Tuesday, December 5, 2017

London Chess Classic 2017 - Round 4

First Victory in London Chess Classic 2017 belongs to Fabiano Caruana, all other  games, from all players are draws, till now. A game that I liked (ChessBase 14)
[Event "9th London Chess Classic 2017"] [Site "London"] [Date "2017.12.05"] [Round "4"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B48"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2799"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2017.12.05"] 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nc6 { [%emt 0:00:30]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 6. Be3 {[%emt 0: 00:30]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 7. Qf3 {[%emt 0:01:09] B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2} (7. a3 b5 8. Nxc6 Qxc6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O Nf6 11. Re1 Rc8 12. Qf3 Bd6 13. Bd4 Qc7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qh5 Be5 16. Nd1 Ke7 17. c3 Rcg8 18. Ne3 Rg5 19. Qh3 {0-1 (47) Carlsen,M (2837)-Ding,L (2774) Saint Louis 2017}) 7... Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 8. Qg3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 9. O-O-O {[%emt 0:03:31]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 10. f4 {[%emt 0:03:25]} Neg4 { [%emt 0:00:30]} 11. Bg1 {[%emt 0:01:06] LiveBook: 21 Games. Black must now prevent e5.} h5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 12. e5 {[%emt 0:12:51] aiming for h3.} b4 $1 { [%emt 0:00:30]} 13. Na4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 14. Nb3 {[%emt 0: 06:13]} (14. Be2 $142) 14... Bb7 $1 $11 {[%emt 0:00:34] [#]} 15. Nac5 $146 { [%emt 0:09:55]} Bc6 $1 {[%emt 0:04:52]} 16. Ne4 {[%emt 0:06:45]} f5 {[%emt 0: 19:44]} 17. h3 {[%emt 0:26:00]} (17. exf6 $1 $11 {remains equal.} gxf6 18. h3 Nxf4 19. Qe1) 17... h4 $1 $17 {[%emt 0:07:58]} 18. Qe1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} fxe4 { [%emt 0:00:30]} 19. hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nxf4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 20. Rxh4 { [%emt 0:02:58]} Rxh4 {[%emt 0:06:53]} 21. Qxh4 {[%emt 0:00:30] And now Qg5 would win.} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:30] ...e3 is the strong threat.} 22. Bd4 {[%emt 0: 00:37]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 23. Qh3 {[%emt 0:00:30] [#]} Qg5+ $1 {[%emt 0:03: 12]} 24. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:17:00]} 25. Bg1 {[%emt 0:11:34]} ( 25. Nd2 $15) 25... Be7 {[%emt 0:03:45]} 26. g3 {[%emt 0:06:26]} (26. Be3 $17 Qh4 27. Qxh4 Nxh4 28. Nc5) 26... Ne5 $19 {[%emt 0:05:50]} 27. Be2 {[%emt 0:01: 43] [#]} Nf3 $1 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 28. Bxf3 {[%emt 0:02:40]} (28. Bb6 {is a better defense.}) 28... exf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 29. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kf7 { [%emt 0:08:29]} 30. Nc1 {[%emt 0:00:58]} d6 {[%emt 0:12:33]} 31. Nd3 {[%emt 0: 01:13]} e5 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 32. Bf2 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Be6 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 33. Nxb4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} ({Don't do} 33... Bxg4 34. Qf1 $19) 34. Qh1 {[%emt 0:07:28]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:04:29] Strongly threatening ...a5.} ({ Don't take} 34... Qxg4 35. Nc6 $19) ({Much less strong is} 34... Bxg4 35. Qe1 $17) 35. Nxa6 $2 {[%emt 0:01:27]} (35. c3) 35... Qa5 {[%emt 0:04:25] Black is clearly winning.} 36. Qh5+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qxh5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 37. gxh5 { [%emt 0:00:30]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 38. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:01: 15]} 39. Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 40. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bxe3 {[%emt 1:01:04]} 41. Bxe3 {[%emt 1:00:30]} Re5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 42. g4 { [%emt 0:00:00] [#]} Rg5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:00] Precision: White = 33%, Black = 87%. } 0-1


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