Sunday, July 22, 2018

Magnus Carlsen X David Navara - ACCENTUS Biel GMT 2018

A game that I liked (ChessBase 14)
[Event "ACCENTUS Biel GMT 2018"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "2018.07.22"] [Round "1"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Navara, David"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2842"] [BlackElo "2741"] [Annotator ""] [PlyCount "127"] [EventDate "2018.07.22"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [SourceTitle ""] [Source ""] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} 10. dxc5 Nd7 11. O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nxc5 {The position is equal.} 12. Nb5 a6 13. Nbd4 {[#]} b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Ba5 14. a3 Bb6 15. b4 Ne4 16. Qd3 Ng5 17. Nxg5 hxg5 {1-0 (36) Salem,A (2638)-Peralta,F (2556) Sitges 2017}) 14. Be2 e5 15. Nc2 (15. a3 {is more complex.} exd4 16. Nxd4 Ne6 17. axb4 Rd8 18. Bf3) 15... Rd8 16. Nxb4 Rxd1 17. Rfxd1 a5 18. Nd5 Qd6 19. Nxe5 Bb7 20. Bf3 Rc8 21. Ng4 Qf8 22. h4 Nd7 {With the idea ...Rxc1.} 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. a3 h5 25. Nh2 g6 26. Be2 Ne5 27. Bxb5 Bb7 28. Nc3 Qe7 29. Rd4 Qe6 30. Nf1 Qb3 31. Rd2 Nc4 32. Rd7 {Bxc4 is the strong threat.} Nxb2 33. Rxb7 Qxc3 34. Be8 Kf8 35. Bxf7 Qc6 36. Rxb2 Kxf7 $11 {Endgame KQ-KRN} 37. Rd2 $1 Qa4 38. Rd3 Qxh4 39. Rd7+ Kg8 40. Rd4 $1 Qe7 41. a4 Qa3 42. g3 Qa1 43. Kg2 g5 44. Nd2 g4 45. Ne4 Qc1 46. Nf6+ Kf7 47. Nxh5 Qc6+ 48. Kg1 {Threatens to win with Rf4+.} Qc1+ 49. Kh2 Kg6 $1 50. Nf4+ Kf6 51. Ng2 Kg5 52. Rf4 Qd1 53. Nh4 {Hoping for Rf5+.} Qc2 54. Nf5 Qd3 55. e4 Qd7 $2 {[#]} (55... Qd1 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 56. e5 $1 $18 Qh7+ 57. Kg1 {aiming for e6.} Qg6 {[#]} 58. Nd6 $1 Qe6 $2 (58... Qb1+ 59. Kh2 Qc1) 59. Rf5+ Qxf5 60. Nxf5 Kxf5 61. f4 {Kg2 would kill now.} gxf3 62. Kf2 Kxe5 63. Kxf3 Kf5 64. Ke3 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 65%.} 1-0