Sunday, July 22, 2018

Magnus Carlsen X David Navara - ACCENTUS Biel GMT 2018

A game that I liked (ChessBase 14)
Carlsen, Magnus2842Navara, David27411–0D30ACCENTUS Biel GMT 20181Biel22.07.2018
1.d4 f6 2.f3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.g5 b4+ 5.c3 h6 6.xf6 xf6 7.e3 0-0 8.c1 dxc4 9.xc4 c5 D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4) 10.dxc5 d7 11.0-0 LiveBook: 3 Games xc5 The position is equal. 12.b5 a6 13.bd4
b5N Predecessor: 13...a5 14.a3 b6 15.b4 e4 16.d3 g5 17.xg5 hxg5 1-0 (36) Salem,A (2638)-Peralta,F (2556) Sitges 2017 14.e2 e5 15.c2 15.a3 is more complex. exd4 16.xd4 e6 17.axb4 d8 18.f3 15...d8 16.xb4 xd1 17.fxd1 a5 18.d5 d6 19.xe5 b7 20.f3 c8 21.g4 f8 22.h4 d7 With the idea ...Rxc1. 23.xc8 xc8 24.a3 h5 25.h2 g6 26.e2 e5 27.xb5 b7 28.c3 e7 29.d4 e6 30.f1 b3 31.d2 c4 32.d7 Bxc4 is the strong threat. xb2 33.xb7 xc3 34.e8 f8 35.xf7 c6 36.xb2 xf7= Endgame KQ-KRN 37.d2! a4 38.d3 xh4 39.d7+ g8 40.d4! e7 41.a4 a3 42.g3 a1 43.g2 g5 44.d2 g4 45.e4 c1 46.f6+ f7 47.xh5 c6+ 48.g1 Threatens to win with Rf4+. c1+ 49.h2 g6! 50.f4+ f6 51.g2 g5 52.f4 d1 53.h4 Hoping for Rf5+. c2 54.f5 d3 55.e4 d7?
55...d1!= and Black has nothing to worry. 56.e5!+- h7+ 57.g1 aiming for e6. g6
58.d6! e6? 58...b1+ 59.h2 c1 59.f5+ xf5 60.xf5 xf5 61.f4 Kg2 would kill now. gxf3 62.f2 xe5 63.xf3 f5 64.e3 Precision: White = 75%, Black = 65%.
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