Saturday, December 9, 2017

London Chess Classic 2017 – Round 7.

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




Standings after round 7
Games
Carlsen, Magnus2837Adams, 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+-
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