . Nf5 Qc7 18. Bd4 e3 19 . Qe l BcS 20 . Bxc5 QxcS 21 . Bd 3 Bc8
22. N d 6 Qd4 23 . axb5 Be6 24. bxa 6 QxeS 25 . Qh4 fS 26 . N c4 Qf6 27 . Qh 3 f4 28 . Qxh7+ Kf7 29 . Qe4 Kg8 30. Ra 5 Rfd 8 3 1 . Nxe3 Nxe3 32. Rxf4 NfS 3 3 . Raxf5 BxfS 34. Rxf5 Qh 6 3 5 . h 3 Ra7 3 6 . Qc4+ Kh8 3 7 . Qc5 g6 3 8 . Rf6 Rg7 3 9 . Rf8+ Rxf8 40 . Qxf8+ K h 7 4 1 . Kh2 Qe3 42. Qd 6 QgS 43 . b4 Re7 44. b5 ReS
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4S.Qxg6+ [45. Bxg6 Winning varian t but sligh tly more complicated Kg l 46. Qd4 Kxg6 4 7. a 7 ReB 48. Qb6+ Kg l 49. Qb8 Qc5 50. a8Q Rxbl 51 . Qxbl Avoiding the checks and
cro wning easily] [45. a 7 Qf4+ 46. g3 Qf2+ 4 7. Kh 1 Rel + 48. 8/1 Rxfl there is a ch eckmate sequence with any pawn move.] 45 ... Qxg6 46. Bxg6 Kxg6 47 .a7 1-0 B l a c k su rre n d e r beca use t h e roo k w i l l ca n not sto p ped to t h e pawns.
GAME No.5 Ca r l s e n , M 2 813 vs S m e ets,J 2651 19th A m b e r B l i n d fo l d N i ce F RA ECO " A07 " 1 - 0 2 0 10.03 . 1 6
1 .g3 d S 2. Nf3 c6 3 . Bg2 N f6 4. 0-0 BfS S . c4 e6 6 . d 3 B d 6 7 . cxd S exd S 8 . N c3 0-0 9 . N h4 Be6 1 0 . e4 N a 6 1 1 . Qe2 Re8 12. h 3 BeS 13 .f4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 dxe4 1 5 . dxe4 B d S 1 6 . e 5 Bxg2 1 7 . Kxg2 Qd S+ 18 . Nf3 Ra d 8 19 . c4 Qe4 20 . Re 1 Qxe2+ 21 . Rxe2 N d 7 22. Be3 f6 23 . Bxa 7 fxeS 24. Nxe5 NxeS 25 .fxe5 Kf7 26 . R b 1
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32 . Rxc4 S m eets 's move is I n noce nt , th i n ki ng that with a pawn a dva ntage, so lves t h e ga m e 33. Bg5 Ca r l s e n revea l s the of atta ck, st re ngth his co m pe nsati ng t h e pawn s a c rifi ce, poi nti ng g u ns t h e e n e my Ki ng, .
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GAME No.6 A ro nia n , L 2 801 vs Ca r l s e n , M 2 802 VI W o rl d B l itz M oscow R U S ECO " E43 " 0 - 1 2 0 1 0 . 1 1 . 1 7
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GAME No.7 Fa ntast i c ga m e b l i n d ly w h e re eve n so m e e n g i n es fa i l to a p p reci ate t h e b l a c k atta ck A ro nia n , L 2 7 8 2 vs Ca r l s e n , M 2 813 1 9 t h A m b e r B l i n d fo l d N i ce F RA ECO " E9 8 " 0 - 1 20 10 .03 . 1 4
l . Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3 . N c3 Bg7 4 . e4 d 6 S . d4 0-0 6 . Be2 eS 7 . 0-0 N c6 8 . d 5 N e7 9 . N e l N d 7 10 . N d 3 fS 1 1 . Bd2 Nf6 12.f3 Kh8 13 .g4 c6 14. Kg2 bS 1 5 . b3 a S 1 6 . Nf2 b4
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We wa nt to c l a rify that eve n if we do not wa nt to put as m a ny ga m es aga i nst Aro n i a n i n t h i s book, beca use h e i s t h e n u m be r two, it ta kes m o re re l eva n ce a n d i nte rest w h e n fa c i ng t h e N o .2 p l aye r i n t h e wo r l d 20 N exd 5 eve n t h o u g h was ...
a c h ess b l i nd ga m e, pa ra doxica l ly t h e e ng i n es fa i l to see t h e powe r of Ca r l s e n's s a c rifi ce aga i nst o n e of custo m e rs d isti ngu i s h ed its 2 1.cxd 5 Nxd S 22. Kg l e4 23. Nxe4 Bd4+ 24. Rf2 Rxf2 25. N xf2.
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GAME No.8 N i ce ga m e to a n a lyze, a g reat way to wi n a pawn a n d m a ke it to a bea utifu l tacti ca l pos ition Ca r l s e n , M 2 813 vs Svid l e r, P 2 750 19th A m b e r R a p i d N i ce F RA ECO " 09 7 " 1 - 0 2 0 1 0 . 03 . 1 5
1 . d4 N f6 2.c4 g6 3 . N c3 d S 4. Nf3 Bg7 S . Qb3 dxc4 6 . Qxc4 0-0 7 .e4 a 6 8 . e 5 Nfd 7 9 . Be3 bS l O . Qd S N b6 1 1 . Qe4 BfS 12. Qh4 f6 1 3 .g4 Be6 14. Bg2 N c6 1 5 . 0-0 Kh8 1 6 . Ra d 1
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30. N d 6 Qa8 3 1 . Rfl a S 32. Rxf8+ Qxf8 33. Ncb7 Qa8 34. Rxc6. B l a c k res igns beca use of t h e t h reat of l os i ng t h e Qu e e n (w ith 3 5 . Rc8+ w h i l e t h e Qu e e n is t h reate n ed) o r t h e w h o l e position a n d a lt h o u g h t h e position is not l ost w e know t h at Svi d l e r does n ot l i ke to co nti n u e a ga m e with a m i n i m u m m a te ri a l d isa dva ntage .
GAME No.9 Ext ra o rd i n a ry Ca r l s e n 's ga m e, w h e re so m e e ng i n es fa i l to a p p reci ate t h e w h ite atta c k Ca r l s e n , M 2 814 vs W a n g H a o 2 7 31 7 3 rd Ta ta Ste e l G M A W i jka a n Zee N E D ECO " B 1 2 " 1 - 0 2 0 1 1 . 0 1 . 2 9
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23 ... Na4 Th reate ns t h e b2 pawn, w h i c h tu rns out to be i rre l eva nt i n t h e position, l eavi ng t h e k n i g ht tota l ly as a p i ece offs i d e i n t h e ga m e 24. Bxf7+ b r i l l i a nt move, e ng i n es eve n a re s l ow to see t h e fo rce of t h e atta ck Kxf7 25.Qf3+
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GAME No.1 0 Ca r l s e n , M 2 815 vs N i s ip e a n u , LD 2659 5th K i ngs Tourn a m e n t M ed i a s RO U ECO " 02 7 " 1 - 0 2 0 1 1 . 0 6 . 1 5
l . d4 d S 2.c4 dxc4 3 . e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 S . Nf3 cS 6 . 0-0 a 6 7 .dxc5 BxcS 8 . Qxd8+ Kxd 8 9 . Be2 Ke7 10. N bd2 B d 7 1 1 . N b3 B d 6 12. N a 5 Ra 7 1 3 . N c4 B bS 14. b3 Rd8 1 5 . B b2 Bxc4 1 6 . Bxc4 N c6 17 . Rfd l Ra a 8 18 . h 3 g6 19 .g4 h 6 20 . Bfl Rac8 21 . Ra c l N d S 22. h4 Ke8 23 .g5 hxgS 24. hxg5 Be7 25 . Kg2 N b6 26 . Bd 3 N b4
27 . Be4 Nxa2 28 . Rxd 8+ Kxd8
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Analysis and Comments
A position w h e re Wh ite h a s t h e b is h o p pa i r a n d a p pa re ntly t h e b l a c k kn i g ht fro m a 2 is offs i d e
29. Rh l i nte resti ng m ove m e nt beca use a lt h o u g h 29. Rdl + Ca r l s e n w i n s a pawn d ec i d es t o exp l o it t h e wea kn esses of t h e pos i t i o n t h a t l ea d t o t h e ra p i d co n c l u s i o n of t h e ga m e 2 9 . N d 5 30. N e5 fS 3 l . Bxd 5 1-0 H e re B l a ck res igns. .
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Si 29 . . . Nd7 30. Rh8+ Kcl 31 . Rh 7 RfB 32. Bxg6 Bxg5 33. Bbl RgB 34. Rg 7 Rxg l 35. Bxg 7 Bxg3 36.fxe3 Winning piece
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GAME No.11 Fa ntast i c b l i n d ga m e fro m Ma g n us Ca r l s e n Ca r l s e n , M 2 815 vs G a s h i m ov, V 2 746 20th Amber Blindfold Monaco M NC ECO "011" 1-0 2011.03.13
1 . Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3 . d4 d S 4.e3 g6 S . N bd2 Bg7 6 . B d 3 0-0 7 . 0-0 N a 6 8 . Qe2 N c7 9 . b3 cS 10 . B b2 cxd4 1 1 . Bxd4 N e 6 12. B b2 N cS 1 3 . Bc2 b6 14. Rfd 1 Ba 6 15 . b4 N cd 7 1 6 . Bd3 B b7 17 . Ra c 1 Rc8 18 . N b3 e6 19 . c5 bxcS 20 . bxc5 N b8 21 . Nfd4 N c6
22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23 . Ba 6 Ra8 24. Be5 N e4 25 . Bxg7 Kxg7 26 .f3 Nf6 27 . N d4 Qc7 28 . B b5 BxbS 29 . Nxb5 Qe7 3 0 . e4 Rfd8 3 1 . N d 6 N e8
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32. Nxe8+ Qxe8 33.exd 5 Rxd S 34. Rxd 5 exd S 3 5 . Qxe8 Rxe8
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32. Nxe8+ [32. exd5 does not work because 32 . . . Nxd6 33. cxd6 Rxd6 dxe6 equalizing.]
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36.c6 Kf6 37.c7 ReS 38. Kf2 KeS 39. Ke3 Kd 6 40. Kd4 Rxc7 4 1 . Rxc7 Kxc7 42 . Kxd 5 Kb6 43 . Ke5 KbS 44. Kf6 Kb4 45.f4 Ka3 46. Kxf7 Kxa 2 47.g4 [4 7. Kg 7 aS 48. Kxh 7 a4 49. Kxg6 a3 50.f5 Kb3 51 .f6 a2 52.f7 al Q 53.f8Q Qd4 54. Qf3+ Kb4 55. g4 with enough material to win ]
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42 . . . Kd7 43. h4 h 5 {43 . . . h6 44.f4 f6 45. g4 h5 46. gxh5 gxh5 4 7.f5 a6 48. a3 aS 49. a4 Kcl 50. Ke6 Winning) 44. a4 Kcl 45.f4 Kb6 46. Ke5 Ka5 4 7. Kf6 Kxa4 48. Kxf7 aS 49. Kxg6 Kb3 50.f5 a4 51 .f6 a3 52.f7 a2 53.f8Q al Q 5 7 54. Kxh5 With decisive advan tage.
GAME No.12 Ca r l s e n , M 2 815 vs G risc h u k, A 2 747 2 0 t h A m b e r Ra p i d M o n a co M N C ECO II B90" 1 - 0 2 0 1 1 . 03 . 2 3
l . e4 cS 2. N c3 d6 3 . Nf3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 S . Nxd4 Nf6 6 . Be3 N g4 7 . Bg5 h6 8 . B h4 gS 9 . Bg3 Bg7 1 0 . Qd2 N c6 1 1 . N b3 Be6 12. h4 gxh4 1 3 . Bxh4 Qb6 14. 0-0-0 Rc8 l S . Kb l h S 1 6 . N d 5 Bxd S 1 7 . exd 5 N ceS 18 . Re l N g 6 19 .f3 B h 6 20 . Qe2 N 4e5 21 . Bf2 Qc7 22. Qe4 Bg7 23 . Bd4 Bf6 24. Be2 N d 7 25 . Bd 3 BeS 26 . Qf5 Nf4
27 . BxeS dxeS 28 .g3 Nxd 3 29 . Qxd3 Qc4 3 0 . Qd2 b6 3 1 . R h4 Qc7 32.f4 f6 3 3 .g4 a S 34. Rxh5 Rg8
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Analysis and Comments
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Th e w h ite d e p l oy a n a ct ive ga m e of p i eces, h is c reat i ng co m b i n ations aga i nst o n e of t h e best d efe n s ive p l aye rs i n t h e e l ite c h ess
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37.gxf6 exf6 38.fxe5 fxeS Ca r l s e n at t h e Ca pa b l a n ca 's sty l e m a kes t h e d iffi c u lt th i ngs seem easy a n d G ri sch u k g ra d u a l ly without know h ow, h e a r rive to a d i sa strous pos ition with h is Ki ng in t h e ce nte r w h i l e Ca r l s e n with a l l p i eces, h e fa ci ng t h e h e a d of t h e e n e my Ki ng
39. Nd3 axb2 40. N xe5 NxeS 4 1.d6 l eavi ng the b l a ck i n a tota l ly d efe n s ive pos i t i o n b ut not e nough to sto p t h e o n s l a ught of t h e e n e my p 1 eces .
[41 . Rxh5+ KdB 42. Qf2 Nxc2 43. Qxc2 Rxc2 44. Kxc2 Winning material.} 4 1 ... Qd 7 42.Qd 5 Kf8 [42 . . . Rf8 43. Qxe5+ Kfl 44. Rfl + Qf5
45. Rfxf5+ Kg6 46. Qg3#} 43 . Qxe5 ReS 44. Rfl+ 1-0 H e re B l a c k res ign d u e t h e c h eckm ate was i n evita b l e .
44 . . . Qf7 45. Qe 7+ Kg l 46. Qf7#
GAME No.13 Ca r l s e n , M 2 815 vs l va nch u k, V 2 7 76 5 t h K i ngs Tourn a m e n t M ed i a s RO U ECO II 03 8 " 1 - 0 20 1 1 . 0 6 . 1 8
1 . d4 N f6 2.c4 e6 3 . N f3 dS 4. N c3 B b4 S . BgS N bd 7 6 . cxd 5 exd S 7 . Qc2 cS 8 . dxc5 h 6 9 . Bd2 0-0 1 0 . e3 BxcS l l . Rc l Qe7 12. Be2 a 6 1 3 . Qd 3 N b6 14. 0-0 Bg4 1 5 . N d4 B d 7 1 6 . Bf3 Rfe8 1 7 . b3 B a 3 18. Rc2 Ra c8 19 . N ce2 Rxc2 20. Qxc2 Be6 21 . Bc1 Rc8 22. Bxa 3 Qxa 3 23 . Qd2 Bg4 24. Bxg4 Nxg4 25 . Nf5 Nf6 26 . h3 K h 7 27 . Qd4 N bd 7 28 . Qf4 Nf8
29 . N eg3 Ng6 3 0 . Qd4 QcS 3 1 .f3 Qxd4 32. Nxd4 N eS 3 3 . Rd 1 g6 34. Kf2 Kg7 3 5 . N ge2 Kf8 3 6 .g4 N c6 3 7 . Rc 1 Ke7 38 . h4 Kd 6 3 9 . h 5 N e 7 40 . R h 1 gxh S 4 1 .gxh5 Rg8 42. Ng3 RgS 43 . b4 Kd 7 44. R h4 N e8 45 . Rf4 N d 6 46 . a4 b6 47 . a 5 bxa S 48 . bxa 5 fS 49 . R h4 N c4 SO.f4 Rg4 5 1 . R h 3 N d 6 52. R h 1 Rg8 5 3 . R b 1 R a 8 54. Kf3 Kc7 5 5 . N e6+ Kc8
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56. Nc5 Rb8 57. Rxb8+ Kxb8 58. Nxa 6+ Kb7 59. N b4 Nc4
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60.a 6+ Kb6 6 1 . Ke2 N d 6 62 . Kd 3 N bS 63 . N e2 Ka S 64. Nc3
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56. Nc5 [56. Rb6 does not work because Nc4]
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GAME No.14 Ca r l s e n , M 2 815 vs Ka rj a k i n , Se rgey 2 7 76 20th A m b e r Ra p i d M o n a co M N C ECO " C84" 1 - 0 2 0 1 1 . 03 . 1 8
l . e4 eS 2. Nf3 N c6 3 . B b5 a 6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5 . 0-0 Be7 6.d3 bS 7 . B b3 d 6 8 . a 4 b4 9 . N bd2 0-0 lO. Re l N a S 1 1 . Ba2 cS 12. c3 R b8 1 3 . d4 cxd4 14.cxd4 Qc7 1 5 . N b3 Nxb3 1 6 . Bxb3 Bg4 17 . Bg5 exd4 1 8 . Qxd4 Bxf3 19 .gxf3 N h S 20. Ra c l Qd 7 21 . Bxe7 Qxe7 22. e 5 QgS+ 23 . Qg4 Qxg4+ 24.fxg4 Nf4 25 . Rc6 dxe S 26 . Rxa 6
N d 3 27 . Re3 Nxb2 28 . a 5 e4 29 . Rxe4 N d 3 30. Rc6 Ra8 3 1 . a 6 h S 32.g5 Rfc8
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Analysis and Comments
Ka rj a ki n tacti ca l e rro r t h a t a l l ow to a dva n ces t h e pawn to g6 a nd a r rive to a co m p ro m isi ng position
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34 . . . Nc5 35. gxf7+ KfB 36. Re8+ RxeB 3 7.fxe8Q+ KxeB 38. a 7 Nxb3 cro wn1ng .
GAME No.15 Ca r l s e n , M 2 815 vs N a ka m u ra , H i 2 774 20th A m b e r Ra p i d M o n a co M N C ECO II 0 1 0 " 1 - 0 20 1 1 .03 . 1 2
l . d4 d S 2.c4 c6 3 . N c3 Nf6 4.e3 a 6 S . Qc2 e 6 6 . Nf3 N bd 7 7 . Bd2 dxc4 8 . a 4 cS 9 . Bxc4 cxd4 10 . exd4 N b6 1 1 . Bd 3 N bd S 12. N xd 5 Nxd S 1 3 . 00 N b4 14. Bxb4 Bxb4 1 5 . Bx h 7 g6 1 6 . Bxg6 fxg6 1 7 . Qxg6+ Kf8 1 8 . N e 5 Qe7 19 . R a c l Qh 7 20 . Qg3 Ke8 21 . d 5 B d 6 22. Rfe l B d 7 23 . h 3 Bxe S 24. Rxe5 Rg8 25 . Qe3 Rg6 26 . dxe6
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27. Rxc6 a s you know t h e Ca r l s e n 's styl e is i n c rea si ng ste p by ste p t h e atta ck rega rd l ess of t h e n u m e ri ca l va l u e of its p i eces e l i m i n at i ng a ny poss i b i l ity of cou nte r p l ay bxc6 28.Qe4 Qg7 [28. . . Rc8 29. Rg5 Rg l 30. Qxh l
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winning material] 39. Rd 3+ Kxe6 [39 . . . Ke5 40. Qxa8 Kf5 41 . Qf3+ Kxe6 42. Qc6+ Kfl 43. Rd7+ winning material] 40.Qc6+ H e re b l a c k res i g n KfS 41 . Rd 5+ QeS+ 42. Rxe5+ w ith m a te ri a l a dva ntage 1-0
GAME No.16 Ca r l s e n , M 2 815 vs N a ka m u ra , H i 2 774 5 t h K i ngs Tourn a m e n t M ed i a s RO U ECO " 03 1 " 1 - 0 2 0 1 1 . 0 6 . 1 1
l . d4 d S 2.c4 e 6 3 . N c3 Be7 4.cxd 5 exd S 5 . Bf4 c6 6 . Qc2 Bg4 7 .e3 B h S 8 . Bd3 Bg6 9 . Bxg 6 hxg6 1 0 . 0-0-0 N f6 1 1 .f3 N bd 7 12. N ge2 bS 1 3 .e4 b4 14. N a4 dxe4 15 .fxe4 Qa S 1 6 . K b l 0-0 17 . h4 Rfe8 1 8 . e 5 N d S 19 . h 5 g S 20. h 6 g 6 21 . Bc l N 7 b6 22. N c5 BxcS 23 .dxc5 b3 24. Qxb3 QxcS 25 . N d4 RxeS 26 . Nf3 Re2
27 . Nxg5 Qe7 28 . Qd 3 Rf8 29 . Rdfl fS 30 .g4 N a4 3 1 . Qd4 QeS 32. Qxe 5 RxeS 3 3 .gxf5 gxfS
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34. Nf3 [34. Rfgl something similar to the line that GM Magn us Carlsen played with an improvemen t/ as th e knigh t doesn 't keeps putting the King in h l 34 . . . . Kh8 35. Nf3 Re l (35 . . . Re6 lost pawn a l or c6
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a nswe r res i g n ed, beca use it l oses a pawn a n d t h e pos ition is o ut of h a n d 39. Rxg7 ReG 40. Nxf5 NcS 4 1 . N h4 Nd3 42. Ng6+ Rxg6 43 . Rxg6
GAME No.17 Ca r l s e n , M 2 815 vs Topa l ov, V 2 7 75 20th A m b e r Ra p i d M o n a co M N C ECO " B 2 3 " 1 - 0 2 0 1 1 . 03 . 2 0
l . e4 cS 2. N c3 d6 3 .f4 N c6 4. Nf3 g6 S . B b S B d 7 6 . 0-0 a6 7 . Bxc6 Bxc6 8 . d 3 Bg7 9 . Qe l Qd 7 10.a4 fS l l . N d S fxe4 12. dxe4 R b8 1 3 . Ng5 Bxd S 14. exd 5 QfS 15 . N e 6 Bf6 1 6 . Qe2 h S 1 7 . Ra 3 N h 6 1 8 . Rg3 Kd 7 19 . Rg5 BxgS 20 .fxg5 Qxd S 21 . Nf4 Qd4+ 22. Be3 Qe4 23 .gx h 6 Rxh 6 24. N d 5 R h h8 25 . Qd2 Rhf8 26 . Re l
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[29 . . . Kc7 30. h3 Qc6 31 . Rxe 7+ KdB 32. Rd7+ Qxdl 33. Nxd7 Kxdl material advan tage] 30. Qc3# 1-0
GAME No.18 Ca r l s e n , M 2 8 26 vs G a l ego,L 2500 3 9 t h O l y m p i a d M e n K h a nty- M a n s iysk RUS ECO " E 1 1 " 1 - 0 2 0 1 0 . 09 . 2 2
1 . d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3 . Nf3 B b4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ S . Qxd2 d S 6.g3 0-0 7 . Bg2 N bd 7 8 . Qc2 c6 9 . N bd2 Qe7 10. 0-0 eS 1 1 . cxd 5 Nxd S 12.e4 N 5f6 1 3 . Rfe 1 exd4 14.e5 N d S 15 . Nxd4 N 7 b6 1 6 .f4 N b4 1 7 . Qe4 Rd8 18 . N2f3 Bg4 19 . Ra d 1 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 QcS 2 1 . e 6 fxe6 22. Kh 1 Qd S 23 . Qe3
Qxa2 24. Nxe6 Rxd l 25 . Rxd 1 Qxb2
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Extra o rd i n a ry pawn s a c rifi ce, Ca r l s e n i ns p i red, fo u n d a bea utifu l tact i cs seq u e n ce at l o ng-te rm, eve n e n g i n es does n 't rea c h to eva l u ate 23 ... Qxa 2 24. Nxe6 Rxd l 25. Rxd l Qxb2
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GAME No.19 Ca r l s e n , M 2 8 26 vs B ac rot, E 2 716 3 rd Pea rl S p ri ng N a nji ng C H N ECO " C45 " 1 - 0 2 0 1 0 . 1 0 . 2 0
l . e4 eS 2. Nf3 N c6 3 . d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 BcS S . N b3 B b6 6 . N c3 Nf6 7 . Qe2 0-0 8 . Bg5 h 6 9 . B h4 a S 10.a4 N d4 1 1 . Qd 3 Nxb3 12. cxb3 Re8 1 3 . 0-0-0 d6 14.Qc2 B d 7 15 . Bc4 Be6 1 6 . R h e l Qe7 17 .e5 dxeS 18. Rxe5 Qf8 19 . Bxf6 gxf6 20 . Re2 Qg7 21 . Bxe 6 Rxe 6 22. Rxe 6 fxe6 23 . Rd 3 Kh8 24 . Rg3 Qh 7
25 . Qd2 BcS 26 . N e4 Be7 27 . R h 3 Kg7
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28. Qd7 Kf7 [28. . . Qxe4 29. Qxe l+ Kg6 30. Rg3+ K/5 31 . Rf3+ winning th e Queen ]
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29. Ng5+ [29. Nxf6 this movemen t is more accurate Qf5 {29 . . . Kxf6 30. Rf3+ Kg5 31 . Qxe6 Rg8 32. Rf7 winning material} 30. Rf3 Qxf3 winning material] 29 ... fxg5 30. Rf3+ Kg8 3 l . Qxe6+ Kh8 32 . Rf7 th is move c l ea r ly s h ows t h e i ntenti o n s a nd B l a ck m ay we l l h ave l eft at t h i s t i m e Bd 6 33 . Rxh7+ Kxh7 34.Qf7+ Kh8 35 .g3 Ra G 36. Kbl Bb4 37 .f4 gxf4 38.gxf4
w ith a dva ntage m a te ri a l l-0
GAME No.20 Ca r l s e n , M 2 8 26 vs S h i rov, A 2 749 G ra n d S l a m Fi n a l M a sters B i l ba o ES P ECO " C7 8 " 1 - 0 2 0 1 0 . 1 0 . 1 4
l . e4 eS 2. N f3 N c6 3 . B b5 a 6 4. Ba4 N f6 5 . 0-0 bS 6 . B b3 BcS 7 .a4 R b8 8 . axb5 axbS 9 . c3 d 6 10.d4 B b6 1 1 . h 3 0-0 12. R e l h 6 1 3 . N a 3 exd4 14.cxd4 N a S 15 . Bc2 b4 1 6 . N b5 Ba 6 17 . N a 7 B b7 1 8 . d 5 Ra8 19 . N b5 N c4 20 . Rxa 8 Qxa 8 21 . N bd4 Qa 7 22. b3 N eS 23 . B b2 N xf3+ 24.gxf3 Qa2 25 . Qc l Bxd4 26 . Bxd4 N d 7 27 . Kh l
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We S h ow you t h is va ri a nt beca use Ca r l s e n g ives us a s h ow on how to wi n a pawn co r rectly u s i ng tact i ca l th reats 29. Qd 2 Beca use it does n ot wo rk ta ke t h e pawn on h 6 d i rectly d ue to t h e l oss of t h e b is h o p o n c2 Ca r l se n p re pa res fi rst
x-ray atta ck aga i nst t h e b l a c k Qu e e n beca use afte r a eS fo l l ow c h e c k o n h 7 wi n n i ng t h e Qu e e n Qa8 30.Qxh 6 N e S 3 1 . Bd l Qe8 32.Qe3 cS 33. Bb2 Re7 34.f4 Nd7 3 5 . Qg3 Qf7 36. Bf3 Ba G 37. Bg4 Nf8 38. Bf5 c4 39. bxc4 Bxc4 40. Qh4 Bxd S
4 1 .f3 su bt l e p l ay of Ca r l s e n t h at of g reat l ege n ds's styl e as Fisch e r,
h a s t h e t ra n q u i l ity to a ccu rate ly p re pa re the fi n a l atta ck [is not con venien t 41 . exd5 due 41 . . . Qxd5+ and after 42 . . . Qxf5 being disadvan taged] BeG 42. Bxf6 BxfS 43 . exf5 Rc7 44. Rxg7+ [44. Bxg 7 similar movemen t with a time advan tage Qxg l 45. Qel Qxgl + 46. Kxgl d5 4 7. Qxb4] 44 ... Qxg7 45. Bxg7 Rxg7 m a te ri a l a dva ntage 46.f6 Rd 7 47.Qe l dS 48. Qxb4 d4 49. Qc4+ Kh7 SO.Qd3+ Kg8 S l .fS Kf7 52. Kg2 Kxf6 53 . Kg3 Kg7 54. h4 N h7 55 . Kf2 Nf6 56.Qd 2 N h7 57 . Ke l d 3 58. Qg2+ Kh8 59 . Kd 2 Nf8 60. Qg5 K h 7 6 1 . h 5 K h 8 62 .f6 Kh7 63 .f4 Kh8 64. h 6 Kh7 65 .f5 1-0
GAME No.21 Ca r l s e n , M 2 8 26 vs Topa l ov, V 2 803 3 rd Pea rl S p ri ng N a nji ng C H N ECO " C84 " 1 - 0
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l . e4 eS 2. Nf3 N c6 3 . B b5 a 6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5 . 0-0 Be7 6.d3 bS 7 . B b3 d 6 8 . a 4 R b8 9 . axb5 axbS 10 . N bd2 0-0 l l . Re l B d 7 12. c3 Ra8 1 3 . Rxa 8 Qxa 8 14.d4 h 6 l S . Nfl Re8 1 6 . Ng3 Qc8 1 7 . N h4 Bf8 18 . Ng6 N a S 19 . Nxf8 Rxf8 20 . Bc2 Re8 21 .f4 Bg4 22. Qd 3 exf4 23 . Bxf4 N c4 24. Bc l cS 25 . Rfl cxd4 26 . cxd4 Qd8 27 . h3
Be6 28 . b3 Qa S 29 . Kh2 N h 7
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30.e5 [30. Nh5 this dubious g6 3l . d5 Ne5 32. dxe6 Nxd3 33. exf7+ Kf8 34. Bxh 6+ Ke l 35.fxe8Q+ Kxe8 36. Ng 7+ Ke l 3 7. Bxd3 Qc3 38. Rf3 Qe5+ 39. Kh l Nf6 40. 8/4 Qal + 4l . Kh2 Nh l 42. Ne8 Kxe8 43. Bxd6 Kdl 44. e5 sligh t advan tage white
and a complicated endgam e] [30. d5 the strongest move since it keeps the pawn on e4, generating some importan t tactical aspects Ne5 31 . dxe6 Nxd3 32. exf7+ KfB 33.fxe8Q+ KxeB 34. Bxd3 Qb4 35. e5 NfB 36. Nf5 dxe5 3 7. Bxb5+ KdB 38. Rdl + Kcl 39. Bc4 g6 40. Nd6 KbB SO. Bb l+ Kdl 51 . Rd6+ winning Queen] 30 ... g6 3 1 . d 5 NxeS
32.dxe6 1-0 H e re b l a c k res ign, d e m o ra l i zed to see that h e l os i ng p i ece a nd is not poss i b l e to ta ke t h e Que e n (see s u b-va r i a nt) a n d a re t h e refo re at a d is a dva ntage i n m a te ri a l Rxe6 [32 . . . Nxd3 33. exf7+ Kf8 34. 8xh 6+ Ke l 35.fxe8Q+ Kxe8 36. 8xd3 Qc3 3 7. 8xg6+ winning knigh t and th e game Kd8 38. 8xh 7 Qxb3 39. Rf8 Kdl 40. 8/5+ Kc6 41 . Ne4 Qd5 42. 8/4 Qd4 43. Rf6 Kb l
44. Rxd6 Qb4 45. Rd8 Qa3 46. Be6 Qe l 4 7. Nd6+ Kc6 48. Rc8+ Kb6 49. Be3+. . . . 50. Bc5] 33.Qd l Kg7 34. Ne2 b4 35. Bb2 NgS 36. Nf4 Rf6 37. Re l Rxf4 [3 7. . . Kg8 38. Kh 1 Qa2 39. Bc1 Qal 40. Nd5 Re6 41 . Rf1 Nc6 42. h4 Nh l 53. Qf3 Qa l 44. Bxh 6 with piece of advan tage Nd4 45. Qd3 Nf5 46. Bd2 Re4 4 7. Be1 Re5 48. Nxb4 Qb l 49. Qd2 Ne3 50. Rf3 Nxc2 51 . Nxc2 Re6 52. Bf2 with piece of advan tage] 38. Qxd 6 f6 39. Rxe5 fxeS 40. Bxe5+ QxeS w i n n i ng m a te ri a l .
GAME No.22 Ca r l s e n , M 2 8 26 vs Va l l ej o P o n s, F 269 7 3 9 t h O l ym p i a d M e n K h a nty- M a n s iysk RUS ECO " 8 2 3 " 1 - 0 2 0 1 0 . 09 . 2 5
1 . e4 cS 2. N c3 a6 3 . N ge2 d6 4.g3 N c6 S . Bg2 g6 6 . d 3 Bg7 7 . Be3 Nf6 8 . h 3 B d 7 9 . Qd2 bS 10 . B h 6 Bxh 6 1 1 . Qx h 6 N d4 12. N xd4 cxd4 1 3 . N e2 eS 14. 0-0 N g8 1 5 . Qd2 N e7 1 6 .f4 0-0 1 7 .g4 f6 18. Rf2 N c6 19 . Raf1 Qa S 20 .c3 Qxa2 21 .g5 fxgS 22.f5 Qf7 23 . cxd4 Ra e8 24. d 5 N d4
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26 ... g4 Va l l ejo is not res i st l os i ng the pawn, but i s n ot easy to fo resee u n d e r p ressu re w h at awa its be l ow [26. . . Rd8 the best defense is giving up th e pawn on g5 with a clear target domain of tim e and space] . 27. hxg4 Bxg4 28.Qf4 h S 29.Qxd 6 1-0 B l a c k res i g n h e re, Ca r l s e n m a n aged t o do m a g i c a n d p u t 3
past l i n ked ce ntra l pawns s u p po rti ng them th ro u g h o ut t h e i r p i eces aS 30. 0/4 Khl 31 . e5 Qel 32. Re1 QbB 33. d6 ReB 34. Rfe2 Rxe2 35. Rxe2 ReB 36. Rel+ Rxel 37. dxel si 37... Qxel [3 7. . . Qf8 38. Bd5 Qb4 39.f7 Qel + 40. Qfl Qe3+ 41 . Qf2 Qcl + 42. Kg2 Qxcl 43.f8Q] 38.f7 1-0 Qu e e n s
GAME No.23 Ca r l s e n , M 2 8 26 vs A n a n d , V 2 800 A rct i c Sta rs Fi n a l Krist i a nsund N O R ECO I I 07811 1 - 0
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l . d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3 . Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 00 S . Bg2 c6 6 . 0-0 dS 7 . N bd2 BfS 8 . b3 N e4 9 . B b2 N a 6 10. N h4 Nxd2 1 1 . Qxd2 Be6 12. Ra c l Qd 7 1 3 . Nf3 Rfd 8 14. Rfd l N c7 l S . Qa S N e8 1 6 . e3 Bg4 1 7 . Rd2 Bxf3 1 8 . Bxf3 e 6 19 . Rdc2 N d 6 20. a4 fS 21 . Qe l a S 22. Bc3 dxc4 23 . Bxa 5 cxb3 24. R b2 Rdc8 25 . Rxb3 Bf8 26 . Rc b l Ra 7 27 . Kg2 N c4 28 . B b4 Bxb4 29 . Rxb4
N d 6 3 0 . Qc3 Rca 8 3 1 . Qc2 Ra 6 32. h4 h S 3 3 . e4 R8a 7 34.exf5 NxfS 3 5 . Re l R a S 3 6 . Qb3 Kf7 3 7 . Re4 N e 7 3 8 . Qc2 N d S 3 9 . Rc4 R a 8 40 . Re5 N e7 4 1 . Bx h 5 Rxe S 42. dxe5 Qd S+ 43 . Bf3 QxeS 44. Re4 Qd 6 45 . h 5 Rf8 46 . Qb2 bS 47 . axbS cxbS 48 . Qxb5 NfS 49 . Qb7+ Kf6 SO.Qh 7 gxh S S l . Bx h S Qd S 52. Bf3 Qd2 5 3 .g4 Ng7
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Aga i n Ca r l s e n a cts u p beati ng t h e cu rrent wo r l d c h a m p i o n w i t h a b ri l l i a nt ga m e a n d no l ess b ri l l i a nt fi n a l shot 54.g5+ QxgS+ [54 . . . Kxg5 55. Qxg 7+; 54 . . . Kf7 55. Bh5+ Ke l] 55. Rg4 Qxg4+ 56. Bxg4 1-0 wi n n i ng m ate r i a l
GAME No.24 Ca r l s e n , M 2 8 26 vs W a n g Vue 273 2 3 rd Pea rl S p ri ng N a nji ng C H N ECO " C43 " 1 - 0 2 0 1 0 . 1 0 . 2 2
l . e4 eS 2. Nf3 Nf6 3 . d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d S S . NxeS Nd7 6 . Nxd 7 Bxd 7 7 . 0-0 B d 6 8 . Qh 5 Nf6 9 . Re l+ Kf8 1 0 . Qe2 N g4 1 1 . h 3 Qh4 12. Qf3 B h2+ 1 3 . Kfl Nxf2 14. Qxf2 Bg3 1 5 . Qd2 Qf6+ 1 6 . Kg l Bxe l 1 7 . Qxe l Qxd4+ 18. Kh2 Re8 19 . Qg3 QeS 20 . Qxe 5 RxeS 21 . Bf4 Re l
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An exce l l e nt ga m e so we reco m me n d fu l ly stu dyi ng to bette r u n d e rsta n d t h e co n c l usion, Ca r l s e n suffe rs i n it i a l ly beca use d e l ayed i n d eve l o p i ng t h e i r p i eces b ut i ng e n i o u s l y yet m a n a ges to 22. Bxc7 ta ke the i n itiative
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position does not i m p rove a nyt h i ng; 24. B b4+ g ivi ng t i m e to t h e b l a ck Ki ng to re l ease t h e roo k]
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b l a ck res i g n ReB 39. Nxf4 RfB 40. Ke3 ReB+ 41 . Kd2 RdB 42. Nxe2 dxe2+ 43. Kxe2 w ith a p 1 ece a dva ntage .
GAME No.25 Ca r l se n i s n ot i m p ressed with t h e sa c rifi ce a n d wi n n i ng t h e ga m e w i t h a p recise tech n i q u e . G e l fa n d , B 2 7 3 3 vs Ca r l s e n , M 2 815 20th A m b e r Ra p i d M o n a co M N C ECO " A5 9 " 0 - 1 2 0 1 1 . 0 3 . 2 4
1 . d4 Nf6 2. c4 cS 3 . d 5 bS 4.cxb5 a 6 S . bxa 6 g6 6 . N c3 Bxa 6 7 . e4 Bxfl 8 . Kxf1 d 6 9 .g3 Bg7 10. Kg2 N bd 7 1 1 .f4 0-0 12. Nf3 N e8 1 3 . Re 1 N c7 14. Bd2 N b6 1 5 . Qe2 Qd 7 1 6 . b3 fS
17 . a 4 fxe4 1 8 . Qxe4 QfS 1 9 . Qxf5 gxfS 20 . Rxe7 N bxd S 21 . Rd7 Nxc3 22. Rxg7+ Kxg7 23 . Bxc3+ Kf7 24. Rd l Ke7 25 . b4 Rxa 4 26 . bxc5 dxcS 27 . Be5 N bS 28 . R b l R b4 29 . Ra l c4 30. Ra 6 Rc8 3 1 . R b 6 c3 32. R b7+ Ke 6 3 3 . Bxc3
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G e l fa n d attem pts i n t h e exc h a nge with l ess q u a l ity i n o rd e r to fig ht fo r a d raw 33 ... Rxc3 34. Rxb5 RxbS 3 5. N d4+ Kd S 36. Nxb5
Ca r l se n fou nd t h e on ly p recise seq u e n ce to t ra p the e n e my kn i g ht a n d wi n t h e ga m e 36 ... Rc5 37. N a 3 [3 7. Na 7 Kc4 38. g4 fxg4 39. Kg3 Rcl 40. Nb5 Kxb5 41 . Kxg4 winning a piece] 37 ... Ra 5 38. N b l Ra 2+ 39. Kh3 Kd4 40. Kh4
Rxh 2+ 41.Kg5 Rb2 42. Na3 Rb3 43. N c2+ Ke4 44. Kh4 h6 45. Kh3 Rb2 46. N e l Rbl 47. Nc2 Kd 3 0- 1 t h e b l a c k res i g n beca use l ose t h e kn i g ht afte r 48. N a 3 Rb3 t ra p ped .
GAME No.26 K ra m n i k, V 2 785 vs Ca r l s e n , M 2 815 20th A m b e r Ra p i d M o n a co M N C ECO " A 1 5 " 0 - 1 2 0 1 1 . 03 . 1 9
l . Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3 .g3 cS 4. Bg2 B b7 5 . 0-0 e6 6 . N c3 a 6 7 . b3 Be7 8 . B b2 0-0 9 . e 3 d6 10.d4 N e4 l l . d S Nxc3 12. Bxc3 exd S 1 3 . N e l Bf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 l S . Rc l QfS 1 6 . N d 3 N d 7 1 7 . Nf4 Nf6 18 . Re l Rfe8 19 . h 3 ReS 20 .g4 Qd 7 21 . N xd 5 Bxd S 22. cxd 5 Qe7 23 . Qd 3 gS 24. Kfl N d 7 25 . a4 Rf8 26 . Qxa 6 fS
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27 ... fxg4 28. hxg4 [28. Rc2 Rfl 29. Kgl gxh3 30. Bxh3 g4 31 . Bg2 {31 . Bxg4 does not work due Rg5 32.f3 h5 losing material} 31 . . . g3 32. e4 Qh4 33. Ree2 Qh2+ 34. Kfl h5 35. Rc3 Ree l 36. Rf3 Kg l 3 7. Rxf7+ Rxfl 38. Qc8 Qh4 39.f3 Qf4 40. Kgl
Ne5 41 . Qh3 Qcl + 42. 8/1 Nxf3+ 43. Kg2 Nh4+ 44. Kgl KhB 45. Qc8+ Kh l 46. Qh3 g2 4 7. Qxg2 Nxg2 winning material]
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GAME No.27 S m e ets,J 2662 vs Ca r l s e n , M 2 814 7 3 rd Ta ta Ste e l G M A W i jka a n Zee N E D ECO " C67 " 0 - 1 2 0 1 1 .0 1 . 2 1
l . e4 eS 2. Nf3 N c6 3 . B b5 Nf6 4. 0-0 Nxe4 S . d4 N d 6 6 . Bxc6 dxc6 7 . dxe 5 N fS 8 . Qxd8+ Kxd8 9 . N c3 B d 7 10 . h 3 b6 1 1 . b3 Kc8 12. B b2 h S 1 3 .g3 Be7 14. Rad l a S 15 . a 4 Re8 1 6 . Rd3 cS 17 . N d 5 c4 18. Rc3 BcS 1 9 . Kh2 Bc6 20 . bxc4 Bxa4 21 . Ra l Bc6 22. Rfl a4 23 . Ba 3 RaS 24.g4 hxg4 25 . hxg4 N e 7 26 . N b4 B b7 27 . Kg3 N g 6
28 . Re l Bxf3 29 . Rxf3 RxeS 30. Rd l
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30 ... Re4 3 1. Rxf7 Rxg4+ I nge n i ous roo ks exc h a nge, stayi ng with decis ive a dva ntage 32. Kxg4 N eS+ 33. Kg3 Nxf7 0- 1 H e re w h ite res ign 34. c3 Ne5 35. Nc2 Nxc4 36. Bb4 Bxb4 37. cxb4 Ral 38. Rd4 [38. Kf4 a3 39. Rd4 b5 40. Rdl a2 41 . Ral b
Ra4 42. Kf5 Nd2 43.f4 Nb3 44. Rgl c5 45. bxc5 b4 46. Rdl Nxc5 4 7. Nal b3 48. Rd2 Ra6 49. Kg4 Kcl 50.f5 Kc6 51 . Rb2 Kb5 52. Rxb3 Nxb3 53. Nxb3 Kb4 54. Nal Kc3 Winning the game]
Although n ot pa rt of t h e o rigi n a l ga m e, is s h own as rea l i ze t h e a dva ntage a n d eve nt u a l ly c rown h is pawn a c h i eve t h e a fi l e 34.c3
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GAME No.28 Svi d l e r, P 2 750 vs Ca r l s e n , M 2 813 1 9 t h A m b e r B l i n d fo l d N i ce F RA ECO " 87 4 " 0 - 1 2 0 1 0 . 03 . 1 5
l . e4 cS 2. Nf3 d 6 3 . d4 cxd4 4 . N xd4 Nf6 S . N c3 g6 6 . Be2 Bg7 7 . 0-0 0-0 8 . Be3 N c6 9 . N b3 a 6 1 0 .f4 bS 1 1 . Bf3 B b7 12. e5 dxe S 1 3 .fxe5 N d7 14.e6 fxe6 1 5 . Bg4 Rxfl+ 1 6 . Qxfl N ceS 1 7 . Bxe6+ Kh8 18. Rd l Qc7 19 . Qf4 Rf8 20 . Qg3 N f6 21 . N c5 N h S 22. Qe l
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22 ... Bxg2 ! ! 23. Kxg2 Nf3 24. Qh l Nf4+ 25. Kf2 [ 25. Bxf4 Qxf4 26. N5e4 Nh4+] 25 ... Nd4 0- 1 h e re t h e w h ite res ign, t h e ga m e is i n a ve ry co m p l ex pos ition, a d d i ng to th is t h a t is a b l i n d ga m e . Th e re is a s pecta cu l a r so l ut i o n to the
pos i ti o n ; it wou l d be d iffi c u lt fo r h u m a ns, especi a l ly with t h e st ress of t h e ga m e a n d ti m es t rou b l es . [Ndl!! G reat d efe ns ive p l ay atta cki ng roo k i n f8, avoi d i ng D iscove red c h eck]
Th i s seq u e nce was n ot pa rt of t h e ga m e b ut it is i nst r u ctive how t h e atta ck co m es ove r t h e b l a c k 24 ... N h4+ The stro ngest move
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GAME No.29 Exce l l e nt ta ct i c co m b i nation Topa l ov, V 2 803 vs Ca r l s e n , M 2 8 26 3 rd Pea rl S p ri ng N a nji ng C H N ECO " EOO" 0 - 1 2 0 1 0 . 1 0 . 2 9
1 . d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3 .g3 B b4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ S . Qxd2 d S 6 . Bg2 c6 7 . Nf3 N bd 7 8 . 0-0 b6 9 . Rc 1 0-0 10 . b4 B b7 1 1 . Qb2 R b8 12. N bd2 Qe 7 1 3 . e 3 Rfc8 14. Rc2 cS 15 . bxc5 bxcS 1 6 . Qa 3 Rc6 1 7 . Ra c l Ra 6 1 8 . Qd 3 h 6 1 9 . Qe2 dxc4 20. Qxc4 cxd4
21 . Nxd4 R b6 22. Bxb7 R8xb7 23 . Kg2 N eS 24. Qc5 QxcS 25 . Rxc5 R b2 26 . R l c2 N d 3 27 . Rc8+ Kh7 28 . N 4f3 aS 29 . h 3 a4 30.a3 gS 3 1 . Rxb2 Rxb2 32. R c3
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Nxd 2 3 5 . Rxf7+ Kg8 36. Rxf6 Kg7 37. Nxd 2 Kxf6 38. N c4 Rb3 39. Kg2 Rc3 40. N d 6 Rxe3 0-1 ga i n i ng m a te ri a l a n d wi n n i ng t h e ga m e .
GAME No.3 0 Ca r l s e n , M 2 813 vs G risc h u k, A 2 756 19th A m b e r R a p i d N i ce F RA ECO II 03 8 " 1 - 0 20 1 0 . 03 . 2 5
l . d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3 . Nf3 d S 4. N c3 B b4 S . cxd S exd S 6 . Bg5 N bd 7 7 . Rc l c6 8 . Qc2 h 6 9 . B h4 gS 10 . Bg3 N e4 1 1 . N d2 N df6 12. e3 Nxg3 1 3 . hxg3 Qe7 14. Bd3 Be6 1 5 . a 3 Bd6 1 6 . N a4 Rd8 1 7 . N c5 Bc8 18 . b4 Ng4 1 9 . Nfl h S 20. Bf5 BxfS 2 1 . Qxf5 R h 6 22. Rc2 a S 23 .f3 N f6 24. Qxg5 Rg6 25 . Qf5 axb4 26 . axb4 Ra8 27 .g4 Ra l+
28 . Ke2 BxcS 29 . bxc5 hxg4 30. R h 8+ Ng8 3 1 .f4 Kf8 32. Ng3 Re6
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Analysis and Comments
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GAME No.31 P o n o m a r i ov, R 2 7 3 3 vs Ca r l s e n , M 2 813 4t h K i ngs Tourn a m e n t M ed i a s RO U ECO " E8 1 " 0 - 1 20 1 0 . 0 6 . 20
l . d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3 . N c3 Bg7 4 . e4 d 6 S .f3 0-0 6 . N ge2 N bd 7 7 . Be3 cS 8 . d 5 N eS 9 . Ng3 h S 10. Be2 h4 l l . N fl e6 12. N d2 exd S 1 3 . cxd 5 Bd7 14. 0-0 bS 1 5 . Nxb5 BxbS 1 6 . Bxb5 R b8 1 7 . a 4 N h S 18.f4 N d 7 19 . Qg4 a 6 20 . Bxa 6 Rxb2 21 . Ra b l Rxd2 22. Bxd2 Bd4+ 23 . Rf2 Bxf2+ 24. Kxf2 N df6 25 . Qf3 Qe8 26 . e 5
Qxa4 27 . exf6 Qxa 6 28 . Bc3 Qc8 29 . Kg l QfS 30. Rfl Re8 3 1 . Ba l Ra 8 32. Qe3 K h 7 3 3 . B b2 R b8 34. Bcl
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Analysis and Comments
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A co m p l i cated ga m e w h e re Ca r l s e n a c h i eved to rea c h t h e e ndga m e of b i s ho p vs . kn i g ht based o n a p recise strategy a c h i eves i m posed to Po n o m a riov
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34 ... Rbl 3 5 . Qe8 Po n o m a riov t ry to c reate th reats i n t h e pos ition Qxd S Ca r l s e n ste p by ste p is m a n a g i ng i m posed a n d getti ng t h e best o u t of t h e position 36.f5
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36 ... gxf5 37.Qe3 Qd4 Fo rce t h e Qu ee n 's exc h a nge i n o rd e r to a r rive to a n b i s h o p vs kn i g ht e n dga m e 38.Qxd4 cxd4 39. Bg5 Rxfl+ 40. Kxfl
40 ... h3 41.gxh3 Kg6 42. Bh4 [42 . . . Nxf6 is doubtful since it simplifies the white defense 43. Ke2 Nd5 44. Kd3 f4 45. Kxd4] Nf4 43. Bg3 KgS 44. Bf2
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46 ... d3 47. h4+ KfS 48. Bb6
48 ... N c5 49. h 5 d 2 SO. Ke2 N e4 H e re Wh ite res ign 51 . h6 /3+
52. Kdl Kx/6 53. Be3 Kg6 54. Bxd2 /2 55. Ke2 Nxd2 56. Kxf2 Kxh6 with decisive a dva ntage .
GAME No.32 Tre m e n dous beati ng he puts to t h e G M Ba re ev B a re ev, E 2634 vs Ca r l s e n , M 2 801 W o r l d B l itz M oscow R U S ECO " 0 1 1 " 0 - 1 2 009 . 1 1 . 1 6
1 . d4 d S 2. Nf3 Nf6 3 .c4 c6 4.e3 a 6 S . b3 BfS 6 . Bd3 Bg6 7 . 0-0 e 6 8 . N c3 N bd 7 9 . B b2 B d 6 1 0 . Qc2 B h S 1 1 . Be2 0-0 12. h 3 Qe7 1 3 . Ra d 1 Ra d8 14. Rfe 1 B b4 1 5 . Qc 1 N e4 1 6 . N d2 Bxe2 1 7 . Rxe2 fS 18.f4 gS
19 . N f3 Ng3 20 . Rf2 g4 21 . N e5 NxeS 22. dxe5 Qh4 23 . Kh2
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Analysis and Comments
23 ... dxc4 24. bxc4 H e is ta ki n g possess i o n of t h e d-fi l e afte r t h e fo l l owi ng seq u e n ce of move m e nts
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Qxf4+ 33 . Kg l Qg4 34. Rd3 Qh4 35. Kxg2 [35. Rxd7 Qh l + 36. Kf2 Qxbl 3 7. Kxg2 with winner g a me}35 ... Rg7+ 36. Kfl Qf4+ 0- 1 w i n n i ng m ate r i a l .
GAME No.33 Ka rpov, A 2619 vs Ca r l s e n , M 2 801 W o r l d B l itz M oscow R U S ECO " 07 2 " 0 - 1 2 009 . 1 1 . 1 8
l . d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3 .g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d S S . cxd S Nxd S 6 . e4 N b6 7 . N e2 cS 8 . d 5 e6 9 . 0-0 0-0 10. N ec3 N a 6 1 1 . a4 N b4 12. Be3 Bd4 1 3 . Bxd4 cxd4 14. N b5 eS lS . a S Bd7 1 6 . N l a 3 N c8 1 7 . Qa4 N a 6 18. Rfc l N d 6 19 . Qb3 NxbS 20 . Nxb5 b 6 21 . N d 6 N cS 22. Qa 3 Qf6 23 . N c4 B b S 24. b4 N b7 25 . axb6 axb6 26 . Qxa8 Rxa 8
27 . Rxa 8+ Kg7 28 . R b8 N d 6 29 . N b2 d 3 3 0 . Rd l Qe7 3 1 . Nxd 3
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Analysis and Comments
3 1 ... Qc7 32. Ra8 [32. Nxe5 Qxb8 33. Nc6 Qa8 34. e5 Nc4 35. h4 Qa3 36. h5 gxh5 3 7. d6 Qa4 38. Rcl Bxc6 Qxc6 40. d7 Qxdl 41 . Rxc4 with winner advan tage] 32 . . Qc2 0- 1 H e re t h e Wh ite res i g n 33. Raa l .
Bxd3 34.f3 [34. Racl Qb3 35. Rel Qxb4 36.f3 Qd4+ 3 7. Kh l b5 38. Redl f5 39. exf5 Nxf5 40. Rc7+ Kh 6 41 . g4 Nh4 42. g5+ Kxg5 43. Rxh 7 Qf2 44. Rgl Kf6 45. Rxh4 Qxh4 winning easily] 34 ... Nc4 35. Rdcl Qb2 36. b5 N e3 37. Bh l Qd4 38. Ra 2 Bxe4 39.fxe4 Nc2+ 40. Kfl Qd3+ 41. Kgl Qe3+ 42 . Kg2 Qxc l wi n n i ng m a te ri a l .
GAME No.34 S pecta cu l a r e n dga m e Ca r l s e n , M 2 7 76 vs A n a n d , V 2 791 XXVI SuperG M Li n a res ES P ECO 1104511 1 - 0 2009 . 02 . 2 5
l . d4 d S 2.c4 c6 3 . N c3 Nf6 4.e3 e 6 5 . Nf3 N bd 7 6 . Qc2 B d 6 7 .g4 Nxg4 8 . Rg l Qf6 9 . Rxg4 Qxf3 1 0 . Rxg7 Nf6 1 1 . h 3 QfS 12. Qxf5 exfS 1 3 . cxd 5 cxd S 14. N b5 B b4+ 1 5 . Bd2 Bxd2+ 1 6 . Kxd2 Ke7 1 7 . Bd3 Be6 18. N c7 Rag8 19 . Nxe6 Kxe6 20. Rxg8 Nxg8 21 . Ke2 N e7 22. Kf3 Rc8 23 . a 4 Rc7 24. a 5 h6 25 . h4 Kf6 26 . h 5 N c8
27 . Kf4 N d 6 28 . Rg 1 Rc8 29 .f3 Ke6 30. Rg7 R h 8 3 1 . Bc2 Rc8 32. B b3 R h 8 3 3 . Rg 1 Rc8 34. Rg7 R h 8 3 5 . Rg2 Rc8 3 6 . Rg 1 N e8 3 7 . e4 fxe4 3 8 .fxe4 Nf6 3 9 . e 5 N e4 40 . Ke3 b6 4 1 . axb6 axb6 42. Kd 3 Nf2+ 43 . Ke2 N e4 44. Ke3 f6 45 . Rg6 Rc l 46 . Rx h 6 R h l 47 . Bc2 R h 3+ 48 . Kf4 Rh4+ 49 . Kf3 N d2+ SO. Ke2 R h2+ S l . Kd l N c4 52. Rxf6+ Ke7 5 3 . Bg6 Rd2+ 54. Kc 1 Rxd4 5 5 . b3 NxeS 5 6 . Rxb6 R h4 5 7 . Bf5 Nf3 5 8 . h 6 N d4
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Analysis and Comments
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Th is wo n d e rfu l ga m e i s t h e fi rst t i m e Ca r l s e n wi n n e r aga i n st t h e re ig n i ng wo r l d c h a m p i o n i n c l a ss i c ga m e 59. h 7 ! ! [59. Bd3 allo ws th e draw with Nxb3+ 60. Rxb3 Rxh 6 th eoretical draw]
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Nd4 6 1 . Kb2 [61 . h8Q does not work due the sacrifice of knigh t in ch eck Nxb3+ 62. Kc2 RxhB 63. RxhB Nd4+ 64. Kd3 Ne6 65. Rh l+ Kd6 with draw position ] 6 1 ... Kd 6 62. h8Q Rxh8 63 . Rxh8 KcS a r rivi ng to a w i n n i ng pos iti o n a n d ve ry d ifficu lt to d efe n d fo r t h e b l a c k 64. R h 5 NeG 65 . Rh4 N b4 66. Ka 3 d4 67. Rh5+ N d S 68. Kb2
KeG G9. Ka3 KeS 70. Rh4 N b4 7 1 . Rh8 NeG 72. Rh5+ Kd G 73 . b4 d 3 74. Rh 3 NeS 75. Kb3 d 2 7G. Ke2 NeG 77. Rh4 Kd S 1-0
GAME No.35 Carl sen defies the wor ld champion ' s pawn sacrifice
Ca r l s e n , M 2625 vs A n a n d , V 2 79 2 G l i t n i r B l itz Reykjavik I S L ECO " A 5 8 " 1 - 0 200 6 . 0 3 . 1 6
1 . d4 Nf6 2. c4 cS 3 . d 5 bS 4.cxb5 a 6 S . bxa 6 g6 6 . N c3 Bxa 6 7 . Nf3 Bg7 8 .g3 d 6 9 . Bg2 0-0 10 . 0-0 N bd 7 l l . R b l N e8 12. Qc2 N c7 13 . Rd 1 N b6 14.e4 Bc8 1 5 . h 3 B d 7 1 6 . b3 Qc8 1 7 . a 4 Bxh 3 18. B b2 Bg4 19 . Re 1 N a 6 20 . N b5 Bxb2 21 . Rxb2 Bd7
22. N c3 N b4 23 . Qd2 c4
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Analysis and Comments
Ana n d sac rifi ce d a pawn l ooki n g ta ct i ca l co m p l i ca t i o n s with t h e i r kn ig hts but ta ct i ca l l y th e re a re so m e l oose e n d s a n d Ca r l s e n ta ke t h e c h a l l e nge, wo n t h e p i ece a n d p ra ct i ca l ly t h e ga m e 24. bxc4 Nxc4 [24 . . . Qxc4 25. Rebl N4xd5
26. Nxd5 Nxd5 2 7. exd Rxa4 28. Qh 6 f6 29. Rb l QcB 30. Qe3 ReB White staying with material advan tage] 25.Qh 6 f6 [Black cannot take the rook on b2 because it threatens Ng5 with unstoppable checkmate after Qxfl#} 26. Rxb4 NeS [26. . . Nb2 2 7. Rxb2 Qxc3 28. Rb 7 QcB 29. Rebl Rxa4 White staying with material advan tage] .
GAME No.36 Ka rj a k i n , S e rgey 2 7 2 7 vs Ca r l s e n , M 2 7 75 Ta l M e m o r i a l B l itz M oscow R U S ECO " 8 1 2 " 0 - 1 2008 . 0 8 . 3 0
1 . e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3 .e5 BfS 4. N f3 e 6 S . Be2 N d 7 6 . 0-0 Bg6 7 . N bd2 N h 6 8 . c4 Be7 9 . Qb3 R b8 1 0 . Qc3 0-0 1 1 . c5 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 1 3 . b4 Nf7 14. N b3 eS 1 5 . Be3 Re8 1 6 . Rfe 1 e4 17 . Nfd2 N h 6 18. Nf1 NfS 19 . Bf4 Rc8 20 . N e3 Nf8 21 . Bg4 Nxe3 22.fxe3 N e6 23 . Bd 6 hS 24. B h 3 Ra8 25 . N a 5 Qd 7 26 . Rf1 b6 27 . N b3 Qb7 28 . a 4 N gS 29 . Bf5 BxfS 30. Rxf5 Qd 7
3 1 . Rafl Nf3+ 32. R lxf3 exf3 3 3 . Rxf3 bxcS 34. bxc5 Re6 3 5 . Qd 3 Ra e8 3 6 . N d2 Qb7 3 7 . h 3 Qb4 3 8 . N fl Qb7 3 9 . Ng3 Qf7 40. Be5 h4 4 1 . N e2 Rxe S 42. dxe5 RxeS 43 . N d4 Qe8 44. a 5 Re4 45 . Nf5 QeS 46. N d4 Qc7 47 . a 6 Bxd4 48 . exd4 Qe7 49 . Rfl QgS SO. R b l K h 7 S l . Rfl Kh 6 52. Rf3 Qg6 5 3 . Kh2 Qe6 54.Qd2+ K h 7 5 5 . Qf2 Qh 6 5 6 . Rf5 Qg6 5 7 . Qf3 Rxd4 5 8 . R h 5+ Kg8 5 9 . Rf5 Re4 60 . Rf8+ K h 7 6 1 . Ra 8 QgS 62. Qc3
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62 . Qc3 Qf4+ 63 . Kh l [63. Kgl Rc4 64. Qd3+ Kh 6 65. Rh8+ Kg5 66. g3 Qcl + 67. Qfl Qe3+ 68. Kh l Rcl winning the Queen ] 63 ... Qfl+ [63 . . . Rc4 64. Qd3+ Rh 6 threatening 65. Rh8+ Kg5 ch eckmate due th e delivery of
material is inevitable] 64. Kh2 Re l 65 .Qc2+ g6 66. Rxa7+ Kh6 67 .Qd 2+ gS 68. Qxe l Qxe l 69. Rb7 QeS+ 70. Kh l Qa l+ 0- 1 .
GAME No.37 A l e ks e ev, Evg e n y 2 708 vs Ca r l s e n , M 2 7 75 Ta l M e m o r i a l B l itz M oscow R U S ECO " E 1 5 " 0 - 1 2008 . 08 . 2 9
l . d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3 . Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba 6 S . Qc2 B b7 6 . Bg2 cS 7 .d 5 exd S 8 . cxd 5 N xd S 9 . 0-0 Be7 lO. Rd l Qc8 l l . BgS f6 12. Bc l N c7 1 3 . e4 N c6 14. N c3 0-0 15 . Be3 d 6 1 6 . N h4 g6 17 . N d S Nxd S 18.exd 5 NeS 19 .f4 N f7 20. Nxg6 Re8 21 . N xe7+ Rxe7 22. Re l Qd 7 23 . Bd2 Ra e8 24. Rxe7 Rxe7 25 . Bc3 Kg7 26 . h 3 h S 27 . Kh2
N h 6 28 . Bf3 QfS 29 . Qxf5 NxfS 30.g4 hxg4 3 1 . hxg4 Re3 32. Rfl Ba 6 3 3 . Rf2 N d4 34. B h l Bd3 3 5 .g5 Kg6 3 6 .gxf6 Kxf6 3 7 . Bg2 Be4 3 8 . Bxe4 Rxe4 39 . Kg3 KfS 40 . R h2
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GAME No.38 P e l l etie r, Y 2569 vs Ca r l s e n , M 2 7 75 4 1st Fest iva l G M B i e l S U I ECO " E 1 5 " 0 - 1 2008 .07 . 2 6
l . d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e 6 3 .c4 b6 4.g3 Ba 6 S . b3 B b4+ 6 . Bd2 Be7 7 . Bg2 d S 8 . cxd 5 exd S 9 . N c3 0-0 1 0 . 0-0 B b7 l l . Rc l N bd 7 12. Bf4 c6 1 3 . Qc2 Re8 14. Rcd l B b4 1 5 . Bd2 Rc8 1 6 . Qb2 Qe7 17 . Rfe l Qf8 18 . B h 3 Rcd8 19 . Qc2 h6 20 . N h4 cS 21 . Nf5 a 6 22. Qb2 Bxc3 23 . Bxc3 N e4 24. dxc5 N xc3 25 . Qxc3 bxcS 26 . Qa 5 Nf6
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30 ... h 5 3 1 . Rc l g6 32. Ng3 Nxh3 33. Kxh 3 hxg4+ 34.fxg4 Qh 6+ 3 5 .
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Analysis and Comments
Th e n we wi l l see h ow Ca r l se n m a kes a c l eve r m a n e uve r h i s kn ight tryi ng to exp l o it t h e wea kn ess of Wh ite's pos i t i o n
28 ... Ne5 a ve ry s h rewd m ove m e nt ta ki ng a dva ntage of t h e rece nt move of t h e Ki ng t h at b l ocks t h e b is h o p 29.f3 NgS 30.g4
hS 3 1 . Rc l g6 32. Ng3 Nxh3 33 . Kxh3 hxg4+ 34.fxg4 Qh 6+ 35. Kg2 Bxg4 36.Qxc5 Re3 [36. . . ReB 3 7. Qa3 Rxe2+ 38. Rxe2 Rxcl 39. h4 Qf4 40. Rf2 Bf3+ 41 . Rxf3 Rc2+ 42. Kh3 Qxf3 43. Qe 7 Qg2+ 44. Kg4 f5+ 45. Kf4 Qf2+ 46. Kg5 Qxg3+ 4 7. Kh 6 Qf4+ 48. Qg5 with material advan tage] 37.Qd4 Qh 3+ 38. Kg l Rxg3+ 39. hxg3 Qxg3+ 40. Kh l BfS 0-1 H e re Wh ite res i g n beca use t h e b i s h o p e nte rs w i t h c h e c k, ga i n i ng l o ng e n ough t i m e to fo rce t h e Qu e e n sac rifi ce. 4 1 . Red l Be4+ 42 . Qxe4 dxe4.
GAME No.39 Ca r l s e n , M a g n u s 2 8 35 vs R a dj a b ov, T 2 7 84 7th Ta l M e m B l itz M oscow R U S ECO " C03 " 1 - 0 2 0 1 2 . 0 6 . 07
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27. Nxf5 gxfS 28.Qg3+ 1-0 h e re b l a c k res ign Kh7 29. Rxf5 Kh6 30.Qf4+ Kg7 3 1 . Rg5+ QxgS 32.Qxg5+ Kh8 3 3 . Qxh5+ Kg7 34.Qh7# Su b - Va r i a nt
[2 7. . . Qg5 28. h4 QdB 29. Nd6 Ne4 30. Bxe4 dxe4 31 . Nxc8 winning quality QxcB 32. Rdl Qg4 33. Rd4 e3 34. Rxg4 exf2 35. Rf4 Bd5 36. c4 Be6 3 7. Rd4 ReB 38. Rxf2 Rc5 39. Rd8+ Kg l 40. Rd2 Rxe5 41 . Rb8 Re4 42. Rxb 7 Rxh4+ 43. Kgl with decisive advan tage] .
GAME No.4 0 Ca r l s e n , M a g n u s 2 8 35 vs G risc h u k, A . 2 761 7th Ta l M e m B i i tz M oscow R U S ECO " E9 2 " 1 - 0 2 0 1 2 . 0 6 . 07
1 . N f3 N f6 2. c4 g6 3 . N c3 Bg7 4. e4 d 6 S . d4 0-0 6. Be2 eS 7 . Be3 exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9 .f3 c6 10. Bf2 d S 1 1 . exd 5 cxd S 12. 0-0 N c6 1 3 . c5 ReS 14. a 3 Qf8 1 5 . b4 B d 7 1 6 . Nxc6 bxc6 1 7 . Bd4 Re6 1 8 . Bd3 N h S 19 . Bc2 Ra e8 20. Qd2 Bxd4+ 21 . Qxd4 Qh 6 22. f4 Re3 23 .f5 QgS 24.
bS R8e5 25 . b6 Qd 8 26 . Ra b l axb6 27 . cxb6 Ng7 28 . b7 Qb8 29 . N a 4 BxfS
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3 7. Rxb8 by far advan tage] 34 ... Qxb8 35 . Rxb8 Re3 36. BxfS gxfS 37 . h3 f4 38. Rc8 Rc3 39.a4 d4 40. Ne5 cS 4 1 . a 5 Ra 3 42. Rc l Rxa S 43 . Nd 3 f3 44.gxf3 Ra3 45. Nxc5 Nf4 46. Rgl+ Kf6 47. N e4+ KeG 48. Rel Kd 7 49 . Rc4 Rxf3 50. Rxd4+ Kc7 S l . Rc l+ Kb6 52. Rb4+ Ka S 53. Rb2 Rxh 3+ 54. Kg l 1-0 B l a c k res i g n due thei r d est roye d positi o n .
GAME No.41 K ra m nik, V l a d i m i r 2 801 vs Ca r l s e n , M . 2 8 35 7th Ta l M e m B l itz M oscow R U S ECO " A04" 0 - 1 2 0 1 2 . 0 6 .07
1 . Nf3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3 . d4 d 6 4. Bc4 a 6 5 . 0-0 bS 6 . B b3 B b7 7 . Re l e 6 8 . a 4 N d 7 9 . Bg5 N e7 10. axb5 axbS 1 1 . Rxa8 Qxa 8 12.d 5 N cS 1 3 . N d4 h 6 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15 . Nxb5 Qa S 1 6 . N l c3 R b8 1 7 . dxe 6 fxe6 1 8 . N d4 Nxb3 19 . Nxb3 Qb4 20.Qg4 Bxc3 21 . bxc3 Qxc3 22. Re3 Qxc2 23 . h3 Rf8 24. Qxe6+ Kxe6 25 . N d4+ KeS
26 N xc2 cS 27 N e l Ra8 28 N d 3+ Kd4 29 e5 c4 30 Nf4 dxeS 3 1 N e2+ Kd S 32 N c3+ Ke6 3 3 f4 e4 34 Kf2 Bc6 3 5 Nxe4 Ra2+ 3 6 Kg3 Kd S 3 7 N f6+ .
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37. Nf6+ Kd4 38. Re6 Rxg2+ 39. Kh4 Bf3 [39 . . . g5+ 40.fxg5 hxg5+ 41 . Kh5 Bf3+ 42. Kh 6 c3 43. Re8 c2 44. Rc8 Bb l 45. Rc7 Ba6 achieved cross th e bish op] 40. Ng4 c3 4 1 . Rd 6+ KcS 42. Rd8 Rxg4+ ! ! Exce l l e nt s a c rifi ce 43 . hxg4 c2 0- 1 U n expected e n d
d o i ng u n sto p p a b l e t h e pawn p ro m ote beca use if Rc8+ s i m p l e BeG A n d K ra m n i k m a kes h ave to ti l t t h e i r Ki ng.
GAME No.42 Ca r l s e n , M . 2 8 21 vs S h i rov, A . 2 714 B i e l ACC E NTUS G M B i e l S U I ECO " D47 " 1 - 0 20 1 1 . 07 . 1 9
1 . Nf3 d S 2.d4 Nf6 3 . c4 c6 4. N c3 e 6 S . e3 N bd 7 6 . Bd3 dxc4 7 . Bxc4 b S 8 . Bd3 B b7 9 . 0-0 a 6 1 0 . e4 c S l l .d S c4 12. Bc2 Qc7 1 3 . N d4 eS 14. Nf5 g6 1 5 . N h 6 N h S 1 6 .g3 BcS 1 7 . Qf3 Rf8 18. Bd2 Bd4 19 . b4 cxb3 20 . Bxb3 Qd 6 21 . Ra c l Ng7 22. a 4 fS f4 24. N e2 23 . axb5 B b6 25 . bxa 6 Bxa 6 26 . Bc4 gS 27 . Bxa 6
Rxa 6 28 . Rc8+ Bd8 29 . Nf5 NxfS 30. exf5 N f6 3 1 . Qd 3 Ra 7
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3 l ... Ra7 S h i rov m i sca l cu l ates t h e tacti ca l a s pects of h is Ki ng exposed a n d pay the p ri ce of n ot cast l i ng 32.Qb5+ Qd 7 [32 . . . Kf7 33. Bb4 Qdl 34. Qxd7+ Rxdl 35. Bxf8 Kxf8 36. Rd1 Kfl {36. . . Nxd5 loses the
bish op 3 7. Nc3 Nf6 38. Rxd7 Nxdl 39. Rxd8+ } 3 7. d6 h5 38. Nc3 BaS 39. Nb5 Bb4 40. Rc7 Ke8 41 . Kg2 g2 42.f3 e4 43.fxe4 f3+ 44. Kgl Nxe4 45. Rc8+ Kfl 46. Rc4 Bxd6 4 7. Kfl Rb l 48. Nxd6 49. Rxd6 with decisive advan tage] 33. Rxd8+ 1-0 a dva ntage to w i n.
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GAME No.43 G e l fa n d , B . 2 7 3 8 vs Ca r l s e n , M a g n u s 2 8 3 7 B l itz Wo rl d C h a m p i o n s h i p 2 0 1 2 0 - 1 2 0 1 2 . 07 . 1 0
1 . d4 d S 2. c4 c6 3 . Nf3 Nf6 4. N c3 a 6 S . e3 BfS 6 . Qb3 Ra 7 7 . Be2 h 6 8 . cxd 5 cxd S 9 . N e 5 e 6 10 . Bd2 N bd 7 1 1 . N xd 7 Nxd 7 12. 0-0 B d 6 13 . a 4 0-0 14. a 5 Qh4 1 5 .f4 Qe7 1 6 . N a4 Ra a 8 17 . N b6 Nxb6 1 8 . Qxb6 Ra c8 19 . Ra c 1 Be4 20 . b4 gS 21 . b5 axbS 22. Qxb5 gxf4 23 . exf4 Qf6 24. Qb6 Rxc 1 25 . Bxc 1 Qg7 26 . Bf3 Be7
27 . Be3 Bd3 28 . Qxb7 Bxfl 29 . Qxe 7 Bd3 30 .f5 exfS 3 1 . Bxd 5 Qg6 32. Qh4 R b8 3 3 . h 3 Qd 6 34. Ba2 R b2 3 5 . Bf4 Qg6 3 6 . Bd 5 Be4 3 7 . Bxe4 fxe4 38.g3
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38 ... e3 ! ! Exce l l e nt move o p e n t h e way fo r t h e Qu e e n 39. Qg4 Qxg4 40. hxg4 R b l+ 0- 1 [40. . . e2 it is not precise for 4l . Kf2 Kg l 42. Kel Kg6 43. Bd2 Rb3 44. Bf4 Rd3 45. Be5 Ra3 46. Kxe2 Rxa5] .
GAME No.44 Ca r l s e n , M . 2 8 2 1 vs P e l l et i e r, Y . 2590 B i e l ACC E NTUS G M B i e l S U I ECO " C 1 0 " 1 - 0 2 0 1 1 . 07 . 2 5
1 . e4 e6 2. d4 dS 3 . N c3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 N d 7 S .g3 Be7 6 . Bg2 N gf6 7 . N c3 00 8 . Nf3 N d S 9 . Qd 3 N b4 10 . Qd2 cS 1 1 . 0-0 cxd4 12. Nxd4 N b6 1 3 . a 3 e S 14. axb4 exd4 15 . N b5 Bf6 1 6 . Rd 1 Bg4 17 .f3 BfS 18. g4 a 6 19 . N xd4 Bxd4+ 20 . Qxd4 Bxc2 21 . Qxd8 Raxd8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23 .f4 Rd7 24. b5 Rd 1+ 25 . Kf2 axbS
26 . Bxb7 fS 27 . Bf3 Rd8 28 . Ra 5 fxg4 29 . Bxg4 Bd3 30. Be6+ Kh8 3 1 . b3 h 6 32. B b2 N d S 33 . Ra 7 N f6 34. Rf7 R d 6 3 5 .f5 Bc2 3 6 . Rf8+ K h 7 3 7 . Bxf6 gxf6 3 8 . Rxf6 Rd2+
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39. Ke3 [39. Kg3 with a sligh t white advan tage Rd3+ 40. Kf4 Bxb3 4l . Rf7+ Kh8 42. Rb 7 Bc4] 39 ... Rd 3+ [39 . . . Rxh2 40. Rf7+ Kh8 4l .f6 Bg6 42. Rf8+ Kh l 43. 8gB+ Kh8 44. Bd5+ Kh l 45.f7 Bxfl {45 . . . Rh3+ 46. Kf4 Rh4+ 4 7. Kg3 Rh5
48. Rh8+ KxhB 49.f8Q+ Kh l 50. Qg8#} 46. Rxf7+ winning piece] 40. Ke2 h S [40. . . b4 41 . Rf7+ KhB 42. Rb 7 Rd4 43. Rc7 Re4+ 44. Kf3 Bd3 45. Bc4 Bbl 46./6 ReB 4 7. Bf7 Re5 48. Rc8+ Kh l 49. BgB+ Kg6 50.f7 with clear domin ance] .
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GAME No.45 S h i rov, A. 2 7 14 vs Ca r l s e n ,
M . 282 1 B i e l ACC E NTUS G M B i e l S U I ECO " C6 5 " 0 - 1 2 0 1 1 . 07 . 2 6
1. e4 eS 2 . Nf3 N c6 3 . B b 5 Nf6 4.d3 BcS S . c3 0-0 6 . Bg5 h 6 7 . B h4 Be7 8. N bd 2 d 6 9 . Nf1 N b8 10 . N e3 N g4 1 1 . Bg3 Nxe3 1 2 .fxe3 N d 7 1 3 . d4 Nf6 14. Bd 3 N g4 1 5 . Qe2 BgS 1 6 . dxe5 dxeS 17 . Bxe S B h 4+ 18 .g3 NxeS 19 . NxeS Bf6 20. Nf3 Qe7 2 1 . 0-0-0 c6 2 2 . N d4 a 6 2 3 . R hf1 cS 24. N f5 BxfS 25 . Rxf5 bS 2 6 . Bc2 c4
27 . Rfd S BeS 2 8 . Qh 5 Ra e8 2 9 . a 3 Qa 7 3 0 . Kd 2 Qb8 3 1 . Ke2 Re6 3 2 . Qh4 Qb6 3 3 . Rd8 Ree8 34. Rxe8 Rxe8 3 5 . Rd 5 Qc7 3 6 . a 4 Qb6 3 7 . axb5 axbS 3 8 . Qh 5 Qb8 3 9 . Rd7 g6 40. Qf3 Rf8 4 1 . Kf2 b4 42 . Qe2 bxc3 43 . bxc3 Qc8 44. Qd 2 Bxc3 45 . Qd 5 Qa 6 46.e5 Qa 2 47 . Qe4 BxeS 48 . h4 Re8 49 . Kg2 h S 50 . Kh 3 c3 S l . Rd S Qa 6 5 2 . Bd3 Qc8+ 5 3 . Kg2 Bg7 54. Rc5 Qd 7 5 5 . Qc4 Rxe3 5 6 . Rc7
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Th e boa rd beca m e F i re vs . Fi re 56. Rc7 S h i rov t ry t h at not s l a c ke n h is atta c k but Ca r l s e n ' s res ponse rea l ly l eaves h i m w it h 3rd degree burns ! ! 56 ... Rxg3+ ! ! 57. Kxg3 BeS+ 58. Kf2
Qxc7 59.Qxc7 Bxc7 60. Kf3 0-1 .
GAME No.46 Ca r l s e n , M . 2 8 2 6 vs N a ka m u ra , H i 27 58 3 rd Lo n d o n C h ess C l a s s i c Lo n d o n E N G ECO " CS O " 1 - 0 2 0 1 1 . 1 2 . 05
1 . e4 eS 2 . Nf3 N c6 3 . Bc4 Nf6 4 . d 3 BcS S . c3 d 6 6 . B b3 a 6 7 . N bd 2 Ba 7 8 . N f1 h 6 9 . Ng3 0-0 10.0-0 Be6 1 1 . h 3 Qd 7 1 2 . Be3 N e7 1 3 . N h4 N g 6 14. N hf5 N e 7 1 5 . Nxe7+ Qxe7 1 6 . Bxa 7 Rxa 7 17 .f4 cS 18. Bc2 bS 19 . Qd 2 Rb7 2 0 . a 3 aS 2 1 . Rf2 b4 2 2 . axb4axb4 2 3 . Raf1 bxc3 24. bxc3 exf4 2 5 . Rxf4 N h 7 2 6 . d4 cxd4
2 7 . cxd4 QgS 2 8 . K h 2 Nf6 29 . Bd l Rfb8 3 0 . h 4 Qg6 3 1 . Rxf6 gxf6 3 2 . Qf4 R b 2 3 3 . B h 5 Qg7 34. Bf3 Ra8 3 5 . d 5 Bc8 3 6 . N h 5 Qf8 3 7 . N xf6+ Kh8 3 8 . Rcl Kg7
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38 . Kg7 N a ka m u ra 's e r ro r beca use ta ct i ca l the u n d e rest i m ate pote nti a l of h i s o p p o n e nt, w h i c h m a kes payi ng t h e p ri ce fo r h i s a u d a city. .
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dxe5 41 . Rc6 Be6 42. dxe6 Qb4 43. Rc4 Qb5 44. Nh5+ KfB 45. exf7 RdB 46. Qg6 Rxfl 4 7. Qxh 6+ KeB 48. 8c6+ Qxc6 49. Qxc6+ winning material] 40. N h 5+ Kh7 4 1 . Be4+ Kh8 h e re b l a ck res i g n 42.Qxe5+ f6 43 . Qxb2 w i n n i ng m ate r i a l .
GAME No.47 Ca r l s e n , M . 2 8 2 6 vs H ow e l l , D . 2 6 3 3 3 rd Lo n d o n C h ess C l a s s i c Lo n d o n E N G ECO " C6 5 " 1 - 0 20 1 1 . 1 2 . 03
1 . e4 eS 2 . Nf3 N c6 3 . B b 5 Nf6 4 . d 3 BcS S .c3 0-0 6. 0-0 Re8 7 . Bg5 h 6 8 . B h 4 Bf8 9 . N bd 2 d 6 1 0 . d4 exd4 1 1 . N xd4 B d 7 1 2 . Nxc6 bxc6 13 . Bd3 Be7 14.f4 Qb8 1 5 . Bxf6 Bxf6 16.e5 dxeS 1 7 . N e4 Qxb2 18 .f5 Red8 19 . Bc4 Be8 20 . Qh 5 Rd 6 2 1 . Ra b l Qc2 2 2 . Qg4 Kf8 2 3 . h 3 R a d 8 24. K h 2 Qa4 2 5 . R b4 Qa 3 2 6 . Rb7 R6d7
2 7 . Qf3 Qa4 2 8 . Qe2 Re7 2 9 . Nxf6 gxf6 3 0 . Qe3 Red 7 3 1 . Qc5+ R d 6 3 2 . Rxc7 Qc2
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33. Rc8 R8d 7 34. Be6 Ke7 35. Bxd 7 Bxd7 36. Rh8 [36. Qxa 7 more precise because eat the pawn and pinning th e bishop Rd2 3 7. Rg8 Kd6 38. Qb8+ Kd5 39. Qf8 Qxc3 40. Qxf7+ Kc5 41 . Qe 7+
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GAME No.48 Ca r l s e n , M a g n u s 2 8 3 7 vs W a n g, H a o 2 7 3 9 45th Bi el G M Biel SU I ECO " E3 2 " 1 - 0 2 0 1 2 .07 . 2 4
1. d4 Nf6 2 . c4 e6 3 . N c3 B b4 4 . Qc2 0-0 S . Nf3 b6 6. e4 cS 7 .eS N e8 8 . d 5 exd S 9 . cxd 5 d 6 10. Bg5 f6 1 1 . exf6 Nxf6 1 2 . 0-0-0 Bxc3 1 3 . bxc3 Bg4 14. Re 1 Bxf3 1 5 .gxf3 N bd 7 1 6 . B d 3 h 6 1 7 . Bf4 c4 1 8 . Bf5 N cS 19 . R hg 1 Kh8 2 0 . Rg6 Rf7 2 1 . Reg 1 Qf8 2 2 . Be3 Nxd S 23 . Bd4 Nf6 24.Qd 2 Re8 2 5 . Rxg7 Qxg7
2 6 . Rxg7 Kxg7 2 7 . Qf4 N d 3+ 28. Bxd3 cxd 3 29 . Kd 2 Kg6 30 . Kxd 3 Re6 3 1 . h4 Rfe7 3 2 . h S+ Kf7 3 3 . Qf5 ReS
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33 ... Re5 t h i s s i m p l e m ove m e nt, Ca r l s e n refutes without p ro b l e m 34. Qg6+ [34. Bxe5 not as accurate but main tains the advan tage Rxe5 35. Qxg6+ Ke6 36. Qxh 6] 34 ... Ke6 35.f4 RfS 36. Bxf6 Rxf6
37.f5+ KeS 38.f4+ ! Wi n n i ng t h e roo k Kd S 39.Qxf6 1-0
GAME No.49 VV a n g, H a o 2 7 3 9 vs Ca r l s e n , M a g n u s 2 8 3 7 45th Bi el G M Biel SU I ECO " E 1 5 " 0 - 1 20 1 2 . 07 . 3 0
l . d4 Nf6 2 .c4 e6 3 . Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba 6 S . b3 B b 7 6 . Bg2 B b4+ 7 . Bd 2 cS 8 . 00 0-0 9 . Bc3 N a 6 1 0 . a 3 Bxc3 1 1 . Nxc3 cxd4 1 2 . Nxd4 Bxg2 1 3 . Kxg2 N cS 14. Rc l Qc7 1 5 . b4 N b7 1 6 . N cb5 Qb8 1 7 . Qd 3 Rc8 1 8 . Rfd l h 6 19 .f3 a 6 20 . N c3 N d 6 2 1 . N b l N de8 2 2 . N d 2 Qb7 2 3 .c5 bxcS 24. bxc5 Qa 7 2 5 . N 2 b3 N d S 26 . c6 dxc6 2 7 . e4 N e7 2 8 . N c5 Nf6
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An s pecta cu l a r e n dga m e . Ca r l s e n d efi es t h e p ro posed d e l ive ry Wa ng H a o a n d a p pa re ntly g ift t h e kn ight w h i c h ca n not be ta ke n as d iscussed b e l ow
56 ... fxg4 i m p ress ive ca l cu l ate powe r, Ca r l s e n cou l d see ve ry fa r 57. Nxg4 N d 6 58. b6 Kc8 59 . N e3 Kb7 60. N d 5 KeG 0-1 H e re wh ite res ign 6 1 . b7 Nxb7 62. Nxe7+ Kb5 63 . Kc3 N d 6 64. N d 5 g5 65. Kb2 gxf4 with d e c i s ive a dva ntage . Sub - Varian t
5 7. . . Kxe4 a3 58. b6 a2 59. b 7 Kcl Kc6 61 . Nxc5+ Kxb l 60. Nd7 62. Nxb3 h5 63. Kd4 h4 winning.
GAME No.5 0 B o l oga n , V i kto r 2 73 2 vs Ca r l s e n , M a g n u s 2 8 3 7 45th Bi el G M Biel SU I ECO II 8 3 0 " 0 - 1 2 0 1 2 . 07 . 2 9
l . e4 cS 2 . Nf3 N c6 3 . B b 5 d6 4. 0-0 B d 7 S . Re l Nf6 6 . h 3 e6 7 . c3 dS 8 . d 3 a 6 9 . Ba4 b S 10 . Bc2 dxe4 1 1 .dxe4 eS 1 2 . a 4 Be7 1 3 . axb5 axbS 14. Rxa 8 Qxa 8 1 5 . Bg5 Be6 1 6 . N a 3 b4 17 . N b l 0-0 18. Ba4 h 6 19 . B h4 Rd8 2 0 . N bd 2 gS 2 1 . Bg3 N d7 2 2 . B b3 Nf8 2 3 . Qc2 f6 24. N c4 Qa 6 2 5 . Qe2 R b8 2 6 . N e3 Qxe2 2 7 . Bxe6+
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34. Bxe5 Bo l oga n ta cti ca l st ri ke t ryi ng co m p l i cate t h e ga m e to t ry to ta ke a dva ntage of t h e position, b ut Ca r l se n 's res po nse is eve n m o re co m p l i cate a n d as a resu lt l eavi ng h is o p p o n e nt in d a rkness .
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Nxb2 37 . N d 2 c4 38. Bg3 Nd3 39 .f4 N exf4 40. Bxf4 Ra l+ 0-1 w ith u nsto p pa b l e c h e ckmate
GAME No.51 Ca r l s e n , M 2843 vs A n a n d , V 2780
Sa o P a u l o I B i l ba o G ra n d S l a m Fi n a l ECO
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27 d 3 su bt l e ta ct i ca l e rro r t h a t Ca r l s e n ta ke a dva ntage to sco re 3 poi nts i n th is tou rn a m ent w h i ch l ea d i ng u nti l t h is m o m e nt t h e Ita l i a n G M Fa b i a n o Ca rua n a w h o p revi o u s ly d efeated Ca r l se n . ... . .
28. Re5 Kh8 [28 . . . Rd6 Lose with a nice combination tactic 29. Nh l Nxh l 30. Qxg6+ KhB 31 . Rh5 deciding th e game] 29. Rd l Qa 6 30.a4 H e re B l a ck res ign b ut t h e move m e nt Qc8 gives some res ista nce 30 . . . Qc8 3 1 . Rxd 3 Qg8 3 2 . Rd e 3 Rd8 3 3 . Nxe 6 Rd l+ 34. Kg2 Rd 2+ 3 5 . Kh 3 N d 7 3 6 . Qg5 Rc8 37 . Rd 5 Rxd S 3 8 . Qxd 5
Nf6 3 9 . Qe5 h 6 40 .f4 gS 4 1 .fxg5 hxgS 42 . Qxg5 Qh 7+ 43 . Qh4 Qxh4+ 44. Kxh4 Rg8 45 .g5 with d ec i s ive a dva ntage .
GAME No.52 Ca r l s e n , M . 2 843 vs Ca r u a n a
F . 2 773 Sa o P a u l o I B i l ba o G ra n d S l a m Fi n a l ECO " 840" 1 - 0 2 0 1 2 . 1 0 . 1 3
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Sa o P a u l o I B i l ba o G ra n d S l a m Fi n a l ECO " COO" 1 - 0 2 0 1 2 . 1 0 . 08
1 . e4 e6 2 . d 3 d S 3 . N d 2 N f6 4. N gf3 N c6 S . c3 B d 6 6 . Be2 0-0 7 . 0-0 a S 8 . Re 1 e S 9 .exd 5 N xd S 10. N c4 Re8 l l . Bfl Bg4 1 2 . h 3 B h S 1 3 .g3 N b6 14. Nxb6 cxb6 15 . Bg2 bS 1 6 . a 4 b4 1 7 . Be3 Bc7 1 8 . Qb3 h 6 19 . Qc4 bxc3 20. bxc3 e4 2 1 .dxe4 Bxf3 2 2 . Bxf3 N e S 2 3 . Qe2 N xf3+ 24.Qxf3 Qd 3 25 . Kg2 Qxe4 2 6 . Bd4 Qxf3+ 2 7 . Kxf3
b6 28. Ra b 1 Ra c8 29 . Re4 g6 30.g4 Kf8 3 1 . h4 Rxe4 3 2 . Kxe4 Re8+ 3 3 . Kd 3 Re6 34. Be3 Kg7 3 5 . R b5 Bd8 3 6 . h 5 Rd 6+ 3 7 . Kc4 Rc6+ 3 8 . Kd 5 Re6 3 9 . Bd4+ Kf8 40.f4 Bc7 4 1 .f5 Rd 6+ 42 . Ke4 Rc6
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46 ... Rd 6+ 47. Kc4 gxfS 48.gxf5 Bd8 49.f6 with t h is move co m p l etes h i s p l a n a n d l eve rages t h e tactica l a s pects of t h e ga m e to its h ig h est poss i b l e l eve l . 49 ... Bxf6 SO. Rxh 6 Be7 S l . Rxd 6 Bxd 6 52. Kb5 KeG 53. Bxb6 Kd7 54.c4 Kc8 SS. Bxa S Kb7 56. Bb4 Bf4 57.c5 Ka7 58.c6 Kb8 59.a5 Ka 7 60. a 6 Ka8 6 1 . Bc5 Bb8 62. Kc4 Bc7 63 . Kd 5 Bd8 64. Ke6 Bc7 65 . Kd 7 Ba S 66. Be7 1-
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GAME No.54 Ca r l s e n , M 2 843 vs Va l l ej o P o n s, F 2697
Sa o P a u l o I B i l ba o G ra n d S l a m Fi n a l ECO " C 1 5 " 1 - 0 20 1 2 . 1 0 .09
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37. Kfl Rf7 [3 7. . . Qe4 best defense 38. Qh 6 Rg l 39.fxg5 Qxc2 40. Kf2 f4 41. gxf4 Qe4 42. Rh4 Qd4+ 43. Kg3 Qe3+ 44. 8/3 Qel + 45. Kg4 Qgl + 46. Kf5 Rfl+ 4 7. Kg6 KgB 48. Qxh 7+ Rxh l 49. Bd5+ KfB 50. Rxh 7 Qd4 51 . Rf7+
KeB 52. Bxb 7 Qe3 53. Bc8 c3 54. Bf5 a6 55. Kg 7 Qc5 56. Bg6 KdB 5 7. e6 c2 58. Bxc2 Qc3+ 59. Kg8 Qxc2 60. Kf8 Qc5 61 . e 7+ Kcl 62. g6 Qe3 63. g 7 a5 64. g8Q winning]
38.Qh5 Qxg3 d u e to t i m e t rou b l e, fi n a l ly t h e b l a c k getti ng i nto a l ose r va ri a nt [38. . . Qe4 39. Rh2 Rg l 40. Qe8+ Rg8 41 . Qe 7 Rg l 42. Qf8+ Rg8 43. Qf6+ Rg l 44.fxg5 f4 45. gxf4 Kg8 with three passed pawns and th e game won] 39. Qxf7 Qxf4+ 40. Rg2 Qe4+ 4 1 . Bf3 Qxc2+ 42. Rg3 f4+ 1-0 h e re b l a ck res ig n .
GAME No.55 Ca r u a n a F 2 7 7 3 vs Ca r l s e n M 2 843
Sa o P a u l o I B i l ba o G ra n d S l a m Fi n a l ECO " C67 " 0 - 1 2 0 1 2 . 1 0 . 1 3
l . e4 eS 2 . Nf3 N c6 3 . B b 5 Nf6 4. 0-0 N xe4 S . d4 N d 6 6 . Bxc6 dxc6 7 . dxe 5 N fS 8 . Qxd8+ Kxd8 9 . N c3 N e7 10 . h3 h 6 1 1 . N e4 b6 1 2 . b3 B d 7 13 . B b2 Kc8 14. R a d l a S 1 5 . a 4 N d S 1 6 . Ng3 Rg8 17 . N d4 cS 18. N b5 N f4 19 . Rfe l Bc6 20 .f3 Kb7 2 1 . c4 Re8 2 2 . Kh 2
Be7 23 . Nf5 h S 24. h4 N e 6 25 . Nxe7 Rxe7 2 6 . Rd 2 gS 2 7 . hxg5 RxgS 28. Re3 Re8 29 . N c3 N d4 30. N e4 RgxeS 3 1 . Bxd4 cxd4 3 2 . Re d 3 Bxe4 3 3 .fxe4 Rxe4 34. Rf2 R8e7 3 5 . Rf5 h4 3 6 . c5 R7e5 3 7 . Rxe 5 Rxe S 3 8 . cxb6
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38.cxb6 Ca rua n a atte m pt to ca use the e rro r a n d eq u a l i ze 38 ... c5 Ca r l se n 's fo rcefu l m ove that l eaves freeze to Ca rua n a a n d o n t h e edge of d efeat [38. . . cxb6 39. Rxd4 Kxc6 40. Rxh4
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GAME No.56 Va l l ej o P o n s, F 2 6 9 7 vs Ca r l s e n , M 2843
Sa o P a u l o I B i l ba o G ra n d S l a m Fi n a l ECO II 807 " 0 - 1 2 0 1 2 .09 . 2 5
l . e4 d6 2 . d4 Nf6 3 . N c3 eS 4 . dxe5 dxeS S . Qxd8+ Kxd8 6 . Nf3 Bd6 7 . Bg5 Be6 8 . 0-0-0 N bd 7 9 . N b5 Ke7 10 . Nxd 6 cxd 6 l l . B bS R h d 8 1 2 . N d 2 h 6 13 . B h4 gS 14. Bg3 a 6 1 5 . Bxd 7 Rxd 7 1 6 .f3 Rc8 17 . Kb l N h S 18 . Nfl fS 19 . exf5 BxfS 20 . N e3
Bg6 2 1 . Rd 2 Ke6 2 2 . b3 bS 2 3 . Kb2 dS 24. R e 1 Nxg3 2 5 . hxg3 hS 2 6 . c3 d4 27 . cxd4 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 exd4 29 . N c2+ Kd S 30. N b4+ Kd 6 3 1 . Rc 1 Rxc l 3 2 . Kxc 1 h 4 3 3 .gxh4 gxh4 34. Nxa 6
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34. Nxa 6 Tryi ng to eq u a l i ze 34 ... Bd3 ! ! Ta ki ng t h e i n itiative i n atta ck [34 ... Ke5 Strong movemen t that Carlsen do not consider it 35. Kd2 Kf4 36. Kel Kg3 3 7. Kfl d3 38. Nc7 d2 39. Ke2 Bfl 40. cxb5 Kxg2 41 . Nd6 Bh5 42. Nf5 dl Q+ 43. Kxdl
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35. N b4 Bfl 3 6 . Kd 2 Bxg2 37. Ke2 Bh3 [3 7. . . h3 would be a tactical mistake because the game gets complicated with possible dra w 38. Kxf2 Bh l 39. Kg3 Bg2 40. Kf2 Ke6 41 . Nd3 Kf6 42. Nel Ke5 43. a4 bxa4 44. bxa4 equalize] 38.a4 BfS 39 .axb5 d3+ bea utifu l m ove m e nt 40. Ke3 h 3 4 1 . Nxd 3
Bxd3 42. Kd4 0-1 wi n n i ng pos it i o n .
GAME No.57 Ca r u a n a , F 2 773 vs Ca r l s e n , M 2843
Sa o P a u l o I B i l ba o G ra n d S l a m Fi n a l ECO " C 1 9 " 1 - 0 2 0 1 2 . 09 . 2 4
l . e4 e6 2 . d4 dS 3 . N c3 B b4 4.e5 cS S . a 3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 N e7 7 . Nf3 N bc6 8 . Bd3 Bd7 9 . 0-0 Qc7 lO . Re l N a S l l . NgS N g 6 1 2 . Re3 c4 1 3 . Be2 N c6 14. B h 5 N ce7 1 5 . Qg4 Ba4 1 6 . Ra 2 NfS 17 . Re l 0-0-0 18. Nf3 Kb8 19 . h4 Rdf8 20 . Qh 3 Nge7 2 1 . Qh 2 h 6 2 2 . Bg4 g S 2 3 . h 5 Ng7 24. N d 2 fS 25 . exf6 Qxh 2+ 2 6 . Kx h 2 Rxf6 2 7 . Bf3
R hf8 28. Nfl N efS 29 . Bg4 Be8 30. Bxf5 NxfS 3 1 . N e 3 Nxe3 3 2 . Bxe3 Bxh S 3 3 . Kg3 Bg6 34. Rb2 h S 3 5 .f3 g4 3 6 . Bg5 RfS 3 7 .f4 Re8 3 8 . Re2 Kc7 39 . R b l Rf7 40. R h l R h 7 4 1 . Kf2 Kb6 42 .g3 Ka S 43 . Ke3 BfS 44. Kd 2 Rc8 45 . B h4 Rd7 46 . R b l Rc6 Kxb6 47 . Ree l Rb6 48 . Rxb6 49 . R b l+ Kc7 SO. Kcl Rd 6 5 1 . Kb2 R b6+ 5 2 . Kc l Ra 6 5 3 . Kb2 Be4 54. Bg5 Kd 7 5 5 . B h4 Ke8 5 6 . Ka 2 b6 5 7 . Kb2 Kf7 58 . Re l bS 59 . R b l Kg6 60 . Re l Kf7 6 1 . Ra l Rb6 62 . R b l Kg6 63 . Kc l Ra 6 64. Kb2 KfS 65 . Re l R b 6 66. R b l a S 67 . Kc l Bg2 68 . Kd 2 Ke4 69 . Re l+ Kf3 70. Re2 b4 7 1 . axb4 axb4 7 2 . Re3+ Kf2 7 3 . Re2+ Kf3
74. Re3+ Kf2 7 5 . Re2+ Kg l 7 6 . Re l+ Kh2 7 7 . cxb4 Rxb4 78. Rxe 6 Be4 79 . Rxe4 dxe4 80.f5
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80 Kg2 ...
[BO. . . Rbl ! ! Carlsen 's winning movemen t that was not making by the time trouble/ we highly recommend you study this varian t. 81 . Ke3 {81 .f6 Kg2 82. Ke3 Rel + 83. Kf4 e3 84. Ke4 e2 85. Ke3 Rcl
86. Kxe2 Rxc2+ 87. Kd1 Ra2 88. d5 Ra5 89. d6 Ra l 90. Kd2 Rdl 91 . Kc3 Rxd6 92. Kxc4 Rxf6 93. Bxf6 Kxg3 94. Kd3 h4 95. Ke3 h3 96. Be5+ Kg2 97. Kf4 g3 98. Kg4 h2 99. Bxg3 h l Q cro wning) Bl . . . Rel + 82. Kd2 Rfl 83.f6 Kg2 84. Ke3 Rel + 85. Kf4 e3 86. Ke4 e2 87. Ke3 Rcl 88. Kxe2 Rxc2+ 89. Kd1 Ra2 90. Kc1 Kf3 91 .f7 RoB 92. Be 7 h4 93. Bxh4 Rf8 94. Kc2 Kc4 95. Kc3 Kd5 96. 8/6 Rxfl 97. Be5 With decisive advan tage . ] 8 1 . Ke3 Rb2 Sa d m ove m e nt t h a t does not h ave ti m e to stop t h e d pawn . [81 . . . Rb3+ It gives for a draw in a
very complicated endgame and with time trouble 82. Kxe4 Rc3 83. d5 Rxc2 84. d6 c3 85. Bg5 Re2+ 86. Kd5 Rf2 87. Ke6 Re2+ 88. Kd5 Rf2 89. Ke6 Re2+ With draw position.] 82 . d 5 Rc2 83 . d 6 c3 84.d7 Rd 2 85 .d8Q Rxd8 86. Bxd8 h4 87.gxh4 g3 88.f6 c2 89 . Kd 2 e3+ 90. Kxc2 e2 9 1 . Ba5 1-0 With t h e ga m e d e c i d e d to Ca ru a n a, b ut Ca r l se n m a n aged to g e n e rate a wi n n i ng edge beyo n d the assess m e nt of t h e e ng i n es t h at h ave l o ng m a rked t h e eq u a l pos itio n .
Fo r t h e c h ess Decod ed tea m is ve ry i m po rta nt you r co m me nts a n d o p i n i o n s . W h e n yo u fi n is h t h e book or w h e n yo u wi l l m a ke a pa use i n yo u r ta ct i ca l stu dy, Ki n d l e wi l l g ive yo u t h e o p po rtu n ity to vote t h e book a n d s h a re yo u r thoug hts o n Fa ce boo k a n d Twitte r. If yo u l i ked t h e book a n d t h i n k it i s wo rth s h a ri ng, it is o n ly ta kes a few seco n ds to l et you r fri e n ds a bout the book. And if you ca n l eave yo u r co m m e nts in A m a zon, the Ch ess Decod ed Tea m rea l ly wi l l a p p reci ate yo u r co m m e nts .
