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White to Play - Mate in 4

Akiba Rubinstein X Oldrich Duras - Vienna 1908

This game ilustrates two things:
(a) Rubinstein´s brilliant combination, early in the game, envolving a Queen sacrifice, to win a Pawn. (b) His skillful play thereafter to exploit his advantage. The subsequent strategy of winning with
an extra Pawn may be summed up as follows: 
(1) Rubinstein simplifies the position by exchanging as many pieces as possible.
(2) He returns the extra Pawn on one wing to create a passed Pawn on the other.
(3) He rushes the passed Pawn to the Queening square.

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Rubinstein, Akiba–Duras, Oldrich1–0D04Vienna10Vienna1908

1.d4 d5 2.f3 c5 3.e3 f6 4.dxc5 a5+ 5.bd2 xc5 6.a3 LiveBook: 3 Games c7 7.c4 dxc4?! This move not only surrenders the center, but help White develop his pieces. Better was 7... e6. 8.xc4 White has an edge. g4 "Knights before Bishops!", advised Lasker, way back in 1895. So, 8... Nc6 was better. 9.b4 c6 10.b2 b5 An attempt to force the Knight to retreat, but Rubinstein has other plans for the piece. Its next move initiates a spectacular combination. 10...a6 11.ce5! White is in control. xe5 12.xe5! Resist 12.xe5?! b7± 12...xd1 13.xb5+ d7 Not 13...d8? 14.xd1+ d6 15.xf7+ c8 16.xd6+- 14.xd7+

xd7! 15.xd7 h5 16.e5 c8 17.g4 g6 18.xg6 The two Bishops might enable Black to put up a good deal of resistence, so Rubinstein decides to remove one of them. hxg6 19.d4 a6 20.d2 The King moves toward the center, to take an active part in the endgame. f6 Preparing 21... e5 21.ac1! White establishes control of the open file. xc1 22.xc1! Endgame The Rook must atack in the endgame, not stay inert at h1 protecting a Pawn. . KRB-KRB e5 23.c5 xh2 24.xf8 xf8 KR-KR 25.e2 e4 26.c6 g2 27.xa6 xg4 Material is even, but Rubinstein has a great positional advantage with his two connected passed Pawns. 28.a7 Almost instinctively the Rook hastens to seize control of the seventh rank. . And now b5 would win. g1 29.b5! b1 30.a4 g5? 30...b2+± is a better defense. 31.d1 g8 31.b7+- Strongly threatening a5. a1

32.b6! Rubintein doesn´t waste time saving both Pawns. . White is clearly winning. xa4 33.a7 b4 34.b7 With the threat of winning by 35.Ra8+ followed by Queening the Pawn. g4 34...b2+ 35.e1 g6 36.a8+ e7 35.a8+ f7 36.b8 xb8 37.xb8 e6 38.e8+ f5 39.f1 Precision: White = 80%, Black = 20%. 1–0

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White to Play - Mate in 2

White to Play - Find the Best Move

Isaak Boleslavsky X Georgy Lisitsin - Leningrad 1956

A good grip on the center almost always guarantees the succes of the King-side attack. Boleslavsky´s plan was to anchor his Knight on d5 square so firmly that it can never be driven away. Once his Knight reaches the magic square d5, combinations appear out of the air as a reward, allowing the King-side attack.

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Boleslavsky, Isaak–Lisitsin, Georgy1–0B76URS-ch23Leningrad1956

Knight´s Outpost at d5 A good grip on the center almost always guarantees the succes of the King-side attack. Boleslavsky´s plan was to anchor his Knight on d5 square so firmly that it can never be driven away. Once his Knight reaches the magic square d5, combinations appear out of the air as a reward, allowing the King-side attack. 1.e4 c5 2.f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.xd4 f6 5.c3 g6 6.e3 g7 7.f3 This move does many things: (a) it stregthens the center; (b) it prevents an attack on e3 Bishop (and its exchange) by 7... Ng4; (c) it prepares for a later Pawn storm by g4 and h4. 0-0 8.d2 c6 9.0-0-0 xd4 10.xd4 a5 11.b1 Threatens 12.Nd5 e5 12.e3 e6 13.a3 LiveBook: 3 Games fd8 Prepares for an eventual d5, which would free his game. 14.b5 This powerful move interferes with Black´s plan. . White is slightly better. a4

At this point Boleslavsky had two objectis in mind: (1) prevent Black from freeing himself by ...d5; (2) Establish his Knight firmly at the outpost station d5, but to bring this about it is necessary to rid the board of the two black pieces that guard the square d5: the e6 Bishop and the f6 Knight. 14...xd2 15.xd2 d5 15.c4! A brilliant sacrifice that must be accepted. Refusing the Pawn means that Black could never free himself by ... d5. It would also enable White to play 16.Nc3 (attacking the Queen) and thus gain time for 17.Nd5, establishing a strongly-supported outpost. Stronger than 15.xd6 a6 Better is 15.c7!+- And now Bb5 would win. c6 16.xa8 15...xc4= 16.c3 b3 17.xc4 xc4 One black piece has been disposed of. Now to get rid of the other. 18.g5 White pins the Knight to keep it from running away. e6 19.xf6 xf6 20.d5 Now we shall see whether Boleslavsky´s imaginative strategy is justified. The Knight now dominates the board and cannot be driven off, but was that worth a Pawn? h4! Black tries to prevent the advance of the adverse King-side Pawns. He intends to meet 21.g3 with 21... Qh6, while the reply to 21.h3 would be 21... Bh6, followed by 22... Bf4. 21.e2 f8 22.f1! A subtle preperatory move. ac8 23.g3 The Pawns begin their advance to break up Black´s King-side. g5 24.h4 White has strong initiative. h6 25.g4 Now White intends 26.g5. aiming for g5. g5 25...g7± keeps fighting. 26.hxg5+- xg5 27.h5 g6 28.g5! The threat is 29.Nf6+ followed by 30.Rxh7+ h6?

28...h8 is more resistant. 29.f6 c7 29.xh6! xg5

29...xh6 30.e7+ 30.h5! Precision: White = 54%, Black = 22%. 1–0

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White to Move - Checkmate in 4!

Jose Raul Capablanca X SavielyTartakower - New York 1924

In this game Capablanca provides us with a magic formula for conducting Rook and Pawn endings: seize the seventh rank with your Rook, and advance your King to the sixth. Once there, his King and Rook keep the adverse King busy warding off threats of mate, and leave him no time to defend his Pawns.

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Capablanca, Jose Raul–Tartakower, Saviely1–0A85New York6New York1924

1.d4 e6 2.f3 f5 3.c4 f6 4.g5 e7 5.c3 0-0 6.e3 b6 7.d3 b7 8.0-0 LiveBook: 5 Games e8 Customary strategy in the Dutch Defence: Black intends to attack on the King side by 9... Qh5 and 10... Ng4. 9.e2! e4 Tartakover changed his mind 10.xe7 xc3 The position is equal. 11.bxc3 xe7 Now Black could play an unwelcome intrusion move 12... Qa3, but after 12.a4! it is not possible anymore. xf3 13.xf3 c6 14.fb1 ae8 15.h3 After this move Black cannot free himself by 15... e5; 16. Bxf5. White prepares 16.f4, which will assure him the control over e5 square. f6 16.f4! Now the Queen could move back. a5 17.f3 dominating the long diagonal. d6 18.e1 to support a break by 19.e4. d7 19.e4! White opens the position to give his pieces more scope. fxe4 20.xe4 g6 21.g3 White prepares an attack on the King-side by h4 and h5, but with g3 he stabilizes the position. f8 22.g2 f7 23.h4 23.c5 seems wilder. dxc5 24.dxc5 d5 25.cxb6 axb6 26.ad1 23...d5 23...c5 with more complications. 24.dxc5 bxc5 25.ab1 e5 26.fxe5 xe5 27.a8+ g7 24.cxd5 exd5 25.xe8+ xe8 26.xe8+ xe8 Endgame KRB-KRN 27.h5 f6 28.hxg6 hxg6 29.h1 f8 30.h7 c6 31.g4 c4 Black activates his Knight. 32.g5 e3+ 33.f3 f5 34.xf5 gxf5± KR-KR 35.g3! With his Rook at the 7th rank and the g passed Pawn, Capablanca decides to send his King to the f6 square. He must have planned this many moves before. xc3+ 36.h4! f3?

36...a6± was worth a try. 37.g6!+- xf4+ 38.g5 e4

39.f6! Now the King support his Pawn and thretens with mate. White desdained capturing Black´s Pawn, which now acts as protection against check by Black´s Rook. g8 40.g7+ h8 Threatening ...Re6+! 41.xc7 White threatens Rc8+ and mate. e8 42.xf5 e4? 42...a6 43.b7 b5 44.axb5 axb5 45.xb5 f8+ 46.g5 d8 43.f6 White wants to mate with Rc8+. f4+ 44.e5 g4

45.g7+! White is clearly winning. g8 45...xg7 46.xg7 46.xa7 g1 47.xd5 c1 48.d6 c2 49.d5 c1 50.c7 a1 51.c6 Strongly threatening d6. xa4 52.d6 Precision: White = 61%, Black = 35%. 1–0

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Murder!

White to Move - Mate in 3

Fabiano Caruana has won the London Chess Classic 2107

Fabiano Caruana has won the London Chess Classic after beating Ian Nepomniachtchi in a playoff.

Magnus Carlsen win the 2017 Grand Chess Tour!

London Chess Classic 2017 - Round 9

Caruana, Carlsen, Wesley So win their games.
All other games are draws.

Caruana and Nepomiachtch Leads

Caruana, Fabiano-Adams, MichaelAronian, Levon-Carlsen, MagnusAnand, Viswanathan-So, WesleyKarjakin, Sergey-Nakamura, HikaruNepomniachtchi, Ian-Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime

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Caruana, Fabiano2799–Adams, Michael27151–0A299th London Chess Classic 20179London11.12.2017ChessBase

1.c4 f6 2.c3 e5 3.f3 c6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 xd5 6.g2 c5 A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3 6...b6 7.0-0 e7 8.a3 0-0 9.b4 e6 10.b1 f6 11.b5 d4 12.e3 xf3+ 13.xf3 b8 14.d4 exd4 15.exd4 e8 16.e1 f7 17.a4 f8 18.xe8 xe8 1/2-1/2 (27) Nepomniachtchi,I (2751)-Karjakin,S (2783) chess.com INT 2017 7.0-0 LiveBook: 10 Games 0-0 8.d3 e8 9.g5 f6N Predecessor: 9...xc3 10.bxc3 e7 11.e4 e6 12.e3 f5 13.c5 xc5 14.xc5 d5 1-0 (47) Von Wantoch Rekowski,D (2242)-Lochte,T (2170) Munich 2007 10.b3 e7 11.d5 xd5 12.xd5 d8 13.c4 d4 14.g2 h6 15.f3 c6 16.e3 xe3 17.fxe3 e4 18.dxe4 a5 19.a3 a6 20.ac1 b6 21.c2 e6 22.c3 b3 23.d2 d8 24.c1 a4 25.c5 d7 26.h3 d8 27.g4 g6 28.h1 g7 29.e5 d5 30.g1 e6 31.f2 e7 32.g1 d5 33.c4 a5 34.c2 d5 35.d4 xd4! 36.exd4 g3 37.f3 xf3 38.exf3 c6 39.h2 xg2+ 40.xg2 d5 41.c4 c5 42.xc5 xd4 43.c3 d8 43...d3 44.xd3 xc5 44.c8 b6 45.e8 g5 46.e7 g8 47.e6! fxe6 48.c2 f8 49.h7 c6

50.xc6 50.h8+! e7 51.h7+ d6 52.d8+ 52.xh6 c2+ 53.g3 d2= 52...c5 53.c2+ c4 54.d3 50...bxc6 51.xh6 f7 52.g3 d2 53.h7+ f6 54.b7 e5 55.h4 gxh4+ 56.xh4 f4 57.f7+ e3

58.g3! d1? 58...xb2± was called for. 59.e7 c5 59.g5 g1+ 60.h4 g2 61.f6 e5 62.g6 xb2 63.g5 g2+ 64.h6 h2+ 65.g7 c5 66.f7 c4 67.g7 h7 68.a6+- 68.f8 xg7 69.xg7 e4 70.fxe4 xe4 71.a6 c3 72.xa4+ d3 73.a7 1–0

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London Chess Classic 2017 - Round 8

Ian Nepomiachtchi beats Magnus Carlsen and now leads the Tournament with Caruana.
All other games are draws. Standings after 9 Rounds

Carlsen, Magnus-Nepomniachtchi, IanNakamura, Hikaru-Caruana, FabianoAdams, Michael-Aronian, LevonVachier-Lagrave, Maxime-Anand, ViswanathanSo, Wesley-Karjakin, Sergey

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Carlsen, Magnus2837–Nepomniachtchi, Ian27290–1A049th London Chess Classic 20178London10.12.2017ChessBase

1.f3 c5 2.c3 d5 3.d4 cxd4 4.cxd4 c6 5.c3 f6 6.f4 h5 7.d2 D13: Slav Defence: Exchange variation without ...Bf5 f6 8.e3 e6 9.d3 The position is equal. d6 10.e4 dxe4 11.xe4 e7 12.0-0 0-0 13.c2 h6 14.ad1 d7 15.a3 c8

16.c3N Predecessor: 16.b1 b6 17.b4 xe4 18.xe4 f6 19.e3 c7 1/2-1/2 (49) Safarli,E (2620)-Mammadov,Z (2442) Baku 2012 16...a6 17.c1 e8 18.fe1 f8 19.f4 b5 20.d2 b4 21.axb4 xb4 22.e5 xd3 23.xd3 a5 24.f3 b4

24...e7= 25.e3 25.xh6!± xc3 25...gxh6 26.e4 26.xg7 xg7 27.bxc3 25...xc3 26.bxc3 a4 27.a1 c2! 28.h3 f5 29.g4 h7 29...g6= remains equal. 30.c4 d7 31.c6 31.c5! 31...f6!= Hoping for ...g5. 32.xa5 b6 33.c5 xc5! 34.dxc5 xa1+ 35.h2 xa5 36.c6? White must play 36.cxb6 xb6 37.c3 36...a4-+ Black has a decisive advantage. 37.xa4 xa4 38.c6 If only White now had time for Rb3.... b6 39.c7 f6 ...e5 is the strong threat. 40.b3

c8! Precision: White = 48%, Black = 80%. 0–1

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London Chess Classic 2017 – Round 7.

Magnus carlsen,  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and  Ian Nepomniachtchi win their games.




Standings after round 7

Carlsen, Magnus-Adams, MichaelKarjakin, Sergey-Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeAronian, Levon-Nakamura, HikaruNepomniachtchi, Ian-Anand, ViswanathanCaruana, Fabiano-So, Wesley

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Carlsen, Magnus2837–Adams, Michael27151–0A039th London Chess Classic 20177London09.12.2017ChessBase

1.f4 d5 2.f3 f6 3.g3 g6 4.g2 g7 5.0-0 0-0 6.d3 c5 7.c3 c6 8.a3 e8 LiveBook: 4 Games A03: Bird's Opening with 1...d5 8...g4 9.c2 d4 10.e4 c8 11.h3 xf3 12.xf3 dxc3 13.bxc3 d4 14.cxd4 xd4+ 15.g2 xa1 16.e3 1-0 (33) Kamsky,G (2676)-Antipov,M (2582) Bastia 2017 9.h4 b6 10.e4 dxe4 11.a4N Predecessor: 11.dxe4 xd1 12.xd1 e5 13.b5 g4 14.d6 ac8 15.fxe5 d7 16.d5 0-1 (59) Van Dooren,D (2335)-Abbasov,F (2519) Cappelle-la-Grande 2008 11...xd3 12.xc6 12.d1!= was the only way to keep the balance. e2 13.d2 e3+ 14.f2 e1+ 15.f1 12...d7 13.c7!

g4 13...ec8! 14.e5 c6 15.xe7 e8 14.e1

d4+ 14...ac8! 15.xa7 d4+ 16.cxd4 xd4+ 17.e3 17.h1 leads to mate. f2+ 18.g1 h3+ 19.h1 g1+ 20.xg1 f2# 17...xe3 15.cxd4 xd4+ 16.e3! 16.h1 leads to mate. f2+ 17.g1 h3+ 18.h1

g1+! 19.xg1 f2# 16...xe3 17.e5! f5

17...c6= 18.h3? 18.f3!± is necessary to keep the advantage. exf3 19.xf3 xe5 20.fxe5 18...c2+ 19.xd4 xd4 20.xe4 fxe4 21.xd7 ed8 22.a4

e5! 23.e1 exf4 24.gxf4 a6 25.d1 b5 26.b1

f5 Black should try 26...e3! 27.f3 27.xe3 f5 27...a7 28.xe3 xf3+ 29.xf3 d1+ 30.e1 xe1+ 31.xe1 d7 27.xf5 gxf5 28.f2 f7 29.e2 d6 30.h4 c4 31.a4 c8 32.axb5 axb5 33.a3 d5 34.c1 dc5 35.c2 a8 36.e3 ac8 37.h5 e6 38.h6 f6 39.a1 b4 40.a6+ e7 41.a7+ f6 42.e1 b3 43.b7 e6 44.b6+ 44.b4 44...e7 45.b4 8c6 46.xc4 xh6 47.xb3 d8 48.b8+ c7 49.f8 h3 50.d5+ b7 51.f7+ b8? 51...c6 52.f6+ b7 52.b3 h2?

52...c6 53.xf5 g6 54.f8+ a7 55.f7+ b8 53.b4! c8

54.a6! c6

55.f8+! Not 55.xf5 g6± 55...b7 56.d5 xa6 57.xc6 b6 58.d7+- 1–0

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Magnus Carlsen New Look

London Chess Classic 2017 - Round 6

Ian Nepomniachtchi beats Michael Adams in London Chess Classic - Round 6. All other games are draws. Caruana Leads.

Nakamura, Hikaru-Carlsen, MagnusAdams, Michael-Nepomniachtchi, IanSo, Wesley-Aronian, LevonVachier-Lagrave, Maxime-Caruana, FabianoAnand, Viswanathan-Karjakin, Sergey

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Nakamura, Hikaru2781–Carlsen, Magnus2837½–½C459th London Chess Classic 20176London08.12.2017ChessBase

1.e4 e5 2.f3 c6 3.d4 exd4 4.xd4 f6 5.xc6 bxc6 6.e5 e7 7.e2 d5 8.h4 b7 C45: Scotch Game 8...a5 9.c4 a6 10.d2 b4 11.f3 c5 12.b3 b7 13.b2 a4 14.a3 c6 15.e3 axb3 16.d3 0-1 (28) Morozevich,A (2676)-Jakovenko,D (2710) Sochi 2017 9.c4 LiveBook: 3 Partien b6 10.h3N Predecessor: 10.c3 e6 11.d2 0-0-0 12.0-0-0 a6 13.g5 e8 14.d2 xc4 15.xc4 xc4 16.e3 0-1 (60) Francisco,R (2273)-Agrest,I (2273) chess.com INT 2017 10...e6 11.f4 0-0-0 12.a4 d5 13.a5 xc4 14.b3 b4+ 15.f2! xa5 16.d2! c5 17.xa5 xa5 18.xa5 f5 19.c3 19.e3 19...xf4+ 20.g1 he8 21.b5 a6 22.f3 xe5 23.xe5 xe5 24.xc7 ee8 24...f6 25.xd8 xd8 25.xd8 xd8 26.a3 d7 27.d3 d8 28.xh7 g6 29.h5 gxh5 30.f6 e7 31.b6 c7 32.c2 a5 33.e3 c4 33...c6! 34.c2 c6 35.bxc4 dxc4 36.a6 Keinesfalls 36.xc4?! xg2 37.e3 c3 36...a4 37.xa4 e4 38.a5 e6 39.xh5 c3 40.b3+ d6

41.c2! xc2 42.xc2 e6 43.f2 f5 44.h3 e5 45.d3 f4 46.d4+ g5 47.f3 c8 48.a4 c7 49.a8 f6 50.a6+ g5 51.d4 c4 Lieber nicht 51...c2 52.e6+ f6 53.xc7+ f7 54.c6 e7 55.f4 d7 56.xc2 52.e6+ f6 53.f4+ e5 54.d3+ d5 55.a2 55.a5+ d4 56.e2 55...d4 56.c1 White should play 56.e2+- 56...c2 57.a5 c3+ 58.f4 c8

59.xf5? Better is 59.a3!+- 59...e8! 60.f7 e1 61.d7+ c3 62.c7+ d2 63.b3+ d3 64.c5+ d4 65.b3+ d3 66.c5+ d4 67.b3+ d3 68.g4 f1+ 69.g5 b1 70.c5+= e3 71.b3 d3 72.c5+ e3 73.b3 ½–½

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London Chess Classic 2017 - Round 5

Fabiano Caruana wins again, this time he beats  Viswanathan Anand. All other games are draw.
Caruana leads London Chess Classic 2017.

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Caruana, Fabiano2799–Anand, Viswanathan27821–0C659th London Chess Classic 20175London06.12.2017ChessBase

1.e4 e5 2.f3 c6 3.b5 f6 4.d3 c5 5.c3 0-0 6.xc6 C48: Four Knights: 4 Bb5, replies other than 4...Bb4 dxc6 7.h3 d7 8.e3 d6 LiveBook: 4 Games 9.e2 e8N Predecessor: 9...c5 10.g3 b8 11.f5 c6 12.g4 e6 13.g5 a5 1/2-1/2 (41) So,W (2788)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) Saint Louis 2017 10.g4 c5 11.g3 e6 12.f5 c5 13.h4 a5 14.h5 a6 15.d2 d4 16.h3 f8 17.0-0-0 e6 18.b1 f6 19.c3 xf3 20.xf3 c4 20...h6! 21.c2 cxd3 22.xd3 c8 23.g5 fxg5 24.xg5 f7 25.h6 gxh6 26.c1 e6 27.b3

a4! 28.c4 28.bxa4 ea8 28...axb3 29.axb3 c6 White must now prevent ...Rea8. 30.g3+ h8 Black is not keeping still 31.d1 b5 32.c5 b4 33.b2 Hoping for Rd8! g6?

33...xc5? 34.d8!+- 33...xc5 34.xc5 xc5 34.d5!+- 34.f4 xc5 35.c4 35.xe5+? xe5 36.d8+ e8 35.fxe5 f8± 35...f8 34...b5 34...xf5 35.xe5 xe5 36.xe5+ g7 37.xg7+- 35.g1 Reject 35.xe5?! f1+ 36.c1 xc1+ 37.xc1 xe5= 35...c6? 35...g8 36.d2 36.xe5 xe5 37.xe5 xc5± 36.xe5 c6 36...ae6 36.xe5 xe5 37.xe5+ g8 38.d4? 38.b2 38...f7? 38...a7 39.d6 a6 39.h4 Precision: White = 62%, Black = 50%. 1–0

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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.

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Karjakin, Sergey2760–Caruana, Fabiano27990–1B489th London Chess Classic 20174London05.12.2017ChessBase

1.e4 c5 2.f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.xd4 c6 5.c3 c7 6.e3 a6 7.f3 B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2 7.a3 b5 8.xc6 xc6 9.d3 b7 10.0-0 f6 11.e1 c8 12.f3 d6 13.d4 c7 14.xf6 gxf6 15.h5 e5 16.d1 e7 17.c3 cg8 18.e3 g5 19.h3 0-1 (47) Carlsen,M (2837)-Ding,L (2774) Saint Louis 2017 7...e5 8.g3 b5 9.0-0-0 f6 10.f4 eg4 11.g1 LiveBook: 21 Games. Black must now prevent e5. h5 12.e5 aiming for h3. b4! 13.a4 d5 14.b3 14.e2 14...b7!=

15.ac5N c6! 16.e4 f5 17.h3 17.exf6!= remains equal. gxf6 18.h3 xf4 19.e1 17...h4! 18.e1 fxe4 19.hxg4 xf4 20.xh4 xh4 21.xh4 And now Qg5 would win. xe5 ...e3 is the strong threat. 22.d4 g6 23.h3

g5+! 24.b1 d5 25.g1 25.d2 25...e7 26.g3 26.e3 h4 27.xh4 xh4 28.c5 26...e5-+ 27.e2

f3! 28.xf3 28.b6 is a better defense. 28...exf3 29.d4 f7 30.c1 d6 31.d3 e5 32.f2 e6 33.xb4 e4 Don't do 33...xg4 34.f1-+ 34.h1 c8 Strongly threatening ...a5. Don't take 34...xg4 35.c6-+ Much less strong is 34...xg4 35.e1 35.xa6? 35.c3 35...a5 Black is clearly winning. 36.h5+ xh5 37.gxh5 g5 38.e1 c4 39.b4 e8 40.e3 xe3 41.xe3 e5 42.g4

g5! Precision: White = 33%, Black = 87%. 0–1

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White to play - Mate in 7

London Chess Classic - Round 3

Magnus Carlsen X Viswanathan Anand

Ian Nepomniachtchi X Fabiano Caruana

White to Move and Win

London Chess Classic 2017 - Round 1