Norway Chess 2013 Round 5

 
Video analysis of Karjakin vs Carlsen by GM Daniel King
 
[Event "Norway Chess 2013"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2868"]
[Annotator "GM Gilberto Milos"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[TimeControl "6600+2835"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15.
Qc2 Rc8 (15... Qc7 {seems more natural.}) 16. axb5 axb5 17. b4 Qc7 18. Bb2 Ra8
19. Rad1 Nb6 20. c4 $1 {That is the correct way to attack this structure.
White is already better.} bxc4 21. Nxc4 Nxc4 22. Bxc4 h6 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. Bc3
{The pawn on c6 is weaker than b4 and Black has a bad bishop on b7.} Ba6 25.
Bb3 c5 26. Qb2 c4 27. Ba4 Re6 28. Nxe5 Bb7 29. Bc2 {White is clearly better
after} (29. Bb5 $1 {the point is that Black cannot retake the pawn.} Bxe4 30.
Bxc4 Rxe5 31. Bxe5 Qxc4 32. Rd4 Qc2 (32... Qc6 33. b5 Qb7 34. Bxf6 {winning
material.} Bxg2 35. Rg4) 33. Qxc2 Bxc2 34. b5 {The b-pawn will cost Black a
piece.}) 29... Rae8 30. f4 Bd6 {now Black has counterplay and the position is
about even.} 31. Kh2 {A very strange move considering the position of Black's
queen and bishop.} (31. Re3) 31... Nh5 $1 32. g3 f6 33. Ng6 {Magnus said that
Karjakin played this both quickly and with quite a bit of confidence, and
added he was not really sure what Sergey saw, but clearly something had gone
horribly wrong in his calculations.} Nxf4 $1 {Carlsen finds the best way and
Karjakin is forced to play} 34. Rxd6 (34. gxf4 Bxf4+ {black has a winning
attack.} 35. Kh1 (35. Nxf4 Qxf4+ 36. Kh1 Qg3 37. Re2 Rxe4) 35... Rxe4 36. Bxe4
Rxe4 37. Kg1 Bd2 {and the queen enters g3}) 34... Nxg6 35. Rxe6 Rxe6 36. Bd4 {
Another mistake. White should bring his queen to defend the king.} (36. Bb1 h5
37. Qf2 {was correct and Black is only a little better.} h4 38. Re3) 36... f5
$1 {another good move to open his bishop.} 37. e5 Nxe5 $1 38. Bxe5 Qc6 39. Rg1
(39. Be4 fxe4 40. Re3 {was the only defense and Carlsen should win in the long
run.}) 39... Qd5 {Now it's over. Black has attack and a passed distant pawn to
disturb White's pieces.} 40. Bxf5 Rxe5 41. Bg4 h5 42. Bd1 ({Though it would
not change anything in the result, Carlsen said he had hoped Karjakin might
play} 42. Rd1 {when he would finish in beauty with} Qxd1 $3 43. Bxd1 Re1 {
threatening mate with Rh1.} 44. g4 h4 {and White can only defend by giving
back the queen with} 45. Qg2 Bxg2 46. Kxg2 Rxd1) 42... c3 43. Qf2 Rf5 44. Qe3
Qf7 45. g4 Re5 46. Qd4 Qc7 0-1

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