Mundial de Xadrez 2016

The eleventh game of the World Chess Championship in New York was drawn leaving the match tied at 5.5-5.5 with just Monday’s game to go. If that game is also drawn the match will finish on Wednesday with a rapid and possibly blitz tie-break match.

Carlsen replied to Karjakin’s Ruy Lopez with the classical 3…a6 instead of the Berlin. 16.f5 was a novelty from Karjakin but it was Carlsen who took the initiative after 18.h3 with the sequence 18…c3 19.bxc3 d5! Karjakin thought for 25 minutes before playing 20.Bg5. The position remained objectively equal even though Carlsen was a pawn down. Carlsen kept the game alive wtih 24…e3 but soon the logical finish was a perpetual check and they finished on move 34.

Carlsen will surely be happy to draw comfortably with black and cause some mild discomfort for his opponent.

There is a rest day Sunday.

Score Carlsen 5.5 Karjakin 5.5

ame 12 Monday 28th November 2pm local time 7pm UK time. Carlsen vs Karjakin.

[pgn]
[Event “WCh 2016”]
[Site “New York USA”]
[Date “2016.11.26”]
[Round “11”]
[White “Karjakin, Sergey”]
[Black “Carlsen, Magnus”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “C77”]
[WhiteElo “2772”]
[BlackElo “2853”]
[Annotator “Mark”]
[EventDate “2016.11.11”]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Be6 ({Relevant:} 9… Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Nc6 13.
Bg5 Ng4 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Qb1 c6 16. a4 Qc7 17. Qb3 Rab8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rfa1
Rb7 20. Ra6 h6 21. R1a5 Nc8 22. Ra8 Nb6 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Qa2 g6 25. h3 Nf6
26. Nd2 Kg7 27. Ra6 Nfd7 28. Qa1 Kg8 29. Nb3 Qc8 30. Qc1 Kg7 31. f4 Rb8 32. Ra5
Ra8 33. Qa1 Qb7 34. fxe5 dxe5 35. Kf1 Qb8 36. Rxa8 Nxa8 37. Nd2 Nc7 38. Nf3 Ne6
39. Qa6 {Bacrot,E (2692)-Inarkiev,E (2732) Monzon 2016 1/2-1/2}) 10. Nd5 Nd4
11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. f4 (14. Qg4 Qc8 15. f4 e5 16. f5
c5 17. Bg5 Kh8 18. Rf3 c4 19. Rh3 Bxg5 20. Qxg5 Rf6 21. g4 cxd3 22. cxd3 Qc2
23. Rc1 Qe2 24. Rc7 Qe1+ 25. Kg2 Qe2+ 26. Kg1 Qe1+ 27. Kg2 Qe2+ 28. Kg1 {
1/2-1/2 (28) Leko,P (2737)-Caruana,F (2796) Dortmund GER 2013}) 14… c5 15.
Qg4 Qd7 16. f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Bd2 c4 17. Rae1 c3 18. Bc1 cxb2 19.
Bxb2 Rad8 20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5 Be7 22. Rxf8+ Bxf8 23. Re4 Bc5 24. h4 a5 25. h5
a4 26. h6 g6 27. Rf4 Qe7 28. Rf6 Re8 29. Qg5 Rf8 30. Qf4 Bxa3 31. Bxd4 Bc5 32.
Bxc5 Qxc5+ 33. d4 Qe7 34. d5 exd5 35. Rxf8+ Qxf8 36. Qd4 Qxh6 37. Qxd5+ Kf8 38.
Qd6+ Ke8 39. Qe6+ Kf8 40. Qd6+ Ke8 41. Qe6+ Kf8 42. Qd6+ {1/2-1/2 (42)
Schroeder,J (2519)-Schoppen,C (2220) Hoogeveen 2015}) 16… Rae8 17. Bd2 c4 18.
h3 $5 {This allows Carlsen to take a slight initiative. The position remains
about equal.} (18. fxe6 Qxe6 19. Qxe6+ Rxe6 {is around about equal.}) 18… c3
19. bxc3 d5 $1 {A very interesting move that puts white on the back foot to
the extent that he has to look for equalising ideas. Karjakin thought for 25
minutes after this.} 20. Bg5 {This seems to kill the game stone dead as trades
now happen into an equal position.} Bxg5 21. Qxg5 dxe4 22. fxe6 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1
Qxe6 24. cxd4 e3 (24… exd3 {is probably a simpler way to draw. This doesn’t
offer many additional chances but keeps the game going a bit.}) 25. Re1 h6 26.
Qh5 e2 27. Qf3 a5 28. c3 Qa2 29. Qc6 {White keeps active and this leads to an
easier draw.} Re6 30. Qc8+ Kh7 31. c4 Qd2 {Consenting finally to the draw.} 32.
Qxe6 Qxe1+ 33. Kh2 Qf2 34. Qe4+ 1/2-1/2
[/pgn]

Carlsen levels World Championship match after nervy game 10

Mark Crowther – Friday 25th November 2016

Magnus Carlsen won an extremely tense six and half hour struggle against Sergey Karjakin to equalise the match at 5-5. In a game with many turning points it looked for a long time like Karjakin would hold out for a draw but Carlsen eventually showed some of the skills that make him the best player in the World and finally broke the resistance Karjakin.

Carlsen returned to the quiet 4.d3 against the Berlin and hoped to outplay his opponent in a long positional game. Karjakin looked to be under a small amount of pressure before Carlsen erred with 19.Bxe6 which computers immediately pronounced as an equal position with 20.Nxf2 and 21.Nxf2. After this an extremely long endgame resulted where Carlsen could press at will it seemed and Karjakin had to wait. Karjakin could have tried to play g5 at some point but clearly felt his position was a fortress. Carlsen showed his great experience in winning endgames against the best by waiting and waiting for his only breakthrough try with b5. He eventually played it under the best circumstances after 56…Rhh7? and was winning after second time control. Karjakin gambled with 61.Rhc7 and was rewarded with the inferior 62.Nd5 but even so the defensive task was beyond him.

This was a far from perfect game but was at times an unbearably tense struggle which leaves the match tied at 5-5 with two games to go and possible rapid and blitz tiebreaks after that.

Rest day Friday 25th November.

Game 11 Saturday 26th November 2pm local time 7pm UK time. Karjakin vs Carlsen.

[pgn]
[Event “WCh 2016”]
[Site “New York USA”]
[Date “2016.11.24”]
[Round “10”]
[White “Carlsen, Magnus”]
[Black “Karjakin, Sergey”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2853”]
[BlackElo “2772”]
[ECO “C65”]
[Opening “Ruy Lopez”]
[Variation “Berlin defence”]
[WhiteFideId “1503014”]
[BlackFideId “14109603”]
[EventDate “2016.11.11”]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Bg5 ({Relevant:} 6. O-O
Re8 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nc4 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bg5 b5 12. Na5 Qd7 13.
Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nb3 Bb6 15. c4 c5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Qe2 Rad8 18. Rad1 Re6 19. Nc1
Rd6 20. b3 a5 21. Nh4 a4 22. Kh2 Ba5 23. Qe3 bxc4 24. bxc4 Kf8 25. Ng2 Rb8 26.
Qh6+ Ke8 27. Ne3 Rb2 28. h4 Rd2 29. Qg7 Bxe4 30. dxe4 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Rxd1 32.
Qh8+ Ke7 33. Nf5+ Ke6 34. Qf8 Qd8 35. Qxc5 Bb6 {Caruana,F (2823)-Nakamura,H
(2779) Saint Louis 2016 1/2-1/2 (64)}) 6… h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. O-O d6 9. Nbd2 Nh5
10. Bxe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 f5 12. d4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 d5
14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Ned2 exd4 16. Nxd4 c5 17. Nc6 Qd6 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Nb3 c6
20. Qe1 Qd6 21. Qe3 c4 22. Qc5 Qxc5 23. Nxc5 Bf5 24. f3 a5 25. Rfe1 Rfe8 26.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 {0-1 (26) Fedorchuk,S (2650)-Delorme,A (2492) Paris 2011}) 10…
Qxe7 11. Nc4 $5 Nf4 12. Ne3 Qf6 13. g3 Nh3+ 14. Kh1 Ne7 15. Bc4 c6 {Played
after a very long thought.} 16. Bb3 Ng6 $5 17. Qe2 a5 18. a4 Be6 19. Bxe6 $2 {
Although it may not have been that easy to calculate the machines think this
position is really equal.} (19. Bc2) (19. Ra3) 19… fxe6 20. Nd2 {More or
less forced.} (20. Kg2 Ngf4+ {wins.}) 20… d5 (20… Nxf2+ 21. Kg2 (21. Kg1
Nh3+ 22. Kg2 Nhf4+ 23. gxf4 Nxf4+ 24. Rxf4 exf4 {which maybe Karjakin thought
was unclear.}) 21… Nh4+ 22. Kg1 (22. Kg1 Nh3+ 23. Kh1 Nf2+) 22… Nh3+ {
is a draw..}) 21. Qh5 (21. f3) 21… Ng5 (21… Nxf2+ 22. Kg2 (22. Kg1) 22…
Qf7 $1 23. Kg1 Qf6 $1 {forces a draw too.}) 22. h4 (22. Rae1 {waiting may have
been better.} Nf3 23. Ng4 Qg5 (23… Qf7 24. Nxf3 Qxf3+ 25. Kg1) 24. Qxg5 hxg5
25. Rd1) 22… Nf3 23. Nxf3 {Carlsen took his time here. Not clear if he
missed something.} Qxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Rxf3 25. Kg2 Rf7 26. Rfe1 h5 (26… Raf8 $5
27. Re2 $2 dxe4 28. dxe4 Nf4+ 29. gxf4 exf4) 27. Nf1 Kf8 {Getting the king
into the centre.} 28. Nd2 Ke7 29. Re2 Kd6 30. Nf3 Raf8 31. Ng5 Re7 32. Rae1
Rfe8 33. Nf3 Nh8 34. d4 exd4 35. Nxd4 g6 36. Re3 Nf7 37. e5+ Kd7 38. Rf3 Nh6
39. Rf6 Rg7 40. b4 axb4 41. cxb4 Ng8 42. Rf3 Nh6 43. a5 Nf5 44. Nb3 Kc7 45. Nc5
Kb8 (45… b6 46. Na4 bxa5 47. bxa5 Ra8 48. Nc5 Re7 49. Ra1) 46. Rb1 Ka7 47.
Rd3 Rc7 48. Ra3 Nd4 49. Rd1 Nf5 50. Kh3 Nh6 51. f3 Rf7 52. Rd4 Nf5 53. Rd2 Rh7
54. Rb3 Ree7 55. Rdd3 Rh8 56. Rb1 Rhh7 $2 {Allowing b5 under the best
circumstances for white.} 57. b5 {Carlsen times his only real winning try to
perfection just before move 60.} cxb5 58. Rxb5 d4 59. Rb6 Rc7 60. Nxe6 Rc3 61.
Nf4 $1 Rhc7 {A gamble but one that does confuse the issue.} 62. Nd5 (62. Rxg6 {
is given as absolutely the best.}) 62… Rxd3 63. Nxc7 Kb8 64. Nb5 Kc8 65. Rxg6
{winning.} Rxf3 66. Kg2 Rb3 67. Nd6+ Nxd6 68. Rxd6 {Finally a technical
position Carlsen could be confident about.} Re3 69. e6 Kc7 70. Rxd4 Rxe6 71.
Rd5 Rh6 72. Kf3 Kb8 (72… b6 73. axb6+ Kxb6 74. Kf4 {is technically winning
too.}) 73. Kf4 Ka7 74. Kg5 Rh8 75. Kf6 1-0
[/pgn]

The World Chess Championship match between Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin remains tied after 7 draws.

Karjakin switched from 1.e4 to 1.d4 and Carlsen replied with the Slav Defence. This wasn’t a complete surprise from either player but it soon became apparent that yet again Carlsen was the better prepared.

Carlsen’s 10…Nc6 was a rare move only played once before and Karjakin’s response 11.Nd2 was not a good one allowing black at least equality, if not a small edge. If Carlsen had wanted to try for more then probably 15…f5 was the try. As it was both players headed for an early finish when Carlsen played the pretty careless 16…Rc8? losing a pawn. As it was it didn’t cause too much damage as the resulting endgame was very drawish, but Carlsen could have drawn from a position of strength with almost any other move. 19…Bf6 seemed to show Carlsen was on top of the task of drawing and the players agreed a draw on move 33.

Thus Carlsen has survived two games in a row with black with few scares and now has white in three of the last five games. Can he make this count?

Score Carlsen 3.5 Karjkin 3.5

Game 8 Monday 21st November 2pm local time 7pm New York Carlsen vs Karjakin

[pgn]
[Event “WCh 2016”]
[Site “New York USA”]
[Date “2016.11.20”]
[Round “7”]
[White “Karjakin, Sergey”]
[Black “Carlsen, Magnus”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “D10”]
[WhiteElo “2772”]
[BlackElo “2853”]
[Annotator “Mark”]
[PlyCount “66”]
[EventDate “2016.11.11”]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 {This allows some variations of the Slav while
restricting others.} Nf6 4. e3 a6 (4… e6 {was the main alternative.}) 5. Bd3
dxc4 6. Bxc4 e6 7. Nf3 c5 8. O-O b5 {Going towards a Queens Gambit Accepted
structure and this position can be reached by a few move orders.} 9. Be2 Bb7
10. dxc5 Nc6 $5 {An unusual try only played once before.} ({Relevant:} 10…
Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Bxc5 12. Nd2 Be7 13. Nb3 Nc6 14. f3 O-O 15. e4 Rfc8 16. Be3 Ne5
17. Na5 Bc6 18. f4 Nc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Nxc4 Rab8 21. e5 Ne4 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23.
b3 Rd8 24. Ba7 Rbc8 25. Bb6 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Bd5 27. Ne3 Bc6 28. Rc1 f6 29. Bd4
Kf7 30. Kf2 h5 31. g3 Ke8 32. Nc4 Bb7 33. Ke3 Rc7 34. Rc3 Rc8 35. exf6 gxf6 36.
Nd2 Rxc3+ 37. Bxc3 Bd5 38. Kd4 Kd7 39. Nc4 Kc6 40. Kd3 {Wang,Y (2730)-Wang,H
(2734) Danzhou 2016 1-0 (64)}) 11. Nd2 $146 {After this black is even a little
bit better. Carlsen has easy equality. Probably not much more.} ({Predecessor
(9):} 11. Qc2 Nb4 12. Qb1 (12. Qb3 $5 Bxc5 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. a4) 12… Bxc5 13.
Rd1 Qc7 14. a3 Nbd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bd2 Be7 17. Qd3 Rd8 18. Rac1 Qb8 19. Qb1
O-O 20. Ba5 Rc8 21. h3 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 (21) Bischoff,K (2533)
-Schlosser,P (2554) Austria 2006}) 11… Bxc5 12. Nde4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Be7 14. b3
Nb4 15. Bf3 O-O (15… f5 {If Carlsen wanted to press then he probably had to
try this.}) 16. Ba3 {Heading for a draw.} Rc8 $2 {An inexplicable error that
forces Carlsen to play accurately for a few moves to save the game.
Fortunately for him it proved easy enough. He would have had the better side
of a draw with almost any other move.} (16… Bd5 {would have made life much
easier.} 17. Nf6+ Bxf6 18. Bxb4 Bxa1 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. Qxd5 exd5
22. Rxa1 Rc8 23. h3 Ke7 24. b4 Rc4) 17. Nf6+ Bxf6 18. Bxb7 Bxa1 19. Bxb4 Bf6 {
This seems to secure a pretty easy draw as it turns out.} 20. Bxf8 Qxd1 21.
Rxd1 Rxf8 22. Bxa6 b4 23. Rc1 g6 24. Rc2 Ra8 25. Bd3 Rd8 26. Be2 Kf8 27. Kf1
Ra8 28. Bc4 Rc8 29. Ke2 Ke7 30. f4 h6 31. Kf3 Rc7 32. g4 g5 33. Ke4 Rc8 {
It was a bit of a surprise things ended here but it’s very hard to find a
constructive plan for white. He could however press with no risk for a while.}
1/2-1/2
[/pgn]

Carlsen holds a comfortable draw with black in World Championship game 6

Mark Crowther – Friday 18th November 2016

Magnus Carlsen played the Marshall Gambit of the Ruy Lopez in game 6 of the World Chess Championship. Black gives up a pawn for active play. This leads to sharper play and often complete equality. That was the case today. Carlsen was prepared very deeply and the resulting position left little to play for.

This was the first of two games in a row where Carlsen was due black and this forcing variation may have been part of a strategy to cope with that. Plus Carlsen didn’t play that well the day before. Now the players have a day off before Suday’s game 7.

Carlsen obtem empate confortável com as pretas na sexta partida do Campeonato do Mundo
Mark Crowther – Sexta-feira 18 de novembro de 2016

Magnus Carlsen jogou Gambito Marshall da Ruy Lopez na sexta partida do Campeonato Mundial de Xadrez. Entregou um peão em troca de jogo ativo. Isto levou a uma partida mais nítida e com muita igualdade. Esse foi o caso hoje. Carlsen veio preparado  e a posição resultante deixou pouco para jogar.

Esta foi a primeira das duas partidas em que Carlsen joga de pretas e essa mudança forçada pode ter sido parte de uma estratégia para lidar com isso. Carlsen não jogou tão bem no dia anterior. Agora os jogadores têm um dia de folga antes da próxima partida.

[pgn]
[Event “WCh 2016”]
[Site “New York USA”]
[Date “2016.11.18”]
[Round “6”]
[White “Karjakin, Sergey”]
[Black “Carlsen, Magnus”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2772”]
[BlackElo “2853”]
[ECO “C88”]
[Opening “Ruy Lopez”]
[Variation “closed, 7…O-O”]
[WhiteFideId “14109603”]
[BlackFideId “1503014”]
[EventDate “2016.11.11”]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d5 ({Relevant:} 9… d6 10. a3 Nb8 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3
Bf8 14. Ng5 d5 15. exd5 Nc5 16. c4 Nxb3 17. Qxb3 c6 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. cxb5 Bd5
20. Qd1 axb5 21. N5e4 h6 22. Qf3 Ra6 23. Bd2 Ba8 24. Bb4 Nd5 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26.
d4 exd4 27. Nf5 Ne7 28. Rad1 Nxf5 29. Qxf5 Re6 30. f3 d3 31. Qxb5 Bxe4 32. Rxe4
Rxe4 33. fxe4 Qd4+ 34. Kh1 Rd8 35. Qb4 Qe3 36. Qa5 Rd4 37. Qd2 Qxe4 38. Re1 Qd5
39. Re3 {Zhigalko,S (2656)-Carlsen,M (2850) Berlin 2015 0-1}) 10. exd5 Nxd5 11.
Nxe5 Nd4 12. Nc3 Nb4 13. Bf4 Nxb3 (13… c5 14. Rc1 Bd6 15. Ne4 Nxb3 16. axb3
Be7 17. Ng3 f6 18. Nf3 Rf7 19. Bd2 Qd7 20. Bxb4 cxb4 21. d4 Rd8 22. c3 Bf8 23.
Qd3 bxc3 24. bxc3 b4 25. c4 Bxf3 26. Qxf3 Qxd4 27. Red1 Qb6 28. Rxd8 Qxd8 29.
c5 Qd2 30. Rc4 Rd7 31. c6 Qd1+ 32. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 33. Nf1 Rd8 34. Ne3 Kf7 35. c7
Rc8 36. Rc6 a5 37. Nd5 a4 38. bxa4 b3 39. Rb6 b2 40. Rxb2 Bd6 41. Kf1 Ke6 42.
Rb5 Re8 43. a5 Kd7 44. Rb6 Ke6 45. Nc3 Kd7 46. Nb5 Bb4 47. g3 Bxa5 48. Rd6+ Kc8
49. Ra6 Bxc7 50. Ra8+ {1-0 (50) Kasimdzhanov,R (2683)-Bacrot,E (2695) Mainz
GER 2007}) 14. axb3 c5 $146 ({Predecessor (15):} 14… Qd4 15. Bg3 Bd6 16. Ne2
Qc5 17. c3 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. cxb4 Rad8 20. Qd2 Rd7 21. Rac1 h6 22. Rc5 Qd6
23. Nf4 g5 24. Nh5 Qg6 25. Ng3 Rxd3 26. Qc1 Bd5 27. Rxc7 Rxb3 28. Qc5 Be6 29.
Ne4 Rd3 30. Qe7 Rfd8 31. Nf6+ Kh8 32. Rxe6 Rd1+ 33. Kh2 Qf5 34. Ng4 {1-0 (34)
Gormally,D (2504)-Beliavsky,A (2606) Liverpool 2008}) 15. Ne4 f6 16. Nf3 f5 17.
Neg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 h6 {All played very quickly by Carlsen.} 19. Ne6 Qd5 20. f3
Rfe8 21. Re5 Qd6 22. c3 (22. Re2 {Era uma maneira de tentar manter o jogo
Interessante, mas provavelmente não valeu a pena para Karjakin.}) 22… Rxe6 23. Rxe6
Qxe6 24. cxb4 cxb4 25. Rc1 Rc8 {A caminho do empate.} 26. Rxc8+
Qxc8 27. Qe1 Qd7 28. Kh2 a5 29. Qe3 Bd5 30. Qb6 Bxb3 31. Qxa5 Qxd3 32. Qxb4 Be6
1/2-1/2
[/pgn]

The fifth game of the World Chess Championship in New York finished in a draw after 51 moves leaving the match tied at 2.5-2.5.

Magnus Carlsen played the fashionable Giuoco Piano but it didn’t really go his way for most of the game even though he’d clearly prepared it quite deeply. After 19.dxe5 Karjakin had a couple of interesting options 19…Qh4 which he played and 19…a5 but he then turned down sharp play with 20…Bxc5 and it looked like he was settling for another draw.

Black’s position was pretty solid and it was here Carlsen, with a small edge started to drift and at first time control the position was level with black having the only chances in the position. Carlsen’s 41.Kg2 was a poor move which gave Karjakin a serious advantage if he had used the opportunity to take the h-file. Karjakin’s first comment after the game was he should have played 43…Rh8 instead of 43…Bd5. Carlsen had immediate equality with 44.Kg3 but there were scary variaitons and his 44.e6 worked well in practice. 45…Qe7 was played quickly and after 46.Rh2 real equality was established and the game had no further adventures and was drawn on move 51.

El primer comentario de Karjakin después del partido fue que debería haber jugado 43 … Rh8 en lugar de 43 … Bd5. Carlsen tenía igualdad inmediata con 44.Kg3 pero había variaitons asustadizos y su 44.e6 funcionó bien en la práctica. 45 … Qe7 se jugó rápidamente y después de 46.Rh2 la igualdad real se estableció y el juego no tenía más aventuras y se dibujó en movimiento 51. tiempo de control de la posición era el nivel de negro que tiene las únicas posibilidades en la posición.

Carlsen admitted he made errors “I was lucky” and seemed very disappointed with his play.

Score Carlsen 2.5 Karjakin 2.5

(Tradução google tradutor com alguns ajustes. Carvalho)

Karjakin após ficar inferior nas 4 partidas, obtém, na quinta partida  sua primeira chance de vitória neste match do  Campeonato Mundial
Mark Crowther – sexta-feira 18 de novembro de 2016

A quinta partida do Campeonato Mundial de Xadrez em Nova York terminou em empate após 51 jogadas deixando o natch empatado em 2.5-2.5.

Magnus Carlsen jogou o Giuoco Piano da moda, mas ele realmente não pode seguir com melhor plano, embora ele tenha claramente preparado profundamente. Depois de 19.dxe5 Karjakin teve um par de opções interessantes 19 … Qh4 que ele jogou e 19 … a5, mas ele, em seguida, recusou jogar afiado com 20 … Bxc5 e parecia que ele estava se estabelecendo para outro empate.

A posição do preto era bastante sólida e então Carlsen, com um pequeno deslize ficou inferior e no primeiro controle de tempo a posição era nivelado mas com as pretas com melhores chances  na posição. O lance 41.Kg2 de Carlsen foi fraco. Deu a Karjakin uma grande vantagem se ele aproveitasse a oportunidade de dominar a coluna “H”. O primeiro comentário de Karjakin  após a partida foi ele deveria ter jogado 43 … Rh8 em vez de 43 … Bd5. Carlsen teve igualdade imediata com 44.Kg3 mas como havia linhas perigosas o seu 44.e6 funcionou bem na prática. 45 … Qe7 foi jogado rapidamente e depois 46.Rh2 a real igualdade foi estabelecida numa partida sem mais aventuras e o empate foi desenhado apos o lance 51.

Carlsen admitiu que cometeu erros “eu tive sorte” e parecia muito desapontado com sua atuação.

Pontuação Carlsen 2.5 Karjakin 2.5

[pgn]
[Event “WCh 2016”]
[Site “New York USA”]
[Date “2016.11.17”]
[Round “5”]
[White “Carlsen, Magnus”]
[Black “Karjakin, Sergey”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2853”]
[BlackElo “2772”]
[ECO “C50”]
[Opening “Giuoco Piano”]
[WhiteFideId “1503014”]
[BlackFideId “14109603”]
[EventDate “2016.11.11”]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 d6 7. c3 a6 8. b4 ({
Relevant:} 8. h3 Ba7 9. Re1 Ne7 10. d4 Ng6 11. Bd3 c6 12. Be3 Nh5 13. Nbd2 Nhf4
14. Bf1 exd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. cxd4 d5 17. e5 f6 18. Ra3 fxe5 19. dxe5 a5 20.
Qc1 Qe7 21. Rb3 Bf5 22. Nd4 Ne6 23. Nxf5 Rxf5 24. Bd3 Rf4 25. Bxg6 hxg6 26. Qd1
Raf8 27. Rf3 Qb4 28. Rxf4 Rxf4 29. Nf3 Qxa4 30. Qd3 Rf5 31. Qb1 Qf4 32. Qc2 Kh7
33. Re3 Qc4 34. Qd1 Rf4 35. Rc3 Qb4 36. Qc1 a4 37. h4 Kg8 {Nepomniachtchi,I
(2740)-So,W (2782) Baku 2016 0-1}) 8… Ba7 9. Re1 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. d4 c6
12. h3 exd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12… Re8 13. Bd3 Be6 14. b5 axb5 15. axb5 Nf4
16. Bf1 cxb5 17. Nb1 Bc4 18. Bxf4 exf4 {1/2-1/2 (18) Serazeev,A (2490)
-Szczepanski,Z (2541) ICCF email 2014}) 13. cxd4 Nxe4 14. Bxf7+ $5 (14. Nxe4 d5
15. Bd3 dxe4 16. Bxe4) 14… Rxf7 15. Nxe4 d5 16. Nc5 h6 17. Ra3 Bf5 18. Ne5 (
18. Rae3 $5) 18… Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qh4 {25 minute think for Karjakin. He has 30
minutes plus 30 seconds a move to reach move 40. If the position remains
complicated he could have problems later.} (19… a5 {was the alternative that
Karjakin was probably looking at.} 20. Rf3 axb4 21. e6 Re7 22. Nxb7 Rxb7 23.
Rxf5) 20. Rf3 (20. e6) 20… Bxc5 $6 {It seems Karjakin was unhappy with a
calculation battle.} (20… Bg6 {was the more critical move.}) 21. bxc5 Re8 22.
Rf4 Qe7 23. Qd4 Ref8 24. Rf3 Be4 25. Rxf7 Qxf7 26. f3 Bf5 27. Kh2 Be6 28. Re2
Qg6 29. Be3 Rf7 30. Rf2 Qb1 31. Rb2 Qf5 32. a5 Kf8 {Karjakin takes his king to
the queenside.} 33. Qc3 Ke8 34. Rb4 g5 35. Rb2 Kd8 36. Rf2 Kc8 37. Qd4 {
The position is equal but Carlsen is starting to drift.} Qg6 38. g4 (38. Qd2)
38… h5 39. Qd2 Rg7 40. Kg3 (40. Bxg5 hxg4 (40… Qxg5 41. Qxg5 Rxg5 42. f4
Rg8 43. f5 hxg4 44. hxg4 Rxg4) 41. h4 gxf3 42. Rxf3) 40… Rg8 (40… Qh6) 41.
Kg2 $2 {Now white is definitely worse.} hxg4 42. hxg4 d4 $5 {Played quickly.} (
42… Qh6 {is the computer suggestion.}) 43. Qxd4 (43. Bxd4 Qh6 44. Kg1 Qh3 45.
Qe2 Rf8) 43… Bd5 $2 (43… Rh8 44. Qe4 Qh6 45. Kf1 Rd8 {with dangerous
attacking chances for black.}) 44. e6 $5 {Opening up the queen to cover h8.} (
44. Kg3 {is completely equal as white can challenge the h-file.}) 44… Qxe6
45. Kg3 Qe7 $6 {Now any advantage for black has really gone.} 46. Rh2 $1 Qf7 (
46… Qc7+ 47. f4 Qxa5 48. fxg5 {is equal but white still has to show care.})
47. f4 $1 gxf4+ 48. Qxf4 Qe7 49. Rh5 $1 {Now a draw is absolutely the
favourite result.} Rf8 50. Rh7 Rxf4 51. Rxe7 Re4 1/2-1/2
[/pgn]

Magnus Carlsen outplayed Sergey Karjakin with black and again achieved a winning position before failing to convert this advantage to a win in game 4 of the World Chess Championship in New York. This followed Karjakin’s save in drawing the previous game.

There was a classical Ruy Lopez and Karjakin’s 14.Ng3 was a novelty. 19.Bxc4 was a serious error from Karjakin leaving him under pressure. Carlsen kept fine control until 45…f4?! which left him with a stable advantage but one not sufficient for a win. Carlsen’s first comment after the game was that he thought this won by force. 45…Be6 or 45…gxf4 should have led to a decisive advantage.

Carlsen tried for a long time after this but Karjakin held the fortress and the game was drawn in 94 moves.

Ir’s hard to say who has the psychological advantage. Carlsen who failed to win two games in a row where he should have or Sergey Karjakin who managed to save these positions.

Standings after game 4 Carlsen 2 Karjakin 2.

(Tradução google tradutor com alguns ajustes. Carvalho)

Carlsen frustrado novamente por Karjakin na quarta partida do Campeonato Mundial
Mark Crowther – quarta-feira, novembro 16, 2016

Magnus Carlsen superou Sergey Karjakin com as pretas mais uma vez alcançando uma posição vencedora mas não conseguindo converter esta vantagem em uma vitória na quarta partida do Campeonato Mundial de Xadrez, em Nova York. Isto seguiu-se poupanças Karjakin para desenhar o jogo anterior.

Jogou-se uma Ruy Lopez clássico e Karjakin apresentou uma novidade com 14.Ng3, porém com. 19.Bxc4, ( grave erro ) deixou Karjakin sob pressão. Carlsen manteve o controle fino até 45 … f4! O que deixou uma vantagem estável, mas não o suficiente para vencer. primeiro comentário de Carlsen após a partida foi que ele pensou que tinha ganho forçado.  45 … Be6 ou 45 …gxf4 deveria ter conduzido a uma vantagem decisiva.

Carlsen tentou por um longo tempo, mas Karjakin sustentou  sua forte defesa e o empate conquistado em 94 lances.

É difícil dizer que tem a vantagem psicológica. Carlsen, que não conseguiu ganhar duas partidas seguidas ou Sergey Karjakin que salvou essas posições.

[pgn]
[Event “WCh 2016”]
[Site “New York USA”]
[Date “2016.11.15”]
[Round “4”]
[White “Karjakin, Sergey”]
[Black “Carlsen, Magnus”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2772”]
[BlackElo “2853”]
[ECO “C88”]
[Opening “Ruy Lopez”]
[Variation “closed, 7…O-O”]
[WhiteFideId “14109603”]
[BlackFideId “1503014”]
[EventDate “2016.11.11”]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 ({Relevant:} 10… Nb8 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nf1 Re8 13.
Ng3 Bf8 14. Ng5 d5 15. exd5 Nc5 16. c4 Nxb3 17. Qxb3 c6 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. cxb5
Bd5 20. Qd1 axb5 21. N5e4 h6 22. Qf3 Ra6 23. Bd2 Ba8 24. Bb4 Nd5 25. Bxf8 Rxf8
26. d4 exd4 27. Nf5 Ne7 28. Rad1 Nxf5 29. Qxf5 Re6 30. f3 d3 31. Qxb5 Bxe4 32.
Rxe4 Rxe4 33. fxe4 Qd4+ 34. Kh1 Rd8 35. Qb4 Qe3 36. Qa5 Rd4 37. Qd2 Qxe4 38.
Re1 Qd5 39. Re3 Kh7 40. b4 {Zhigalko,S (2656)-Carlsen,M (2850) Berlin 2015 0-1}
) 11. Nbd2 Rfe8 12. c3 Bf8 13. Nf1 h6 14. N3h2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Ng3 Ne7
15. Nh2 d5 16. Qf3 c5 17. Bc2 Rad8 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Qxf6 Bg7 20. Qf3 Rf8 21.
Nh5 Ng6 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. Qxf6 dxe4 24. dxe4 Qd6 25. Qf3 Kg7 26. Rad1 Qe7 27.
Nf1 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rd8 29. Ne3 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 Bc8 31. a4 Qg5 32. Qf3 Nf4 33. Kf1
c4 34. axb5 axb5 35. Nf5+ Bxf5 36. exf5 Nd3 37. Bxd3 cxd3 38. Qxd3 Qc1+ 39. Ke2
Qxb2+ 40. Kf3 b4 41. cxb4 Qxb4 42. Qe4 Qb3+ 43. Qe3 Qd1+ {Zeytinoglu,N (1927)
-Tokmak,H Konya 2010 1-0}) 14… d5 15. Qf3 Na5 16. Ba2 dxe4 17. dxe4 Nc4 18.
Bxh6 Qc6 19. Bxc4 $2 bxc4 20. Be3 Nxe4 21. Ng3 Nd6 22. Rad1 Rab8 23. Bc1 f6 24.
Qxc6 Bxc6 25. Ng4 Rb5 26. f3 f5 27. Nf2 Be7 28. f4 Bh4 29. fxe5 Bxg3 30. exd6
Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 cxd6 32. Rd1 Kf7 33. Rd4 Re5 34. Kf1 Rd5 35. Rxd5 Bxd5 36. Bg5
Kg6 37. h4 Kh5 38. Nh3 Bf7 39. Be7 Bxh4 40. Bxd6 Bd8 41. Ke2 g5 42. Nf2 Kg6 43.
g4 Bb6 44. Be5 a5 45. Nd1 f4 $2 {Carlsen thought this just won but Karjakin
shows this is a fortress.} (45… Be6) (45… fxg4) 46. Bd4 Bc7 47. Nf2 Be6 48.
Kf3 Bd5+ 49. Ke2 Bg2 50. Kd2 Kf7 51. Kc2 Bd5 52. Kd2 Bd8 53. Kc2 Ke6 54. Kd2
Kd7 55. Kc2 Kc6 56. Kd2 Kb5 57. Kc1 Ka4 58. Kc2 Bf7 59. Kc1 Bg6 60. Kd2 Kb3 61.
Kc1 Bd3 62. Nh3 Ka2 63. Bc5 Be2 64. Nf2 Bf3 65. Kc2 Bc6 66. Bd4 Bd7 67. Bc5 Bc7
68. Bd4 Be6 69. Bc5 f3 70. Be3 Bd7 71. Kc1 Bc8 72. Kc2 Bd7 73. Kc1 Bf4 74. Bxf4
gxf4 75. Kc2 Be6 76. Kc1 Bc8 77. Kc2 Be6 78. Kc1 Kb3 79. Kb1 Ka4 80. Kc2 Kb5
81. Kd2 Kc6 82. Ke1 Kd5 83. Kf1 Ke5 84. Kg1 Kf6 85. Ne4+ Kg6 86. Kf2 Bxg4 87.
Nd2 Be6 88. Kxf3 Kf5 89. a4 Bd5+ 90. Kf2 Kg4 91. Nf1 Kg5 92. Nd2 Kf5 93. Ke2
Kg4 94. Kf2 1/2-1/2
[/pgn]

Magnus Carlsen will be cursing himself after allowing Sergey Karjakin to escape with a draw in game three after a nearly 7 hours of play.

Carlsen found an unusual idea on the white side in a noramlly drawish variation of the Berlin Defence to the Ruy Lopez. His 10.Re2 (rather than the notmal Re1) led to a queenless middlegame where Carlsen clearly felt he would be more at home than his opponent. Karjakin initially reacted well but starting with 30…Ra2 he started to play inaccurately and 31…c5 lost a pawn although he clearly retained drawing chances.

White was winning after move 40 but the position remained difficult to calculate. 42.Rb8+ was one possible improvement and 44.Ke4 was definitely better than 44.Rxd7+ after which Karjakin definitely had drawing chances with best play.

The next phase saw errors from both sides. 64…Be7? (64…Kf8), 70.Nc6 (70.Re8!) 70…Kxf5? (70.Rc3!), 71.Na5 (winning but 71.Re1 or 71.Re2 was clearer) and the final mistake 72.Rb7? after which Karjakin found the only drawing idea with 72…Ra1! and the game was drawn on move 78.

I’m not qualified to assess the extended complex endgame but it was terribly difficult for both sides and the errors especially near the end when tiredness set in were understandable. This draw has to be a boost for Karjakin, the consequences of losing this might have been serious. Will the knowledge that he missed several wins affect Carlsen?

Score Carlsen 1.5 – Karjakin 1.5

(Tradução google tradutor com alguns ajustes. Carvalho)

Karjakin escapa após maratona na terceira partida  contra  Carlsen
Mark Crowther – terça-feira novembro 15, 2016

Magnus Carlsen está amaldiçoando-se depois de permitir que Sergey Karjakin escapasse com um empate na partida 3 depois de quase 7 horas de jogo.

Carlsen encontrou uma idéia incomum de brancas em uma variante morna na defesa Berlinesa da Ruy Lopez. Seu lance 10.Re2 (em vez do não  original Re1) levou a um meio jogo onde Carlsen se sentiu mais em casa do que seu oponente. Karjakin inicialmente reagiu bem, mas depois de 30 … Ra2 começou a jogar sem calcular bem.  31 … c5 perde um peão, mas com possibilidades de empate.

Branco ficou melhor após p lance 40, mas a posição manteve-se difícil de calcular. 42.Rb8 + era uma possível melhora e 44.Ke4 foi definitivamente melhor do que 44.Rxd7 + Karjakin definitivamente tinha  melhor jogo.

Nesta fase viu-se  erros de ambos os lados. 64 … Be7? (64 … KF8), 70.Nc6 (70.Re8!) 70 … Kxf5? (70.Rc3!), 71.Na5 (ganhar, mas 71.Re1 ou 71.Re2 estava mais clara) e do erro final 72.Rb7? Ao que Karjakin achou a idéia de desenhar apenas 72 … Ra1! E o jogo foi desenhado em 78 movimentos.

Eu não estou qualificado para avaliar um final tão complexo e extenso, mas foi terrivelmente difícil para ambos os lados, especialmente perto do fim quando o cansaço estabelecido era compreensível. Este empate deve ser creditado a Karjakin. As consequências de uma derrota poderia ter sido grave. Será que o fato de ter perdido várias chances de vitórias poderá afetar Carlsen?

Pontuação 1,5 Carlsen – Karjakin 1,5

[pgn]

[Event “WCh 2016”]
[Site “New York USA”]
[Date “2016.11.14”]
[Round “3”]
[White “Carlsen, Magnus”]
[Black “Karjakin, Sergey”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “C67”]
[WhiteElo “2857”]
[BlackElo “2769”]
[Annotator “Mark”]
[EventDate “2016.11.11”]

1. e4 {Carlsen switches to 1.e4. Maybe this is his white true weapon for the
rest of the match.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {The Berlin can hardly have come
as a surprise.} 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 {
White doesn’t have a lot here, what is Carlsen’s idea?} O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re2
$5 {There is nothing new under the sun. This has been played three times.} b6 {
Karjakin had a big think here, he has a number of options.} (10… Nf5 11. d5
d6 12. c3 c6 13. Bf4 Bg5 14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. Nd2 Bd7 16. Nf3 Qf6 17. Qa4 Rfd8 18.
Rae1 h6 19. Qb3 b5 20. h3 c5 21. Re4 Rdb8 22. Qd1 Kf8 23. g4 Nh4 24. Nxh4 Qxh4
25. Qf3 Re8 26. b4 Rxe4 27. Rxe4 Rc8 28. a3 {1/2-1/2 (28) Vallejo Pons,F (2677)
-Tabatabaei,M (2461) Karlsruhe GER 2016}) (10… Re8) 11. Re1 (11. Bf4 Nf5 12.
c3 Ba6 13. Re1 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 d5 15. Nd2 Qd7 16. Nf3 Rfe8 17. Qb3 Nh4 18. Nxh4
Bxh4 19. Bg3 Bxg3 20. hxg3 g6 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Re1 Rxe1+ 23. Kxe1 c5 24. dxc5
bxc5 25. Kd2 Qf5 26. Qb8+ Kg7 27. Qf4 Qb1 28. Qe5+ Kg8 29. Qb8+ Kg7 30. Qe5+
Kg8 31. Qb8+ Kg7 32. Qe5+ {1/2-1/2 (32) Matinian,N (2439)-Lysyj,I (2628) St
Petersburg RUS 2012}) 11… Re8 (11… Nb7 12. Na3 d5 13. c3 Nd6 14. Nc2 a5 15.
Ne3 Nf5 16. Ng4 Bg5 17. Bd3 Bxc1 18. Rxc1 Nd6 19. h3 Re8 20. Qf3 Bxg4 21. Qxg4
g6 22. Re5 c6 23. Rce1 Qc7 24. R1e3 Kg7 25. h4 f6 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Rxe8 Nxe8
28. h5 f5 29. Qg5 Nd6 30. hxg6 {1/2-1/2 (30) Kasimdzhanov,R (2704)-Melkumyan,H
(2622) Berlin GER 2016}) 12. Bf4 Rxe1 13. Qxe1 Qe7 {Up to here Carlsen was
playing quickly but here he thought for around 20 minutes.} 14. Nc3 (14. Na3 $5
) 14… Bb7 15. Qxe7 Bxe7 16. a4 $5 (16. Re1 Kf8) 16… a6 17. g3 (17. g4) (17.
Bd3) 17… g5 {The computer’s favourite move. Is Carlsen still in preparation
here? The computer thinks this position is level but maybe this will somehow
be a long term weakness.} (17… Re8) 18. Bxd6 {This seems the only way
forward for white but he has little if any advantage.} Bxd6 19. Bg2 (19. Bh3
Be7 {is good enough.}) 19… Bxg2 20. Kxg2 f5 {straightening out black’s pawn
structure.} 21. Nd5 Kf7 22. Ne3 Kf6 (22… Ke6 23. Re1 {is also playable.}) 23.
Nc4 Bf8 {It’s understandable but not forced to avoid the trade of minor pieces.
} (23… Re8 24. Nxd6 cxd6 25. Ra3 Rc8 26. c3 d5) 24. Re1 Rd8 {This move came
under criticism after the game. It’s not clearly bad I think.} (24… b5) 25.
f4 {A key moment and Karjakin spent some time here.} gxf4 26. gxf4 b5 27. axb5
axb5 28. Ne3 c6 29. Kf3 Ra8 30. Rg1 Ra2 {This move is the start of a wrong
plan from Karjakin. He’s not yet losing.} (30… Bh6) 31. b3 c5 $2 {Now black
is under extreme pressure.} (31… d5) 32. Rg8 $1 {The most testing move.} Kf7
33. Rg2 cxd4 34. Nxf5 d3 35. cxd3 Ra1 {Staying active.} (35… Ra3) 36. Nd4 (
36. Rc2 {computers slightly prefer this move.}) 36… b4 37. Rg5 (37. Ke4 {
was the alternative.}) 37… Rb1 38. Rf5+ {Played quite quickly by Carlsen.}
Ke8 39. Rb5 Rf1+ (39… Bd6) 40. Ke4 Re1+ 41. Kf5 Rd1 42. Re5+ (42. Rb8+ {
was perhaps stronger.} Kf7 43. Nf3 Bd6 44. Rh8 Rxd3 45. Ng5+ Ke7 46. Rxh7+)
42… Kf7 43. Rd5 Rxd3 44. Rxd7+ (44. Ke4 Rh3 45. Rxd7+ Ke8 46. Rb7 Rxh2 47.
Nf3 Re2+) 44… Ke8 45. Rd5 Rh3 46. Re5+ Kf7 47. Re2 Bg7 48. Nc6 Rh5+ {With
this move Karjakin moves closer to the draw and avoids the obvious Rxb3 which
loses.} (48… Rxb3 $2 49. Nd8+ Kg8 50. Re8+ Bf8 51. Kf6 Rh3 52. f5 Rh6+ 53.
Ke5 Kg7 54. Ne6+) 49. Kg4 Rc5 50. Nd8+ Kg6 51. Ne6 h5+ 52. Kf3 Rc3+ 53. Ke4 Bf6
54. Re3 h4 55. h3 Rc1 56. Nf8+ Kf7 57. Nd7 Ke6 58. Nb6 Rd1 59. f5+ Kf7 60. Nc4
Rd4+ 61. Kf3 Bg5 62. Re4 Rd3+ 63. Kg4 Rg3+ 64. Kh5 Be7 $2 {After a long and
tiring defence Karjakin finally goes wrong.} (64… Kf8) 65. Ne5+ Kf6 66. Ng4+
Kf7 67. Re6 Rxh3 68. Ne5+ Kg7 69. Rxe7+ Kf6 70. Nc6 $2 (70. Re8 Kxf5 71. Nc6
Rh1 72. Re2) 70… Kxf5 $2 {Should be losing.} (70… Rc3 $1 {saves the game.})
71. Na5 {Maybe not the easiest way.} (71. Re1 Kf4 72. Rf1+ Ke4 73. Na5 {
was winning for Carlsen.}) (71. Re2) 71… Rh1 72. Rb7 $2 {A mistake, now the
game will be drawn.} (72. Rf7+ Ke6 73. Rf2 {returns to the winning idea.})
72… Ra1 $1 {The only saviing move.} 73. Rb5+ {Now the draw is comparitively
easy for Karjakin to find..} Kf4 74. Rxb4+ Kg3 75. Rg4+ Kf2 76. Nc4 h3 77. Rh4
Kg3 78. Rg4+ Kf2 1/2-1/2
[/pgn]

Sergey Karjakin played the Ruy Lopez in game two of the World Chess Championship, his first with white, and Magnus Carlsen repeated a classical line he had used to beat Veselin Topalov in June in the Grand Chess Tour rapid event in Paris.

The game itself wasn’t that thrilling. Carlsen’s 12…Re8 was a departure from his game against Topalov and 13.Ra1 was a new move by Karjakin played after some thought.

The game was pretty much equal after 19 moves and Karjakin’s 22.Ne2 was a tacit draw offer. Carlsen tried to extend the game a little with 22…Bb4 rather than 22…Nxe4 but the game was nevertheless drawn by repetition in 33 moves.

Score Carlsen 1 Karjakin 1.

(Tradução google tradutor com alguns ajustes. Carvalho)

Mark Crowther – Sábado 12 de novembro de 2016

Sergey Karjakin jogou a Ruy Lopez na segunda partida do Campeonato Mundial de Xadrez, jogando de brancas, e Magnus Carlsen repetiu uma linha clássica que ele usou para derrotar Veselin Topalov em junho no evento Grand Chess Tour em Paris.

O jogo em si não foi tão emocionante. Carlsen jogou 12 … Te8 numa partida contra Topalov e 13.Ra1 foi uma novidade de Karjakin jogada depois de longa e profunda análise.

A partida foi igual após 19 lances. No lance 22.Ne2 Karjakin insinuou uma oferta de empate. Carlsen tentou estender o jogo um pouco mais … Bb4 22 em vez de 22 … Nxe4 mas a partida no entanto foi acalmada pela repetição em 33 lances.

[pgn]
[Event “WCh 2016”]
[Site “New York USA”]
[Date “2016.11.12”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Karjakin, Sergey”]
[Black “Carlsen, Magnus”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “C77”]
[WhiteElo “2772”]
[BlackElo “2853”]
[EventDate “2016.11.11”]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 {No Berlin Defence from Carlsen today.} 4. Ba4
Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 {A quiet approach in the modern style.} b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 (9… Bg4) 10. Ba2 Be6 11. d4 {The fourth most common move in
my database.} (11. b4) (11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. b4) (11. Bg5) 11… Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Re8
{Carlsen finally diverges from his game against Topalov from the Grand Chess
Tour Rapid event in Paris earlier in the year.} (12… Nc6 13. d5 Nb8 14. Qe2
Nbd7 15. Rd1 Qc8 16. Nh4 g6 17. g3 Ne8 18. Ng2 Ng7 19. Bh6 Nf6 20. Ne3 Qh3 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. b4 h5 23. a4 a5 24. Rb1 axb4 25. Rxb4 bxa4 26. Raxa4 Ng4 27. Nf1
h4 28. f3 hxg3 29. hxg3 Nf6 30. Qg2 Qh6 31. Qh2 Qg5 32. Qd2 Qh5 33. g4 Qh8 34.
Nb5 Nh7 35. Qh2 Rfb8 36. c4 Qd8 37. Ne3 Bg5 38. Qe2 Bf4 39. Ng2 Bg3 40. Qe3 Ng5
41. Kf1 Qh8 {0-1 (41) Topalov,V (2761)-Carlsen,M (2855) Paris FRA 2016}) 13.
Ra1 {A novelty but perhaps Karjakin didn’t pay any attention to the only other
game in this position.} (13. Qd3 exd4 14. Nxd4 Qd7 15. Bg5 g6 16. f4 c5 17. Nf3
Rad8 18. a4 Nc6 19. Raa1 Nb4 20. Qd2 Qb7 21. axb5 axb5 22. Qe2 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 d5
24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Bxe7 Rxe7 26. Qd3 Rde8 27. f5 Re2 28. Rae1 {1/2-1/2 (28)
Paravyan,D (2506)-Harutyunian,T (2426) Moscow RUS 2016}) 13… Nc4 14. Re1 (14.
h3 h6 15. Re1) 14… Rc8 $5 15. h3 (15. b3 Nb6 16. a4 b4 17. a5 Nbd7 {was a
possible try.}) 15… h6 16. b3 Nb6 17. Bb2 Bf8 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. a4 $11 c6 (
19… Qxd1 20. Rexd1 {might have been even easier for black.}) 20. Qxd8 Rcxd8
21. axb5 axb5 22. Ne2 {A tacit draw offer.} Bb4 (22… Nxe4 23. Bxe5 Ng5 24.
Nxg5 Rxe5 25. Nf3 Re4 {and a draw can be agreed.}) 23. Bc3 Bxc3 24. Nxc3 Nbd7
25. Ra6 Rc8 26. b4 Re6 (26… c5 {requires a bit of calculation but is also
just a draw.} 27. Nxb5 cxb4 28. Nd6 Re6 29. Nxc8 Rxa6 30. Rd1 g6 $11) 27. Rb1 (
27. Rd1) 27… c5 28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. Nxb5 cxb4 30. Rxb4 Rxc2 31. Nd6 Rc1+ {
Now they bring the game to an end.} 32. Kh2 Rc2 33. Kg1 1/2-1/2
[/pgn]

Carlsen and Karjakin draw the first game of their World Chess Championship match in New York.

Magnus Carlsen opened his World Championship defence against Sergey Karjakin with a small surprise when he chose the Trompowsky Attack. 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 doesn’t hope for much of an advantage at this level and Carlsen got little or no edge.

Karjakin considered his options at move 6 before playing 6…e6 and 8.Nd2 was the first new move. 10…Na5 was interesting and Carlsen spent 15 minutes over 12.Qc2. After 14…Qd5 Carlsen had nothing better than to enter an endgame with 15.Nxc4 which was only very slightly better for white.

25.Ne1 perhaps didn’t turn out as well for white as Carlsen had hoped. Perhaps the more natural try was 25.g4.

After 27.f4 h5 the game moved closer to equality. 31…a5 was an accurate move from Karjakin.

Carlsen fell behind on the clock for the first time. Rooks came off on move 35 and a draw seemed inevitable. Carlsen pressed a little with not much and Karjakin defended very solidly and the game was agreed drawn on move 42.

A Trompowsky de Carlsen  foi neutralizada.

Mark Crowther – Sexta-feira 11 de novembro de 2016

Carlsen e Karjakin empataram a primeira partida do match do Campeonato Mundial de Xadrez, em Nova York.

Magnus Carlsen abriu a defesa do campeonato mundial contra Sergey Karjakin com um pouco de surpresa quando ele escolheu o ataque Trompowsky. 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 não espera muita vantagem a este nível e Carlsen tem pouco ou nenhum benefício.

Karjakin considerou suas opções em Movimento 6 antes de jogar 6 … e6 e 8.Nd2 foi o primeiro movimento novo. 10 … Na5 era interessante e Carlsen passou 15 minutos mais 12.Qc2. Depois de 14 … QD5 Carlsen não tinha nada melhor para entrar um final com 15.Nxc4 foi apenas um pouco melhor para o branco.

25. Ne1 não se revelou muito bom pelo que Carlsen esperava. Talvez a tentativa mais natural era 25.g4.

Após o jogo 27.f4 h5 aproximou igualdade. 31 … a5 foi um movimento exato Karjakin.

Carlsen caiu para trás no relógio pela primeira vez. Rooks se movendo para fora 35 e um empate parecia inevitável. Carlsen apertou um pouco mas não muito e Karjakin defendeu-se muito bem e conseguiu o empate após o lance 42.

Score Magnus Carlsen 0.5 – Sergey Karjakin 0.5

[pgn]
[Event “WCh 2016”]
[Site “New York USA”]
[Date “2016.11.11”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Carlsen, Magnus”]
[Black “Karjakin, Sergey”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “D00”]
[WhiteElo “2857”]
[BlackElo “2769”]
[Annotator “Mark”]
[PlyCount “84”]
[EventDate “2016.11.11”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. dxc5 Nc6 {Black has a couple of
other choices here} (5… e6) (5… Qa5+) 6. Bb5 ({Relevant:} 6. c3 e6 7. b4 a5
8. Qb3 f5 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. b5 Nb8 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. c6 bxc6 14. bxc6
Nb8 15. Bb5 Qb6 16. Ba4 Qc5 17. O-O Nxc6 18. c4 Ne7 19. cxd5 Qxd5 20. Qa3 Qb7
21. Rc4 Rd8 22. Rb1 Qa7 23. Qc1 Ba6 24. Rc7 Rdc8 25. Rxa7 Rxc1+ 26. Rxc1 Rxa7
27. Rc5 Bb7 28. Nb3 Bd5 29. Nfd2 Be5 30. Rxa5 Rxa5 31. Nxa5 Bxa2 32. Bb3 Bc3
33. Bxa2 Bxa5 34. Nf3 Bc7 35. Nd2 Ba5 {Caruana,F (2787)-Giri,A (2778) London
2015 1/2-1/2}) 6… e6 {Karjakin’s first big think of the match. He spent
about 20 minutes here.} 7. c4 dxc4 8. Nd2 $146 {Carlsen is first in with a
novelty but the position is about equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Nc3 Qxd1+ 9. Rxd1
Bxc5 10. Nf3 Ke7 11. O-O Na5 12. Ne4 Bb6 13. Nfd2 f5 14. Nc3 a6 15. Nxc4 Nxc4
16. Bxc4 Bd7 17. Bd5 Rab8 18. Bf3 Rhc8 19. Rc1 Rc7 20. Ne2 Rbc8 21. Rxc7 Rxc7
22. Rc1 Kd8 23. Rxc7 Kxc7 24. Nf4 Bc5 25. Bh5 f6 26. Kf1 Kd6 27. Nd3 Ba7 28.
Ke2 Bb5 29. Kd2 Bxd3 30. Kxd3 f4 {1/2-1/2 (30) Rahman,Z (2564)-Mas,H (2386)
Kuala Lumpur 2008}) 8… Bxc5 9. Ngf3 O-O 10. O-O Na5 $1 {a very interesting
response.} 11. Rc1 Be7 12. Qc2 {After a 15 minute thought.} Bd7 {Simplifying.}
(12… a6) 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. Qc3 Qd5 {This more or less forces Carlsen to
trade to the endgame.} (14… b6) (14… Qa4) 15. Nxc4 {Carlsen gets a small
amount to play with but Karjakin is a good defender of such positions.} (15. e4
Qc5 {isn’t as good for white as the game.}) 15… Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Qxc4 17. Rxc4
Rfc8 18. Rfc1 Rxc4 19. Rxc4 Rd8 20. g3 (20. g4 h5 21. gxh5 Rd7 {probably isn’t
any better.}) 20… Rd7 21. Kf1 f5 22. Ke2 Bf6 23. b3 Kf8 24. h3 h6 {a high
quality waiting move.} 25. Ne1 {Perhaps in retrospect this wasn’t the right
plan.} (25. g4 {was a clear alternative.}) 25… Ke7 26. Nd3 Kd8 27. f4 {
A very commital plan but white was facing an undesirable trade of rooks.
Probably not much left already.} (27. Ra4 {was the alternative.} b6 (27… a6))
27… h5 {Now the f4 square has been taken from the knight this move is
possible.} 28. a4 (28. Ne5 {also had to be carefully evaluated.}) 28… Rd5 29.
Nc5 b6 30. Na6 Be7 (30… b5 {is possible.}) 31. Nb8 a5 {This seems the most
accurate.} (31… Ke8 32. b4) 32. Nc6+ Ke8 {This position is dead equal.} 33.
Ne5 Bc5 {Carlsen went behind on the clock for the first time after this move.}
(33… Rd8) 34. Rc3 Ke7 35. Rd3 Rxd3 36. Kxd3 f6 37. Nc6+ Kd6 38. Nd4 Kd5 39.
Nb5 Kc6 40. Nd4+ Kd6 41. Nb5+ Kd7 42. Nd4 Kd6 1/2-1/2
[/pgn]

Fonte: http://theweekinchess.com/

Capivara subserviente do Xadrez

AF Carlos Carvalho

Capivara Subserviente do Xadrez

See author's posts