[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.12.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,Dorian"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 dxc4 ({Another variation that becomes more and more popular lately is} 6... c5) ({Adams usually prefered the main} 6... Ne4) 7. Qxc4 b6 {Nigel Short's idea. Black tries to use the exposed position of the white queen.} 8. Bf4 {The most principled answer.} (8. Nf3) 8... Ba6 ({Earlier this year Carlsen achieved advantage in a blitz game against Onischuk after} 8... Nd5 9. Bg3 Ba6 10. Qa4+ Qd7 11. Qc2 Qb5 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. Rc1 Nde7 14. b4 Qh5 15. Qa4 Bb5 16. Qb3 Qd5 17. Qxd5 exd5 18. e3 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Rc8 20. Ke2 {½-½ Carlsen,M (2710)-Onischuk,A (2650)/Biel (blitz) 2007 (54)}) 9. Qxc7 Qxc7 10. Bxc7 {Black has compensation for the pawn thanks to the lead in development. However, the present game reminds that the development advantage is a temporary factor and can easily disappear.} O-O {With this novelty Black keeps the possibility to develop the knight either on d7 or c6. However, Adams failed to show the advantages of the knight on d7.} ({Short played} 10... Nc6 11. Nf3 Rc8 12. Be5 ({The critical variation seems to be} 12. Bf4 Na5 13. b4) 12... Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. b4 Bb7 15. e3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nxe5 17. Bb5+ Ke7 18. f4 Nd7 {and Black soon achieved a draw in Baburin,A (2590)-Short,N (2670)/Port Erin 1998.}) 11. Nf3 Rc8 12. Bf4 Nbd7 ({Another way to look for compensation is} 12... Nc6 13. e3 Bxf1 14. Rxf1 Na5) 13. Nd2 {The begin of an impressive maneuver.} Rc2 ({Deserves attention to chase away the bishop from the diagonal c1-h6:} 13... Nd5 14. Bg3 Rc2 15. Rb1 Rac8 16. Kd1 f5 {although after} 17. e3 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 {White will most likely find a way to coordinate his pieces and keep the extra pawn (appart from e2-d3, followed by b3 and fc1, White also has e1-e2, or in some cases even b3 and c1, using the pin on the c-file).}) 14. Rb1 Rac8 $146 {Adams achieved a visible activity, but Carlsen finds a strong defensive plan: the knight goes to a1 in order to control square c2.} ({RR} 14... Nd5 15. Bg3 Rac8 16. Kd1 f5 17. e3 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 N7f6 19. Re1 Kf7 20. f3 g5 21. Bf2 h5 22. Re2 Kg6 23. Nb3 Rxe2 24. Kxe2 Rc2+ 25. Nd2 Nd7 26. Kd3 Rc8 27. Nb3 e5 28. Rc1 Rd8 29. Ke2 {Neuman,P (2471)-Falout,L (2130) Czech Republic 2012 1-0 (33)}) 15. Nb3 $1 Bc4 (15... Nd5 16. Bd2 N7f6 17. f3 $16 {[%cal Gb3a1]}) 16. Na1 $1 Ba2 17. Nxc2 Bxb1 18. Na1 Nd5 19. Bd2 {A rare case when White can be proud having a knight in the corner. Indeed, it controls the vital square c2 and cannot be disturbed there. The bishop controls square c1, so in fact the yound Norvegian is just a healthy pawn up. White's position contains no weaknesses and he will soon complete development.} e5 20. e3 $1 ({Stronger than} 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. e3 Bd3 (21... Nd3+ 22. Bxd3 Bxd3 23. f3 $16)) 20... exd4 21. exd4 Nb8 (21... Re8+ 22. Kd1 $16) (21... Nf8 22. Ba6 Re8+ 23. Kd1 Ne6 24. Re1 Ndc7 $14 {/}) 22. f3 Nc6 23. Bc4 Rd8 24. Kf2 Bf5 25. Nb3 {White has everything protected and the game enters in the phase of converting the extra pawn. This is not a trivial task, though, since the isolated d-pawn is blockaded and it is difficult for White to find targets for attack.} Be6 26. Rc1 f6 27. a4 $1 {Now Black faces an unpleasant choice. Allowing the further advance of the a-pawn will open files for white pieces. Adams chooses to blockade it, but then the b-pawn remains weak.} a5 28. Bc3 Bf7 29. Nd2 Nde7 30. Bf1 $5 {Carlsen decides to give up the d4-pawn in order to open the position, where his bishop pair together with the weakness of pawn b6 will secure the advantage.} ({White could have kept the extra pawn with} 30. Rd1 $16 Nxd4 $140 $6 31. Bxf7+ Kxf7 32. Nc4 Nec6 33. Nxb6 $18) 30... Nxd4 31. Re1 Ndc6 32. Nc4 Nd5 33. Rb1 Kf8 (33... Nxc3 34. bxc3 $16 {[%csl Rb6]}) 34. Be1 Ke7 (34... Ncb4 35. Rd1 (35. Kg1 $5 Re8 36. Bf2 Re6 37. Rd1 $14) 35... Nc2 36. Bd2 $14 (36. Nxb6 $6 Nxe1 37. Nxd5 Nxg2 $11)) 35. Kg1 $1 {Again Carlsen finds a powerful way to improve the position.} Nb8 36. Bf2 Nd7 37. Re1+ Kf8 38. Rd1 Ke7 39. Re1+ Kf8 40. Nd6 Ne5 (40... Nc5 41. Nxf7 Kxf7 42. Bxc5 ({or} 42. Bb5 $14 {/}) 42... bxc5 43. Bc4 Rd7 44. Rd1 Ke6 45. f4 g5 46. g3 $16) 41. Nxf7 Kxf7 $16 42. Rd1 {The bishops are much stronger than the knights and in spite of material eqiality White has a clear advantage.} Ke7 43. f4 (43. Ba6 $16) 43... Ng4 (43... Nxf4 44. Rxd8 Kxd8 45. Bxb6+ $18) 44. Re1+ Kf8 45. Bd4 Rd6 ({Again taking on f4 loses:} 45... Nxf4 46. Bxb6 Rd5 47. b4 $1 axb4 48. a5 {and the knights can't fight against the marginal passed pawn.}) 46. h3 Nh6 ({Here} 46... Nxf4 {was worth a try, at the same time containing a trap.} 47. Re4 ({After} 47. Rd1 $2 {(threatening 48.c5) Black has a strong answer} Ke7 $1 {which is also the only defense} (47... Ne6 48. Bc5 $18) (47... Ke8 48. hxg4 Ne6 49. Re1 $18) 48. hxg4 Ne6 {and it is White who must look for escape}) 47... Ne6 48. Rxe6 Rxe6 49. hxg4 $16 {White is clearly better, but winning it might be a difficult task.}) 47. Rd1 $1 Nf5 (47... Nxf4 $2 48. Bc5 $18) 48. Bf2 Ke7 (48... Nxf4 49. Rxd6 Nxd6 50. Bxb6 $16) 49. g4 Nh6 50. f5 Nf7 51. Bg2 Nf4 52. Rxd6 Nxd6 53. Bxb6 {In spite of Adams' efforts the inevitable happened. Now the extra pawn secures a technical win.} Nc4 54. Bc5+ Kd7 55. Bf1 ({Even stronger is} 55. b3 Nxg2 (55... Nd2 56. Be3 Nxg2 57. Bxd2 $18) 56. Kxg2 Nd2 57. b4 $18) 55... Nxb2 56. Bb5+ Kd8 ({More stubborn is} 56... Kc7 {although after} 57. Bf8 ({or} 57. h4 {[%cal Gc5f8]}) 57... g6 58. fxg6 hxg6 59. h4 {Black's position is difficult anyway}) 57. Bb6+ Ke7 58. Kh2 $18 Nd5 59. Bxa5 Kd6 60. Bd2 Kc5 61. Kg3 Nc7 62. Be3+ Kb4 63. Bd2+ Kc5 64. Bc1 Nc4 65. Bxc4 Kxc4 66. Bd2 Na6 67. a5 Kb5 68. Kf3 Nc5 69. Bc3 h6 70. Ke3 Kc4 71. Bd4 Na6 72. Ke4 Nb4 73. h4 Kb5 74. Bc3 Na6 75. Kd5 Nc5 76. Bd4 Nd3 77. Ke6 1-0

[Event "London Classic 3rd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2011.12.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2826"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {ChessBase II} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 d5 ({RR} 7... O-O 8. Bg5 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. e3 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. b4 Ncd7 13. f3 Rc8 14. Be2 Ne5 15. Qb2 Ng6 16. Rc1 h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Kf2 Rfd8 20. Rhd1 Bc6 21. Nb1 Kf8 22. Nc3) 8. cxd5 ({RR} 8. e3 O-O 9. b4 c5 10. dxc5 Ne4 11. Qc2 bxc5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. bxc5 Nd7 14. Be2 Rc8 15. O-O Rxc5 16. Qb2 Qc7 17. Qd4 Nc3 18. Bd3 Re8 19. Bb2 Re4 20. Bxc3 Rxd4 21. Bxd4 Ra5 22. Rfc1 Qd6 {Wojtaszek,R (2700)-Shirov,A (2700) Loo 2013 ½-½ (71)}) ({RR} 8. g3 dxc4 9. Qxc4 O-O 10. Bg2 a5 11. O-O a4 12. Bf4 Bd5 13. Qxc7 Nc6 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8 15. Bc7 Rdc8 16. Bxb6 Rab8 17. Bc5 Rxb2 18. e3 Rcb8 19. Ne1 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Nd5 21. Kf3 R8b3 22. Rc1 f5 {Kim,S (2295)-Purtseladze,M (2261) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (49)}) 8... Qxd5 9. e3 $146 ({RR} 9. Qxc7 Nbd7 10. Qc2 O-O ({RR} 10... O-O 11. e3 e5 12. Be2 exd4 13. exd4 Rac8 14. Qd3 Qd6 15. O-O Rfe8 16. h3 Be4 17. Qb5 Bc6 18. Qd3 Be4 19. Qb5 Bc6 20. Qd3 Be4) 11. e3 e5 12. Be2 exd4 13. exd4 Rac8 14. Qd3 Qd6 15. O-O Rfe8 16. h3 Be4 17. Qb5 Bc6 18. Qd3 Be4 19. Qb5 Bc6 20. Qd3 Be4 {½-½ (20) Kacheishvili,G (2598)-Adams,M (2728) Wheeling 2012}) ({RR} 9. Qxc7 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Rc8 11. Qd3 Qh5 12. g3 O-O 13. Bg2 e5 14. Qd1 e4 15. Nd2 Ba6 ({RR} 15... e3 16. Bxb7 exd2+ 17. Bxd2) 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Rfe8 18. Bd3 Nf6 19. Bxa6 Qa5+ 20. Bd2 Qxa6 21. e3 Qb5 22. Rb1 Ne4 23. Qe2 Qb3 {Maiorov,N (2531)-Gedajlovic,M (2324) Vaujany 2017 EXT 2020 [ChessBase II] 1-0 (44)}) 9... Nbd7 10. b4 O-O 11. Bb2 a5 12. Bd3 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1+ 14. Bxa1 Qa2 15. O-O Nd5 16. Qe1 c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. b5 Ra8 19. Qc1 h6 20. h3 Qa3 21. Qd2 Qb4 22. Qc2 Qa4 23. Qb2 f6 24. Rc1 Nb4 25. Be2 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Nd5 27. f4 N7b6 28. Bg4 Kf7 29. Qb1 Qa3 30. Rd1 f5 31. Bf3 Ra4 32. Be5 Qb4 33. Qd3 Ra3 34. Qf1 g6 35. h4 Nc4 $2 (35... Rb3 36. h5 g5 $16) 36. Rxd5 $18 Nxe5 37. Rxe5 Qc3 38. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2008.05.04"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e3 Qa5+ {Very modern opening with early imbalance. Black is ahead in development, but should he wait White would develop his pieces and use two mighty bishops.} (10... Bf5 11. Bd3 Ne5 (11... Qg5 12. f3 Qh4+ 13. Kf1 Ng3+ 14. hxg3 Bxd3+ 15. Qxd3 Qxh1 16. b4 O-O 17. Bb2 Rfe8 18. Kf2 Qh6 19. Ne2 Ne5 {1/2 Kasimdzhanov,R (2683)-Aronian,L (2750)/Mainz 2007 (35)}) 12. Nf3 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 Ng3 14. Qb5+ (14. e4 Nxe4 15. O-O O-O 16. Qd4 Qf6 17. Qxf6 Nxf6 18. Nd4 Bg6 19. Bf4 Rfe8 20. f3 Nd7 21. Bd6 $14 {1/2 Kasimdzhanov,R (2682)-Asrian,K (2634)/France 2007 (44)}) 14... Bd7 15. Qxb7 Nxh1 16. c6 Be6 17. c7 Qc8 18. Qc6+ Bd7 19. Qd6 a5 20. Bd2 Ra6 21. Qe5+ Kf8 22. Rc1 f6 23. Qxd5 $16 {1/2 Morozevich,A (2755)-Adams,M (2729)/Moscow 2007 (51)}) (10... Qf6 11. f3 Qh4+ 12. g3 Nxg3 13. Qf2 Nf5 14. Qxh4 Nxh4 15. b4 a6 16. Kf2 Ne5 17. Bb2 f6 18. Rd1 Be6 19. Ne2 Bf7 20. Rg1 Nc4 21. Bc1 $16 {1-0 Carlsen,M (2733)-Polgar,J (2707)/Wijk aan Zee 2008 (52)}) 11. b4 $5 Nxb4 12. axb4 Qxa1 13. Bb5+ Kf8 14. Ne2 a6 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. f3 Ba4 17. Qb2 Qxb2 18. Bxb2 Ng5 19. Nd4 {The very first move deviating from the games of Kasimdzhanov. White plays with compensation for the exchange, but no advantage.} (19. Kd2 Rc8 20. Ra1 Bd7 21. Nf4 Bc6 22. Bf5 Re8 23. Ne2 Ne6 24. h4 h5 25. Be5 Rh6 26. Bd6+ Kg8 27. Bd3 {1/2 Kasimdzhanov,R (2690)-Karpov,A (2670)/Moscow 2007 (31)}) 19... Bd7 $146 (19... Ne6 20. Nf5 Bb5 (20... a5 21. b5 Nxc5 22. Bxg7+ Ke8 23. Bxh8 Nxd3+ 24. Kd2 Kd7 $11) 21. Ke2 Bxd3+ 22. Kxd3 f6 $15) ({RR} 19... Ne6 20. Nf5 Bb5 21. Kd2 Bxd3 22. Kxd3 f6 23. Ra1 Nc7 24. g4 Nb5 25. g5 Kf7 26. gxf6 gxf6 27. Rg1 Ke6 28. Ng7+ Kf7 29. Nf5 Ke6 30. Ng7+ Kf7 31. Nf5 Ke6 {½-½ (31) Balazs,G (2352)-Ragger,A (2158) Pula 2010}) 20. Kf2 (20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. Bxf5 Ne6 22. Kf2 Ke7 $15) 20... f6 21. Ra1 Ke7 22. Bc2 $1 {Carlsen is a fighter and he hopes for more than just equalizing lines.} (22. h4 Nf7 23. e4 Ne5 24. Bc2 dxe4 25. Bxe4 Nc6) (22. Re1 $11) 22... Rhd8 (22... Nf7 23. Bb3 Bc6 24. Nf5+ Kf8 25. f4 $36) (22... g6 23. Re1 Ne6 24. e4 $14) 23. h4 Nf7 (23... Ne6 24. Nf5+ Kf8 25. Nd6 Rdb8 $13) 24. Bxh7 Rh8 25. Bc2 Rxh4 26. Bb3 (26. e4 dxe4 27. Bxe4 Rb8) (26. b5 Ne5 (26... Rxd4 27. exd4 Bxb5 28. Re1+ Kf8 $11) 27. Bc3 g5 $15) 26... Rh5 $2 {[%mdl 2048] Adams shows the ambition of his own, but it comes at the wrong moment and displaces the rook.} (26... Ne5 $1 27. Bc3 (27. Rd1 a5 $15) 27... Nc6 28. Bxd5 Nxd4 29. exd4 Bc6 30. Re1+ Kf8 31. Bb3 Rd8 32. d5 Bxd5 33. Rd1 Bxb3 34. Rxd8+ Ke7 $11) 27. Ne2 $1 Bc6 (27... Rah8 28. Nf4 R5h6 29. Nxd5+ Kf8 30. Nb6 Bc6 31. Rd1 Rh1 32. Rd2 $36) 28. Nf4 Rg5 29. b5 $1 Bxb5 30. Nxd5+ Kf8 (30... Kd8 31. Nb6 Rb8 32. Bxf7 $18) (30... Rxd5 31. Bxd5 Rd8 32. e4 Bc6 33. Ba3 $14) 31. Nc7 Rd8 32. Ne6+ Ke8 $2 {For a bit mysterious reasons Adams makes a big step in the wrong direction, the natural e7 was much better.} (32... Ke7 33. Nxd8 Nxd8 34. g4 $14) 33. Bd4 Bd7 34. Nxd8 Nxd8 35. Rh1 Ke7 {The defender admitts his mistake, but it is too late.} (35... Ne6 36. f4 Rf5 37. Bxe6 Bxe6 38. Rh8+ Kd7 39. g4 Rd5 40. f5 Bf7 41. Rf8 Be8 42. Rg8 $16) 36. e4 (36. f4 Rg6 37. Bd5 Rh6 $14) 36... Ne6 37. Be3 Re5 38. Rh7 (38. Bd5 Bc6 39. f4 Bxd5 40. fxe5 Bxe4 41. exf6+ gxf6 $16) 38... Kf8 39. Bc2 Bc6 (39... Nxc5 40. f4 Nxe4+ 41. Kf3 $16) 40. f4 Bxe4 $6 {The tempting move in the fight for the best survival chances, objectively better was to take with the rook.} (40... Rxe4 41. Bxe4 Bxe4 42. Rh8+ Kf7 43. g4 $16) 41. Rh8+ Ke7 42. Rb8 $1 (42. fxe5 Bxc2 43. exf6+ gxf6 44. Rb8 Be4 $16) 42... Nd8 43. fxe5 Bxc2 44. exf6+ gxf6 45. Bd4 f5 46. Be3 $1 {Carlsen plays with technique, that is truly exceptional for such a young player. White's position is already winning.} (46. Bf6+ Kxf6 47. Rxd8 Ke5 48. g3 Be4 $16) 46... Kd7 47. Bg5 Ne6 48. Rxb7+ Kc8 (48... Kc6 49. Rb6+ Kd5 50. Rd6+ Ke5 51. Rd2 $18) 49. Rb2 Be4 50. Be7 $1 (50. Be3 f4 51. Bd4 $16) 50... Nf4 51. Ra2 $1 Kd7 (51... Kb7 52. g3 $18) (51... Nd3+ 52. Kg3 Kb7 53. Bd6 $18) 52. Bd6 Nxg2 53. Rxa6 {With minimal number of pawns White will win due to the better coordination of his pieces.} f4 54. Ra4 Bc6 55. Ra7+ Ke6 56. Ra6 1-0

[Event "London Classic"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2009.12.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,Michal"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2009.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. g3 Re8 8. Bg2 Bf8 ({The immediate} 8... c6 {is more popular here.}) ({RR} 8... a5 9. O-O Na6 10. Nf4 c6 11. f3 Nc7 12. g4 Ne6 13. Nce2 Bd6 14. Nxe6 Bxe6 15. Nf4 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. g5 Nd7 18. Nxd5 Nb6 19. Nxb6 Qxb6 20. f4 Bc4 21. Rf2 Rad8 22. Qc2 Ba6 23. Bd2 {Romanov,E (2616)-Naiditsch,A (2708) Warsaw 2012 0-1}) ({RR} 8... Na6 9. O-O c6 10. Qc2 Bf8 11. a3 h5 12. f3 c5 13. Kh1 Bd7 14. Bd2 Rc8 15. Rad1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. Qb1 a5 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Ne6 20. Nce2 Rc4 21. Rc1 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Qb6 23. Qb3 {Lysenko,M (2207)-Shuvalova,P (2484) Sochi 2021 0-1 (35)}) 9. O-O Na6 $5 {A curious concept.} (9... c6) 10. a3 $146 (10. h3 $5 c6 11. g4 h6 12. Ng3 Nc7 13. f4 g6 14. Qf3 b5 15. a3 a5 16. g5 Nh7 17. h4 hxg5 18. fxg5 Be6 19. Nce2 Qd7 20. Qf2 Bg7 21. Bd2 Bg4 22. Nf4 Ne6 $132 {1-0 Kohlweyer,B (2443)-Chuchelov,V (2539)/Belgium 2001/CBM 081 ext (55)}) ({RR} 10. h3 c6 11. g4 h6 12. Ng3 Nc7 13. f4 g6 14. Qf3 b5 15. a3 a5 16. g5 Nh7 17. h4 hxg5 18. fxg5 Be6 19. Nce2 Qd7 20. Qf2 Bg7 21. Bd2 Bg4 22. Nf4 Ne6 23. Nd3 f6 24. gxf6 Bxf6 {Kohlweyer,B (2443)-Chuchelov,V (2539) Belgium 2001 1-0 (55)}) ({RR} 10. Nf4 c6 11. f3 Nc7 12. g4 h6 13. h3 c5 14. Nd3 Ne6 15. Ne5 Qb6 16. f4 cxd4 17. Na4 Qc7 18. exd4 Bd7 19. Be3 Rac8 20. Nc3 Bc6 21. g5 Nd7 22. Nxd5 Qd6 23. Nc4 {½-½ (23) Lopez,J (2202)-Roser,K (2422) Cappelle la Grande 2014}) 10... c6 11. f3 (11. b3 $6 Bf5 (11... Nc7 12. Ra2 Bf5 13. f3 h6 14. Nf4 c5 $1 15. Nce2 b6 16. g4 Bh7 17. Ng3 Nb5 $36 {0-1 Lerner,K (2525)-Garcia Gonzales,G (2515)/Jurmala 1983/MCD (40)}) 12. Ra2 Qd7 13. f3 h5 14. Nf4 Bd6 15. Nxh5 Nxh5 16. g4 Bg6 17. gxh5 Bxh5 $17 {1/2 Panczyk,K (2365)-Volzhin,A (2530)/Wisla 1998/EXT 2000 (22)}) (11. h3 Nc7 12. g4 Bd6 13. f4 Bxg4 $6 (13... h6 $15) 14. hxg4 Nxg4 15. Rf3 Qh4 16. Bh3 Re6 17. Bxg4 Rg6 18. Rg3 Rxg4 19. Kg2 $14 {1-0 Tatai,S (2435)-Ivkov,B (2475)/Torremolinos 1983/MCD (60)}) (11. Nf4 Nc7 12. b4 a6 13. Ra2 (13. f3 $6 Nb5 $1 14. Nxb5 axb5 15. Bd2 Nd7 16. e4 dxe4 17. fxe4 Nf6 18. Bc3 Nxe4 $19 {1-0 Straeter,T (2345)-Ernst,S (2512)/Germany 2006/EXT 2007 (58)}) 13... Bf5 14. f3 Nb5 15. Nxb5 axb5 $15 {0-1 Maksimovic,S (2225)-Prudnikova,S (2405)/Belgrade 1995/EXT 1997 (48)}) 11... c5 $5 {A standard reaction to f2-f3.} 12. g4 h6 (12... Nc7 $5 13. b3 $6 (13. g5 $142 Nd7 14. f4 Nb6 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Qd3 Nc4 17. Nd4 $13) 13... a5 14. Ng3 h6 15. Ra2 b5 16. Kh1 c4 $17 {0-1 Moutousis,K (2475)-Mastrovasilis,A (2315)/Panormo 1998/CBM 067 ext (46)}) 13. h3 b6 14. Ng3 Bb7 15. f4 Rc8 $15 {Black has good development; White's attacking chances are slim.} 16. g5 hxg5 $1 (16... Ne4 17. Ncxe4 dxe4 18. gxh6 g6 (18... cxd4 19. exd4 gxh6 20. f5 $36) 19. h7+ $5 (19. f5 Bxh6) 19... Kxh7 20. f5 Bg7 $13) 17. fxg5 Ne4 $1 (17... cxd4 $2 18. exd4 Ne4 19. Ncxe4 dxe4 20. Rxf7 $1 Kxf7 21. g6+ $1 $18 {}) 18. Ncxe4 dxe4 19. Qg4 (19. Rxf7 {now doesn't work as the c1 bishop is not in the attack.}) 19... g6 20. Nxe4 (20. Bxe4 $5 Bd5 $5 $36) 20... Bxe4 21. Bxe4 cxd4 $1 {[%cal Ra6c5][%mdl 512]} 22. Bb7 {Obvious but probably wrong!} (22. Qf3 $142 $5 Qd7 (22... Qxg5+ 23. Kh1 Rxe4 $1 24. Qxe4 d3 $1 25. Qxd3 Nc5 $15) 23. b4 $15 {[%cal Yc1b2]} (23. Bd5 $143 Re7 24. exd4 Bg7 $17)) 22... Rc2 $1 23. Bxa6 (23. Qf4 Qd7 $1 24. Bxa6 dxe3 (24... Qxh3 $2 25. Qxf7+ Kh8 26. Rf2 Qg4+ 27. Kf1 Qd1+ $11) 25. Qg4 $5 {(recommended by IM Ivan Smikovsky)} (25. Bc4 Rxc4 26. Qxc4 e2 27. Re1 Qxh3 $19) {doesn't help due to} 25... Qd5 $1 26. Be2 (26. Qf3 Qxf3 27. Rxf3 e2 28. Be3 Bc5 $1 $19) 26... Bc5 $19 {[%cal Ye8e5,Ye5f5] White is nearly in zugzwang!}) 23... Qc7 $17 {Despite White's extra piece, Black is dominating the board.} 24. Qf4 Bd6 25. Qf3 (25. Qg4 $142 dxe3 26. Be2 Bg3 $1 $17 {I.Smikovsky} (26... Re5 $143 27. h4)) 25... Bc5 (25... dxe3 $1 26. Be2 Re5 27. h4 (27. Qg4 Rxe2 $1) 27... Rf5 28. Qa8+ Bf8 29. Rxf5 Rxe2 $1 30. Bxe3 gxf5 $19 {I.Smikovsky}) 26. Qf4 Bd6 27. Qf3 Bc5 $2 (27... dxe3) 28. Qf4 Qxf4 29. Rxf4 dxe3 30. Kf1 e2+ 31. Ke1 Rd8 32. Bxe2 Re8 33. Bd2 Rxd2 34. Kxd2 Be3+ 35. Kc2 Bxf4 36. Bc4 Bxg5 {Black finally has won a pawn but the opposite-coloured bishops eventually enable White to save the game.} 37. Rg1 Re5 38. h4 $1 Bxh4 39. Rxg6+ Kf8 40. Rd6 Re7 41. Bb5 Rc7+ 42. Rc6 Re7 43. Rd6 Re5 44. Bc4 Rf5 45. b4 Ke7 46. Rd5 Rf2+ 47. Rd2 Rf4 48. Bb5 Ke6 49. Re2+ Kf6 50. Rd2 Ke6 51. Re2+ Kf6 52. Rd2 Bf2 53. Rd7 a5 54. bxa5 bxa5 55. a4 Bc5 56. Rd5 Bb4 57. Kd3 Ke6 58. Rd4 Rf3+ 59. Ke2 Ra3 60. Bc4+ Ke5 61. Rd3 Rxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Outdoor Exhibition Match"]
[Site "Bergen"]
[Date "2004.08.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "208"]
[EventDate "2004.08.06"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 c5 7. Rc1 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qa5 $146 ({RR} 8... d5 9. cxd5 g5 10. Bg3 Nxd5 11. e3 Qa5 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. Bd3 Nxd4 14. exd4 Be7 15. O-O Bf6 16. Be5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Nf4 18. Rfe1 Rd8 19. Re3 b5 20. b4 Qb6 21. Ne4 Bb7 22. Nd6 Nxg2 23. Rg3 {Kavri,Y (2043)-Glavina,P (2415) chess.com INT 2023 1-0}) ({RR} 8... Nc6 9. e3 b6 10. Ndb5 a6 11. Nd6 Qe7 12. Nde4 g5 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bg3 d5 15. h4 g4 16. Qxg4+ Kh8 17. Qg5 Bxc3+ 18. bxc3 Qxf2+ 19. Kxf2 hxg5 20. hxg5+ Kg7 21. cxd5 exd5 22. c4 Be6 23. cxd5 {Aronian,L (2792)-Caruana,F (2804) Leuven 2016 1-0 (34)}) ({RR} 8... Nc6 9. a3 Be7 10. e3 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Nxd5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Rd1 Qxd4 15. Rxd4 e5 16. Rd1 Be6 17. Be2 Bb3 18. Rd7 Nc6 19. Rxb7 Rab8 20. Rxb8 Rxb8 21. Kd2 f5 22. f3 Kf7 23. Kc1 {Voit,D (2345)-Fominykh,M (2136) Moscow RUS 2025 1-0 (58)}) ({RR} 8... Be7 9. e3 d6 10. Be2 Nc6 11. O-O a6 12. Bg3 Bd7 13. Nb3 Ne5 14. c5 Qb8 15. f4 Ng6 16. e4 e5 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Rxf6 Bxf6 20. Qxd7 Bg5 21. Rf1 Be3+ 22. Kh1 Qa7 23. Qd5 {Gonzalez Garcia,J (2522)-Hernandez Carmenates,H (2570) Barbera del Valles 2011 1-0 (33)}) 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. a3 Be7 11. e3 Qg5 12. Be2 Kh8 13. O-O Rg8 14. Bf3 Nc6 15. Ne4 Qg7 16. Nxc6 dxc6 17. Nd6 Rd8 18. c5 e5 19. Qb3 Bxd6 20. cxd6 Rb8 21. Rfd1 Be6 22. Qa4 f5 23. e4 fxe4 24. Qxe4 f5 25. Qe3 e4 26. Be2 Rd7 27. Bc4 Bxc4 28. Rxc4 Rbd8 29. Rcd4 Kh7 30. b4 Qe5 31. Qd2 Rg8 32. g3 Rg6 33. a4 h5 34. Rc1 Rgxd6 35. Rxd6 Qxd6 36. Qg5 Qg6 37. Qe3 a6 38. Rc5 Qg4 39. Kg2 Rd3 40. h3 Qf3+ 41. Qxf3 exf3+ 42. Kh2 Kg6 43. g4 hxg4 44. hxg4 f4 45. b5 axb5 46. axb5 Rd5 47. Rc4 Rxb5 48. Rxf4 Rb3 49. Kg3 b5 50. Rd4 Kg5 51. Rd6 Rc3 52. Rd4 c5 53. Rd5+ Kf6 54. g5+ Kg6 55. Kf4 Rc4+ 56. Kxf3 b4 57. Ke3 b3 58. Kd3 Rb4 59. Rd6+ Kxg5 60. f4+ Kf5 61. Rd5+ Kxf4 62. Rh5 c4+ 63. Kc3 b2 64. Kxb4 b1=Q+ 65. Kxc4 Qe4+ 66. Kc5 Qe7+ 67. Kb6 Qd8+ 68. Ka6 Qd6+ 69. Kb5 Qd3+ 70. Ka5 Qd2+ 71. Kb6 Qd6+ 72. Kb5 Qd7+ 73. Ka5 Qc7+ 74. Kb4 Ke4 75. Rc5 Qb6+ 76. Rb5 Qd4+ 77. Ka3 Kd3 78. Rb4 Qc5 79. Ka4 Qc6+ 80. Kb3 Qc7 81. Ka4 Qc6+ 82. Ka5 Kc3 83. Rb3+ Kc2 84. Rb6 Qa8+ 85. Kb4 Qd5 86. Rb5 Qd4+ 87. Ka5 Kc3 88. Rb6 Qc5+ 89. Ka6 Kc4 90. Kb7 Qe7+ 91. Ka6 Qa3+ 92. Kb7 Kc5 93. Rc6+ Kd5 94. Rb6 Qe7+ 95. Ka6 Qd7 96. Rb7 Qa4+ 97. Kb6 Kd6 98. Rb8 Qb4+ 99. Ka7 Qa5+ 100. Kb7 Kd7 101. Ra8 Qb5+ 102. Ka7 Kc7 103. Rc8+ Kxc8 104. Ka8 Qa6# 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.06"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. d4 {Golod,Vitali} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O c5 ({RR} 10... Ne4) 11. b4 a5 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Rfd1 Rfc8 14. dxc5 ({RR} 14. Qb3 Ra7 15. Nd2 Rca8 16. f3 ({RR} 16. bxc5 bxc5) 16... axb4 17. axb4 Bc6 18. Rxa7 Rxa7 19. Ra1 ({RR} 19. b5 Bb7 20. e4 cxd4 21. Bxd4 e5 22. Bf2 Nc5 23. Qc3 Nh5) 19... Rxa1+ 20. Bxa1 Qd8 21. Qa3 ({RR} 21. e4 e5) 21... Ne8 ({RR} 21... Qa8 22. Qxa8+ Bxa8 23. Bc3) 22. e4 e5 23. b5 Qa8 24. Qxa8 Bxa8 25. d5 ({RR} 25. dxe5 dxe5 26. Nf1 Nc7 27. Ne3 Ne6 28. Nd5 Nd4 29. Bf1) 25... Bb7 26. g3 f6 27. f4 ({RR} 27. Bf1 Kf7 28. Bh3 Ke7) 27... Kf7 28. Bg4 Nf8 {Grischuk,A (2710)-Leko,P (2749) Wijk aan Zee 2005 CBM 105 [Golod,Vitali] ½-½ (63)}) 14... dxc5 ({RR} 14... bxc5 15. b5 a4 16. Nd2 e5 17. Qc2 Nb6 18. Rac1 Rd8 19. Bf1 Qe6 20. h3 Nbd7 21. Re1 e4) ({RR} 14... axb4 15. axb4 dxc5) 15. b5 Rd8 16. Rd3 $146 ({RR} 16. Rd2 Nf8 17. Rad1 Ne8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Rxd8 Qxd8 20. Nd2 {½-½ (20) Shipov,S (2582)-Kunte,A (2561) Guelph 2005}) 16... Be4 17. Rd2 Ne8 18. Rad1 f6 19. h3 Nf8 20. Nh2 Nd6 21. Nf1 Bb7 22. Ng3 Ne4 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. Bg4 Kf7 25. h4 Ke8 26. Bh5+ Ng6 27. f3 Bb7 28. Qc2 Kf7 29. Rd3 Qc7 30. Bc3 e5 31. Kf2 e4 32. fxe4 Ke7 33. Bxg6 hxg6 34. e5 fxe5 35. Rxd8 Rxd8 36. Rxd8 Qxd8 37. Qxg6 Qf8+ 38. Kg3 Qf6 39. Qh5 Kd6 40. Qe8 Be4 41. Qb8+ Kd7 42. Qxe5 Qxe5+ 43. Bxe5 g6 44. Bf6 a4 45. Be5 Bd3 46. Kf4 Bxc4 47. Kg5 Ke6 48. Bc7 Kf7 49. Bxb6 Bxb5 50. Bxc5 Bf1 51. g4 Bd3 52. Kf4 Ke6 53. e4 Be2 54. Bd4 Bd1 55. Bh8 Be2 56. Kg5 Kf7 57. h5 gxh5 58. gxh5 Bf3 59. e5 Ke6 60. Bf6 Be4 61. Kf4 Bc2 62. h6 Kd5 63. Ke3 Bg6 64. Kd2 Ke6 65. Kc3 Kd7 66. Kb4 Bc2 67. Kb5 Ke6 68. Kc6 Bg6 69. Kc7 Bf5 70. Kd8 Kf7 71. Bg7 Bg6 72. Kd7 Bf5+ 73. Kd6 Bg4 74. Bf6 Bf5 75. Bg5 Bg4 76. Bf4 Bf5 77. e6+ Bxe6 78. h7 Kg7 79. Kxe6 Kxh7 80. Kd5 Kg6 81. Kc6 Kf5 82. Kd5 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2864"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,Michal"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik,Lubomir Milov,Vadim} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 Nd7 9. g3 b6 {Alternatives seen in practice:} (9... N7f6) (9... N5f6) (9... N5b6) (9... Nxc3) 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bg2 Bb7 {[%csl Rb7] The bishop will be passive here.} (11... Nf6 12. O-O Bf5 {This is a better square for the bishop.} (12... Bb7 13. Bb4 {was probably the best of all} (13. Qc2 Bd6 (13... a5 $5) 14. Bb4 a5 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Rac1 c6 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. Nc3 g6 {1/2 (25) Bischoff,K (2561)-Tischbierek,R (2507) Austria 2004} 19. Qb3 $14) (13. Rc1 Qd7 (13... a5 {again was appropriate}) 14. Qc2 Bd6 15. Bb4 Bxb4 16. axb4 c6 17. Nf4 a6 18. Qc3 Qd6 19. f3 Rfe8 20. Rfe1 Rad8 21. Rcd1 Nd7 22. e4 $14 {0-1 (44) Janssen,R (2484)-Tiviakov,S (2601) Dieren 2004})) (12... Ne4 13. Rc1 Bb7 (13... Bf5 $5) 14. Qc2 Rc8 15. Rfd1 Bd6 16. Bb4 $5 Qf6 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 c6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. b4 Rc7 21. a4 Bc8 22. a5 Ba6 23. Ra1 $14 {1-0 (38) Ponomariov,R (2734)-Kramnik,V (2807) Wijk aan Zee 2003 CBM 093 [Ftacnik,L]}) 13. Bb4 (13. Nf4 Qd7 14. Qb3 Rfd8 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Rfd1 a5 17. Be1 a4 18. Qc3 c6 19. Qd2 Bd6 20. Qe2 Bxf4 21. exf4 Bh3 $11 {1/2 (26) Grigoriants,S (2594)-Wells,P (2499) Dresden 2007}) 13... a5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Rc1 h6 16. Nc3 Qd7 17. Re1 Rfe8 18. Qb3 Rad8 19. Qb5 Qd6 20. Qb3 Qd7 21. Qb5 Qd6 22. Qe2 Qd7 23. Qb5 {1/2 (23) Martinovic,S (2515)-Papp,G (2534) Chur 2010}) ({RR} 11... Nf6 12. O-O Ne4 13. Rc1 Bb7 ({RR} 13... Bf5 14. Nf4 Re8 15. Bb4) 14. Qc2 Rc8 ({RR} 14... Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Re8 16. Nf4 c6) 15. Rfd1 Bd6 16. Bb4 Qf6 ({RR} 16... c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Be1 Qe7 19. Nc3) ({RR} 16... Bxb4 17. axb4 Qd6 18. b5 a5 19. bxa6 Bxa6 20. Nf4) 17. Nc3 Nxc3 ({RR} 17... Bxb4 18. axb4) ({RR} 17... c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 ({RR} 18... bxc5 19. Ba5 ({RR} 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Bc3 Qe6) 19... Qe6 20. Qb3) 19. Bh3 Rc7 20. Qe2 Rd8) 18. Qxc3 ({RR} 18. bxc3 Ba8 19. Bxd6 Qxd6) 18... c6 ({RR} 18... c5 19. dxc5 Be5 ({RR} 19... Qxc3 20. Bxc3 Rxc5 21. e4 Rfc8 22. exd5) 20. Qb3 Rfd8 21. Bc3) 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. b4 Rc7 21. a4 ({RR} 21. b5 Rfc8 ({RR} 21... c5 22. dxc5 Rxc5 ({RR} 22... bxc5 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. e4) 23. Qd3 Rd8) 22. Bh3 Re8 23. bxc6 Rxc6 24. Qb4) 21... Bc8 22. a5 ({RR} 22. b5 Bg4 23. Re1 Rfc8) 22... Ba6 23. Ra1 Bb5 ({RR} 23... Bc4 24. axb6 axb6 25. Bf1 ({RR} 25. e4 Re8 26. Re1 Rce7) 25... b5 26. Ra6) 24. Rdc1 Re8 25. axb6 axb6 26. Bf1 {Ponomariov,R (2734)-Kramnik,V (2807) Wijk aan Zee 2003 CBM 093 [Ftacnik,Lubomir] 1-0 (38)} ({RR} 26. Ra3 h6 27. Rca1 Rce7 28. Bf1)) ({RR} 11... c6 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. O-O Nf6 14. Bb4) 12. Bb4 $146 {[%mdl 32] White decides to get rid of his passive bishop at once, not giving Black a chance to prevent this exchange by means of ...a7-a5.} (12. O-O Re8 (12... a5 $5 13. Qc2 Nf6) ({RR} 12... Nf6 13. Rc1 Ne4) 13. Qc2 Bd6 14. Rac1 Qe7 15. Nc3 Nf6 ({RR} 15... c6 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Bc7 18. Rfe1) 16. Nb5 c6 ({RR} 16... Ne4 17. Rfd1) 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. f3 Nd7 19. Rfe1 c5 20. Bc3 $14 {1-0 (45) Milov,V (2632)-Cheparinov,I (2550) Dos Hermanas 2004 CBM 099 ext [Milov,V]}) ({RR} 12. O-O Re8 13. Qc2 Bd6 14. Rac1 Qe7 15. Nc3 Nf6 16. Nb5 c6 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. f3 Nd7 19. Rfe1 c5 20. Bc3 Re7 21. b4 cxd4 22. Bxd4 Ne5 23. Qc3 f6 24. f4 Nf7 ({RR} 24... Nc4 25. e4) 25. Qb3 ({RR} 25. a4 Rc8 26. Qb3 Rec7 27. Rxc7 Rxc7 28. a5 Rc4 29. Rb1 Nd8 30. axb6 axb6 31. Qa4) 25... Qe6 26. a4 Nd6 {Milov,V (2632)-Cheparinov,I (2550) Dos Hermanas 2004 CBM 099 Extra [Milov,Vadim] 1-0 (45)}) 12... Nf6 (12... c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Bc3 Nf6 15. O-O {[%cal Yb2b4]} Ne4 16. Nf4 $5 $14) 13. O-O Re8 14. Rc1 c6 (14... Bxb4 $5 15. axb4 c6 {makes sense after White has removed his rook from a1}) 15. Bxe7 Rxe7 16. Re1 Qd6 17. Nf4 $14 Bc8 $6 {This idea to improve the position of the bishop simply doesn't work. Alas, Black shouls defend passively, e.g.} (17... Rc7) 18. Qa4 Rc7 {It was probably better for Black to admit his mistake and play} (18... Bb7) 19. f3 $1 Be6 20. e4 dxe4 $6 ({The position after} 20... Qd7 21. Nxe6 Qxe6 22. e5 Ne8 23. f4 {[%csl Ge5,Gf4] is difficult for Black, according to GM A.Korotylev, but the text move is even worse.}) 21. fxe4 Qd7 (21... b5 22. Qd1 Qd7 23. e5 Nd5 24. Nd3 $16 {[%cal Yd3c5] A.Korotylev}) 22. d5 $1 cxd5 23. Qxd7 Rxd7 24. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 25. Bh3 $1 Kh8 26. e5 Ng8 27. Bxe6 Rdd8 ({After} 27... Re7 28. Bxd5 Rd8 {White should convert his extra pawn but it was more stubborn than allowing White's rook to invade the 7th rank.}) 28. Rc7 d4 29. Bd7 $1 {Black decided that further resistance was senseless.} ({In the event of} 29. Bd7 Ne7 30. Rd1 Nd5 31. Rb7 Rdb8 32. Rxb8+ Rxb8 33. Rxd4 Ne7 34. Bb5 {White wins a pawn, and his rook again breaks to the 7nd rank.}) 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2011.10.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[Annotator "Edouard,Romain"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2011.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {RR Kostakiev,Dimitar} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O 8. Bg5 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. f3 h6 11. Bh4 Rc8 12. e4 c5 13. Bd3 d5 ({RR} 13... cxd4 14. Qxd4 Ne5 15. Be2 ({RR} 15. O-O Ng6 16. Bf2 Qe7 17. Rfe1 Rfd8 18. Bf1 Nd7 19. a4 a5) 15... Ng6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. g3 d5 19. exd5 exd5 20. Kf2 Ne5 ({RR} 20... Rfd8 {RR} 21. Rhd1 Ne5 22. b3 dxc4 23. Nxc4 Bd5 24. Nd2 Be6 25. Ne4 Bxb3 26. Nxf6+ Kg7 27. Nh5+ Kf8) 21. cxd5 {RR} Bxd5 22. Rac1 Rfd8 23. Rhd1 Be6 24. Ne4 Kg7) ({RR} 13... Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Qxh4+ 15. g3) ({RR} 13... cxd4 14. Qxd4 Nc5 15. Be2 e5 16. Qf2 Ne6 17. O-O g5 18. Bg3 Nd4 19. Rfd1 Nh5 20. Bd3 Nf4 21. Qf1 Qf6 22. Bf2 Nde6 23. Bc2 Qg6 24. g3 Nh5 25. Qe2 g4 26. fxg4 Nf6 27. h3 Ng5 28. Kh2 {Carlsen,M (2826)-Karjakin,S (2763) Moscow 2011 CBM 146 [RR] ½-½ (67)}) 14. exd5 ({RR} 14. e5 g5 ({RR} 14... Ne4 15. Bxd8 ({RR} 15. Nxe4 Qxh4+ 16. g3 Qh5 17. Nd6 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxe5+ 19. Qxe5 Nxe5) 15... Nxc3 16. Be7 Rfe8 17. bxc3 ({RR} 17. Bd6 dxc4 18. Nxc4 Nd5) 17... Rxe7 18. cxd5 Bxd5) 15. Bf2 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Nd5) ({RR} 14. Bg3 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. fxe4 Nf6) ({RR} 14. dxc5 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Qxh4+ 16. g3 Qe7 17. Nd6 Rxc5 18. Nxb7 Rc7) 14... exd5 15. O-O ({RR} 15. cxd5 Re8+ 16. Kf1 g5 17. Bf2 Nxd5) 15... dxc4 ({RR} 15... cxd4 16. Qxd4 Nc5 17. Bxf6 ({RR} 17. Bf5 Ne6 ({RR} 17... dxc4 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Bxc8) 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Rad1 ({RR} 19. Rfe1) 19... Qc7) 17... Qxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Bf5 Rcd8 20. Rfe1 ({RR} 20. b4 dxc4 21. Nxc4 Nb3 22. Rae1 Ba6) 20... Ba6 ({RR} 20... d4 21. Re7) 21. Rac1 ({RR} 21. Re7 dxc4 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Rfe8 24. Rxa7 Bc8 25. Rc7 f5 26. Bc2 b5) 21... dxc4 22. Nxc4 Nb3 ({RR} 22... Rd5 23. Bb1 Rfd8) 23. Rc3 Nd4 24. Bh3 ({RR} 24. Bb1 Rfe8 25. Kf2 Rxe1 26. Kxe1 Re8+) ({RR} 24. Bd3 Nb5 ({RR} 24... b5 25. Ne3 b4 26. Bxa6 bxc3 27. bxc3) 25. Rb3 Nd4 26. Rc3 Nb5) 24... Rfe8 25. Kf2 Rxe1 26. Kxe1 Re8+ 27. Kd2 Ne2 ({RR} 27... Rd8 28. Ke3) ({RR} 27... f5 28. Ne3 f4 29. Nc2) 28. Re3 ({RR} 28. Rc2 Nf4) 28... Rd8+ 29. Kxe2 Bxc4+ 30. Ke1 {Kasparov,G (2825)-Kramnik,V (2790) Linares 1998 CBM 064 [Kostakiev,Dimitar] ½-½ (52)}) ({RR} 15... Qc7 16. Bg3 Qc6 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. Bf5 g6 19. Bh3 Nh5 20. Rfd1 f5 21. Qe3 Qf6 22. dxc5 Kh7 23. cxd5 Nxg3 24. hxg3 Nxc5 25. b4 Na4 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Re1 Bxd5 28. g4 f4 29. Qe7+ Qxe7 30. Rxe7+ {Aliyev,R (2341)-Iniyan,P (2509) Mumbai 2019 0-1 (40)}) 16. Bxc4 $146 {Both a novelty and the computer's first choice!} (16. Nxc4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Nc5 {was just equal in Van Wely-Leko (2008).}) ({RR} 16. Nxc4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Nc5 18. Bxf6 Qxd4+ 19. Bxd4 Nxd3 20. Rfd1 Rxc4 21. Rxd3 Rd8 {½-½ (21) Hoang,T (2420)-Chiburdanidze,M (2497) Bled 2002}) ({RR} 16. Nxc4 cxd4) ({RR} 16. Nxc4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Nc5 18. Qxd8 Rcxd8 19. Be2 Rfe8 20. Rfe1 g5 21. Bg3 Nh5 22. Bf2 Nf4 23. Bf1 Ncd3 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Rd1 Nxf2 26. Kxf2 Bc8 27. g3 {½-½ (27) Van Wely,L (2681)-Leko,P (2753) Wijk aan Zee 2008}) 16... cxd4 17. Qxd4 Nc5 ({RR} 17... Re8) 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Rfd1 (20. Rfe1 {is no improvement after} Rfd8 21. Nf1 Na4 22. b3 Nb2 23. Re7 Nxc4 24. Rxb7 Nd2) 20... Na4 $1 21. Rab1 Rfd8 22. Bb5 Bc6 23. Be2 Bd5 24. Nf1 Be6 25. Ne3 f5 (25... Bb3 {is a different route with the same destination.} 26. Rd3 (26. Rxd8+ Rxd8) 26... Rxd3 27. Bxd3 Ba2 28. Ra1 Be6) 26. g3 Kg7 27. Kf2 Kf6 28. Ba6 Rb8 29. b4 Nc3 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Rc1 Nd5 32. Ng2 (32. Rd1 Ke7 33. Nxd5+ Rxd5 34. Rxd5 Bxd5 {should just be a draw, as Black has not enough weaknesses.}) (32. Nxd5+ Rxd5 33. Ke3 Rd7 {should also be nothing special, though White stands a little bit better.}) 32... Rd7 33. Rc2 Rc7 34. Ne3 Rxc2+ 35. Nxc2 f4 36. Nd4 Bd7 37. Ke2 fxg3 38. hxg3 Ne7 39. Ke3 Nf5+ 40. Nxf5 Kxf5 41. Kd4 Ke6 42. Bc4+ Ke7 43. f4 f6 44. Bd5 Kd6 45. Bf3 Be6 46. Ba8 Bf5 47. Bf3 Be6 48. Ba8 Bf5 49. Bf3 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates sf"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2007.06.03"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E29"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Ne2 b6 9. e4 Ne8 10. O-O Ba6 11. f4 f5 12. e5 d6 13. d5 exd5 14. cxd5 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 dxe5 16. Qd2 ({RR} 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Qd1 Qd7 18. Bf4 Ng6 19. Qd3 Nf6 20. Rad1 Rae8 21. Ng3 Nxf4 22. Rxf4 g6 23. h3 Re5 24. c4 Rfe8 25. Rf3 R8e7 26. Qc3 Ne8 27. d6 R7e6 28. Rfd3 Nf6 29. Qd2 Re8 30. a4 Qxa4 {Werle,J (2552)-Carlsen,M (2714) Netherlands 2008 0-1 (39)}) 16... Ne7 17. Rd1 $146 ({RR} 17. c4 Nd6 18. Qc3 Ne4 19. Qxe5 Qd7 20. a4 Rae8 21. Ra3 Nd6 22. Qc3 Nxd5 23. Qd3 Nb4 24. Qd2 Qe6 25. Nd4 Nxc4 26. Nxe6 Nxd2 27. Nxf8 Nxf1 28. Kxf1 Kxf8 29. a5 Nc2 {0-1 (29) Herrera,J (2285)-Garcia Pantoja,R (2481) Medellin 2017}) 17... Ng6 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. Nf4 Rf7 20. Qe2 Ng6 21. Ne6 Qd7 22. c4 Nd6 23. Bb2 Re8 24. Qh5 Nf8 25. Ng5 Rfe7 26. Rac1 Re2 27. Bc3 R2e7 28. Rf1 h6 29. Nh3 Re4 30. Nf4 Qf7 31. Qh3 Rxc4 32. Nh5 Ne4 33. Bxg7 Ng5 34. Qb3 Rxc1 35. Nf6+ Kxg7 36. Nxe8+ Qxe8 37. Qb2+ Kg6 38. Qxc1 Qe5 39. Rd1 Ne4 40. Qe3 Nd7 41. d6 h5 42. Qb3 c4 43. Qxc4 Qc5+ 44. Qxc5 bxc5 45. Rb1 Kf6 46. Rb7 Ke6 47. Rxa7 Kxd6 48. Kf1 c4 49. Ke2 c3 50. Ra6+ Kd5 51. Kd1 Ne5 52. Ra5+ Kd4 53. Kc2 Nc4 54. Ra8 Ne3+ 55. Kb3 Nc5+ 56. Ka2 c2 57. Rd8+ Kc3 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Golod,Vitali"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 ({After:} 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e5 Ne4 8. Bd3 c5 {with rearrangement of moves we receive a position from a game.}) 6... Ne4 7. Bd3 {In my opinion this line is better,than:} (7. Nf3) ({or} 7. a3) 7... c5 8. cxd5 $5 {Besides,White has several alternatives:} (8. Nge2 $5 {You can see my annotations to Hillarp Persson,T-Polgar,J/Sigeman & Co,2000/CBM 77(½-½)(29)}) (8. a3) ({and} 8. dxc5) 8... exd5 9. Nge2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nd7 11. f4 Qh4+ 12. g3 Qh3 ({Unexpectedly at once loses a game:} 12... Nxg3 $4 {because of:} 13. Qf2 {[%csl Gf2,Rg3,Rh4]} Nc5 14. Bc2 Nce4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qxg3 $18) 13. Bd2 $5 ({On:} 13. Bf1 $5 {You can find ten games in Mega DataBase 2004. For an example you can see my comments to Ahlander,B-Wedberg,T/Stockholm,1999/CBM 73(1-0)(43)}) ({It was badly:} 13. Bxe4 $2 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Nc5 {with strong initiative behind pawn.}) 13... Nxd2 ({Also in this position were checked the following moves:} 13... Bxc3) ({and} 13... Nxg3 $5) 14. Qxd2 Nc5 15. Bf1 (15. a3 $6 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 (16. bxc3 $142) 16... Qg2 17. O-O-O Bg4 18. Rdg1 Qf2 19. Bc2 (19. Kb1 $5 $15) 19... Rac8 20. Kb1 (20. Qd2 $4 Qxd4 21. Qxd4 Nb3+) 20... Ne4 21. Qd3 Rc4 22. Rd1 Rfc8 23. Rhf1 Rxd4 $1 24. Rxf2 Rxd3 $19 {Cramling,P-Xu Yuhua/Shenyang,2000(0-1)(35)}) 15... Qh6 $5 $146 {The queen passes to more convenient position.} ({The game,which have reached this position were continued as follows:} 15... Qh5 $5 16. Bg2 Ne4 17. Qe3 Bh3 18. O-O Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rfc8 20. Rac1 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Rc4 22. f5 $132 {Cramling,P-Xu Yuhua/Shenyang,2000(1-0)(77)}) 16. Bg2 ({A little prematurely:} 16. a3 $6 {in view of:} Ne4 $1 (16... Bxc3 $143 17. Qxc3 Ne4 18. Qb3 $13 (18. Qe3 $143 Re8 {[%csl Re3,Gh6][%cal Ge8e5]})) 17. Qd3 (17. Qe3 $143 Bxc3+ 18. bxc3 Re8 {[%csl Re3,Gh6][%cal Ge8e5]}) 17... Bxc3+ (17... Ba5 $143 18. Bg2 {0-0}) 18. bxc3 Bh3 $15) 16... Qa6 $1 {a6-f1; ×d3,e1} 17. Qe2 ({It was weakly:} 17. Rd1 $2 {because of:} Bg4 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Ne4 $17) 17... b6 $146 {This move is the "harbinger" of active actions in this game.} ({Leads to benefit of the contender:} 17... Nd3+ $6 18. Kd2 $140 Nxb2 19. Qxa6 bxa6 20. Kc2 $1 (20. Bxd5 $6 Rd8 (20... Rb8 $2 21. Nc6 $16) 21. Bxa8 Rxd4+ 22. Kc2 Nc4 $44 23. Rac1 $140 Bf5+ 24. Kb3 Na5+ 25. Kb2 Rd2+ 26. Ka1 Ba3 $13) 20... Bxc3 (20... Nc4 $6 21. Nxd5 $16) 21. Kxc3 Na4+ 22. Kd2 {/}) ({RR} 17... Qc4 18. O-O-O Bxc3 19. Qxc4 dxc4 20. bxc3 Nd3+ 21. Rxd3 cxd3 22. Rd1 Rd8 23. Be4 g6 24. Rxd3 Be6 25. Rd2 Bd5 26. Bd3 Rac8 27. Kb2 Rc5 28. g4 Bc4 29. Bxc4 Rxc4 30. f5 Rc5 31. Re2 Re8 32. e6 {Nasri,A (2364)-Drozdovskij,Y (2581) Dubai 2008 0-1 (53)}) 18. Bxd5 $6 {After this inaccurate move White will have to fight for equality.} ({It deserves serious attention:} 18. Qxa6 $1 Bxa6 $140 19. Nc6 Bxc3+ (19... Nd3+ $143 20. Kd2 {/}) 20. bxc3 $14) 18... Nd3+ $36 19. Kf1 $5 ({Leads to favourable complications for Black:} 19. Kd2 $6 Rd8 $1 20. Bxa8 (20. Bxf7+ $143 Kxf7 21. Qxd3 Bc5 $36) 20... Rxd4 21. Ke3 Bc5 $36 22. Kf3 $140 Nxe5+ $1 23. Kg2 (23. Qxe5 $4 Rd3+ 24. Kg2 Rd2+ 25. Kf3 Qd3+) (23. fxe5 $4 Bg4+) 23... Bb7+ 24. Bxb7 Qxb7+ 25. Kh3 Qd7+ 26. f5 (26. g4 $2 Ng6 $19) 26... Qxf5+ 27. Kg2 Qf6 $1 (27... Rd2 $143 28. Qxd2 Qf3+ 29. Kh3 Qg4+ 30. Kg2 Qf3+ $11) 28. Rhd1 $140 Qc6+ 29. Kh3 Nd3 $1 $40 {[%csl Yc6,Yd7,Rh3][%cal Yc6d7]}) 19... Bh3+ 20. Bg2 Bxg2+ {For Black it's certainly favourable to exchange these bishops.} 21. Kxg2 $8 Rfd8 (21... Bxc3 $5 22. bxc3 Rac8 23. Qd2 Qb7+ $44 {c5}) 22. Ncb5 {Magnus Carlsen has chosen the necessary knight for a jump on a point "b5".} (22. Ndb5 $6 Rac8 23. a4 (23. Rhd1 $2 Rxc3 $1 (23... Bxc3 $143 24. Rxd3 $8 (24. Nxc3 $4 Rxc3 25. bxc3 $140 Nxf4+) 24... Rxd3 25. Qxd3 Bxb2 26. Rd1 $13) 24. Nxc3 (24. bxc3 $2 Qxb5 {[%csl Gb5,Re2,Rg2][%cal Gd3f4]}) 24... Bxc3 $17 25. Rxd3 $140 $2 Rxd3 {[%csl Ga6,Re2,Gg2][%cal Gd3g3]}) 23... Bxc3 24. bxc3 Qb7+ 25. Kg1 (25. Qf3 $4 Ne1+ 26. Rhxe1 Rd2+) 25... Qd5 $36) 22... Rxd4 $1 (22... Bc5 $6 23. Rad1 Qb7+ (23... Bxd4 $143 24. Qxd3 Qb7+ 25. Qf3 $1 (25. Kh3 Qc8+ 26. Kh4 $14) 25... Qxf3+ 26. Kxf3 Bxb2 27. Nxa7 {[%csl Rg8]} h5 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Rb1 $16) 24. Nf3 Nf2 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Re1 Ng4 27. Qe4 Qd7 28. Nc3 {/}) 23. Nxd4 $140 Rd8 {[%csl Ga6,Gd3,Yd4,Gd8,Re2,Rg2][%cal Gd8d4,Yd4e2,Gd3f4]} 24. Qe4 {White had no other worthy alternative:} (24. e6 $2 Rxd4 25. exf7+ (25. e7 $4 Nxf4+) 25... Kxf7 26. Qh5+ Kg8 27. Qe8+ Bf8 28. Qe6+ Kh8 $17) 24... Qc4 25. b3 Qxd4 (25... Rxd4 $4 {is refuted by:} 26. Qa8+ Bf8 27. bxc4) 26. Qxd4 Rxd4 27. Rad1 {f3-e2} Bd2 $5 {Levon Aronian uses a beautiful tactical dodge.} (27... Bc5 $5 28. Kf3 Kf8 (28... a5 $143 29. Ke2 Nb4 30. Rxd4 Bxd4 31. Rd1 Nc6 32. Kd3 $14) 29. Ke2 Nb4 30. Rxd4 Bxd4 31. Rd1 Bc5 $11) 28. Rhf1 (28. Rxd2 $2 Nxf4+ 29. gxf4 Rxd2+ 30. Kf3 Rxa2 31. Rc1 h5 32. Rc8+ Kh7 $15) 28... g5 $1 {Black provokes a movements of pawn "f4" with the purpose to create of weakness in camp of the contender.} (28... Nb4 $6 29. Rf2 Be3 30. Rxd4 Bxd4 31. Rd2 Nc6 32. Kf3 {e4 }) 29. Kf3 ({Also leads to equality:} 29. Rxd2 Nxf4+ 30. gxf4 Rxd2+ 31. Rf2 $11) 29... Nb2 (29... gxf4 $2 30. Rxd2 Nxe5+ 31. Ke2 Re4+ 32. Kd1 f3 $16) 30. Rb1 Nd3 $11 31. Rbd1 {Drawn game is inevitable.} (31. Rfd1 $143 Nc5 32. fxg5 Ne4 {[%csl Rb1,Rd1,Rg5][%cal Ge4c3] =/}) 31... Nb2 {This game was very interesting and important for the theory of this variation.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 37th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2009.07.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2009.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Marin,Mihail} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. e3 b6 8. Nf3 Bb7 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Be2 c5 11. O-O Rc8 12. a4 dxc4 13. bxc4 Qc7 14. Rd1 $146 ({RR} 14. Bb2 Bxf3 15. gxf3 cxd4 16. Qxd4 ({RR} 16. exd4 Nd5) 16... e5 17. Qh4 Rfe8 18. Kh1 Nf8 19. Qh3 a5 20. Rfd1 Rcd8 21. Qf5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 N8d7 23. c5 Nxc5 24. Bb5 Re6 25. Kg1 g6 26. Qc2 Rd6 27. Rc1 Qe7 28. Ba3 Nfd7 {Vitiugov,N (2694)-Karjakin,S (2723) Khanty-Mansiysk 2009 CBM 134 [Marin,Mihail] 0-1 (47)}) ({RR} 14. Ba3 Rfd8 15. Rfd1 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 cxd4 17. Rxd4 e5 18. Rd6 e4 19. Be2 Nc5 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. a5 bxa5 22. h3 Rb8 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Rxa5 Qc7 25. Ra1 Nd7 26. Qa3 Rb7 27. Rd1 h6 28. Qe7 Nf6 {Pultorak,J (2310)-Punin,A (2259) Lvov 2016 ½-½}) 14... Rfd8 ({RR} 14... Bxf3 15. gxf3 cxd4 16. exd4 Nd5 17. Qd2) 15. Bb2 cxd4 ({RR} 15... Bxf3 16. Bxf3 cxd4 17. Rxd4 e5 18. Rd2 Qxc4 19. Qxc4 Rxc4 20. Rad1 Rdc8 21. g4) 16. exd4 Qf4 17. Qe3 Qxe3 18. fxe3 a5 19. Nd2 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Rdc1 Nc5 22. Ra3 Bc6 23. Bc3 Nxa4 24. Be1 Be8 25. Rb1 e5 26. Bh4 f6 27. dxe5 b5 28. cxb5 Nc3 29. Rb2 Nxe2+ 30. Rxe2 Rd1+ 31. Re1 Rcc1 32. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 33. Kf2 g5 34. Bg3 Bxb5 35. e4 fxe5 36. Rxa5 Rb1 37. Bxe5 Bc6 38. Bc3 Rb5 39. Rxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 27th Aug Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, M.."]
[Black "Borges Feria, Y.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2024.08.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Nc6 6. f3 b6 7. e4 Ba6 8. Bd3 Na5 9. Qe2 d6 10. f4 ({RR} 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bf2 Qd7 13. e5 Nh5 14. Nh3 dxe5 15. O-O O-O-O 16. c5 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Kb8 18. Rab1 exd4 19. Qa6 Nc6 20. cxd4 Qc8 21. Qa4 Ne7 22. d5 Nxd5 23. Rfc1 Qb7 24. Qc4 Ka8 {Donchenko,A (2646)-Vitiugov,N (2722) Playchess.com INT 2020 1-0 (53)}) 10... Nd7 11. Nf3 O-O $146 ({RR} 11... c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 14. Nd2 O-O 15. Bb2 e5 16. Rac1 Qe7 17. Kh1 f6 18. Nf3 Nb3 19. Rc2 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Nxd4 Nc5 22. Nf5 Qd7 23. Rc3 Rfe8 24. Qg4 Kh8 25. Qh4 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 {Agibileg,U (2366)-Bjerre,J (2637) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (39)}) 12. O-O c5 13. e5 g6 14. Ng5 Nb3 15. Rb1 Nxc1 16. Rbxc1 cxd4 17. Ne4 dxc3 18. Nxd6 Nc5 19. Rxc3 Nb7 20. c5 Bxd3 21. Rxd3 Nxc5 22. Rd4 Qe7 23. Rfd1 Rad8 24. Qe3 Rd7 25. h4 Rfd8 26. h5 Nb7 27. h6 Nc5 28. Qg3 Kf8 29. Kh2 Nb7 30. Qc3 Nc5 31. Kg1 Kg8 32. Qg3 Kf8 33. a4 Nb7 34. Qc3 Nc5 35. a5 Kg8 36. Qb4 Qf8 37. axb6 axb6 38. Qxb6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 27th Aug Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, M.."]
[Black "Borges Feria, Y.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2024.08.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Nc6 6. f3 b6 7. e4 Ba6 8. Bd3 Na5 9. Qe2 d6 10. f4 ({RR} 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bf2 Qd7 13. e5 Nh5 14. Nh3 dxe5 15. O-O O-O-O 16. c5 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Kb8 18. Rab1 exd4 19. Qa6 Nc6 20. cxd4 Qc8 21. Qa4 Ne7 22. d5 Nxd5 23. Rfc1 Qb7 24. Qc4 Ka8 {Donchenko,A (2646)-Vitiugov,N (2722) Playchess.com INT 2020 1-0 (53)}) 10... Nd7 11. Nf3 O-O $146 ({RR} 11... c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 14. Nd2 O-O 15. Bb2 e5 16. Rac1 Qe7 17. Kh1 f6 18. Nf3 Nb3 19. Rc2 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Nxd4 Nc5 22. Nf5 Qd7 23. Rc3 Rfe8 24. Qg4 Kh8 25. Qh4 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 {Agibileg,U (2366)-Bjerre,J (2637) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (39)}) 12. O-O c5 13. e5 g6 14. Ng5 Nb3 15. Rb1 Nxc1 16. Rbxc1 cxd4 17. Ne4 dxc3 18. Nxd6 Nc5 19. Rxc3 Nb7 20. c5 Bxd3 21. Rxd3 Nxc5 22. Rd4 Qe7 23. Rfd1 Rad8 24. Qe3 Rd7 25. h4 Rfd8 26. h5 Nb7 27. h6 Nc5 28. Qg3 Kf8 29. Kh2 Nb7 30. Qc3 Nc5 31. Kg1 Kg8 32. Qg3 Kf8 33. a4 Nb7 34. Qc3 Nc5 35. a5 Kg8 36. Qb4 Qf8 37. axb6 axb6 38. Qxb6 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 8th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bh4 Qd7 12. Qc2 Qc6 13. Qxc6 Nxc6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. e3 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 Na5 17. Nf3 Nc4 $146 ({RR} 17... Rac8 18. Ke2 c5 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Rd7 Nc4 21. Rc1 Nxb2 22. Rc2 Na4 23. Rxa7 Ra8 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Nd2 Nb6 26. Rb2 Ra6 27. Ne4 Nd5 28. Ra2 c4 29. Kd2 f5 30. Nc3 Nxc3 31. Kxc3 Ra4 32. Kb2 {Wang,H (2763)-Radjabov,T (2765) Chess.com INT 2020 ½-½ (37)}) 18. Rb1 c5 19. Ke2 Rfc8 20. Rhc1 Nd6 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. Rc2 Kf8 23. Nd2 c4 24. Rbc1 Rab8 25. Kf3 c3 26. bxc3 Rc5 27. c4 f5 28. Ke2 Ke7 29. Kd3 Kd7 30. Rc3 Rc6 31. c5 Ne8 32. Nf3 Ra6 33. Ne5+ Ke7 34. Ke2 Nf6 35. R1c2 Nd5 36. Rd3 Rc8 37. Rb3 Rc7 38. Rc4 Ra5 39. Nd3 e5 40. Nxe5 Raxc5 41. Rxc5 Rxc5 42. Rb7+ Ke6 43. Nxf7 Ra5 44. Nd8+ Kd6 45. Rb3 Ra6 46. Nf7+ Kc5 47. Ne5 h5 48. Kd2 h4 49. Nd3+ Kc4 50. Kc2 Rd6 51. Nf4 1-0

[Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2022"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.12.13"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Carlsen, M.."]
[Black "Caruana, F.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2859"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2022.11.23"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. cxd5 Ne4 8. Qc2 exd5 9. Bf4 Nc6 10. e3 Re8 11. Nf3 g5 12. Bg3 h5 13. Bd3 $146 ({RR} 13. Ne5 Bd7 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. O-O-O h4 16. Be5 Re6 17. f3 Be8 18. Kb1 Rc6 19. Qe2 f6 20. fxe4 Bg6 21. Qg4 Bxe4+ 22. Bd3 Bxd3+ 23. Rxd3 Qc8 24. Qf3 fxe5 25. Rf1 Qe6 26. dxe5 Rd8 27. e4 d4 {Enchev,I (2435)-Ninov,N (2513) Albena 2011 1-0 (33)}) 13... h4 14. Be5 Bf5 15. h3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qe7 17. b4 Rac8 18. O-O Bg6 19. Rac1 c6 20. Rfe1 b6 21. Nh2 Qxe5 22. f3 Ng3 23. Bxg6 fxg6 24. Qxg6+ Qg7 25. Rxc6 Qxg6 26. Rxg6+ Kf7 27. Rxg5 d4 28. Ng4 Rc3 29. e4 Rd8 30. e5 Rc6 31. f4 d3 32. f5 d2 33. e6+ Ke7 34. Rg7+ Kd6 35. Rd1 Rc1 36. Ne3 Ke5 37. Rd7 Rdc8 38. R7xd2 Ke4 39. Kf2 Nxf5 40. Rxc1 Rxc1 41. Nxf5 Kxf5 42. e7 Rc8 43. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 8th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bh4 Qd7 12. Qc2 Qc6 13. Qxc6 Nxc6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. e3 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 Na5 17. Nf3 Nc4 $146 ({RR} 17... Rac8 18. Ke2 c5 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Rd7 Nc4 21. Rc1 Nxb2 22. Rc2 Na4 23. Rxa7 Ra8 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Nd2 Nb6 26. Rb2 Ra6 27. Ne4 Nd5 28. Ra2 c4 29. Kd2 f5 30. Nc3 Nxc3 31. Kxc3 Ra4 32. Kb2 {Wang,H (2763)-Radjabov,T (2765) Chess.com INT 2020 ½-½ (37)}) 18. Rb1 c5 19. Ke2 Rfc8 20. Rhc1 Nd6 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. Rc2 Kf8 23. Nd2 c4 24. Rbc1 Rab8 25. Kf3 c3 26. bxc3 Rc5 27. c4 f5 28. Ke2 Ke7 29. Kd3 Kd7 30. Rc3 Rc6 31. c5 Ne8 32. Nf3 Ra6 33. Ne5+ Ke7 34. Ke2 Nf6 35. R1c2 Nd5 36. Rd3 Rc8 37. Rb3 Rc7 38. Rc4 Ra5 39. Nd3 e5 40. Nxe5 Raxc5 41. Rxc5 Rxc5 42. Rb7+ Ke6 43. Nxf7 Ra5 44. Nd8+ Kd6 45. Rb3 Ra6 46. Nf7+ Kc5 47. Ne5 h5 48. Kd2 h4 49. Nd3+ Kc4 50. Kc2 Rd6 51. Nf4 1-0

[Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2022"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.12.13"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Carlsen, M.."]
[Black "Caruana, F.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2859"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2022.11.23"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. cxd5 Ne4 8. Qc2 exd5 9. Bf4 Nc6 10. e3 Re8 11. Nf3 g5 12. Bg3 h5 13. Bd3 $146 ({RR} 13. Ne5 Bd7 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. O-O-O h4 16. Be5 Re6 17. f3 Be8 18. Kb1 Rc6 19. Qe2 f6 20. fxe4 Bg6 21. Qg4 Bxe4+ 22. Bd3 Bxd3+ 23. Rxd3 Qc8 24. Qf3 fxe5 25. Rf1 Qe6 26. dxe5 Rd8 27. e4 d4 {Enchev,I (2435)-Ninov,N (2513) Albena 2011 1-0 (33)}) 13... h4 14. Be5 Bf5 15. h3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qe7 17. b4 Rac8 18. O-O Bg6 19. Rac1 c6 20. Rfe1 b6 21. Nh2 Qxe5 22. f3 Ng3 23. Bxg6 fxg6 24. Qxg6+ Qg7 25. Rxc6 Qxg6 26. Rxg6+ Kf7 27. Rxg5 d4 28. Ng4 Rc3 29. e4 Rd8 30. e5 Rc6 31. f4 d3 32. f5 d2 33. e6+ Ke7 34. Rg7+ Kd6 35. Rd1 Rc1 36. Ne3 Ke5 37. Rd7 Rdc8 38. R7xd2 Ke4 39. Kf2 Nxf5 40. Rxc1 Rxc1 41. Nxf5 Kxf5 42. e7 Rc8 43. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 1st Apr Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, M.."]
[Black "Daneshvar, Bardiya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E50"]
[WhiteElo "2833"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 c5 9. Nd2 Nc6 10. Nb3 d6 11. e4 e5 12. d5 Ne7 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Ng6 15. Bg5 Qe8 $146 ({RR} 15... Ne5 16. Rf4 h6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qh5 Kg7 19. Rg4+ Nxg4 20. Qxg4+ Kh8 21. e5 Rg8 22. Qf4 Qf8 23. exf6 Re8 24. Nd2 Bc8 25. Ne4 Rg4 26. Qf3 Re5 27. h3 Rg8 28. Kh1 Bf5 29. Nf2 Bxd3 30. Nxd3 {Ben Artzi,I (2397)-Soffer,R (2469) Kiryat Ono 2015 0-1 (37)}) 16. Rxf6 gxf6 17. Bxf6 Qd7 18. Qh5 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2882"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. Rc1 h6 7. Bh4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. cxd5 g5 10. Bg3 Qxd5 11. e3 Qxa2 12. Qc2 Nd5 13. h4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qxc2 15. Rxc2 Be7 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. f4 Nc6 18. fxg5 Bxg5 19. Rh5 $146 ({RR} 19. Nf3 Bf6 20. Bd3 Rd8 21. Be4 a5 22. Bc7 Rd7 23. Bb6 a4 24. Ke2 a3 25. g4 a2 26. Ra1 Nb4 27. Rcc1 Nd5 28. Bd4 Rc7 29. Bxd5 Bxd4 30. Nxd4 exd5 31. Kd2 Rc5 32. Rc2 Rca5 33. g5 Kg7 {Moroni,L (2573)-Sebenik,M (2481) Mestre 2021 ½-½ (35)}) ({RR} 19. Nf3 Bf6 20. Bd3 Rd8 21. Be4 a5 22. Bc7 Rd7 23. Bb6 a4 24. Ke2 a3 25. g4 a2 26. Ra1 Nb4 27. Rcc1 Nd5 28. Bd4 Rc7 29. Bxd5 Bxd4 30. Nxd4 exd5 31. Kd2 Rc5 32. Rc2 Rca5 33. g5 Kg7 {Moroni,L (2573)-Sebenik,M (2481) Mestre 2021 ½-½ (35)}) 19... f6 20. Nf3 Bxe3 21. Re2 Bc1 22. Re4 e5 23. Bc4+ Kg7 24. Reh4 Kg6 25. Rh7 Bg4 26. Bd3+ f5 27. Nxe5+ Nxe5 28. Bxe5 Kg5 29. g3 Rg8 30. Rxb7 Rae8 31. Rb5 Rg6 32. Kf2 Rb6 33. Rxb6 axb6 34. Rh1 Rxe5 35. Rxc1 f4 36. gxf4+ Kxf4 37. Rb1 Rc5 38. Rb4+ Kg5 39. Rxb6 Rxc3 40. Ke3 Bf5 41. Rd6 Rxd3+ 42. Rxd3 Bxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 30th Jul Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.07.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, M.."]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2024.07.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 d6 8. g3 c5 9. Bg2 ({RR} 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O a5 12. b3 h6 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Bb2 Rd8 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 cxb4 17. Qxb4 Rxa1 18. Bxa1 Be4 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Nd4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Kg7 22. h4 Qc7 23. Qb5 Rc8 {Kim,S (2295)-Kramnik,V (2753) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (54)}) 9... cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qd3 $146 ({RR} 11. Qc3 Rc8 12. O-O Na5 13. b3 d5 14. Bg5 O-O 15. Ne5 Ne4 16. Bxe4 Qxg5 17. f4 Qd8 18. Bf3 f6 19. Nd3 dxc4 20. Bxb7 Nxb7 21. bxc4 Nd6 22. Nb2 b5 23. Qe3 bxc4 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Rfd1 Qb6+ {Ivanov,S (2261)-Kurajica,B (2529) Rijeka 2010 0-1 (59)}) 11... O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. b4 d5 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Qxd5 Nxd5 16. Bb2 Nce7 17. Rfc1 Nf6 18. Ne5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Nxc8 22. Nc6 Nd7 23. b5 f6 24. f4 Kf7 25. Bd4 Ke8 26. Kf3 Nf8 27. e4 Kd7 28. h4 Kc7 29. h5 a6 30. h6 gxh6 31. Bxf6 axb5 32. Nd4 h5 33. Bg7 Nd7 34. Nxe6+ Kd6 35. Nd4 Kc5 36. e5 Kc4 37. e6 Nc5 38. f5 Nd6 39. f6 Nde4 40. e7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 20th Aug Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, M.."]
[Black "Fiorito, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E27"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2024.08.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6 6. f3 O-O 7. e4 e5 8. Ne2 ({RR} 8. Bd3 Nh5 9. Qc2 Qh4+ 10. g3 Qf6 11. Qf2 Nc6 12. Ne2 Na5 13. Rb1 b6 14. h4 Ba6 15. g4 Nf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. g5 Qd8 18. Nxf4 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Qa2 Na5 21. Kf2 c6 22. Rbg1 d5 {Ipatov,A (2472)-Oleksienko,M (2585) Lvov 2008 1-0}) 8... Nc6 ({RR} 8... b6 9. g4 Ba6 10. Ng3 Nc6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Na5 13. g5 Nh7 14. gxh6 g6 15. c5 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 Nc4 17. Bf2 Ng5 18. Qe2 Nxf3 19. h4 Ncd2+ 20. Kg2 f5 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Rad1 Nxh4+ 23. Rxh4 {Carlsen,M (2837)-Aarit Kapil (2078) chess.com INT 2025 ½-½ (49)}) 9. g4 $146 ({RR} 9. Ng3 Re8 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O Na5 12. f4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. d5 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Rxe4 16. Bd3 Qe7 17. Qc2 Re1 18. Bd2 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 c6 20. Re1 Qf6 21. Bxh7+ Kf8 22. Qe4 cxd5 23. cxd5 g6 {Steindl,J (2337)-Zoernpfenning,S (2080) Vienna AUT 2022 1-0}) 9... Na5 10. Ng3 c5 11. d5 b6 12. h4 Ba6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bc1 Nh7 15. g5 Bxc4 16. Bxc4 Nxc4 17. Ra2 g6 18. gxh6 Kh8 19. Qa4 Na5 20. c4 a6 21. Bd2 Qf6 22. Ke2 Nb7 23. Qc6 Na5 24. Qa4 Nb7 25. Rb2 b5 26. cxb5 axb5 27. Qxb5 Rxa3 28. Rb3 Rxb3 29. Qxb3 Nd8 30. Qb6 Qe7 31. h5 Qb7 32. Qxd6 Qb5+ 33. Kf2 Qd3 34. Qxe5+ f6 35. Qc3 Qxc3 36. Bxc3 g5 37. Nf5 Nf7 38. Rb1 Nd6 39. Nxd6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 20th Aug Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, M.."]
[Black "Fiorito, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2024.08.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6 6. f3 O-O 7. e4 e5 8. Ne2 ({RR} 8. Bd3 Nh5 9. Qc2 Qh4+ 10. g3 Qf6 11. Qf2 Nc6 12. Ne2 Na5 13. Rb1 b6 14. h4 Ba6 15. g4 Nf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. g5 Qd8 18. Nxf4 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Qa2 Na5 21. Kf2 c6 22. Rbg1 d5 {Ipatov,A (2472)-Oleksienko,M (2585) Lvov 2008 1-0}) 8... Nc6 ({RR} 8... b6 9. g4 Ba6 10. Ng3 Nc6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Na5 13. g5 Nh7 14. gxh6 g6 15. c5 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 Nc4 17. Bf2 Ng5 18. Qe2 Nxf3 19. h4 Ncd2+ 20. Kg2 f5 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Rad1 Nxh4+ 23. Rxh4 {Carlsen,M (2837)-Aarit Kapil (2078) chess.com INT 2025 ½-½ (49)}) 9. g4 $146 ({RR} 9. Ng3 Re8 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O Na5 12. f4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. d5 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Rxe4 16. Bd3 Qe7 17. Qc2 Re1 18. Bd2 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 c6 20. Re1 Qf6 21. Bxh7+ Kf8 22. Qe4 cxd5 23. cxd5 g6 {Steindl,J (2337)-Zoernpfenning,S (2080) Vienna AUT 2022 1-0}) 9... Na5 10. Ng3 c5 11. d5 b6 12. h4 Ba6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bc1 Nh7 15. g5 Bxc4 16. Bxc4 Nxc4 17. Ra2 g6 18. gxh6 Kh8 19. Qa4 Na5 20. c4 a6 21. Bd2 Qf6 22. Ke2 Nb7 23. Qc6 Na5 24. Qa4 Nb7 25. Rb2 b5 26. cxb5 axb5 27. Qxb5 Rxa3 28. Rb3 Rxb3 29. Qxb3 Nd8 30. Qb6 Qe7 31. h5 Qb7 32. Qxd6 Qb5+ 33. Kf2 Qd3 34. Qxe5+ f6 35. Qc3 Qxc3 36. Bxc3 g5 37. Nf5 Nf7 38. Rb1 Nd6 39. Nxd6 1-0

[Event "11th Norway Armageddon"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2023.06.04"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Carlsen, M.."]
[Black "Giri, A.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2023.05.30"]

1. d4 {Krasenkow,Michal} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. cxd5 ({RR} 7. Bg5) 7... Ne4 ({RR} 7... exd5 8. Bg5 ({RR} 8. Bf4 Nc6 9. f3 Re8 ({RR} 9... Nh5 10. Be3 f5) 10. g4 h5 11. h3 Nd7 12. O-O-O Nb6 ({RR} 12... Nf8) 13. e3 Qe7 14. gxh5 Bf5 15. Ne2 Qf6 16. Ng3 Na4 17. Qd2 Bh7 18. Bb5) 8... Qd6 9. f3 Bf5 ({RR} 9... b6 10. Rc1 c6 11. e3 Re8 12. Kf2 Bb7 13. Bd3 Nbd7 14. Ne2 c5 15. Ng3 c4 16. Bb1 b5 17. Nf5 Qb6 18. g4) 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Ne2 Rac8 12. b4 Rfe8 13. Bf4 Qe7 14. g4 Be6 15. h4 Nf8 16. h5 h6 17. Ng3 N8h7 18. Qc5) 8. Qc2 exd5 9. Bf4 ({RR} 9. e3 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bg6 ({RR} 10... c5 11. dxc5 Nd7 12. Ne2 Ndxc5 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. Nd4 Bg6 15. Qd1) 11. Ne2 Nd6 12. O-O ({RR} 12. Nf4 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 c6 14. O-O Re8 15. b3 Nd7 16. a4 Nf8 17. Ba3 Ne6 18. Nxe6) 12... Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nd7 14. b3 Re8 15. a4 c6 16. Ra2 Qh4 17. f3 Nf8 18. Ba3 Rad8 19. Ng3 g6 20. Re2 Ne6) 9... Bf5 ({RR} 9... c6 10. f3 Nd6 11. e3 Bf5 12. Qb3) 10. Qxc7 Qxc7 11. Bxc7 Rc8 12. Bf4 Rc2 ({RR} 12... Nc6 13. Rd1 Na5 14. g4 Bd7 15. f3 Nf6 16. Nh3 Ba4 17. Rd3 Rc2 18. b4 ({RR} 18. Rd2) 18... Nc4 19. Kf2 Re8 20. Bg5 Nd7 21. Bh4 Nb2) 13. f3 Nf6 14. g4 Be6 $146 ({RR} 14... Bg6 15. h4 ({RR} 15. Rc1 Nc6 16. Rxc2 Bxc2 17. Kd2 Bg6 18. e3 Nxg4 19. Ne2) 15... Rxb2 16. h5 Bc2 17. e3 Ba4 18. Rh2 Rb3 19. Ne2 Nbd7 20. g5 Ne8 21. Nc1 Rb6 ({RR} 21... Rc3 22. Rb2 Nb6 23. Nd3) 22. Na2 ({RR} 22. Nd3 Bb5 23. Nc5 Rd8) 22... Nf8 ({RR} 22... Bb5 23. Nc3 Bc4 ({RR} 23... Bc6 24. e4) 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. Rc2) 23. Nb4 ({RR} 23. Nc3 Bc6 ({RR} 23... Bb3 24. Rb2)) 23... Rd8 24. h6 ({RR} 24. Bh3 Ne6 25. Bxe6 Rxe6 26. Rc1) 24... Ne6 25. hxg7 Nxf4 26. exf4 Nxg7 ({RR} 26... a5 27. Nd3 Nxg7 28. Ne5) 27. Bd3 Ne6 ({RR} 27... h5 28. gxh6 Ne6 29. Kf2 a5 30. Rg1+ Kh8 31. h7 Nxf4 32. Rh4 Ng6 33. Bxg6 Rxg6 34. Rxg6 fxg6 35. Nd3) 28. f5 ({RR} 28. Bxh7+ Kg7) 28... Nf4 ({RR} 28... Nxd4 29. Kf2 Bd7 ({RR} 29... Bb5 30. Rah1 Bxd3 31. Rxh7 Bxf5 ({RR} 31... Kf8 32. Rh8+ Ke7 33. f6+ Kd7 34. Rxd8+ Kxd8 35. Nxd3) 32. Rh8+ Kg7 33. Rxd8) 30. f6 Bf5 31. Rah1 Rxb4 32. axb4 Bxd3 33. Rd1) 29. f6 {Morozevich,A (2751)-Alekseev,E (2714) Biel 2009 CBM 132 [Krasenkow,Michal] 1-0 (34)} {RR} Nxd3+ 30. Nxd3) 15. Rb1 Nc6 16. e3 Na5 17. Bd3 Rc6 18. Ne2 Nc4 19. Kf2 Rac8 20. Rhc1 b5 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. b4 cxb3 23. Rxc6 Rxc6 24. Rxb3 Rb6 25. Rxb6 axb6 26. Nc3 h5 27. gxh5 Kh7 28. Bc7 Nd7 29. Kg3 1-0

[Event "11th Norway Armageddon"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2023.06.04"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Carlsen, M.."]
[Black "Giri, A.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2023.05.30"]

1. d4 {Krasenkow,Michal} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. cxd5 ({RR} 7. Bg5) 7... Ne4 ({RR} 7... exd5 8. Bg5 ({RR} 8. Bf4 Nc6 9. f3 Re8 ({RR} 9... Nh5 10. Be3 f5) 10. g4 h5 11. h3 Nd7 12. O-O-O Nb6 ({RR} 12... Nf8) 13. e3 Qe7 14. gxh5 Bf5 15. Ne2 Qf6 16. Ng3 Na4 17. Qd2 Bh7 18. Bb5) 8... Qd6 9. f3 Bf5 ({RR} 9... b6 10. Rc1 c6 11. e3 Re8 12. Kf2 Bb7 13. Bd3 Nbd7 14. Ne2 c5 15. Ng3 c4 16. Bb1 b5 17. Nf5 Qb6 18. g4) 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Ne2 Rac8 12. b4 Rfe8 13. Bf4 Qe7 14. g4 Be6 15. h4 Nf8 16. h5 h6 17. Ng3 N8h7 18. Qc5) 8. Qc2 exd5 9. Bf4 ({RR} 9. e3 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bg6 ({RR} 10... c5 11. dxc5 Nd7 12. Ne2 Ndxc5 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. Nd4 Bg6 15. Qd1) 11. Ne2 Nd6 12. O-O ({RR} 12. Nf4 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 c6 14. O-O Re8 15. b3 Nd7 16. a4 Nf8 17. Ba3 Ne6 18. Nxe6) 12... Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nd7 14. b3 Re8 15. a4 c6 16. Ra2 Qh4 17. f3 Nf8 18. Ba3 Rad8 19. Ng3 g6 20. Re2 Ne6) 9... Bf5 ({RR} 9... c6 10. f3 Nd6 11. e3 Bf5 12. Qb3) 10. Qxc7 Qxc7 11. Bxc7 Rc8 12. Bf4 Rc2 ({RR} 12... Nc6 13. Rd1 Na5 14. g4 Bd7 15. f3 Nf6 16. Nh3 Ba4 17. Rd3 Rc2 18. b4 ({RR} 18. Rd2) 18... Nc4 19. Kf2 Re8 20. Bg5 Nd7 21. Bh4 Nb2) 13. f3 Nf6 14. g4 Be6 $146 ({RR} 14... Bg6 15. h4 ({RR} 15. Rc1 Nc6 16. Rxc2 Bxc2 17. Kd2 Bg6 18. e3 Nxg4 19. Ne2) 15... Rxb2 16. h5 Bc2 17. e3 Ba4 18. Rh2 Rb3 19. Ne2 Nbd7 20. g5 Ne8 21. Nc1 Rb6 ({RR} 21... Rc3 22. Rb2 Nb6 23. Nd3) 22. Na2 ({RR} 22. Nd3 Bb5 23. Nc5 Rd8) 22... Nf8 ({RR} 22... Bb5 23. Nc3 Bc4 ({RR} 23... Bc6 24. e4) 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. Rc2) 23. Nb4 ({RR} 23. Nc3 Bc6 ({RR} 23... Bb3 24. Rb2)) 23... Rd8 24. h6 ({RR} 24. Bh3 Ne6 25. Bxe6 Rxe6 26. Rc1) 24... Ne6 25. hxg7 Nxf4 26. exf4 Nxg7 ({RR} 26... a5 27. Nd3 Nxg7 28. Ne5) 27. Bd3 Ne6 ({RR} 27... h5 28. gxh6 Ne6 29. Kf2 a5 30. Rg1+ Kh8 31. h7 Nxf4 32. Rh4 Ng6 33. Bxg6 Rxg6 34. Rxg6 fxg6 35. Nd3) 28. f5 ({RR} 28. Bxh7+ Kg7) 28... Nf4 ({RR} 28... Nxd4 29. Kf2 Bd7 ({RR} 29... Bb5 30. Rah1 Bxd3 31. Rxh7 Bxf5 ({RR} 31... Kf8 32. Rh8+ Ke7 33. f6+ Kd7 34. Rxd8+ Kxd8 35. Nxd3) 32. Rh8+ Kg7 33. Rxd8) 30. f6 Bf5 31. Rah1 Rxb4 32. axb4 Bxd3 33. Rd1) 29. f6 {Morozevich,A (2751)-Alekseev,E (2714) Biel 2009 CBM 132 [Krasenkow,Michal] 1-0 (34)} {RR} Nxd3+ 30. Nxd3) 15. Rb1 Nc6 16. e3 Na5 17. Bd3 Rc6 18. Ne2 Nc4 19. Kf2 Rac8 20. Rhc1 b5 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. b4 cxb3 23. Rxc6 Rxc6 24. Rxb3 Rb6 25. Rxb6 axb6 26. Nc3 h5 27. gxh5 Kh7 28. Bc7 Nd7 29. Kg3 1-0

[Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2022"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.12.06"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Carlsen, M.."]
[Black "Gukesh, D.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2859"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2022.11.23"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Bb2 ({RR} 9. a4 Re8 10. cxd5 exd5 11. dxc5 Ne4 12. Bd3 h6 13. Ba3 Qa5 14. O-O Nxc5 15. Bb5 Ne4 16. c4 a6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Rfc1 Bd7 20. Bb2 Rac8 21. Qd1 Rxc1 22. Qxc1 Rc8 23. Qd1 Qb4 {Carlsen,M (2863)-Giri,A (2764) chess24.com INT 2020 1-0 (46)}) 9... b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. c4 $146 ({RR} 11. Bd3 c4 12. Be2 Re8 13. O-O Ne4 14. Nd2 Bf5 15. Qd1 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Na5 17. f3 Nb3 18. Qd1 Nxa1 19. Bxa1 Rxe3 20. f4 Qe7 21. Bf3 Be4 22. Bg4 f5 23. Qc1 Bd3 24. Bf3 Bxf1 25. Bxd5+ Kh8 {Ferraz,M (1998)-Jing,A (2254) chess.com INT 2025 0-1}) 11... Bg4 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Bc4 Qh5 14. Ne5 Rac8 15. Nxg4 Qxg4 16. d5 Na5 17. Be2 Qg6 18. Bd3 Qh6 19. Bf5 Rcd8 20. e4 Nb7 21. f3 Nd6 22. Bh3 Nh5 23. g3 f5 24. e5 Nb5 25. Rd1 Rfe8 26. Kf2 Nd4 27. Bxd4 cxd4 28. Rde1 Rc8 29. Qxf5 Rc3 30. Rhf1 d3 31. Kg2 d2 32. Rd1 Re3 33. d6 R3xe5 34. d7 Re2+ 35. Kh1 Rd8 36. Qd5+ Kh8 37. Qf5 Nf6 38. f4 1-0

[Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2022"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.12.06"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Carlsen, M.."]
[Black "Gukesh, D.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2859"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2022.11.23"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O b6 $146 ({RR} 9... Qc7 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Bb2 e5 12. Rc1 b6 13. c4 cxd4 14. exd4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Rd8 16. Nb5 Qc5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Bf3 Rb8 19. Nxa7 Bb7 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. Nb5 Rbb8 22. Qg4+ Kh8 23. Rc3 Ne5 24. Qf5 {Moranda,K-Bursa,R Krynica 1998 1-0 (41)}) ({RR} 9... Qc7 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. a4 b6 12. Ba3 Rd8 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. e4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Rxd4 17. Bd5 Qd7 18. Bb2 Rxa4 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qg4+ Kf8 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Qf4 Qxe4 23. Qxf6 Kg8 24. Rc3 {Taboas Rodriguez,D (2360)-Xu,Y (2495) chess.com INT 2024 1-0}) 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. e4 Nbd7 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ng5 h6 14. Ne4 f6 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Qg4+ Kh8 17. Qg6 Bb7 18. Qxh6+ Kg8 19. Qg6+ Kh8 20. Rad1 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Rd3 1-0

[Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2022"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.12.06"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Carlsen, M.."]
[Black "Gukesh, D.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2859"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2022.11.23"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Bb2 ({RR} 9. a4 Re8 10. cxd5 exd5 11. dxc5 Ne4 12. Bd3 h6 13. Ba3 Qa5 14. O-O Nxc5 15. Bb5 Ne4 16. c4 a6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Rfc1 Bd7 20. Bb2 Rac8 21. Qd1 Rxc1 22. Qxc1 Rc8 23. Qd1 Qb4 {Carlsen,M (2863)-Giri,A (2764) chess24.com INT 2020 1-0 (46)}) 9... b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. c4 $146 ({RR} 11. Bd3 c4 12. Be2 Re8 13. O-O Ne4 14. Nd2 Bf5 15. Qd1 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Na5 17. f3 Nb3 18. Qd1 Nxa1 19. Bxa1 Rxe3 20. f4 Qe7 21. Bf3 Be4 22. Bg4 f5 23. Qc1 Bd3 24. Bf3 Bxf1 25. Bxd5+ Kh8 {Ferraz,M (1998)-Jing,A (2254) chess.com INT 2025 0-1}) 11... Bg4 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Bc4 Qh5 14. Ne5 Rac8 15. Nxg4 Qxg4 16. d5 Na5 17. Be2 Qg6 18. Bd3 Qh6 19. Bf5 Rcd8 20. e4 Nb7 21. f3 Nd6 22. Bh3 Nh5 23. g3 f5 24. e5 Nb5 25. Rd1 Rfe8 26. Kf2 Nd4 27. Bxd4 cxd4 28. Rde1 Rc8 29. Qxf5 Rc3 30. Rhf1 d3 31. Kg2 d2 32. Rd1 Re3 33. d6 R3xe5 34. d7 Re2+ 35. Kh1 Rd8 36. Qd5+ Kh8 37. Qf5 Nf6 38. f4 1-0

[Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2022"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.12.06"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Carlsen, M.."]
[Black "Gukesh, D.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2859"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2022.11.23"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a4 $146 ({RR} 5. a3 Bxc3+ {½-½ (5) Kopta,P (2220)-Smejkal,L (2185) Frymburk 2000}) ({RR} 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Nf3 e5 8. Be2 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. O-O Nc6 11. Be3 Bf8 12. f3 g6 13. Qd2 Bg7 14. Rfd1 Nd7 15. Rab1 Nde5 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. c5 Bf8 18. b4 Be6 19. cxd6 Bxd6 {Caruana,F (2798)-Mitrabha,G (2518) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (33)}) ({RR} 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Nf3 c5 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Bg4 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O a6 12. a4 Rb8 13. Nd2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Re8 15. a5 Bf8 16. f3 b5 17. axb6 Nxb6 18. Qd3 a5 19. Nc4 Nxc4 {Ten Hacken,J (2020)-Joentausta,H (2097) Prague CZE 2025 1-0 (47)}) 5... d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. Bd2 Nc6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Ba6 Bxa6 15. Qxa6 Nb4 16. Qe2 Nd3 17. Be1 Nxe1 18. Nxe1 Bb4 19. Nb5 Bxe1 20. Qxe1 Ne4 21. Rac1 h6 22. Nd4 Qf6 23. b4 Rac8 24. f3 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Nd6 26. Nc6 Rd7 27. Qd2 Qg5 28. Rc2 Qd5 29. Qxd5 exd5 30. Kf2 Kf8 31. b5 Ke8 32. Nb4 Nc4 33. Nxd5 Rxd5 34. Rxc4 Rd2+ 35. Kg3 Ra2 36. f4 Kd7 37. Kf3 h5 38. h3 h4 39. f5 Kd6 40. Rxh4 Ke5 41. Rf4 Ra1 42. g4 Rf1+ 43. Kg3 Re1 44. Kf2 Rh1 45. Rc4 Rxh3 46. Rc7 1-0

[Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2022"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.12.06"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Carlsen, M.."]
[Black "Gukesh, D.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2859"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2022.11.23"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O b6 $146 ({RR} 9... Qc7 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Bb2 e5 12. Rc1 b6 13. c4 cxd4 14. exd4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Rd8 16. Nb5 Qc5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Bf3 Rb8 19. Nxa7 Bb7 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. Nb5 Rbb8 22. Qg4+ Kh8 23. Rc3 Ne5 24. Qf5 {Moranda,K-Bursa,R Krynica 1998 1-0 (41)}) ({RR} 9... Qc7 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. a4 b6 12. Ba3 Rd8 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. e4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Rxd4 17. Bd5 Qd7 18. Bb2 Rxa4 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qg4+ Kf8 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Qf4 Qxe4 23. Qxf6 Kg8 24. Rc3 {Taboas Rodriguez,D (2360)-Xu,Y (2495) chess.com INT 2024 1-0}) 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. e4 Nbd7 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ng5 h6 14. Ne4 f6 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Qg4+ Kh8 17. Qg6 Bb7 18. Qxh6+ Kg8 19. Qg6+ Kh8 20. Rad1 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Rd3 1-0

[Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2022"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.12.06"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Carlsen, M.."]
[Black "Gukesh, D.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2859"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2022.11.23"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a4 $146 ({RR} 5. a3 Bxc3+ {½-½ (5) Kopta,P (2220)-Smejkal,L (2185) Frymburk 2000}) ({RR} 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Nf3 e5 8. Be2 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. O-O Nc6 11. Be3 Bf8 12. f3 g6 13. Qd2 Bg7 14. Rfd1 Nd7 15. Rab1 Nde5 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. c5 Bf8 18. b4 Be6 19. cxd6 Bxd6 {Caruana,F (2798)-Mitrabha,G (2518) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (33)}) ({RR} 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Nf3 c5 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Bg4 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O a6 12. a4 Rb8 13. Nd2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Re8 15. a5 Bf8 16. f3 b5 17. axb6 Nxb6 18. Qd3 a5 19. Nc4 Nxc4 {Ten Hacken,J (2020)-Joentausta,H (2097) Prague CZE 2025 1-0 (47)}) 5... d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. Bd2 Nc6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Ba6 Bxa6 15. Qxa6 Nb4 16. Qe2 Nd3 17. Be1 Nxe1 18. Nxe1 Bb4 19. Nb5 Bxe1 20. Qxe1 Ne4 21. Rac1 h6 22. Nd4 Qf6 23. b4 Rac8 24. f3 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Nd6 26. Nc6 Rd7 27. Qd2 Qg5 28. Rc2 Qd5 29. Qxd5 exd5 30. Kf2 Kf8 31. b5 Ke8 32. Nb4 Nc4 33. Nxd5 Rxd5 34. Rxc4 Rd2+ 35. Kg3 Ra2 36. f4 Kd7 37. Kf3 h5 38. h3 h4 39. f5 Kd6 40. Rxh4 Ke5 41. Rf4 Ra1 42. g4 Rf1+ 43. Kg3 Re1 44. Kf2 Rh1 45. Rc4 Rxh3 46. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Hossain, Enamul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2857"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,Michal"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway"]
[BlackTeam "Bangladesh"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BAN"]

1. e3 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. d4 Bb4 {A very original move order - and finally a normal position of the Nimzo-Indian Defense.} 6. Bd3 Ne4 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 O-O 9. Ne1 {Typical: White ousts Black's knight from the centre but it takes some time; besides, White's knight has no good prospects.} ({RR} 9. Ba3 d6 10. Qc2 f5 11. d5 exd5 12. Nd4 Qe8 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. c4 Bb7 15. f3 Nc5 16. Bxc5 Qxe3+ 17. Kh1 dxc5 18. Nxf5 Qg5 19. f4 Qf6 20. Ne3 Qh6 21. Nf5 Qf6 22. Ng3 Qh6 23. Ne4 Nc6 {Edouard,R (2664)-Meribanov,V (2407) Eilat 2012 ½-½ (61)}) 9... c5 $6 {This is not active enough. White creates a strong and solid pawn centre.} (9... f5 {is the main theoretical line seen in hundreds of games. Here is one of them, played at the highest level:} 10. f3 Ng5 11. Qe2 Qf6 12. Nc2 d6 13. a4 Nc6 14. Ba3 Qg6 15. f4 Ne4 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. c5 Rfd8 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. d5 exd5 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. cxd4 a5 $13 {1/2 (39) Gelfand,B (2741)-Vallejo Pons,F (2703) Leon 2010}) (9... d5 {leads to the Botvinnik pawn structure, which is rather favorable for White, e.g.} 10. cxd5 exd5 11. f3 Nf6 12. Rb1 Re8 13. Rb2 Qd7 14. g4 g6 15. Ng2 c5 16. Nf4 Qd6 17. Qe1 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nc6 19. Qh4 Na5 20. Rg2 Rac8 21. Qh6 Qf8 22. Qxf8+ Rxf8 23. g5 $36 {1-0 (58) Gligoric,S (2565)-Sanz Alonso,F (2330) Montilla 1978}) ({Other options:} 9... Qh4 10. f3 Ng5 11. e4 f5 12. exf5 exf5 13. Nc2 f4 14. d5 Na6 15. Nd4 Nc5 16. Bc2 Ba6 17. Nf5 $16 {1-0 (48) Gligoric,S-Rodriguez,J Havana 1969}) (9... d6 10. f3 Nf6 11. e4 Nbd7 12. Nc2 c5 13. Bg5 Re8 14. Ne3 Qc7 15. Re1 h6 16. Bh4 Nh5 17. Bf1 Nf8 18. Ng4 f5 19. exf5 exf5 20. Ne3 Qf7 21. Qc2 g6 22. Nd5 $36 {1-0 (41) Malaniuk,V (2513)-Saulin,D (2396) Tula 2004}) 10. f3 Nf6 $146 (10... Nd6 $2 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 13. Qxd6 Na6 14. Rb1 Bc6 15. Nd3 Qa5 16. Ne5 $16 {1-0 (61) Lin,W-Huang,R China 1987}) ({RR} 10... Nd6 11. e4 f5 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. exf5 Nxf5 15. Rb1 Bc6 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. Nc2 Qf7 18. Ne3 Na6 19. Qd3 g6 20. Nd5 Rfe8 21. Rfe1 Re6 22. Bg5 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Nc7 25. c4 {Xiong,J (2636)-Skliarov,V (2345) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (52)}) 11. e4 Ne8 {Just a loss of time.} ({It was not easy to create counterplay but maybe something like this deserved attention:} 11... d6 12. d5 Re8 13. Nc2 Nbd7 14. Ne3 Ne5 15. Be2 Ng6 16. g3 h5 $5) 12. d5 $14 d6 13. Nc2 Nd7 14. Ne3 Nef6 (14... Ne5 15. Be2 {, and White will push f3-f4 sooner or later.}) 15. a4 a5 {Black doesn't want to allow a4-a5 but his b6-pawn may now become weak.} 16. Ra2 Qc7 $6 {It was the last moment to bring the knight to g6 slowing down White's attack:} (16... Ne5 17. Be2 Ng6) 17. f4 {[%mdl 128] Using his space advantage, White starts a kingside attack.} exd5 18. exd5 Rfe8 19. g4 $1 Nf8 20. g5 N6d7 21. h4 Rad8 22. h5 Bc8 23. Ng4 Re7 24. Rg2 Kh8 25. Qf3 Rde8 26. Qg3 {[%cal Rf4f5]} Rd8 (26... g6 27. Qh4 {[%cal Yg2h2,Yf4f5]}) 27. Bd2 Rde8 28. f5 Ne5 29. Nxe5 Rxe5 30. Bf4 Nd7 31. f6 $1 {Of course, White ignores the e5-rook so far.} g6 32. hxg6 fxg6 33. Bxg6 $1 {One of the typical Carlsen games, in which is it difficult to find out where his opponent made a decisive mistake. Was it really 9...c5 ??!} (33. Bxg6 hxg6 34. Qh4+ Kg8 35. Rh2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ibrayev, Nurlan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "Golod,Vitali"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway"]
[BlackTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KAZ"]

1. d4 {ChessBase II} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 ({RR} 4... O-O) ({RR} 4... d5) 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. e3 Qc7 8. b3 $5 {Also repeatedly were checked up in previous games:} (8. Bd3 {See comments to game: Miranda,M-Tiviakov,S/New York,1998/CBM 64(0-1)(Gershon,A)(27)}) (8. a3 $5 {See annotations to Arlandi,E-Gurevich,M/Linares,1995/CBM 51(½-½)(Gurevich,M)(41)}) (8. Bd2 $5 {You can see my comments to Bosboom,M-Tiviakov,S/Leeuwarden,2004/CBM 103(½-½)(42)}) (8. Be2) ({and} 8. g4 $5) 8... b6 ({After:} 8... a6 {it deserves serious attention:} 9. g4 {For further information,you can find my comments to game: Bareev,E-Sakaev,K/Moscow,2001/CBM 86(1-0)(26)}) ({RR} 8... a6 9. g4 h6 10. Bb2 b6 11. Rg1 Bb7 12. Be2 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Rc1 Bb4+ 16. Kf1 Qxc2 17. Rxc2 O-O 18. g5 h5 19. Ne5 g6 20. e4 Bb7 21. Rc7 Ra7 22. Nxg6 Re8 23. Nf4) 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Nb5 $5 $146 {Interestingly,that in this position,this move is applied for the first time. Three games,which have reached this position were continued as follows:} (10. Be2 $5 {You can see my annotations to game: Kiriakov,P-Tiviakov,S/Port Erin,1999/CBM 74(1-0)(34)}) (10. Rd1 Be7 (10... a6 $142) 11. Bd3 a6 (11... Na6 $143 12. Nb5 Qc6 13. Qd2 $5 $14 {Kozul,Z-Ionescu,C/Berga,1991/Inf 52/564(1-0)(Kozul,Z)(33)}) 12. O-O d6 13. Qe2 Nbd7 14. Bb1 O-O 15. Nd4 Qc5 $11 {Piket,J-Tiviakov,S/Netherlands,2000(1-0)(44)}) 10... Qd8 ({Hardly it was better:} 10... Qc8 11. O-O-O a6 $5 (11... O-O 12. Ng5 (12. Bd3 $6 a6 $132) 12... h6 $8 13. Bxf6 hxg5 14. Be5 $1 $14 {×d6} (14. Bxg5 $143 a6 15. Nc3 b5 $132)) 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. Rxd6 Qc7 {/=}) 11. O-O-O {×d6} O-O {The contenders have hidden the kings on different sides.This fact - "harbinger" of active actions in this game.} (11... a6 $143 12. Nd6+ (12. Bxf6 $143 gxf6 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. Rxd6 Qc7 $13) 12... Bxd6 13. Rxd6 Ne4 14. Rd1 O-O 15. Bd3 f5 {/=}) ({RR} 11... Na6) 12. Ng5 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gb2f6,Yf6h7]} Re8 $1 {Black had no other worthy alternative.} (12... g6 $2 13. Qc3 Be7 14. Nd6 Qc7 (14... Bc6 $2 15. Nde4 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 Kg7 17. g4 $1 h6 18. f4 $18 {g5}) 15. Nge4 $16) (12... h6 $4 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 $140 14. Qh7#) 13. h4 ({It was very difficult to decide on Fritz's continuation:} 13. Bxf6 $5 Qxf6 14. Qxh7+ (14. Nc7 $2 Qxg5 15. Nxe8 Qe5 $1 {[%csl Re8]} 16. Qb2 $140 (16. Kb1 Nc6 $36) 16... Ba3 $1 17. Qxa3 Qc3+ 18. Kb1 Be4+ 19. Bd3 Bxd3+ 20. Rxd3 Qxd3+ 21. Kc1 Nc6 $15) 14... Kf8 {as it is impossible to estimate the following situation:} 15. Nc7 Na6 $5 $13) 13... e5 $146 {Black,in turn, prevent a threat 14.xf6} ({Leads to favourable complications for White:} 13... h6 $6 14. Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 $140 $8 15. Nc7 hxg5 (15... Qa1+ $2 16. Kd2 Bb4+ 17. Ke2 $18) 16. Nxe8 Qa1+ 17. Kd2 Qe5 18. Qc3 Nc6 19. Qxe5 Nxe5 20. Nc7 Rc8 21. Nb5 d5 $1 {/}) ({RR} 13... h6 14. Nc7 Na6 15. Nxe8 Nxe8 16. Qh7+ Kf8 17. Qh8+ Ke7 18. Nh7 Nd6 19. Qxg7 {1-0 (19) Nielsen,P (2644)-Alexieva,S (2358) Noyon 2005 CBM 105 Extra [ChessBase II]}) 14. Nd6 Bxd6 15. Rxd6 {White have created a threat: 16.xf6 xf6 17.xh7+ f8 18.a3+ and 19.h8# But now it's not real,because of: 18...d6 (black's  has a field "e7").} h6 16. Qf5 $5 {Well-hidden provocation.} Nc6 $140 $4 {Painful blunder leading to immediate loss.} ({Also loses a game the following move:} 16... hxg5 $4 17. hxg5 Ne4 (17... Be4 18. Qh3 Nh7 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Rxd3 $18) 18. Qh7+ Kf8 19. Ba3 Nc5 $8 20. Qf5 $1 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Gh1h8,Gf5e5]} Kg8 21. Rh7 $1 {dh6 (×f7) or h3} Be4 (21... Ne6 22. Qh3 f5 23. g6 {with checkmated in two moves.}) 22. Rdh6 $3 f6 (22... Bxf5 23. Rh8#) 23. gxf6 Qxf6 (23... Bxf5 24. Rxg7+ Kf8 25. Rh8#) 24. Rh8+ Kf7 25. Rxf6+ gxf6 26. Qh5+ Bg6 27. Rh7+) ({It was necessary:} 16... Qe7 $1 17. Rd2 (17. Ba3 $6 Na6 {c5 a3-f8} 18. Bd3 Nc5 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Rxf6 Qxf6 21. Qxf6 gxf6 22. Ne4 $15) 17... g6 18. Qh3 hxg5 19. hxg5 Nh5 20. Rh2 $44 {g4}) 17. Rxf6 $3 (17. Rxf6 $3 Qxf6 (17... hxg5 $144 18. hxg5 gxf6 19. gxf6 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gf5h7,Gh7h8]}) (17... gxf6 $2 18. Qh7+ Kf8 19. Qxf7#) 18. Qh7+ Kf8 19. Ne4 $1 $18 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Gb2a3,Gh7h8] Probably,Nurlan Ibraev missed a this obvious move.}) 1-0

[Event "Dubai op 6th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2004.04.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2004.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8. Qxd2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. Nc2 ({RR} 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. Rc1 O-O 13. O-O Rb8 14. a3 Be7 15. Rfd1 a6 16. Ne4 b5 17. c5 a5 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Bb7 20. Qxd7 Bxe4 21. Qxe7 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qe4+ 23. Kg1 Qxb4 24. Qd7 h5 {Moiseenko,A (2568)-So,W (2745) London ENG 2025 ½-½ (59)}) 10... Be7 11. b3 O-O 12. Rd1 d6 $146 ({RR} 12... Qb6 13. Ne4 d6 14. O-O Rd8 15. Ne3 Bd7 16. Kh1 Bc6 17. Nc3 Rac8 18. h3 Nd7 19. Ne4 Nc5 20. Nxc5 dxc5 21. Qc2 g6 {½-½ (21) Ostojic,N (2475)-Kovacevic,A (2549) Banja Koviljaca 2002}) ({RR} 12... a6 13. Ne4 Rb8 14. Nd6 Qc7 15. a4 Qb6 16. Qb4 Qxb4+ 17. Nxb4 b5 18. axb5 Rb6 19. c5 Bxd6 20. cxd6 Rxb5 21. Nd3 Bb7 22. Bxb7 Nxd3+ 23. Rxd3 Rxb7 24. Kd2 Rc8 25. Rc3 Rxc3 26. Kxc3 Rb6 27. Rd1 {Alterman,B (2575)-Yudasin,L (2615) Israel 1995 0-1 (68)}) 13. Nb5 Qb6 14. O-O d5 15. Qe3 Qxe3 16. Nxe3 dxc4 17. Nxc4 Nxc4 18. bxc4 Bc5 19. Rd3 Rb8 20. Rb1 g6 21. a4 a5 22. Rbd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2011.10.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Carlsen,Magnus"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2011.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qc2 {This apparently came as a suprise to Ivanchuk, even though I played it against Anand in round 6. It might have something to do with the fact that I achieved very little in that game.} Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 {All of the three main moves here, d6, 0-0 and e4, were tried against me in Bilbao. Regrettably, I did not show the same versatility, only employing two of the three possible setups from this position (no e3, e2 and so on).} Ne4 8. Qc2 f5 9. g3 ({RR} 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Ng5 11. d5 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 d6 13. b4 Qe7 14. Bb2 Nd7 15. dxe6 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qxe6 17. f4 a5 18. Rg1 Nf6 19. b5 Rf7 20. Qc3 h6 21. Qd4 Kh7 22. Ke2 Rg8 23. Rg2 Ne4 {Belov,V (2608)-Lysyj,I (2523) Playchess.com INT 2006 ½-½ (46)}) ({RR} 9. b4 d6 10. Bb2 Nd7 11. d5 e5 12. Nd2 Ndf6 13. g3 O-O 14. Bg2 Ng5 15. h4 Nf7 16. Qxf5 Bc8 17. Qc2 a5 18. O-O axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Bg4 21. e4 Bh5 22. f3 Qd7 23. Qa4 Qe7 {Papayan,O (2253)-Yedidia,D (2041) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (31)}) 9... Nf6 {A case could be made for including 9... 0-0 10.g2 before making this move, which will anyway be necessary because of g5 or d2.} 10. Bh3 {Suddenly experiencing a burst of creativity, I decided to try and exploit the extra opportunity. The main idea behind this move is to be able to drive away the black bishop from e4 after ...e4  somewhere, without exchanging bishops.} O-O 11. O-O a5 $146 {A far from obvious move, which Ivanchuk made immediately.} (11... Qe8 12. d5 {is similar to the game.}) (11... Be4 12. Qc3 Qe8 {was quite interesting however. Now d2 is bad due to ...h5, so I was going to continue playing creatively with} 13. Rd1 Qh5 14. Bf1 {with good chances of fighting for an advantage.}) ({RR} 11... Qe8 12. Rd1 Qh5 13. Bf1 a5 14. d5 Na6 15. dxe6 d6 16. Nh4 Nc5 17. Qxf5 Nb3 18. Qxh5 Nxh5 19. Ra2 Rae8 20. a4 Rxe6 21. Ra3 Nc5 22. Be3 Nf6 23. Nf3 Ng4 24. Bd4 Bc6 25. Rda1 Re4 26. Bxc5 {Babujian,L (2471)-Parligras,M (2580) Al Ain 2014 ½-½ (58)}) ({RR} 11... Qe8 12. d5 Qh5 13. Bg2 exd5 14. Nd4 Nc6 15. Nxf5 dxc4 16. Qxc4+ Kh8 17. Ne3 Rae8 18. b4 Ne5 19. Qc2 Neg4 20. Nxg4 Nxg4 21. h3 Nxf2 22. Rxf2 Rxf2 23. Kxf2 Bxg2 24. Bf4 Qxh3 25. Qxc7 Bc6 {0-1 (25) Balokas,D (2080)-Stefansson,H (2531) Plovdiv 2012}) 12. Rd1 Qe8 13. d5 Na6 14. Bf4 (14. dxe6 dxe6 15. Bf4 {looks a little bit better for White, but I was looking for something more interesting.}) 14... exd5 $2 {After this move Black is in serious trouble.} (14... d6 {looked much more logical to me} 15. dxe6 (15. Ng5 Nc5 16. b4 h6 17. bxc5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Ne4 {Is not that clear}) 15... Be4 16. Qc3 Nc5 (16... Qh5 17. Bf1 Nc5 18. Nd4 {just transposes}) 17. Nd4 Qh5 (17... Nxe6 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. f3 Bb7 20. e4 $16) 18. Bf1 Rfe8 19. f3 Bb7 20. b4 Nxe6 21. Nxe6 Rxe6 22. c5 dxc5 23. bxc5 Qf7 {and Black is more or less ok.}) (14... Qh5 15. Bg2 exd5 16. Nd4 g5 {was given as interesting by online commentators. My decision to not delve deeper into it should be attributed to laziness, not arrogance.}) 15. Bxf5 dxc4 (15... Ne4 16. Bh3 {looks pretty cool for White too.}) 16. Ng5 $1 {The point. Now all kinds of tricks are possible.} Qh5 {More or less forced. Black can hardly afford to give up the h7-pawn, and} (16... h6 17. Bxd7 Qe7 (17... Qh5 18. g4 Qh4 19. Qxc4+ Kh8 20. Nf7+ Rxf7 21. Qxf7 $18) 18. Qxc4+ Kh8 19. Qe6 $1 {is pretty straightforward.}) 17. Rxd7 {This move was so tempting that I hardly looked at others.} ({With a slightly cooler head, I might have come close to considering} 17. Rd4 $1 Rae8 18. Bd2 {when h4 next will be hard to meet.}) 17... Kh8 {I quickly realised that this was the only move, but I thought there should still be some relatively easy way to win here.} (17... Nxd7 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Bg6 Qg4 (19... Qh6 20. Nf7+ Rxf7 21. Bxh6) 20. h3 {loses trivially.}) 18. Re7 $6 {Objetively speaking, a mistake. Unfortunately, I was not able to coolly give up the exchange without finding a forced win.} (18. Rad1 $1 Nxd7 19. Rxd7 Nc5 {What else?} 20. Rxc7 Rad8 21. f3 {and White is dominating.}) 18... Nd5 19. Bg4 $6 {Another step in the wrong direction.} (19. Re5 Nxf4 20. gxf4 {would still retain a clear advantage.}) 19... Qg6 20. Nf7+ Kg8 21. Bf5 Qxf5 $1 {A nasty suprise.} (21... Qh5 $145 22. g4 Qh4 23. Bg3 $1 Qxe7 24. Bxh7+ Kxf7 25. Qg6#) 22. Qxf5 Nxe7 23. Nh6+ gxh6 24. Qg4+ Ng6 25. Bxh6 {Fortunately, White can still fight for an advantage here, and with the open black king White certainly has the easier game.} Rf7 26. Rd1 Re8 (26... c3 {would have been an interesting try, but it's probably no better than the game continuation} 27. h4 $1 (27. bxc3 Nc5 {is fine for Black}) 27... c2 28. Rd7 Nc5 29. Rxf7 Kxf7 30. Qc4+ Ke7 31. Qxc2 {and White is clearly on top.}) 27. h4 Nc5 28. h5 Bc8 29. Qxc4 Ne5 30. Qh4 {By now Ivanchuk had got really short on time, which was not making his job any easier.} Nc6 $2 {After this Black can hardly defend.} ({The best chance was} 30... Ne6 31. f4 (31. Rd5 Rf5 $1 {is the key}) 31... Nd7 32. e4 Kh8 {when there is still all to play for.}) 31. Rd5 Ne6 32. Qc4 (32. Qa4 {would have been even stronger, but for some reason I did not consider this move at all. My idea with the text was to win the e5-square for my rook.}) 32... Ncd8 $2 (32... Ne7 {would have held out much longer, but after} 33. Re5 Nf5 34. Qg4+ Nfg7 35. Qe4 {Black is pretty tied up, and White should win gradually.}) 33. Qg4+ {Surprisingly the fact that the c8-bishop is unprotected becomes the decisive factor.} Ng7 {Ivanchuk was visibly shocked when I captured his bishop, but} (33... Kh8 34. Bd2 $1 {would have been equally bad.}) 34. Qxc8 1-0

[Event "Bazna Kings 5th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2011.06.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,Dorian"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2011.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Sagar,Shah/CB Website Bologan,Viktor} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 {This transposes to the classical Rubinstein Variation.} ({Somewhat more active, but also more risky is} 5. Bg5) 5... Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Na4 {The knight goes on the rim in order to underline the exposed position of the bishop on b4 and threaten a2-a3.} ({RR} 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Ne4 10. Nd2 f5 11. f3 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Nc6 13. Qc2 Qf6 14. Rf2 Rac8 15. dxc5 bxc5) 8... cxd4 9. exd4 Re8 10. a3 Bf8 11. Bf4 ({RR} 11. b4 d6 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Re1 g6 14. Nc3 Bg7 15. Bf1 a6) 11... d6 ({RR} 11... Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nc6 13. d5 ({RR} 13. Qh3 Nxd4 14. Be5) 13... exd5 14. cxd5 Ne5 15. Qd1 ({RR} 15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. Nc3) 15... Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Re4 {0-1 (16) Yu,Y (2736)-Carlsen,M (2834) Doha 2015 CBM 170 [Sagar,Shah/CB Website]}) ({RR} 11... Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nc6 13. Qh3 h6 14. Be3 d5 15. Rfd1 Rc8 16. Nc3 Ne7 17. b3 Nf5 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. Qxf5 dxc4 20. bxc4 Rxc4 21. Qd3 Rc8 22. d5 Ng4 23. Bd4 Bc5 24. Qg3 h5 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. d6 {Zaja,I (2421)-Culum,S (2450) Grohote CRO 2025 1-0 (69)}) 12. Re1 Nbd7 13. Rc1 e5 $146 {A strong novelty, that helps Black to equalise.} ({After} 13... g6 {White is slightly better by bringing back the knight} 14. Nc3 ({RR} 14. Nc3 Rc8 15. b4 e5 16. dxe5 Nh5 17. Be3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Nxe5 19. Qe2 Qh4 20. g3 Qh3 21. Nd5 Ng4 22. f3 Nxe3 23. Nxe3 Bh6 24. Qf2 Nf6)) ({RR} 13... g6 14. h3 e5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nxe5 ({RR} 16. Bg5 e4) 16... Nh5 17. Bf1 ({RR} 17. Nxd7 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Nxf4 19. Be4 Qxd7) 17... Nxf4 ({RR} 17... Bxg2 18. Qxd7 Qxd7 19. Nxd7 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Bxf1 21. Nxf8 Nxf4 22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. Kxf1 Rd8) ({RR} 17... Bg7 18. Qxd7 Qxd7 19. Nxd7 Nxf4 20. g3 Bc6 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. gxf4 Bxa4 23. Ne5) 18. Qxd7 Qxd7 19. Nxd7 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Bc6 21. Nxf8 Bxa4 22. g3 Nh5 23. Nxh7 ({RR} 23. b3 Bc6) 23... Kxh7 24. Re7 ({RR} 24. Bg2 Re8) 24... Be8 ({RR} 24... Kg8 25. Bg2 Rc8 26. Bd5 Be8 27. Rxa7 Nf6 28. Ra8 Rxa8 29. Bxa8 Ba4 30. b4 Kf8 31. f3 Ke7 32. Kf2 Bb3 33. c5 bxc5 34. bxc5 Nd7 35. c6 Nb6 36. Bb7 Kd6 ({RR} 36... Nd5 37. h4 Kd6 38. g4 Ne7 39. Ke3 f6 40. Kd2 Bf7 41. a4 Nxc6 42. Bxc6 Kxc6 43. Ke3 Kd6 44. Kd4 Be8 45. a5 Bb5 46. h5 gxh5 47. gxh5 Ke6 48. f4) 37. h4) ({RR} 24... Kg7 25. Bg2 Rc8 26. Bd5 Be8 27. Rxa7 Nf6 28. Ra8 Rc7 29. Rb8 ({RR} 29. b3 Bd7 30. Bg2 Bf5) 29... Nxd5 30. cxd5 Bd7 31. Rxb6 Bxh3 32. a4 Rc5 33. b4 Rxd5) 25. Bg2 Rd8 26. Bd5 ({RR} 26. b4 a5 ({RR} 26... Nf6 27. Rxa7 Rd1+ 28. Kh2 Rd2 29. Kg1 Kg7 30. Rb7 Rc2 31. Rxb6 Rxc4 32. b5 Bd7 33. g4 g5 34. Rb7 Be6 35. b6 Nd7 36. Kh2 Rc2 37. Rc7 Rxf2 38. Kg1 Rb2 39. b7) 27. c5 axb4 28. cxb6 b3 29. b7 Nf6 30. a4 Rd1+ 31. Kh2 b2 32. b8=Q b1=Q 33. Qxb1 Rxb1 34. g4 Kg7 35. g5) 26... Kg7 27. Rxa7 Nf6 28. Ra8 {Potkin,V (2653)-Bologan,V (2671) Olginka 2011 EXT 2020 [Bologan,Viktor] 0-1 (40)}) ({RR} 13... g6 14. Nc3 e5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Qc7 21. b4 Rad8 22. Qb3 f5 23. c5+ Kh7 24. Ree1 e4 25. Nh4 bxc5 26. bxc5 Qc6 27. Qf7+ Bg7 28. Qxa7 {Aharonovich,I (2299)-Kobo,O (2485) Israel 2019 0-1 (50)}) 14. dxe5 Bxf3 (14... dxe5 15. Nxe5) 15. Qxf3 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 ({After} 16. Qh3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 d5 19. Rd1 {Black exploits the unprotected position of the knight on a4 and frees himself from the pin along the d-file with} Qe8 $1 {with complete equality.}) 16... dxe5 17. Nc3 g6 ({After} 17... Qc7 {Carlsen intended to fight for the d5-square by means of} 18. g4 $5) 18. Be4 {This brings White nowhere and soon he will even have to play carefully to keep the balance.} (18. Rcd1 {was better, although after} Qe7 {Black hardly has any problems.}) 18... Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Rc8 $1 (19... Qc8 {allows White to keep some pressure after} 20. Nd5) ({Black would like to play} 19... f5 {but then after} 20. Qd5+ Qxd5 21. Nxd5 {he would suddenly have problems with defending against forks on c7 and f6 without giving up his e5-pawn.}) 20. b4 (20. Nd5 f5 $11) 20... Qd4 $1 {Now it is White who must play accurately, since potentially his pawns are weaker and in an endgame the bishop can be stronger than the knight.} 21. Qxd4 (21. Nd5 Qxe4 22. Rxe4 f5 23. Re2 Kf7 24. f3 Rc6 25. Kf2 Rec8 26. Rxe5 Rxc4 {is the kind of position White would like to avoid.}) 21... exd4 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Nd5 Re2 24. Kf1 Ra2 25. Rd1 (25. c5 {leads to unpleasant defence after} bxc5 26. bxc5 d3 27. c6 (27. Ne3 $2 Bxc5) 27... Rc2 28. Rd1 Rxc6 29. Rxd3 Rc1+ 30. Ke2 Rc2+) 25... Rxa3 26. Rxd4 Ra4 (26... Kg7 $5 {deserved attention, without fearing} 27. g4 a5 28. bxa5 bxa5 29. g5 {due to} a4 30. Nf6 Ra1+ 31. Ke2 Rg1 32. Ne8+ Kh8 {and White is in trouble.}) 27. Nf6+ Kg7 28. Ne8+ Kg8 ({Black could try to play for more with} 28... Kh8 {although after} 29. b5 ({but not} 29. Rd7 Bxb4 {threatening a1-e1, ×e8}) 29... Bc5 30. Rd7 $1 Ra1+ 31. Ke2 Ra2+ 32. Kd3 Rxf2 33. Rxa7 {White's counterplay should not be underestimated:} Kg8 (33... Rxg2 34. Rxf7 Rxh2 35. Nf6 $1 {with a sort of domination}) 34. Ra6 h5 35. Nc7 Rxg2 36. Nd5 Rxh2 37. Nxb6 h4 38. Nd7 {and Black is risking as much as White.}) 29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. Ne8+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,Alex "]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 {A modest system, but not without venom. White plans a classic Botvinnik Pawn Roller, made famous by his win over Capablanca, AVRO 1938.} Re8 8. Bd2 Bf8 {The most solid choice.} ({Unlike in similar lines of the QGD, where the white bishop goes to g5, here White's K-side seems a bit vulnerable, so} 8... Bd6 {has been tried on numerous occasions.} 9. O-O c6 10. Rc1 {Khismatullin-Anand, World Rapid 2015. Vishy chose} Ng4 $5 ({The tempting} 10... Bxh2+ {doesn't quite work here:} 11. Kxh2 Ng4+ 12. Kg3 $1 Qd6+ 13. f4 ({White can also contemplate} 13. Nf4 $5 g5 14. Rh1 f5 15. f3 $1 Nxe3 16. Bxe3 Rxe3 17. Ncxd5 $1 gxf4+ 18. Nxf4 {where he will soon get his turn to take potshots at the enemy king.}) 13... Rxe3+ 14. Bxe3 Nxe3 15. Qd2 $18) 11. h3 $2 (11. g3 {is normal}) 11... Nh2 12. Re1 Nf3+ 13. gxf3 Qg5+ 14. Kh1 {and should have won the game, but for some reason he rejected the obvious} Bxh3 ({The game went} 14... Qh4 15. Nf4 Bxh3 16. Ng2 Qxf2 17. Bf1 Re6 18. e4 Qg3 $2 19. e5 Bxg2+ 20. Bxg2 Qh4+ 21. Kg1 Qxd4+ 22. Be3 {and White eventually won})) 9. O-O b6 (9... c6 10. Rc1 a5 11. f3 b5 $5 12. Ng3 Ba6 13. Nce2 b4 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 {Jobava-Mareco, World Rapid 2016, Two of my favourite players slugging it out!}) 10. Rc1 c5 11. Nf4 ({RR} 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. f3 g6 14. Kh1 Rb8 15. Bb1 Rc8 16. Be1 Bh6 17. Bh4 Be6 18. dxc5 Bxe3 19. cxb6 axb6 20. f4 Bg4 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Nxd5 Qh4 23. g3 Qd8 24. Nxe3 Qxd1 25. Nxd1 Bxe2 {Jobava,B (2669)-Karjakin,S (2774) Almaty 2016 1-0}) 11... Bb7 (11... Ba6 {appears a bit risky because of the d5-pawn coming under assault after} 12. dxc5 Bxd3 13. Nxd3 bxc5 14. Na4 c4 15. Nf4 Nc6 16. Bc3 {but, perhaps, Black can just give it away:} d4 17. exd4 Rc8 18. d5 Nb4 $44) 12. Qf3 Na6 {Dull, standard play.} ({Ivan Saric tried to uphold Black's colors (Jolly Roger?) a couple of times. One of his efforts saw} 12... Nc6 $5 13. Ncxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Ne5 15. dxe5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 Bxd5 17. Bc3 Bxa2 {Martinovic-Saric, 2017. Black doesn't look to be worse at all.}) ({I like} 12... Bc6 $5 {There's no white knight anywhere near e5, and Black is planning to follow up c5-c4 with b6-b5!}) 13. Rfd1 cxd4 $146 {True to his newfound identity of "MInister of Defence" Sergey dutifully accepts a slightly worse position.} ({Truth be told,} 13... Nc7 $6 14. dxc5 $1 bxc5 15. Na4 Ne4 16. Ba5 Qe7 17. b4 $1 {would have been a much worse outcome.}) ({RR} 13... Nc7 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Na4 Nd7 16. Ba5 Bc6 17. Bxc7 Qxc7 18. Nxd5 Qb7 19. Qh3 g6 20. Bc4 Bxa4 21. Qf3 Bc6 22. b4 cxb4 23. Ba6 Bxd5 24. Bxb7 Bxf3 25. Bxf3 Nc5 26. Bxa8 Rxa8 27. Rd5 Rc8 28. Rd7 {Nguyen,C (2370)-Fayard,A (2212) Paris 2014 ½-½ (46)}) 14. exd4 Nc7 15. Bc2 Bd6 16. Be3 Ne4 $1 17. Ba4 Re7 18. Bb3 Qd7 19. h3 Nxc3 20. bxc3 $5 {Magnus is desperate to unbalance the position. Actually, the resulting pawn structure is not that bad: with d4 defended White can concentrate on the d5-pawn.} (20. Rxc3 Rae8 21. Rdc1 g6 {doesn't lead White anywhere.}) 20... Bc6 21. Nh5 Re6 22. Bc2 $2 {Oh, Magnus...} ({First} 22. Re1 $1 {then c2 to keep that bishop alive!}) 22... Ba4 $1 {Being Magnus at this moment in time: no wins to his credit, no chance to contend for first place, the media demanding explanations, the chess internet swirling with rumours, the damned glasses make his head ache... He just had to do something about it.} 23. c4 $5 dxc4 24. d5 Rg6 $1 {So far Sergey is showing himself up to the task.} 25. Bd4 (25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. Ng3 Bxd1 27. Rxd1 Qf7 $17) ({Objectively best was} 25. Bxa4 Qxa4 26. Nf4 Rf6 27. Qg4) 25... Bxc2 26. Rxc2 Qa4 27. Rcc1 Qxa2 $2 {I love the concrete approach to positions, but every once in a while we should think like Petrosian.} ({The natural defensive move} 27... Ne8 $1 {would leave Carlsen staring at the dreadful possibility of a third defeat in this tournament and the loss of the Number One position in the Live Ratings list for the first time since 2011.}) 28. Nxg7 $1 Rxg7 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Qg4+ Kf8 31. Qh4 Qb2 32. Rxc4 $2 {In looming time trouble Magnus lets the black king escape.} (32. Qh6+ Ke7 33. Rxc4 Qe5 34. Kf1 {White's intiative should net him more pawns, such as is the case in} Kd7 35. Qxh7 Re8 36. Qxf7+ Kd8 37. Qf3 Qh2 38. g4 {although he's hardly better here.}) 32... Ne8 $2 ({The position after the obvious} 32... Kg7 33. g3 Kh8 {favours Black}) 33. Re1 Qf6 34. Qxh7 Qg7 35. Qc2 Qf6 36. Rg4 Bc5 37. Re2 Qh6 38. g3 Nf6 39. Rh4 Qg7 40. Kg2 Qg5 $6 ({If only Sergey had another minute to calculate} 40... Nxd5 {as completely safe he would have never lost this game.} 41. Qf5 Rd8 42. Re6 a5 43. Reh6 Bd4 {etc.}) 41. Qc3 Bd6 $2 {This howler was a product of a 25 minute think.} ({Still,} 41... Qg7 $11) 42. Rh8+ Ng8 43. Re4 Qg7 44. Rxg8+ $1 (44. Rxg8+ Qxg8 45. Qf6 Bc5 46. Rg4 Qh7 47. d6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2826"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Golod,Vitali} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O 8. Bg5 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. f3 Rc8 11. e4 h6 12. Bh4 c5 ({RR} 12... Nxe4 13. Bxd8 Nxc3 14. Bh4 Na4 15. b3 Nc3 16. Rc1 Na2 17. Rc2) 13. Bd3 ({RR} 13. dxc5 Nxc5 ({RR} 13... Rxc5 14. Qd4 Qb8 15. Be2) 14. Qd4 e5 15. Qg1 ({RR} 15. Qf2) 15... Ne6 16. O-O-O Qe7 17. Kb1 Rc7 18. Bf2 Rfc8 19. Be3 b5) ({RR} 13. Bf2 Qe7 14. Be2 Nh5 15. g3 f5) ({RR} 13. d5 exd5 14. cxd5 ({RR} 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. cxd5 Re8) 14... Nxe4 15. Bxd8 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Rcxd8) 13... cxd4 ({RR} 13... Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Qxh4+ 15. g3) ({RR} 13... d5) 14. Qxd4 Nc5 ({RR} 14... Ne5 15. Be2 ({RR} 15. O-O Ng6 16. Bf2 Qe7 17. Rfe1 Rfd8 18. Bf1 Nd7 19. a4 a5) 15... Ng6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. g3 d5 19. exd5 exd5 20. Kf2 Rfd8 ({RR} 20... Ne5 21. cxd5 Bxd5 22. Rac1 Rfd8 23. Rhd1 Be6 24. Ne4) 21. Rhd1 Ne5 22. b3 ({RR} 22. cxd5) 22... dxc4 23. Nxc4 Bd5 24. Nd2 Be6) 15. Be2 e5 16. Qf2 Ne6 17. O-O g5 ({RR} 17... Nf4 18. Rfd1 Ng6 19. Bg3 Nh5 20. Nf1) 18. Bg3 Nd4 $146 ({RR} 18... Nh5 19. Rfd1 Nhf4 20. Bf1 Bc6 ({RR} 20... Nd4) 21. Rac1 Qd7 ({RR} 21... f5 22. exf5 Nd4 23. Ne4 Nxf5) 22. Qe3 ({RR} 22. Bxf4 Nxf4 23. Qe3 ({RR} 23. c5 dxc5 24. Nc4 Qc7 ({RR} 24... Qe6 25. Rd6) 25. g3 Ne6 26. Nd6 Rcd8 27. Nf5 Kh7 28. Qg2 g4 29. fxg4 Ng5)) 22... Nd4 23. Nb1 b5 ({RR} 23... f5) 24. Nc3 bxc4 25. Bxc4 Ba4 ({RR} 25... a5 26. Rxd4 exd4 27. Qxd4 Qe7) 26. Rxd4 ({RR} 26. Nxa4 Qxa4) 26... exd4 27. Qxd4 Bb3 ({RR} 27... Ne6 28. Bxe6 ({RR} 28. Qd3) 28... fxe6 29. Bxd6) 28. Bf1 ({RR} 28. Bxb3 Rxc3 29. Bxf7+ ({RR} 29. Rxc3 Ne2+) ({RR} 29. Bxf4 Rxb3 30. Bxd6 Rd8) 29... Rxf7 30. Bxf4 Rxc1+ 31. Bxc1 g4 32. f4 Qc6) 28... Qe7 ({RR} 28... f5 29. Re1) 29. Re1 ({RR} 29. Qd2 Qe5 30. Bf2) 29... Rfe8 30. Bb5 Red8 31. Nd5 Bxd5 ({RR} 31... Nxd5 32. exd5 Qb7 33. Bc6 Qb6 34. Qxb6 axb6 35. Re4 b5 36. Re3 Ba2 37. b3) ({RR} 31... Qe5 32. Qxe5 dxe5 33. Ne7+ Kg7 34. Nxc8 Rxc8) 32. exd5 Qb7 33. Bc6 {Gustafsson,J (2535)-Pelletier,Y (2531) Germany 2001 CBM 087 [Golod,Vitali] 1-0 (46)}) 19. Rfd1 Nh5 20. Bd3 Nf4 21. Qf1 Qf6 22. Bf2 Nde6 23. Bc2 Qg6 24. g3 Nh5 25. Qe2 g4 26. fxg4 Nf6 27. h3 Ng5 28. Kh2 d5 29. Be3 d4 30. Bxg5 hxg5 31. Rf1 Kg7 32. Rf5 Rh8 33. Kg2 Nd7 34. Nf3 f6 35. h4 Qh6 36. Rf1 Rh7 37. b4 Kh8 38. Rh1 gxh4 39. Rxh4 $2 (39. Nxh4 Qe3 40. Qxe3 $18) 39... Qe3 $16 40. Qxe3 dxe3 41. Bd3 Ba6 42. Rxh7+ Kxh7 43. g5 Bxc4 44. Bxc4 Rxc4 45. gxf6 e2 46. Kf2 Rxe4 47. f7 Kg7 48. Ke1 Kf8 49. Ng5 Rg4 50. Nh7+ Ke7 51. Rg5 Rxg5 52. Nxg5 a5 53. b5 Kf6 54. Ne4+ Kxf7 55. Kxe2 Ke6 56. g4 Kd5 57. Kd3 Nf8 58. g5 Ne6 59. Ke3 Kc4 60. g6 a4 61. Nd2+ Kd5 62. Nb1 Nd4 63. Kd3 Ke6 64. Nc3 Kf6 65. Ke4 Nc2 66. Nb1 Nd4 67. Nc3 Nc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GRENKE Chess Classic"]
[Site "Karlsruhe, Germany"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Stockfish 16"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

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[Event "GRENKE Chess Classic 2024"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Carlsen, M.."]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2830"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2024.03.26"]

1. d4 {ChessBase II} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d6 5. g3 ({RR} 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. g3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O O-O 9. Rd1 a6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 b5 12. b3 bxc4 13. bxc4 Rb8 14. Be3 h6 15. Qa5 Ne4 16. c5 Ndf6 17. Rac1 Bd5 18. Qxa6 Ng4 19. Rd3 Qe7) 5... Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Nd2 ({RR} 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O O-O 9. d5 Nbd7 10. Nd4 Ne5 11. dxe6 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qe8 13. exf7+ Qxf7 14. Qb3 Nxc4 15. Bf4 Rae8 16. Rad1 Re4 17. Qc2 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 Ng4 19. Nf3 Rxf4 20. Kg1 Rf6 21. Rd4 Rxf3) 7... Bb7 8. f3 e5 9. e4 O-O 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Nb3 Ne7 12. O-O h6 $146 ({RR} 12... Nd7 13. Qc2 c5 14. d5 ({RR} 14. f4 cxd4 15. cxd4 exd4) 14... f6 15. a4 a5 16. Be3 Rf7 17. Nd2 Nf8 18. f4 Bc8 19. f5 g5 20. h4 h6 21. hxg5 hxg5 22. Kf2 Ra7 23. Rh1 Rh7 24. Nf3 Ba6 25. Nh2 Nc8 26. Ng4 Rxh1 27. Rxh1 {Chatalbashev,B (2545)-Bauer,C (2621) Vaujany 2016 EXT 2017 [ChessBase II] 1-0 (59)}) 13. Rb1 Ba6 14. f4 Nh7 15. f5 Kh8 16. Na1 Ng8 17. Nc2 g5 18. Ne3 Ngf6 19. Rb2 Re8 20. Qf3 c5 21. d5 Rg8 22. h3 Kg7 23. a4 Bc8 24. Ra2 Bd7 25. Qd1 Rb8 26. Bd2 Rb7 27. Be1 Kf8 28. Rff2 Ke7 29. Rfb2 Qc7 30. g4 a6 31. Qe2 a5 32. Qf3 Qd8 33. Rh2 Qe8 34. Bc2 Qf8 35. Kf1 Kd8 36. Bd1 Kc7 37. Ke2 Rb8 38. Kd2 Qg7 39. Kc1 Rh8 40. Rh1 Rbg8 41. Rah2 Qf8 42. Kb2 Qe8 43. Ka3 Qf8 44. Bd2 Qe8 45. Bc1 Qf8 46. Nf1 Qe7 47. Ng3 Qf8 48. h4 Qg7 49. Qg2 Bc8 50. hxg5 Nxg5 51. Nh5 Nxh5 52. Rxh5 f6 53. Qh2 Nxe4 54. Bxh6 Qe7 55. Kb2 Bd7 56. Rh4 Be8 57. Bc2 Rxh6 58. Rxh6 Ng5 59. Rh8 Rxh8 60. Qxh8 e4 61. Qh2 Nf3 62. Qf4 Ng5 63. Kb3 Bd7 64. Re1 Qf8 65. Ka3 Qh8 66. Bxe4 Qh3 67. Kb2 Qh7 68. Bc2 Qg7 69. Re6 Nf7 70. g5 Qxg5 71. Qxg5 fxg5 72. f6 Ne5 73. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "GRENKE Chess Classic 2024"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Carlsen, M.."]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2830"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2024.03.26"]

1. d4 {ChessBase II} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d6 5. g3 ({RR} 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. g3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O O-O 9. Rd1 a6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 b5 12. b3 bxc4 13. bxc4 Rb8 14. Be3 h6 15. Qa5 Ne4 16. c5 Ndf6 17. Rac1 Bd5 18. Qxa6 Ng4 19. Rd3 Qe7) 5... Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Nd2 ({RR} 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O O-O 9. d5 Nbd7 10. Nd4 Ne5 11. dxe6 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qe8 13. exf7+ Qxf7 14. Qb3 Nxc4 15. Bf4 Rae8 16. Rad1 Re4 17. Qc2 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 Ng4 19. Nf3 Rxf4 20. Kg1 Rf6 21. Rd4 Rxf3) 7... Bb7 8. f3 e5 9. e4 O-O 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Nb3 Ne7 12. O-O h6 $146 ({RR} 12... Nd7 13. Qc2 c5 14. d5 ({RR} 14. f4 cxd4 15. cxd4 exd4) 14... f6 15. a4 a5 16. Be3 Rf7 17. Nd2 Nf8 18. f4 Bc8 19. f5 g5 20. h4 h6 21. hxg5 hxg5 22. Kf2 Ra7 23. Rh1 Rh7 24. Nf3 Ba6 25. Nh2 Nc8 26. Ng4 Rxh1 27. Rxh1 {Chatalbashev,B (2545)-Bauer,C (2621) Vaujany 2016 EXT 2017 [ChessBase II] 1-0 (59)}) 13. Rb1 Ba6 14. f4 Nh7 15. f5 Kh8 16. Na1 Ng8 17. Nc2 g5 18. Ne3 Ngf6 19. Rb2 Re8 20. Qf3 c5 21. d5 Rg8 22. h3 Kg7 23. a4 Bc8 24. Ra2 Bd7 25. Qd1 Rb8 26. Bd2 Rb7 27. Be1 Kf8 28. Rff2 Ke7 29. Rfb2 Qc7 30. g4 a6 31. Qe2 a5 32. Qf3 Qd8 33. Rh2 Qe8 34. Bc2 Qf8 35. Kf1 Kd8 36. Bd1 Kc7 37. Ke2 Rb8 38. Kd2 Qg7 39. Kc1 Rh8 40. Rh1 Rbg8 41. Rah2 Qf8 42. Kb2 Qe8 43. Ka3 Qf8 44. Bd2 Qe8 45. Bc1 Qf8 46. Nf1 Qe7 47. Ng3 Qf8 48. h4 Qg7 49. Qg2 Bc8 50. hxg5 Nxg5 51. Nh5 Nxh5 52. Rxh5 f6 53. Qh2 Nxe4 54. Bxh6 Qe7 55. Kb2 Bd7 56. Rh4 Be8 57. Bc2 Rxh6 58. Rxh6 Ng5 59. Rh8 Rxh8 60. Qxh8 e4 61. Qh2 Nf3 62. Qf4 Ng5 63. Kb3 Bd7 64. Re1 Qf8 65. Ka3 Qh8 66. Bxe4 Qh3 67. Kb2 Qh7 68. Bc2 Qg7 69. Re6 Nf7 70. g5 Qxg5 71. Qxg5 fxg5 72. f6 Ne5 73. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "GRENKE Chess Classic 2024"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Carlsen, M.."]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2830"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2024.03.26"]

1. d4 {ChessBase II} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d6 5. g3 ({RR} 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. g3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O O-O 9. Rd1 a6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 b5 12. b3 bxc4 13. bxc4 Rb8 14. Be3 h6 15. Qa5 Ne4 16. c5 Ndf6 17. Rac1 Bd5 18. Qxa6 Ng4 19. Rd3 Qe7) 5... Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Nd2 ({RR} 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O O-O 9. d5 Nbd7 10. Nd4 Ne5 11. dxe6 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qe8 13. exf7+ Qxf7 14. Qb3 Nxc4 15. Bf4 Rae8 16. Rad1 Re4 17. Qc2 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 Ng4 19. Nf3 Rxf4 20. Kg1 Rf6 21. Rd4 Rxf3) 7... Bb7 8. f3 e5 9. e4 O-O 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Nb3 Ne7 12. O-O h6 $146 ({RR} 12... Nd7 13. Qc2 c5 14. d5 ({RR} 14. f4 cxd4 15. cxd4 exd4) 14... f6 15. a4 a5 16. Be3 Rf7 17. Nd2 Nf8 18. f4 Bc8 19. f5 g5 20. h4 h6 21. hxg5 hxg5 22. Kf2 Ra7 23. Rh1 Rh7 24. Nf3 Ba6 25. Nh2 Nc8 26. Ng4 Rxh1 27. Rxh1 {Chatalbashev,B (2545)-Bauer,C (2621) Vaujany 2016 EXT 2017 [ChessBase II] 1-0 (59)}) 13. Rb1 Ba6 14. f4 Nh7 15. f5 Kh8 16. Na1 Ng8 17. Nc2 g5 18. Ne3 Ngf6 19. Rb2 Re8 20. Qf3 c5 21. d5 Rg8 22. h3 Kg7 23. a4 Bc8 24. Ra2 Bd7 25. Qd1 Rb8 26. Bd2 Rb7 27. Be1 Kf8 28. Rff2 Ke7 29. Rfb2 Qc7 30. g4 a6 31. Qe2 a5 32. Qf3 Qd8 33. Rh2 Qe8 34. Bc2 Qf8 35. Kf1 Kd8 36. Bd1 Kc7 37. Ke2 Rb8 38. Kd2 Qg7 39. Kc1 Rh8 40. Rh1 Rbg8 41. Rah2 Qf8 42. Kb2 Qe8 43. Ka3 Qf8 44. Bd2 Qe8 45. Bc1 Qf8 46. Nf1 Qe7 47. Ng3 Qf8 48. h4 Qg7 49. Qg2 Bc8 50. hxg5 Nxg5 51. Nh5 Nxh5 52. Rxh5 f6 53. Qh2 Nxe4 54. Bxh6 Qe7 55. Kb2 Bd7 56. Rh4 Be8 57. Bc2 Rxh6 58. Rxh6 Ng5 59. Rh8 Rxh8 60. Qxh8 e4 61. Qh2 Nf3 62. Qf4 Ng5 63. Kb3 Bd7 64. Re1 Qf8 65. Ka3 Qh8 66. Bxe4 Qh3 67. Kb2 Qh7 68. Bc2 Qg7 69. Re6 Nf7 70. g5 Qxg5 71. Qxg5 fxg5 72. f6 Ne5 73. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "GRENKE Chess Classic"]
[Site "Karlsruhe, Germany"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Stockfish 16"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,145,27,27,27,4,4,7,7,30,26,16,40,5,-4,-9,0,-2,23,7,16,10,8,7,14,17,41,21,62,50,104,19,87,11,36,23,99,92,100,95,78,78,77,78,81,69,81,70,81,71,73,74,73,61,73,61,88,71,99,80,88,85,90,81,94,99,103,97,88,94,95,87,98,95,110,82,83,79,83,79,96,66,96,73,82,63,55,55,94,37,55,53,83,38,53,34,49,17,25,14,15,30,36,41,45,42,42,22,31,33,32,44,41,153,171,167,166,161,154,151,138,142,142,142,188,188,178,188,190,186,183,197,185,185,252,221,229,205,249,205,185,254,329,316,321,237,1299,1527]} 1. d4 {ChessBase II} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d6 5. g3 ({RR} 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. g3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O O-O 9. Rd1 a6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 b5 12. b3 bxc4 13. bxc4 Rb8 14. Be3 h6 15. Qa5 Ne4 16. c5 Ndf6 17. Rac1 Bd5 18. Qxa6 Ng4 19. Rd3 Qe7) 5... Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Nd2 ({RR} 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O O-O 9. d5 Nbd7 10. Nd4 Ne5 11. dxe6 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qe8 13. exf7+ Qxf7 14. Qb3 Nxc4 15. Bf4 Rae8 16. Rad1 Re4 17. Qc2 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 Ng4 19. Nf3 Rxf4 20. Kg1 Rf6 21. Rd4 Rxf3) 7... Bb7 8. f3 e5 9. e4 O-O 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Nb3 Ne7 12. O-O h6 $146 ({RR} 12... Nd7 13. Qc2 c5 14. d5 ({RR} 14. f4 cxd4 15. cxd4 exd4) 14... f6 15. a4 a5 16. Be3 Rf7 17. Nd2 Nf8 18. f4 Bc8 19. f5 g5 20. h4 h6 21. hxg5 hxg5 22. Kf2 Ra7 23. Rh1 Rh7 24. Nf3 Ba6 25. Nh2 Nc8 26. Ng4 Rxh1 27. Rxh1 {Chatalbashev,B (2545)-Bauer,C (2621) Vaujany 2016 EXT 2017 [ChessBase II] 1-0 (59)}) 13. Rb1 Ba6 $6 {Inaccuracy. c5 was best.} (13... c5) 14. f4 Nh7 15. f5 Kh8 16. Na1 $6 {Inaccuracy. Rb2 was best.} (16. Rb2 Ng8 17. h4 Re8 18. Rg2 c6 19. g4 Qxh4 20. g5 hxg5 21. Rh2 Qg3+ 22. Kh1 g4) 16... Ng8 17. Nc2 g5 18. Ne3 Ngf6 19. Rb2 Re8 20. Qf3 c5 21. d5 Rg8 22. h3 Kg7 23. a4 Bc8 24. Ra2 Bd7 25. Qd1 Rb8 26. Bd2 Rb7 27. Be1 Kf8 28. Rff2 Ke7 29. Rfb2 Qc7 30. g4 a6 31. Qe2 a5 32. Qf3 Qd8 33. Rh2 Qe8 34. Bc2 Qf8 35. Kf1 Kd8 36. Bd1 Kc7 37. Ke2 Rb8 38. Kd2 Qg7 39. Kc1 Rh8 40. Rh1 Rbg8 41. Rah2 Qf8 42. Kb2 Qe8 43. Ka3 Qf8 44. Bd2 Qe8 45. Bc1 Qf8 46. Nf1 Qe7 47. Ng3 Qf8 48. h4 Qg7 49. Qg2 Bc8 50. hxg5 Nxg5 51. Nh5 Nxh5 52. Rxh5 f6 53. Qh2 Nxe4 54. Bxh6 Qe7 55. Kb2 Bd7 56. Rh4 Be8 57. Bc2 Rxh6 58. Rxh6 Ng5 59. Rh8 Rxh8 60. Qxh8 e4 61. Qh2 Nf3 $6 {Inaccuracy. e3 was best.} (61... e3 62. Qf4) 62. Qf4 $6 {Inaccuracy. Qh7 was best.} (62. Qh7) 62... Ng5 63. Kb3 Bd7 64. Re1 Qf8 65. Ka3 Qh8 66. Bxe4 Qh3 67. Kb2 Qh7 68. Bc2 Qg7 69. Re6 Nf7 $6 {Inaccuracy. Qf8 was best.} (69... Qf8) 70. g5 Qxg5 71. Qxg5 fxg5 72. f6 Ne5 73. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "GRENKE Chess Classic"]
[Site "Karlsruhe, Germany"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/ralphptorres"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,145,16,28,35,-23,-7,-3,28,28,37,23,9,-9,-10,-3,5,3,29,14,-1,-5,5,-1,17,11,20,17,33,76,121,31,69,11,41,41,104,96,103,72,74,75,74,79,76,76,80,71,77,72,73,74,74,71,74,71,72,67,90,90,98,87,90,83,101,98,105,88,90,98,98,98,98,98,110,90,83,73,77,80,83,63,71,75,78,62,63,64,88,33,57,53,67,31,46,33,49,9,30,15,27,31,36,48,53,58,60,35,31,31,64,30,154,162,162,156,158,158,152,151,124,125,132,132,196,180,185,185,183,174,174,174,189,199,224,202,202,202,283,183,197,240,289,323,327,238,1313,1519]} 1. d4 {ChessBase II} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d6 5. g3 ({RR} 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. g3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O O-O 9. Rd1 a6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 b5 12. b3 bxc4 13. bxc4 Rb8 14. Be3 h6 15. Qa5 Ne4 16. c5 Ndf6 17. Rac1 Bd5 18. Qxa6 Ng4 19. Rd3 Qe7) 5... Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Nd2 ({RR} 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O O-O 9. d5 Nbd7 10. Nd4 Ne5 11. dxe6 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qe8 13. exf7+ Qxf7 14. Qb3 Nxc4 15. Bf4 Rae8 16. Rad1 Re4 17. Qc2 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 Ng4 19. Nf3 Rxf4 20. Kg1 Rf6 21. Rd4 Rxf3) 7... Bb7 8. f3 e5 9. e4 O-O 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Nb3 Ne7 12. O-O h6 $146 ({RR} 12... Nd7 13. Qc2 c5 14. d5 ({RR} 14. f4 cxd4 15. cxd4 exd4) 14... f6 15. a4 a5 16. Be3 Rf7 17. Nd2 Nf8 18. f4 Bc8 19. f5 g5 20. h4 h6 21. hxg5 hxg5 22. Kf2 Ra7 23. Rh1 Rh7 24. Nf3 Ba6 25. Nh2 Nc8 26. Ng4 Rxh1 27. Rxh1 {Chatalbashev,B (2545)-Bauer,C (2621) Vaujany 2016 EXT 2017 [ChessBase II] 1-0 (59)}) 13. Rb1 Ba6 $6 {Inaccuracy. c5 was best.} (13... c5) 14. f4 Nh7 15. f5 Kh8 16. Na1 $6 {Inaccuracy. Rb2 was best.} (16. Rb2 Ng8 17. h4 Re8 18. Rg2 c6 19. g4 Qxh4 20. g5 hxg5 21. Rh2 Qg3+ 22. Kh1 g4) 16... Ng8 17. Nc2 g5 18. Ne3 Ngf6 19. Rb2 Re8 20. Qf3 c5 21. d5 Rg8 22. h3 Kg7 23. a4 Bc8 24. Ra2 Bd7 25. Qd1 Rb8 26. Bd2 Rb7 27. Be1 Kf8 28. Rff2 Ke7 29. Rfb2 Qc7 30. g4 a6 31. Qe2 a5 32. Qf3 Qd8 33. Rh2 Qe8 34. Bc2 Qf8 35. Kf1 Kd8 36. Bd1 Kc7 37. Ke2 Rb8 38. Kd2 Qg7 39. Kc1 Rh8 40. Rh1 Rbg8 41. Rah2 Qf8 42. Kb2 Qe8 43. Ka3 Qf8 44. Bd2 Qe8 45. Bc1 Qf8 46. Nf1 Qe7 47. Ng3 Qf8 48. h4 Qg7 49. Qg2 Bc8 50. hxg5 Nxg5 51. Nh5 Nxh5 52. Rxh5 f6 53. Qh2 Nxe4 54. Bxh6 Qe7 55. Kb2 Bd7 56. Rh4 Be8 57. Bc2 Rxh6 58. Rxh6 Ng5 59. Rh8 Rxh8 60. Qxh8 e4 61. Qh2 Nf3 $6 {Inaccuracy. e3 was best.} (61... e3 62. Qf4) 62. Qf4 $6 {Inaccuracy. Qh7 was best.} (62. Qh7) 62... Ng5 63. Kb3 Bd7 64. Re1 Qf8 65. Ka3 Qh8 66. Bxe4 Qh3 67. Kb2 Qh7 68. Bc2 Qg7 69. Re6 Nf7 $6 {Inaccuracy. Qf8 was best.} (69... Qf8) 70. g5 Qxg5 71. Qxg5 fxg5 72. f6 Ne5 73. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "GRENKE Chess Classic"]
[Site "Karlsruhe, Germany"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/ralphptorres"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,145,16,28,35,-23,-7,-3,28,28,37,23,9,-9,-10,-3,5,3,29,14,-1,-5,5,-1,17,11,20,17,33,76,121,31,69,11,41,41,104,96,103,72,74,75,74,79,76,76,80,71,77,72,73,74,74,71,74,71,72,67,90,90,98,87,90,83,101,98,105,88,90,98,98,98,98,98,110,90,83,73,77,80,83,63,71,75,78,62,63,64,88,33,57,53,67,31,46,33,49,9,30,15,27,31,36,48,53,58,60,35,31,31,64,30,154,162,162,156,158,158,152,151,124,125,132,132,196,180,185,185,183,174,174,174,189,199,224,202,202,202,283,183,197,240,289,323,327,238,1313,1519]} 1. d4 {ChessBase II} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d6 5. g3 ({RR} 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. g3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O O-O 9. Rd1 a6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 b5 12. b3 bxc4 13. bxc4 Rb8 14. Be3 h6 15. Qa5 Ne4 16. c5 Ndf6 17. Rac1 Bd5 18. Qxa6 Ng4 19. Rd3 Qe7) 5... Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Nd2 ({RR} 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O O-O 9. d5 Nbd7 10. Nd4 Ne5 11. dxe6 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qe8 13. exf7+ Qxf7 14. Qb3 Nxc4 15. Bf4 Rae8 16. Rad1 Re4 17. Qc2 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 Ng4 19. Nf3 Rxf4 20. Kg1 Rf6 21. Rd4 Rxf3) 7... Bb7 8. f3 e5 9. e4 O-O 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Nb3 Ne7 12. O-O h6 $146 ({RR} 12... Nd7 13. Qc2 c5 14. d5 ({RR} 14. f4 cxd4 15. cxd4 exd4) 14... f6 15. a4 a5 16. Be3 Rf7 17. Nd2 Nf8 18. f4 Bc8 19. f5 g5 20. h4 h6 21. hxg5 hxg5 22. Kf2 Ra7 23. Rh1 Rh7 24. Nf3 Ba6 25. Nh2 Nc8 26. Ng4 Rxh1 27. Rxh1 {Chatalbashev,B (2545)-Bauer,C (2621) Vaujany 2016 EXT 2017 [ChessBase II] 1-0 (59)}) 13. Rb1 Ba6 $6 {Inaccuracy. c5 was best.} (13... c5) 14. f4 Nh7 15. f5 Kh8 16. Na1 $6 {Inaccuracy. Rb2 was best.} (16. Rb2 Ng8 17. h4 Re8 18. Rg2 c6 19. g4 Qxh4 20. g5 hxg5 21. Rh2 Qg3+ 22. Kh1 g4) 16... Ng8 17. Nc2 g5 18. Ne3 Ngf6 19. Rb2 Re8 20. Qf3 c5 21. d5 Rg8 22. h3 Kg7 23. a4 Bc8 24. Ra2 Bd7 25. Qd1 Rb8 26. Bd2 Rb7 27. Be1 Kf8 28. Rff2 Ke7 29. Rfb2 Qc7 30. g4 a6 31. Qe2 a5 32. Qf3 Qd8 33. Rh2 Qe8 34. Bc2 Qf8 35. Kf1 Kd8 36. Bd1 Kc7 37. Ke2 Rb8 38. Kd2 Qg7 39. Kc1 Rh8 40. Rh1 Rbg8 41. Rah2 Qf8 42. Kb2 Qe8 43. Ka3 Qf8 44. Bd2 Qe8 45. Bc1 Qf8 46. Nf1 Qe7 47. Ng3 Qf8 48. h4 Qg7 49. Qg2 Bc8 50. hxg5 Nxg5 51. Nh5 Nxh5 52. Rxh5 f6 53. Qh2 Nxe4 54. Bxh6 Qe7 55. Kb2 Bd7 56. Rh4 Be8 57. Bc2 Rxh6 58. Rxh6 Ng5 59. Rh8 Rxh8 60. Qxh8 e4 61. Qh2 Nf3 $6 {Inaccuracy. e3 was best.} (61... e3 62. Qf4) 62. Qf4 $6 {Inaccuracy. Qh7 was best.} (62. Qh7) 62... Ng5 63. Kb3 Bd7 64. Re1 Qf8 65. Ka3 Qh8 66. Bxe4 Qh3 67. Kb2 Qh7 68. Bc2 Qg7 69. Re6 Nf7 $6 {Inaccuracy. Qf8 was best.} (69... Qf8) 70. g5 Qxg5 71. Qxg5 fxg5 72. f6 Ne5 73. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 8th Apr Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, M.."]
[Black "Kozak, Adam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2025.04.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 Ne4 9. Ne1 f5 10. f3 Nf6 11. Nc2 c5 12. Qe2 Nc6 13. e4 fxe4 14. fxe4 e5 15. d5 $146 ({RR} 15. Bg5 cxd4 16. cxd4 d6 17. d5 Na5 18. Ne3 Bc8 19. Rf3 a6 20. Raf1 Ra7 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Rxf6 gxf6 23. Qf2 Rf7 24. Be2 Nb7 25. Bg4 Kh8 26. Be6 Rf8 27. Nf5 Nc5 28. Bxc8 Qxc8 29. Qh4 Qd8 {Neverov,V (2519)-Rjabzev,K (2294) St Petersburg 2010 1-0 (32)}) ({RR} 15. Bg5 d6 16. d5 Ne7 17. Ne3 Bc8 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qh5 Bd7 20. Rf3 Kh8 21. Raf1 Ng8 22. Rg3 a6 23. Be2 Ra7 24. Bg4 b5 25. Bxd7 Rxd7 26. Nf5 b4 27. Nh4 Rg7 28. Rxg7 Kxg7 29. Rf3 Rf7 {Norri,J (2405)-Tolonen,L (2345) Finland 1998 1-0 (50)}) 15... Ne7 16. Bg5 Ng6 17. Ne3 h6 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. g3 d6 20. Qh5 Bc8 21. Be2 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Qg5 23. Qxg5 hxg5 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. Rxf5 Ne7 26. Rxg5 g6 27. Rg4 Kg7 28. Kg2 a6 29. Rh4 b5 30. Rh3 Rb8 31. cxb5 axb5 32. g4 g5 33. Rh5 Kf6 34. h4 Ng6 35. hxg5+ Kg7 36. Rh1 Ra8 37. Bxb5 Rxa2+ 38. Kf3 Rc2 39. c4 Rc3+ 40. Kf2 Rc2+ 41. Ke3 Ra2 42. Bd7 Ra3+ 43. Kd2 Nf4 44. Bf5 Rd3+ 45. Kc2 Rd4 46. Rh7+ Kg8 47. Rd7 Rxc4+ 48. Kb3 Rb4+ 49. Ka3 Rb6 50. Be6+ Kh8 51. Rc7 Rb8 52. Bf5 c4 53. Rxc4 Nh3 54. Rc6 Nxg5 55. Rxd6 Rb5 56. Rh6+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,Michal"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2009.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. cxd5 Ne4 8. Qc2 exd5 9. Bf4 {This line was examined in CBM 132, annotations to Morozevich - Alekseev.} Nc6 ({Everyone (apparently except Vladimir Kramnik) would like to see what Magnus Carlsen had prepared against} 9... Bf5 10. Qxc7 Qxc7 11. Bxc7 Rc8 12. Bf4 Nc6 $1 (12... Rc2 $143 $6 13. f3 Nf6 14. g4 Bg6 15. h4 Rxb2 16. h5 Bc2 17. e3 Ba4 18. Rh2 $1 $16 {1-0 Morozevich,A (2751)-Alekseev,E (2714)/Biel 2009/CBM 132/[Krasenkow] (34)}) {Was it an improvement on the following game between two top female players? :} 13. f3 (13. Rd1 $143 Na5 14. g4 Bd7 15. f3 Nf6 16. Nh3 Ba4 17. Rd3 Rc2 $36 {0-1 Wiley,T (2287)-Balogh,C (2595)/Arinsal 2009/CBM 131 Extra (21)}) 13... Nf6 14. g4 Bc2 (14... Bd7 $6 15. e3 Na5 16. Bd3 $16) (14... Nxd4 $5 15. Rd1 $1 Ne6 16. gxf5 Nxf4 17. e3 N4h5 18. Ne2 Rc2 19. Rd2 Rac8 20. Nc3 $1 {consolidating his position and keeping some positional advantage.}) (14... Bg6 $5 {[%cal Yc6a5,Ya5b3] looks, however, very strong}) 15. e3 Na5 16. b4 (16. Kf2 $5 Bg6 17. Re1 Rc2+ 18. Re2 Rac8 19. Kg3 $5) 16... Nb3 17. Ra2 Nc1 18. Rb2 Nxg4 $1 19. e4 $5 (19. h4 Nf6 $36) 19... Nd3+ 20. Bxd3 Bxd3 21. Kd2 $4 (21. e5 Rc4 $1 $36) 21... Nf2 22. Be3 Bf1 $1 23. Bxf2 Bg2 $19 {0-1 Zhu Chen (2488)-Xu Yuhua (2485)/Nanjing CHN 2009/The Week in Chess 779 (40)}) 10. e3 Re8 $146 {[%mdl 8]} ({Kramnik doesn't repeat a promising line played by Vishy Anand:} 10... g5 $5 11. Bg3 f5 12. O-O-O (12. Nf3 $5 f4 13. exf4 g4 14. Ne5 Nxd4 $13) 12... f4 13. f3 Nd6 $6 (13... fxg3 $1 14. fxe4 Rf2 $36) 14. exf4 gxf4 15. Bf2 Bf5 16. Qc5 Ne7 17. Ne2 Bg6 $13 {0-1 Karpov,A (2619)-Anand,V (2788)/Corsica FRA 2009/The Week in Chess 782 (32)}) {In the game Black gets a good position, too; it is unclear why Carlsen played such a line, which looks rather risky for White.} 11. Nf3 g5 $1 12. Bg3 g4 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 (14. dxe5 $5 Bf5 15. Bd3 Bg6 (15... c5 16. f3 gxf3 17. gxf3 c4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Rg1 $13) 16. Bxe4 (16. Bf4 c5 $1) 16... Bxe4 17. Qe2 Qg5 $11) 14... c5 15. Bd3 Bf5 (15... Qa5+ $2 {is premature as after} 16. b4 $1 cxb4 17. O-O bxa3 18. f3 {White completes his development and obtains a strong attack.}) 16. Qe2 $146 (16. O-O c4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 {[%cal Ye8e6,Ye6b6,Ye6h6] is favourable for Black (M.Notkin).}) ({Or} 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxc5 Bxg2 18. Rg1 Bf3 $17 {[%csl Re1]}) ({RR} 16. O-O c4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qd1 Qg5 19. Qd2 h5 20. Qb4 h4 21. Bf4 Qg6 22. Rfc1 h3 23. g3 Bf3 24. Qd2 Qe4 25. Qc2 Qe6 26. a4 Be4 27. Qd1 Qf5 28. Ra3 Re6 29. Rac3 Rae8 30. b3 Bd3 {Batkovskyte,D (2006)-Soylemez,C (1913) Kemer 2009 0-1 (36)}) ({RR} 16. O-O c4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qd2 Qg5 19. Bf4 Qh5 20. Qd1 Bd3 21. Re1 Re6 22. Qa4 Rb6 23. Ra2 Qf5 24. Qd1 h5 25. f3 gxf3 26. gxf3 Kh7 27. Kf2 Rg8 28. Rg1 Rbg6 29. Rxg6 Qxg6 30. Ra1 Qg2+ {Collado Barbas,L (2051)-Coll Ortega,J (2248) Linares 2010 0-1 (33)}) 16... f6 17. Bxe4 (17. Bf4 $2 Qa5+ 18. Kf1 cxd4 $19) (17. f3 {leads to a bad endgame for White:} gxf3 18. Qxf3 c4 $1 19. Bxe4 (19. Qxf5 cxd3 $19 {[%csl Gd3,Ge4]}) 19... Bxe4 20. Qxf6 Qxf6 21. Bxf6 Re6 $17 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Ye6b6] according to IM Maxim Notkin.}) 17... Bxe4 18. Bg3 Qa5+ 19. Qd2 Qxd2+ {A disputable decision. White's drawing chances are more realistic in the endgame, due to the opposite-coloured bishops, but Kramnik rejected} (19... Qa6 {in view of} 20. f3 (20. Qe2 $2 Qxe2+ 21. Kxe2 cxd4) 20... gxf3 21. gxf3 Bxf3 22. Rf1 {e.g.} Bh5 (22... Bg4 23. Rf4 Bh5 24. Kf2) 23. Rf5 $5 (23. Rf4 cxd4 24. Rxd4 Rac8 $5 $40) 23... Rxe3+ $5 (23... Bg6 24. Rxd5) 24. Qxe3 Re8 25. Be5 $1 (25. Qxe8+ Bxe8 {[%cal Ra6e6]} 26. Rf2 cxd4 {looks very bad for White}) 25... cxd4 26. Qg3+ Bg6 27. O-O-O $1 fxe5 ({or} 27... Qe2 28. Bxd4 Qe4 29. Qd3 $1 Bxf5 30. Qxe4 Bxe4 31. Kd2) 28. Rxe5 Rc8+ 29. Kd2 {, and White holds on, keeping chances to survive.}) 20. Kxd2 {[%mdl 4096]} c4 {[%cal Ye8e6,Ye6b6]} ({After} 20... cxd4 21. exd4 Bxg2 22. Rhe1 {M.Notkin} Be4 23. Rac1 {White activates his rooks and creates sufficient counterplay; of course, the exchange of all rooks will lead to a dead draw.}) 21. f3 $1 {White must urgently create counterplay; otherwise Black's queenside pawn advantage will decide the game.} gxf3 22. gxf3 Bg6 (22... Bxf3 $6 23. Rhf1 $11) 23. h4 {[%cal Yh4h5]} Bh5 24. Ke2 Re6 25. Be1 Kf7 26. Kf2 Rae8 27. Bd2 Rb6 28. Bc3 Rb3 {[%cal Yb7b5,Ya7a5,Yb5b4] Black's plan is double-edged as his rook can find itself out of play.} 29. a4 $1 {Preventing 29...b5} b6 {[%cal Ya7a6,Yb6b5]} 30. Rhe1 {[%cal Ye3e4]} Bg6 (30... a6 31. e4 b5 32. axb5 axb5 33. Ra7+ Re7 34. Ra3 Rxa3 35. bxa3 $11) 31. e4 $1 {Still!} dxe4 32. d5 a6 $2 (32... exf3 $142 33. Rxe8 Kxe8 34. Kxf3 $11) 33. fxe4 $2 {Missing an excellent chance:} (33. h5 $142 $1 Bxh5 ({or} 33... Bf5 34. Re3 $1 {[%cal Ya1e1,Yf3e4]}) 34. Rxe4 Rxe4 35. fxe4 {[%csl Rb3] and the initiative passes to White - see annotation to move 28!}) 33... Bxe4 34. d6 f5 35. Rg1 Ke6 36. Rg7 Kxd6 37. Rxh7 {White's passed h5 pawn should guarantee him a draw.} Bd3 38. Kf3 Re4 39. h5 Rh4 40. Rg1 Be4+ 41. Ke3 Rh3+ 42. Kf4 Rf3+ 43. Kg5 b5 44. axb5 axb5 45. Kf6 (45. Ra1 $5 Rfxc3 46. bxc3 Rxc3 {doesn't change much.}) 45... Rbxc3 46. bxc3 Rxc3 47. Rg8 Rh3 48. Rc8 c3 49. Rhc7 (49. Rhh8 $5 Bc6 50. Rh6 $1 {[%cal Rf6f5] was simpler, with a forced draw::} Kd7 51. Rhh8 Kd6 52. Rh6 {as} Bd7 $2 {doesn't work due to} 53. Kf7+ Ke5 54. Rc5+ Kd4 55. Rc7 {, and White wins a piece (M.Notkin).}) 49... c2 50. Kg5 Rh2 (50... Rh1 51. Rxc2 Bxc2 52. Rxc2 $11) 51. Rc3 $6 (51. Rc5 $1 b4 52. Rc4 b3 53. Kf6 Kd5 54. R8c5+ Kd6 55. Rc8 $11 {M.Notkin}) 51... Ke6 (51... Ke5 $142 {but White apparently has a draw anyway. In many variations he achieves the endgame  vs. +:} 52. R3c5+ Kd4 53. Rxb5 Rg2+ (53... Bd3 54. Rb4+ Ke3 55. Rb3 Rg2+ 56. Kf6 f4 {is just a transposition of moves}) 54. Kf6 (54. Kf4 $4 Rg4#) 54... f4 55. Rb4+ Ke3 56. Rb3+ Bd3 (56... Kd2 $143 57. Ke5) 57. Rcc3 Rd2 (57... Ke2 58. Rb2 Kd2 59. Rbxc2+ Bxc2 60. Rf3 Rg4 61. Ke5 $11) 58. h6 Ke2 $1 (58... f3 59. h7 f2 60. h8=Q f1=Q+ 61. Ke7 $11) 59. Kg5 $1 f3 60. h7 f2 (60... Bxh7 61. Re3+ Kd1 62. Rxf3 $1 $11) 61. h8=Q f1=Q 62. Qe5+ Kd1 63. Rxc2 $3 {Parrying mating threats!} Qg2+ 64. Kh4 $1 Qh1+ (64... Qf2+ 65. Qg3 $5 {forcing the exchange of queens}) 65. Kg5 $1 Qg2+ 66. Kh4 Bxc2 67. Qa1+ Ke2 68. Qe5+ Be4 (68... Kf1 69. Qf4+ Kg1 70. Rg3) 69. Rg3 $11) 52. Re8+ Kf7 53. Rb8 Rg2+ (53... Rh1 54. Rc7+ Ke6 55. Rb6+ Kd5 56. Rxb5+ Kd4 57. Rbc5 $11 {M.Notkin}) 54. Kf4 Ke6 55. Re8+ Kd7 56. Rb8 Ke6 (56... Rf2+ $5 {is very hard to assess but apparently White holds his ground after} 57. Kg5 $5 (57. Ke5 $143 Rf3 58. Rc5 Re3 59. Kf4 Re2) 57... Rf3 58. Rc5 Rf1 59. Rbc8 {etc.}) 57. Re8+ Kf6 58. Rf8+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 3rd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2011.12.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2826"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Bxd5 exd5 11. Be3 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 Qa6 13. Qd3 Qxd3 14. exd3 Bd7 15. Kd2 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bd4 Rfe8 $146 ({RR} 17... a6 18. g4 Bd7 19. f3 Rac8 20. h4 h5 21. Rhg1 Kh7 22. Rg2 Rfe8 23. Rag1 Re7 24. Rf2 Rc6 25. Rgg2 Be8 26. Re2 Rce6 27. Rxe6 Rxe6 28. Rg1 Rg6 29. Re1 Re6 30. Rxe6 fxe6 31. Ke3 a5 32. Be5 {Khalifman,A (2614)-Macieja,B (2608) Nakhchivan 2013 ½-½ (43)}) ({RR} 17... a6 18. g4 Bd7 19. Rhg1 Rac8 20. Rae1 Rfe8 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. h4 f6 23. g5 Kf7 24. h5 Rg8 25. f4 Bf5 26. a4 Rc8 27. gxf6 gxf6 28. h6 Rg8 29. Rxg8 Kxg8 30. Bxf6 Kf7 31. Bg7 Bd7 32. b3 {Berkes,F (2659)-Zelcic,R (2501) Schwarzach 2015 ½-½ (36)}) 18. g4 Re6 19. Rae1 Bd7 20. Rxe6 Bxe6 21. g5 a6 22. h4 Re8 23. h5 Bg4 24. h6 gxh6 25. gxh6 Re6 26. Be3 Kf8 27. Kc3 Rg6 28. Kd4 Bd7 29. Re1 Bc6 30. Kc5 Ke8 31. f4 Bd7 32. Bd4+ Re6 33. Rxe6+ Bxe6 34. Kb6 Bf5 35. Kxb7 Bxd3 36. Kc6 Ke7 37. Kxd5 Bb1 38. a3 Ba2+ 39. Ke4 Bb3 40. Kf5 Be6+ 41. Ke5 f6+ 42. Ke4 Bb3 43. Bc5+ Ke6 44. Kd4 a5 45. a4 Bxa4 46. Bb6 Kf5 47. Bxa5 Kxf4 48. Bd2+ Kg4 49. b4 f5 50. Ke5 Bb5 51. Bf4 Bd3 52. Be3 Bb5 53. Bf4 Bd3 54. Be3 Bb5 55. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 37th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2009.07.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2009.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qa4 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Rd1 Qb6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rd2 Nc6 15. Qg4+ Kh8 16. Qh4 Kg7 17. Qg4+ Kh8 18. Qh4 Kg7 19. Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "Marin,Mihail"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 {The newest trend in the 4.c2 variation.} 7. e3 {The practice of the last years has shown that White risks falling behind in development if he spends a tempo on g5. The game move saves an important tempo, but faces White with the risk of remaining with a passive dark-squared bishop, especially after the exchange of the light-squared bishops.} (7. Bg5 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Qa4 Bb7 (10... Qd7 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2711)-Amin,B (2609)/Ningbo 2011/CBM 144/[Marin,M] (1-0, 46)}) 11. f3 Nbd7 {Dreev,A (2697)-L'Ami,E (2623)/Aix-les-Bains 2011/CBM 142/[Marin,M] (1/2, 43)}) (7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 {Golod,V (2590)-Almasi,Z (2720)/Rijeka 2010/CBM 136/[Marin,M] (1/2, 18)}) 7... b6 8. cxd5 {White decides to play against the hanging pawns. His slight delay in development makes this approach rather risky.} (8. Nf3 Ba6 (8... Bb7 {Vitiugov,N (2694)-Karjakin,S (2723)/Khanty Mansiysk 2009/CBM 134/[Marin] (0-1, 47)}) 9. b4 {Grachev,B (2652)-Bartel,M (2618)/Khanty Mansiysk 2009/CBM 134/[Marin] (1/2, 21)}) 8... exd5 ({The dynamic} 8... Qxd5 {is also playable:} 9. f3 (9. Be2 c5 10. Bf3 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. Ne2 cxd4 13. exd4 Nc6 14. Be3 Ba6 $132 {Narciso Dublan,M (2551)-Fedorchuk,S (2650)/Salou 2011/CBM 142 Extra (1/2, 36)}) 9... Ba6 (9... Rd8 $5 {would prevent or at least delay e3-e4.}) 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. e4 Qb7 12. Bg5 Nd7 13. Ne2 $14 {Michiels,B (2501)-Winants,L (2540)/Belgium 2012 (1/2, 60)}) ({A previous game between the same opponents went:} 8... Nxd5 9. Qc2 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. e4 Ne7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qc6 e5 15. Qb5 exd4 16. Qxa6 Qxe4+ 17. Kf1 Rfe8 $44 {Carlsen,M (2823)-Kramnik,V (2791)/Moscow 2011/CBM 144 (1/2, 35)}) 9. Bd3 $146 {White takes measures against the occupation of the e4-square.} (9. Nf3 Ne4 10. Qc2 Bf5 $132 {Vasilevich,T (2399)-Galojan,L (2373)/Plovdiv 2010/CBM 138 Extra (1/2, 36)}) 9... Ba6 $1 {As a general rule, it is the side playing against the hanging pawns who is interested in exchanging these bishops. Here, we have enough elements to justify Black's last move. Strategically, it is always a good idea to spoil the enemy's bishop pair. Dynamically, the white bishop has moved already, which transforms the next move into a loss of time.} (9... Ne4 10. Qc2 Bf5 $6 11. Ne2 $14) 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Qd3 (11. Nf3 c5 $36) 11... Qc8 12. Ne2 ({With such poor development, White cannot afford to play} 12. b4 c5 {. General exchanges on c5 would leave the light squares desperately weak.}) 12... c5 13. b3 {Taking measures against the threatened ...c5-c4.} cxd4 $5 {This seems to be the best moment to release the tension.} ({After just a few neutral moves, such as} 13... Qb7 14. O-O Rac8 15. Bb2 {Black would face some small problems already.}) 14. Qxd4 $146 {Too ambitious. White wants to play against the Isolani, but underestimates the significance of his delay in development.} (14. Nxd4 $2 {is almost as bad:} Nc5 15. Qb5 (15. Qe2 Nxb3 16. Nxb3 Qc3+ $17) (15. Qb1 Qa6) (15. Qc2 Qa6) 15... a6 16. Qxb6 Rb8 17. Qc6 Nxb3 18. Qxc8 Rfxc8 $32) (14. exd4 $11 {would have led to plain equality.}) ({RR} 14. exd4 Nc7 15. O-O Ne6 16. Bd2 Qd7 17. f3 Rac8 18. a4 Rc6 19. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. Ra1 Ne8 22. Nc3 Rc6 23. a5 N8c7 24. f4 g6 25. axb6 axb6 26. Ra7 Ng7 27. Na2 Nge8 28. f5 Qxf5 {Nakamura,H (2802)-Anand,V (2804) Stavanger 2015 ½-½ (45)}) ({RR} 14. exd4 Nc7 15. O-O Re8 16. f3 Ne6 17. Bd2 Qd7 18. Rfe1 Rac8 19. a4 g6 20. Nc3 h5 21. Re5 Kg7 22. Rae1 Qd6 23. Nb5 Qd7 24. h4 a6 25. Nc3 Qd6 26. Bg5 Nd7 27. R5e2 Nxg5 28. Rxe8 Nh3+ {Nakamura,H (2736)-Van Foreest,J (2688) chess24.com INT 2021 ½-½ (34)}) 14... Nc5 {White has problems defending the b3- and d3-squares. Castling becomes a remote dream.} 15. Qd1 (15. Rb1 Qf5 $36) 15... Qa6 16. Nf4 (16. O-O Nxb3 $17) 16... d4 {Strong enough, but maybe a bit premature.} (16... g5 $6 17. Bb2 $132) ({Black could have prepared the central break with:} 16... Rad8 $5 17. b4 (17. Bb2 d4 $1 18. Bxd4 Rxd4 19. Qxd4 Nxb3 20. Qb2 Nxa1 21. Qxa1 Qa5+ 22. Ke2 Qb5+ $40 {[%cal Gf8d8]}) 17... g5 18. bxc5 (18. Bb2 d4) 18... gxf4 $36) 17. b4 {The only chance to stay in the game.} (17. exd4 $2 Rfe8+ 18. Be3 g5 19. Ne2 Nd3+ 20. Kf1 Nd5 $40) 17... dxe3 ({The unexpected resource} 17... Nd5 $5 {would have offered better chances for retaining an attack:} 18. Nxd5 (18. bxc5 Nxf4 19. exf4 Rfe8+ 20. Kd2 bxc5 $19) 18... Nd3+ 19. Kd2 Nxf2 20. Qf1 Ne4+ 21. Ke1 d3 $40) 18. bxc5 Qa5+ 19. Kf1 Rad8 20. Qc2 Qb5+ {Resigning himself to a draw by perpetual.} 21. Ke1 (21. Kg1 $2 Qxc5 $19) 21... Qa5+ 22. Kf1 Qb5+ 23. Ke1 Qa5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lausanne YM 5th"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "2004.09.20"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2004.09.15"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ne4 7. Qd3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nc5 9. Qe3 b6 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. Ba3 $146 ({RR} 11. Bxb7 Nxb7 12. Nf5 O-O 13. Nd4 Na6 14. Qe4 Nac5 15. Qg4 Qf6 16. h4 Qg6 17. Qf3 Qe4 18. Ba3 Qxf3 19. Nxf3 Rfc8 20. O-O-O Rc7 21. Nd4 a6 22. Nb3 Ne4 23. Rhf1 Nxc3 24. Rd3 Rxc4 25. Kd2 Ne4+ {Dorfman,J (2602)-Relange,E (2472) Marseille 2001 0-1}) ({RR} 11. Bxb7 Nxb7 12. Ba3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 dxc6 14. Qe5 Qf6 15. Qc7 Qxc3+ 16. Kf1 Qxa3 17. Qxc6+ Ke7 18. Qc7+ Kf6 19. Qf4+ Ke7 20. Qc7+ Kf6 21. Qf4+ Ke7 22. Qc7+ Kf6 {½-½ (22) Socko,B (2654)-Wojtaszek,R (2721) Lublin 2011}) ({RR} 11. Bxb7 Nxb7 12. Ba3 Nc6 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nd6+ Nxd6 15. Bxd6 Na5 16. c5 bxc5 17. Bxc5 d6 18. Rd1 Nb7 19. Bb4 Qc7 20. O-O O-O 21. Rd3 Rfc8 22. Qd2 Rd8 23. e4 a5 24. Ba3 Ra6 25. Rd1 Rc6 {Arnaudov,G (2472)-Kabatianski,A (2359) Germany GER 2023 ½-½ (63)}) ({RR} 11. Bxb7 Nxb7 12. Qe4 Nc6 13. Nxc6 {½-½ (13) Razuvaev,Y (2525)-Horvath,T Keszthely 1981}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 1st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.11.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,Michal"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Marin,Mihail} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 c5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O ({RR} 6... Ne4 7. Qd3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nc5 9. Qf3 d6 10. Bg2 e5 11. Nf5 Qf6 12. Ne3 Qxf3 13. Bxf3 Be6 14. Ba3 Nba6 15. O-O-O Ke7 16. Bg2 Rad8 17. f4 f6 18. Rhf1 b6 19. g4 Nc7 20. h4) 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ba6 14. Rfd1 Qc5 15. e4 Bc4 {This line was examined in CBM 106 by GM V.Gavrikov (annots to Bacrot-Grischuk).} 16. Qc2 $146 (16. Qa4 {is usually played. Here is the latest example:} Nb6 17. Qb4 Qh5 18. Bf4 ({RR} 18. Be3 Be2 19. Rd2 Rab8 20. Bxb6 axb6 21. Qd6 Rfc8 ({RR} 21... Bf3 22. Qxc6 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qe5 24. Qc4 Rfc8 25. Qd4 Qa5 26. Rb1 h6 27. Rb4 Qc5 28. Rd3 Qc7) 22. Rb1 h6 23. e5 Bf3 24. a4 Ra8 25. Qd4 b5 26. Bxf3 Qxf3 27. Rd3) ({RR} 18. Bf4 c5 ({RR} 18... e5) ({RR} 18... Be2) 19. Qa5 e5 20. Be3 Be2 21. Re1 Nc4 ({RR} 21... Rfc8) 22. Qa6 Nxe3 23. Rxe2 Nxg2 24. Kxg2 Rad8 25. Rae1 Rd7 26. Qb5 Rfd8 ({RR} 26... Rc7 27. Rd2) 27. Qxc5) 18... e5 $1 $146 19. Be3 Be2 20. Re1 Nc4 21. Qc5 Rfd8 22. Rab1 h6 23. h3 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 Bc4 25. a4 a5 26. Qc5 Be6 $11 {0-1 Najer,E-Jakovenko,D/Moscow RUS 2006/The Week in Chess 631 (50)}) ({RR} 16. Qa4 Nb6 17. Qb4 Qh5 18. Re1 c5 ({RR} 18... Be2 19. h3 Rfd8 ({RR} 19... c5 20. Qb3) 20. Bf4 Rac8 ({RR} 20... e5 21. g4 Qg6 22. Bxe5) 21. g4 Qb5 22. a4 Qa6 23. a5) 19. Qa5 Rfc8 20. Be3 ({RR} 20. Bf4 e5 21. Be3 Be6) 20... Be2 21. Bf4 ({RR} 21. h3 Nc4 22. Qa6 Nxe3 23. Rxe2 Nxg2 24. Kxg2 Qe5) 21... e5 22. Be3 ({RR} 22. Bxe5 Nc4 23. Qa6 Qxe5 24. Rxe2 Qxc3) 22... Bg4 ({RR} 22... Nc4 23. Qa6 Nxe3 ({RR} 23... Bd3 24. Rad1) 24. Rxe2 Nxg2 25. Kxg2) ({RR} 22... f6 23. Bxc5 Nc4 24. Qb5 Rab8 25. Qd7 Rxc5 26. Rab1 Rb6 ({RR} 26... Rf8 27. Rb7 Qf7 28. Rxe2) ({RR} 26... Rxb1 27. Rxb1 h6 ({RR} 27... Nb6 28. Qxa7) 28. Bh3) 27. Bh3 Kf8 28. Rxb6 axb6 29. Be6 Qe8 30. Qxe8+ Kxe8 31. Rxe2) ({RR} 22... h6 23. h3) 23. Qa6 f6 24. a4 Qf7 25. Bf1 Be6 26. Rab1 ({RR} 26. a5 Bc4 27. Bxc4 Nxc4 ({RR} 27... Qxc4 28. axb6) 28. Rab1 Rc7) 26... c4 ({RR} 26... Rc7 27. Rxb6) ({RR} 26... Bc4 27. Bxc4 Qxc4 ({RR} 27... Nxc4 28. Rb7) 28. Rxb6) ({RR} 26... f5 27. exf5) 27. a5 Na4 ({RR} 27... Nd7 28. Rb7) 28. Rb7 Qe8 29. Qd6 {1-0 (29) Kramnik,V (2772)-Anand,V (2783) Bonn 2008 CBM 127 [Marin,Mihail]} {RR} Bf7 30. Qb4 Rab8 31. a6) ({RR} 16. Qa4 Nb6 17. Qb4 Qh5 18. Be3 Be2 19. Re1 Nc4 20. Qc5 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Bc4 22. Qd4 Be2 23. Qd6 Rac8 24. h3 Rfd8 25. Qe7 a5 26. g4 Qb5 27. Rab1 Qc4 28. Rb7 Rf8 29. Qa3 c5 30. Qxa5 Ra8 {Chatalbashev,B (2466)-Hammer,J (2596) Hell NOR 2024 ½-½ (35)}) ({RR} 16. Qa4 Nb6 17. Qb4 Qh5 18. Re1 c5 19. Qa5 Rfc8 20. Be3 Be2 21. Bf4 Bd3 22. Rad1 Be2 23. Rc1 Bg4 24. c4 Bh3 25. Bxh3 Qxh3 26. Qb5 f6 27. e5 f5 28. a4 Rc7 29. Red1 Rb8 30. Qa6 Kf7 {Mamedyarov,S (2763)-Leko,P (2735) Astrakhan 2010 1-0 (73)}) 16... Nb6 17. Bf4 $146 {White provokes ...e6-e5 to clarify the situation and open the h3-c8 diagonal for his bishop. However,} (17. Be3 $5 {was probably better. If} Qa5 (17... Qa3 18. Bf4 $5) {then} 18. Qb2 {[%cal Yb2b4]}) ({RR} 17. Be3 Qa5 18. Qb2 Rfd8 19. Qb4 Qa6 20. h4 h6 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. a4 Rd7 23. Kh2 Be2 24. Bd4 Bd3 25. Qc5 Qc8 26. a5 Nc4 27. Ra4 Nd6 28. Bxg7 Nxe4 29. Bxe4 Bxe4 30. Bxh6 f5 31. Qe5 Qe8 {Nechaeva,M (2431)-Voit,D (2387) Antalya 2017 1-0 (35)}) ({RR} 17. Be3 Qa3 18. Qd2 Bb5 19. Qc1 Qa6 20. Bc5 Rfd8 21. Rd4 e5 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. h4 h6 24. Bh3 Na4 25. Qa3 Rd3 26. Be3 Qb7 27. Rc1 Nb6 28. Qc5 Qc7 29. Bf1 Rd7 30. c4 Ba6 31. Qa5 Bc8 {Karpov,A (2619)-Jakovenko,D (2736) Moscow 2009 0-1 (47)}) 17... e5 18. Be3 Qa3 19. Bh3 Rab8 20. Qc1 Qxc1 21. Rdxc1 Bd3 22. f3 Rb7 23. Rd1 Bc2 24. Rdc1 Bd3 25. Rd1 Bc2 26. Re1 $2 {White has absolutely no grounds to play for a win.} (26. Rdc1 $11) 26... Nc4 27. Bc5 Rd8 $15 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Gd8d2,Gb7b2]} 28. Bf1 Nd2 29. Bg2 a5 30. Re2 Bb1 31. Re1 Bc2 32. Re2 Bb1 33. Re1 h6 34. Ba3 {it is not easy to find a move for White!} (34. Be3 Rb2 $15) 34... Rd3 {Black has created a strong pressure but it is still difficult to break down White's position.} 35. Rc1 Rd8 (35... Rxf3 $5 36. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 37. Kf2 Bxe4 $15 {Kasparov}) 36. Re1 Bc2 37. Bc1 (37. Re2 Nb1 $1 $17) 37... Nb1 38. c4 Rd4 (38... Bd3 $1 39. Rd1 (39. c5 Nc3 $17) 39... Nc3 40. Rd2 Ne2+ 41. Kf2 Nxc1 42. Rxc1 Rd4 $17 {Jakovenko}) 39. c5 a4 40. Bf1 a3 41. Re3 Ra7 $6 {Too passive. After this move White gets a drawish endgame with opposite-coloured bishops.} (41... Rd1 $5 42. Bxa3 Ba4 {Dvoretzky} 43. Kf2 Rd2+ 44. Kg1 {Emelin} g5 $5 $36 {[%cal Yh6h5,Yh5h4]}) 42. Re2 Bd3 43. Re3 Bxf1 44. Rxb1 Rd1 45. Kf2 Bd3 46. Rb8+ Kh7 47. Re1 Rxe1 48. Kxe1 Bc4 49. Rd8 Ra5 50. Rd2 f6 51. Rc2 Be6 52. Kd2 g5 53. Rc3 Kg6 54. Rxa3 Rxa3 55. Bxa3 Bxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2008.02.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,Michal"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 c5 11. Rd1 cxd4 {Black demonstrates the most accurate order of moves.} (11... Qc7 12. Nc3 cxd4 13. Rxd4 a6 {- see CBM 121, game Morozevich-Beliavsky.}) 12. Rxd4 h6 $1 13. Bh4 Qc7 14. Nc3 d5 {This is now more appropriate than without ...h7-h6 g5-h4.} 15. Bg3 (15. cxd5 Nxd5 $1 (15... Bxd5 $143 16. f3) {as now} 16. Bd3 {doesn't attack the h7-pawn.}) 15... e5 16. cxd5 Bxd5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] This is stronger than} (16... Nxd5 17. Rc4 Qb8 (17... Qd6 $5) 18. Be2 N7f6 19. O-O Ba6 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bf3 Rd8 22. Rd4 Bxf1 23. Rxd5 Ba6 24. Bxe5 Qc8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Bxa8 Qxa8 {½-½ Bareev,E-Grischuk,A/Khanty-Mansiysk 2007/CBM 122 (72) - Black survived in this endgame.}) 17. Be2 $146 ({RR} 17. Rd2 Bb7 18. f3 Rac8 19. Qd1 a6 20. Bd3 b5 21. Bf5 Rcd8 22. Bh4 Nb6 23. O-O Nc4 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Qc1 Qb6 26. Bf2 Qa5 27. Bc2 Kh8 28. Rd1 Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 e4 30. f4 Nd7 31. Be2 Nc5 {Arcuti,D (2342)-De Seroux,C (2095) Graechen 2017 ½-½ (42)}) 17... Rac8 {Black plays safely but apparently it was quite possible to take the pawn:} (17... Bxg2 18. Rg1 Bd5 (18... Qb7 $5) 19. Rh4 $44 Rfd8 20. Rxh6 $140 Be4 $1) 18. e4 Bc6 19. f3 Nh5 20. Rd2 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Nf6 $11 22. O-O Qe7 23. Rfd1 Bd7 24. Ba6 Rc7 25. Qd3 Be6 26. Qd6 Bb3 27. Nb5 Qxd6 28. Rxd6 Bxd1 (28... Rc5 $5 29. R1d2 Rc1+ 30. Kh2 Bc4 $132) 29. Nxc7 Ba4 30. Rd3 Rb8 31. b3 Bd7 32. Nb5 Bxb5 33. Bxb5 Rc8 34. Ba6 Rc1+ 35. Kf2 Kf8 36. Rd8+ Ke7 37. Ra8 Rc7 38. g4 h5 39. gxh5 Nxh5 40. Bc4 Nf4 41. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 9-12"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.14"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. g3 Qc7 7. Qb3 Nc6 ({RR} 7... Bc5 8. Be3 a6 9. Na4 d6 10. Nxc5 dxc5 11. Nf3 e5 12. Bg2 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. Bg5 Nbd7 15. Nd2 Rb8 16. Rfd1 h6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 b5 20. cxb5 axb5 {½-½ (20) Nielsen,P (2644)-Anand,V (2792) Monte Carlo 2006}) 8. Nxc6 ({RR} 8. Ndb5 Qa5 9. a3 a6 10. Nc7+ Qxc7 11. axb4 Nd4 12. Qd1 Qxc4 13. Bg2 Qxb4 14. Ra4 Qe7 15. Rxd4 O-O 16. O-O d5 17. e4 e5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 f6 20. Be3 Re8 21. Bc5 Qc7 22. Be3 Be6 {Khalifah,K (1888)-Ayush,S (2478) Al Ain UAE 2025 0-1 (45)}) 8... Qxc6 9. Qxb4 a5 $146 ({RR} 9... Qxh1 10. Nb5 Ng4 11. Nd6+ Kd8 12. Nxf7+ Ke8 13. Nd6+ Kf8 14. Nf5+ Kg8 15. Qe7 {1-0 (15) Gorovets,A (2480)-Guillemette,H (2002) chess.com INT 2024}) ({RR} 9... Qxh1 10. Nb5 Ng4 11. Nd6+ Kd8 12. Nxf7+ Ke8 13. Nd6+ Kf8 14. Nf5+ Kg8 15. Qe7 {1-0 (15) Gorovets,A (2480)-Guillemette,H (2002) chess.com INT 2024}) 10. Qa3 Qxh1 11. Nb5 Ra6 12. Nc7+ Kd8 13. Nxa6 bxa6 14. Qxa5+ Ke7 15. Bf4 Qc6 16. Qc7 Qxc7 17. Bxc7 Bb7 18. f3 Rc8 19. Ba5 Rxc4 20. Bc3 g5 21. Rc1 Ke8 22. Bd2 Rxc1+ 23. Bxc1 h6 24. Kf2 d5 25. h4 Nh7 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. g4 f6 28. e3 Nf8 29. b4 Nd7 30. b5 a5 31. a4 Nb6 32. Bd2 Nxa4 33. Bxa5 Kd7 34. Bb4 e5 35. Bd3 Nb2 36. Bf5+ Kd8 37. Ke2 Nc4 38. Bd3 Nb6 39. Ba5 Kc7 40. Bf5 Ba8 41. Bd7 d4 42. exd4 exd4 43. Bf5 Bd5 44. Kd3 Bxf3 45. Kxd4 Kb7 46. Be4+ Bxe4 47. Kxe4 Nc4 48. Kf5 Ne3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2009.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Nf6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Na6 12. Nh3 Nd7 13. Bxa6 Qxa6 14. c4 Ne5 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. Qc3 f6 17. O-O $146 ({RR} 17. Nf2 Ba4 18. f4 Nf7 19. g4 Qc6 20. h4 b6 21. Rg1 e5 22. g5 exf4 23. Bxf4 fxg5 24. Bxg5 Nxg5 25. Rxg5 Rf7 26. Qe5 Re8 27. Qd5 Qf6 28. Ng4 Qf1+ 29. Kd2 Qf4+ 30. Kd3 Kh8 31. Ne5 Rxe5 {Goudriaan,E (2223)-Zoler,D (2474) Dieren 2010 0-1 (33)}) 17... Ba4 18. Nf4 Rfd8 19. Bd4 Ng6 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. e5 f5 22. h4 Rd7 23. Rf2 Rad8 24. Rd2 Qc6 25. Kh2 Qc7 26. Qe3 Kf7 27. Kg3 Rh8 28. Qf4 Qd8 29. Rb1 Bc6 30. Rbb2 Qa5 31. Be3 Rxd2 32. Rxd2 Qxa3 33. Qd4 Rc8 34. Rd1 Qa5 35. Ra1 Qd8 36. Qxd8 Rxd8 37. Rxa7 Rd3 38. Bg5 Rd4 39. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.11.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 c5 7. dxc5 d4 8. Qg3 Nc6 9. Nf3 e5 ({RR} 9... O-O 10. Bh6 Ne8 11. b4 a5 12. b5 Ne7 13. Bd2 Ng6 14. h4 f6 15. e3 d3 16. Qg4 e5 17. Qe4 f5 18. Qd5+ Qxd5 19. cxd5 e4 20. Nd4 Ne5 21. f3 Nf6 22. d6 Rd8 23. Rc1 Kf7 24. fxe4 {Bok,B (2592)-Kosteniuk,A (2484) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (39)}) 10. Nxe5 ({RR} 10. b4 e4 11. Ne5 Nh5 12. Nxc6 Nxg3 13. Nxd8 Nxh1 14. Bb2 e3 15. fxe3 dxe3 16. Bxg7 Rg8 17. Bf6 Rg6 18. Bh4 Nf2 19. Rc1 f6 20. Nxb7 Bxb7 21. Rc3 O-O-O 22. Rxe3 Ng4 23. Re6 Kd7 24. Rd6+ Ke7 {Bok,B (2972)-Belli,G (2528) Chess.com 2024 0-1 (52)}) ({RR} 10. b4 e4 11. Nd2 O-O 12. e3 a5 13. b5 Ne7 14. Be2 Be6 15. Bb2 Nf5 16. Qf4 Rc8 17. Rd1 Re8 18. h4 Rxc5 19. Nb3 Rc8 20. g4 d3 21. gxf5 Bxc4 22. Rg1 Bxb3 23. Rxg7+ Kxg7 24. Qg5+ Kf8 {Ivanisevic,I (2643)-Naiditsch,A (2657) Bled 2016 ½-½ (36)}) 10... Qa5+ 11. Kd1 Nxe5 $146 ({RR} 11... Ne4 12. Qf4 Nxf2+ 13. Qxf2 Nxe5 14. Qxd4 f6 15. Kc2 O-O 16. Bd2 Qc7 17. e4 Be6 18. Bc3 b6 19. cxb6 axb6 20. b3 Rfd8 21. Qe3 b5 22. cxb5 Rac8 23. b6 Qc6 24. Ba6 Ng4 25. Qf3 Bxb3+ 26. Kxb3 {Debashis,D (2451)-Moiseenko,A (2702) Fujairah 2012 0-1}) ({RR} 11... Ne4 12. Qf4 Nxf2+ 13. Kc2 Nxe5 14. Qxe5+ Be6 15. Rg1 O-O 16. g4 Bxc4 17. Rg3 Qa4+ 18. Kb1 Qd1 19. Bg2 Rae8 20. Qf5 Rxe2 {0-1 (20) Machan,J (2322)-Smith,B (2453) Pardubice 2016}) 12. Qxe5+ Be6 13. Bd2 Qa4+ 14. Ke1 Rd8 15. c6 Qxc6 16. Qb5 Bxc4 17. Qxc6+ bxc6 18. Rc1 Bb5 19. Bb4 Kd7 20. Bc5 Ke6 21. f3 a5 22. Kf2 Rd5 23. e4 dxe3+ 24. Bxe3 Bxf1 25. Rhxf1 Kd7 26. Rc2 Rb8 27. Rfc1 Rd3 28. Ke2 Rd6 29. Bf4 Re6+ 30. Kf2 Rb3 31. Rd2+ Nd5 32. Rc5 Ke8 33. Bg3 f5 34. Kg1 f4 35. Bf2 Ne3 36. Rxa5 Nc4 37. Ra8+ Kf7 38. Rd4 Rxb2 39. Rxf4+ Kg6 40. Rxc4 Rb1+ 41. Be1 Rbxe1+ 42. Kf2 R6e2+ 43. Kg3 Rg1 44. Rg4+ Kf6 45. Kh3 g6 46. Rf8+ Kg7 47. Rc8 h5 48. Rg5 Rc1 49. a4 Kf6 50. f4 Rc3+ 51. Rg3 Rxg3+ 52. hxg3 Rc2 53. a5 Kf5 54. a6 Ra2 55. Rxc6 Ra1 56. Kh2 Ra5 57. Kg1 g5 58. fxg5 Kxg5 59. Kf2 Ra3 60. Ke1 Ra2 61. Kd1 Kg4 62. Kc1 Kxg3 63. Kb1 Ra5 64. Rg6+ Kf2 65. g3 Ke3 66. Kb2 Ke4 67. Kb3 Kf5 68. Kb4 Ra1 69. Rc6 Kg4 70. Rh6 Kxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.09"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2877"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Roiz,Michael"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Nc6 ({In his preceding game Arkadiy went for a more popular order of moves:} 9... Qa5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 ({A rare alternative here is} 11. Nc2 {but after} Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 {Black has comfortable play:} 13. e4 (13. Qa3 Ne5 14. Bxd5 exd5 $15 {0-1 Beliavsky,A (2650)-Ivanchuk,V (2740)/Belgrade 1995/CBM 051/[Dautov] (29)}) 13... Nb6 14. O-O Na5 15. Qb4 Nbc4 $11 {½-½ Georgiev,V (2559)-Draskovic,L (2135)/Sunny Beach 2011/CBM 144 Extra (55)}) 11... bxc6 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ba6 14. Rfd1 Qc5 15. e4 Bc4 16. Qa4 Nb6 17. Qb4 Qh5 18. Re1 c5 19. Qa5 Rfc8 20. Be3 Be2 21. Bf4 Bd3 22. Rad1 Be2 23. Rc1 Bd3 24. Bd6 e5 25. Bxc5 Nc4 26. Qb5 a6 27. Qd7 Be2 $44 {½-½ Efimenko,Z (2689)-Naiditsch,A (2684)/Mukachevo 2010/CBM 138 (34)}) 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Qa5 {Black is trying to switch to the main lines, but here White has an extra resource.} ({Some top players have gone for} 11... Rb8 $5 12. Na4 (12. Ne4 Ba6 13. Qc2 Be7 14. a3 Qb6 15. b4 Rfc8 $11 {1-0 Ponomariov,R (2705)-Kramnik,V (2785)/Moscow 2007/EXT 2008 (79)}) 12... Ba6 13. Qc2 Qa5 14. a3 Be7 15. Bf3 (15. b4 $5 Qb5 16. Re1 Qc4 17. Qxc4 Bxc4 18. Bd2 Bb3 19. Nc5 $14) 15... c5 16. Bd2 Qb5 17. Rfc1 Rfc8 $11 {½-½ Edouard,R (2692)-Wojtaszek,R (2724)/Saint-Quentin FRA 2014 (21)}) 12. Ne4 $5 {Magnus is happy to deviate from the known paths. Black has a weak c6, so he has to search for active piece play.} (12. Bd2 {will just transpose us to the above-mentioned game against Efimenko.}) 12... Ba6 13. Qc2 {Black's pieces are a bit far away from the king, so Arkadij has to parry a threat of 14.g5.} h6 {This prophylactic move is a bit slow.} ({However, in other cases White is able to fight some edge as well:} 13... Rab8 14. Ng5 $1 (14. a3 Be7 15. Bf3 c5 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 Nf6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 g6 $11 {½-½ Miroshnichenko,E (2670)-Ismagambetov,A (2496)/Tashkent 2011/CBM 141 Extra (30)}) 14... g6 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Bh6 Rfd8 17. b3 $14) (13... Be7 14. Ng5 (14. Bd2 Qb5 15. Rfc1 Rab8 16. Qxc6 Qxc6 17. Rxc6 Bxe2 $11 {½-½ Sulava,N (2405)-Grosar,A (2370)/Kladovo 1991/TD (46)}) 14... g6 15. Ne4 Rfd8 16. Bh6 $14) 14. a3 Be7 15. b4 $146 {White comes up with an important tactical resource. This novelty definitely poses Black some problems.} (15. Bd2 Qb5 16. Rfc1 c5 17. Nxc5 (17. e3 $5) 17... Bxc5 18. Qxc5 Qxb2 $11 {½-½ Von Herman,U (2400)-Schulz,J (2255)/Germany 2003/CBM 100 ext (68)}) ({RR} 15. Bd2 Qb5 16. Rfc1 c5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Qxc5 Qxb2 19. Qa5 Bxe2 20. Rab1 Qd4 21. Bb4 Rfb8 22. Rc5 a6 23. Rbc1 Rb5 24. Rxb5 Bxb5 25. Bc5 Qb2 26. Qe1 Rd8 27. Qd1 Ba4 28. Rb1 Bxd1 29. Rxb2 Rc8 {Von Herman,U (2400)-Schulz,J (2255) Germany 2003 ½-½ (68)}) ({RR} 15. Bd2 Qb6 16. Rfc1 c5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Qxc5 Qxb2 19. Qc2 Qxc2 20. Rxc2 Rac8 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. e4 Rc2 23. Bxh6 gxh6 24. exd5 exd5 25. Bxd5 Rd2 26. Be4 Bc4 27. Kg2 a5 28. a4 Bd5 29. Re1 Bb3 {Donchenko,A (2667)-Svane,R (2616) Dortmund GER 2023 ½-½ (60)}) 15... Qb5 ({White's idea is based on the following line:} 15... Bxb4 16. axb4 $1 (16. Bxh6 Bc3 17. Rac1 gxh6 18. Nxc3 Qxc3 19. Qxc3 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Bxe2 $11) 16... Qxa1 17. Bb2 Qa2 18. Nd2 $1 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Gf1a1]} Nxb4 19. Qc3 e5 20. Ra1 Qe6 21. Qxb4 Bxe2 22. Re1 $14 {and White should be better in this position, although it would be not easy to achieve a victory.}) 16. Re1 Qc4 ({An attempt to get rid of the c6 leads to a slighty inferior position:} 16... c5 17. bxc5 Rac8 18. Rb1 Qc6 19. Qd2 Bxc5 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 21. Bb2 $14) 17. Qb2 c5 (17... Rfd8 18. Bd2 Rab8 19. Rac1 Qb5 20. Qc2 $14) 18. Nxc5 {The most natural response. Magnus is ready to simplify the position in order to exchange the opponent's dark-squared bishop.} ({The alternative wasn't obvious:} 18. Qe5 $5 Qd4 (18... cxb4 19. Bb2 Nf6 20. Nd2 $16) 19. Qxd4 cxd4 20. Bb2 d3 21. exd3 Bxd3 22. Nc5 $14) 18... Bf6 {This move was probably connected with some tactical blunder.} ({Black could have opted for} 18... Bxc5 19. bxc5 Qxc5 20. Bd2 Rab8 21. Qe5 Qc2 22. Red1 Qb2 $14 {with a holdable endgame.}) 19. Qa2 Rac8 $6 {A serious mistake - now Black is going to lose a pawn without getting any compensation.} ({The point is that after} 19... Bxa1 $2 20. Qxa1 {[%csl Ra6,Rc4] Black's pieces are in trouble:} Rac8 21. Bb2 Rxc5 22. bxc5 f6 23. e4 Nc7 24. e5 f5 25. c6 $18) ({Black's task wasn't easy, but} 19... Nc3 $1 {was called for:} 20. Qxc4 Bxc4 21. Bxa8 (21. Bb2 Nxe2+ 22. Rxe2 Bxe2 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Re1 Bc4 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 $14) 21... Rxa8 {Black wins the material back and gets excellent drawish chances.} 22. e4 Ne2+ 23. Rxe2 Bxe2 24. Rb1 Rd8 $14) 20. e4 Nc3 21. Qxc4 Bxc4 22. e5 Be7 {Black has some activity, but White can prevent any reasonable counterplay now.} 23. Bd2 {This bishop is somewhat misplaced there.} (23. Be3 $5 {would be simpler:} Rfd8 24. Ne4 $16) 23... Ne2+ 24. Kh1 Nd4 25. Rac1 Bd5 (25... Bb5 26. Be3 Nf5 27. Nb7 Nxe3 28. fxe3 $16) 26. Bxd5 exd5 {The knight on d4 is quite tricky, so White should be careful.} 27. Nd7 $1 {Magnus correctly avoids the exchange of his knight.} ({In the following lines Black could get some compensation for a pawn:} 27. Kg2 Bxc5 28. Rxc5 Rxc5 29. bxc5 Nc2 30. Rd1 Rc8 31. Bb4 a5 32. Bxa5 Rxc5 $14) (27. Be3 Bxc5 28. bxc5 Nc6 29. Red1 Rfd8 30. f4 d4 31. Bf2 f6 32. exf6 gxf6 33. Kg2 Kf7 $14) 27... Rxc1 (27... Rfd8 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Rc1 Rc4 30. Rxc4 dxc4 31. Kg2 Nb5 32. Bc1 $16) 28. Rxc1 Rd8 29. Nc5 {The first step in the wrong direction - there was no reason to come back.} (29. Rc7 $1 {did require precise calculating, but after} Nb3 (29... Nb5 30. Rb7 Nxa3 31. Rxa7 $16) 30. Be1 d4 31. Rxa7 d3 32. Kg2 d2 33. Bxd2 Nxd2 34. b5 Nb3 35. Rc7 Bxa3 36. b6 $16 {White's winning chances shouldn't be understimated.}) 29... Bxc5 30. Rxc5 (30. bxc5 Nc6 31. f4 Rb8 $44) 30... Nf3 $1 {Arkadij has managed to activate his forces, while the d-pawn may be dangerous.} (30... Nb3 31. Rc2 Re8 32. f4 f6 33. Rb2 Nxd2 34. Rxd2 fxe5 35. Rxd5 exf4 36. gxf4 $16) 31. Bc3 $2 {This natural move is a serious mistake - White spoils the advantage.} ({Carlsen's task wasn't easy, but after the correct} 31. Bf4 $1 g5 32. Kg2 Ne1+ 33. Kf1 Nf3 (33... Nd3 34. Rc3 Nxb4 35. Bxg5 hxg5 36. axb4 $16) 34. Bc1 d4 (34... Nxe5 35. Ke2 Nc4 36. f4 $16) 35. Ke2 Nxh2 36. Kd3 $16 {it was still possible to win this game.}) 31... g5 $1 $132 {After securing the f3 Black gets sufficient counterplay.} (31... d4 $2 32. Kg2 Ng5 33. Bd2 Ne4 34. Rc2 $16) 32. h3 h5 33. Kg2 g4 34. b5 Rd7 (34... d4 $5 35. Ba5 Rd7 36. hxg4 hxg4 37. Rc7 Rd5 $132) 35. Rc8+ Kh7 36. Ba5 d4 {The passed d-pawn is very strong, but White is still OK.} (36... Nxe5 $2 37. hxg4 hxg4 38. Rc7 $16) 37. hxg4 hxg4 38. e6 $2 {A very strange decision by the World Champion. White just gives the pawn back.} ({After} 38. Rc7 Rxc7 39. Bxc7 d3 40. Kf1 {Black would still have to find some precise moves in order to avoid a loss:} Nd4 $1 41. Ke1 Nxb5 42. Bd6 Kg6 43. Kd2 Kf5 44. Kxd3 Ke6 $1 45. Kc4 (45. Ke4 f5+ 46. Kf4 a6 $11) (45. Bf8 Kd5 $11) 45... Nxd6+ 46. exd6 Kxd6 47. Kd4 f5 48. a4 a5 $11) 38... fxe6 39. Rc7 Rxc7 40. Bxc7 d3 {Suddenly White is in a real danger.} 41. Kf1 Nd4 42. Ke1 Nxb5 {Black is a pawn up now!} 43. Bb8 (43. Bd8 e5 $1 44. a4 Nd4 45. Kd2 e4 $19) 43... Nxa3 44. Kd2 {The position looks very bad now for Magnus, but most probably a draw is still attainable at this moment.} a5 (44... Nb5 45. Kxd3 Kg6 46. Ke4 a5 47. Be5 a4 48. Kf4 Kh5 49. f3 gxf3 50. g4+ Kg6 (50... Kh4 51. Bf6+ Kh3 52. Kxf3 $11) 51. Kxf3 a3 52. Ke2 Na7 53. Kd3 Nc6 54. Bc3 e5 55. Kc4 Kg5 56. Bd2+ Kxg4 57. Kb3 $11) 45. Kxd3 Kg6 46. Ke4 $1 {White chooses the right route for his king!} ({After} 46. Bd6 $2 Nb5 47. Bf4 Kf5 $1 (47... a4 48. Kc4 e5 49. Bxe5 Kf5 50. Ba1 Nd6+ 51. Kb4 $11) 48. Kc4 Na7 49. Bc7 a4 50. Bb6 Nc8 $1 (50... Nc6 51. Kb5 Ne5 52. Kxa4 Ke4 53. Kb3 Kf3 54. Kc3 Ke2 55. Ba7 Nd3 56. Kd4 Nxf2 57. Ke5 Kf3 58. Kxe6 $11) 51. Bc5 Ke4 52. Kb4 Kd5 53. Be3 e5 54. Kxa4 Kc4 $19 {Black should win here quite easily.}) 46... a4 47. Be5 (47. f3 Nc4 48. Ba7 Nd6+ 49. Ke3 a3 50. fxg4 e5 $19) 47... Nc4 48. Bc3 a3 49. Kf4 Kh5 {Obviously, White's chances are connected only with exchanging the k-side pawns, but this time Magnus fails to find a correct version of that plan!} 50. f3 $2 (50. Ke4 $2 {was also bad:} Kg5 51. Ba1 a2 52. Kd3 Nd6 53. Bb2 Kf5 54. Ba1 Ne4 $19) ({But} 50. Bb4 $1 a2 51. Bc3 {could save the day:} Na5 (51... Nb6 52. Ba1 Nd7 53. f3 e5+ 54. Ke4 Kg5 55. fxg4 Kxg4 56. Kd5 Kxg3 57. Kc4 e4 58. Kb3 e3 59. Kxa2 e2 60. Bc3 Kf2 61. Kb3 Ne5 62. Kc2 $11) 52. f3 gxf3 53. Kxf3 Kg5 54. Ke4 Kg4 55. Ke5 Kxg3 56. Kxe6 Kf3 57. Kd5 Ke2 58. Kc5 Kd3 59. Kb4 Kc2 60. Bh8 Nc6+ 61. Ka3 Kb1 62. Bg7 $11) 50... e5+ 51. Ke4 Nd6+ $1 {That is the point! Black is not obliged to take on f3.} (51... gxf3 $2 52. Kxf3 Kg5 53. g4 Kf6 54. Ke2 Ke6 55. g5 Kf5 56. g6 Kxg6 57. Kd3 $11) 52. Ke3 Kg5 $19 {Now Black's king is back in the game, so 2 passed pawns will decide the game.} 53. fxg4 e4 (53... Kxg4 54. Kd3 e4+ 55. Kc2 e3 56. Kb3 e2 57. Be1 Nb5 $19) 54. Kd2 Nb5 55. Be5 Kxg4 56. Ke3 Kf5 57. Ba1 Nd6 {Protecting the pawn. White is completely helpless.} 58. Kd2 Kg4 59. Ke3 ({Or} 59. Kc3 e3 60. Kb3 Ne4 61. Kxa3 e2 $19) 59... a2 60. Bc3 (60. Kf2 Nc4 61. Bc3 e3+ 62. Kg2 Na3 63. Kf1 Kf3 64. g4 Nc2 $19) 60... Kxg3 61. Ba1 Kg4 62. Kd2 Kf3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.11.29"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 c5 7. dxc5 d4 8. Qg3 Nc6 9. b4 e5 10. e4 O-O 11. Bd3 b6 12. Nf3 Nh5 13. Qg5 Qxg5 14. Bxg5 bxc5 15. b5 Na5 16. Bd2 $146 ({RR} 16. Rb1 f6 17. Bd2 Nb7 18. h3 g5 19. Ke2 Nd6 20. g4 Ng7 21. a4 Bb7 22. h4 Nxe4 23. hxg5 Nc3+ 24. Bxc3 e4 25. Bxe4 Bxe4 26. Bd2 Rae8 {0-1 (26) Van Wely,L (2681)-Carlsen,M (2733) Nice 2008}) 16... Nb3 17. Rb1 Nxd2 18. Nxd2 a6 19. g3 axb5 20. cxb5 Rxa3 21. Ke2 Bb7 22. Rhc1 Rc8 23. Nc4 Ra2+ 24. Ke1 Rd8 25. Nxe5 Nf6 26. Bc4 d3 27. Nxd3 Raa8 28. f3 Nd7 29. Bb3 Rdc8 30. Rc3 Kf8 31. Rbc1 Ra3 32. Nb2 Nb6 33. Nc4 Nxc4 34. Bxc4 Rca8 35. Rxa3 Rxa3 36. Be2 f5 37. exf5 Bxf3 38. Bxf3 Rxf3 39. Rb1 Rd3 40. b6 Rd8 41. b7 Rb8 42. Kd2 Ke7 43. Kc3 Kd6 44. g4 h6 45. Kc4 Kc6 46. h4 Rxb7 47. Rxb7 Kxb7 48. g5 hxg5 49. hxg5 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters Div 1 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.04.06"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Carlsen, M.."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2023.04.04"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 c5 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Ne2 b6 9. d5 Re8 ({RR} 9... d6 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. f3 Nxc3 12. Nxc3 Bb7 13. h4 Qe7 14. Qc2 Nd7 15. O-O-O Rad8 16. Bd3 h6 17. Kb1 Ne5 18. Be2 d5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. f4 d4 21. exd4 cxd4 22. fxe5 dxc3 23. Qxc3 Bxg2 24. Rhg1 {Caruana,F (2776)-Aronian,L (2775) Saint Louis 2022 ½-½ (36)}) ({RR} 9... Ba6 10. b3 b5 11. Qc2 exd5 12. cxd5 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 d6 14. Ng3 Nd7 15. Be2 Nf6 16. Qd2 Re8 17. f3 Qb6 18. e4 Bc8 19. a4 Bd7 20. axb5 Bxb5 21. Bxb5 Qxb5 22. Nf5 Nxe4 23. fxe4 Rxe4+ 24. Kf2 {Nakamura,H (2794)-Praggnanandhaa,R (2747) Stavanger NOR 2024 1-0 (86)}) 10. h4 $146 ({RR} 10. Qd3 exd5 11. Qxd5 Nc6 12. Rd1 Bb7 13. Qxd7 Nd4 14. Rxd4 cxd4 15. Qxd8 Raxd8 16. Bxd4 Nc5 17. Kd2 Ne4+ 18. Ke1 Re7 19. b4 Ba6 20. f3 Nd6 21. c5 Nf5 22. Kf2 Bxe2 23. Bxe2 Nxd4 24. exd4 Rxd4 {Pipiras,F (2210)-Boyer,M (2454) Ceyreste FRA 2024 0-1 (58)}) ({RR} 10. g3 Bb7 11. Bg2 exd5 12. cxd5 d6 13. O-O Nd7 14. Bxe4 Rxe4 15. Nf4 Qe8 16. Qd2 a5 17. Rfe1 f5 18. f3 Re7 19. Ne6 Rxe6 20. dxe6 Qxe6 21. e4 fxe4 22. fxe4 b5 23. Rad1 Ra6 24. Qg5 Nf6 {Bluebaum,M (2660)-Svane,F (2671) Munich GER 2025 1-0 (33)}) 10... exd5 11. Qxd5 Nc6 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. h5 h6 14. Qd3 Bb7 15. Qxd7 Nd4 16. Rxd4 cxd4 17. Qxe7 Rxe7 18. Bxd4 Rc8 19. Nf4 Nd6 20. f3 Nxc4 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. Kf2 Rc2+ 23. Kg3 Rd7 24. a4 Rdc7 25. Ra1 Rd7 26. a5 bxa5 27. Rxa5 a6 28. Ra3 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters Div 1 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.04.06"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Carlsen, M.."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2023.04.04"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 c5 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Ne2 b6 9. d5 Re8 ({RR} 9... d6 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. f3 Nxc3 12. Nxc3 Bb7 13. h4 Qe7 14. Qc2 Nd7 15. O-O-O Rad8 16. Bd3 h6 17. Kb1 Ne5 18. Be2 d5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. f4 d4 21. exd4 cxd4 22. fxe5 dxc3 23. Qxc3 Bxg2 24. Rhg1 {Caruana,F (2776)-Aronian,L (2775) Saint Louis 2022 ½-½ (36)}) ({RR} 9... Ba6 10. b3 b5 11. Qc2 exd5 12. cxd5 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 d6 14. Ng3 Nd7 15. Be2 Nf6 16. Qd2 Re8 17. f3 Qb6 18. e4 Bc8 19. a4 Bd7 20. axb5 Bxb5 21. Bxb5 Qxb5 22. Nf5 Nxe4 23. fxe4 Rxe4+ 24. Kf2 {Nakamura,H (2794)-Praggnanandhaa,R (2747) Stavanger NOR 2024 1-0 (86)}) 10. h4 $146 ({RR} 10. Qd3 exd5 11. Qxd5 Nc6 12. Rd1 Bb7 13. Qxd7 Nd4 14. Rxd4 cxd4 15. Qxd8 Raxd8 16. Bxd4 Nc5 17. Kd2 Ne4+ 18. Ke1 Re7 19. b4 Ba6 20. f3 Nd6 21. c5 Nf5 22. Kf2 Bxe2 23. Bxe2 Nxd4 24. exd4 Rxd4 {Pipiras,F (2210)-Boyer,M (2454) Ceyreste FRA 2024 0-1 (58)}) ({RR} 10. g3 Bb7 11. Bg2 exd5 12. cxd5 d6 13. O-O Nd7 14. Bxe4 Rxe4 15. Nf4 Qe8 16. Qd2 a5 17. Rfe1 f5 18. f3 Re7 19. Ne6 Rxe6 20. dxe6 Qxe6 21. e4 fxe4 22. fxe4 b5 23. Rad1 Ra6 24. Qg5 Nf6 {Bluebaum,M (2660)-Svane,F (2671) Munich GER 2025 1-0 (33)}) 10... exd5 11. Qxd5 Nc6 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. h5 h6 14. Qd3 Bb7 15. Qxd7 Nd4 16. Rxd4 cxd4 17. Qxe7 Rxe7 18. Bxd4 Rc8 19. Nf4 Nd6 20. f3 Nxc4 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. Kf2 Rc2+ 23. Kg3 Rd7 24. a4 Rdc7 25. Ra1 Rd7 26. a5 bxa5 27. Rxa5 a6 28. Ra3 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 19th Nov Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.11.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Carlsen, M.."]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, I.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2831"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2024.11.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e3 d5 6. Bd2 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Rc1 Be7 9. Bd3 c5 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. O-O Nc6 12. Be1 ({RR} 12. Ne2 Rc8 13. Bc3 Ne4 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. dxc5 Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 Bxc5 18. Nd4 Ba4 19. Re1 Bd7 20. h3 f6 21. Rcd1 Kf7 22. Nb3 Ba4 23. Rd2 Bxb3 24. axb3 Rfd8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Ra1 a5 {Vidit,S (2726)-So,W (2770) chess24.com INT 2021 ½-½ (41)}) ({RR} 12. a3 Bd6 13. f4 cxd4 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. exd4 Qd7 16. Qf3 Rfe8 17. Rfe1 h6 18. h3 b5 19. g4 b4 20. axb4 Bxb4 21. f5 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Bb5 23. Bc2 a5 24. Re5 a4 25. g5 hxg5 26. Bxg5 Ne4 {Piliposyan,R (2416)-Hovakimyan,V (2287) Yerevan ARM 2025 1-0 (44)}) 12... Rc8 13. Bf5 Ra8 14. f4 cxd4 $146 ({RR} 14... a6 15. Bh4 g6 16. Bd3 cxd4 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. exd4 b5 19. Re1 Qd6 20. Re5 Bd8 21. Bg5 b4 22. Ne2 Bb6 23. Qe1 Ng4 24. Qh4 f6 25. Qxg4 fxe5 26. fxe5 Bd7 27. Qg3 Qe6 28. Bf6 Rxf6 29. exf6 {Studer,N (2546)-Albornoz Cabrera,C (2566) Bad Ragaz 2020 1-0 (39)}) 15. Nb5 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Ne4 17. exd4 Bg5 18. Rc2 Ba6 19. a4 g6 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. d5 Bxb5 22. axb5 Qe8 23. Qd4 Qxb5 24. Qxe4 Rad8 25. d6 Rfe8 26. Qf3 Rd7 27. Bc3 Rxe5 28. Bxe5 Qxe5 29. Rc6 Be3+ 30. Kh1 Bc5 31. Qf6 Qxf6 32. Rxf6 Kg7 33. Rc7 Kxf6 34. Rxd7 a5 35. Rb7 a4 36. g4 h6 37. Kg2 Bxd6 38. Rxb6 Ke7 39. Rb5 a3 40. b3 Kd7 41. Ra5 Kc6 42. Ra6+ Kd5 43. Kf3 f5 44. gxf5 gxf5 45. Ke3 h5 46. h3 Bc5+ 47. Kd3 f4 48. Ra5 Kd6 49. Kc4 f3 50. Rxc5 a2 51. Rd5+ Ke6 52. Rd1 Ke5 53. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 19th Nov Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.11.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Carlsen, M.."]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, I.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2831"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2024.11.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e3 d5 6. Bd2 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Rc1 Be7 9. Bd3 c5 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. O-O Nc6 12. Be1 ({RR} 12. Ne2 Rc8 13. Bc3 Ne4 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. dxc5 Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 Bxc5 18. Nd4 Ba4 19. Re1 Bd7 20. h3 f6 21. Rcd1 Kf7 22. Nb3 Ba4 23. Rd2 Bxb3 24. axb3 Rfd8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Ra1 a5 {Vidit,S (2726)-So,W (2770) chess24.com INT 2021 ½-½ (41)}) ({RR} 12. a3 Bd6 13. f4 cxd4 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. exd4 Qd7 16. Qf3 Rfe8 17. Rfe1 h6 18. h3 b5 19. g4 b4 20. axb4 Bxb4 21. f5 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Bb5 23. Bc2 a5 24. Re5 a4 25. g5 hxg5 26. Bxg5 Ne4 {Piliposyan,R (2416)-Hovakimyan,V (2287) Yerevan ARM 2025 1-0 (44)}) 12... Rc8 13. Bf5 Ra8 14. f4 cxd4 $146 ({RR} 14... a6 15. Bh4 g6 16. Bd3 cxd4 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. exd4 b5 19. Re1 Qd6 20. Re5 Bd8 21. Bg5 b4 22. Ne2 Bb6 23. Qe1 Ng4 24. Qh4 f6 25. Qxg4 fxe5 26. fxe5 Bd7 27. Qg3 Qe6 28. Bf6 Rxf6 29. exf6 {Studer,N (2546)-Albornoz Cabrera,C (2566) Bad Ragaz 2020 1-0 (39)}) 15. Nb5 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Ne4 17. exd4 Bg5 18. Rc2 Ba6 19. a4 g6 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. d5 Bxb5 22. axb5 Qe8 23. Qd4 Qxb5 24. Qxe4 Rad8 25. d6 Rfe8 26. Qf3 Rd7 27. Bc3 Rxe5 28. Bxe5 Qxe5 29. Rc6 Be3+ 30. Kh1 Bc5 31. Qf6 Qxf6 32. Rxf6 Kg7 33. Rc7 Kxf6 34. Rxd7 a5 35. Rb7 a4 36. g4 h6 37. Kg2 Bxd6 38. Rxb6 Ke7 39. Rb5 a3 40. b3 Kd7 41. Ra5 Kc6 42. Ra6+ Kd5 43. Kf3 f5 44. gxf5 gxf5 45. Ke3 h5 46. h3 Bc5+ 47. Kd3 f4 48. Ra5 Kd6 49. Kc4 f3 50. Rxc5 a2 51. Rd5+ Ke6 52. Rd1 Ke5 53. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 9th+"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2022.09.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2861"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2022.09.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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[Event "Sinquefield Cup 9th+"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2022.09.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2861"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2022.09.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2007.07.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Yannick"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2007.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Ne2 ({RR} 10. Nf3 a5 11. Bd3 d6 12. O-O {½-½ (12) Neverov,V (2583)-Aleksandrov,A (2650) Istanbul 2003}) ({RR} 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Be2 Ne4 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nxe2 14. Kxe2 Ba6 15. Nd2 Na5 16. Be7 Rfc8 17. Rac1 Rab8 18. b4 cxb4 19. axb4 Nxc4 20. Nxc4 Bxc4+ 21. Kf3 d5 22. Ra1 a6 23. Rhc1 f6 24. Kg3 Kf7 {Pesotskiy,M (2155)-Slade,T (2138) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (89)}) 10... a5 $146 ({RR} 10... Nc6 11. Ng3 Qa5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14. Nh5 Rfd8 15. O-O-O Kf8 16. Nxf6 Ke7 17. Nh5 Ba6 18. Nf4 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Rhe1 Rab8 21. Re2 d5 22. Rc2 Na5 23. Kb1 c4 24. Ne2 Nb7 25. e4 {Kacheishvili,G (2583)-Carlsen,M (2072) Bad Wiessee 2001 1-0 (63)}) ({RR} 10... h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6 13. O-O-O Rd8 14. Nc3 f5 15. Rg1 Kf8 16. Be2 Nc6 17. g4 fxg4 18. Rxg4 Ne5 19. Rh4 Ba6 20. b3 Rab8 21. Kc2 Ke7 22. f4 Ng6 23. Rh5 d6 24. f5 Ne5 25. Rxh6 {Chabanon,J (2445)-Bacrot,E (2300) Cannes 1995 1-0 (43)}) 11. Bxf6 $6 ({Dieser Tausch war später unter besseren Bedingungen möglich. Nach} 11. f3 d6 12. O-O-O {sollte Schwarz} Ra6 {ziehen. Dies war die Idee hinter meinem 10. Zug: d6 muss gedeckt werden, damit auf Lxf6 wie in der Partie Dxf6 geschehen kann. Denselben Turmzug hätte ich auch nach dem sofortigen 11. 0-0-0 gespielt.}) 11... Qxf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6 13. O-O-O Rd8 14. Nc3 d6 (14... Kf8 $2 15. Na4) 15. Bd3 Kf8 {Schwarz braucht seinen König auf e7, um die Drohung 16. e4 xe4 17. xe4 zu entschärfen.} 16. Bxh7 ({Dieser Zug ist die Ursache der weissen Schwierigkeiten. Carlsen dachte lange nach und schätzte die Stellung als ausgeglichen ein. Deshalb versuchte er dieses originelle Figurenopfer. Nach} 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 Ke7 $11 {und}) (16. Rd2 Ke7 17. Rhd1 Ra6 18. f3 h6 $11 {hat Schwarz in der Tat keine Probleme.}) 16... f5 17. e4 Kg7 18. exf5 Kxh7 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Rhe1 {Weiss gewinnt den e-Bauern zwangsläufig (20. ... e5? 21. xe5), wonach er 3 Bauern für die Figur besitzt. Zum Glück kann Schwarz g2 erobern, sodass die weissen Bauern ungefährlich sind.} Bxg2 21. Ne4 $2 ({Carlsen übersah einfach meinen 22. Zug! Sonst hätte er sich wohl mit} 21. Rxe6 Nc6 22. Rdxd6 Rxd6 23. Rxd6 {zufrieden gegeben. Schwarz kann in diesem Endspiel mittels} Rf8 (23... Rd8 24. Rxd8 Nxd8 $11) 24. Na4 Rf5 $15 {/= auf einen leichten Vorteil hoffen, aber das natürliche Ergebnis sollte natürlich Remis sein.}) 21... Bxe4 22. Rxe4 {( 23.g1, 24.h4)} Ra7 $1 {[%cal Ga7g7]} 23. Rxe6 Rad7 {Schwarz behält hiermit seinen Materialvorteil.} 24. Rd3 Nc6 25. Rh3+ Kg8 26. Rhh6 Ne5 27. f4 ({Ein tückischer Versuch, die restlichen schwarzen Bauern zu eliminieren, sei es zum Preis aller weissen Bauern.} 27. b3 Kg7 {verliert auf die Distanz.}) 27... Nxc4 28. b3 Nxa3 29. Rhg6+ (29. Reg6+ Rg7 30. Rxd6 Rxd6 31. Rxd6 Nb5 $1 $19) 29... Kh8 30. Rh6+ Kg8 31. Rhg6+ Kh8 32. Rh6+ Rh7 33. Rxd6 Rxd6 34. Rxd6 Rxh2 35. Ra6 (35. Rc6 Rc2+ 36. Kd1 Rc3 $19) 35... Nb5 36. Rxa5 Nd4 {Knapp scheitert die weisse Absicht. Der Bauer c5 ist wegen der Gabel auf b3 tabu.} 37. Kb1 (37. Ra8+ Kg7 38. Rb8 Kf6 39. b4 c4 40. Rc8 Rc2+ 41. Kd1 c3 42. b5 Rd2+ 43. Ke1 Re2+ 44. Kf1 c2 $19) (37. Ra3 Kg7 38. Kb1 Kf6) 37... Nxb3 38. Rb5 c4 {Wieder ist die schwarze Aufstellung perfekt: xc4 kann wegen d2+ nie geschehen.} 39. f5 Kg7 40. f6+ (40. Rb6 Rf2 41. Rb7+ Kf6 42. Rb6+ Ke5 $19) 40... Kxf6 41. Rf5+ {Carlsen versucht es noch mit einem Patttrick, aber der schwarz König entschwindet auf die 2. Reihe.} Ke6 42. Re5+ Kd6 43. Rd5+ Kc6 44. Rd6+ Kc5 45. Rc6+ Kd5 46. Rd6+ Ke4 47. Re6+ Kd3 48. Re3+ Kd2 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e3 Qf6 11. f3 Qh4+ 12. g3 Nxg3 13. Qf2 Nf5 14. Qxh4 Nxh4 15. b4 a6 $146 ({RR} 15... a5 16. b5 Ne5 17. Kf2 O-O 18. Bb2 f6 19. Rd1 Be6 20. Ne2 Nexf3 21. Nf4 Bf7 22. Nxd5 Rfd8 23. e4 Ng5 24. Bd3 f5 25. Nb6 fxe4 26. Be2 Rf8 27. Nxa8 Bc4+ 28. Ke3 Ng2+ 29. Kd2 e3+ 30. Kc1 {Morozevich,A (2675)-Harikrishna,P (2737) Biel 2017 ½-½ (41)}) ({RR} 15... d4 16. b5 Na5 17. Rb1 dxe3 18. Bxe3 Be6 19. Kf2 Nf5 20. Bf4 Rc8 21. c6 bxc6 22. bxc6 Nxc6 23. Ba6 Rd8 24. Ne2 O-O 25. Rhc1 Nfd4 26. Nxd4 Nxd4 27. Rb4 Rd5 28. Bb7 a5 29. Rb6 Rd7 30. Rc7 {Shen,Y (2468)-Wang,J (2380) Hangzhou 2018 ½-½ (40)}) 16. Kf2 Ne5 17. Bb2 f6 18. Rd1 Be6 19. Ne2 Bf7 20. Rg1 Nc4 21. Bc1 g5 22. Nc3 O-O-O 23. e4 dxe4 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Nxe4 Kc7 26. Nxf6 h6 27. f4 Nd2 28. Be2 Nb3 29. Be3 Nd4 30. Bxd4 Rxd4 31. fxg5 Rf4+ 32. Ke1 hxg5 33. Nh7 Bd5 34. Nxg5 Kc6 35. Rf1 Rxf1+ 36. Bxf1 a5 37. Kd2 axb4 38. axb4 b6 39. cxb6 Kxb6 40. Bd3 Bc6 41. Kc3 Bd7 42. Be4 Bg4 43. Nf7 Bf3 44. Bd3 Bc6 45. Ne5 Bd5 46. Ng6 Ng2 47. Kd4 Bb7 48. h4 Bf3 49. Bf1 Ne1 50. Ne5 Nc2+ 51. Kc3 Be4 52. h5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 13th May Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Carlsen, M.."]
[Black "Pranav, V.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2025.05.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. e4 e5 11. Re1 Re8 12. f3 Nf8 13. Nf1 Ne6 14. Bc2 Nh5 15. g3 $146 ({RR} 15. Be3 Nhf4 16. d5 Nc5 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Qd2 Qf6 19. Qd4 Re5 20. Re2 Rae8 21. Rf2 Qh6 22. Qd2 Ba6 23. Bb3 Rh5 24. g4 Rhe5 25. Rd1 Bc8 26. Bc2 a5 27. Qe2 f5 28. h3 fxe4 29. fxe4 Nxe4 {Seegolam,A (1671)-Chinasamy,D (2088) Etang Sale 2006 0-1 (35)}) 15... g6 16. Ne3 Nf6 17. a4 a5 18. Ra2 Bc8 19. Bb1 Qe7 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. cxd5 Ng5 22. h4 Nh3+ 23. Kg2 g5 24. hxg5 Nxg5 25. f4 exf4 26. gxf4 Nh3 27. Qh5 Kh8 28. f5 Ng5 29. Bxg5 Rg8 30. Qxh7+ 1-0

[Event "MrDodgy Inv 3 Finals"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.11.30"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Carlsen, M.."]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2859"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2022.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8. Qc2 b6 ({RR} 8... Nc6 9. a4 Re8 10. cxd5 exd5 11. dxc5 Ne4 12. Bd3 h6 13. Ba3 Qa5 14. O-O Nxc5 15. Bb5 Ne4 16. c4 a6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Rfc1 Bd7 20. Bb2 Rac8 21. Qd1 Rxc1 22. Qxc1 Rc8 23. Qd1) 9. cxd5 ({RR} 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. Nd2 Nc6 11. O-O Na5 12. cxd5 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 exd5 14. a4 c4 15. Qe2 Re8 16. f3 Qe7 17. Re1 Rac8 18. Ba3 Qe6 19. e4 dxe4 20. fxe4 Nb3 21. Nxb3 cxb3 22. e5 Rxc3 23. a5 Nd5) 9... exd5 10. c4 ({RR} 10. Ne5 Re8 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. O-O Nb8 14. Bb2 Nbd7 15. c4 cxd4 16. Nc6 Qc8 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd4 Nc5 19. Nb4 Nxb4 20. axb4 Ne6 21. Bc3 Qc4 22. Rfc1 Rec8 23. Qf5 Qb3 24. Qe5 Rc7 {Caruana,F (2835)-Dominguez Perez,L (2758) Lichess.org INT 2020 ½-½ (95)}) ({RR} 10. Be2 Ne4 ({RR} 10... Ba6 11. O-O Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nbd7 13. a4 Re8 14. c4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. cxd5 Qxd5 17. Bb2 Nc4 18. Nb5 Nxb2 19. Qxb2 Qe5 20. Qxe5 Rxe5 21. Rfc1 Ne8 22. Kf1 g6 23. Ke2 h5 24. Rc6 Kg7 25. h3) 11. O-O Bf5 12. Bd3 c4 13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Qd1 Nc6 15. Nd2 Bd3 16. Re1 Re8 17. Qg4 g6 18. Bb2 b5 19. e4 dxe4 20. a4 f5 21. Qf4 b4 22. Re3 Ne7 23. Qh6 Nd5 24. Rh3 Qd7 {Da Costa,E (1556)-Silva,J (1934) Timbo/SC 2024 0-1 (31)}) 10... cxd4 $146 ({RR} 10... Bb7 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Bc4 Qh5 14. Be2 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Qg5 17. Bf3 Rac8 18. Qb2 Qa5+ 19. Qb4 Qxb4+ 20. axb4 Bxf3 21. Bxf6 Bd5 22. Bd4 Rc4 23. O-O Rxb4 24. Rxa7 Rb3 25. Rc1 {Turecek,V-Szirmai,E Pardubice 1994 1-0 (43)}) 11. Nxd4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bb7 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Bb2 Rc8 15. Qe2 Ne5 16. Ne6 fxe6 17. Bxe5 Bd5 18. Ba6 Rc5 19. Bd4 Rc7 20. f3 Nd7 21. e4 Bb3 22. Bb5 Qg5 23. Be3 Qe5 24. Rac1 Nc5 25. Bc4 Bxc4 26. Rxc4 Rd7 27. Rfc1 Rfd8 28. Bxc5 bxc5 29. Rxc5 Qd4+ 30. Qf2 Qa4 31. h3 Qxa3 32. Kh2 h6 33. Qg3 Qb2 34. Rc6 Qf6 35. Ra6 Re7 36. Rcc6 Rde8 37. Rc5 Qf7 38. Qe5 Kh7 39. Rca5 Qf6 40. Qxf6 gxf6 41. h4 Kg6 42. h5+ Kf7 43. Rxa7 e5 44. Kh3 Rb8 45. Rxe7+ Kxe7 46. Ra7+ Ke6 47. Rh7 Rb1 48. Rxh6 Rh1+ 49. Kg4 1-0

[Event "MrDodgy Inv 3 Finals"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.11.30"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Carlsen, M.."]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2859"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2022.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8. Qc2 b6 ({RR} 8... Nc6 9. a4 Re8 10. cxd5 exd5 11. dxc5 Ne4 12. Bd3 h6 13. Ba3 Qa5 14. O-O Nxc5 15. Bb5 Ne4 16. c4 a6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Rfc1 Bd7 20. Bb2 Rac8 21. Qd1 Rxc1 22. Qxc1 Rc8 23. Qd1) 9. cxd5 ({RR} 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. Nd2 Nc6 11. O-O Na5 12. cxd5 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 exd5 14. a4 c4 15. Qe2 Re8 16. f3 Qe7 17. Re1 Rac8 18. Ba3 Qe6 19. e4 dxe4 20. fxe4 Nb3 21. Nxb3 cxb3 22. e5 Rxc3 23. a5 Nd5) 9... exd5 10. c4 ({RR} 10. Ne5 Re8 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. O-O Nb8 14. Bb2 Nbd7 15. c4 cxd4 16. Nc6 Qc8 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd4 Nc5 19. Nb4 Nxb4 20. axb4 Ne6 21. Bc3 Qc4 22. Rfc1 Rec8 23. Qf5 Qb3 24. Qe5 Rc7 {Caruana,F (2835)-Dominguez Perez,L (2758) Lichess.org INT 2020 ½-½ (95)}) ({RR} 10. Be2 Ne4 ({RR} 10... Ba6 11. O-O Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nbd7 13. a4 Re8 14. c4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. cxd5 Qxd5 17. Bb2 Nc4 18. Nb5 Nxb2 19. Qxb2 Qe5 20. Qxe5 Rxe5 21. Rfc1 Ne8 22. Kf1 g6 23. Ke2 h5 24. Rc6 Kg7 25. h3) 11. O-O Bf5 12. Bd3 c4 13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Qd1 Nc6 15. Nd2 Bd3 16. Re1 Re8 17. Qg4 g6 18. Bb2 b5 19. e4 dxe4 20. a4 f5 21. Qf4 b4 22. Re3 Ne7 23. Qh6 Nd5 24. Rh3 Qd7 {Da Costa,E (1556)-Silva,J (1934) Timbo/SC 2024 0-1 (31)}) 10... cxd4 $146 ({RR} 10... Bb7 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Bc4 Qh5 14. Be2 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Qg5 17. Bf3 Rac8 18. Qb2 Qa5+ 19. Qb4 Qxb4+ 20. axb4 Bxf3 21. Bxf6 Bd5 22. Bd4 Rc4 23. O-O Rxb4 24. Rxa7 Rb3 25. Rc1 {Turecek,V-Szirmai,E Pardubice 1994 1-0 (43)}) 11. Nxd4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bb7 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Bb2 Rc8 15. Qe2 Ne5 16. Ne6 fxe6 17. Bxe5 Bd5 18. Ba6 Rc5 19. Bd4 Rc7 20. f3 Nd7 21. e4 Bb3 22. Bb5 Qg5 23. Be3 Qe5 24. Rac1 Nc5 25. Bc4 Bxc4 26. Rxc4 Rd7 27. Rfc1 Rfd8 28. Bxc5 bxc5 29. Rxc5 Qd4+ 30. Qf2 Qa4 31. h3 Qxa3 32. Kh2 h6 33. Qg3 Qb2 34. Rc6 Qf6 35. Ra6 Re7 36. Rcc6 Rde8 37. Rc5 Qf7 38. Qe5 Kh7 39. Rca5 Qf6 40. Qxf6 gxf6 41. h4 Kg6 42. h5+ Kf7 43. Rxa7 e5 44. Kh3 Rb8 45. Rxe7+ Kxe7 46. Ra7+ Ke6 47. Rh7 Rb1 48. Rxh6 Rh1+ 49. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Shaposhnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "Golod,Vitali"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. e3 a6 8. b3 Qc7 {Same position with rearrangement of moves also it is possible to receive,after 7...c7 8.b3 a6.} 9. Bb2 (9. g4 $5 {You can see my annotations to game: Bareev,E-Sakaev,K/Moscow,2001/CBM 86(1-0)(26)}) 9... b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. g4 $5 {Typical move in this pawn structure.Besides White has several options:} (11. Rd1 $5 {You can see comments to Kiriakov,P-Tiviakov,S/Port Erin,1999/CBM 74(1-0)(Golod,V)(34)}) (11. h3 $6) ({and} 11. O-O) 11... Nxg4 $6 $146 {Honestly,I have to confess that accepting the pawn sacrifice is a very brave decision.However the game has shown a clear estimate...} ({The games,which have reached this position were continued as follows:} 11... h6 $5 12. Rg1 Nc6 13. O-O-O $5 (13. a3 Rc8 14. h4 h5 $5 $132 {Foisor,S-Hernandez,R/Balaguer,2003(0-1)(31)}) ({It deserves serious attention:} 13. h4 $5 d5 $1 (13... O-O-O $140 14. g5 hxg5 15. hxg5 Ne8 16. a3 $14 {[%cal Gb3b4,Ge1c1,Ga1d1] White has a clear advantage because of a bad position of e8}) (13... d6 $2 14. a3 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gb3b4]}) 14. g5 hxg5 15. hxg5 Nd7 $1 (15... Nh5 $143 {[%cal Gh5g7]} 16. cxd5 Nb4 17. Qc1 $1 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Ba3 {[%csl Rc7]} Bd6 20. Qxc7 Bxc7 21. Rc1 $14 {[%csl Rh5]}) 16. cxd5 Nb4 17. Qd1 $5 {[%csl Yd1,Ye2] Protecting the knight on f3.} (17. Qd2 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxg7 Rh3 20. Nd4 Qh2 21. Rg4 $13) 17... Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxg7 Rg8 20. Bb2 Bb4+ 21. Kf1 Qb7 $44) 13... O-O-O 14. a3 (14. h4 $6 d5 $1 15. g5 (15. a3 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Rxd1+ 17. Nxd1 Na5 $15 {[%csl Rc2,Rf3][%cal Gb7e4]}) 15... hxg5 16. hxg5 Nb4 17. Qb1 Ne4 $15) 14... Be7 15. h4 d6 $13 {Margvelashvili,G-Zhumabaev,R/Halkidiki,2003(½-½)(81)}) 12. Rg1 {[%csl Rg4,Rg7]} Nxh2 (12... Ne5 $6 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. O-O-O $36 {[%csl Gb2,Re5,Gg1,Rg7][%cal Gc3d5]}) (12... f5 $5 {[%csl Rf2,Yf5][%cal Gg4f2,Yf5e4] The idea is to keep White's king in the center.} 13. h3 (13. Ng5 $4 Qxh2 $19) ({Not enough for equality is:} 13. a3 $2 O-O 14. Na4 Be7 15. Bd4 Nc6 $1 16. Bxb6 Qb8 $15 {[%csl Rb6]}) 13... Nh2 $6 (13... Ne5 $5) 14. Nd5 $3 (14. Nxh2 $143 Qxh2 15. Rxg7 Bf8 16. Rg3 (16. Rg5 Be7 17. Rg7 $11 (17. Na4 Bxg5 18. Bxh8 Qh1+ 19. Kd2 Qh2 $13)) 16... Bd6 17. Bh5+ Kd8 18. Rg7 Qh1+ 19. Kd2 Qxh3 $15) (14. Ng5 $143 {Similar continuation was in the game,but here the pawn on h2 remained on the board.} Nc6 15. Na4 Bb4+ 16. Bc3 Qe5 $1 17. Rh1 (17. O-O-O Bxc3 18. Qxc3 ({Dubious is:} 18. Nxc3 $2 {in view of:} Nb4 19. Qd2 Qxc3+ $1 20. Qxc3 Nxa2+ 21. Kb2 Nxc3 22. Kxc3 Bc6 $1 $17 (22... h6 $2 {Look's so trivial but also so bad...} 23. Nf7 $3 {[%csl Rb7,Rd7][%cal Gf7e5,Gd1d7]})) 18... Qxc3+ 19. Nxc3 Ne7 $15 {[%cal Yb7h1]}) 17... Bxc3+ (17... b5 $5) 18. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 19. Nxc3 Nd4 $1 20. Rxh2 Nc2+ 21. Kd2 Nxa1 22. Kc1 {[%csl Ra1] /}) 14... Bb4+ $5 {Calm reaction.} (14... Nxf3+ $143 15. Bxf3 Bb4+ {[%csl Rf3]} 16. Kf1 Bxd5 ({Also loses a game:} 16... exd5 17. Bxg7 Rf8 18. Bh5+ Kd8 19. Bxf8 Bxf8 20. Qxf5 $18 {[%csl Rd8,Rf8][%cal Gg1g8]}) 17. Bxd5 Nc6 (17... exd5 $2 18. Bxg7 Rg8 19. Qxf5 Qd6 20. Qxh7 Qe6 (20... Rxg7 21. Rxg7 Kd8 22. Rd1 $18) 21. cxd5 Qxd5 22. Rg5 $1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gh7g8]} Qf7 (22... Rxg7 23. Qxg7 $18) (22... Qxg5 23. Qxg8+ Ke7 24. Bf8+ Kf6 25. Qxg5+ Kxg5 26. Bxb4 $18) 23. Qe4+ Be7 24. Rc1 $1 {[%cal Gc1c8]} Nc6 25. Rxc6 Rxg7 26. Rxg7 Qxg7 27. Rg6 {[%csl Ra8,Rg7]} Qa1+ (27... d5 28. Qe6 {[%csl Re8,Rg7][%cal Ge6c6]} Qa1+ 29. Kg2 $18) 28. Kg2 Kf7 29. Rg4 $18 {[%csl Ra8,Rf7][%cal Ge4a8,Ge4g6,Gg6g8]}) 18. Rxg7 Be7 19. Bf3 O-O-O 20. Rd1 $16) ({Even worse is:} 14... exd5 15. Bxg7 Rg8 (15... dxc4 16. Bxh8 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Bb4+ 18. Kf1 Bxf3 19. Qxf5 $18 {[%csl Re8,Rf3][%cal Gg1g8]}) 16. Qxf5 {[%csl Re8,Gg1][%cal Gf5h5,Gg7f6]} Qd6 (16... Bb4+ 17. Nd2 {[%cal Ge2h5]}) 17. Qxh7 Bb4+ 18. Nd2 {[%csl Re8,Rg8][%cal Ge2h5]} (18. Kd1 dxc4+ 19. Nd4 Rxg7 20. Rxg7 Kd8 $16) 18... Bxd2+ (18... Rxg7 19. Qxg7 Bxd2+ (19... Kd8 20. Rg6 Qe7 21. Qd4 $18 {[%csl Rd8,Rh2][%cal Gd4b6,Gg6b6]}) 20. Kxd2 dxc4+ 21. Kc3 Kd8 22. Rad1 $18) 19. Kxd2 dxc4+ 20. Kc3 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Ge2h5,Gh7g8]} Rf8 (20... Rxg7 21. Qh8+ $1 Qf8 22. Bh5+ {[%csl Re8,Rf8,Rg7][%cal Gg1g7,Gh8f8]} Rg6 23. Bxg6+ Ke7 24. Qe5+ Kd8 25. Qxh2 $18) 21. Qh5+ Kd8 22. Rg6 Qe7 23. Bxf8 Qxf8 24. Qg5+ {[%csl Rd8,Rf8][%cal Gg6g8]} Kc7 25. Qg3+ {[%csl Rc7,Rh2]} d6 26. Rd1 $18) 15. Nxb4 (15. Kd1 $2 exd5 16. Bxg7 (16. Qxf5 $2 Rf8 17. Qh5+ g6 18. Qxh7 Nxf3 19. Qxg6+ Kd8 $19) 16... dxc4 17. Bxh8 (17. Qxf5 $2 Nxf3 {[%csl Rd1][%cal Gc7d6]} 18. Bxf3 Bxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Qd6+ 20. Bd4 Nc6 $19) 17... Be4 18. Qxc4 Qxc4 19. Bxc4 Bxf3+ 20. Be2 Nc6 $15 21. Rg8+ $140 $6 Bf8 {[%cal Ge8f7]}) 15... Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bxf3 17. Rxg7 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gb2f6]} (17. Qc3 $143 Nc6 18. Rxg7 O-O-O 19. Nxa6 Qh2 {[%csl Re1]} 20. Rg3 Bh5 $13) 17... Nc6 (17... Rf8 18. Qc3 Qh2 (18... Nc6 $143 19. Ba3 $1 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Yb4c2,Yg7e7]} Ne5 20. Nc2 $18) 19. Qe5 Qxe5 20. Bxe5 $16) 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 (18... Qxc6 19. Bf6 {[%csl Re8][%cal Gc2c3,Gf6h4] /+-}) 19. Bf6 {[%csl Re8][%cal Gc2d1,Gd1h5] White has a very strong attack because Black's king didn't escape from the center.White threaten to transfer the queen to "f6" or to "h5". For example,if:} Rf8 {then:} 20. Qd1 $3 Rxf6 $140 21. Qh5+ Kd8 22. Rg8+ Ke7 23. Qxh7+ Rf7 (23... Kd6 24. Rd1+ Bd5 (24... Kc5 25. Qe7+ {[%csl Rc5,Rc7]}) 25. Rxa8 $18) 24. Qh4+ Kd6 25. O-O-O+ Bd5 26. Qf4+ Kc6 27. cxd5+ exd5 28. Qxc7+ Kxc7 29. Rxa8 $18) 13. Ng5 $1 {[%csl Rh2]} (13. Nxh2 $143 Qxh2 14. Rxg7 Nc6 15. Na4 (15. Ne4 $2 Bb4+ 16. Nd2 $15) 15... O-O-O (15... Bf8 $6 16. Rg3 {[%csl Rb6]} Bb4+ 17. Bc3 Bxc3+ 18. Qxc3 O-O-O 19. Nxb6+ Kc7 20. c5 $14) 16. Nxc5 bxc5 17. Bf3 $44 {[%cal Ge1c1,Ga1d1]}) 13... Nc6 ({Of course not:} 13... h6 $2 14. Nxf7 $1 {[%csl Re8][%cal Ge2h5] with decisive attack.}) (13... f5 14. O-O-O Nc6 15. Na4 {[%csl Re8,Rg7][%cal Ge2h5,Yb2g7]} Rg8 16. Nxc5 bxc5 17. Bh5+ g6 18. f4 {[%csl Rh2]} O-O-O (18... gxh5 $4 19. Nxe6 $18 {[%csl Rc7,Rg8]}) 19. Qxh2 gxh5 20. Bf6 Rde8 21. Qxh5 Kb8 22. Qxh7 $14) 14. O-O-O Ne5 $6 {[%cal Yh2f3] Black had a uneasy choice, and he did not manage to find the best continuation.} (14... f5 {transfers to 13...f5}) ({Deserves more attention:} 14... d5 $1 15. Bh5 {[%csl Rf7]} (15. cxd5 $143 Nb4 16. Qe4 O-O-O 17. Kb1 h6 18. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 19. Qxe6+ Qd7 20. Qxd7+ Rxd7 21. Rg2 {[%csl Rh2]} Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxh2 $13) 15... g6 {[%csl Rc1][%cal Gd5d4,Gc7f4]} 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Bxh8 Nb4 $132) (14... Be7 $143 15. Nxf7 $1 Nb4 (15... Kxf7 $2 16. Nd5 $1 {[%csl Gb2,Rc7,Ye2,Rg7][%cal Gc2f5,Gg1g7,Ye2h5]} exd5 17. Bh5+ g6 18. Bxg6+ $18) 16. Qb1 Kxf7 17. Rxg7+ $3 {[%csl Gb2,Rc7]} Ke8 18. Rxh7 Rxh7 19. Qxh7 {[%csl Re8,Rh2][%cal Ge2h5]} d5 20. a3 Bd6 21. Qh6 $18 {[%csl Re6]}) (14... h6 $2 {is still losing because of:} 15. Nxf7 $1) 15. Nce4 $1 $16 {[%csl Gb2,Ye2,Ge4,Gg5,Rg7][%cal Gf2f4,Ye2h5] Black's position already very difficult.} O-O-O ({Not better is:} 15... h5 {[%cal Gh2g4]} 16. Nxc5 bxc5 17. f4 Nhg4 (17... Neg4 $144 18. Bxg7 Rg8 19. Qh7 {[%csl Rg8]}) 18. Bxg4 Nxg4 19. Bxg7 Rg8 20. Qh7 $16 {[%csl Rg8]}) ({or} 15... h6 $6 16. Nxc5 bxc5 17. Ne4 $16 {[%csl Rd6,Rg7][%cal Ge4d6,Gg1g7]} d5 $140 $2 18. Nxc5 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gc5b7]} Nhf3 (18... Qxc5 $2 19. Bxe5 dxc4 20. Bxh2 $18) 19. Bxf3 Nxf3 20. Nxe6 {[%csl Gb2,Gc2,Re8,Gg1][%cal Gg1g7]} fxe6 21. Rxg7 $18) 16. Nxc5 bxc5 (16... Qxc5 $2 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Nc6 19. Qh4 $18 {[%csl Rh2]}) 17. f4 $146 Nef3 (17... f6 $143 18. Ne4 Ng6 19. Rh1 {[%csl Ye2,Gh1,Rh2][%cal Gh1h2]} Nxf4 20. Nd6+ Kb8 21. Rxh2 $18) 18. Nxf7 Nxg1 (18... Rhg8 $2 {is refuted by:} 19. Nxd8 Nxg1 (19... Qxd8 20. Rg3 $18 {[%csl Rf3,Rh2]}) 20. Nxb7 Nxe2+ 21. Qxe2 Qxb7 22. Qxh2 $18) 19. Rxg1 Nf3 20. Rxg7 Rhg8 21. Nxd8 Qxd8 22. Bf6 $6 ({Looks more convincing:} 22. Qxh7 $142 {but Black still can defends with:} Rh8 $1 (22... Rxg7 $143 23. Qxg7 Bc6 24. Bc3 $16 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Ga2a3,Gb3b4,Gg7g4]}) 23. Qd3 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Gg7g3]} Rh1+ 24. Bd1 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gd3d6]} Ne1 25. Qd6 Nd3+ $1 26. Qxd3 Bf3 27. Bf6 {[%csl Rd7,Yd8][%cal Gd3d7,Yd8d7,Gf6d8]} Qc7 28. Rg8+ Kb7 29. Be5 Qc6 30. Qg6 $1 {[%csl Rb7,Gg6,Gg8][%cal Gg6e8]} Rxd1+ 31. Kb2 Rd2+ 32. Ka3 Ka7 33. Qe8 {[%csl Ra7]} Qb7 34. Bc3 Rd3 35. Rg7 $1 Bc6 36. Ba5 $16 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Ge8f8]}) 22... Qf8 23. Qxh7 Rh8 $1 (23... Rxg7 $143 24. Bxg7 Qe8 25. Bc3 Kc7 {[%csl Yb7,Rf3][%cal Ye8a8]} 26. a3 {[%cal Gb3b4] /+-}) (23... Qxf6 $2 24. Rxg8+ Kc7 25. Qh8 $18) 24. Qg6 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Yf6e7]} Rh1+ 25. Kb2 Rg1 26. Bg5 Rxg5 $2 {Black throws the game just a few moves before it has been really started:} (26... Nh4 $1 27. Qh7 $140 Be4 $1 28. Rg8 Bxh7 29. Rxf8+ Kc7 {[%cal Gg1g2]} 30. Ka3 Bb1 $1 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Gg1g2]} 31. Bd8+ Kd6 32. Bxh4 Rg2 33. Re8 Rxe2 34. Be7+ Kc7 35. Bxc5 Rxa2+ 36. Kb4 {/}) 27. fxg5 $18 {The further resistance is senseless.} Ne5 28. Qf6 Qd6 29. Rg8+ Kc7 30. Kc3 1-0

[Event "85th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2023.01.27"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Carlsen, M.."]
[Black "So, W.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2859"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2023.01.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Be6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Bxe6 ({RR} 15. Rc1 Rfd8 16. Qa4 Ne5 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Rfd1 Nd3 19. Rb1 h6 20. Rd2 Rd7 21. h3 Rad8 22. Qc2 Qe4 23. Rbd1 f5 24. g3 Rd6 25. Bf4 Rd5 26. Bc7 R8d7 27. Bb8 Kh7 28. Re2 Nb4 29. Rxd5 Qxc2 {Maghsoodloo,P (2699)-Chigaev,M (2631) Chess.com INT 2022 0-1 (71)}) 15... Qxe6 16. Rc1 ({RR} 16. Re1 Rfe8 17. h3 h6 18. Qa4 Ne5 19. Bd4 Qc4 20. Qxc4 Nxc4 21. Bc3 f6 22. Rad1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Kf7 24. Kf1 {½-½ (24) Wenninger,P (2340)-Schellenberg,S (2191) Schwaebisch Gmuend GER 2025}) 16... Rac8 $146 ({RR} 16... Ne7 17. Re1 Rfd8 18. Qa4 Qf6 19. b4 Nd5 20. h3 h6 21. Qa6 Qf5 22. Re2 Kh7 23. Rce1 Rd6 24. Bc1 Rg6 25. f3 Qxf3 26. Rf2 Qc3 27. Ref1 Ne3 28. Bxe3 Qxe3 29. Kh1 Qe4 30. Qe2 f5 31. Qf3 {Rubinstein,A-Ahues,C Liege 1930 0-1 (73)}) 17. Qa4 Na5 18. Qf4 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Qxc8 21. h3 Nc6 22. a4 Qd7 23. Kh2 Qe7 24. Qf3 Qe8 25. b3 h6 26. Qd5 Qe6 27. Qxe6 fxe6 28. Kg3 Kf7 29. Kf4 e5+ 30. Kf5 h5 31. Bd2 g6+ 32. Ke4 Ke6 33. Bc3 a6 34. f3 b5 35. g3 b4 36. Be1 Nd4 37. Bxb4 Nxb3 38. a5 Nd4 39. Bc3 Nb3 40. Bb4 Nd4 41. g4 Ne2 42. Bd2 Ng1 43. h4 Ne2 44. Be1 Nc1 45. gxh5 gxh5 46. Bc3 Nb3 47. f4 Nc5+ 48. Ke3 Nd7 49. fxe5 Nxe5 50. Kf4 Ng6+ 51. Kg5 Nxh4 52. Kxh4 Kd5 53. Kxh5 Kc4 54. Bg7 Kb4 55. Bf6 Kxa5 56. Bd8+ Kb5 57. Kh6 a5 58. Bxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2862"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,Michal"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3 Nbd7 9. Bg2 Nb6 10. O-O Re8 ({RR} 10... a5 11. h3 Re8 12. g4 h6 13. Ng3 c6 14. f4 Nh7 15. b3 Bh4 16. Kh2 Bxg3+ 17. Kxg3 f5 18. a4 Be6 19. Bf3 Nc8 20. Ra2 Nd6 21. Rg2 Nf6 22. Kh2 b5 23. g5 hxg5 24. fxg5 Nh7 25. h4 {Ponomariov,R (2726)-Eljanov,P (2693) Kharkov 2009 1-0 (38)}) 11. b3 {The whole line is harmless, and the text move doesn't change the evaluation.} (11. Nf4 {is the most common continuation:} c6 12. b3 (12. f3 c5 $1 13. Kh1 Bf8 14. Re1 Bd7 15. Nd3 cxd4 16. exd4 Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 Na4 18. Ne5 Rc8 19. Nxa4 Bxa4 20. Bd2 Nd7 {1/2 (20) Petrosian,T-Szabo,L Amsterdam/Leeuwarden 1956 Candidates [ChessBase]}) 12... Bd6 (12... Bf8 13. Nd3 a5 14. Ne5 Nfd7 15. Nd3 Nf6 16. Re1 Ne4 17. Bb2 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 a4 19. b4 Nc4 $132 {1/2 (71) Giorgadze,G-Emms,J (2500) Muenster 1995}) 13. Nd3 Bf5 14. Bb2 h5 15. h4 Qe7 16. Re1 Rad8 17. Ne2 Be4 18. Nef4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 g6 20. f3 Qc7 21. Qc2 Nbd7 22. Re2 Re7 23. Rae1 Rde8 $11 {1/2 (40) Smyslov,V (2605)-Farago,I (2460) Szolnok 1975}) ({RR} 11. Qc2 Bd7 12. Nf4 c6 13. Rd1 Qc8 14. b3 Bf5 15. Qa2 h6 16. a4 a5 17. Ba3 Qd8 18. Nd3 Nbd7 19. Rab1 Bb4 20. Qb2 Bxd3 21. Rxd3 Qe7 22. Bxb4 Qxb4 23. Qc2 Qe7 24. Rdd1 Nb8 25. Qd2 Na6 {Poghosyan,S (2266)-Iljiushenok,I (2547) Ershovo RUS 2024 ½-½ (37)}) 11... h6 {Two other, more straightforward continuations, seen in practice long ago, are probably even more convincing:} (11... Bf5 $5 12. f3 c5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nf4 cxd4 15. exd4 Rc8 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Qd3 Bd6 {'with the idea' h2, c7} 18. h3 Bb8 19. Bd2 Qd6 20. f4 Rcd8 $132 {0-1 (35) Vera Gonzalez Quevedo,R (2485)-Chandler,M (2560) Novi Sad 1990}) (11... a5 $5 12. a4 (12. Bd2 Bf5 13. a4 c6 14. f3 Bb4 15. Re1 h5 16. Nf4 Qd7 17. Bf1 Bd6 18. h4 Re7 19. Nce2 Qc7 20. Nc1 Nbd7 21. Ncd3 Rae8 $36 {1-0 (40) Bilek,I (2490)-Planinec,A (2510) Skopje 1971}) 12... Bb4 13. f3 Bf5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Bd2 h6 16. Re1 Bh7 17. Ng3 Nbd7 $15 {1/2 (33) Spassky,B-Petrosian,T Amsterdam/Leeuwarden 1956}) 12. Qc2 $146 ({RR} 12. a4 a5 13. Ba3 Bxa3 14. Rxa3 Qe7 15. Ra2 Bf5 16. Nf4 Rad8 17. Nd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 c6 19. Rb1 Nc8 20. Rab2 Nd6 21. h3 Nfe4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Qc3 Qc7 24. b4 axb4 25. Qxb4 Ra8 26. Ra2 Ra5 {Vifleemskaia,S (1926)-Agamaliev,G (2485) Chess.com INT 2021 0-1 (60)}) ({RR} 12. a4 a5 13. Ba3 Bxa3 14. Rxa3 Qe7 15. Ra2 Bf5 16. Nf4 Rad8 17. Nd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 c6 19. Rb1 Nc8 20. Rab2 Nd6 21. h3 Nfe4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Qc3 Qc7 24. b4 axb4 25. Qxb4 Ra8 26. Ra2 Ra5 {Vifleemskaia,S (1926)-Agamaliev,G (2485) Chess.com INT 2021 0-1 (60)}) 12... Bd7 13. a4 a5 14. Nf4 c6 15. Bb2 Bb4 16. Nd3 Bf5 17. Qd1 Bd6 {Black's pieces are placed very well, and it is difficult for White to get active play.} 18. Re1 Nbd7 19. Ba3 Bxa3 20. Rxa3 Nb8 $5 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Yb8a6]} 21. Ra2 Na6 22. Rae2 Re7 23. Ne5 Nb4 24. e4 {[%mdl 256] Probably a correct decision. White gets a slightly inferior position with an isolated central pawn but easily holds it.} dxe4 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 Nxe4 27. Rxe4 Qd5 28. R4e3 {It is important that Black's a5-pawn is vulnerable, and White can attack it by means of e5-c4.} b5 29. Ng4 Rxe3 30. Nxe3 Qe4 31. Ng4 Qc2 32. Ne3 Qe4 (32... Qxd1 33. Rxd1 Rd8 34. Kf1 $11 Nd5 35. Rc1 {[%csl Rc6]}) 33. Ng4 Qc2 34. Ne3 Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "85th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2023.01.27"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Carlsen, M.."]
[Black "So, W.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2859"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2023.01.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Be6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Bxe6 ({RR} 15. Rc1 Rfd8 16. Qa4 Ne5 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Rfd1 Nd3 19. Rb1 h6 20. Rd2 Rd7 21. h3 Rad8 22. Qc2 Qe4 23. Rbd1 f5 24. g3 Rd6 25. Bf4 Rd5 26. Bc7 R8d7 27. Bb8 Kh7 28. Re2 Nb4 29. Rxd5 Qxc2 {Maghsoodloo,P (2699)-Chigaev,M (2631) Chess.com INT 2022 0-1 (71)}) 15... Qxe6 16. Rc1 ({RR} 16. Re1 Rfe8 17. h3 h6 18. Qa4 Ne5 19. Bd4 Qc4 20. Qxc4 Nxc4 21. Bc3 f6 22. Rad1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Kf7 24. Kf1 {½-½ (24) Wenninger,P (2340)-Schellenberg,S (2191) Schwaebisch Gmuend GER 2025}) 16... Rac8 $146 ({RR} 16... Ne7 17. Re1 Rfd8 18. Qa4 Qf6 19. b4 Nd5 20. h3 h6 21. Qa6 Qf5 22. Re2 Kh7 23. Rce1 Rd6 24. Bc1 Rg6 25. f3 Qxf3 26. Rf2 Qc3 27. Ref1 Ne3 28. Bxe3 Qxe3 29. Kh1 Qe4 30. Qe2 f5 31. Qf3 {Rubinstein,A-Ahues,C Liege 1930 0-1 (73)}) 17. Qa4 Na5 18. Qf4 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Qxc8 21. h3 Nc6 22. a4 Qd7 23. Kh2 Qe7 24. Qf3 Qe8 25. b3 h6 26. Qd5 Qe6 27. Qxe6 fxe6 28. Kg3 Kf7 29. Kf4 e5+ 30. Kf5 h5 31. Bd2 g6+ 32. Ke4 Ke6 33. Bc3 a6 34. f3 b5 35. g3 b4 36. Be1 Nd4 37. Bxb4 Nxb3 38. a5 Nd4 39. Bc3 Nb3 40. Bb4 Nd4 41. g4 Ne2 42. Bd2 Ng1 43. h4 Ne2 44. Be1 Nc1 45. gxh5 gxh5 46. Bc3 Nb3 47. f4 Nc5+ 48. Ke3 Nd7 49. fxe5 Nxe5 50. Kf4 Ng6+ 51. Kg5 Nxh4 52. Kxh4 Kd5 53. Kxh5 Kc4 54. Bg7 Kb4 55. Bf6 Kxa5 56. Bd8+ Kb5 57. Kh6 a5 58. Bxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Ne4 6. Qd3 Qa5 7. Qxe4 Bxc3+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Nxd2 O-O 10. Bg2 ({RR} 10. dxc5 Nc6 11. Bg2 b6 12. Qe3 Bb7 13. O-O Qxc5 14. Qxc5 bxc5 15. Rfd1 Rab8 16. Nb3 Ne5 17. Nxc5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rxb2 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Rxd7 Rc2 21. Rxa7 g5 22. a4 Rxe2 23. Rd1 Rc2 24. Rd4 Kg7 {Onischuk,A (2659)-Van Wely,L (2662) Tromsoe 2014 1-0 (36)}) 10... d6 ({RR} 10... Nc6 11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. O-O b5 13. Rfc1 bxc4 14. Qxc4 Qxc4 15. Nxc4 d5 16. Nb6 axb6 17. Rxc6 b5 18. Rc7 Rd8 19. e4 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Rb8 21. b3 b4 22. Rac1 Kf8 23. h4 h6 24. Ra7 Bd7 25. Rc4 {Pechac,J (2600)-Petrov,N (2567) Austria AUT 2025 ½-½ (35)}) 11. dxc5 $146 ({RR} 11. Qe3 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Rd8 13. O-O Nc6 14. Qe3 Qe5 15. Qxe5 Nxe5 16. f4 Ng4 17. Rf3 Bd7 18. Rd3 Bc6 19. Rd1 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 d5 21. Nf1 Nf6 22. Ne3 Re8 23. cxd5 exd5 24. Kf3 Re7 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 {Vassin,V-Ooi,C Moscow 1994 1-0 (55)}) ({RR} 11. Qe3 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Nc6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. O-O Rd8 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. c5 d5 17. f4 f6 18. Rf2 Re8 19. e4 e5 20. fxe5 Rxe5 21. exd5 Rxd5 22. Qf4 Qe7 23. Rd2 Re5 24. Rad1 Bh3 25. Qf3 Re8 {Salman,J (2240)-Antonio,R (2540) Hawaii 1998 0-1}) 11... dxc5 12. Qe3 Rd8 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. O-O Bd7 15. Qf4 e5 16. Qe3 Na6 17. Ne4 Bc6 18. Nc3 Rd4 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. cxb5 Nb4 21. Qb3 a5 22. Rxd4 cxd4 23. a3 Qc2 24. Qxc2 Nxc2 25. Bxb7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.08.05"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Carlsen, M.."]
[Black "Tari, A.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2023.07.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 c5 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Ne2 b6 9. d5 Ba6 10. f3 Nxc3 11. Nxc3 Bxc4 12. Bxc4 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qxc4 14. h4 exd5 $146 ({RR} 14... Na6 15. h5 Nc7 16. Rh4 Qa6 17. h6 g6 18. dxe6 Nxe6 19. Qd6 Qb7 20. Nd5 f6 21. O-O-O Rae8 22. Ra4 Rf7 23. f4 Qc6 24. Nc3 Nd4 25. Qxc6 Nxc6 26. e4 a5 27. Nb5 Rfe7 {½-½ (27) Klimkowski,J (2477)-Geirnaert,S (2419) Germany GER 2025}) 15. Nxd5 Nc6 16. b3 Qa6 17. Nc7 Qa5+ 18. b4 cxb4 19. Nxa8 bxa3+ 20. Qd2 Rxa8 21. Qxa5 Nxa5 22. Rxa3 Nc4 23. Ra6 Nxe3 24. Kf2 Nd5 25. Rha1 Kf8 26. Rxa7 Rxa7 27. Rxa7 Ke7 28. Rb7 h5 29. g4 g6 30. Rb8 Kd6 31. Kg3 f5 32. gxh5 gxh5 33. Rh8 f4+ 34. Kf2 Nf6 35. Ke2 Ke5 36. Kd3 d6 37. Rh6 d5 38. Rg6 b5 39. Rg5+ Ke6 40. Kc3 Nd7 41. Kd4 Nf6 42. Rg7 b4 43. Ra7 Ng8 44. Ra6+ Kf5 45. Kxd5 b3 46. Rb6 Ne7+ 47. Kc4 Ng6 48. Rxg6 Kxg6 49. Kxb3 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.08.05"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Carlsen, M.."]
[Black "Tari, A.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2023.07.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 c5 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Ne2 b6 9. d5 Ba6 10. f3 Nxc3 11. Nxc3 Bxc4 12. Bxc4 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qxc4 14. h4 exd5 $146 ({RR} 14... Na6 15. h5 Nc7 16. Rh4 Qa6 17. h6 g6 18. dxe6 Nxe6 19. Qd6 Qb7 20. Nd5 f6 21. O-O-O Rae8 22. Ra4 Rf7 23. f4 Qc6 24. Nc3 Nd4 25. Qxc6 Nxc6 26. e4 a5 27. Nb5 Rfe7 {½-½ (27) Klimkowski,J (2477)-Geirnaert,S (2419) Germany GER 2025}) 15. Nxd5 Nc6 16. b3 Qa6 17. Nc7 Qa5+ 18. b4 cxb4 19. Nxa8 bxa3+ 20. Qd2 Rxa8 21. Qxa5 Nxa5 22. Rxa3 Nc4 23. Ra6 Nxe3 24. Kf2 Nd5 25. Rha1 Kf8 26. Rxa7 Rxa7 27. Rxa7 Ke7 28. Rb7 h5 29. g4 g6 30. Rb8 Kd6 31. Kg3 f5 32. gxh5 gxh5 33. Rh8 f4+ 34. Kf2 Nf6 35. Ke2 Ke5 36. Kd3 d6 37. Rh6 d5 38. Rg6 b5 39. Rg5+ Ke6 40. Kc3 Nd7 41. Kd4 Nf6 42. Rg7 b4 43. Ra7 Ng8 44. Ra6+ Kf5 45. Kxd5 b3 46. Rb6 Ne7+ 47. Kc4 Ng6 48. Rxg6 Kxg6 49. Kxb3 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.08.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2877"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Finegold,Benjamin"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "23"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bd2 $5 {An unusual way to fight for an advantage.} Bb7 6. g3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Be7 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Nb5 d5 12. Ne5 Nc5 13. Rc1 a6 14. Nc3 dxc4 $146 {Diagram # White has nothing from the opening and the game is completely equal. Normally, this is where Magnus outplays his opponents, but, thus far, not in this event.} ({RR} 14... Rc8 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nf3 Ne6 17. Be5 Ne4 18. Nd4 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 b5 21. a4 Bc6 22. axb5 Bxb5 23. Ra1 Bc5 24. Re1 Re8 25. e3 Qd6 26. Bxc5 Qxc5 27. Qxd5 Qxd5 28. Bxd5 Rxc3 29. Bb7 {Wojtaszek,R (2727)-Navara,D (2734) Huaian 2016 ½-½ (79)}) 15. Bxb7 Nxb7 16. Qxd8 Raxd8 17. Nc6 $5 {Magnus does not want the equality offered by 17.Nxc4} Rde8 $5 (17... Rd7 18. Ne5 Rdd8 $11) 18. Rfd1 {Both sides decide to play for a win. Now Topalov is ahead a pawn, but his Rf8 is out of play and white may want to play Be5xf6 and penetrate with Rd7.} h6 19. e4 Bc5 $1 20. e5 {Diagram #} Nd5 $1 {Topalov plays very accurately and maintains equality by giving back the pawn.} 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Rxd5 b5 $5 (22... Re6 23. Nd4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 b5 $11) 23. Be3 $1 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Re6 25. Nd4 Rb6 26. b3 Rc8 27. Kg2 {Diagram #} Rc5 $1 {This temporary pawn sacrifice ensures black has no difficulties.} 28. Rxc5 Nxc5 29. bxc4 bxc4 30. Rxc4 Nd3 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. e6 fxe6 33. Kf3 Kg6 {Now the game is just a draw. But Magnus goes a little too far and things get interesting!} 34. a4 e5 35. Nc6 Kf5 36. g4+ (36. e4+ Ke6 37. Nb8 a5 38. Rc6+ Rxc6 39. Nxc6 Nb2 40. Nxa5 Nxa4 $11) 36... Ke6 37. a5 Rb5 38. Rd8 $2 (38. Rg8 Kd6 39. Nd8 Ke7 40. Nc6+ Kd6 $11) 38... Nc5 39. h4 Rb1 40. Rg8 Kd6 {Time control was reached and only Topalov can play for a win now!} 41. Nb8 e4+ 42. Kg2 Rb2+ 43. Kf1 Rb5 44. Kf2 $6 (44. Ke2 Kc7 (44... Ne6 45. Nxa6 Rxa5 46. Nb4 Rb5 47. Nc2 $11 {And the Ke2 makes all the difference (with the Kf2, as played in the game, now 47...Rb2 wins)}) 45. Nxa6+ Nxa6 46. Rxg7+ Kc8 47. g5 $11) 44... Ne6 45. Rc8 Rxa5 (45... Rc5 {People got excited when they saw the computer evals, but this is also a draw...} 46. Rxc5 Nxc5 47. h5 Kc7 48. Nxa6+ Nxa6 49. Kg3 $11) 46. Rc6+ Kd5 47. Rxa6 Rxa6 48. Nxa6 Kc6 49. Nb4+ Kc5 50. Nc2 Kc4 51. Ke2 g5 52. hxg5 hxg5 53. Kd2 {White needs to be careful, but this is an easy draw for Magnus.} Nc5 54. Na3+ Kb4 55. Nc2+ Kc4 56. Na3+ Kd5 57. Nb5 Nd7 58. Nc3+ Ke5 59. Nd1 Nf6 60. Nf2 Kd5 61. Nh3 Nxg4 62. Nxg5 Nxe3 63. Nxe4 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 45th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2012.07.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,Michal"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 b6 6. e4 c5 $6 {A second-rate move.} (6... d5 {and}) (6... Bb7 {are more common continuations.}) 7. e5 (7. dxc5 Bxc5 (7... Bxc3+ $5 8. bxc3 e5) 8. e5 Ng4 9. Qe4 $6 {leads to big complications, quite satisfactory for Black:} (9. Bd3 $142 Nc6 $1 $13) 9... Nxf2 10. Qxa8 Nc6 11. Rg1 Qe7 {[%cal Rc8a6]} 12. Bg5 f6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Bh4 Ng4 15. h3 {0-1 Toth,B (2405)-Olafsson,H (2370)/Thessaloniki 1984/EXT 1997 (36)} Bxg1 16. hxg4 Be3 $17) (7. a3 {is not dangerous either:} Bxc3+ $1 (7... cxd4 8. axb4 dxc3 9. e5 $36) (7... Ba5 8. e5) 8. bxc3 Bb7 9. Bd3 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e5 Ne4 {, and Black is more or less OK}) ({RR} 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. e5 Ng4 11. Bf4 Qd4 12. Bg3 Nxe5 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Rd1 Qc5 15. O-O Nxc4 16. Ne4 Ne3 17. Qb3 Qa5 18. Qxe3 Kxh7 19. a3 Be7 20. Bd6 Bxd6 21. Rxd6 Qf5 {Sarana,A (2685)-Vaibhav,S (2588) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (40)}) ({RR} 7. d5 exd5 8. exd5 Re8+ 9. Be2 Ba6 10. Be3 d6 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 h6 14. h3 Nf8 15. Bd3 g5 16. Rde1 Kg7 17. Nd2 Ng6 18. a4 Re7 19. Nf3 Qd7 20. Bd2 Rae8 21. Rxe7 Rxe7 {Sinha,S (2299)-Mandiza,F (2380) New York USA 2024 ½-½}) 7... Ne8 (7... cxd4 8. a3 $1 (8. Nxd4 Ne8 9. Bd3 (9. Qe4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. Bd3 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Qe2 e5 $132 {1/2 Kouatly,B (2460)-Miralles,G (2365)/Montpellier 1985/EXT 1999 (35)}) 9... f5 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Bg5 (11. O-O Bb7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Rad1 Rc8 {1/2 Brglez,R (2285)-Horvath,S (2320)/Austria 1995/EXT 1998 (25)} 16. a3 Be7 17. Bg3 $14 {/=}) 11... h6 12. Bh4 Bb7 13. O-O-O {1-0 Gausel,E (2490)-Bern,I (2360)/Gausdal 1995/EXT 1998 (62)} Qc8 14. Kb1 $14) 8... Bxc3+ $142 (8... dxc3 9. axb4 cxb2 (9... Ne8 10. Qxc3 (10. Bd3 $1) 10... f6 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O fxe5 13. Nxe5 d6 14. Nf3 Qf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. Nd4 $16 Nc7 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Ra3 Kh8 19. Rfa1 Rg8 20. f3 a6 21. b5 a5 22. b4 axb4 23. Rxa8 Bxa8 24. Ra7 Rc8 25. Bg7+ Kg8 26. Bxf6 Kf7 27. Bg5 e5 28. Nf5 {1-0 Erdos,V (2597)-Bruedigam,M (2317)/Deizisau 2011/CBM 141 Extra}) 10. Bxb2 Ne8 11. Bd3 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Ng5 (13. b5 $5 {[%csl Ra8,Rb8]} Bb7 14. Ng5) 13... h6 14. Nh7 Nc6 $1 (14... Nxh7 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Bxg7+ $1 Kxg7 17. Qg6+ Kh8 18. Qxh6 Rf6 19. Bg6+ Kg8 20. Ra3 $18) 15. Nxf8 Nxb4 16. Qd2 Qxf8 17. O-O Bb7 18. Ba3 a5 19. Bxb4 axb4 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. f3 $16 {1-0 Sakalauskas,V (2437)-Sulskis,S (2570)/Vilnius 2004/CBM 100 ext (62)}) 9. bxc3 Ne8 10. Bd3 (10. cxd4 $5 Bb7 11. Be2 $14) 10... h6 11. Bh7+ (11. a4 $5) 11... Kh8 12. Be4 Nc6 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. Be3 d6 $132 {1/2 Corke,A (2216)-Pokorna,R (2338)/Rijeka 2006/CBM 111 ext (58)}) 8. d5 (8. Bg5 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. dxc5 {1-0 Tomaszewski,R (2405)-Szymczak,Z (2335)/Gdynia 1985/EXT 2001 (41)} Bxc3+ $1 11. bxc3 Bb7 12. Bd3 h6 $44) (8. Bd3 {may be the most accurate:} f5 (8... h6 $5) 9. Bg5 (9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O cxd4 11. Ne4 h6 12. Nxd4 Na6 13. a3 Be7 14. b4 Bb7 15. Bb2 Nc7 16. Rfe1 $14 {1/2 Panno,O (2485)-Galliamova,A (2400)/Aruba 1992/CBM 033 (49)}) (9. d5 $5) 9... Qc7 10. d5 d6 11. O-O-O (11. O-O $142 $16) 11... Bxc3 (11... dxe5 $142 12. Nb5 Qb7 13. Nxe5 a6 14. Nc3 b5) 12. Qxc3 exd5 13. cxd5 $16 {1-0 Vera Gonzalez Quevedo,R (2535)-Aleksic,N (2445)/Porto San Giorgio 1998/EXT 2000 (23)}) 8... exd5 $146 ({RR} 8... d6 9. Bg5 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bh4 Nc6 14. O-O-O Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Qc8 16. Rhe1 d5 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Kb1 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Nd4 21. Be4 Rb8 22. Qc4+ Kh8 23. Re3 {Easton,J (2175)-Gago Padreny,I (2289) Chess.com INT 2020 0-1 (48)}) ({RR} 8... d6 9. Bg5 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bh4 Nc6 14. O-O-O Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Qc8 16. Rhe1 d5 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Kb1 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Nd4 21. Be4 Rb8 22. Qc4+ Kh8 23. Re3 {Easton,J (2175)-Gago Padreny,I (2289) Chess.com INT 2020 0-1 (48)}) 9. cxd5 d6 10. Bg5 (10. Bd3 $5 dxe5 11. Bxh7+ Kh8 12. Bd3 Nd6 13. O-O $14 {[%csl Rh8]}) 10... f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. O-O-O $5 (12. Be2 $14 {[%cal Ye1g1]}) 12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 Bg4 {Black has survived the most difficult times and obtained a decent position. However, he now once again plays inaccurately.} (13... Na6 $142 {[%cal Ya6c7] to cover the e6-square.}) 14. Re1 Bxf3 (14... Nbd7 15. Nh4 $1 Bh5 16. Nf5 Bg6 17. Ne7+ Qxe7 18. Rxe7 Bxc2 19. Kxc2 Rae8 20. Re6 $1 Ne4 21. Be3 $14) 15. gxf3 Nbd7 16. Bd3 h6 17. Bf4 c4 $1 {Black correctly looks for queenside counterplay but has he got enough time?} 18. Bf5 Nc5 (18... Nxd5 19. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 20. Rhg1+ Kh8 21. Qd2 Qh4 22. Qxd5 $16 Qf4+ $140 23. Kb2 Qxf5 24. Re6 Qf4 25. Qd4+ $1 $18) 19. Rhg1 {[%mdl 128]} Kh8 20. Rg6 Rf7 21. Reg1 $6 (21. Bxh6 gxh6 22. Rxh6+ Nh7 23. Rxh7+ Rxh7 24. Bxh7 Qf6 {, and Black consolidates his position.}) (21. Qd2 $142 $1 Qf8 $1 22. Qd4 $16 (22. Bxh6 $143 Nd3+ 23. Bxd3 cxd3)) 21... Qf8 22. Be3 Nxd5 $2 {Greediness is punished! Black could have successfully defended by means of} (22... Nh5 $1 23. Be4 (23. Be6 Rf6) 23... Nf4 (23... Nd7 $5)) 23. Bd4 (23. Bxc5 dxc5 (23... Rxf5 24. Bd4) 24. Be6 {, winning an exchange, was also possible, e.g.} Nf4 25. Bxf7 Qxf7 26. Rxg7 Nd3+ 27. Kb1 Qxg7 28. Rxg7 Kxg7 29. Qa4 $1 {, and Black's fortress can hardly be held.}) 23... Nf6 24. Qd2 Re8 25. Rxg7 Qxg7 26. Rxg7 Kxg7 27. Qf4 Nd3+ 28. Bxd3 cxd3 29. Kd2 Kg6 30. Kxd3 Re6 31. h4 Rfe7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31... Rh7 $1 {was the only way to avoid further material losses although White should win in the long run.}) 32. h5+ $1 Kf7 33. Qf5 {[%cal Rf5g6]} Re5 34. Qg6+ Ke6 35. f4 {The capitulation was a bit premature. Black probably didn't see the only defence} (35. f4 Rd7 $8 (35... Rf5 $2 36. Bxf6 Rxf6 37. f5+ Ke5 38. f4+) {although his position after} 36. fxe5 (36. Qxh6 $5 Rf5 37. Qg6 Rxf4 38. h6) 36... dxe5 37. Qxh6 exd4 38. cxd4 Rd5 39. Qe3+ Kf7 40. h6 {is surely lost.}) 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Krasnaya Polyana"]
[Date "2021.07.24"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2021.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. exd4 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Nf4 Bd6 12. Be3 Bxf4 13. Bxf4 Qf6 14. Be3 Nb4 $146 ({RR} 14... Bf5 15. Be2 Rfe8 16. Qd2 Re6 17. Rfe1 Rae8 18. b4 h6 19. Bf1 Qh4 20. Rad1 a6 21. a4 Qe7 22. b5 axb5 23. Bxb5 h5 24. h3 g5 25. Qa2 Be4 26. Bc1 g4 27. hxg4 Bxg2 28. Rxe6 Qxe6 29. Qe2 {Milikow,Y (2429)-Ayush,S (2158) Dubai 2022 ½-½ (43)}) ({RR} 14... Bf5 15. Rc1 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Rfe8 17. Rfd1 Re7 18. a3 Rae8 19. h3 h6 20. Rc5 Rd7 21. b4 b6 22. Rc2 Ne7 23. Bc1 Nf5 24. Qf3 Re4 25. Bb2 Qe6 26. b5 Re7 27. a4 Nh4 28. Qg3 Ng6 29. Bc1 {Milov,V (2652)-Anand,V (2788) Bastia 2005 1-0 (46)}) 15. Bb1 Bf5 16. Qb3 Bxb1 17. Raxb1 Qd6 18. a3 Na6 19. Rbc1 Qd7 20. Bf4 Rac8 21. Qg3 f6 22. h4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. b4 b5 26. h5 Qd7 27. Qf3 h6 28. Qc3 Qf5 29. g3 Qd7 30. Qc2 Kf8 31. Qh7 Nc7 32. Bxh6 Qg4 33. Be3 Ne6 34. Qh8+ Kf7 35. Qc8 Qe4 36. Qd7+ Kg8 37. Qxa7 Ng5 38. Bxg5 Qe1+ 39. Kg2 Qe4+ 40. Kh2 fxg5 41. Qb8+ Kf7 42. Qc7+ Kf6 43. Qd6+ Kf7 44. Qg6+ Qxg6 45. hxg6+ Kxg6 46. g4 Kf6 47. Kg3 Ke6 48. Kf3 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Krasnaya Polyana"]
[Date "2021.07.24"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2021.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. exd4 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Nf4 Bd6 12. Be3 Bxf4 13. Bxf4 Qf6 14. Be3 Nb4 $146 ({RR} 14... Bf5 15. Be2 Rfe8 16. Qd2 Re6 17. Rfe1 Rae8 18. b4 h6 19. Bf1 Qh4 20. Rad1 a6 21. a4 Qe7 22. b5 axb5 23. Bxb5 h5 24. h3 g5 25. Qa2 Be4 26. Bc1 g4 27. hxg4 Bxg2 28. Rxe6 Qxe6 29. Qe2 {Milikow,Y (2429)-Ayush,S (2158) Dubai 2022 ½-½ (43)}) ({RR} 14... Bf5 15. Rc1 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Rfe8 17. Rfd1 Re7 18. a3 Rae8 19. h3 h6 20. Rc5 Rd7 21. b4 b6 22. Rc2 Ne7 23. Bc1 Nf5 24. Qf3 Re4 25. Bb2 Qe6 26. b5 Re7 27. a4 Nh4 28. Qg3 Ng6 29. Bc1 {Milov,V (2652)-Anand,V (2788) Bastia 2005 1-0 (46)}) 15. Bb1 Bf5 16. Qb3 Bxb1 17. Raxb1 Qd6 18. a3 Na6 19. Rbc1 Qd7 20. Bf4 Rac8 21. Qg3 f6 22. h4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. b4 b5 26. h5 Qd7 27. Qf3 h6 28. Qc3 Qf5 29. g3 Qd7 30. Qc2 Kf8 31. Qh7 Nc7 32. Bxh6 Qg4 33. Be3 Ne6 34. Qh8+ Kf7 35. Qc8 Qe4 36. Qd7+ Kg8 37. Qxa7 Ng5 38. Bxg5 Qe1+ 39. Kg2 Qe4+ 40. Kh2 fxg5 41. Qb8+ Kf7 42. Qc7+ Kf6 43. Qd6+ Kf7 44. Qg6+ Qxg6 45. hxg6+ Kxg6 46. g4 Kf6 47. Kg3 Ke6 48. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 8th Apr Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, M.."]
[Black "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2025.04.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e3 d5 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O Nc6 9. a3 Ba5 10. h3 Qe7 ({RR} 10... a6 11. dxc5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qe7 13. a4 Qxc5 14. Qe2 Rd8 15. e4 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. f3 Bd7 18. Be3 Qxc3 19. Rfc1 Qe5 20. Qe1 Bc6 21. Bf1 h6 22. Rc5 Qc7 23. a5 Qe7 24. Rc2 Nd7 25. Qg3 {Sarana,A (2695)-Caruana,F (2804) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (46)}) 11. Qe2 ({RR} 11. Qc2 cxd4 12. exd4 Rd8 13. Rd1 h6 14. Ba2 Bd7 15. Ne4 Bb6 16. Bb1 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 f5 18. Qe3 e5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Ba2+ Kf8 21. Bd2 Nc6 22. Qb3 Be6 23. Qxe6 Qxe6 24. Bxe6 Rxd4 25. Bc3 Re4 {Bluebaum,M (2660)-Wagner,D (2616) Munich GER 2025 1-0 (77)}) 11... Rd8 12. Rd1 h6 $146 ({RR} 12... Bd7 13. Bd2 cxd4 14. exd4 h6 15. Bd3 Be8 16. Be3 Rac8 17. Rac1 Qd6 18. Bb1 a6 19. Qd3 Ne7 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Nf5 22. Bf4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qd5 24. Qxd5 Rxd5 25. Be4 Nxd4 26. Bxd5 Ne2+ 27. Kh2 {Andreikin,D (2729)-Hnydiuk,A (2363) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (39)}) ({RR} 12... a6 13. dxc5 Bxc3 14. Rxd8+ Nxd8 15. bxc3 Qxc5 16. e4 {½-½ (16) Budisavljevic,L (2501)-Batsuren,D (2531) Saint Louis USA 2024}) 13. Na4 cxd4 14. exd4 Bc7 15. Be3 Nd5 16. Rac1 Nxe3 17. fxe3 e5 18. Nc3 exd4 19. Nd5 Qd6 20. Nxc7 Qxc7 21. exd4 Qd6 22. d5 Ne7 23. Re1 Ng6 24. Qf2 Bd7 25. Nd2 Qb6 26. Ne4 Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Be8 28. Bb3 Ne5 29. Nc5 Ng6 30. Nxb7 Rdb8 31. Rc7 Nf4 32. Ree7 a5 33. d6 a4 34. Rxe8+ Rxe8 35. Bxf7+ Kf8 36. Bxe8 Rxe8 37. d7 Nd3+ 38. Kg1 Nxb2 39. Rc8 Rxc8 40. dxc8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Egypt"]
[BlackTeam "Norway"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EGY"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 ({RR} 11... Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne4 13. f4 f5 14. Rf3 c5 15. Rh3 g6 16. Be1 Qd7 17. Rc1 Rf7 18. b4 c4 19. Be2 Re8 20. Qd4 Qe6 21. Rh4 b5 22. Bf3 Qb6 23. Be2 Qe6 24. Bf3 Qb6 25. Be2 Qe6 26. Bf3 {Tomic,A (2309)-Scekic,V (2153) Podgorica MNE 2025 ½-½}) 12. Qc2 ({RR} 12. f4 Nc5 13. Bc2 d4 14. Na4 a5 15. Bxb4 axb4 16. Nxc5 bxc5 17. exd4 cxd4 18. Bd3 g6 19. Qd2 Qd5 20. Rae1 Rfe8 21. Be4 Qb5 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. f5 Qd5 24. f6 d3 25. Kh1 Qc5 26. e6 Rxe6 {Erigaisi,A (2627)-Le,Q (2709) Kolkata 2021 1-0 (32)}) 12... g6 $146 ({RR} 12... h6 13. f4 Nc5 14. Bh7+ Kh8 15. a3 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. f5 Ba6 19. Rf4 Qd3 20. Qf2 Qe2 21. Qg3 Rad8 22. h3 Rd1+ 23. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 24. Kh2 Qh5 25. e6 Rg8 26. Rh4 {1-0 (26) Iniyan,P (2515)-Degenhard,S (2278) Bad Woerishofen GER 2023}) ({RR} 12... h6 13. f4 Nc5 14. Bh7+ Kh8 15. a3 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. f5 Ba6 19. Rf4 Qd3 20. Qf2 Qe2 21. Qg3 Rad8 22. h3 Rd1+ 23. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 24. Kh2 Qh5 25. e6 Rg8 26. Rh4 {1-0 (26) Iniyan,P (2515)-Degenhard,S (2278) Bad Woerishofen GER 2023}) 13. f4 Nc5 14. Ne2 Bxd2 15. Qxd2 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 c5 17. Nc3 d4 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 dxe3 20. Qxe3 Qh4 21. Rad1 Rad8 22. Qf3 Qe7 23. Rf2 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Rd8 25. Rd2 Rxd2 26. Qxd2 Qe6 27. Kf2 Kg7 28. a3 h5 29. Qd3 Qg4 30. g3 Qh3 31. Kg1 Qf5 32. Qe2 a6 33. Kf2 b5 34. Ke3 Qb1 35. Qd2 a5 36. e6 fxe6 37. Qd7+ Kh6 38. Qxb5 Qg1+ 39. Kf3 Qh1+ 40. Ke3 Qxh2 41. Kf3 Qh1+ 42. Kf2 h4 43. gxh4 Qxh4+ 44. Kf3 Qh3+ 45. Ke4 Qg2+ 46. Ke3 a4 47. Qxa4 Qxb2 48. Qa8 Qd4+ 49. Kf3 c4 50. Kg4 c3 51. Qf8+ Qg7 52. Qd8 Kh7 53. Qc8 Qf6 54. a4 g5 55. Qd7+ Kg6 56. fxg5 Qf5+ 57. Kh4 c2 58. Qd2 Qe4+ 59. Kg3 Qc4 60. Qd8 Kh5 61. Qh8+ Kxg5 62. Qg7+ Kf5 63. Qf7+ Ke5 64. Qg7+ Kd5 65. Qd7+ Ke4 66. Qb7+ Kd3 67. Qf3+ Kd2 0-1

[Event "NOR-ch playoff"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2005.11.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2005.11.07"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. e3 d5 9. b4 ({RR} 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. Be2 c5 12. O-O dxc4 13. bxc4 cxd4 14. exd4 b5 15. c5 Nd5 16. Qd2 Bc6 17. Bd3 Rb8 18. Ng5 N7f6 19. f4 b4 20. Nf3 Bb5 21. Ne5 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Qc7 23. f5 Rfe8 {Levin,G (2450)-Cheparinov,I (2646) Eforie Nord ROU 2025 0-1 (74)}) 9... Nbd7 ({RR} 9... c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Be2 Rc8 13. b5 Nb6 14. a4 Nxc4 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Ne4 17. O-O Bd5 18. Qc2 c4 19. Bd4 Qe7 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Rfd8 22. Qb2 Qg5 23. f4 Qg6 24. Rac1 {Wang,H (2763)-Topalov,V (2735) Chess.com INT 2020 1-0 (59)}) 10. cxd5 $146 ({RR} 10. Bb2 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Be2 Nb6 13. cxd5 cxb4 14. axb4 Nbxd5 15. Qa3 a6 {½-½ (15) Gladyszev,O (2427)-Grigoriants,S (2550) Moscow 2006}) ({RR} 10. c5 Ne4 11. Qc2 Ndf6 12. Bd3 a5 13. c6 Bc8 14. b5 a4 15. O-O h6 16. Rb1 Nd6 17. Rb4 Nfe4 18. Nd2 f5 19. f3 Nf6 20. Rxa4 Rb8 21. Rf2 Qe7 22. Bb2 g5 23. Ra7 f4 24. e4 dxe4 {Feng,R (2305)-Colasurdo,J (2052) Vancouver 2014 1-0 (37)}) 10... Nxd5 11. Qb2 Qc8 12. Bd2 c5 13. Rc1 Ba6 14. dxc5 Bxf1 15. Rxf1 bxc5 16. bxc5 Rb8 17. Qc2 Qc6 18. e4 N5f6 19. Nd4 Qa6 20. f4 e5 21. Nf5 exf4 22. c6 Ne5 23. Rf3 Rbe8 24. Bb4 Nxe4 25. Ne7+ Rxe7 26. Bxe7 Re8 27. Qxe4 Rxe7 28. c7 Re8 29. Kd1 Qc8 30. Rd3 Kf8 31. Qb4+ Kg8 32. Qe4 Kf8 33. Rd4 Ng6 34. Qd5 Qg4+ 35. Kc2 Ne7 36. Qf3 Qg6+ 37. Kd2 Qb6 38. Qxf4 Qa5+ 39. Rc3 Nf5 40. Rdd3 1-0

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-0=7"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2013.11.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2870"]
[Annotator "Gutman,Lev"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2013.11.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 $1 {"I should have played 1.d4 from the start. That was one of my greatest mistakes in my preparation", Viswanathan Anand after the match. "Ich hätte von Anfang an 1.d4 spielen müssen. Dies war einer meiner größten Fehler bei der Vorbereitung", Viswanathan Anand nach dem Wettkampf.} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 ({In the match Anand-Kramnik, Bonn 2008 Im Wettkampf Anand-Kramnik, Bonn 2008, kam} 7... Nxd5 {was played. aufs Brett.}) 8. e3 c4 $5 {In any case the choice of opening by Carlsen should have ben no surprise, since his previous trainer and confidant GM Simen Agdestein had already played this at the start of the year and even revealed after the game, "that the Norwegian national team had recently been lookng into this variation", Ian Rogers. Allerdings sollte die Eröffnungswahl von Carlsen keine Überraschung sein, da sein früherer Trainer und Vertrauter GM Simen Agdestein bereits Anfang des Jahres so gespielt hat und nach der Partie sogar verriet, "dass die norwegische Nationalmannschaft sich kürzlich gerade mit dieser Variante beschäftigte", Ian Rogers.} 9. Ne2 (9. g4 Nc6 10. Ne2 {leads to the game by transposition. führt durch Zugumstellung zur Partie}) ({For Bezüglich} 9. g3 Nc6 10. Nh3 {see Biolek-Agdestein, Prag 2013 siehe Biolek-Agdestein, Prag 2013}) ({Once can hardly recommend Kaum zu empfehlen ist} 9. e4 $6 dxe4 10. Bxc4 (10. Bg5 Qa5 11. Qc1 (11. Qd2 $5 Nbd7 12. Bxc4 O-O 13. Ne2 b5 14. Ba2 exf3 15. gxf3 Bb7 16. O-O Bd5 $15) 11... Nbd7 12. Bxc4 O-O 13. Ne2 Re8 (13... b5 $5 14. Ba2 exf3 15. gxf3 Bb7) 14. Rb1 Qc7 15. Bb3 $6 (15. Bb5 a6 16. Bxd7 Nxd7 $15) 15... exf3 16. gxf3 b6 17. Kf2 Ba6 $17 {Grover-Zhou Weigi, Dubai 2012}) 10... O-O 11. fxe4 (11. Ne2 exf3 12. gxf3 Bf5 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Bb3 Rc8 15. c4 Re8 16. Rf2 Nh5 17. Ng3 Bg6 18. Ne4 Ndf6 19. Nc3 h6 $15 {Jambrich-Nemchenko, email 2010}) 11... Nxe4 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. Qb3 Nd7 14. O-O Nb6 15. Bd3 Be6 (15... Qxc3 16. Qb1) 16. Qc2 f5 17. Ng5 Bc4 18. Bd2 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qc4 20. Qh3 Nxg5 21. Bxg5 Nd5 22. Bd2 g6 23. Rae1 Nf6 24. Bh6 Rfe8 25. Qf3 Re4 $15 {Gerola-Kunzelmann, corr 2012}) 9... Nc6 (9... O-O 10. g4 (10. Qc2 $6 Nc6 11. e4 dxe4 12. fxe4 Qa5 13. e5 Re8 $17) 10... Nc6 {is a transposition of moves. ist Zugumstellung.}) 10. g4 ({Abzuraten ist von} 10. Ng3 {cannot be advised:} h5 $5 {(Michail Krasenkow, chesspro.ru). (Michail Krasenkow, chesspro.ru).} 11. h4 ({Compare: Man sehe:} 11. Qc2 h4 12. Ne2 Qe7 13. Kf2 g6 (13... b5 $5 $17) 14. g4 hxg3+ 15. Nxg3 Be6 16. a4 Na5 17. Ba3 Qc7 18. Bg2 Nb3 19. Rae1 O-O-O $17 {Joergensen-Sadowski, email 2006}) (11. e4 h4 12. exd5 hxg3 13. dxc6 Rxh2 14. Rg1 Kf8 $17) 11... Qc7 $5 (11... Na5 12. e4 Nb3 13. Rb1 Qa5 $15 {Marusenko-Pavlov, Kiev 2010}) 12. Kf2 Na5 13. Qe1 (13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nd5 $15) 13... Nb3 $15) 10... O-O (10... Na5 $5 {is perhaps somewhat more flexible (Krasenkow), see Kortschnoj-O'Kelly and Aghasuryan-Mekumyan. ist vielleicht etwas flexibler (Krasenkow), siehe Kortschnoj-O'Kelly und Aghasuryan-Mekumyan.}) (10... h6 {leads to Kasparov-Polgar. führt zu Kasparov-Polgar.}) 11. Bg2 Na5 ({Zeitverlust wäre} 11... Qe7 $6 {would be a waste of time:} 12. Nf4 (12. O-O $5) 12... b5 (12... Na5 13. O-O Nb3 14. Ra2) 13. O-O h6 14. h4 (14. e4 $5 dxe4 15. fxe4 Bxg4 16. Qe1 $14) 14... Rd8 $6 (14... Qd8 $5 15. e4 Ne7 {would be more solid wäre solider}) 15. g5 hxg5 16. hxg5 Ne8 17. e4 Nc7 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Na5 20. f4 Nb3 21. Ra2 Bb7 22. Re2 Qd7 23. Re5 $16 {Nikitin-Belinkov, Moskau 1966}) 12. O-O Nb3 {Anand must have been satisfied with his choice of opening; he obtained exactly the sort of position he needed since he was trailing in the match - complicated and sharp. Mit seiner Eröffnungswahl dürfte Anand zufrieden gewesen sein, er bekam genau den Typ Stellung, den er bei seinem Rückstand im Wettkampf gebraucht hatte - kompliziert und scharf.} 13. Ra2 {In contrast to the Botvinnik Variation White does not need a rook on e2 in order to get in e3-e4. Im Unterschied zur Botwinnik-Variante braucht Weiß keinen Turm auf e2 um e3-e4 durchzusetzen.} ({The move Der Zug} 13. Rb1 $5 {has been less explored, but in view of the counterplay for Black on the b-file it looks to make more sense and would perhaps have been less pleasant for Carlsen to face. ist weniger untersucht, erscheint in Anbetracht des schwarzen Gegenspiels auf der b-Linie sinnvoller und wäre für Carlsen vielleicht unangenehmer gewesen.}) 13... b5 (13... h6 {see Kasparov-Polgar siehe Kasparov-Polgar}) (13... Qa5 14. g5 Nd7 (14... Nh5 {(Krasenkow)} 15. Qe1 Bd7 16. Qh4 g6 17. e4 Rae8 18. Bf4 Nxf4 19. Qxf4 Bc6 20. h4 $14) 15. e4 Nb6 16. Qe1 $5 (16. h3 Na4 $5 (16... Nxc1 17. Qxc1 Bd7 18. Ng3 Nc8 19. Re2 Ne7 {Bernasek-Hera, Österreischische Liga 2012/13} 20. f4 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Nd5 22. Nc5 Bc6 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Rfe1 $11) 17. Qe1 f6 18. gxf6 Nxc1 19. Qxc1 Rxf6 $15) 16... f6 (16... Nxc1 17. Qxc1 Bd7 18. Ng3) (16... Na4 17. Rc2 Bd7 18. Ng3) 17. gxf6 Nxc1 18. Qxc1 Rxf6 19. Ng3 Na4 20. Rc2 Be6 21. e5 Rf7 22. f4 Raf8 23. Qe3 $14) 14. Ng3 (14. a4 {hardly fits in here ist kaum am Platze} bxa4 15. Ng3 (15. Rxa4 a5 16. g5 Ne8 17. e4 Nc7 18. Ng3 Bd7 19. Ra2 Nxc1 20. Qxc1 a4 21. e5 Rb8 22. f4 Rb3 $15 {(Pavel Maletin, ruchess)}) (15. Nf4 Bb7 16. Rxa4 Re8 17. g5 Nd7 18. h4 a5 $15) 15... Nxc1 16. Qxc1 Qa5 17. e4 Rb8 18. g5 Ne8 $15) ({Etwas sinnvoller erscheint} 14. g5 {seems to make more sense:} Nd7 (14... Nh5 15. e4 f6 16. gxf6 Qxf6 17. Be3 a5 18. Nc1 Nxc1 19. Qxc1 Rb8 20. Rb2 Qe7 21. Qd2 Rb6 22. e5 Bf5 23. Kh1 Bd3 24. Rg1 Rf7 25. Bg5 $11 {Fessler-Vozda, corr 2012}) 15. e4 Nb6 16. Bf4 (16. e5 $2 Bf5 $17 {Gardner-Shabalov, Calgary 2012}) 16... a5 (16... f6 17. gxf6 Qxf6 18. Qe1 $11) 17. Qe1 Ra7 18. Qg3 $11) 14... a5 15. g5 ({Kaum besser wäre} 15. e4 {would hardly be any better, see Volkov-Smirnov, Khanty Mansiysk 2013. siehe Volkov-Smirnov, Khanty Mansiysk 2013.}) 15... Ne8 16. e4 Nxc1 ({After Nach} 16... Nc7 {then ist} 17. Be3 Rb8 18. Qe1 b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Ne2 bxc3 21. Nxc3 Bb7 22. Qg3 Ra8 23. Rxa8 Bxa8 24. Rd1 Bc6 $11 {is possible (Maletin). möglich (Maletin).}) 17. Qxc1 Ra6 (17... Rb8 18. Qd2 Nc7 19. e5 Qe7 20. Rb1 $11) 18. e5 Nc7 $6 {Carlsen is too optimistic. He wants to maintain the tension and over-estimates his position. Carlsen ist zu optimistisch. Er will die Spannung aufrechterhalten und überschätzt seine Stellung.} ({Two alternatives appear more prudent: Vorsichtiger erscheinen zwei weitere Alternativen:} 18... b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Rxa6 Bxa6 21. cxb4 Qb6 22. Qc3 Nc7 23. f4 Nb5 (23... Rb8 24. Ra1) 24. Qe3 Qxd4 25. Qxd4 Nxd4 26. Bxd5 c3 {(Krasenkow)} 27. Rc1 c2 28. Be4 Rc8 29. Kf2 g6 30. Ke3 Rc4 31. Bd3 Rc3 32. Kxd4 Rxd3+ 33. Kc5 Rc3+ $11) (18... g6 19. f4 Ng7 20. Rb2 Rb6 21. Qb1 {(Krasenkow)} Qd7 $1 22. f5 Nxf5 23. Nxf5 (23. Rxf5 gxf5 24. Nh5 Qe7 25. Nf6+ Rxf6 26. gxf6 Qxa3 {(Maletin)} 27. Qc2 b4 28. Bxd5 Kh8 29. Ra2 b3 30. Rxa3 bxc2 31. Ra1 Be6 32. Bxe6 fxe6 33. Rc1 Ra8 34. Rxc2 Kg8 35. Ra2 $16) 23... gxf5 24. h4 h6 25. Bh3 Qe7 26. Bxf5 Qxa3 {(Maletin)} 27. Rg2 Qxc3 28. Bxc8 Qxd4+ 29. Rff2 Qxe5 30. Bf5 Kh8 31. Qc1 Re8 32. g6 $11) 19. f4 $2 ({The critical moment! Black had more difficulties after Der kritischer Moment! Mehr Schwierigkeiten hatte Schwarz nach} 19. Rb2 $5 Qe7 20. Rb1 {(Krasenkow) , so as to finally bring this rook to b1: , um diesen Turm endlich auf b1 zu bringen:} Rb6 21. f4 b4 22. axb4 axb4 23. cxb4 Rxb4 (23... g6 24. Qe3 $5 Bd7 25. f5 Bxf5 26. Nxf5 gxf5 27. Rxf5 Rxb4 28. Rbf1 $14 {(Maletin)}) 24. Qa3 Na6 25. Bxd5 $5 (25. Rb2 Qb7 26. Rfb1 Rxb2 27. Qxb2 Qd7 28. Qb6 $14 {(Maletin)}) 25... Qd8 26. Rxb4 Nxb4 27. Qxb4 Qxd5 28. Qc5 $14) 19... b4 20. axb4 $146 ({For equality Zum Ausgleich reichte} 20. a4 {was sufficient, to deprive Black of the b5-square for his knight: um Schwarz das Feld b5 für den Springer wegzunehmen:} b3 (20... Rb6 21. f5 bxc3 22. Raf2 Na6 (22... Rb3 23. e6 fxe6 24. f6 Rb2 25. Rf3 {(Maletin)} e5 26. Rxc3 exd4 27. Qxb2 dxc3 28. Qxc3 Ne6 29. Nf5 gxf6 30. Bxd5 Kh8 31. gxf6 Qxd5 32. f7+ Nd4 33. Qxd4+ Qxd4+ 34. Nxd4 Kg7 35. Nf5+ Bxf5 36. Rxf5 Rxf7 37. Rxa5 Rc7 38. Kf2 c3 39. Rg5+ Kf6 40. Rg1 $11) 23. f6 Nb4 24. fxg7 Kxg7 25. Nh5+ Kh8 26. Rxf7 {(Maletin)} Rxf7 27. Rxf7 Be6 28. Rf6 Nd3 29. Qxc3 Rb1+ 30. Bf1 Bh3 31. Qxa5 Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1 Qxg5+ 33. Ng3 Bxf1 34. Qa8+ Kg7 35. Qa7+ $11) 21. Raf2 Bd7 22. f5 Bxa4 23. f6 Bd7 $1 (23... g6 $2 24. Qf4 Re8 (24... Ne6 $2 25. Qh4 Kh8 26. Bh3) 25. Qh4 Ree6 26. Nf5 gxf5 (26... Qf8 27. Ne7+ Kh8 28. Rf3 h5 29. Bh3 Be8 30. Bg4 $18) 27. Bh3 Kh8 28. Bxf5 Qg8 29. Rf3 Ne8 30. Rh3 Nxf6 31. exf6 Rxf6 32. Qxh7+ Qxh7 33. Rxh7+ Kg8 34. gxf6 $18 {(Maletin)}) 24. fxg7 Kxg7 25. Nh5+ Kh8 26. Rxf7 (26. Nf6 Ne8 27. Nxd5 Be6 28. Nf6 Nxf6 29. Rxf6 Rg8 $11 {(Maletin)}) 26... Rxf7 27. Rxf7 Be6 28. Rf6 Qg8 {(Maletin)} 29. g6 hxg6 30. Nf4 (30. Qh6+ Qh7 31. Qf8+ Qg8 32. Qh6+ Qh7 $11) 30... Bf7 31. Nxd5 Rxf6 32. Nxf6 Qf8 33. Qg5 Kg7 34. Nh5+ Kh8 35. Nf6 Kg7 $11) ({A more energetic move seems to be Energischer erscheint} 20. f5 $5 {(Boris Gelfand, chesspro)} bxc3 $5 (20... b3 21. Raf2 $40) (20... Nb5 21. axb4 axb4 22. Rxa6 Bxa6 23. f6 g6 24. Qf4 $1 (24. e6 fxe6 25. Qe3 Bc8 26. cxb4 Nd6 $11 {(Krasenkow)}) 24... Qb6 25. Qh4 h5 26. Nxh5 bxc3 27. Kh1 $1 Nxd4 28. Ng3 Ne6 29. Nf5 $1 gxf5 30. Qh5 $1 Qb7 31. Bh3 d4+ 32. Bg2 $18) 21. f6 g6 22. Qxc3 (22. Qf4 Ne6 23. Qh4 Qb6 24. Ne2 Qb3 25. Nc1 Qb6 26. Ne2 $11) 22... Rb6 23. Qxa5 Rb3 $11 {(Maletin)}) ({And Auch} 20. Raf2 $5 {is also interesting, so as to mobilise all his resources: ist interessant, um alle Resourcen zu mobilisieren:} Nb5 (20... bxc3 21. Qxc3 a4 22. Qe3 Rb6 23. f5 Rb3 24. Qf4 Rd3 (24... c3 25. f6 Ne6 26. Qh4 Ba6 27. Bh3 $16) 25. Nh5 Nb5 26. e6 Rxd4 27. Qe5 Qxg5 28. Nf4 $16) (20... b3 21. f5 Kh8 22. Nh5 Rb6 23. Qe3 $16) 21. axb4 axb4 22. cxb4 Nxd4 23. f5 Bb7 (23... Nb3 24. Qd1 Bb7 25. Qh5) 24. Nh5 {(Maletin)} Qb6 25. Qe3 Qa7 26. e6 fxe6 27. Qe5 Bc8 28. b5 Nxb5 29. f6 Ra2 (29... Qd4 30. fxg7 Rf5 31. Qb8 Qc5 32. Kh1 $18) 30. Bxd5 Qb6 31. Bxc4 Rxf2 32. Rxf2 Nd4 $11) ({RR} 20. f5 bxc3 21. a4 Rb6 22. Qf4 Rb2 23. Ra3 c2 24. Nh5 Ne8 25. Rc3 Rb1 26. Rxc2 Rxf1+ 27. Bxf1 Qb6 28. Bg2 Bxf5 29. Qxf5 Qb1+ 30. Bf1 g6 31. Qf2 gxh5 32. Rb2 Qc1 33. Rb5 Nc7 34. Rxa5 Ne6 {Timofeev,A (2542)-Anand,N (2025) Abu Dhabi 2015 ½-½ (36)}) ({RR} 20. f5 bxc3 21. a4 Rb6 22. Raf2 g6 23. Qf4 Rb2 24. Qh4 Rxf2 25. Rxf2 Bxf5 26. Rxf5 gxf5 27. Nh5 c2 28. Qf4 Ne6 29. Qc1 Qxg5 30. Nf6+ Kg7 31. Qxc2 Qe3+ 32. Kf1 Nxd4 33. Qd1 Qxe5 34. Nh5+ Kh8 {Harshavardhan,G (2397)-Akobian,V (2614) Chess.com INT 2020 0-1 (38)}) 20... axb4 21. Rxa6 Nxa6 22. f5 (22. cxb4 Nxb4 23. f5 g6 24. Qd2 Nc6 $11) 22... b3 (22... bxc3 23. Qxc3 g6 24. Qe3 (24. f6 Nc7 25. Rb1 Ne6 26. Qd2 Qc7 27. Ne2 $11 {(Maletin)}) 24... Nc7 25. h4 Bxf5 26. Nxf5 gxf5 27. Rxf5 Ne6 28. Rf6 Qa5 29. Kh2 $11) 23. Qf4 (23. f6 g6 24. Qf4 Kh8 $5 25. Qh4 b2 26. Qh6 Rg8 27. Rf4 b1=Q+ 28. Bf1 Qd1 $1 29. Rh4 Qh5 30. Nxh5 gxh5 31. Qxh5 Bf5 32. Qxf7 Nc7 $15) (23. Nh5 Nc7 24. Qe3 Kh8 25. h4 $11) (23. h4 $5 {(Alexej Dreev, chessnews.ru)} Nc7 24. h5 Ne8 (24... Nb5 $6 25. f6 Be6 26. g6 hxg6 27. hxg6 fxg6 28. Qg5 Nxc3 29. Qxg6 Qc7 30. Nh5 $18) 25. Qf4 (25. f6 gxf6 26. gxf6 Kh8 27. Ne2 Rg8 28. Nf4 Nc7 $15) 25... Qa5 26. h6 g6 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. Nh5 Bf5 29. Bh3 Bxh3 30. Nf6+ Kh8 31. Nxe8 f6 32. e6 Qa2 33. Rf2 Qb1+ 34. Kh2 Qe1 35. Nxf6 Bxe6 $11 {(Maletin)}) 23... Nc7 (23... Kh8 $6 24. Nh5 Nc7 25. e6 Ne8 (25... fxe6 26. Nxg7 Kxg7 27. f6+ Kg8 28. f7+) 26. exf7 Rxf7 27. f6 g6 28. Re1 Nc7 29. Ng7 Kg8 30. h4 $14) 24. f6 $5 (24. Qh4 Kh8 25. Nh5 Nb5 (25... b2 26. f6 g6 27. Ng7 Nb5 {(Mikhail Golubev, chess today)} 28. Qf2 Nxc3 29. Qxb2 Ne4 30. h4 Kg8 31. Qb4 Qc7 $11) 26. e6 fxe6 27. f6 gxf6 28. Nxf6 Qe7 29. Rf2 Rf7 30. g6 Rg7 31. Nh5 Kg8 $11) 24... g6 (24... gxf6 25. Qh4 f5 (25... Kh8 26. Rxf6 Ne6 27. Bxd5 Qxd5 28. Rh6 Nxg5 29. Qxg5 Qf3 30. Rf6 Qg4 31. Qh6 Kg8 32. Rb6 Be6 33. Kf2 Qg6 34. Qxg6+ hxg6 35. Ke3 Kg7 36. Rb5 $11) 26. Nh5 Ne8 27. Nf4 Be6 28. Rf3 Ng7 29. Rh3 Re8 30. Nxd5 Bxd5 31. Qxh7+ Kf8 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Qxg7 b2 34. Qf6+ Kd7 35. Qd6+ Kc8 36. Qa6+ Kc7 $11) 25. Qh4 Ne8 {Magnus Carlsen has defended more or less accurately and is hoping for the best. Magnus Carlsen hat sich mehr oder weniger akkurat verteidigt, und hofft auf das Beste.} 26. Qh6 (26. Ne2 Be6 27. Nf4 Qa5 28. Nxe6 ({Maletin gives Maletin gibt} 28. Bh3 Bxh3 29. Qxh3 b2 30. e6 (30. Ne6 Qa1 31. Nxf8 Kxf8 32. e6 Nd6 33. Qh6+ Ke8 34. exf7+ Nxf7 35. Qh3 Kd8 36. Qg2 b1=Q 37. Qxd5+ $11) (30. Nxg6 hxg6 31. e6 Qa1 32. e7 Nxf6 33. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 34. gxf6 Kg8 $11) 30... Nd6 (30... Qa1 31. e7 b1=Q 32. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 33. Nxd5) 31. Nxg6 hxg6 32. Qh6 Nf5 33. Rxf5 b1=Q+ 34. Rf1 Qxf1+ 35. Kxf1 $11 {with equality in each case. jeweils mit Ausgleich an}) 28... fxe6 29. Bh3 Nc7 (29... Qa6 30. Qf2 Rf7 31. Qb2 Ra7 32. Bg4 Kf8 33. Qf2 Qb6 34. Qh4 b2 35. Qh6+ Kg8 36. Qh3 Kf8 $11) 30. f7+ Rxf7 31. Rxf7 Kxf7 32. Qxh7+ Kf8 33. Qh8+ Ke7 34. Qf6+ Kd7 35. Bxe6+ Nxe6 36. Qf7+ Kd8 37. Qf6+ Kc7 38. Qe7+ Kb8 39. Qxe6 $11) 26... b2 27. Rf4 $5 (27. Ne2 Be6 28. Nf4 Qa5 29. Nxe6 fxe6 30. Bh3 Qa6 31. Bg4 Rf7 32. Qh3 Nc7 33. Qg2 Qa2 34. Qc2 Rf8 35. f7+ Kg7 36. Qf2 $11) 27... b1=Q+ 28. Nf1 $4 ({Anand overlooks Black's reply. Anand übersieht die schwarze Antwort. Zum Ausgleich reichte} 28. Bf1 {was enough for equality:} Qd1 $1 29. Rh4 Qh5 30. Nxh5 gxh5 31. Rxh5 Bf5 32. g6 $1 (32. Bh3 Bg6 33. e6 Nxf6 34. gxf6 Qxf6 $15) 32... Bxg6 33. Rg5 Nxf6 (33... Qa5 34. Rg3 Qa3 35. h4) 34. exf6 Qxf6 35. Rxd5 Qf3 36. Rc5 Qxc3 37. Rxc4 $11 {(Krasenkow)}) 28... Qe1 $1 ({But not Aber nicht} 28... Qd1 $4 29. Rh4 Qh5 30. Rxh5 gxh5 31. Ne3 Be6 32. Bxd5 $18) 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 8th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Rc1 Re8 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. O-O Bf8 12. Ne2 Qc8 13. Qa4 c5 14. Ng3 $146 ({RR} 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Qc2 Qa6 16. Bc3 Nfe4 17. a3 Rac8 18. Rcd1 Na4 19. Rxd5 Naxc3 20. Nxc3 Nxc3 21. bxc3 Qxa3 22. c4 Red8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Nd4 g6 25. g3 Rc8 26. Rb1 Bg7 27. Nb5 Qe7 28. Qa4 a5 {Caruana,F (2835)-Carlsen,M (2863) chess24.com INT 2020 ½-½ (54)}) 14... Qb7 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qb5 Rac8 17. Rfd1 a6 18. Qf1 Nfe4 19. Be1 g6 20. Ne2 Na4 21. Rb1 Bg7 22. Nfd4 Nac5 23. Nf3 Ne6 24. Ned4 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Rc4 26. b3 Rc7 27. Qd3 Nc5 28. Qd2 Ne4 29. Qd3 Nc5 30. Qd2 Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2876"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. e4 d6 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 b4 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Be3 exd5 11. cxd5 Nfd7 ({RR} 11... Qa5 12. Ne2 Ba6 13. Ng3 Bxf1 14. Rxf1 Re8 15. Kf2 Nbd7 16. Kg1 Ne5 17. Qe2 a6 18. Bg5 Ned7 19. Nf5 Qb6 20. Qf2 g6 21. Qg3 Re5 22. Bf4 Nh5 23. Nh6+ Kf8 24. Qh4 c4+ 25. Kh1 Nxf4 26. Qxf4 {Ebrahimi Herab,H (2412)-Kanakaris,G (2396) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (38)}) 12. Ne2 f5 13. exf5 Rxf5 $146 ({RR} 13... Nb6 14. Ng3 Bb7 15. Bd3 Bxd5 16. Be4 Bc6 17. O-O Qe7 18. Rc1 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Rxf5 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Nxd6 Rd5 22. Bxc5 Na6 23. Bxb6 axb6 24. Nc4 Rad8 25. Nxb6 Ra5 26. Ra1 Rc5 27. Rfc1 Rd2 28. Nc4 {Juksta,K (2416)-Melillo,L (2104) Austin, TX USA 2024 1-0 (36)}) ({RR} 13... Nb6 14. Ng3 Bb7 15. Bd3 Bxd5 16. Be4 Bc6 17. O-O Qe7 18. Rc1 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Rxf5 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Nxd6 Rd5 22. Bxc5 Na6 23. Bxb6 axb6 24. Nc4 Rad8 25. Nxb6 Ra5 26. Ra1 Rc5 27. Rfc1 Rd2 28. Nc4 {Juksta,K (2416)-Melillo,L (2104) Austin, TX USA 2024 1-0 (36)}) 14. Ng3 Re5 15. Kf2 Qh4 16. Qd2 Nf6 17. Rc1 Ba6 18. b3 Nxd5 19. Rc4 Qe7 20. Re4 Qe6 21. Bf4 Nxf4 22. Qxf4 Bxf1 23. Rxe5 dxe5 24. Qe4 Nc6 25. Rxf1 c4 26. Nf5 cxb3 27. Qxc6 Qxc6 28. Ne7+ Kf8 29. Nxc6 bxa2 30. Nxb4 Rb8 31. Ra1 Rxb4 32. Rxa2 Rb7 33. Ke3 Ke7 34. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 8th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Rc1 Re8 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. O-O Bf8 12. Ne2 Qc8 13. Qa4 c5 14. Ng3 $146 ({RR} 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Qc2 Qa6 16. Bc3 Nfe4 17. a3 Rac8 18. Rcd1 Na4 19. Rxd5 Naxc3 20. Nxc3 Nxc3 21. bxc3 Qxa3 22. c4 Red8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Nd4 g6 25. g3 Rc8 26. Rb1 Bg7 27. Nb5 Qe7 28. Qa4 a5 {Caruana,F (2835)-Carlsen,M (2863) chess24.com INT 2020 ½-½ (54)}) 14... Qb7 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qb5 Rac8 17. Rfd1 a6 18. Qf1 Nfe4 19. Be1 g6 20. Ne2 Na4 21. Rb1 Bg7 22. Nfd4 Nac5 23. Nf3 Ne6 24. Ned4 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Rc4 26. b3 Rc7 27. Qd3 Nc5 28. Qd2 Ne4 29. Qd3 Nc5 30. Qd2 Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NOR-chT Elite 2122"]
[Site "Norway"]
[Date "2021.10.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Arvola, Benjamin"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2855"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2021.10.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tromsoe"]
[BlackTeam "Offerspill"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Ne5 h6 ({RR} 11... Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. d5 Bxd5 16. Qg4+ Kh8 17. Qh4 Bxc4 18. Qxf6+ Kg8 19. Qg5+ Kh8 {½-½ (19) Shirov,A (2691)-Giri,A (2768) Hoogeveen 2014}) 12. Bh4 Nc6 ({RR} 12... Be7 13. Re1 Nc6 14. Nf3 Rc8 15. Bb3 Na5 16. d5 Nxb3 17. axb3 Nxd5 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Rxa7 Qxd1 20. Rxd1 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Nc6 22. Rb7 Rb8 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. Na4 b5 25. Nc5 Rc8 26. Kg2 Nb4 27. Ne4 {Botez,A (1986)-Sidhant,M (2379) Reykjavik ISL 2024 0-1 (71)}) 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 $146 ({RR} 13... gxf6 14. Qg4+ Kh7 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. d5 f5 17. Qf3 Bb7 18. Rad1 Rc8 19. Bb3 Rg8 20. Qh3 Qg5 21. f4 Qg7 22. Rf3 Qg4 23. Rd2 exd5 24. Bxd5 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Rgd8 27. Rxf5 Rd1+ 28. Kf2 {Illingworth,M (2006)-Dowden,R (2190) Parramatta 2007 ½-½ (31)}) 14. Nd7 Qh4 15. Nxf8 Rxf8 16. Re1 Nxd4 17. Bd3 f5 18. Re3 f4 19. Rh3 Qg5 20. Be4 Bxe4 21. Nxe4 Qe5 22. Rd3 Bc5 23. Nxc5 bxc5 24. f3 Rb8 25. b3 a5 26. Qe1 Qd5 27. Qe4 Qxe4 28. fxe4 Rb4 29. Kf2 a4 30. bxa4 Rxa4 31. Rc3 c4 32. a3 Nb5 33. Rcc1 Nd4 34. Rc3 Nb5 35. Rcc1 Nd4 36. Rcb1 Nb3 37. Ra2 Kf7 38. Kf3 g5 39. Ke2 Kf6 40. Kd1 Ke5 41. Kc2 g4 42. Kc3 f3 43. h3 h5 44. hxg4 hxg4 45. Rh1 Kf4 46. e5 Kxe5 47. gxf3 gxf3 48. Rh4 Nc1 49. Rah2 Ne2+ 50. Kc2 Kd5 51. Rh8 e5 52. Kb2 c3+ 53. Kb3 Ra7 54. Rc8 Rb7+ 55. Ka2 Rb2+ 56. Ka1 Rd2 57. a4 Nd4 0-1

[Event "NOR-chT Elite 2122"]
[Site "Norway"]
[Date "2021.10.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Arvola, Benjamin"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2855"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2021.10.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tromsoe"]
[BlackTeam "Offerspill"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Ne5 h6 ({RR} 11... Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. d5 Bxd5 16. Qg4+ Kh8 17. Qh4 Bxc4 18. Qxf6+ Kg8 19. Qg5+ Kh8 {½-½ (19) Shirov,A (2691)-Giri,A (2768) Hoogeveen 2014}) 12. Bh4 Nc6 ({RR} 12... Be7 13. Re1 Nc6 14. Nf3 Rc8 15. Bb3 Na5 16. d5 Nxb3 17. axb3 Nxd5 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Rxa7 Qxd1 20. Rxd1 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Nc6 22. Rb7 Rb8 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. Na4 b5 25. Nc5 Rc8 26. Kg2 Nb4 27. Ne4 {Botez,A (1986)-Sidhant,M (2379) Reykjavik ISL 2024 0-1 (71)}) 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 $146 ({RR} 13... gxf6 14. Qg4+ Kh7 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. d5 f5 17. Qf3 Bb7 18. Rad1 Rc8 19. Bb3 Rg8 20. Qh3 Qg5 21. f4 Qg7 22. Rf3 Qg4 23. Rd2 exd5 24. Bxd5 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Rgd8 27. Rxf5 Rd1+ 28. Kf2 {Illingworth,M (2006)-Dowden,R (2190) Parramatta 2007 ½-½ (31)}) 14. Nd7 Qh4 15. Nxf8 Rxf8 16. Re1 Nxd4 17. Bd3 f5 18. Re3 f4 19. Rh3 Qg5 20. Be4 Bxe4 21. Nxe4 Qe5 22. Rd3 Bc5 23. Nxc5 bxc5 24. f3 Rb8 25. b3 a5 26. Qe1 Qd5 27. Qe4 Qxe4 28. fxe4 Rb4 29. Kf2 a4 30. bxa4 Rxa4 31. Rc3 c4 32. a3 Nb5 33. Rcc1 Nd4 34. Rc3 Nb5 35. Rcc1 Nd4 36. Rcb1 Nb3 37. Ra2 Kf7 38. Kf3 g5 39. Ke2 Kf6 40. Kd1 Ke5 41. Kc2 g4 42. Kc3 f3 43. h3 h5 44. hxg4 hxg4 45. Rh1 Kf4 46. e5 Kxe5 47. gxf3 gxf3 48. Rh4 Nc1 49. Rah2 Ne2+ 50. Kc2 Kd5 51. Rh8 e5 52. Kb2 c3+ 53. Kb3 Ra7 54. Rc8 Rb7+ 55. Ka2 Rb2+ 56. Ka1 Rd2 57. a4 Nd4 0-1

[Event "Biel GM 41st"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2008.07.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2008.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Marin,Mihail Carlsen,Magnus} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 ({RR} 4... b6) 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O ({RR} 6... Ne4 7. Qd3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nc5 9. Qf3 d6 10. Bg2 e5 11. Nf5 Qf6 12. Ne3 Qxf3 13. Bxf3 Be6 14. Ba3 Nba6 15. O-O-O Ke7 16. Bg2 Rad8 17. f4 f6 18. Rhf1 b6 19. g4 Nc7 20. h4) 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ba6 14. Rfd1 Qc5 ({RR} 14... Rab8 15. c4 Qc5 16. cxd5 Rxb3 17. axb3) ({RR} 14... Bxe2 15. c4) 15. e4 Bc4 16. Qa4 Nb6 17. Qb4 Qh5 18. Bf4 ({RR} 18. Re1 c5 ({RR} 18... Be2 19. h3 Rfd8 ({RR} 19... c5 20. Qb3) 20. Bf4 Rac8 ({RR} 20... e5 21. g4 Qg6 22. Bxe5) 21. g4 Qb5 22. a4 Qa6 23. a5) 19. Qa5 Rfc8 20. Be3 ({RR} 20. Bf4 e5 21. Be3 Be6) 20... Be2 21. Bf4 ({RR} 21. h3 Nc4 22. Qa6 Nxe3 23. Rxe2 Nxg2 24. Kxg2 Qe5) 21... e5 22. Be3 ({RR} 22. Bxe5 Nc4 23. Qa6 Qxe5 24. Rxe2 Qxc3) 22... Bg4 ({RR} 22... Nc4 23. Qa6 Nxe3 ({RR} 23... Bd3 24. Rad1) 24. Rxe2 Nxg2 25. Kxg2) ({RR} 22... f6 23. Bxc5 Nc4 24. Qb5 Rab8 25. Qd7 Rxc5 26. Rab1 Rb6 ({RR} 26... Rf8 27. Rb7 Qf7 28. Rxe2) ({RR} 26... Rxb1 27. Rxb1 h6 ({RR} 27... Nb6 28. Qxa7) 28. Bh3) 27. Bh3 Kf8 28. Rxb6 axb6 29. Be6 Qe8 30. Qxe8+ Kxe8 31. Rxe2) ({RR} 22... h6 23. h3) 23. Qa6 f6 24. a4 Qf7 25. Bf1 Be6 26. Rab1 ({RR} 26. a5 Bc4 27. Bxc4 Nxc4 ({RR} 27... Qxc4 28. axb6) 28. Rab1 Rc7) 26... c4 ({RR} 26... Rc7 27. Rxb6) ({RR} 26... Bc4 27. Bxc4 Qxc4 ({RR} 27... Nxc4 28. Rb7) 28. Rxb6) ({RR} 26... f5 27. exf5) 27. a5 Na4 ({RR} 27... Nd7 28. Rb7) 28. Rb7 Qe8 29. Qd6 {1-0 (29) Kramnik,V (2772)-Anand,V (2783) Bonn 2008 CBM 127 [Marin,Mihail]} {RR} Bf7 30. Qb4 Rab8 31. a6) ({RR} 18. Be3 Be2 19. Rd2 Rab8 20. Bxb6 axb6 21. Qd6 Rfc8 ({RR} 21... Bf3 22. Qxc6 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qe5 24. Qc4 Rfc8 25. Qd4 Qa5 26. Rb1 h6 27. Rb4 Qc5 28. Rd3 Qc7) 22. Rb1 h6 23. e5 Bf3 24. a4 Ra8 25. Qd4 b5 26. Bxf3 Qxf3 27. Rd3) ({RR} 18. Be3 Be2 19. Re1 Nc4 20. Qc5 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Bc4 22. Qd4 Be2 23. Qd6 Rac8 24. h3 Rfd8 25. Qe7 a5 26. g4 Qb5 27. Rab1 Qc4 28. Rb7 Rf8 29. Qa3 c5 30. Qxa5 Ra8 31. Ra7 Rxa7 32. Qxa7 h5 {Chatalbashev,B (2466)-Hammer,J (2596) Hell NOR 2024 ½-½ (35)}) 18... c5 ({RR} 18... Be2 19. Re1 c5 20. Qb3 e5 21. Bc1) ({RR} 18... e5) ({RR} 18... Be2) 19. Qb2 ({RR} 19. Qa5 e5 20. Be3 Be2 21. Re1 Nc4 ({RR} 21... Rfc8) 22. Qa6 Nxe3 23. Rxe2 Nxg2 24. Kxg2) ({RR} 19. Qa5 e5 20. Be3 Be2 21. Re1 Nc4 22. Qa6 Nxe3 23. Rxe2 Nxg2 24. Kxg2 Rad8 25. Rae1 Rd7 26. Qb5 Rfd8 ({RR} 26... Rc7 27. Rd2) 27. Qxc5) ({RR} 19. Qa5 Be2 20. Re1 e5 21. Bxe5 Nc4 22. Qa6 Qxe5 23. Rxe2 Qxc3 24. Ree1 Ne5 25. Rec1 Qd2 26. Rd1 Qb4 27. Rdb1 {½-½ (27) Bacrot,E (2714)-Moiseenko,A (2715) San Sebastian 2012}) 19... Rad8 20. Rxd8 $146 ({RR} 20. Re1 Rd7 21. h3 h6 ({RR} 21... Rfd8 22. Qa3) 22. a4 Ba6 23. Qa2 ({RR} 23. g4 Qh4 24. Red1) 23... Rfd8 24. a5 Nc4 25. Bf1 ({RR} 25. e5 g5 26. g4 ({RR} 26. Bc1 Rd1 27. Ba3 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Rd1 29. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 30. Kh2 Qa4) 26... Qg6 27. Be4 Qg7 28. Bg3 Nd2) 25... e5 26. g4 ({RR} 26. Bc1 Rd1 27. g4 Rxe1 28. gxh5 Rdd1) 26... Qg6 27. Bxc4 exf4 ({RR} 27... Bxc4 28. Qxc4 exf4 29. Qxc5 Rd3) 28. Bd5 f3 29. c4 ({RR} 29. Re3 Be2 30. Rxe2 fxe2 31. Qxe2 Rb8) 29... h5 30. Kh2 Qf6 31. Rg1 hxg4 32. Rab1 ({RR} 32. Rxg4 Bxc4 33. Qxc4 ({RR} 33. Bxc4 Rd2 34. Qa4 ({RR} 34. Qa3 Rxf2+ 35. Kg1 Qd4) 34... Rxf2+ 35. Kg1 Rfd2 ({RR} 35... Qd4 36. Bxf7+)) 33... Qxa1 34. Qxc5) ({RR} 32. Rac1 Qf4+ 33. Kh1 Qh6) 32... Bxc4 33. Qxc4 Qf4+ 34. Rg3 Rxd5 {Jakovenko,D (2710)-Carlsen,M (2714) Moscow 2007 CBM 122 [Carlsen,Magnus] 0-1 (41)}) ({RR} 20. f3) ({RR} 20. Rd2 e5 21. Be3 Be6 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. f3 Nc4 24. Qf2 h6 25. Bxc5 Rd2 26. Qf1 a5 27. a4 Qg5 28. Qe1 Rd3 29. Rd1 Qd8 30. Rxd3 Qxd3 31. f4 Nd2 32. Be3 Nxe4 33. fxe5 Nxc3 34. Bf1 Qc2 {Feller,S (2523)-Sokolov,A (2561) Pau 2008 ½-½ (36)}) 20... Rxd8 21. f3 ({RR} 21. h3) 21... f5 22. exf5 Qxf5 23. Re1 Qd5 24. Qa3 Qc6 25. Qxa7 Ra8 26. Qe7 Nd5 27. Qd6 Qxd6 28. Bxd6 Nxc3 29. Bxc5 Rxa2 30. Bf1 Bxf1 31. Kxf1 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c5 7. dxc5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. e3 Qa5 11. Nge2 Bf5 12. Be5 O-O 13. Nd4 Nxc3 14. Nxf5 Ne4+ 15. Kd1 Nc6 16. Bd6 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. Nxh6+ Kh8 19. h4 g4 20. f3 $146 ({RR} 20. Qf5 Ne4 {0-1 (20) Adar,I (1975)-Gorodetzky,D (2331) Jerusalem 2016}) 20... d4 21. Qf5 dxe3 22. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.08"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qxc5 11. e3 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 d4 ({RR} 12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 O-O 14. Rc1 Rd8 15. O-O Bd7 16. Be2 Qxc2 17. Rxc2 Rac8 18. Rfc1 Ne7 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Rxc8+ Nxc8 21. Kf1 Kf8 22. Ke1 Ke7 23. f4 Bc6 24. g3 f6 25. Bd3 h6 26. Ke2 Nb6 27. Nc4 {So,W (2757)-Carlsen,M (2832) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (35)}) ({RR} 12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 O-O 14. O-O e5 15. b4 Qe7 16. Bd3 h6 17. Be4 Bd7 18. Nb3 Rac8 19. Nc5 Nd8 20. Rfd1 Bc6 21. Bxc6 Rxc6 22. Qe4 Rc7 23. Rd5 b6 24. Nd3 f6 25. h4 Nf7 26. b5 Rfc8 27. Nb4 {Iniyan,P (2495)-Kazmin,S (2178) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (75)}) 13. b4 Qe7 14. Nf3 dxe3 $146 ({RR} 14... e5 15. Be2 Bg4 16. O-O dxe3 17. fxe3 Rd8 18. h3 Bh5 19. b5 e4 20. bxc6 {½-½ (20) Schandorff,L (2537)-Hammer,J (2494) Borup 2008}) 15. fxe3 a5 16. b5 Nb8 17. c5 Nd7 18. Rc1 Nf6 19. Be2 O-O 20. O-O Bd7 21. a4 Rfc8 22. Ne5 Be8 23. Bf3 Nd5 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Qc3 Rc7 26. Qd4 Rac8 27. Nd3 f6 28. Rc3 Bg6 29. Rfc1 Bxd3 30. Qxd5+ Kf8 31. Qxd3 Rxc5 32. Rxc5 Rxc5 33. Rxc5 Qxc5 34. Qd8+ Kf7 35. Qxa5 Qxe3+ 36. Kf1 Qf4+ 37. Kg1 h5 38. Qb6 Qe4 39. Kf2 Qh4+ 40. Ke2 Qe4+ 41. Kf2 Kg6 42. a5 Qc2+ 43. Kf1 Qd1+ 44. Kf2 Qd2+ 45. Kf1 Qf4+ 46. Kg1 h4 47. h3 Qe4 48. a6 bxa6 49. bxa6 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 1st"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2006.08.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2006.08.19"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. a3 Ba5 10. Bd2 ({RR} 10. Nb5 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Bb6 12. Qh4 Ne8 13. Qxd8 Bxd8 14. Bd2 a6 15. Nbd4 Nd6 16. Ba2 Ne4 17. Bb4 Re8 18. Rfd1 b6 19. Rac1 Bf6 20. h3 Ndc5 21. Nh2 a5 22. Be1 Ba6 23. Ng4 Be7 24. Ne5 Bf6 {Aleksandrov,A (2659)-Adams,M (2740) Mallorca 2004 ½-½}) ({RR} 10. Qd3 a6 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Qxd8 Bxd8 13. b4 Nce4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bb2 b5 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. Rfc1 Bd5 18. Ne5 f6 19. Nc6 Nd2 20. Rc2 Nc4 21. Nxd8 Rfxd8 22. Bd4 e5 23. Bc5 e4 24. Be2 Ne5 {Beliavsky,A (2646)-Kotronias,V (2603) Gibraltar 2009 1-0 (53)}) 10... b6 ({RR} 10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Be2 Bd7 13. Qb3 Nc6 14. Nf3 Qe7 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Be1 Be8 17. h3 h6 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1 20. Qxd1 Qd8 21. Qxd8 Bxd8 22. Kf1 Kf8 23. Bd3 Nd7 24. Ke2 Nde5 25. Nxe5 {Wang Yue (2654)-Liu,Y (2574) Qingdao CHN 2024 ½-½ (31)}) 11. Qb1 $146 ({RR} 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Rad1 a6 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Ba2 Qc7 15. Rc1 Bc6 16. Nb1 Rab8 17. b4 Ng4 18. Rfd1 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qxh2+ 20. Kf1 Qh4 21. g3 Qh5 22. Ke2 Nde5 23. Rxc5 Rb5 24. Rxe5 Rxe5 25. Rh1 Qg6 {Del Rio de Angelis,S (2517)-Guerrero Vargas,A (2303) Linares 2014 0-1 (41)}) 11... Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Bb7 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Be2 Rfd8 16. Qd3 Qf8 17. Qc4 Ne4 18. Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 28th Feb Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.02.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bluebaum, M.."]
[Black "Carlsen, M.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2852"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2023.02.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 d5 6. Nf3 Re8 7. Rc1 a6 8. c5 Nc6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Ne4 11. Qc2 $146 ({RR} 11. Be2 e5 12. dxe5 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 Nxe5 14. O-O c6 15. Nd4 Qf6 16. b4 Ng6 17. Re1 Nh4 18. Bf1 Bd7 19. Qd2 Re5 20. a4 h6 21. Rb3 Re4 22. Kh1 Rae8 23. b5 axb5 24. axb5 Nf5 25. Nxf5 Bxf5 {Aczel,G (2481)-Movsesian,S (2610) Skalica SVK 2023 ½-½ (52)}) 11... e5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nxc5 14. b4 Ne4 15. Bb2 c6 16. Bd3 Bf5 17. f3 Qh4+ 18. Ke2 Qf2+ 19. Kd1 Qxe3 20. Rf1 Ng3 21. hxg3 Bxd3 22. Qf2 Qg5 23. Re1 h5 24. Qd2 Qg6 25. Rc3 Bf5 26. Qf2 a5 27. Rh1 axb4 28. axb4 d4 29. Rc4 Be6 30. Rxd4 Qb1+ 31. Bc1 Bb3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 4th Mar Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bluebaum, M.."]
[Black "Carlsen, M.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2833"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd2 d6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Ne4 11. Be1 f5 12. Kh1 Rf6 13. Ng1 Rh6 ({RR} 13... Rg6 14. f3 Qg5 15. Qe2 Nef6 16. Nh3 Qh6 17. Nf4 e5 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. d5 Kf7 20. f4 Rh8 21. h3 Nc5 22. Bc2 c6 23. dxc6 Bxc6 24. Kg1 Nce4 25. Rd1 Re8 26. fxe5 dxe5 27. b4 Kg8 28. c5 {Bluebaum,M (2643)-Bharadia Yash (2368) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (61)}) 14. f3 Ng5 15. Qe2 Qe7 $146 ({RR} 15... Qe8 16. Bg3 Qh5 17. Rae1 Rf8 18. Qd2 a5 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 e5 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Be2 Qg6 23. Bf4 Rh5 24. Qb2 Ne6 25. Nh3 Re8 26. Qc3 Qf6 27. Bg3 Rxh3 28. Bxe5 dxe5 29. gxh3 f4 30. c5 {Bluebaum,M (2670)-Popov,K (2345) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (86)}) ({RR} 15... Qe8 16. Bg3 Qh5 17. Rae1 Rf8 18. Qc2 Rff6 19. Ne2 Nxf3 20. gxf3 Bxf3+ 21. Kg1 Rfg6 22. Kf2 Bb7 23. Rd1 Nf6 24. Ke1 Ng4 25. Kd2 Nxh2 26. Rf2 Ng4 27. Rff1 Qh3 28. Rg1 Nh2 29. Nf4 Nf3+ 30. Kc1 {Bluebaum,M (2657)-Kopylov,A (2397) chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (41)}) 16. b4 Rf8 17. Bc3 Nf6 18. Qe1 Nh5 19. Ne2 e5 20. d5 e4 21. fxe4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Qxe4 23. Nf4 Qxc4 24. Rd1 Qxf1+ 25. Qxf1 Ng3+ 26. Kg1 Nxf1 27. Rxf1 Re8 28. Bd4 Re7 29. h3 g5 30. Ne6 Bxd5 31. Nxg5 Rg6 32. Rxf5 Bxg2 33. h4 Be4 34. Rf6 h6 35. Rxg6+ Bxg6 36. Nh3 c5 37. bxc5 dxc5 38. Nf4 cxd4 39. Nxg6 Rxe3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 28th Feb Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.02.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bluebaum, M.."]
[Black "Carlsen, M.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2852"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2023.02.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 d5 6. Nf3 Re8 7. Rc1 a6 8. c5 Nc6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Ne4 11. Qc2 $146 ({RR} 11. Be2 e5 12. dxe5 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 Nxe5 14. O-O c6 15. Nd4 Qf6 16. b4 Ng6 17. Re1 Nh4 18. Bf1 Bd7 19. Qd2 Re5 20. a4 h6 21. Rb3 Re4 22. Kh1 Rae8 23. b5 axb5 24. axb5 Nf5 25. Nxf5 Bxf5 {Aczel,G (2481)-Movsesian,S (2610) Skalica SVK 2023 ½-½ (52)}) 11... e5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nxc5 14. b4 Ne4 15. Bb2 c6 16. Bd3 Bf5 17. f3 Qh4+ 18. Ke2 Qf2+ 19. Kd1 Qxe3 20. Rf1 Ng3 21. hxg3 Bxd3 22. Qf2 Qg5 23. Re1 h5 24. Qd2 Qg6 25. Rc3 Bf5 26. Qf2 a5 27. Rh1 axb4 28. axb4 d4 29. Rc4 Be6 30. Rxd4 Qb1+ 31. Bc1 Bb3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 5th Nov Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.11.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, F.."]
[Black "Carlsen, M.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E28"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2831"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2024.11.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. Ne2 Nc6 8. Ng3 b6 9. e4 e5 10. Be2 Re8 11. O-O exd4 ({RR} 11... Ba6 12. f3 Na5 13. Nf5 Nd7 14. Ne3 Nf8 15. Rf2 Ne6 16. Rb1 Qd7 17. Bf1 Rad8 18. g3 Nf8 19. Qd3 exd4 20. cxd4 d5 21. exd5 c6 22. dxc6 Qxd4 23. Qxd4 Rxd4 24. Bb2 Rdd8 25. c7 Rd7 26. c5 {Xu,Y (2468)-Jin,H (2305) Xinghua CHN 2025 1-0 (46)}) 12. cxd4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 $146 ({RR} 13. Bf3 f5 14. Re1 d5 15. Bg5 Qxg5 16. cxd5 Na5 17. h4 Qf4 18. Qc2 Bb7 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. Bxe4 Qxh4 21. g3 Qh5 22. Qxc7 Bxd5 23. Bxd5+ Qxd5 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Qxa7 Qxd4 26. Rb1 {0-1 (26) Hooper,D-Barden,L Hastings 1952}) 13... Rxe4 14. Bf3 Rxd4 15. Qa4 Na5 16. Bxa8 Bd7 17. Qc2 Qxa8 18. Re1 Rxc4 19. Qe2 Be6 20. Bb2 Rg4 21. f3 Rg6 22. Rad1 Nc4 23. Bc1 h5 24. Kh1 d5 25. Qf2 c5 26. Qh4 d4 27. Qxh5 Qd5 28. Qh4 b5 29. Re4 a5 30. Rexd4 cxd4 31. Rxd4 Rf6 32. Rxd5 Bxd5 33. h3 Be6 34. Qd4 Rf5 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Kh2 Rd5 37. Qh4+ Kg8 38. Qe7 Rd7 39. Qe8+ Kh7 40. Qf8 Rd4 41. Qc5 Rd5 42. Qc6 Rd1 43. Bf4 Rd5 44. Bc1 Rd1 45. Bg5 Rd5 46. Be7 Rd7 47. Bf8 Rd5 48. Bc5 Kg8 49. Qc7 Kh7 50. Qc6 Ne5 51. Qxb5 Nd3 52. Qb1 Bf5 53. Be3 Re5 54. Bd2 Re2 55. Bxa5 Rxg2+ 56. Kxg2 Nf4+ 57. Kg3 Nh5+ 58. Kh4 Bxb1 59. Kxh5 Bc2 60. Kg4 Kg6 61. Bc3 Bf5+ 62. Kg3 Bd7 63. h4 f6 64. Kf4 Bc6 65. Ke3 Kh5 66. Be1 g5 67. hxg5 fxg5 68. Bf2 Kg6 69. Bg3 Kf5 70. f4 gxf4+ 71. Bxf4 Ke6 72. a4 Bxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2022"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.12.13"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Caruana, F.."]
[Black "Carlsen, M.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E28"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2859"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2022.11.23"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. f3 ({RR} 7. Ne2 c5 8. Ng3 Nc6 9. Ra2 b6 10. e4 Ba6 11. Bg5 h6 12. h4 hxg5 13. hxg5 g6 14. gxf6 Qxf6 15. e5 dxe5 16. d5 Ne7 17. d6 Nf5 18. Ne4 Qd8 19. Qd3 Kg7 20. g4 Bb7 21. Rh3 Nh4 {Ding Liren (2788)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2795) Astana KAZ 2023 ½-½ (45)}) 7... Nh5 $146 ({RR} 7... e5 8. e4 b6 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. Bg5 Na5 12. Ng3 h6 13. Bc1 Bxc4 14. Bxc4 Nxc4 15. Qd3 d5 16. O-O b5 17. a4 dxe4 18. fxe4 c6 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Nf5 Kh7 21. Ra6 Ng8 22. Qh3 {Gonzalez,F (2021)-Zakhartsov,V (2547) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (40)}) ({RR} 7... Nc6 8. Bd3 b6 9. e4 Qe8 10. f4 e5 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Nf3 exd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. Bb2 Nxe4 15. O-O Ng5 16. Qd2 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Bh5 18. Rae1 Qd7 19. d5 Na5 20. Qg5 Bg6 21. Re7 Qd6 22. Rfe1 {Dambacher,M (2474)-Bok,B (2593) Venlo NED 2025 ½-½ (37)}) 8. Nh3 f5 9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11. e4 f4 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxc5 Qe7 14. Kh1 Bd7 15. a4 Rad8 16. Qc2 Nf6 17. Ng5 h6 18. Ne4 Be8 19. Nd6 b6 20. Nxe8 Qxe8 21. cxb6 axb6 22. Ba3 e4 23. Bxe4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Rf5 25. Rab1 Re5 26. Qxf4 Re2 27. Rxb6 Rdd2 28. Rg1 Ne5 29. Bc5 Nd3 30. Rb8 Nxf4 31. Rxe8+ Kh7 32. Bd4 Nd3 33. f4 Ra2 34. Re7 Nf2+ 35. Bxf2 Rxf2 36. Rxe6 Rxf4 37. Rc6 Rff2 38. c5 Rfc2 39. h3 Rxc3 40. Rc7 Rcc2 41. c6 Rxa4 42. Rc8 Rac4 43. c7 Rxc7 44. Rxc7 Rxc7 45. Kh2 g5 46. Rh1 Kg6 47. Rg1 Rf7 48. Rh1 h5 49. Rg1 h4 50. Re1 Rf5 51. Re3 Kf6 52. Kg1 Re5 53. Rxe5 Kxe5 54. Kf2 Kf4 55. Kf1 g4 56. hxg4 Kxg4 57. Kg1 h3 58. gxh3+ Kxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2022"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.12.13"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Caruana, F.."]
[Black "Carlsen, M.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E28"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2859"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2022.11.23"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. f3 ({RR} 7. Ne2 c5 8. Ng3 Nc6 9. Ra2 b6 10. e4 Ba6 11. Bg5 h6 12. h4 hxg5 13. hxg5 g6 14. gxf6 Qxf6 15. e5 dxe5 16. d5 Ne7 17. d6 Nf5 18. Ne4 Qd8 19. Qd3 Kg7 20. g4 Bb7 21. Rh3 Nh4 {Ding Liren (2788)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2795) Astana KAZ 2023 ½-½ (45)}) 7... Nh5 $146 ({RR} 7... e5 8. e4 b6 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. Bg5 Na5 12. Ng3 h6 13. Bc1 Bxc4 14. Bxc4 Nxc4 15. Qd3 d5 16. O-O b5 17. a4 dxe4 18. fxe4 c6 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Nf5 Kh7 21. Ra6 Ng8 22. Qh3 {Gonzalez,F (2021)-Zakhartsov,V (2547) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (40)}) ({RR} 7... Nc6 8. Bd3 b6 9. e4 Qe8 10. f4 e5 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Nf3 exd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. Bb2 Nxe4 15. O-O Ng5 16. Qd2 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Bh5 18. Rae1 Qd7 19. d5 Na5 20. Qg5 Bg6 21. Re7 Qd6 22. Rfe1 {Dambacher,M (2474)-Bok,B (2593) Venlo NED 2025 ½-½ (37)}) 8. Nh3 f5 9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11. e4 f4 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxc5 Qe7 14. Kh1 Bd7 15. a4 Rad8 16. Qc2 Nf6 17. Ng5 h6 18. Ne4 Be8 19. Nd6 b6 20. Nxe8 Qxe8 21. cxb6 axb6 22. Ba3 e4 23. Bxe4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Rf5 25. Rab1 Re5 26. Qxf4 Re2 27. Rxb6 Rdd2 28. Rg1 Ne5 29. Bc5 Nd3 30. Rb8 Nxf4 31. Rxe8+ Kh7 32. Bd4 Nd3 33. f4 Ra2 34. Re7 Nf2+ 35. Bxf2 Rxf2 36. Rxe6 Rxf4 37. Rc6 Rff2 38. c5 Rfc2 39. h3 Rxc3 40. Rc7 Rcc2 41. c6 Rxa4 42. Rc8 Rac4 43. c7 Rxc7 44. Rxc7 Rxc7 45. Kh2 g5 46. Rh1 Kg6 47. Rg1 Rf7 48. Rh1 h5 49. Rg1 h4 50. Re1 Rf5 51. Re3 Kf6 52. Kg1 Re5 53. Rxe5 Kxe5 54. Kf2 Kf4 55. Kf1 g4 56. hxg4 Kxg4 57. Kg1 h3 58. gxh3+ Kxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2022"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.12.13"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Caruana, F.."]
[Black "Carlsen, M.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2859"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2022.11.23"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 {Golod,Vitali} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. b4 c6 8. Bb2 b6 9. c5 a5 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O Ba6 12. Ne1 $146 ({RR} 12. Bxa6 Rxa6 13. b5 cxb5 14. c6 Nb8 15. Ne5 b4 ({RR} 15... Ne8) 16. Nb5 Ne8 17. a4 f6 18. Rc1 Nc7 ({RR} 18... fxe5 19. c7 Qc8 ({RR} 19... Nxc7 20. Nxc7) 20. cxb8=Q Qxb8 21. dxe5 Bc5) 19. Nd3 Ra8 20. Nf4 Nba6 21. e4 Bd6 ({RR} 21... dxe4 22. Qb3 Qc8) 22. e5 fxe5 23. dxe5 Bc5 24. Qg4 Qe7 25. Nd6 Nb8 26. Nd3 Nca6 {Kortschnoj,V (2579)-Golod,V (2552) Beersheba 2004 CBM 101 [Golod,Vitali] 1-0 (38)} ({RR} 26... Nba6) ({RR} 26... Nxc6 27. Nxc5 bxc5 28. Rxc5 Ra6 29. Rfc1)) 12... e5 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. b5 exd4 15. bxa6 dxc3 16. Bxc3 Nxc5 17. Qe2 Qa8 18. Rb1 Nfe4 19. Bd4 b5 20. a7 Ne6 21. Nf3 Bxa3 22. Qc2 Bd6 23. Bb6 Qb7 24. Bxa5 Qxa7 25. Ra1 Qb7 26. Nd4 c5 27. Nf5 Be5 28. Rad1 Re8 29. f3 Nd6 30. Nxd6 Bxd6 31. Bc3 b4 32. Ba1 c4 33. Qf5 c3 34. Rxd5 g6 35. Qd3 Bf8 36. Kh1 Nc5 37. Qc4 Rc8 38. h3 Qa6 39. Rd4 Qxc4 40. Rxc4 Rb8 41. Rb1 Na6 42. Rc6 Ra8 43. Bxc3 bxc3 44. Rxc3 Nc5 45. Rbc1 Ne6 46. Rc8 Ra5 47. e4 h5 48. Rd1 h4 49. e5 Rxe5 50. Rc4 g5 51. Rg4 Be7 52. Rf1 Nf4 53. g3 hxg3 54. h4 Nh5 55. f4 f5 56. fxe5 fxg4 57. hxg5 Bxg5 58. Rf5 g2+ 59. Kxg2 Nf4+ 60. Kg3 Ne6 61. Kxg4 Be7 62. Rh5 Kf7 63. Rh7+ Ng7 64. Rh6 Ne6 65. Kf5 Ng7+ 66. Ke4 Ne6 67. Rh7+ Ke8 68. Kf5 Kd7 69. Rxe7+ Kxe7 70. Ke4 Nc7 71. Kd3 Ke6 72. Kc2 Kxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2022"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.12.13"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Caruana, F.."]
[Black "Carlsen, M.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E40"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2859"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2022.11.23"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 {Golod,Vitali} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. b4 c6 8. Bb2 b6 9. c5 a5 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O Ba6 12. Ne1 $146 ({RR} 12. Bxa6 Rxa6 13. b5 cxb5 14. c6 Nb8 15. Ne5 b4 ({RR} 15... Ne8) 16. Nb5 Ne8 17. a4 f6 18. Rc1 Nc7 ({RR} 18... fxe5 19. c7 Qc8 ({RR} 19... Nxc7 20. Nxc7) 20. cxb8=Q Qxb8 21. dxe5 Bc5) 19. Nd3 Ra8 20. Nf4 Nba6 21. e4 Bd6 ({RR} 21... dxe4 22. Qb3 Qc8) 22. e5 fxe5 23. dxe5 Bc5 24. Qg4 Qe7 25. Nd6 Nb8 26. Nd3 Nca6 {Kortschnoj,V (2579)-Golod,V (2552) Beersheba 2004 CBM 101 [Golod,Vitali] 1-0 (38)} ({RR} 26... Nba6) ({RR} 26... Nxc6 27. Nxc5 bxc5 28. Rxc5 Ra6 29. Rfc1)) 12... e5 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. b5 exd4 15. bxa6 dxc3 16. Bxc3 Nxc5 17. Qe2 Qa8 18. Rb1 Nfe4 19. Bd4 b5 20. a7 Ne6 21. Nf3 Bxa3 22. Qc2 Bd6 23. Bb6 Qb7 24. Bxa5 Qxa7 25. Ra1 Qb7 26. Nd4 c5 27. Nf5 Be5 28. Rad1 Re8 29. f3 Nd6 30. Nxd6 Bxd6 31. Bc3 b4 32. Ba1 c4 33. Qf5 c3 34. Rxd5 g6 35. Qd3 Bf8 36. Kh1 Nc5 37. Qc4 Rc8 38. h3 Qa6 39. Rd4 Qxc4 40. Rxc4 Rb8 41. Rb1 Na6 42. Rc6 Ra8 43. Bxc3 bxc3 44. Rxc3 Nc5 45. Rbc1 Ne6 46. Rc8 Ra5 47. e4 h5 48. Rd1 h4 49. e5 Rxe5 50. Rc4 g5 51. Rg4 Be7 52. Rf1 Nf4 53. g3 hxg3 54. h4 Nh5 55. f4 f5 56. fxe5 fxg4 57. hxg5 Bxg5 58. Rf5 g2+ 59. Kxg2 Nf4+ 60. Kg3 Ne6 61. Kxg4 Be7 62. Rh5 Kf7 63. Rh7+ Ng7 64. Rh6 Ne6 65. Kf5 Ng7+ 66. Ke4 Ne6 67. Rh7+ Ke8 68. Kf5 Kd7 69. Rxe7+ Kxe7 70. Ke4 Nc7 71. Kd3 Ke6 72. Kc2 Kxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.12.07"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The second match game between Carlsen and Cheparinov left a strange feeling. The Bulgarian grandmaster chose a deeply analyzed opening variation, very well known to his opponent - a rather surprising strategy, especially since this variation leads to simple positions with visible drawish tendencies. The game quickly entered a four-rooks endgame with an extra pawn for White, but without real winning chances for Cheparinov. His further efforts were in vain: such endgames can hardly be won, no matter of one's efforts and willingness to win. Thus Carlsen's draw with the black pieces was unexpectedly easy, and he won the match 1.5-0.5.} 1. d4 {Marin,Mihail} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 ({RR} 4... b6) 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O ({RR} 6... Ne4 7. Qd3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nc5 9. Qf3 d6 10. Bg2 e5 11. Nf5 Qf6 12. Ne3 Qxf3 13. Bxf3 Be6 14. Ba3 Nba6 15. O-O-O Ke7 16. Bg2 Rad8 17. f4 f6 18. Rhf1 b6 19. g4 Nc7 20. h4) 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 (9. Bd2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 e5 11. Nb3 Nc6 12. O-O Nb6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Qc2 Be6 15. Rfd1 Nc4 16. Bc5 Rfd8 17. Qe4 Rac8 18. f4 f5 19. Qf3 b6 20. Bf2 e4 $17 {Onischuk,A (2650)-Carlsen,M (2710)/Biel (blitz) 2007}) 9... Qa5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ba6 14. Rfd1 Qc5 15. e4 Bc4 16. Qa4 ({The position is well-known to Carlsen also from the white side:} 16. Qc2 Nb6 17. Bf4 e5 18. Be3 Qa3 19. Bh3 Rab8 20. Qc1 Qxc1 21. Rdxc1 Bd3 22. f3 Rb7 $11 {Carlsen,M (2698)-Leko,P (2741)/Moscow 2006}) 16... Nb6 17. Qb4 Qh5 18. Bf4 ({RR} 18. Re1 c5 ({RR} 18... Be2 19. h3 Rfd8 ({RR} 19... c5 20. Qb3) 20. Bf4 Rac8 ({RR} 20... e5 21. g4 Qg6 22. Bxe5) 21. g4 Qb5 22. a4 Qa6 23. a5) 19. Qa5 Rfc8 20. Be3 ({RR} 20. Bf4 e5 21. Be3 Be6) 20... Be2 21. Bf4 ({RR} 21. h3 Nc4 22. Qa6 Nxe3 23. Rxe2 Nxg2 24. Kxg2 Qe5) 21... e5 22. Be3 ({RR} 22. Bxe5 Nc4 23. Qa6 Qxe5 24. Rxe2 Qxc3) 22... Bg4 ({RR} 22... Nc4 23. Qa6 Nxe3 ({RR} 23... Bd3 24. Rad1) 24. Rxe2 Nxg2 25. Kxg2) ({RR} 22... f6 23. Bxc5 Nc4 24. Qb5 Rab8 25. Qd7 Rxc5 26. Rab1 Rb6 ({RR} 26... Rf8 27. Rb7 Qf7 28. Rxe2) ({RR} 26... Rxb1 27. Rxb1 h6 ({RR} 27... Nb6 28. Qxa7) 28. Bh3) 27. Bh3 Kf8 28. Rxb6 axb6 29. Be6 Qe8 30. Qxe8+ Kxe8 31. Rxe2) ({RR} 22... h6 23. h3) 23. Qa6 f6 24. a4 Qf7 25. Bf1 Be6 26. Rab1 ({RR} 26. a5 Bc4 27. Bxc4 Nxc4 ({RR} 27... Qxc4 28. axb6) 28. Rab1 Rc7) 26... c4 ({RR} 26... Rc7 27. Rxb6) ({RR} 26... Bc4 27. Bxc4 Qxc4 ({RR} 27... Nxc4 28. Rb7) 28. Rxb6) ({RR} 26... f5 27. exf5) 27. a5 Na4 ({RR} 27... Nd7 28. Rb7) 28. Rb7 Qe8 29. Qd6 {1-0 (29) Kramnik,V (2772)-Anand,V (2783) Bonn 2008 CBM 127 [Marin,Mihail]} {RR} Bf7 30. Qb4 Rab8 31. a6) ({RR} 18. Be3 Be2 19. Rd2 Rab8 20. Bxb6 axb6 21. Qd6 Rfc8 ({RR} 21... Bf3 22. Qxc6 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qe5 24. Qc4 Rfc8 25. Qd4 Qa5 26. Rb1 h6 27. Rb4 Qc5 28. Rd3 Qc7) 22. Rb1 h6 23. e5 Bf3 24. a4 Ra8 25. Qd4 b5 26. Bxf3 Qxf3 27. Rd3) ({RR} 18. Be3 Be2 19. Re1 Nc4 20. Qc5 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Bc4 22. Qd4 Be2 23. Qd6 Rac8 24. h3 Rfd8 25. Qe7 a5 26. g4 Qb5 27. Rab1 Qc4 28. Rb7 Rf8 29. Qa3 c5 30. Qxa5 Ra8 31. Ra7 Rxa7 32. Qxa7 h5 {Chatalbashev,B (2466)-Hammer,J (2596) Hell NOR 2024 ½-½ (35)}) 18... c5 ({RR} 18... e5) ({RR} 18... Be2) 19. Qa5 ({The Norvegian has pleasant memories with this position. Less then a month ago he won a nice game against Jakovenko:} 19. Qb2 Rad8 20. Re1 Rd7 21. h3 h6 22. a4 Ba6 23. Qa2 Rfd8 24. a5 Nc4 25. Bf1 e5 26. g4 Qg6 27. Bxc4 exf4 28. Bd5 f3 29. c4 h5 30. Kh2 Qf6 31. Rg1 hxg4 32. Rab1 Bxc4 $1 33. Qxc4 Qf4+ 34. Rg3 Rxd5 $19 {Jakovenko,D (2710)-Carlsen,M (2714)/Moscow 2007}) ({RR} 19. Qb2 Rad8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. f3 f5 22. exf5 Qxf5 23. Re1 Qd5 24. Qa3 Qc6 25. Qxa7 Ra8 26. Qe7 Nd5 27. Qd6 Qxd6 28. Bxd6 Nxc3 29. Bxc5 Rxa2 30. Bf1 Bxf1 31. Kxf1 Kf7 {½-½ (31) Bacrot,E (2691)-Carlsen,M (2775) Biel 2008}) 19... e5 $146 {Without waiting for some improvements from his opponent, Magnus is the first one to produce a new move.} (19... Rfc8 20. h3 f6 21. Be3 e5 22. Bxc5 Be6 23. Bxb6 axb6 24. Qxb6 {was slightly better for White in Van Wely,L (2683) -Karjakin,S (2678)/Wijk aan Zee 2007}) ({RR} 19... Be2 20. Re1 e5 21. Bxe5 Nc4 22. Qa6 Qxe5 23. Rxe2 Qxc3 24. Ree1 Ne5 25. Rec1 Qd2 26. Rd1 Qb4 27. Rdb1 {½-½ (27) Bacrot,E (2714)-Moiseenko,A (2715) San Sebastian 2012}) 20. Be3 Be2 21. Re1 Nc4 ({RR} 21... Rfc8) 22. Qa6 (22. Qxc5 Rfc8 23. Qe7 Nxe3 24. fxe3 $17 {is of course not an option for White}) 22... Nxe3 23. Rxe2 Nxg2 24. Kxg2 Rad8 25. Rae1 Rd7 26. Qb5 Rfd8 ({RR} 26... Rc7 27. Rd2) 27. Qxc5 f6 28. Qc4+ Qf7 29. Qxf7+ Kxf7 {White's extra pawn on c3 is rather weak and his rooks are passive. Besides, with four rooks it is even more difficult for White to make progress than with two. Carlsen confidently handles the last part of the game.} 30. Rb1 Rc8 31. Rc2 Rc4 32. Rb4 Rc5 33. Kf1 a5 34. Ra4 g5 35. Ke2 g4 36. Ra3 Rdc7 37. Rc1 h5 38. Kd3 Rd7+ 39. Ke3 Rdc7 40. Rb3 Rc4 41. Kd3 Ra4 42. Rc2 Rd7+ 43. Ke3 Rc7 44. Rb5 Ke6 45. Rb6+ Kf7 46. Ra6 Kg6 47. Ra8 Kf7 48. Ra6 Kg6 49. Rd6 Kf7 50. Kd3 Ke7 51. Rd5 Ke6 52. Rd8 Kf7 53. c4 Ra3+ 54. Kd2 Ra4 55. Kd3 Ra3+ 56. Kd2 Ra4 57. c5 Rxe4 58. Kd3 Ra4 59. Rd6 Ke7 60. Ra6 Rd7+ 61. Kc3 Rdd4 62. Kb2 Rab4+ 63. Kc1 a4 64. Rc3 Rbc4 65. Kc2 Re4 66. Ra7+ Ke6 67. c6 Kd6 68. c7 Kd7 69. Rxc4 Rxc4+ 70. Kd3 Rd4+ 71. Ke3 f5 72. Ra6 Kxc7 73. Rf6 Re4+ 74. Kd3 Rd4+ 75. Ke3 Re4+ 76. Kd3 Rd4+ 77. Kc3 f4 78. Rf5 Re4 79. Kd3 Rd4+ 80. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas Qualifier S16"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2005.03.16"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Chiong Zacarias, Romero Luis"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E29"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2005.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Ne2 e5 9. e4 d6 10. f3 ({RR} 10. d5 Na5 11. Ng3 Nd7 12. Rb1 Re8 13. Nf5 Nb6 14. g4 a6 15. Qe2 Na4 16. Qc2 Nb6 17. Ne3 Bd7 18. O-O Ba4 19. Qa2 Nc8 20. f3 Ne7 21. Kh1 Qd7 22. Rg1 b5 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Nf5 c4 {LCZero0.31-dag-5350a2e-BT4-61 (3634)-Stockfishdev-20240513-e608eab (3662) tcec-chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (65)}) ({RR} 10. d5 Ne7 11. f3 Ne8 12. g4 Ng6 13. O-O Qh4 14. Qe1 Qe7 15. Be3 f6 16. h4 Nh8 17. Ng3 g6 18. Ra2 Ng7 19. Rg2 Nf7 20. Kh1 Kh8 21. Rfg1 Qc7 22. Qd2 Bd7 23. g5 f5 24. exf5 gxf5 {Chiong Zacarias,R (2390)-Ancheta,R Manila 1995 1-0 (33)}) 10... Nh5 $146 ({RR} 10... b6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Ba6 13. g4 g5 14. Bg3 Kg7 15. h4 Rh8 16. Qd2 Ng8 17. Kf2 f6 18. Rh2 Nge7 19. Rah1 Ng6 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Rxh8 Nxh8 22. Bh2 Ng6 23. Ng3 Nce7 24. Nf5+ Nxf5 25. gxf5 {Gurevich,D (2347)-Saydaliev,S (2453) chess.com INT 2024 1-0}) ({RR} 10... b6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Ba6 13. g4 g5 14. Bg3 Kg7 15. h4 Rh8 16. Qd2 Ng8 17. Kf2 f6 18. Rh2 Nge7 19. Rah1 Ng6 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Rxh8 Nxh8 22. Bh2 Ng6 23. Ng3 Nce7 24. Nf5+ Nxf5 25. gxf5 {Gurevich,D (2347)-Saydaliev,S (2453) chess.com INT 2024 1-0}) 11. d5 Ne7 12. g4 Nf6 13. h4 Nxg4 14. fxg4 Bxg4 15. Bg5 f6 16. Be3 f5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 19. Qd2 Qd7 20. Rg1 h5 21. Rf1 Raf8 22. Rxf5 Qxf5 23. O-O-O Qe4 24. Re1 Qxc4 25. Ng3 Rf3 26. Nf1 Rxf1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 20th May Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Black "Carlsen, M.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2837"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2025.05.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. Nge2 ({RR} 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. O-O Bxc3 9. Qxc3 Qe7 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Qxe5 Rd8 13. Bc2 Ng4 14. Qg3 e5 15. f3 Nf6 16. b3 Nh5 17. Qf2 Bd7 18. Bb2 Bc6 19. Rad1 h6 20. h3 Nf6 21. Qg3 Rxd1 {Erigaisi,A (2801)-Abdusattorov,N (2768) Wijk aan Zee NED 2025 1-0 (46)}) 7... Nc6 8. O-O ({RR} 8. a3 Ba5 9. O-O h6 10. b3 cxd4 11. exd4 Bb6 12. Bb2 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Rad1 e5 15. Nb5 Bg4 16. Be2 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Ne8 19. Rd5 Qb6 20. Rfd1 Rd8 21. a4 Nf6 22. Rxd6 a6 {Giannoulakis,L (2318)-Alexakis,D (2532) Loutraki GRE 2025 ½-½ (61)}) 8... h6 9. Rd1 $146 ({RR} 9. b3 Ba5 10. a3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 d5 12. Nf3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 a6 14. Bb2 b5 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. b4 Bb6 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Qe2 {½-½ (19) Vera Gonzalez Quevedo,R (2481)-Mitkov,N (2520) Merida 2005}) ({RR} 9. a3 Ba5 10. h3 Bc7 11. f4 cxd4 12. exd4 Bb6 13. Be3 e5 14. Nb5 e4 15. Bxe4 Re8 16. Ng3 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bf5 18. Nbxd6 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Qe7 20. c5 Qxe4 21. Qxe4 Rxe4 22. Rfe1 Bd8 23. d5 Ne7 {Kakageldyev,A-Kortschnoj,V Leningrad 1969 0-1 (37)}) 9... Qe7 10. Ne4 Rd8 11. a3 Ba5 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bh7+ Kf8 15. Rxd8+ Qxd8 16. Be4 Bd7 17. b3 Qe7 18. Bb2 Rd8 19. Rd1 Be8 20. f4 Bc7 21. g3 f6 22. Kf2 b6 23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. Qd3 Qc8 25. Qc3 Ne7 26. Bf3 Nf5 27. Qd3 Bg6 28. Qd2 Nd6 29. Nc3 Qd7 30. Kg2 Ke7 31. Qd1 a6 32. Kf1 b5 33. cxb5 axb5 34. Kg2 Bb6 35. Bc1 c4 36. b4 Bd3 37. a4 bxa4 38. Nxa4 Qb5 39. Nxb6 Qxb6 40. Bd2 Ne4 41. Be1 Qxe3 42. b5 Kf7 43. b6 Qxb6 44. Qa4 Qb2+ 45. Kg1 Qc1 46. Qd7+ Kg6 47. Qe8+ Kh7 48. Bxe4+ Bxe4 0-1

[Event "Airthings Masters Div 1 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.02.07"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Carlsen, M.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2852"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2023.02.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. exd4 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Qd3 g6 12. Rd1 Bf8 13. Qf3 Bd7 $146 ({RR} 13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bg7 15. Ng3 f5 16. Ne2 Bd7 17. Qg3 Qf6 18. Rb1 b6 19. h4 h6 20. Nf4 Kh7 21. c4 Rac8 22. Ba4 Red8 23. Bb2 Na5 24. Bxd7 Rxd7 25. Re1 Re7 26. c5 Nc4 27. cxb6 axb6 28. Ba1 {Gurevich,M (2540)-Razuvaev,Y (2510) Moscow 1987 1-0 (31)}) ({RR} 13... b6 14. Be4 Nce7 15. Bg5 Bb7 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Nc3 Qd7 18. Bxe7 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxe7 20. d5 exd5 21. Rxd5 Qe6 22. h3 Rad8 23. Nc3 Bf6 24. Rad1 h5 25. Rxd8 Bxd8 26. Nd5 Kg7 27. a4 Qe5 28. b3 {Nakamura,H (2520)-Christiansen,L (2566) Seattle 2003 ½-½ (34)}) ({RR} 13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bg7 15. Ng3 e5 16. Bb3 Rf8 17. Ne4 Bf5 18. Nc5 exd4 19. Bf4 Qc8 20. Nxb7 Qxb7 {0-1 (20) Potocnik,P (2194)-Hasanagic,A (2067) Ljubljana 2008}) 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Be3 Bg7 16. Bb3 Be6 17. Nf4 Qf6 18. Qg3 Rad8 19. Rac1 Ne7 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. Ba4 Nf5 22. Qc7 Rc8 23. Qxb7 Rb8 24. Qc7 Rec8 25. Qd7 Qxd7 26. Bxd7 Nxe3 27. fxe3 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Rxb2 29. Rc8+ Bf8 30. Bc6 Rc2 31. Bb7 Rxc8 32. Bxc8 f5 33. Be6+ Kg7 34. Bxd5 Kf6 35. Kf2 h5 36. g3 Bd6 37. h3 Bc7 38. Kf3 Bd6 39. g4 hxg4+ 40. hxg4 Kg5 41. gxf5 gxf5 42. a4 a5 43. Ke2 Kf6 44. Kd3 Bh2 45. Kc4 Bg1 46. e4 fxe4 47. Bxe4 Bf2 48. Kb5 Bxd4 49. Kxa5 Bc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Div 1 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.02.07"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Carlsen, M.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2852"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2023.02.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. exd4 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Qd3 g6 12. Rd1 Bf8 13. Qf3 Bd7 $146 ({RR} 13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bg7 15. Ng3 f5 16. Ne2 Bd7 17. Qg3 Qf6 18. Rb1 b6 19. h4 h6 20. Nf4 Kh7 21. c4 Rac8 22. Ba4 Red8 23. Bb2 Na5 24. Bxd7 Rxd7 25. Re1 Re7 26. c5 Nc4 27. cxb6 axb6 28. Ba1 {Gurevich,M (2540)-Razuvaev,Y (2510) Moscow 1987 1-0 (31)}) ({RR} 13... b6 14. Be4 Nce7 15. Bg5 Bb7 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Nc3 Qd7 18. Bxe7 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxe7 20. d5 exd5 21. Rxd5 Qe6 22. h3 Rad8 23. Nc3 Bf6 24. Rad1 h5 25. Rxd8 Bxd8 26. Nd5 Kg7 27. a4 Qe5 28. b3 {Nakamura,H (2520)-Christiansen,L (2566) Seattle 2003 ½-½ (34)}) ({RR} 13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bg7 15. Ng3 e5 16. Bb3 Rf8 17. Ne4 Bf5 18. Nc5 exd4 19. Bf4 Qc8 20. Nxb7 Qxb7 {0-1 (20) Potocnik,P (2194)-Hasanagic,A (2067) Ljubljana 2008}) 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Be3 Bg7 16. Bb3 Be6 17. Nf4 Qf6 18. Qg3 Rad8 19. Rac1 Ne7 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. Ba4 Nf5 22. Qc7 Rc8 23. Qxb7 Rb8 24. Qc7 Rec8 25. Qd7 Qxd7 26. Bxd7 Nxe3 27. fxe3 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Rxb2 29. Rc8+ Bf8 30. Bc6 Rc2 31. Bb7 Rxc8 32. Bxc8 f5 33. Be6+ Kg7 34. Bxd5 Kf6 35. Kf2 h5 36. g3 Bd6 37. h3 Bc7 38. Kf3 Bd6 39. g4 hxg4+ 40. hxg4 Kg5 41. gxf5 gxf5 42. a4 a5 43. Ke2 Kf6 44. Kd3 Bh2 45. Kc4 Bg1 46. e4 fxe4 47. Bxe4 Bf2 48. Kb5 Bxd4 49. Kxa5 Bc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters Div 1 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.03"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vl3"]
[Black "Carlsen, M.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2830"]
[PlyCount "291"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 {Vitiugov,Nikita} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Nc6 ({RR} 7... g5 8. Bg3 Nc6) ({RR} 7... c5 8. dxc5 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4) 8. e3 g5 9. Bg3 h5 10. h4 ({RR} 10. Bb5 h4 11. Be5 Rh6 12. h3 Ne4 13. Nge2 Bf5 14. Qb3 Bxc3+ 15. Nxc3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qd7 17. Bh2 O-O-O) ({RR} 10. Bb5 h4 11. Be5 O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nge2 Nh5 14. h3 f6 15. Bh2 Rb8 16. O-O Ng7 17. Na4 Ba6 18. Rfc1 Bd6 19. Qd1 Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Qd6+ 21. Kh1 Ne6 22. b3 Rbe8 23. Ng1 Bc8 24. Rc3 Bd7 {So,W (2757)-Kollars,D (2648) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (61)}) 10... Ne4 11. Bh2 ({RR} 11. Nge2 Nxg3 12. Nxg3 Bg4) 11... Qe7 ({RR} 11... Bf5 12. Bd3 gxh4 13. Nge2 Qg5) ({RR} 11... Bf5 12. Bd3 gxh4 13. Nge2 Qe7 14. a3 Nxc3 15. Nxc3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Bxc3+ 17. Qxc3 Rg8 18. Rg1 O-O-O 19. Rc1 Rg4 20. Kf1 h3 21. gxh3 Rxg1+ 22. Bxg1 Qe6 23. b4 Qxh3+ 24. Ke2 Rd7 25. Qc5 Kb8 26. Qf8+ {Xie,K (2446)-Yuan,Q (2347) Xinghua CHN 2025 0-1 (37)}) 12. Bb5 $146 ({RR} 12. a3 Ba5 ({RR} 12... Nxd4 13. exd4 Nxc3+ 14. Be5 Nb5+ 15. axb4 Nxd4 16. Qxc7 Qxc7 17. Bxc7 Nc2+ 18. Kd2 Nxa1 19. Nf3) ({RR} 12... Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Bf5 ({RR} 13... g4 14. Bf4 g3) 14. Bd3 gxh4) 13. Nf3 ({RR} 13. Bb5) ({RR} 13. b4 Nxb4 14. axb4 Bxb4 15. Nge2 Rh6) ({RR} 13. Bd3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nxd4) ({RR} 13. Nge2 Bf5) 13... g4 14. Nd2 ({RR} 14. Ne5 g3) 14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qxh4 16. Bb5 Bd7 ({RR} 16... g3 17. Nf3 ({RR} 17. fxg3 Qf6) 17... gxf2+ 18. Kf1 Qe4 19. Qxe4+ dxe4 20. Ng5 Bf5) 17. O-O a6 ({RR} 17... O-O-O 18. Qa4) 18. Bd3 Be6 19. Nb3 ({RR} 19. c4 Bxd2 20. cxd5 Bxe3 21. dxc6 ({RR} 21. fxe3 Bxd5) 21... g3 22. Bxg3 Qxg3 23. cxb7 Rb8 24. fxe3 Qxe3+ 25. Kh1) 19... Bb6 20. c4 dxc4 21. Bxc4 Bxc4 22. Qxc4 Qe7 23. d5 Ne5 24. Qa4+ Kf8 25. d6 ({RR} 25. Nd4 Qf6 ({RR} 25... Re8 26. Ne6+)) 25... cxd6 26. Qb4 Ba7 {Predke,A (2650)-Vitiugov,N (2728) Izhevsk 2019 CBM 192 [Vitiugov,Nikita] 0-1 (41)}) ({RR} 12. Bd3 Bf5 ({RR} 12... Nxd4 13. exd4 Nxc3+ 14. Kf1 Ne4 15. f3 Nd2+ 16. Kf2) 13. Nge2 gxh4 14. Nf4 O-O-O 15. O-O Bxc3 16. bxc3) 12... Bf5 13. Nge2 gxh4 14. Qb3 O-O-O 15. a3 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Rh6 17. Bf4 Rg6 18. f3 Ng5 19. Kf2 h3 20. Ng3 hxg2 21. Nxf5 gxh1=N+ 22. Rxh1 Qd7 23. Bd3 Ne6 24. Bg3 Rdg8 25. Rxh5 Rg5 26. Rh6 Nexd4 27. cxd4 Rxf5 28. f4 Ne7 29. Qc2 Kb8 30. Bh4 f6 31. Rh7 Rxf4+ 32. exf4 Qg4 33. Ke3 Qh3+ 34. Kd2 Qh2+ 35. Kc3 Qxf4 36. Rxe7 Qxh4 37. Qg2 Qg5 38. Qh2 Qc1+ 39. Kb3 a6 40. Bc2 Rc8 41. Qg3 Qg5 42. Qc3 Qf4 43. Qc5 Rd8 44. Rf7 Qd6 45. Kc3 Qxc5+ 46. dxc5 c6 47. Kb4 Rh8 48. Ka5 Ka7 49. Ba4 Rc8 50. Rxf6 Rc7 51. Rh6 Re7 52. Rh5 Rg7 53. Bc2 Rg3 54. Kb4 a5+ 55. Kxa5 Rc3 56. Rh2 Rxc5+ 57. Kb4 Rc4+ 58. Kb3 Rf4 59. Rh7 Rf3+ 60. Kb4 Rf4+ 61. Kb3 Rf3+ 62. Kb4 Kb6 63. Rh6 Rf4+ 64. Kb3 Kc5 65. Rh7 Rf3+ 66. Kb2 Kb6 67. Bd1 Rf2+ 68. Kb3 Rf1 69. Bg4 Rf8 70. a4 Rg8 71. Bf5 Rf8 72. Bd3 Rf3 73. Kc3 Rf4 74. a5+ Kxa5 75. Rxb7 Rh4 76. Be2 Re4 77. Bf1 Rf4 78. Bd3 Rh4 79. Rb8 Rf4 80. Be2 Re4 81. Bh5 Rc4+ 82. Kb3 Rc5 83. Be2 Rc1 84. Bd3 Rh1 85. Kc3 Rh4 86. Bf5 Rc4+ 87. Kd3 Rb4 88. Rc8 Kb6 89. Bd7 Rc4 90. Be8 Kb7 91. Rd8 Kc7 92. Rd7+ Kb6 93. Rd6 Kc7 94. Rh6 Kb6 95. Bf7 Kb5 96. Rh1 Rf4 97. Be8 Rf3+ 98. Kd4 Rf4+ 99. Kd3 Rf3+ 100. Kd2 Rf4 101. Rh6 Rd4+ 102. Kc3 Rc4+ 103. Kd3 Kb6 104. Bg6 Kc5 105. Bf5 Rd4+ 106. Ke3 Rc4 107. Bd7 Kb6 108. Kf3 Kc7 109. Bf5 Kb6 110. Rf6 Kc5 111. Bg6 Kb6 112. Kg3 Kc5 113. Bh5 Re4 114. Bg4 Re7 115. Kf4 Re4+ 116. Kf5 Re7 117. Bh5 d4 118. Bf3 Rc7 119. Ke4 Re7+ 120. Kd3 Re3+ 121. Kd2 Rc3 122. Bxc6 Re3 123. Bd7 Kd5 124. Bg4 Ke5 125. Rf8 Ke4 126. Be2 Ra3 127. Bc4 Re3 128. Ba2 Ke5 129. Bb1 Kd5 130. Bd3 Ke5 131. Kc2 Kd5 132. Rf4 Ke5 133. Rf5+ Kd6 134. Rh5 Rg3 135. Rh8 Re3 136. Rd8+ Ke5 137. Rd7 Rg3 138. Re7+ Kd5 139. Re8 Re3 140. Rc8 Rg3 141. Bc4+ Ke5 142. Re8+ Kd6 143. Kd2 Re3 144. Rg8 Ke5 145. Bd3 Kd5 146. Rg4 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters Div 1 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.03"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vl3"]
[Black "Carlsen, M.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2830"]
[PlyCount "291"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 {Vitiugov,Nikita} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Nc6 ({RR} 7... g5 8. Bg3 Nc6) ({RR} 7... c5 8. dxc5 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4) 8. e3 g5 9. Bg3 h5 10. h4 ({RR} 10. Bb5 h4 11. Be5 Rh6 12. h3 Ne4 13. Nge2 Bf5 14. Qb3 Bxc3+ 15. Nxc3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qd7 17. Bh2 O-O-O) ({RR} 10. Bb5 h4 11. Be5 O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nge2 Nh5 14. h3 f6 15. Bh2 Rb8 16. O-O Ng7 17. Na4 Ba6 18. Rfc1 Bd6 19. Qd1 Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Qd6+ 21. Kh1 Ne6 22. b3 Rbe8 23. Ng1 Bc8 24. Rc3 Bd7 {So,W (2757)-Kollars,D (2648) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (61)}) 10... Ne4 11. Bh2 ({RR} 11. Nge2 Nxg3 12. Nxg3 Bg4) 11... Qe7 ({RR} 11... Bf5 12. Bd3 gxh4 13. Nge2 Qg5) ({RR} 11... Bf5 12. Bd3 gxh4 13. Nge2 Qe7 14. a3 Nxc3 15. Nxc3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Bxc3+ 17. Qxc3 Rg8 18. Rg1 O-O-O 19. Rc1 Rg4 20. Kf1 h3 21. gxh3 Rxg1+ 22. Bxg1 Qe6 23. b4 Qxh3+ 24. Ke2 Rd7 25. Qc5 Kb8 26. Qf8+ {Xie,K (2446)-Yuan,Q (2347) Xinghua CHN 2025 0-1 (37)}) 12. Bb5 $146 ({RR} 12. a3 Ba5 ({RR} 12... Nxd4 13. exd4 Nxc3+ 14. Be5 Nb5+ 15. axb4 Nxd4 16. Qxc7 Qxc7 17. Bxc7 Nc2+ 18. Kd2 Nxa1 19. Nf3) ({RR} 12... Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Bf5 ({RR} 13... g4 14. Bf4 g3) 14. Bd3 gxh4) 13. Nf3 ({RR} 13. Bb5) ({RR} 13. b4 Nxb4 14. axb4 Bxb4 15. Nge2 Rh6) ({RR} 13. Bd3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nxd4) ({RR} 13. Nge2 Bf5) 13... g4 14. Nd2 ({RR} 14. Ne5 g3) 14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qxh4 16. Bb5 Bd7 ({RR} 16... g3 17. Nf3 ({RR} 17. fxg3 Qf6) 17... gxf2+ 18. Kf1 Qe4 19. Qxe4+ dxe4 20. Ng5 Bf5) 17. O-O a6 ({RR} 17... O-O-O 18. Qa4) 18. Bd3 Be6 19. Nb3 ({RR} 19. c4 Bxd2 20. cxd5 Bxe3 21. dxc6 ({RR} 21. fxe3 Bxd5) 21... g3 22. Bxg3 Qxg3 23. cxb7 Rb8 24. fxe3 Qxe3+ 25. Kh1) 19... Bb6 20. c4 dxc4 21. Bxc4 Bxc4 22. Qxc4 Qe7 23. d5 Ne5 24. Qa4+ Kf8 25. d6 ({RR} 25. Nd4 Qf6 ({RR} 25... Re8 26. Ne6+)) 25... cxd6 26. Qb4 Ba7 {Predke,A (2650)-Vitiugov,N (2728) Izhevsk 2019 CBM 192 [Vitiugov,Nikita] 0-1 (41)}) ({RR} 12. Bd3 Bf5 ({RR} 12... Nxd4 13. exd4 Nxc3+ 14. Kf1 Ne4 15. f3 Nd2+ 16. Kf2) 13. Nge2 gxh4 14. Nf4 O-O-O 15. O-O Bxc3 16. bxc3) 12... Bf5 13. Nge2 gxh4 14. Qb3 O-O-O 15. a3 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Rh6 17. Bf4 Rg6 18. f3 Ng5 19. Kf2 h3 20. Ng3 hxg2 21. Nxf5 gxh1=N+ 22. Rxh1 Qd7 23. Bd3 Ne6 24. Bg3 Rdg8 25. Rxh5 Rg5 26. Rh6 Nexd4 27. cxd4 Rxf5 28. f4 Ne7 29. Qc2 Kb8 30. Bh4 f6 31. Rh7 Rxf4+ 32. exf4 Qg4 33. Ke3 Qh3+ 34. Kd2 Qh2+ 35. Kc3 Qxf4 36. Rxe7 Qxh4 37. Qg2 Qg5 38. Qh2 Qc1+ 39. Kb3 a6 40. Bc2 Rc8 41. Qg3 Qg5 42. Qc3 Qf4 43. Qc5 Rd8 44. Rf7 Qd6 45. Kc3 Qxc5+ 46. dxc5 c6 47. Kb4 Rh8 48. Ka5 Ka7 49. Ba4 Rc8 50. Rxf6 Rc7 51. Rh6 Re7 52. Rh5 Rg7 53. Bc2 Rg3 54. Kb4 a5+ 55. Kxa5 Rc3 56. Rh2 Rxc5+ 57. Kb4 Rc4+ 58. Kb3 Rf4 59. Rh7 Rf3+ 60. Kb4 Rf4+ 61. Kb3 Rf3+ 62. Kb4 Kb6 63. Rh6 Rf4+ 64. Kb3 Kc5 65. Rh7 Rf3+ 66. Kb2 Kb6 67. Bd1 Rf2+ 68. Kb3 Rf1 69. Bg4 Rf8 70. a4 Rg8 71. Bf5 Rf8 72. Bd3 Rf3 73. Kc3 Rf4 74. a5+ Kxa5 75. Rxb7 Rh4 76. Be2 Re4 77. Bf1 Rf4 78. Bd3 Rh4 79. Rb8 Rf4 80. Be2 Re4 81. Bh5 Rc4+ 82. Kb3 Rc5 83. Be2 Rc1 84. Bd3 Rh1 85. Kc3 Rh4 86. Bf5 Rc4+ 87. Kd3 Rb4 88. Rc8 Kb6 89. Bd7 Rc4 90. Be8 Kb7 91. Rd8 Kc7 92. Rd7+ Kb6 93. Rd6 Kc7 94. Rh6 Kb6 95. Bf7 Kb5 96. Rh1 Rf4 97. Be8 Rf3+ 98. Kd4 Rf4+ 99. Kd3 Rf3+ 100. Kd2 Rf4 101. Rh6 Rd4+ 102. Kc3 Rc4+ 103. Kd3 Kb6 104. Bg6 Kc5 105. Bf5 Rd4+ 106. Ke3 Rc4 107. Bd7 Kb6 108. Kf3 Kc7 109. Bf5 Kb6 110. Rf6 Kc5 111. Bg6 Kb6 112. Kg3 Kc5 113. Bh5 Re4 114. Bg4 Re7 115. Kf4 Re4+ 116. Kf5 Re7 117. Bh5 d4 118. Bf3 Rc7 119. Ke4 Re7+ 120. Kd3 Re3+ 121. Kd2 Rc3 122. Bxc6 Re3 123. Bd7 Kd5 124. Bg4 Ke5 125. Rf8 Ke4 126. Be2 Ra3 127. Bc4 Re3 128. Ba2 Ke5 129. Bb1 Kd5 130. Bd3 Ke5 131. Kc2 Kd5 132. Rf4 Ke5 133. Rf5+ Kd6 134. Rh5 Rg3 135. Rh8 Re3 136. Rd8+ Ke5 137. Rd7 Rg3 138. Re7+ Kd5 139. Re8 Re3 140. Rc8 Rg3 141. Bc4+ Ke5 142. Re8+ Kd6 143. Kd2 Re3 144. Rg8 Ke5 145. Bd3 Kd5 146. Rg4 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters Div 1 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.03"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vl3"]
[Black "Carlsen, M.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2830"]
[PlyCount "291"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 {Vitiugov,Nikita} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Nc6 ({RR} 7... g5 8. Bg3 Nc6) ({RR} 7... c5 8. dxc5 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4) 8. e3 g5 9. Bg3 h5 10. h4 ({RR} 10. Bb5 h4 11. Be5 Rh6 12. h3 Ne4 13. Nge2 Bf5 14. Qb3 Bxc3+ 15. Nxc3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qd7 17. Bh2 O-O-O) ({RR} 10. Bb5 h4 11. Be5 O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nge2 Nh5 14. h3 f6 15. Bh2 Rb8 16. O-O Ng7 17. Na4 Ba6 18. Rfc1 Bd6 19. Qd1 Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Qd6+ 21. Kh1 Ne6 22. b3 Rbe8 23. Ng1 Bc8 24. Rc3 Bd7 {So,W (2757)-Kollars,D (2648) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (61)}) 10... Ne4 11. Bh2 ({RR} 11. Nge2 Nxg3 12. Nxg3 Bg4) 11... Qe7 ({RR} 11... Bf5 12. Bd3 gxh4 13. Nge2 Qg5) ({RR} 11... Bf5 12. Bd3 gxh4 13. Nge2 Qe7 14. a3 Nxc3 15. Nxc3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Bxc3+ 17. Qxc3 Rg8 18. Rg1 O-O-O 19. Rc1 Rg4 20. Kf1 h3 21. gxh3 Rxg1+ 22. Bxg1 Qe6 23. b4 Qxh3+ 24. Ke2 Rd7 25. Qc5 Kb8 26. Qf8+ {Xie,K (2446)-Yuan,Q (2347) Xinghua CHN 2025 0-1 (37)}) 12. Bb5 $146 ({RR} 12. a3 Ba5 ({RR} 12... Nxd4 13. exd4 Nxc3+ 14. Be5 Nb5+ 15. axb4 Nxd4 16. Qxc7 Qxc7 17. Bxc7 Nc2+ 18. Kd2 Nxa1 19. Nf3) ({RR} 12... Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Bf5 ({RR} 13... g4 14. Bf4 g3) 14. Bd3 gxh4) 13. Nf3 ({RR} 13. Bb5) ({RR} 13. b4 Nxb4 14. axb4 Bxb4 15. Nge2 Rh6) ({RR} 13. Bd3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nxd4) ({RR} 13. Nge2 Bf5) 13... g4 14. Nd2 ({RR} 14. Ne5 g3) 14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qxh4 16. Bb5 Bd7 ({RR} 16... g3 17. Nf3 ({RR} 17. fxg3 Qf6) 17... gxf2+ 18. Kf1 Qe4 19. Qxe4+ dxe4 20. Ng5 Bf5) 17. O-O a6 ({RR} 17... O-O-O 18. Qa4) 18. Bd3 Be6 19. Nb3 ({RR} 19. c4 Bxd2 20. cxd5 Bxe3 21. dxc6 ({RR} 21. fxe3 Bxd5) 21... g3 22. Bxg3 Qxg3 23. cxb7 Rb8 24. fxe3 Qxe3+ 25. Kh1) 19... Bb6 20. c4 dxc4 21. Bxc4 Bxc4 22. Qxc4 Qe7 23. d5 Ne5 24. Qa4+ Kf8 25. d6 ({RR} 25. Nd4 Qf6 ({RR} 25... Re8 26. Ne6+)) 25... cxd6 26. Qb4 Ba7 {Predke,A (2650)-Vitiugov,N (2728) Izhevsk 2019 CBM 192 [Vitiugov,Nikita] 0-1 (41)}) ({RR} 12. Bd3 Bf5 ({RR} 12... Nxd4 13. exd4 Nxc3+ 14. Kf1 Ne4 15. f3 Nd2+ 16. Kf2) 13. Nge2 gxh4 14. Nf4 O-O-O 15. O-O Bxc3 16. bxc3) 12... Bf5 13. Nge2 gxh4 14. Qb3 O-O-O 15. a3 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Rh6 17. Bf4 Rg6 18. f3 Ng5 19. Kf2 h3 20. Ng3 hxg2 21. Nxf5 gxh1=N+ 22. Rxh1 Qd7 23. Bd3 Ne6 24. Bg3 Rdg8 25. Rxh5 Rg5 26. Rh6 Nexd4 27. cxd4 Rxf5 28. f4 Ne7 29. Qc2 Kb8 30. Bh4 f6 31. Rh7 Rxf4+ 32. exf4 Qg4 33. Ke3 Qh3+ 34. Kd2 Qh2+ 35. Kc3 Qxf4 36. Rxe7 Qxh4 37. Qg2 Qg5 38. Qh2 Qc1+ 39. Kb3 a6 40. Bc2 Rc8 41. Qg3 Qg5 42. Qc3 Qf4 43. Qc5 Rd8 44. Rf7 Qd6 45. Kc3 Qxc5+ 46. dxc5 c6 47. Kb4 Rh8 48. Ka5 Ka7 49. Ba4 Rc8 50. Rxf6 Rc7 51. Rh6 Re7 52. Rh5 Rg7 53. Bc2 Rg3 54. Kb4 a5+ 55. Kxa5 Rc3 56. Rh2 Rxc5+ 57. Kb4 Rc4+ 58. Kb3 Rf4 59. Rh7 Rf3+ 60. Kb4 Rf4+ 61. Kb3 Rf3+ 62. Kb4 Kb6 63. Rh6 Rf4+ 64. Kb3 Kc5 65. Rh7 Rf3+ 66. Kb2 Kb6 67. Bd1 Rf2+ 68. Kb3 Rf1 69. Bg4 Rf8 70. a4 Rg8 71. Bf5 Rf8 72. Bd3 Rf3 73. Kc3 Rf4 74. a5+ Kxa5 75. Rxb7 Rh4 76. Be2 Re4 77. Bf1 Rf4 78. Bd3 Rh4 79. Rb8 Rf4 80. Be2 Re4 81. Bh5 Rc4+ 82. Kb3 Rc5 83. Be2 Rc1 84. Bd3 Rh1 85. Kc3 Rh4 86. Bf5 Rc4+ 87. Kd3 Rb4 88. Rc8 Kb6 89. Bd7 Rc4 90. Be8 Kb7 91. Rd8 Kc7 92. Rd7+ Kb6 93. Rd6 Kc7 94. Rh6 Kb6 95. Bf7 Kb5 96. Rh1 Rf4 97. Be8 Rf3+ 98. Kd4 Rf4+ 99. Kd3 Rf3+ 100. Kd2 Rf4 101. Rh6 Rd4+ 102. Kc3 Rc4+ 103. Kd3 Kb6 104. Bg6 Kc5 105. Bf5 Rd4+ 106. Ke3 Rc4 107. Bd7 Kb6 108. Kf3 Kc7 109. Bf5 Kb6 110. Rf6 Kc5 111. Bg6 Kb6 112. Kg3 Kc5 113. Bh5 Re4 114. Bg4 Re7 115. Kf4 Re4+ 116. Kf5 Re7 117. Bh5 d4 118. Bf3 Rc7 119. Ke4 Re7+ 120. Kd3 Re3+ 121. Kd2 Rc3 122. Bxc6 Re3 123. Bd7 Kd5 124. Bg4 Ke5 125. Rf8 Ke4 126. Be2 Ra3 127. Bc4 Re3 128. Ba2 Ke5 129. Bb1 Kd5 130. Bd3 Ke5 131. Kc2 Kd5 132. Rf4 Ke5 133. Rf5+ Kd6 134. Rh5 Rg3 135. Rh8 Re3 136. Rd8+ Ke5 137. Rd7 Rg3 138. Re7+ Kd5 139. Re8 Re3 140. Rc8 Rg3 141. Bc4+ Ke5 142. Re8+ Kd6 143. Kd2 Re3 144. Rg8 Ke5 145. Bd3 Kd5 146. Rg4 1-0

[Event "SpeedChess Final 2024"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2024.09.08"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Carlsen, M.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2024.09.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Nc6 6. f3 b6 7. e4 Ba6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bf2 Nh5 11. h4 Qf6 12. e5 Qg7 13. g3 O-O-O 14. Bd3 $146 ({RR} 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. f4 g4 16. Rh4 f5 17. d5 exd5 18. cxd5 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Na5 20. Ne2 d6 21. Qd3 Kb7 22. Qxf5 Qh6 23. e6 Nb3 24. Rd1 Rdf8 25. Qxg4 Qh7 26. Rxh5 Qxh5 27. Qxh5 Rxh5 28. Kg2 c6 {Mohammadi,S (1881)-Flores Quillas,D (2353) Las Vegas USA 2023 1-0 (39)}) 14... f6 15. f4 Qf7 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. fxg5 fxg5 18. Qf3 Qxf3 19. Nxf3 Nf4 20. Rxh8 Nxd3+ 21. Ke2 Rxh8 22. Kxd3 Rf8 23. Ke3 Na5 24. Nd2 g4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 1st Aug Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Carlsen, M.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E40"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2023.08.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 Be7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nge2 ({RR} 8. Qc2 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nge2 Nc6 11. O-O d4 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxh7+ Kh8 15. Be4 Re8 16. Bxc6 d3 17. Qa4 bxc6 18. Nd4 c5 19. Nf3 Bb7 20. Rd1 Rb8 21. Qc4 Be4 22. Qxf7 Qd6 {Kocharin,T (2255)-Gireman,J (2208) chess.com INT 2025 0-1}) 8... c5 9. dxc5 $146 ({RR} 9. O-O Nc6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b4 Bd6 12. Ng3 Bg4 13. Be2 Be6 14. Bb2 Ne5 15. Nb5 Bb8 16. Nd4 Bg4 17. Bxg4 Nfxg4 18. Ndf5 g6 19. f4 gxf5 20. Nxf5 Bc7 21. fxe5 Qg5 22. Qxg4 {1-0 (22) Sanzhaev,D (2056)-Islamov,M (2210) Kazan 2008}) 9... Bxc5 10. b4 Bd6 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. Nb5 Be5 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Qe7 15. O-O Bg4 16. h3 Bxd4 17. exd4 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Qxe2 19. Bxe2 Rfc8 20. Rfc1 Kf8 21. Rc5 b6 22. Rcc1 a5 23. bxa5 Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 Rxa5 25. Rc8+ Ke7 26. Rc7+ Ke6 27. Rc6+ Kd7 28. Rxb6 Rxa3 29. Rb7+ Ke6 30. Rb6+ Ke7 31. Rb7+ Ke6 32. Rb6+ Ke7 33. Rb7+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "SpeedChess Final 2024"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2024.09.08"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Carlsen, M.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2024.09.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Nc6 6. f3 b6 7. e4 Ba6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bf2 Nh5 11. h4 Qf6 12. e5 Qg7 13. g3 O-O-O 14. Bd3 $146 ({RR} 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. f4 g4 16. Rh4 f5 17. d5 exd5 18. cxd5 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Na5 20. Ne2 d6 21. Qd3 Kb7 22. Qxf5 Qh6 23. e6 Nb3 24. Rd1 Rdf8 25. Qxg4 Qh7 26. Rxh5 Qxh5 27. Qxh5 Rxh5 28. Kg2 c6 {Mohammadi,S (1881)-Flores Quillas,D (2353) Las Vegas USA 2023 1-0 (39)}) 14... f6 15. f4 Qf7 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. fxg5 fxg5 18. Qf3 Qxf3 19. Nxf3 Nf4 20. Rxh8 Nxd3+ 21. Ke2 Rxh8 22. Kxd3 Rf8 23. Ke3 Na5 24. Nd2 g4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 5th Nov Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.11.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Harsha, B.."]
[Black "Carlsen, M.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2831"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2024.11.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 Nc6 5. e4 e5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 ({RR} 7... b6) 8. d5 ({RR} 8. Ne2 b6 9. Ng3 Na5 10. Bd3 h5 11. O-O h4 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 Qd7 14. Rb1 O-O-O 15. Bg5 c5 16. d5 Rh5 17. f4 Rhh8 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Qe1 e4 20. Bxf6 Rde8 21. Bxg7 exd3 22. Qd2 Rhg8 {Keymer,V (2690)-Carlsen,M (2835) Baku AZE 2023 ½-½ (56)}) 8... Ne7 9. Bd3 Nd7 $146 ({RR} 9... c6 10. Ne2 h6 11. Rb1 O-O 12. a4 Qc7 13. O-O Rb8 14. Ba3 b6 15. Qe1 Rd8 16. Qg3 Ng6 17. Bc1 Nh5 18. Qf2 Ba6 19. Bd2 cxd5 20. exd5 Bxc4 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. Rfd1 Qf7 23. Ng3 Nxg3 24. Qxg3 {Al Moaamari,M (1457)-Shaikha,A (1555) Tagaytay City 2014 0-1 (50)}) 10. Ne2 Nc5 11. Be3 Nxd3+ 12. Qxd3 b6 13. a4 f5 14. a5 Bd7 15. O-O O-O 16. Ra3 f4 17. Bd2 g5 18. g4 h5 19. h3 Kg7 20. Rfa1 Rc8 21. axb6 axb6 22. Kg2 Rh8 23. Be1 hxg4 24. hxg4 Qg8 25. Ng1 Qh7 26. Kf1 Qh1 27. R1a2 Ng6 28. Rg2 Rh3 29. Ra7 Nh4 30. Bxh4 gxh4 31. Qe2 Rg3 32. Qf2 h3 33. Rh2 Rxg1+ 34. Qxg1 Qxf3+ 35. Qf2 Qd1+ 36. Qe1 Qxg4 37. Raa2 Kf6 38. Qe2 Qg5 39. Ke1 Rg8 40. Kd2 Qg1 41. Kc2 Rg2 42. Rxg2 hxg2 43. Qh5 Qf2+ 44. Kb3 Qxa2+ 45. Kxa2 g1=Q 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 2nd Jul Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.07.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Holt, C.."]
[Black "Carlsen, M.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2024.07.02"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 d6 6. Bd2 e5 7. d5 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne7 9. e4 ({RR} 9. Nd2 O-O 10. e3 a5 11. Bd3 Ng6 12. O-O Nd7 13. b3 Nc5 14. Be2 Qg5 15. Kh1 Bf5 16. e4 Nf4 17. Bf3 Bg4 18. g3 Ne2 19. Bxg4 Qxg4 20. Rae1 f5 21. Bb2 fxe4 22. Qd1 Nxg3+ 23. fxg3 Qxd1 {Shankland,S (2672)-Duda,J (2740) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (38)}) 9... Bg4 ({RR} 9... O-O 10. g3 Nd7 11. Bg2 f5 12. exf5 Nc5 13. Ng5 Bxf5 14. Ne4 b5 15. b3 bxc4 16. bxc4 Nc8 17. O-O Nb6 18. Bd2 Qe8 19. Be3 Nbd7 20. f3 Qg6 21. Rae1 Rab8 22. Bf2 Rb7 23. Qc3 Bxe4 24. fxe4 {Tang,A (2529)-Nakamura,H (2804) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (69)}) 10. Nd2 O-O $146 ({RR} 10... c6 11. f3 Bd7 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Be2 O-O 14. Nf1 Qb6 15. Qd2 Be6 16. Ne3 Nd4 17. Rd1 Nxe2 18. Kxe2 Ne8 19. b3 Rc8 20. Bb4 Rc6 21. g4 Nf6 22. Rc1 Ra8 23. Rhd1 h6 24. Bxd6 Rd8 25. c5 {Muradli,M (2459)-Pranav,V (2308) New Delhi 2019 1-0 (73)}) 11. h3 Bd7 12. Be2 c5 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. O-O Ng6 16. Rf2 Qe7 17. Raf1 Rae8 18. Kh1 Qe5 19. Bd3 Kg7 20. Nf3 Qh5 21. Nh2 Re5 22. Be2 Qg5 23. Bd3 Qh6 24. Qb3 b6 25. Qa3 a5 26. Qb3 Rb8 27. Qc2 Rg5 28. Qc3 Rg3 29. Qd2 b5 30. cxb5 Bxb5 31. Bxb5 Rxb5 32. Rf3 Rxf3 33. Rxf3 Rb4 34. Ng4 Qg5 35. Nf2 Ne5 36. Rb3 Rxb3 37. axb3 f3 38. Qxg5+ fxg5 39. Nd1 c4 40. bxc4 Nxc4 41. gxf3 a4 42. Kg2 Nxb2 43. Nc3 a3 44. Kf2 Nd1+ 45. Nxd1 a2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 2nd Jul Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.07.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Holt, C.."]
[Black "Carlsen, M.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2024.07.02"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 d6 6. Bd2 e5 7. d5 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne7 9. e4 ({RR} 9. Nd2 O-O 10. e3 a5 11. Bd3 Ng6 12. O-O Nd7 13. b3 Nc5 14. Be2 Qg5 15. Kh1 Bf5 16. e4 Nf4 17. Bf3 Bg4 18. g3 Ne2 19. Bxg4 Qxg4 20. Rae1 f5 21. Bb2 fxe4 22. Qd1 Nxg3+ 23. fxg3 Qxd1 {Shankland,S (2672)-Duda,J (2740) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (38)}) 9... Bg4 ({RR} 9... O-O 10. g3 Nd7 11. Bg2 f5 12. exf5 Nc5 13. Ng5 Bxf5 14. Ne4 b5 15. b3 bxc4 16. bxc4 Nc8 17. O-O Nb6 18. Bd2 Qe8 19. Be3 Nbd7 20. f3 Qg6 21. Rae1 Rab8 22. Bf2 Rb7 23. Qc3 Bxe4 24. fxe4 {Tang,A (2529)-Nakamura,H (2804) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (69)}) 10. Nd2 O-O $146 ({RR} 10... c6 11. f3 Bd7 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Be2 O-O 14. Nf1 Qb6 15. Qd2 Be6 16. Ne3 Nd4 17. Rd1 Nxe2 18. Kxe2 Ne8 19. b3 Rc8 20. Bb4 Rc6 21. g4 Nf6 22. Rc1 Ra8 23. Rhd1 h6 24. Bxd6 Rd8 25. c5 {Muradli,M (2459)-Pranav,V (2308) New Delhi 2019 1-0 (73)}) 11. h3 Bd7 12. Be2 c5 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. O-O Ng6 16. Rf2 Qe7 17. Raf1 Rae8 18. Kh1 Qe5 19. Bd3 Kg7 20. Nf3 Qh5 21. Nh2 Re5 22. Be2 Qg5 23. Bd3 Qh6 24. Qb3 b6 25. Qa3 a5 26. Qb3 Rb8 27. Qc2 Rg5 28. Qc3 Rg3 29. Qd2 b5 30. cxb5 Bxb5 31. Bxb5 Rxb5 32. Rf3 Rxf3 33. Rxf3 Rb4 34. Ng4 Qg5 35. Nf2 Ne5 36. Rb3 Rxb3 37. axb3 f3 38. Qxg5+ fxg5 39. Nd1 c4 40. bxc4 Nxc4 41. gxf3 a4 42. Kg2 Nxb2 43. Nc3 a3 44. Kf2 Nd1+ 45. Nxd1 a2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 20th Jun Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.06.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Indjic, A.."]
[Black "Carlsen, M.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2853"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2023.06.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Nc6 8. e3 g5 9. Bg3 h5 10. Bd3 h4 11. Be5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. a3 Ba5 ({RR} 13... Bf8 14. Nxd5 c6 15. e6 Ne5 16. e7 Bxe7 17. Nxe7 Qxd3 18. Qxd3 Nxd3+ 19. Ke2 Nxf2 20. Nxc8 Nxh1 21. Nd6+ Kd7 22. Nxf7 Rhf8 23. Ne5+ Ke6 24. Ngf3 g4 25. Nxg4 Rg8 26. Nfe5 Rg5 27. Rxh1 Rag8 28. Ra1 {Tessiore,L (2087)-Sarkar,J (2305) Reykjavik ISL 2025 ½-½ (34)}) 14. f4 Bb6 $146 ({RR} 14... c6 15. Nf3 gxf4 16. exf4 Nc5 17. b4 Nxd3+ 18. Qxd3 Bb6 19. Na4 Bg4 20. Nd4 Qe7 21. Rc1 h3 22. g3 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 a5 24. Nb6 Ra6 25. O-O axb4 26. e6 O-O 27. f5 Be2 28. Nd7 fxe6 29. Nxf8 {Michiels,B (2556)-Schoppen,C (2497) Belgium BEL 2023 ½-½ (60)}) 15. Nf3 c6 16. Nxg5 Nxe5 17. O-O Ng4 18. Kh1 Nxe3 19. Rae1 Kf8 20. Rxe3 Bxe3 21. Ne2 Qf6 22. Rf3 Bb6 23. Nc3 Bg4 24. Rf1 Re8 25. Na4 Bd4 26. Nc5 Re7 27. b4 h3 28. gxh3 Bxh3 29. Nxh3 Rxh3 30. Qg2 Rhe3 31. Rg1 Qg7 32. Qf2 Qxg1+ 33. Qxg1 Re1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 20th Jun Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.06.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Indjic, A.."]
[Black "Carlsen, M.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2853"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2023.06.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Nc6 8. e3 g5 9. Bg3 h5 10. Bd3 h4 11. Be5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. a3 Ba5 ({RR} 13... Bf8 14. Nxd5 c6 15. e6 Ne5 16. e7 Bxe7 17. Nxe7 Qxd3 18. Qxd3 Nxd3+ 19. Ke2 Nxf2 20. Nxc8 Nxh1 21. Nd6+ Kd7 22. Nxf7 Rhf8 23. Ne5+ Ke6 24. Ngf3 g4 25. Nxg4 Rg8 26. Nfe5 Rg5 27. Rxh1 Rag8 28. Ra1 {Tessiore,L (2087)-Sarkar,J (2305) Reykjavik ISL 2025 ½-½ (34)}) 14. f4 Bb6 $146 ({RR} 14... c6 15. Nf3 gxf4 16. exf4 Nc5 17. b4 Nxd3+ 18. Qxd3 Bb6 19. Na4 Bg4 20. Nd4 Qe7 21. Rc1 h3 22. g3 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 a5 24. Nb6 Ra6 25. O-O axb4 26. e6 O-O 27. f5 Be2 28. Nd7 fxe6 29. Nxf8 {Michiels,B (2556)-Schoppen,C (2497) Belgium BEL 2023 ½-½ (60)}) 15. Nf3 c6 16. Nxg5 Nxe5 17. O-O Ng4 18. Kh1 Nxe3 19. Rae1 Kf8 20. Rxe3 Bxe3 21. Ne2 Qf6 22. Rf3 Bb6 23. Nc3 Bg4 24. Rf1 Re8 25. Na4 Bd4 26. Nc5 Re7 27. b4 h3 28. gxh3 Bxh3 29. Nxh3 Rxh3 30. Qg2 Rhe3 31. Rg1 Qg7 32. Qf2 Qxg1+ 33. Qxg1 Re1 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Carlsen,Magnus"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2007.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Marin,Mihail} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 {I hadn't seen Jakovenko play this before, so I was somewhat surprised. I soon remembered that Grischuk played this way against Gelfand in the World championship, so Jakovenko had to be well prepared for the main lines with c5. Anyway I decided to follow my preparation. Dies hatte ich bei Jakovenko zuvor noch nicht gesehen, daher war ich etwas überrascht. Bald fiel mir ein, dass Grischuk bei der Weltmeisterschaft gegen Gelfand auch so gespielt hatte, also musste Jakovenko für die Hauptabspiele mit c5 gut gewappnet sein. Trotzdem beschloss ich, meiner Vorbereitung zu folgen.} c5 ({RR} 4... b6) 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O ({RR} 6... Ne4 7. Qd3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nc5 9. Qf3 d6 10. Bg2 e5 11. Nf5 Qf6 12. Ne3 Qxf3 13. Bxf3 Be6 14. Ba3 Nba6 15. O-O-O Ke7 16. Bg2 Rad8 17. f4 f6 18. Rhf1 b6 19. g4 Nc7 20. h4) 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ba6 14. Rfd1 Qc5 (14... Rab8 15. c4 Qc5 16. cxd5 Rxb3 17. axb3 {and bzw.}) (14... Bxe2 15. c4 {are both known to give White relatively risk-free pressure. gibt Weiß bekanntlich relativ risikofreien Druck.}) 15. e4 Bc4 16. Qa4 Nb6 17. Qb4 Qh5 18. Bf4 ({RR} 18. Re1 c5 ({RR} 18... Be2 19. h3 Rfd8 ({RR} 19... c5 20. Qb3) 20. Bf4 Rac8 ({RR} 20... e5 21. g4 Qg6 22. Bxe5) 21. g4 Qb5 22. a4 Qa6 23. a5) 19. Qa5 Rfc8 20. Be3 ({RR} 20. Bf4 e5 21. Be3 Be6) 20... Be2 21. Bf4 ({RR} 21. h3 Nc4 22. Qa6 Nxe3 23. Rxe2 Nxg2 24. Kxg2 Qe5) 21... e5 22. Be3 ({RR} 22. Bxe5 Nc4 23. Qa6 Qxe5 24. Rxe2 Qxc3) 22... Bg4 ({RR} 22... Nc4 23. Qa6 Nxe3 ({RR} 23... Bd3 24. Rad1) 24. Rxe2 Nxg2 25. Kxg2) ({RR} 22... f6 23. Bxc5 Nc4 24. Qb5 Rab8 25. Qd7 Rxc5 26. Rab1 Rb6 ({RR} 26... Rf8 27. Rb7 Qf7 28. Rxe2) ({RR} 26... Rxb1 27. Rxb1 h6 ({RR} 27... Nb6 28. Qxa7) 28. Bh3) 27. Bh3 Kf8 28. Rxb6 axb6 29. Be6 Qe8 30. Qxe8+ Kxe8 31. Rxe2) ({RR} 22... h6 23. h3) 23. Qa6 f6 24. a4 Qf7 25. Bf1 Be6 26. Rab1 ({RR} 26. a5 Bc4 27. Bxc4 Nxc4 ({RR} 27... Qxc4 28. axb6) 28. Rab1 Rc7) 26... c4 ({RR} 26... Rc7 27. Rxb6) ({RR} 26... Bc4 27. Bxc4 Qxc4 ({RR} 27... Nxc4 28. Rb7) 28. Rxb6) ({RR} 26... f5 27. exf5) 27. a5 Na4 ({RR} 27... Nd7 28. Rb7) 28. Rb7 Qe8 29. Qd6 {1-0 (29) Kramnik,V (2772)-Anand,V (2783) Bonn 2008 CBM 127 [Marin,Mihail]} {RR} Bf7 30. Qb4 Rab8 31. a6) ({RR} 18. Be3 Be2 19. Rd2 Rab8 20. Bxb6 axb6 21. Qd6 Rfc8 ({RR} 21... Bf3 22. Qxc6 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qe5 24. Qc4 Rfc8 25. Qd4 Qa5 26. Rb1 h6 27. Rb4 Qc5 28. Rd3 Qc7) 22. Rb1 h6 23. e5 Bf3 24. a4 Ra8 25. Qd4 b5 26. Bxf3 Qxf3 27. Rd3) ({RR} 18. Be3 Be2 19. Re1 Nc4 20. Qc5 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Bc4 22. Qd4 Be2 23. Qd6 Rac8 24. h3 Rfd8 25. Qe7 a5 26. g4 Qb5 27. Rab1 Qc4 28. Rb7 Rf8 29. Qa3 c5 30. Qxa5 Ra8 31. Ra7 Rxa7 32. Qxa7 h5 {Chatalbashev,B (2466)-Hammer,J (2596) Hell NOR 2024 ½-½ (35)}) 18... c5 (18... Be2 19. Re1 c5 20. Qb3 e5 21. Bc1 {was the Grischuk-Gelfand game, where White developed some pressure. war die Grischuk-Gelfand-Partie, wo Weiß einigen Druck entwickelte.}) ({RR} 18... e5) ({RR} 18... Be2) 19. Qb2 (19. Qa5 {was Cheparinov-Carlsen from the World cup. This game was played only a little more than 3 weeks later (but still in Russia!). After playing a few more moves relatively quickly I realised that there was an embarrassing flaw in my preparations, after which I had to defend an endgame a pawn down, which I luckily managed to do. The former game continued war Cheparinov-Carlsen aus dem World Cup. Diese Partie fand nur etwas mehr als 3 Wochen später statt (aber noch immer in Russland!). Nachdem ich relativ schnell ein paar Züge gemacht hatte, dämmerte mir, dass meine Vorbereitungen ein peinliches Loch hatten, wonach ich ein Endspiel mit Minusbauern verteidigen musste, was mir glücklicherweise gelang. Weiter ging es mit} e5 20. Be3 Be2 21. Re1 Nc4 ({RR} 21... Rfc8) 22. Qa6 Nxe3 23. Rxe2 Nxg2 24. Kxg2 {The position is quite symmetrical, but the black pawns are weaker than the white ones, and one of them is bound to fall fairly soon, which did indeed happen in the game. Die Stellung ist ziemlich symmetrisch, aber die schwarzen Bauern sind schwächer als die weißen, und einer von ihnen muss ziemlich bald fallen, was auch tatsächlich in der Partie geschah.}) ({RR} 19. Qa5 e5 20. Be3 Be2 21. Re1 Nc4 22. Qa6 Nxe3 23. Rxe2 Nxg2 24. Kxg2 Rad8 25. Rae1 Rd7 26. Qb5 Rfd8 ({RR} 26... Rc7 27. Rd2) 27. Qxc5) 19... Rad8 {This appears to be a novelty. I had indeed prepared the move at home, but it's probably the most natural move anyway, so I guessed that Jakovenko had taken it into account Dies scheint eine Neuerung zu sein. Tatsächlich hatte ich den Zug zu Hause vorbereitet, aber es wahrscheinlich sowieso die natürlichste Fortsetzung, daher vermutete ich, dass Jakovenko ihn auf dem Zettel hatte.} 20. Re1 $146 {He spend some time for this move, which was a surprise for me. Anyway I couldn't remember what to do against it anyway, so I think we were both on our own from now on Für diesen Zug brauchte er einige Bedenkzeit, was mich überraschte. Wie dem auch sei, ich konnte mich sowieso nicht mehr daran erinnern, was dagegen zu tun war, also denke ich, von jetzt an waren wir beide auf uns allein gestellt.} (20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. h3 {and und}) (20. f3 {were two of the most important alternatives. waren zwei der wichtigsten Alternativen.}) ({RR} 20. Rd2 e5 21. Be3 Be6 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. f3 Nc4 24. Qf2 h6 25. Bxc5 Rd2 26. Qf1 a5 27. a4 Qg5 28. Qe1 Rd3 29. Rd1 Qd8 30. Rxd3 Qxd3 31. f4 Nd2 32. Be3 Nxe4 33. fxe5 Nxc3 34. Bf1 Qc2 {Feller,S (2523)-Sokolov,A (2561) Pau 2008 ½-½ (36)}) ({RR} 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. f3 f5 22. exf5 Qxf5 23. Re1 Qd5 24. Qa3 Qc6 25. Qxa7 Ra8 26. Qe7 Nd5 27. Qd6 Qxd6 28. Bxd6 Nxc3 29. Bxc5 Rxa2 30. Bf1 Bxf1 31. Kxf1 Kf7 {½-½ (31) Bacrot,E (2691)-Carlsen,M (2775) Biel 2008}) 20... Rd7 {I liked this move, which prepares the doubling of the rooks, while at the same time protecting the a-pawn, enabling me to meet a3 with c8. Apparently, Black has no problems here. Dieser Zug gefiel mir - er bereitet die Turmverdopplung vor und deckt gleichzeitig den a-Bauern, was mir ermöglicht, a3 mit c8 zu begegnen. Offenbar hat Schwarz keine Probleme hier.} 21. h3 {A natural move, giving the king some air and preparing g4 in some lines. Ein natürlicher Zug, dem König wird etwas Luft verschafft und in manchen Abspielen g4 vorbereitet.} h6 {I decided to make a useful waiting move, since Ich beschloss, einen nützlichen Wartezug zu machen, denn} (21... Rfd8 22. Qa3 {isn't really desirable; the rook will have to go to c8 anyway. ist nicht wirklich wünschenswert; der Turm wird sowieso nach c8 gehen müssen.}) 22. a4 {My opponent probably felt that since he didn't have many useful moves he had to do something active. Da er nicht viele nützliche Züge hatte, glaubte mein Gegner vermutlich, etwas Aktives unternehmen zu müssen.} Ba6 $1 {I have to make space for the knight. I like this move better than d3, as the bishop seemed to be a little loose there in some lines. Ich muss Platz für den Springer machen. Dieser Zug gefällt mir besser als d3, denn dort schien der Läufer in manchen Varianten etwas in der Luft zu hängen.} 23. Qa2 {The sharpest move, but probably not the best one, as Black seems to benefit from the coming complications. I think my opponent offered a draw here (or maybe on the next move), but since I was ahead on time and liked my position, I declined Der schärfste Zug, aber wahrscheinlich nicht der beste, da die kommenden Komplikationen Schwarz zu begünstigen scheinen. Ich glaube, hier (oder im nächsten Zug) bot mein Gegner Remis an, aber da ich in der Bedenkzeit vorn lag und mir meine Stellung gefiel, lehnte ich ab.} (23. g4 Qh4 24. Red1 {was safer and probably better, but Black is certainly not worse in any case. war sicherer und womöglich besser, aber so oder so steht Schwarz bestimmt nicht schlechter.}) 23... Rfd8 24. a5 Nc4 25. Bf1 (25. e5 {This move, preventing e5, was an important alternative, I would then have had to play the energetic Dieser Zug, der e5 verhindert, war eine wichtige Alternative; darauf hätte ich das energische} g5 $1 26. g4 (26. Bc1 $2 Rd1 27. Ba3 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Rd1 29. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 30. Kh2 Qa4 $19) 26... Qg6 27. Be4 Qg7 28. Bg3 Nd2 {with very active play and probably the better chances. spielen müssen, mit sehr aktivem Spiel und wahrscheinlich den besseren Chancen.}) 25... e5 26. g4 {Practically forced as Praktisch erzwungen, denn} (26. Bc1 Rd1 27. g4 Rxe1 $1 28. gxh5 Rdd1 {is disastrous for White. ist katastrophal für Weiß.}) 26... Qg6 27. Bxc4 exf4 $1 (27... Bxc4 28. Qxc4 exf4 29. Qxc5 Rd3 {with good counterplay for the pawn was possible, but rather drawish-looking. I wanted more at this point. mit gutem Gegenspiel für den Bauern war möglich, sah aber ziemlich remislich aus. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt wollte ich mehr.}) 28. Bd5 {The logical follow-up. Die logische Folge.} f3 {The key move. Black is just in time to prevent White from playing c4 with the better position. h6-h5 is a big threat now. Der Schlüsselzug. Schwarz kommt gerade rechtzeitig, um Weiß daran zu hindern, c4 mit besserer Stellung zu spielen. Jetzt ist h6-h5 eine schwere Drohung.} 29. c4 $2 {White simply doesn't have time for this. Dazu hat Weiß einfach keine Zeit.} (29. Re3 Be2 30. Rxe2 fxe2 31. Qxe2 Rb8 {is not very pleasant for White, but it does give him reasonable chances for survival due to his strong bishop. ist nicht sonderlich angenehm für Weiß, gibt ihm angesichts seines starken Läufers aber doch ordentliche Überlebenschancen.}) 29... h5 30. Kh2 Qf6 $1 {Threathening f4 in some lines, and quite importantly, attacking the apparently well protected a1-rook. Droht in einigen Abspielen f4 und greift, ganz wichtig, den scheinbar gut gedeckten Turm a1 an.} 31. Rg1 hxg4 32. Rab1 $2 {The final mistake. White had to try Der letzte Fehler. Versuchen musste Weiß} (32. Rxg4 Bxc4 33. Qxc4 $1 (33. Bxc4 Rd2 34. Qa4 (34. Qa3 Rxf2+ 35. Kg1 Qd4 $19) 34... Rxf2+ 35. Kg1 Rfd2 $1 {with the lethal threats of d4+ and e5-h2. mit den tödlichen Drohungen d4+ und e5-h2.} (35... Qd4 $4 36. Bxf7+ $1 $18)) 33... Qxa1 34. Qxc5 {with some saving chances. mit einigen Rettungschancen.}) (32. Rac1 Qf4+ 33. Kh1 Qh6 $1 {was certainly not better than the game. war bestimmt nicht besser als die Partie.}) 32... Bxc4 $1 {I guess my opponent missed this stroke, which combines a couple of tactical motifs. Ich schätze, diesen Schlag, der einige taktische Motive miteinander kombiniert, hatte mein Gegner übersehen.} 33. Qxc4 Qf4+ 34. Rg3 Rxd5 35. Qxd5 Rxd5 36. exd5 c4 {The simplest. White has such bad coordination that it's hard to stop the c-pawn. Am einfachsten. Weiß hat eine derart schlechte Koordination, dass es schwer ist, den c-Bauern aufzuhalten.} 37. Rd1 {A desperate attempt. But White was lost anyway. Ein verzweifelter Versuch. Aber Weiß war sowieso verloren.} c3 38. d6 c2 39. Rd3 Qc4 (39... c1=Q 40. d7 Qc2 41. d8=Q+ Kh7 42. Qh4+ Qh6 {would also have won, but I tried to be precise till the end. hätte ebenfalls gewonnen, aber ich versuchte, bis zum Ende genau zu spielen.}) 40. Re3 Qc6 (40... c1=Q 41. d7 Qd2 {was quicker, but the text is more than sufficient. ging schneller, aber der Textzug ist mehr als ausreichend.}) 41. Rd3 Qc5 $1 {And since 42.d2 c1= would attack the white rook White has no sensible way to protect f2, so he resigned. My only victory in the Tal memorial so far, but a very pleasing one! Und da 42.d2 c1= den weißen Turm angreifen würde, hat Weiß keine vernünftige Möglichkeit, f2 zu decken, daher gab er auf. Mein einziger Sieg im Tal Memorial bislang, aber ein sehr angenehmer!} 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.24"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2826"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,Michal"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Norway"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Nc6 {A rare continuation (with the idea of ...e6-e5), to which White replies with a genuine novelty on move 6!} 6. e4 $146 {[%mdl 8] Practice had seen:} (6. Bg5 e5 $5 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4 Qe7 9. Nf3 d6 10. Be2 g5 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Rc1 f5 {(..) 1/2 Stahlberg,G-Porat,Y/Warsaw 1935/EXT 2004}) (6. Nf3 d6 $5 7. Nd2 e5 8. e4 $6 exd4 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Bb2 Ne6 11. Bd3 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Re1 O-O $15 {1/2 Kuzminykh,E-Bronstein,D/Leningrad 1970/EXT 2001 (25)}) (6. e3 $5 e5 7. Bd3 O-O {leads to a position from the 5...0-0 system}) (6. f3 e5 (6... d6 7. e4 O-O {leads to the 5...0-0 system}) (6... b6 7. e4 Ba6 {leads to a popular position from the 5...b6 system (6.f3 Ba6 7.e4 Nc6).}) 7. e4 d6 8. Be3 b6 9. Bd3 Na5 10. Ne2 Ba6 11. Ng3 h6 (11... O-O $142 {- 5...0-0}) 12. O-O Qd7 13. Qe2 O-O-O $6 14. Nf5 $1 Rh7 15. c5 $1 $16 {1-0 Lazarev,E-Romantchouk,J/Ternopol 1964/EXT 1999 (22)}) ({RR} 6. Bg5 e5 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4 Qe7 9. Nf3 d6 10. Be2 g5 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Rc1 f5 {½-½ (12) Stahlberg,G-Porat,Y Warsaw 1935}) ({RR} 6. Qc2 d6 7. e4 e5 8. Ne2 O-O 9. f3 b6 10. Be3 Ne8 11. Ng3 Ba6 12. Rd1 f6 13. Qa4 Na5 14. c5 Bxf1 15. Rxf1 Rf7 16. c6 exd4 17. Rxd4 g6 18. c4 Qe7 19. Bd2 Qe5 20. Rd5 Qb2 {Stocek,J (2557)-Matlakov,M (2673) Czech Republic 2013 0-1 (42)}) ({RR} 6. f3 b6 7. e4 d6 8. Bd3 Na5 9. Ne2 Ba6 10. Ng3 O-O 11. O-O Bxc4 12. Bxc4 Nxc4 13. f4 d5 14. Qe2 Na5 15. e5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. f5 f6 18. fxe6 fxe5 19. Rxf8+ Qxf8 20. Qa2 Re8 {Wemmers,X (2375)-Margarido,J (2127) Utrecht 2022 1-0}) ({RR} 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 b6 8. Nf3 Re8 9. Ne5 Na5 10. f4 Bb7 11. O-O d6 12. Nf3 Be4 13. Ng5 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 h6 15. Nf3 e5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Qf5 Nxc4 18. Nxe5 Qd5 19. Nxc4 Qxc4 20. Bd2 Re4 {Castillo Larenas,M-Cristia,J Vina del Mar 1945 1-0 (48)}) 6... Nxe4 7. Qg4 f5 (7... Nf6 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qh6 e5 $5 {needs testing.}) 8. Qxg7 Qf6 9. Qxf6 Nxf6 {This position presents a typical positional conflict: White has a bishop pair with an asymmetrical pawn structure (which should favour him) but his own pawn chain is damaged (doubled pawns). Such positions are very hard to evaluate; usually the better player prevails.} 10. Nf3 b6 11. d5 $5 {A curious pawn sacrifice, which Black, however, rejects.} Na5 (11... exd5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bd3 $5 (13. Bc4 Nce7) 13... O-O 14. Bc4 Nce7 15. Bg5 Kg7 16. O-O-O $44) 12. Nd4 Kf7 13. dxe6+ dxe6 14. Bf4 Ba6 {Black keeps the tension. He had a good chance to simplify the game:} (14... e5 $1 15. Bxe5 Re8 16. f4 Ng4 17. O-O-O (17. Be2 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Rxe5 19. O-O c5 $1 20. Bf3 Rb8 21. Nb5 Kf6 22. Nxa7 Bb7 $15) (17. Nf3 Nc6 $15) 17... Nf2 $1 (17... Nxe5 18. fxe5 Rxe5 19. Bd3 $36 {[%csl Rf7]}) 18. Be2 Nxh1 19. Bh5+ Kf8 20. Rxh1 Bd7 $1 (20... Re7 $143 21. Bf3 Bb7 22. Bxb7 Nxb7 23. Nxf5 $44) 21. Bxe8 Rxe8 $15 {/=}) 15. Nf3 Ne4 16. Ne5+ Kf6 17. f3 (17. h4 $5 Nxc3 18. Rh3 Ne4 19. Re3 $44 {[%cal Yg2g4]}) 17... Nd6 18. O-O-O Rhd8 $6 {Again avoiding drawish lines like} (18... Naxc4 19. Nxc4 (19. Rxd6 Nxe5 $1 20. Bxe5+ Kxe5 21. Rc6 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Kf6 23. Re1 Rae8 24. Rxc7 Re7 25. Rc6 h5 $11) 19... Bxc4 (19... Nxc4 20. Rd4 e5 21. Bxc4 Bxc4 22. Rxc4 exf4 $11) 20. Rxd6 $1 Bxf1 21. Rd7 Bb5 22. Rxc7 Rac8 $11) (18... Ndxc4 $6 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Rhe1 Nd6 21. Nc6 $44) (18... Bxc4 $6 19. Rxd6 cxd6 20. Nxc4 Nxc4 21. Bxc4 Rac8 22. Bb3 Rxc3+ 23. Kb2 Rd3 24. Rc1 $132) ({To complicate the game,} 18... Rhg8 $5 {was probably more appropriate; if} 19. h4 {then} Bxc4 {gains in strength.}) ({Or the mysterious} 18... Rac8 $5 19. c5 Bxf1 20. Rhxf1 Nb3+ 21. Kc2 Nxc5 22. Rfe1 $44) 19. h4 $1 {[%mdl 160] Now White obtains pressure on the kingside.} Nf7 20. Nd7+ Kg7 (20... Ke7 $2 21. Bg5+ $1 Nxg5 22. hxg5 $16) 21. Rh3 $1 (21. g4 $5 Bxc4 22. Bh3 $36) 21... Kh8 $1 22. Bg5 $6 (22. Bxc7 $142 Rdc8 23. Bf4 Nxc4 24. Rd4 $1 $16 {[%cal Yh3g3]} (24. Rg3 e5 $1 25. Nxe5 Nfxe5 26. Bxe5+ Nxe5 27. Bxa6 Rxc3+ $11) 24... e5 $140 $2 25. Bxc4 $1 Bxc4 26. Nxe5 $18) 22... Nxg5 23. hxg5 Kg7 (23... Bxc4 24. g6 (24. Nf6 Rxd1+ 25. Kxd1 Kg7 26. Rxh7+ Kg6) (24. Bxc4 $5 Nxc4 25. f4 Kg7 26. Rh6 $16 {-23...Kg7}) 24... h6 $1 25. Bxc4 Nxc4 26. Rxh6+ Kg7 27. Rh7+ Kxg6 28. Rdh1 $40) 24. Rh6 $1 Bxc4 25. Bxc4 Nxc4 26. Rdh1 (26. f4 $5) 26... Rh8 27. f4 $6 (27. Rxe6 Rae8 28. Rc6 Re7 (28... Nxa3 29. Nf6 $16 Re7 $140 30. Nd5 Rd7 31. Nxc7 $18 {[%cal Rc1b2]}) 29. Nf6 Ne5 30. Nh5+ Kf8 31. Rf6+ $1 Rf7 32. Rh6 $16 {[%cal Yh5f4]}) 27... c5 $6 (27... Rad8 $142 28. Nf6 c5 (28... Rd3 $2 29. Rxh7+ Rxh7 30. Rxh7+ Kg6 31. Rh6+ Kf7 32. Nh5 {[%cal Rg5g6]} Rxc3+ 33. Kb1 Rb3+ 34. Kc2 $18) 29. Rxh7+ $140 ({maybe it is better not to hurry:} 29. a4) 29... Rxh7 30. Rxh7+ Kg6 31. Rh6+ Kf7 32. Nh5 Rg8 $1 {- Black holds on.}) 28. Rxe6 Rae8 29. Rxh7+ (29. Rxe8 $5 {was also good:} Rxe8 30. Nf6 Re3 (30... Rh8 31. Rh6 {etc.}) 31. Rxh7+ Kg6 32. Rh6+ Kf7 33. Nh5 Kg8 34. Rg6+ (34. g6 Re1+ 35. Kc2 Re6 $1 {-that's the point!}) 34... Kf8 35. Rf6+ Kg8 (35... Ke7 36. g6) 36. g6 {[%cal Rg6g7]} Re1+ $8 37. Kc2 Rh1 38. Ng3 Ne3+ 39. Kd3 Nd5 40. Rc6 $1 Rd1+ 41. Kc4 Ne3+ 42. Kb5 $18) 29... Rxh7 30. Rxe8 {[%mdl 4096]} Kf7 (30... Nxa3 31. Ne5 {[%cal Yg2g4]}) (30... Rh1+ 31. Kc2 Nxa3+ 32. Kb3 Nb1 33. Re7+ $18) 31. Ra8 Rh1+ 32. Kc2 a5 (32... Nxa3+ 33. Kb3 Nb5 34. Ne5+ Kg7 (34... Ke7 35. g6 Kf6 36. Rf8+ Kg7 37. Rf7+ Kh8 38. g4 $1 $18) 35. g4 $1 fxg4 36. f5 {, and White's connected passed pawns decide the game.}) (32... Ke6 33. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 34. Re8+ $18 {e.g.} Kd5 35. Rxe5+ Kc4 36. g4 $1 fxg4 37. g6 Rh8 38. g7 Rg8 39. Rg5 b5 40. Kd2 a5 41. Rxg4 Kd5 42. Kd3 $18 {}) 33. Ra7 (33. Kd3 $142 $1 b5 (33... Nb2+ 34. Ke2 Nc4 35. Rf8+ Ke7 36. g6 $18) 34. Ra7) 33... Nxa3+ 34. Kd2 $1 Rh2 $2 (34... Nb5 35. Rb7 Nd6 {was the last chance. A possible line:} 36. Ne5+ Kg8 37. Rxb6 Ne4+ 38. Kd3 Rd1+ (38... Rc1 39. Kc4 {[%cal Yc4d5,Yd5e6]} a4 40. Rb8+ Kg7 41. Rb7+ Kg8 42. Ra7 Nxc3 43. g3 $22 Kf8 (43... a3 44. Nd3 Rc2 45. Kb3) 44. Ng6+ Ke8 45. Nh4 Ne4+ 46. Kd5 Nxg3 47. Rxa4 $18) (38... a4 39. Kc4) 39. Kc4 Nd6+ 40. Kxc5 Ne4+ 41. Kb5 Nxc3+ (41... Rb1+ 42. Kxa5 Rxb6 43. Kxb6 Nxc3 44. Kc6 $18) 42. Kc6 Ne2 43. Rb8+ Kg7 44. Rb7+ Kg8 45. Ng6 Rd4 46. Ne7+ Kf8 47. g6 Rb4 48. Ra7 Nxf4 49. g3 $1 Ne6 50. Nd5 {, and White should win.}) 35. Nxb6+ Kg6 36. Rxa5 Rxg2+ 37. Kd1 Nb1 (37... Nc2 38. Nd5) 38. Rxc5 {, and White converted his material advantage without major problems:} Nd2 39. Nd5 Ne4 40. Rc6+ Kf7 41. Ne3 Rg3 42. Ke2 Ke8 43. Re6+ Kf7 44. Re5 Nxc3+ 45. Kf2 Rh3 46. Rxf5+ Kg6 47. Rf6+ Kg7 48. Nf5+ Kg8 49. Kg2 Rd3 50. Rd6 Ne2 51. Rg6+ Kh8 52. Rh6+ Kg8 53. Ne7+ Kf7 54. Ng6 Kg7 55. Kf2 Nc3 56. Ne7 Ne4+ 57. Ke2 Ra3 58. Nf5+ Kg8 59. Re6 Nc3+ 60. Kf3 Nd5+ 61. Kg4 Ra1 62. Re5 Rg1+ 63. Kf3 Rf1+ 64. Kg2 1-0

[Event "NOR-ch"]
[Site "Moss"]
[Date "2006.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Johannessen, Leif Erlend"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2006.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. e4 Bxf1 12. Rxf1 ({RR} 12. Kxf1 h6 13. Bh4 Qc8 14. Rd1 Qb7 15. e5 Nd5 16. Qe4 c5 17. g3 cxd4 18. Rxd4 Nc5 19. Qg4 f5 20. Qh5 f4 21. Rg1 Rf5 22. Qg4 Raf8 23. Bf6 Nxf6 24. exf6 R8xf6 25. gxf4 Qa6+ 26. Kg2 Nd3 {Ambartsumova,K (2418)-Koridze,L (2152) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (77)}) 12... h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. O-O-O Qe7 $146 ({RR} 14... c5 15. Kb1 Qc7 16. Rfe1 Qb7 17. Qe2 Rac8 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. Nd4 b5 20. Nb3 Rc7 21. Rd4 a6 22. f3 Nd7 23. Red1 Ne5 24. Na5 Qb8 25. Qd2 Rfc8 26. Rd8+ Kh7 27. Rxc8 Qxc8 28. Qd8 Rc1+ 29. Ka2 {Shemeakin,A (2314)-Shalimov,V (2415) Lubny 2011 0-1 (41)}) ({RR} 14... Rc8 15. Kb1 Qe7 16. Qc6 Rfd8 17. Rfe1 a5 18. Ne5 Qd6 19. Qc2 Nd7 20. Nc6 Rf8 21. e5 {1-0 (21) Blackman,J (2192)-Escobar Medina,A (2298) Tornelo INT 2021}) 15. Ne5 c5 16. dxc5 Qc7 17. f4 bxc5 18. Nc4 Rad8 19. e5 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Nd5 21. Qe4 Rb8 22. f5 Qe7 23. Qg4 exf5 24. Qxf5 Qh4 25. g4 Ne7 26. Qd7 Qg5+ 27. Kb1 Qg6+ 28. Ka1 Qc2 29. Qd3 Qxh2 30. Qd6 Rb7 31. e6 Qxd6 32. Nxd6 Rb6 33. exf7+ Kf8 34. Kb1 Rc6 35. Kc2 Ng6 36. Rd5 Nf4 37. Rd2 Ne6 38. Kc3 Nd4 39. Ne4 Kxf7 40. b4 cxb4+ 41. Kxd4 bxa3 42. Ra2 Ra6 43. Nc5 Ra5 44. Kc4 a6 45. Kb4 Rb5+ 46. Kc4 Ra5 47. Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NOR-ch"]
[Site "Sandnes"]
[Date "2005.07.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Johannessen, Leif Erlend"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.07.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 c5 6. Bg5 Qxd5 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. dxc5 Qxc5 9. Rc1 Nc6 10. Nf3 Bd7 11. e3 $146 ({RR} 11. g3 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 13. Rxc3 Ke7 14. Bg2 Rac8 15. O-O Nb4 16. Rb3 a5 17. a3 Ba4 18. Re3 Nd5 19. Re4 Bc2 20. Rh4 Rhd8 21. Ra1 Bg6 22. Ne1 b5 23. Bf1 Nb6 24. e3 Rd5 25. b4 a4 {Bareev,E (2709)-Topalov,V (2757) Monte Carlo 2005 0-1 (49)}) 11... Rc8 12. Be2 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 O-O 14. O-O Rfd8 15. Qe4 Be8 16. Qh4 Kg7 17. c4 Ne5 18. Qg3+ Ng6 19. h4 Qh5 20. Rfd1 Bc6 21. c5 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Rd8 23. Be2 Qh6 24. Qg4 Kh8 25. h5 Ne7 26. g3 Rg8 27. Qf4 Qxf4 28. exf4 Rd8 29. Rd1 Rd5 30. Rxd5 Nxd5 31. Nd4 Nc3 32. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 1st"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2006.08.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2006.08.19"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. a3 Ba5 10. Bd2 cxd4 11. exd4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 b6 13. Qe2 Bb7 14. Bd3 Qc7 15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. c4 Rad8 17. Bg5 $146 ({RR} 17. Rad1 Qd6 18. Bb4 Qc6 19. Qd2 Nf8 20. Qg5 Ng6 21. Bc3 Qa4 22. d5 exd5 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qxf6 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Bxg6 hxg6 28. cxd5 Bxd5 29. Ne5 Qe6 30. Qg5 Be4 31. Ng4 Bf5 {Kovalenko,I (2429)-Miroshnichenko,E (2651) Kharkov 2007 ½-½ (45)}) ({RR} 17. Rad1 h6 18. h3 Qd6 19. Qe3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 e5 21. Bb4 Qb8 22. d5 Nc5 23. Bb1 e4 24. Qe3 Qc7 25. Bc3 Qd6 26. Bc2 Nh5 27. Qd4 Qg6 28. Qe3 f5 29. f4 exf3 30. Qxf3 Ne4 31. Bd4 Nhg3 {Korobov,A (2605)-Almasi,Z (2663) Beijing 2008 1-0 (42)}) 17... Nf8 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Qxc4 21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. Qh4 Kg7 23. Qg4+ Ng6 24. h4 Kh8 25. h5 Ne7 26. Rac1 Qd5 27. Qh4 Qf5 28. Rc7 Rg8 29. Nh2 Nd5 30. Rxf7 a5 31. g3 b5 32. Qe4 Qxh5 33. Qxe6 b4 34. axb4 axb4 35. Re7 Qg6 36. Rd7 Nf4 37. Qd6 Nh3+ 38. Kg2 Rxd7 39. Qxd7 Nxf2 40. Nf1 Nd3 41. Re3 b3 42. Qd6 b2 43. Nd2 h6 44. Kg1 Qf5 45. Kh1 Nf2+ 46. Kg2 Ne4 47. Rxe4 b1=Q 48. Rf4 Qb7+ 0-1

[Event "Gashimov Memorial-A 1st"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2014.04.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E27"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,Michal"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nh5 7. Nh3 f5 {An aggressive continuation. Instead of trying to equalise, Black wants to obtain a double-edged position.} 8. e3 (8. Bg5 {is the main alternative - see Khairullin-Adams with annotations by GM A.Mikhalchishin in CBM 136.}) 8... d6 (8... Nc6 9. Bd3 d6 {is hardly good as White pushes c4-c5 at an appropriate moment:} 10. O-O (10. g3 $6 e5 11. Nf2 Qe8 12. O-O Na5 13. Qe2 b6 14. Rb1 Ba6 15. c5 Bxd3 16. Nxd3 Nf6 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. f4 exf4 19. Qa2+ Kh8 20. exf4 Rd8 $17 {1/2 (39) Abergel,T (2499)-Adams,M (2735) Liverpool 2008}) 10... Qe8 11. a4 e5 $6 (11... b6 $5) 12. c5 $1 dxc5 13. Ba3 b6 14. dxc5 Rf6 15. f4 e4 16. Be2 g6 17. c4 Ng7 18. Bb2 Rf7 19. cxb6 cxb6 20. c5 $16 {1-0 (30) Golizadeh,A (2472)-Bacallao Alonso,Y (2583) Istanbul 2012}) (8... c5 $5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O Nf6 11. d5 $6 Ne5 12. e4 fxe4 13. fxe4 d6 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nf3 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Qe8 17. Ra2 exd5 18. exd5 Qe4 $15 {1/2 (33) Abdalla,L (2322)-Leitao,R (2620) Sao Paulo 2011}) 9. Be2 (9. f4 Nf6 10. Bd3 e5 11. O-O e4 12. Be2 Kh8 13. Nf2 Nc6 14. h3 b6 15. g4 Na5 $132 {0-1 (27) Swapnil,S (2336)-Komarov,D (2540) Calicut 2007}) (9. Nf2 {is too passive:} Nc6 $5 (9... e5 {(a bit too early)} 10. Bd3 $1 {- 9.Bd3} (10. f4 Nf6 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. c5 Nc6 13. Bc4+ Kh8 14. O-O b6 15. Bb5 Bb7 16. Rb1 Ne7 17. Be2 Ne4 $15 {1/2 (54) Volkov,S (2622)-Izoria,Z (2606) Saint Vincent 2005}) (10. Be2 Qe7 11. c5 Nc6 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. a4 {1/2 (13) Mensch,E (2336)-Nikolaidis,I (2525) Nancy 2006})) 10. a4 (10. Bd3 e5 11. O-O Qh4 12. Qe1 Bd7 13. g3 Qe7 14. Qd1 Rae8 15. Ra2 Nf6 16. f4 e4 17. Be2 Qf7 18. a4 Na5 $15 {1/2 (31) Cebalo,M (2505)-Komarov,D (2530) Bratto 2006}) 10... b6 11. Bd3 Na5 12. O-O Ba6 13. Qe2 Qh4 14. Bd2 Rae8 15. e4 e5 16. c5 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 fxe4 18. fxe4 dxc5 19. dxc5 Rd8 20. Qe2 Nb3 21. Qc4+ Kh8 22. Qxb3 Rxd2 {0-1 (57) Kozakov,M (2457)-Fedorchuk,S (2633) France 2009} 23. Ra2 $15) (9. Bd3 Qh4+ (9... e5 10. Nf2 (10. O-O Nc6 11. f4 Qe8 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Ra2 e4 14. Be2 Nf6 15. a4 Kh8 16. a5 Rg8 17. Nf4 Ne7 18. Qb3 c6 19. Qb4 $14 {0-1 (40) Geller,E-Pogats,J Szczawno Zdroj 1950}) 10... Qe8 11. O-O Nf6 12. Qc2 Qh5 13. c5 Nc6 14. Bb5 Nd8 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. a4 $36 {1-0 (73) Koberl,F-Pogats,J Budapest 1951}) (9... c5 $5) 10. Nf2 Nc6 11. Qc2 (11. Ra2 e5 12. g3 Qe7 13. d5 Nd8 14. g4 e4 $132 {0-1 (42) Sagalchik,G-Dautov,R (2515) Minsk 1988}) 11... e5 12. g3 Qe7 13. O-O Bd7 14. Bd2 Kh8 15. Kg2 Rae8 16. Rae1 Qd8 $11 {0-1 (56) Wiersma,E (2419)-Swinkels,R (2459) Netherlands 2009}) 9... c5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 40] A good plan. Black fixes the c4-pawn, therefore eliminating the c4-c5 idea altogether.} (9... Nc6 {deserves more attention here than with d3:} 10. O-O Qe8 $5 (10... e5 11. c5 $5) 11. Nf2 b6 12. g4 $6 fxg4 13. fxg4 Nf6 14. Qc2 Bb7 15. g5 Nd7 16. e4 e5 $132 {1-0 (34) Posedaru,B (2318)-Soltanici,R (2373) Bucharest 2011}) 10. O-O Nc6 11. g4 $146 {Here, too, this advance is bad.} (11. f4 Nf6 12. Bf3 Na5 {[%csl Rc4]}) (11. d5 Na5 {[%cal Ye6e5]}) (11. e4 fxe4 12. fxe4 Rxf1+ 13. Bxf1 Nf6 14. Nf2 e5 $11) (11. Nf2 $5 {[%cal Ye3e4] was probably the most flexible keeping both ideas: e3-e4 and f3-f4.}) ({RR} 11. Rb1 Na5 12. Qc2 b6 13. Qa2 Qe8 14. Nf2 Ba6 15. a4 g5 16. g4 Nf6 17. h3 h6 18. e4 f4 19. Bd3 Nd7 20. Ba3 e5 21. d5 Rc8 22. Kg2 Nf6 23. Bc1 h5 24. Rh1 Rc7 25. Bd2 Rh7 {Andries,A (1482)-Liavonava,Y (1623) Mamaia 2022 0-1 (37)}) ({RR} 11. Rb1 Na5 12. Qc2 b6 13. Qa2 Qe8 14. Nf2 Ba6 15. a4 g5 16. g4 Nf6 17. h3 h6 18. e4 f4 19. Bd3 Nd7 20. Ba3 e5 21. d5 Rc8 22. Kg2 Nf6 23. Bc1 h5 24. Rh1 Rc7 25. Bd2 Rh7 {Andries,A (1482)-Liavonava,Y (1623) Mamaia 2022 0-1 (37)}) 11... fxg4 (11... Qh4 $1 {, recommended by GM E.Gleizerov, was very strong:} 12. Nf4 (12. gxh5 Qxh3 13. f4 b6 14. Bf3 Bb7 $17 {[%csl Rc1,Rc4,Rh5]} 15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Qd7 Rf7 $1 17. Qxe6 Nd8 18. Qe8+ Rf8 $19) (12. Kg2 fxg4 13. fxg4 Rxf1 14. Qxf1 Nf6 15. Qf2 Qh6 $17) 12... Nxf4 13. exf4 Na5 $17 {[%cal Yb7b6]} (13... cxd4 $143 14. cxd4 e5 15. Be3 $1 exd4 16. Bxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 fxg4 18. fxg4 Bxg4 19. f5 h5 20. Rf4 {, and White should survive})) {However, after the simple text move Black keeps an advantage, too.} 12. fxg4 Nf6 13. Nf2 h6 14. e4 {This move weakens White's position but it is very difficult for him to find a good plan anyway.} e5 15. d5 Ne7 (15... Na5 $5 {pressurising the c4 pawn.}) 16. g5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Qe8 18. Qd3 Qg6 19. Qg3 Bd7 20. Kh1 Rf7 (20... Nxe4 $2 21. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 22. Bf3 {[%cal Rg5e7]} Rxf3 $8) 21. Qh4 Raf8 22. Rae1 Qh7 23. Qxh7+ Nxh7 $17 {In this ending Black's knights are stronger than White's bishops.} 24. Be3 Ng6 25. Nd3 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Rxf1+ (26... Nf6 $5 27. Nf2 Nf4 {is quite good but the minor piece ending is also difficult for White.}) 27. Bxf1 {[%mdl 4096]} Nf6 28. Nf2 Nf4 29. h4 (29. Bxf4 exf4 30. e5 dxe5 31. Nd3 Ng4 $1 32. h3 (32. Nxc5 Bf5) 32... e4 $1 33. Nxf4 (33. Nxc5 Nf6 {[%csl Ge4,Gf4]}) 33... Ne3 {[%cal Re3d1]} 34. Be2 g5 $17) 29... Ng6 (29... Ng4 30. Nxg4 Bxg4 {[%cal Rg4f3,Yg4d1] was very strong, probably enough for a win.}) 30. Bg5 Nh7 31. Bd8 Kf7 32. Kh2 Nf6 (32... Ke8 33. Bg5) 33. Kg3 Nf4 34. Kf3 Ba4 35. Nh3 Bd1+ 36. Ke3 Ng6 (36... Ng4+ 37. Kd2 Nh2 {is probably insufficient for a victory due to} 38. Nxf4 Nxf1+ 39. Kxd1 exf4 40. Ke2 Ne3 41. Bg5 Nxc4 42. Bxf4 b5 (42... g6 43. Kd3 b5 44. a4) 43. h5 {[%csl Rg7]}) 37. Ng5+ Ke8 38. Ne6 Nxh4 39. Bc7 Kd7 40. Bb8 {White has created some counterplay.} Bg4 (40... a6 $5 41. Nxg7 Bc2 $5 42. Bh3+ Ke7 43. Nf5+ (43. Bc8 b5 44. Bxa6 bxc4 45. Bxc4 Bxe4 46. Kf2 $1 Ng4+ 47. Kg3 Ne3 $17) 43... Nxf5+ 44. Bxf5 Bb3 {keeping winning chances}) 41. Nxg7 a6 42. Bd3 (42. a4 a5 43. Ne6 Ne8 {[%csl Ra4]}) 42... Ng2+ 43. Kd2 Ke7 (43... b5 $5 44. cxb5 axb5 45. Bc2 (45. Bxb5+ $2 Kc8 46. Bxd6 Nxe4+) (45. Ne6 $5 c4 46. Bc2) 45... c4 46. Ne6 Bxe6 47. dxe6+ Kxe6 48. Ba7 Nf4 $17) 44. a4 Kf7 45. Bxd6 (45. Nf5 Bxf5 46. exf5 Ke7 {is very unpleasant for White but the piece sacrifice is hardly sufficient either.}) 45... Kxg7 46. Bxe5 Nh4 $2 ({Black could have stopped White's pawns by means of} 46... Bf3 $1 {[%cal Rg7f7]} 47. d6 Bg4 $1 {(recommended by E.Gleizerov)} (47... Kf7 $2 48. Bxf6 Kxf6 49. e5+ Ke6 50. Bf5+ Kf7 51. Bg6+ $1 $11) {e.g.} 48. Bg3 Nh5 49. Bf2 Nhf4 50. Bxc5 Nxd3 51. Kxd3 Kf6 {, and he should win in a long term.}) 47. Bg3 Ng6 (47... Nf3+ 48. Ke3 Nd7 49. Be2 Nfe5 50. Bxe5+ Nxe5 51. Kf4 $1 Bxe2 52. Kxe5 Bxc4 53. a5 {(E.Gleizerov), and White is not worse.}) 48. e5 {White's connected passed pawns guarantee him a draw.} Nd7 (48... Nh5 49. Bh2 Nh4 50. Ke3 Nf3 51. Bf4) 49. e6 Nde5 50. Bxg6 Nxg6 51. Bd6 Kf6 52. Bxc5 Ke5 53. Ke3 Bd1 54. Bb6 Bxa4 55. Bc7+ Kf6 56. Kd4 Ke7 57. c5 Nh4 58. c4 Nf3+ 59. Kc3 Ng5 60. Kb4 Bd1 61. Bg3 Nxe6 62. dxe6 Bf3 63. Bh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.08.11"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Carlsen, M.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2023.07.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 Nc6 5. e4 e5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. Ne2 ({RR} 8. d5 Ne7 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. Ne2 Nc5 11. Be3 Nxd3+ 12. Qxd3 b6 13. a4 f5 14. a5 Bd7 15. O-O O-O 16. Ra3 f4 17. Bd2 g5 18. g4 h5 19. h3 Kg7 20. Rfa1 Rc8 21. axb6 axb6 22. Kg2 Rh8 {Harsha,B (2531)-Carlsen,M (2831) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (45)}) 8... b6 9. Ng3 Na5 10. Bd3 h5 $146 ({RR} 10... Be6 11. O-O O-O 12. f4 exd4 13. f5 Bxc4 14. Bg5 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nb3 16. cxd4 Nxa1 17. Nh5 Re8 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qg3+ Kf8 20. Qg7+ Ke7 21. Qxf6+ Kd7 22. Qxf7+ Kc8 23. Ng7 Rh8 24. Qd5 Kb8 25. Ne6 {Bobadilla Viera,J (2302)-Xu,Y (2533) Roquetas de Mar 2019 1-0 (43)}) 11. O-O h4 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 Qd7 14. Rb1 O-O-O 15. Bg5 c5 16. d5 Rh5 17. f4 Rhh8 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Qe1 e4 20. Bxf6 Rde8 21. Bxg7 exd3 22. Qd2 Rhg8 23. f6 Re4 24. Rbe1 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. Re7 Rxe7 27. fxe7 Qxe7 28. Qxd3 Qe1+ 29. Qf1 Qe3+ 30. Kh1 Qe4 31. h3 f5 32. Qf3 Qxf3 33. gxf3 Nxc4 34. a4 Kd7 35. Bf6 Kd6 36. Bxh4 Kxd5 37. Bd8 Nb2 38. h4 Ke6 39. h5 Nxa4 40. c4 Kf7 41. Kg2 Nb2 42. Kg3 Nxc4 43. Kf4 b5 44. Kxf5 b4 45. Ke4 a5 46. h6 Kg6 47. Be7 Nd2+ 48. Kd3 Nb3 49. Kc4 a4 50. Bg5 Kh7 51. Be3 Kg6 52. Bg5 Nd4 53. Kxc5 a3 54. Bc1 Ne2 55. Kxb4 Nxc1 56. Kxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.08.11"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Carlsen, M.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2023.07.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 Nc6 5. e4 e5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. Ne2 ({RR} 8. d5 Ne7 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. Ne2 Nc5 11. Be3 Nxd3+ 12. Qxd3 b6 13. a4 f5 14. a5 Bd7 15. O-O O-O 16. Ra3 f4 17. Bd2 g5 18. g4 h5 19. h3 Kg7 20. Rfa1 Rc8 21. axb6 axb6 22. Kg2 Rh8 {Harsha,B (2531)-Carlsen,M (2831) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (45)}) 8... b6 9. Ng3 Na5 10. Bd3 h5 $146 ({RR} 10... Be6 11. O-O O-O 12. f4 exd4 13. f5 Bxc4 14. Bg5 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nb3 16. cxd4 Nxa1 17. Nh5 Re8 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qg3+ Kf8 20. Qg7+ Ke7 21. Qxf6+ Kd7 22. Qxf7+ Kc8 23. Ng7 Rh8 24. Qd5 Kb8 25. Ne6 {Bobadilla Viera,J (2302)-Xu,Y (2533) Roquetas de Mar 2019 1-0 (43)}) 11. O-O h4 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 Qd7 14. Rb1 O-O-O 15. Bg5 c5 16. d5 Rh5 17. f4 Rhh8 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Qe1 e4 20. Bxf6 Rde8 21. Bxg7 exd3 22. Qd2 Rhg8 23. f6 Re4 24. Rbe1 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. Re7 Rxe7 27. fxe7 Qxe7 28. Qxd3 Qe1+ 29. Qf1 Qe3+ 30. Kh1 Qe4 31. h3 f5 32. Qf3 Qxf3 33. gxf3 Nxc4 34. a4 Kd7 35. Bf6 Kd6 36. Bxh4 Kxd5 37. Bd8 Nb2 38. h4 Ke6 39. h5 Nxa4 40. c4 Kf7 41. Kg2 Nb2 42. Kg3 Nxc4 43. Kf4 b5 44. Kxf5 b4 45. Ke4 a5 46. h6 Kg6 47. Be7 Nd2+ 48. Kd3 Nb3 49. Kc4 a4 50. Bg5 Kh7 51. Be3 Kg6 52. Bg5 Nd4 53. Kxc5 a3 54. Bc1 Ne2 55. Kxb4 Nxc1 56. Kxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gausdal Classics GM"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "2007.04.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2007.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Edouard,Romain} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 Qa5 ({RR} 8... f5) 9. e4 Nf6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Nfd7 12. a4 Qc7 13. Qa3 Na6 ({RR} 13... b6 14. a5 Bb7 ({RR} 14... bxc5) 15. a6 Bc8 16. Bb5 Nxc5 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. Ne2 Bd7 19. Bc4 Bc6 ({RR} 19... Be8) 20. Qxc5 Nd7 21. Qa5 Rfc8 22. Qxc7 ({RR} 22. O-O) 22... Rxc7 23. Nd4 Bxe4 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. fxe4 Rxc3 26. O-O Nc5 27. e5 h6 28. Rfc1 {Shirov,A (2749)-Kramnik,V (2780) Bilbao 2010 CBM 139 [Edouard,Romain] ½-½ (34)}) ({RR} 13... b6 14. a5 bxc5 15. a6 c4 16. Nh3 Bxa6 17. Be2 Bb5 18. Rb1 Qc6 19. Qa5 a6 20. O-O Ne5 21. Nf2 Nbd7 22. f4 Nd3 23. e5 Rac8 24. Bf3 Qc7 25. Qa3 N7c5 26. Nxd3 Nxd3 27. Be4 Nxe5 28. fxe5 {Subramanian,A (2033)-Richardson,J (2299) Hull ENG 2024 0-1 (60)}) 14. Bxa6 bxa6 15. Ne2 a5 $146 ({RR} 15... Ne5 16. O-O Nc4 17. Qc1 e5 18. f4 Bb7 19. fxe5 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Rac8 21. Rab1 Ba8 22. e6 fxe6 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. Rf1 Qc6 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Nd4 Qxe4 27. Nxe6+ Ke7 28. Qxe4 Bxe4 29. Nd4 a5 30. Kf2 {Moskalenko,V (2525)-Lawson,D (2315) St Martin 1991 1-0 (44)}) ({RR} 15... Ne5 16. O-O Nc4 17. Qc1 e5 18. Bf2 Rb8 19. Rd1 Rb2 20. Ng3 Be6 21. Nf5 Rfb8 22. h4 f6 23. Rd3 Bxf5 24. exf5 e4 25. fxe4 Rxf2 26. Kxf2 Rb2+ 27. Kg1 Qxc5+ 28. Rd4 h6 29. Kh1 Re2 30. Qf1 {Urh,Z (2294)-Berke,A (2107) Petrovac MNE 2023 1-0 (31)}) 16. O-O Ba6 17. Rfe1 Rfc8 18. Nd4 Nxc5 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. axb5 Nd3 21. Re2 Qc4 22. Rd2 h6 23. Qxa5 Nc5 24. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 25. Kh1 Rab8 26. Qxa7 Qxc3 27. Qd4 Qxd4 28. Rxd4 Rxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 9-16"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.10"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Qe2 b6 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. exd4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. Bd3 Nd5 15. Qe4 N7f6 $146 ({RR} 15... N5f6 16. Qh4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 e5 18. d5 Nc5 19. Bc2 Qd6 20. c4 g6 21. f4 Ncd7 22. fxe5 Nxe5 23. Qg3 Nfd7 24. Bf5 f6 25. Be6+ Kh8 26. Re1 Rae8 27. Re3 Re7 28. Bxd7 Qxd7 29. Ba3 Ref7 30. Bxf8 {Korobov,A (2565)-Hoffmann,M (2455) Pardubice 2004 1-0 (39)}) 16. Qe5 Rac8 17. c4 Nf4 18. Bf1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Rfd8 20. Qxc7 Rxc7 21. a4 h6 22. a5 Nh7 23. axb6 axb6 24. Ra3 Nf8 25. Rda1 Rcc8 26. Rb3 N8g6 27. Rxb6 Nh4 28. Ra3 Nf5 29. c5 e5 30. Ba6 Nxd4 31. Rd6 (31. Bxc8 Nde2+ 32. Kf1 Rd1#) 31... Rxd6 32. cxd6 Rd8 33. Kf1 Rxd6 34. Bd3 g5 35. Be4 Kg7 36. Ra1 Rb6 37. Ba3 f5 38. Ba8 Kf6 (38... Nc2 $1 {wins because the white rook cannot leave the first rank (...Rb1# is threatened)} 39. Bc5 Rb5) 39. Bc5 Rb5 40. Bd6 Ke6 41. Bf8 Rb8 42. Bc5 Rb2 43. Re1 Kf6 44. Rd1 h5 45. Ke1 Re2+ 46. Kf1 Rb2 47. Ke1 Re2+ 48. Kf1 Rc2 49. Bb6 Kg6 50. Bb7 Rb2 51. Bxd4 exd4 52. Ba6 Kf6 53. Bc4 Ke5 54. Re1+ Kd6 55. Rd1 Kc5 56. Ba6 Kd5 57. Ke1 Ra2 58. Bb5 Kc5 59. Bd7 d3 60. Bxf5 Kd4 61. Rb1 Re2+ 62. Kf1 d2 63. Bc2 Re5 64. Rd1 Kc3 65. Be4 Rxe4 66. fxe4 Kc2 0-1

[Event "Julius Baer Gen Cup P/I m D1"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.26"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Le Tuan Minh"]
[Black "Carlsen, M.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2024.09.26"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6 6. Qc2 Qe7 7. e4 ({RR} 7. a4 c5 8. e4 e5 9. d5 Nbd7 10. h4 h6 11. Be2 Kd8 12. Nd2 Kc7 13. Nf1 g6 14. g4 a5 15. h5 gxh5 16. gxh5 Nb6 17. Ng3 Bd7 18. Qb3 Ne8 19. Be3 Ng7 20. Kd2 f5 21. exf5 Nxf5 {Fedoseev,V (2683)-Carlsen,M (2830) Samarkand UZB 2023 0-1 (57)}) 7... e5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. d5 $146 ({RR} 9. Rb1 b6 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 h6 12. c5 bxc5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Ba3 Rd8 15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Qa4 Nb8 17. Qc4 Qe8 18. Bxc5 Bxb5 19. Rxb5 Nxe4 20. Rxb8 Raxb8 21. Qxe4 f6 22. Bxa7 Ra8 23. Qb7 Qa4 {Urazayev,A (2460)-Kramnik,V (2753) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (49)}) ({RR} 9. O-O Bg4 10. Nd2 exd4 11. f4 Nd7 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Qh4 14. Nf3 Qxh3 15. gxh5 Nc5 16. Rf2 dxc3 17. Qxc3 Qg4+ 18. Kf1 O-O-O 19. Bd2 Rhe8 20. Re1 Qh3+ 21. Kg1 Qg3+ 22. Kf1 Qh3+ 23. Kg1 Qg3+ {Artemenko,O (2268)-Liu,J (2064) Dublin IRL 2025 ½-½}) 9... Nb8 10. O-O Nbd7 11. h3 Nc5 12. Be3 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 b6 14. Nd2 Nd7 15. f4 exf4 16. Rxf4 O-O 17. Bd4 Ne5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Qe3 Bd7 20. Nf3 Qe7 21. e5 Rae8 22. Re1 dxe5 23. Qxe5 Qd6 24. Qd4 Rxe1+ 25. Nxe1 Re8 26. Nd3 Qg6 27. Ne5 Qg3 28. Nxd7 Re1+ 29. Rf1 Re2 30. Rf2 Re1+ 31. Rf1 Re2 32. Rf2 Re1+ 33. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Julius Baer Gen Cup P/I m D1"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.26"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Le Tuan Minh"]
[Black "Carlsen, M.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2024.09.26"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6 6. Qc2 Qe7 7. e4 ({RR} 7. a4 c5 8. e4 e5 9. d5 Nbd7 10. h4 h6 11. Be2 Kd8 12. Nd2 Kc7 13. Nf1 g6 14. g4 a5 15. h5 gxh5 16. gxh5 Nb6 17. Ng3 Bd7 18. Qb3 Ne8 19. Be3 Ng7 20. Kd2 f5 21. exf5 Nxf5 {Fedoseev,V (2683)-Carlsen,M (2830) Samarkand UZB 2023 0-1 (57)}) 7... e5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. d5 $146 ({RR} 9. Rb1 b6 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 h6 12. c5 bxc5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Ba3 Rd8 15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Qa4 Nb8 17. Qc4 Qe8 18. Bxc5 Bxb5 19. Rxb5 Nxe4 20. Rxb8 Raxb8 21. Qxe4 f6 22. Bxa7 Ra8 23. Qb7 Qa4 {Urazayev,A (2460)-Kramnik,V (2753) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (49)}) ({RR} 9. O-O Bg4 10. Nd2 exd4 11. f4 Nd7 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Qh4 14. Nf3 Qxh3 15. gxh5 Nc5 16. Rf2 dxc3 17. Qxc3 Qg4+ 18. Kf1 O-O-O 19. Bd2 Rhe8 20. Re1 Qh3+ 21. Kg1 Qg3+ 22. Kf1 Qh3+ 23. Kg1 Qg3+ {Artemenko,O (2268)-Liu,J (2064) Dublin IRL 2025 ½-½}) 9... Nb8 10. O-O Nbd7 11. h3 Nc5 12. Be3 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 b6 14. Nd2 Nd7 15. f4 exf4 16. Rxf4 O-O 17. Bd4 Ne5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Qe3 Bd7 20. Nf3 Qe7 21. e5 Rae8 22. Re1 dxe5 23. Qxe5 Qd6 24. Qd4 Rxe1+ 25. Nxe1 Re8 26. Nd3 Qg6 27. Ne5 Qg3 28. Nxd7 Re1+ 29. Rf1 Re2 30. Rf2 Re1+ 31. Rf1 Re2 32. Rf2 Re1+ 33. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2834"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,Daniel Howard"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 5. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} (5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 {is another big main line, e.g.} O-O 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 $11 {, which was the path followed by Ivanchuk,V-Harikrishna,P Huaian 2017}) 5... Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 6. e3 {[%emt 0:01:56]} (6. Nf3 Qf5 $1 $11 {has now become famous, and after some wrangling it has become clear that only Black can actually have a positional edge in the endgame, despite his doubled f-pawns!}) 6... c5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 7. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 8. Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 9. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 10. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} (10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Ne2 {is the initial computer recommendation, but this really isn't that good after say} Bd7 12. a3 Qa5+ 13. Nc3 Ne7 $11 {Dreev,A -Fedoseev,V Moscow 2014}) 10... O-O {[%emt 0:00:54]} 11. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:18:24] Else d1 is slightly annoying.} 12. Be2 {[%emt 0:12:37]} (12. Rd1 Qxd1+ 13. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 14. Kxd1 Ne4 15. Be1 e5 $11 {is another equal position, where White's bishop pair isn't yet active enough to give him any advantage.}) 12... Qe4 {[%emt 0:03:03]} 13. Rc1 {[%emt 0:05:05]} Qxc2 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 14. Rxc2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} (14... Bd7 15. Nd4 Ne7 $11 {could be worth considering for the future; White's bishop pair is a lot less scary when there is an extra pair of knights on the board.}) ({RR} 14... Bd7 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Rac8 17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. O-O Nd5 19. Rd1 f6 20. Bd4 Ba4 21. b3 Be8 22. Bc4 b5 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Bxa7 Ra8 25. Bc5 Rxa2 26. h4 Bf7 27. e4 Ra8 28. exd5 Rd8 29. b4 {So,W (2754)-Carlsen,M (2875) Zagreb 2019 ½-½ (36)}) 15. Ne5 {[%emt 0:21:44]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:03:44] This is the novelty!} (15... Nxe5 16. Bxe5 b6 17. a3 f6 18. Bg3 Bb7 19. O-O Rac8 20. Rfc1 e5 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Kf1 {Grachev,B-Karjakin,S Antalya 2017. This somehow led to one of the world's best defensive players being ground down; the problem is that White can keep trying things and never runs any risk at all.}) 16. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:15:26]} Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 17. Bd2 $146 {[%emt 0:00:40]} ({RR} 17. Ba5 Re8 18. O-O e5 19. Rd1 h6 20. h3 Ba4 21. b3 Bc6 22. a4 Ne7 23. Bc4 Rac8 24. Rcd2 b6 25. Bb4 Nf5 26. Ba6 Ra8 27. Rc1 Re6 28. Rdc2 Bd5 29. Rc8+ Re8 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. Rc3 Nh4 {Ravlusevic,E (1703)-Butvilas,A (2052) Klaipeda 2019 0-1 (58)}) 17... Ne7 {[%emt 0:22:33]} 18. f3 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 19. e4 {[%emt 0:02:52]} (19. Ba5 $5 b6 20. Bb4 Nd5 21. Bd2 $14 {prevents Black from playing ... a6 and ...b5.}) 19... f6 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 20. Be3 {[%emt 0:02:47]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 21. Kf2 {[%emt 0:02:19]} (21. Bc4 $5 Kf7 22. Bb3 Bb5 23. Kf2 {and we can still talk about a White edge based on the bishop pair.}) 21... Bb5 $1 {[%emt 0:01:00] Black has equalised again.} 22. Rhc1 {[%emt 0:07:13]} Rxc2 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 23. Rxc2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bxe2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 24. Kxe2 {[%emt 0:04:18]} Nc6 $11 {[%emt 0:00:28] There is nothing really left to play for. Black can choose between an ...e5 based plan, and a rook-exchange based plan.} 25. b4 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 26. Rc5 {[%emt 0:05:57]} b5 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 27. f4 {[%emt 0:05:40]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 28. a3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:06:52]} 29. Rxc8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nxc8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 30. Bc5 Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 31. Bxe7 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Kxe7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 32. Kf3 {[%emt 0:01:50]} Kd6 33. Ke3 e5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 34. f5 {[%emt 0:04:27]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 35. g4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 36. h4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 37. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 38. h5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,Michal"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. dxc5 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. e3 Qa5 11. Rc1 {A rare continuation, which recently became popular.} (11. Nge2 {or}) (11. Be5 {is usually played.}) 11... Nd7 $6 {This leads to an endgame, clearly better for White. More appropriate alternatives:} (11... Bf5 12. Bxb8 $1 (12. Bd3 Nd7 13. f3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Bxc5 $13) 12... Rxb8 13. Bd3 O-O 14. Nge2 Rfc8 15. O-O Rxc5 16. f3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Ba3 19. Rb1 Qa4 20. Nd4 Rcc8 21. f4 $1 $40 {1-0 Gupta,A (2644)-Yu Yangyi (2626)/Zaozhuang CHN 2012/The Week in Chess 915 (73)}) (11... Nc6 $5 12. Bd3 $1 Bxc3+ (12... Nxg3 13. hxg3 d4 14. exd4 Nxd4 15. Qd2 Be6 16. a3 Bxc5 17. b4 Qxa3 18. bxc5 O-O-O 19. Nb1 Qa4 $44 {0-1 Tozer,R (2380)-Lalic,S (2405)/London 1997/CBM 058 ext (33)}) 13. bxc3 Nxc5 14. Nf3 b6 15. h4 g4 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Nxd3+ 18. Qxd3 Ba6 19. Qf5 Rg8 $13 {1/2 Lomineishvili,M (2437)-Zaiatz,E (2364)/St Petersburg 2009/CBM 129 Extra (48)}) ({There is also nothing wrong with} 11... Qxa2 {, e.g.} 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Bxd7+ Nxd7 14. Nge2 Nxc3 15. Nxc3 Qc4 16. Rd1 (16. h4 O-O-O) 16... Nxc5 17. f3 Bxc3+ 18. bxc3 Ne6 19. Kf2 Rc8 20. Be5 Rg8 $13 {1/2 Finegold,B (2563)-Perelshteyn,E (2522)/Chicago 2006/EXT 2007 (46)}) ({RR} 11... Nc6 12. Bd3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 d4 14. exd4 Nxd4 15. Qd2 Bxc5 16. Nf3 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Be6 18. O-O O-O-O 19. Qe2 Kb8 20. Qe5+ Ka8 21. Nb5 Bd6 22. Qe3 Rhe8 23. Nxd6 Rxd6 24. Bc4 Qb6 25. Bxe6 Qxe3 26. fxe3 {Mamedyarov,S (2757)-Aronian,L (2759) Saint Louis 2022 ½-½ (39)}) ({RR} 11... Qxa2 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Bxd7+ Nxd7 14. Nge2 Nxc3 15. Nxc3 Qc4 16. Rd1 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Nxc5 18. Rd4 Qa6 19. f3 Qe6 20. O-O O-O 21. Rfd1 Qxe3+ 22. Bf2 Qe7 23. Rxd5 b6 24. h4 Rad8 25. c4 Rxd5 26. cxd5 {Yu Yangyi (2714)-Xu,Y (2468) Shaoxing CHN 2025 1-0 (57)}) 12. Nge2 Ndxc5 $146 (12... Qxa2 13. Kd1 {1/2 Priborsky,J (2344)-Gordon,S (2508)/Liverpool 2008/CBM 126 Extra} Nxc3+ 14. Nxc3 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 O-O 16. h4 $16) ({RR} 12... Qxa2 13. Kd1 {½-½ (13) Priborsky,J (2344)-Gordon,S (2508) Liverpool 2008}) 13. a3 Bxc3+ 14. Nxc3 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 16. Rxc3 Ne4 17. Rc7 $16 {[%csl Gc7,Rd5]} Nxg3 (17... O-O 18. Be2 $16 (18. Be5 $143 f6 19. Bd4 Rf7)) 18. hxg3 Rb8 19. Bb5+ Kf8 20. Kd2 (20. f4 $5 {may be more energetic.}) 20... Kg7 21. Rhc1 Rd8 $6 {This move is rather senseless.} (21... Be6 $142 {[%cal Yg7f6,Yf6e5,Ye5d6]} 22. Re7 Kf6 23. Rcc7 a6 24. Be2 b5 {Of course, Black's position remains very bad.}) 22. Re7 Kf6 23. Rcc7 Rf8 24. b4 $6 {There was no need to move queenside pawns at the moment.} (24. Be2 $142 $1 {[%cal Ye2f3,Yf3d5,Re2h5]} g4 25. Bd1 {winning the d5-pawn.}) 24... a6 25. Bd3 a5 26. bxa5 ({Why not} 26. b5 {? There was no reason to break the well-known rule that pawn exchanges are favourable for the defender.}) 26... Ra8 27. Bb5 Rxa5 28. a4 Ra8 29. Kc3 h5 $1 {Trying to create at least some counterplay.} 30. Kb4 h4 31. Re8 $2 {[%mdl 16384] A strange decision letting Black's pieces out.} (31. Kc5 hxg3 32. fxg3 $16 {although Black now obtains some counterplay by means of} Be6 33. Rxb7 Ke5) 31... Rxe8 32. Bxe8 {[%mdl 4096]} Be6 33. Bb5 d4 $5 (33... hxg3 34. fxg3 Rb8 {[%cal Yf6f5,Yf5e4,Yf5g4] was possible, too.}) 34. gxh4 gxh4 35. exd4 Bd5 36. f3 Rg8 {Black's position is straightening up like a spring.} 37. Rc2 (37. Bf1 $142 {The rook should remain active. However, White can hardly convert his extra pawn in that case, too.}) 37... Ke7 38. a5 Kd6 39. Bc4 Bxc4 40. Rxc4 $2 (40. Kxc4 Rg5 $1 {must lead to a draw but White has nothing better in any case} ({GM A.Morozevich fancied under time pressure that the pawn ending after} 40... Rc8+ $6 41. Kd3 Rxc2 $6 42. Kxc2 Kc6 {was dangerous for him due to Black's outside passed b-pawn; that was not the case; on the contrary,} 43. Kd3 Kb5 44. Ke4 Kxa5 45. Kd5 $1 {gave him winning chances})) 40... Rxg2 41. Rc5 h3 42. Rh5 h2 {[%csl Gh2] Black is simply better in this rook endgame; fortunately for White, the limited number of pawns enables him to hold his ground.} 43. Kc4 Rc2+ 44. Kd3 Ra2 45. Ke4 f5+ 46. Kf4 Kd5 47. Rxf5+ Kxd4 48. Rh5 Rg2 49. Rh7 Kd3 50. Ke5 Ke2 51. f4 Kf1 (51... Kf3 $144) 52. f5 Ra2 53. f6 Rxa5+ 54. Ke6 Ra6+ 55. Ke7 Rxf6 56. Kxf6 Kg1 57. Ke5 h1=Q 58. Rxh1+ Kxh1 59. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 {This move was first used at the top levelnby Alekhine. The idea is to force the exchange on c3, without incurring doubled pawns. The drawback of the move is White's slight deficit in development. The particular interest of this game is that both players have used the line successfully in the past, and have contributed to the theory of the line. So a couple of world experts are meeting!} d5 {The most straightforwa rd answer. Black tries to open the centre and create complications, as soon as possible. His king is ready to escape to the kingside, whereas the white monarch will have to remain uncastled for some time.} 5. a3 {White carries out the classical idea.} Bxc3+ ({If} 5... Be7 $6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5 {we reach an Exchange QGD, with White having the extremely useful extra move a2-a3.}) 6. Qxc3 Ne4 ({A no less sharp struggle arises after} 6... c5 7. dxc5 d4 {and now the world's grandmasters are unable to agree on the best retreat forthe queen - c2 or g3.}) 7. Qc2 c5 {The consistent follow-up.} 8. dxc5 Nc6 {The only way! The number of pawns does not yet play a great role. The important thing is to bring the pieces into play as quickly as possible. Now is an important moment - should White exchange pawns on d5 or not? The further character of the battle will depend on this decision.} 9. cxd5 {The most aggressive, and also riskiest continuation! White opens the path of the c8 bishop, but strengthens his extra pawn.} ({Heavy simplifications result from} 9. e3 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 dxc4 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Rc1 b5 14. cxb6 Bb7 {and Black has enough initiative for the pawn. The analyses of the leading specialists in the line lead to a draw, on practically an empty board.}) 9... exd5 ({Not} 9... Qxd5 $2 10. Be3 $1) 10. e3 {As can be seen, White has so far developed only his queen. Black has both knights on good central squares, he is ready to castle, and his bishop will soon come to f5.His development lead threatens to assume alarming proportions. But in modern chess, such general considerations and fierce words do not play a great role. Concrete analysis determines everything.} Bf5 (10... Qa5+ {is now out of fashion, thanks to the exchange sacrifice seen inKazimdzhanov-Kar pov, Spain 2007:} 11. b4 $1 Nxb4 12. axb4 Qxa1 13. Bb5+ Kf8 14. Ne2 {and whatev er the computer might say, humans know that White's position is much easier to play.}) (10... Qf6 {was tried in a game Carlsen-Polgar, from Wijk aan Zee 2008, but without success:} 11. f3 $1 Qh4+ 12. g3 Nxg3 13. Qf2 Nf5 14. Qxh4 Nxh4 15. b4 a6 16. Kf2 Ne5 17. Bb2 f6 18. Rd1 Be6 19. Ne2 Bf7 20. Rg1 Nc4 21. Bc1 g5 22. Nc3 O-O-O 23. e4 $1 {and the white bishops destroyed Black.}) 11. Bd3 O-O ({As on the previous move,} 11... Qa5+ {is again met by} 12. b4 Nxb4 13. axb4 Qxa1 14. Ne2 {For example,} Bd7 15. f3 Ba4 16. Qb2 Qxb2 17. Bxb2 Nf6 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. b5 Rc8 20. Ba3 a6 21. bxa6 bxa6 22. Kd2 Bb5 23. Bxb5+ axb5 24. c6 Kd8 25. Rc1 {and Black could not contain his opponent's initiative. Drozdovskij-Brodsky Poltava 2008}) 12. Nf3 Qa5+ 13. Nd2 ({Necessary. Now after} 13. b4 Nxb4 14. axb4 Qxa1 15. Nd4 {(which nobody has played), there follows a nice exchange of tactical blows:} Ng3 $1 16. Nb3 $1 Qa6 $1 {with, as they say, "a complicated struggle"!}) 13... Nxd2 14. Bxd2 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Qxc5 16. Rc1 ({Novelty. Sasha improves on his own play. In an earlier round at Wijk an Zee, the game Morozevich-Adams went} 16. Bc3 d4 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Qb5 19. O-O-O Qf5 20. e4 Qg5+ 21. Kb1 Rad8 22. f4 Rxd4 23. fxg5 Rxe4 24. Rd7 Rg4 25. g3 Rxg5 26. Rxb7 a5 {and Black equalized.}) 16... Qb6 17. O-O $146 {I like Morozevich's idea. There is harmony in his ranks. Taking on b2 is clearly not good, since the white rook gets to b7.} ({RR} 17. Bc3 Rad8 18. Bd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. exd4 Rfe8+ 21. Kd2 Re7 22. Rc2 f6 23. Rhc1 Kf7 24. Rc7 Rde8 25. a4 Ke6 26. Re1+ Kd6 27. Rexe7 Rxe7 28. Rxe7 Kxe7 29. Kc3 a5 {½-½ (29) Ivanisevic,I (2643)-Lenic,L (2624) Bled 2016}) 17... Rad8 (17... d4 {does not equalize. I would then suggest} 18. b4 {After exchanges in the centre, White retains some initiative.}) 18. f4 {But what is this? The move looks antipositional, weakening the square e4 and the pawn on e3. But how can Black exploit this? maybe he can't! Meanwhile, the advance of the pawn to f4 has a concrete idea, namely to eprive the black knight on the e5 square, via which it can get to c4 after b2-b4. So maybe my first reaction was too emotional. Probably Sasha doid not invent this idea over the board, but found it at home, so it needs to be taken seriously.} Rfe8 ({After} 18... d4 19. e4 $1 {the f4-pawn would be doubly useful.}) 19. b4 {Correct. The black knight is restricted on all sides. White's play looks a bit od, but I have already said that general cosndierations nowadays play less of a role than specifics. We will see what transpires... Magnus is thinking hard. He has made all the obvious moves and now needs to find a plan. One idea for White is Rf3-h3.} h6 ({My previous note explains this move. I also looked at the direct attempt to bring the knight to f5:} 19... Ne7 20. Rf3 Qe6 21. f5 (21. Rc7 Qb6 22. Rc1 Qe6) 21... Qe4 22. Qf1 {an then the rook will go to f4, the queen to d3, and a complicate struggle ensues, which is hard to judge.}) ({The prospect of the white bishop coming to c3 makes me think alos about} 19... f6 {followed by Nc6-e7 and Qb6-e6.}) 20. h3 {Giving up on Rh3 as an idea, but making luft and waiting to see what Black will do.} a6 ({Black also waits. Less beliigerant grandmasters might play} 20... Ne7 21. Bc3 Nc6 $1 22. Bd2 Ne7 23. Bc3 Nc6 {and shake hands.}) 21. Rc5 {White returns to the strategy of pressure in the centre. Black must be tied down to the d5 pawn, reducing his conyrol over d4, and only then will White seek a target on one flank or other.} a5 {A logical response. The rook on c5 prevents the natural reply b4-b5, so the b4 pawn becomes a target for Black.} 22. Rfc1 ({The centre of the battle shifts to the queenside. Winning a pawn by} 22. Rb5 Qa6 23. bxa5 {allows the counterblow} d4 24. e4 Na7 25. Rb3 (25. a4 Nxb5 26. axb5 Qe6 {hardly offers sufficient compensation.}) 25... Qxd3 26. Rxd3 Rxe4 27. Rb1 Rd7 {and Black has nothing to complain about.}) 22... axb4 23. axb4 Re4 {Carlsen counterattacks decisively. The b4 pawns can not escape the attention it has attracted from the black pieces. Magnus ignores the threat to the d5 pawn, because he sees the counter-threat against e3.} 24. Kh2 (24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. Qxd5 Rxe3 $1 (25... Rxb4 {is also not bad, eg.} 26. Kh2 (26. Bxb4 $4 Qxe3+) 26... Rb1 27. Rc4 Qb3 {again forcing exchanges.}) 26. Rc5 (26. Bxe3 $4 Qxe3+ 27. Kh1 Qxc1+) 26... Re8 27. Bc3 Rd8 28. Qe4 Qc7 29. b5 Qd6 {equalizes completely.}) 24... Rc4 $1 ({Yet another cunning move by the Norwegian. This time, the target is the bishop on d2, which is being x-rayed by the rook on d8. Unfortunately, barring something remarkable, the next few moves are likely to see a total simplification of the position. The only hope is Morozevich's unquenchable fighting spirit! Less convincing is} 24... Nxb4 {because White does not have to exchange minor pieces. He can play} 25. Qb3 {with an unpleasant pin.} ({or} 25. Qb1 {I am not sure which is better.})) 25. R1xc4 ({What else can one play, if all other moves favour Black? For example, after} 25. R5xc4 dxc4 26. Qe2 Qa6 {Black defends the c4 pawn, because of} 27. Rxc4 $2 Rxd2 $1) 25... dxc4 26. Qe2 Nxb4 27. Rxc4 ({Sasha avoids exchanges. And not without reason. After} 27. Bxb4 Qxb4 28. Rxc4 (28. Qxc4 Qxc4 29. Rxc4 b5 $1) 28... Qe7 {the outside passed b-pawn gives Black grounds to play for a win.}) 27... Nd3 {However, now the knight will be very strong. With its support, the passed pawn can reach b4 or b2. For the moment, this is still something of a dream, but grandmasters make a living by dreaming of the distant future...} 28. Rd4 {[%eval 49,0] Realising the danger, Sasha hurries to restore the game to drawish channels. The clock times are now 0.19 -} Rxd4 ({Trying to transfer the knight to e6 can also bring problems to Black, as White activates his pieces by} 28... Nc5 29. Bc3 {whilst he can eliminate the e6 outpost at any moment by f4-f5.}) 29. exd4 Qxd4 ({A white-square blockade by} 29... Qb5 {fails because of the bad position of the knight:} 30. Qe4 $1 {and it cannot be brought to d5.}) 30. Qe8+ Kh7 31. Qxf7 Qe4 ({A last attempt to impose some control. Pushing the b-pawn results in its loss:} 31... b5 $2 32. Qf5+) 32. f5 {This counterattack saves White.} Qe5+ ({Now} 32... b5 {is met by} 33. Bc3 {and winning the bishop leads to perpetual:} Qf4+ 34. Kh1 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Qxc3 36. Qg6+ Kg8 37. Qe8+ {etc.}) ({whilst the variation} 32... Nf4 33. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 34. Kg1 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Qc6 {gets nowehere because of the blow} 36. f6 $1 Qxf6 37. Qxb7) 33. Kh1 {The only remaining question is who will give the perpetual check.} Nf2+ 34. Kg1 Ne4 (34... Nxh3+ 35. gxh3 Qd4+ 36. Kf1 Qxd2 37. Qg6+ Kg8 38. Qe8+ {ends in the same perpetual.}) 35. Bf4 ({The same idea - deflecting the queen from covering e8. But it was not yet time for the flashy} 35. Bxh6 $2 {because of} Qd4+ 36. Kh1 Qd1+ 37. Kh2 Qd6+) 35... Qd4+ 36. Kh2 Nf6 37. Bxh6 Qe5+ 38. Kh1 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 Ng4+ 40. hxg4 Qh4+ 41. Kg1 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Norway Chess 2024"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2024.06.03"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Carlsen, M.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2830"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2024.05.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Ne7 10. Be3 ({RR} 10. Qb3 O-O 11. a4 Nec6 12. Bb5 e5 13. Ne2 Be6 14. Bc4 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Nd7 16. Be3 Rac8 17. O-O Qc7 18. Rfd1 Na5 19. Qb5 Nxc5 20. Rd5 b6 21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. Rad1 g6 23. h4 h5 24. Rd7 Qb6 {Erigaisi,A (2727)-Aronian,L (2723) Samarkand UZB 2023 0-1 (51)}) 10... O-O 11. Qd2 ({RR} 11. h4 Rd8 12. Qb3 Qc7 13. h5 h6 14. Bb5 Nd7 15. Bxd7 Bxd7 16. Ne2 Nc6 17. Nf4 Na5 18. Qb4 Nc6 19. Qb3 Na5 20. Qb4 Nc6 21. Qb3 {½-½ (21) Keymer,V (2721)-Martirosyan,H (2661) Biel SUI 2024}) 11... Rd8 12. Qb2 Na6 $146 ({RR} 12... e5 13. Bc4 Na6 14. Ne2 Nxc5 15. Qb4 Nd3+ 16. Bxd3 Qxb4 17. axb4 Rxd3 18. Rxa7 Rxa7 19. Bxa7 Be6 20. Kf2 Bc4 21. Be3 f5 22. Bg5 Kf7 23. Bxe7 Kxe7 24. exf5 Rd2 25. Re1 Kf6 26. g4 Rc2 27. h4 {Grover,S (2485)-Prince,B (2227) Al Ain 2013 ½-½ (40)}) 13. Nh3 e5 14. Nf2 Be6 15. Nd3 Qc7 16. Qb5 Bd7 17. Qb2 Be6 18. Qb5 Bd7 19. Qb2 Be6 20. Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Norway Chess 2024"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2024.06.03"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Carlsen, M.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2830"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2024.05.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Ne7 10. Be3 ({RR} 10. Qb3 O-O 11. a4 Nec6 12. Bb5 e5 13. Ne2 Be6 14. Bc4 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Nd7 16. Be3 Rac8 17. O-O Qc7 18. Rfd1 Na5 19. Qb5 Nxc5 20. Rd5 b6 21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. Rad1 g6 23. h4 h5 24. Rd7 Qb6 {Erigaisi,A (2727)-Aronian,L (2723) Samarkand UZB 2023 0-1 (51)}) 10... O-O 11. Qd2 ({RR} 11. h4 Rd8 12. Qb3 Qc7 13. h5 h6 14. Bb5 Nd7 15. Bxd7 Bxd7 16. Ne2 Nc6 17. Nf4 Na5 18. Qb4 Nc6 19. Qb3 Na5 20. Qb4 Nc6 21. Qb3 {½-½ (21) Keymer,V (2721)-Martirosyan,H (2661) Biel SUI 2024}) 11... Rd8 12. Qb2 Na6 $146 ({RR} 12... e5 13. Bc4 Na6 14. Ne2 Nxc5 15. Qb4 Nd3+ 16. Bxd3 Qxb4 17. axb4 Rxd3 18. Rxa7 Rxa7 19. Bxa7 Be6 20. Kf2 Bc4 21. Be3 f5 22. Bg5 Kf7 23. Bxe7 Kxe7 24. exf5 Rd2 25. Re1 Kf6 26. g4 Rc2 27. h4 {Grover,S (2485)-Prince,B (2227) Al Ain 2013 ½-½ (40)}) 13. Nh3 e5 14. Nf2 Be6 15. Nd3 Qc7 16. Qb5 Bd7 17. Qb2 Be6 18. Qb5 Bd7 19. Qb2 Be6 20. Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial-A 1st"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2014.04.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "Stohl,Igor"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 {This time Carlsen leaves the main lines even earlier than in his previous games.} (4... d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ (5... Be7 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 e5 8. d5 Bc5 9. Bg5 (9. Nf3 {is the more usual move order:} Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nbd7 12. Bg5 h6 (12... Bd4 13. Ne2 $1 Bxb2 14. Ra2 Bd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. e5 $1 O-O $2 17. exf6 Re8+ 18. Kf2 Ne5 19. Qf5 h6 20. Bc1 $18 {Ganguly,S (2654)-Filippov,A (2607)/Khanty-Mansiysk WCup/2009/ For more details see the notes to this game by Krasenkow in CBM 134.}) (12... O-O 13. O-O-O Bd4 14. Ne2 {transposes back to Nakamura-Carlsen}) 13. Bh4 Bd4 14. Ne2 O-O 15. Nxd4 (15. O-O-O $142 $1 $14) 15... exd4 16. O-O-O Re8 17. Rxd4 Qe7 18. Kc2 a5 19. Bd3 Ne5 20. Qf5 Qc5 21. Rd1 Qxd4 22. Bf2 Qxd3+ 23. Rxd3 Nxd3 24. Kxd3 Nxe4 $11 {Almarza Mato,C (1995)-Belanoff,S (2066)/email/2011/}) 9... O-O (9... Bd4 $5 {was suggested by PH Nielsen. White's best reaction is probably} 10. Qd2 (10. Nf3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qd6 12. Bd3 Na6 13. O-O Nc5 14. Qc2 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Kh1 Qe7 17. Nd2 Bd7 18. Qb1 b6 19. Nb3 Nb7 20. Bc2 O-O $15 {Formanek,E (2330)-McCambridge,V (2465)/Chicago/1985/}) 10... O-O (10... Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Qe7 {[%cal Rf6e4,Rf6d5]} 12. Qf3 $14 (12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nf3 $32)) (10... Bg4 $5 11. Be2 (11. Nb5 Nxe4 12. Bxd8 Nxd2 13. Bxc7 Nb3 $5 (13... Nxf1 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Kxf1 $14) 14. Rb1 Bxg1 15. Rxg1 Kd7 16. Kf2 a6 17. Bxb8 Raxb8 18. Nc3 Bf5 19. Re1 Kd6 $13) 11... h6 12. Bxf6 (12. Bxg4 $2 hxg5 13. Qxg5 Nxg4 14. Qxg4 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Qh4+ 16. Qxh4 Rxh4 $15) 12... Qxf6 13. Bxg4 Qh4+ 14. g3 Qxg4 15. Nge2 c5 $14 {/}) 11. Nf3 c5 12. Nb5 Nbd7 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. a4 a5 15. O-O-O h6 16. Bh4 Re8 17. Rhf1 Nh5 18. Kb1 Nf4 19. Rc1 f6 20. h3 Ra6 21. Bc2 Ng6 22. Be1 Qd8 23. g4 Nh8 24. Bg3 Nf7 25. Bd3 Nf8 26. Nfxd4 exd4 27. Nc7 $16 {Dolya,A-Orekhov,V/email/2010/}) 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nbd7 13. O-O-O Bd4 14. Ne2 c5 15. g4 a5 16. Kb1 Ra6 17. Ng3 g6 18. h4 a4 19. Rh2 Qa5 20. Bd2 Qc7 21. g5 Ne8 22. h5 Rb6 23. Bc1 $40 {Nakamura,H (2789)-Carlsen,M (2872)/Zuerich/2014/ In the end in a heavy tactical struggle Black turned the tables - for more details about this game see the notes by Krasenkow in CBM 159.}) 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 ({The double-edged} 7... exd5 8. e3 c4 $5 {was played in the 9th game of the World Championship match Anand-Carlsen in 2013. Lev Gutman annotated the game in detail and devoted a whole article to this line in CBM 158.}) 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 {is the standard continuation, even more recently Black seems to be doing OK after} Nf6 {This was the topic of another theoretical article by Gutman in CBM 159. After} 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Nfd7 12. a4 (12. Bb5 Qc7 13. Ne2 (13. Qb4 Nc6 14. Bxc6 (14. Qa4 Nce5 $11 (14... Na5 15. Rd1 $1 Nxc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Qxa5 a6 18. c4 Rb8 19. Ne2 axb5 20. cxb5 e5 21. Rd5 Qe7 22. Qb4 $14 {Ulibin,M (2506)-Nyback,T (2575)/Stockholm/2007/})) 14... bxc6 15. Nh3 Ba6 16. Qa4 Bb5 17. Qc2 Qa5 18. Kf2 Nxc5 19. Bxc5 Ba4 20. Qd2 Qxc5+ 21. Qd4 Qa5 22. Rhb1 {Pacher,M (2446)-Haba,P (2503)/CZE-chT2/2014/} Bc2 23. Rb7 Rad8 $36) 13... Nxc5 14. Qc4 b6 15. Bxc5 bxc5 16. O-O a6 17. Ba4 Nd7 18. Bxd7 Bxd7 19. a4 e5 20. Ng3 Be6 21. Qe2 g6 22. a5 Rfd8 $15 {Richter,M (2473)-Michalik,P (2584)/Bundesliga/2014/}) (12. Qb4 Qc7 13. Rd1 Nc6 14. Qa4 Nce5 15. Qd4 Nc6 16. Qa4 (16. Qd2 Nce5 17. Qd6 Qa5 $132) 16... Nce5 17. Qd4 Nc6 {½, Timman,J (2630)-Karpov,A (2730)/Tilburg/1991/}) 12... Qc7 13. Qa3 b6 14. a5 bxc5 15. a6 c4 16. Qa5 Qxa5 17. Rxa5 Nc6 18. Ra2 Nde5 19. f4 Ng4 20. Bc1 Rb8 21. Nh3 Rb1 22. Kd2 Rb6 23. Bxc4 Nb8 24. Be2 Nf6 25. Nf2 Bxa6 $11 {Wang,H (2743)-Radjabov,T (2745)/Stavanger/2013/}) ({Another new direction in which the 4.f3 system is developing is} 4... O-O $5 5. e4 (5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nh5 $5 7. Nh3 f5 8. e3 d6 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11. g4 fxg4 12. fxg4 Nf6 13. Nf2 h6 14. e4 e5 15. d5 Ne7 16. g5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Qe8 18. Qd3 Qg6 19. Qg3 Bd7 20. Kh1 Rf7 21. Qh4 Raf8 $15 {Karjakin,S (2772)-Carlsen,M (2881)/Shamkir/2014/}) 5... d5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 f6 10. exf6 Qe8+ (10... Qxf6 11. Bd3 Nb6 12. Ra2 Bf5 13. Bxf5 Qxf5 14. Nh3 N8d7 15. O-O Rae8 16. Nf4 c6 17. Re1 Nf6 18. g4 Qd7 19. Nd3 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Nc4 21. Re2 Re8 $11 {Millstone,M (2473)-Hertel,P (2641)/email/2009/}) 11. Qe2 Qf7 $5 $146 (11... Nxf6 12. Qxe8 Nxe8 13. Ne2 Nd6 14. Bf4 Rd8 15. Ng3 Nc6 16. Bd3 Be6 17. Kf2 Bf7 18. Nf5 Bg6 {½, Shmeliov,D (2270)-Kraai,J (2505)/Las Vegas/2007/} 19. Nxd6 $14) 12. fxg7 Re8 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Qd2 Na5 15. Rb1 $1 Nb6 16. Rb4 Nac4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 $6 (17... Nxc4 $142 18. Rxc4 dxc4 19. Ne2 Bf5 20. Kf2 $44) 18. Rb5 Bf5 19. Kf2 (19. Re5 $5) 19... Nd5 20. Rxd5 Qxd5 21. Ne2 a5 22. h4 b5 23. h5 b4 24. cxb4 axb4 25. axb4 {Mamedyarov,S (2757)-Aronian,L (2830)/Khanty-Mansiysk Candidates/2014/ Now Giri's suggestion} Bd3 $1 {would have still given Black chances to save the game.}) 5. d5 O-O {[%mdl 32] A restrained approach, this Nakamura-Carlsen encounter will be more strategic than their tussle in Zuerich.} (5... b5 6. e4 O-O 7. e5 Ne8 8. f4 exd5 9. cxd5 d6 10. Nf3 c4 11. a4 Nd7 ({Black started to avoid the rather unpleasant} 11... Bg4 12. axb5 Nd7 13. e6 $14 {Shirov,A (2749)-Kramnik,V (2780)/Shanghai/2010/ See the notes to this game in CBM 138.}) 12. Be2 Qb6 13. axb5 (13. Bd2 Nc7 14. Nxb5 Bxd2+ 15. Nxd2 Nxd5 16. Nxc4 Qc5 17. Qd2 dxe5 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 {½, Nenciulescu,S (2179)-Antonov,V (2283)/email/2011/} Ne3 20. Nd3 Nc2+ 21. Kd1 Ne3+ $11) 13... Nc7 $5 $146 (13... dxe5 14. fxe5 Bb7 15. Qd4 Nc7 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. d6 Nxb5 18. Bd2 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Rae8 20. Nxb5 Rxe5+ 21. Kd1 Bxd2 22. Nxa7 Bf4 23. Ra6 {Ding,L (2714)-Bacrot,E (2714)/Biel/2013/} Nd7 $132) 14. Qd4 (14. Ra4 $5 Qc5 $132) 14... Bb7 15. Bd2 Bxc3 16. bxc3 dxe5 17. fxe5 Bxd5 18. Be3 Qxb5 19. O-O Ne6 20. Qh4 Ndc5 (20... a5 $5 $15) 21. Rab1 Nb3 22. Bd1 Qa5 23. Bc2 g6 24. Ng5 Nxg5 25. Bxg5 Qxc3 26. Rf2 (26. Rbd1 $1 $44) 26... Nd4 27. Bh6 (27. Bf6 Qe3 28. Bg5 $11) 27... Nc6 $1 28. Rd1 Qxe5 $15 {Mamedyarov,S (2757)-Karjakin,S (2766)/Khanty-Mansiysk Candidates/2014/}) 6. e4 d6 7. Bd2 (7. Nge2 {gives Black's counterplay a faster start with} b5 8. Nf4 (8. Ng3 bxc4 (8... exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O c4 12. Be3 Re8 13. Kh1 Bc5 14. Bxc5 Nxc5 15. b4 cxb3 16. axb3 b4 17. Nb5 Qb6 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Qd2 a5 20. Bc4 h6 21. Nc6 $1 Bxc6 22. dxc6 Qxc6 23. Nf5 $16 {Milov,V (2570)-De Firmian,N (2605)/Biel/1995/}) 9. Bxc4 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qa5 $132 {[%cal Yc8a6]}) 8... a6 $5 (8... e5 9. Nfe2 Nh5 $5 (9... bxc4 10. Ng3 Ba6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Bc8 13. Bxc4 Nbd7 14. O-O Nb6 15. Be2 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Bd7 17. a4 Rb8 18. a5 Na8 19. Qd2 Qe7 20. f4 $36 {Shirov,A (2610)-Savon,V (2460)/Moscow/1991/}) 10. g4 Qh4+ 11. Kd2 Nf4 12. Nxf4 exf4 13. Kc2 Bxc3 (13... bxc4 14. Bxc4 (14. Bxf4 $142 Qf6 15. Qd2) 14... Ba6 15. Bxa6 Nxa6 16. Bxf4 c4 17. Qd4 Rfc8 18. a3 Bc5 19. Qd2 Qe7 20. h4 Rab8 21. g5 Rb3 $40 {Cheng,B (2440)-Papin,V (2514)/Melbourne/2013/}) 14. bxc3 b4 15. Bxf4 Bd7 16. Qd2 $5 (16. Qd3 $6 Ba4+ 17. Kd2 Nd7 18. Be2 f5 $1 19. exf5 Rae8 20. Rae1 Ne5 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. f4 Rfe8 $1 $19 {Berkes,F (2702)-Yemelin,V (2574)/Skopje/2013/ } 23. fxe5 Qg5+ 24. Qe3 bxc3+ 25. Kd3 Bc2+) 16... Ba4+ (16... Qe7 $5) 17. Kd3 bxc3 18. Qxc3 (18. Qe3 Qe7 19. Ke2 c2 20. Kf2 Nd7 $13 {Miton,K (2638)-Charbonneau,P (2501)/Montreal/2006/}) 18... f5 19. exf5 Qf2 (19... Na6 20. Bg3 $16) 20. Be3 Qxf3 21. Be2 Qh3 22. Qe1 $1 {[%cal Re1g3]} Bc2+ 23. Kd2 Be4 24. Rg1 Qxh2 25. Qg3 $16) 9. Be2 (9. Bd2 exd5 10. cxd5 Ba5 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O Ne5 13. Kh1 c4 $132 {is similar to our game, Black was on top after} 14. b3 $6 b4 15. Na4 c3 16. Be3 Bc7 17. a3 a5 18. Bb5 Rb8 19. Qe2 h6 20. Rfd1 Qe7 21. axb4 axb4 $15 {Timofeev,A (2631)-Topalov,V (2751)/EU Cup Eilat/2012/}) 9... exd5 (9... e5 10. Nd3 Nbd7 11. Nxb4 cxb4 12. Nb1 Qb6 13. g4 bxc4 14. Nd2 c3 15. bxc3 a5 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. cxb4 axb4 18. Be3 Ba6 19. Rc1 Bxc4 20. Rxc4 Nc5 21. Qd2 Rfb8 22. O-O b3 $11 {Tritt,M (1896)-Kolanek,R (2098)/email/2008/}) 10. cxd5 Nbd7 11. O-O Ne5 12. Kh1 Bd7 13. Nd3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 h6 15. g4 Nh7 16. Nd1 Re8 17. Ne3 c4 18. Qd1 Bc5 19. Qe1 Qb6 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. gxf5 Be3 22. Qg3 Kh8 23. Bxe3 Qxe3 24. Rg1 Rg8 $13 {/, Richter,M (2470)-Babula,V (2583)/Pardubice/2013/}) 7... Nbd7 ({Nakamura himself preferred} 7... Re8 8. Nge2 a6 (8... Na6 9. Ng3 Nc7 10. Be2 a6 11. a4 Bd7 12. O-O Qe7 13. Re1 exd5 14. cxd5 b5 15. Kh1 bxa4 16. Nxa4 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Reb8 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. d6 Qe5 20. f4 Qxb2 21. Qxb2 Rxb2 22. dxc7 Rc8 $11 {Volkov,S (2620)-Cekro,E (2441)/EU Cup Rethymnon/2003/}) 9. a4 (9. Ng3 b5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. cxb5 d5 12. bxa6 c4 (12... Nxa6 $5) 13. exd5 Bh3+ $2 (13... Nxd5 14. Be2 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Qb6 $44 {[%csl Re1]}) 14. Nce4 Nxd5 15. Bxb4 Nxb4 16. gxh3 Qa5 17. Kf2 $18 {Steadman,M (2217)-Hansen,S (2603)/Sydney/2011/}) 9... exd5 10. cxd5 Nh5 11. g3 f5 12. Bg2 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nf6 14. Bxb4 cxb4 15. Qd2 Nxe4 16. fxe4 a5 17. Nd4 Na6 18. O-O Nc5 19. Qf4 Nd3 20. Qd2 Nc5 21. Qf4 Nd3 22. Qd2 Nc5 {½, Le Quang,L (2715)-Nakamura,H (2770)/Dortmund/2011/}) ({Carlsen once again simply continues his development and spurns more direct attempts, such as} 7... exd5 8. cxd5 Nh5 $5 (8... a6 9. Nge2 Nbd7 10. Ng3 b5 11. Be2 (11. a4 $1 $14) 11... c4 12. Be3 Bc5 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. b4 cxb3 15. axb3 b4 16. Nb5 Qb6 17. Nd4 a5 18. Ngf5 Re8 $15 19. g4 $2 {Khenkin,I (2600)-Dgebuadze,A (2505)/El Sauzal rpd/2007/} Nfxe4 20. fxe4 Nxe4 $40) 9. g3 ({I doubt Nakamura would have repeated Aronian's aggressive reaction} 9. g4 Qh4+ 10. Ke2 Ng3+ 11. hxg3 Qxh1 12. Kf2 Nd7 (12... c4 $5 $17) 13. Bg2 Qh2 14. a3 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Qh6 16. f4 Qg6 17. Bf3 Re8 18. Kg2 f6 19. Qc2 b5 20. Nh3 Nb6 21. f5 Qf7 22. b3 Nd7 23. Nf4 Ne5 24. Rh1 h6 25. Ne6 $44 {1-0 Aronian,L (2693)-Efimenko,Z (2620)/Warsaw 2005/CBM 108 (49)}) (9. Nge2 f5 10. Qc2 b5 11. O-O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 fxe4 13. fxe4 $6 (13. Ng3 $132) 13... Bg4 14. Re1 Nd7 15. Ng3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Ne5 17. Bxb5 c4 $40 {0-1 Gomez Esteban,J (2425)-Supatashvili,K (2450)/Debrecen 1992/EU-chT (26)}) 9... f5 10. Bg2 $142 (10. f4 $6 Qe8 11. Be2 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Qxe4 13. Nf3 Re8 14. Kf1 b6 15. Rg1 Qxe2+ 16. Qxe2 Ba6 17. Qxa6 Nxa6 18. Kf2 Nc7 $17 {Bilobrk,F (2390)-Zelcic,R (2519)/Zadar/2013/}) 10... Bxc3 (10... Nf6 $142 $1 {seems promising for Black}) 11. Bxc3 fxe4 12. fxe4 Qe8 13. Ne2 Bg4 14. Rf1 Rxf1+ 15. Kxf1 Nd7 16. Qc2 Ne5 17. Kg1 Nf3+ 18. Kh1 Qg6 19. Rf1 Nxh2 20. Kxh2 Bxe2 21. Qxe2 Nxg3 22. Qe3 Nxf1+ 23. Bxf1 Re8 24. Bg2 $13 {Van Osmael,A-Huybrecht,F/corr/2002/}) 8. Nge2 Ne5 $146 (8... exd5 9. Nxd5 $6 ({Nakamura would have almost certainly played} 9. cxd5 $142 a6 10. Ng3) 9... Nxd5 10. cxd5 f5 11. Bxb4 cxb4 12. Nd4 Nc5 13. Be2 fxe4 14. O-O Qg5 15. Qc1 Qe5 16. Qe3 exf3 17. Qxe5 dxe5 18. Nxf3 e4 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Bc4 $132 {Akshat,K (2354)-L'Ami,E (2640)/Dieren/2013/}) (8... Re8 9. Ng3 a6 10. Be2 exd5 11. cxd5 b5 (11... Qc7 12. O-O Ne5 13. Bg5 Nfd7 14. f4 Ng6 15. f5 $1 Nge5 16. f6 h6 17. Bxh6 Nxf6 18. Rxf6 gxf6 19. Nh5 Qd8 20. Qd2 Ng6 21. Bg7 {1-0, Bobykin,K (2000)-Pilipchuk,A (2172)/email/2008/}) 12. a4 bxa4 13. Nxa4 (13. Qxa4 $142 Rb8 14. O-O $13 {/}) 13... Rb8 14. O-O Bxd2 15. Qxd2 Rb4 16. Ra2 Ne5 17. Rfa1 h5 18. Qg5 Ng6 19. Nc3 h4 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. Qxf5 Re5 22. Qh3 Rh5 $1 {[%cal Rg6f4]} 23. g4 hxg3 24. Qxg3 Re5 25. Kh1 Nh5 $36 {Landgren,A (2220)-Bjork,C (2473)/SWE-chT/2004/}) (8... Nh5 9. Be3 $2 (9. Nf4 $142) 9... Ne5 10. b3 Qh4+ 11. Bf2 Qf6 12. Qc2 b5 $1 $32 13. cxb5 exd5 14. O-O-O Nxf3 $5 15. Rxd5 Ne5 16. Be3 Bb7 17. Rd1 Ng4 18. Bg1 Rfe8 $17 {Skula,E-Krcmar,J/corr/1997/}) 9. Ng3 exd5 10. cxd5 {[%mdl 16] The pawn-structure originates from the Benoni, but the dark-squared bishop is on the queenside instead of the long diagonal. In the Snake Benoni Black plays d6-c7-a5; here it's similar, but he didn't allow White to get in the d5-d6 advance (the main problem of most Snake Benoni versions). All in all the position seems very unclear to me.} Bd7 {Carlsen wants to get in a quick b5, but without allowing White to reach a positon such as the one seen in Milov-De Firmian above. However, d7 is an important square also for Black's knights and a few moves later he will feel the bishop should retreat.} (10... a6 11. Be2 b5 12. a4 $5 $14) (10... c4 $5 11. Be3 (11. f4 Nd3+ (11... Ng6 12. Bxc4 Re8 13. Bb5 Bd7 $44 {[%csl Re1]}) 12. Bxd3 cxd3 13. Qf3 Re8 14. O-O (14. Qxd3 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bf5 $11) 14... Bd7 $13 15. Qxd3 $2 Ng4 $17) 11... Qc7 12. Be2 Bc5 $132) 11. a3 $146 {Nakamura first of all wants to slow down the advancing pawns.} ({Perhaps he didn't like} 11. Be2 {due to} c4 $5 (11... b5 12. Nxb5 Bxb5 13. Bxb5 Qa5 14. Be2 Rab8 15. b3 $14) 12. Be3 Qa5 13. O-O Bc5 14. Qd2 $13) ({RR} 11. Be2 c4 12. Be3 Re8 13. O-O b5 14. Kh1 Ba5 15. a4 a6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bd4 b4 18. Nb1 Qc7 19. Nd2 c3 20. Rc1 Rec8 21. f4 c2 22. Qe1 Ng6 23. b3 Bb6 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Nc4 Ra2 {Gutman,G (2473)-Grigorian,S (2340) Pardubice 2016 1-0}) 11... Ba5 12. Be2 b5 13. O-O (13. Nxb5 Bxb5 14. Bxb5 c4 {[%csl Rb5]} (14... Rb8 15. b4 Rxb5 16. bxa5 Nd3+ 17. Ke2 c4 $13) 15. b4 cxb3 16. Rb1 Rb8 17. Rxb3 Qc7 $44 {[%csl Re1]}) (13. b4 cxb4 (13... Bb6 $5 14. Nxb5 Bxb5 15. Bxb5 c4 $44) 14. axb4 Bxb4 15. Nxb5 Bc5 16. Ba5 Qe7 17. Nd4 Ng6 $132) 13... c4 14. Be3 Bb6 15. Qd2 Rb8 (15... a5 16. a4 $5 {and the c4-pawn will be vulnerable:} b4 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. axb5 g6 19. Rfc1 Rc8 20. Kh1 Bxe3 (20... Re8 21. Bg5 $36) 21. Qxe3 Rc5 22. f4 $14) 16. Nd1 Bc8 $6 {Preparing the knight transfer is rather slow.} (16... h5 $5) (16... Re8 $13) 17. Kh1 ({White gradually improves his position,} 17. a4 a6 $13 {achieves nothing tangible.}) 17... Nfd7 {[%cal Yd7c5,Yc5b3,Yc5d3]} 18. f4 $1 {At the right moment - now Black won't control d3 with both knights.} Ng6 19. Bxb6 (19. a4 a6 20. Nc3 {Zagrebelny} Bc5 $5 {doesn't look too impressive.}) 19... Rxb6 20. Ne3 Nc5 21. Bd1 Nd3 (21... Re8 22. f5 Nf8 23. f6 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Rxe4 25. Bc2 $44) 22. f5 $1 ({Houdini prefers} 22. a4 a6 23. b3 $14 {, but Nakamura decides to act.}) 22... Ngf4 $8 {More or less forced.} (22... Nge5 $2 23. f6 $40 g6 $2 24. Nxc4 {[%cal Rd2h6]}) 23. a4 (23. Bc2 Qh4 24. f6 $5 g6 25. a4 $36) 23... a6 24. Ng4 {[%cal Rf1f4]} (24. Bc2 $5 {deserves attention even here.}) 24... h5 (24... Qg5 $2 25. Nh5 $1 $18) 25. Nf2 $5 ({This is at least as good as the more energetic} 25. Rxf4 Nxf4 (25... hxg4 $5 26. Rxg4 Ne5 {is a safer choice, although White is better after} 27. a5 (27. Rf4 Qg5 $14)) 26. Nh6+ gxh6 (26... Kh8 27. Qxf4 Qf6 28. Nxf7+ Rxf7 29. Bxh5 Rf8 (29... Qxb2 30. Rd1 $18) 30. Bg6 Qxg6 (30... Kg8 31. Qg4 {[%cal Rg4h5]} Rd8 32. e5 $1 dxe5 33. Qh5 $18 {[%cal Rg3e4]}) 31. Qe3 Qf6 32. Qxb6 Qxb2 33. Rf1 $16) 27. Qxf4 Qg5 28. Qf2 $16 {[%cal Rf2b6,Rg3h5] }) 25... Qf6 (25... Nxf2+ 26. Qxf2 Nd3 27. Qe3 {[%cal Rf5f6]} f6 (27... h4 28. f6 $1) 28. a5 Rb7 29. Bxh5 $18 {[%cal Rh5g6,Re3f3,Rf3h5]}) (25... bxa4 26. Nxd3 Nxd3 27. f6 $18) 26. Nxd3 $2 (26. Nxh5 $142 $1 Nxh5 (26... Nxf2+ 27. Qxf2 Nxh5 28. Qxb6 $18) 27. Nxd3 cxd3 28. a5 Rb8 29. Bxh5 $16 {[%cal Yb2b4,Ya1a3,Ya3d3]}) 26... Nxd3 27. Qe3 (27. Nxh5 Qxb2 $13) 27... Rb7 28. Nxh5 ({This looks like a good moment to flick in} 28. axb5 axb5 29. Nxh5 Qh6 30. Qd4 $5 $36) 28... Qh6 $1 (28... Qxb2 $2 29. f6 Qxa1 30. Qg5 (30. fxg7 {[%cal Re3h6]} f5 31. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 32. Be2 $18) 30... Nf2+ 31. Kg1 Nh3+ 32. gxh3 Qd4+ 33. Rf2 $1 g6 34. Ng3 $1 Qxd1+ 35. Kg2 $18) 29. Qxh6 {Nakamura simplifies the position.} ({After} 29. Qd4 {White has to reckon also with} bxa4 $5 $132) 29... gxh6 $44 {/} 30. axb5 axb5 {[%csl Gb5,Gc4] Black has survived the onslaught, without queens his dangerous pawns give him reasonable compensation. In the following phase Nakamura's time trouble plays a crucial role.} (30... Rxb5 $2 31. b3 $16 {} cxb3 32. Be2) 31. Bc2 (31. Rb1 $142 $5 Nc5 (31... Ra7 32. Bc2 Nb4 33. Rf2) 32. Re1 $14) 31... Ne5 $6 {Objectively this isn't ideal, but Carlsen is already ambitious.} (31... Nxb2 $142 $5 32. Nf6+ Kg7 33. Nh5+ Kh8 34. Ra6 Rd8 35. Rfa1 b4 36. Rc6 b3 37. Bxb3 cxb3 38. Ra8 Nd3 39. Rcxc8 Rxc8 40. Rxc8+ Kh7 41. Nf6+ Kg7 42. Nh5+ $11 {is an unforced, but plausible sample line.}) 32. Ra6 (32. Ra8 b4 33. Rb1 $14) (32. b4 $5 cxb3 33. Bxb3 $14 {/}) 32... Rd8 33. Ng3 $6 $138 (33. Rb1 b4 34. Ra8 $14) 33... Rb8 34. Ra7 b4 35. Ne2 (35. Rb1 $13 {was still playable, the knight transfer doesn't improve White's coordination.}) 35... Bd7 36. Rfa1 $6 (36. Nd4 Ra8 $44 37. Rfa1 (37. Rb7 $142 $5) 37... Rxa7 38. Rxa7 b3 39. Bb1 Rc8 40. Ne2 Be8 41. Nc3 (41. Ra1 Nd3 42. Bxd3 cxd3 43. Nc3 Rxc3 44. bxc3 b2 45. Rb1 d2 $19 {[%cal Re8a4]}) 41... Nd3 $15) 36... Bb5 37. h3 (37. Nd4 b3 38. Bd1 (38. Bb1 c3 39. Nxb5 c2 40. Bxc2 bxc2 $19) 38... c3 39. bxc3 (39. Nxb5 Rxb5 40. bxc3 b2 41. Rb1 Rc8 $19) 39... b2 40. Rb1 Bd3 41. Bc2 Bxc2 42. Nxc2 Rdc8 43. Ra2 Nd3 $5 $19 (43... Rxc3 44. Raxb2 Rxb2 45. Rxb2 Nd3 46. Ra2 Nb4 $17)) 37... Rdc8 $1 $36 {All is ready for the pawn break.} 38. Kh2 $2 (38. Rb1 c3 39. Nd4 b3 40. Nxb3 Bd3 41. Bxd3 Nxd3 42. bxc3 Rxc3 $17) 38... c3 $19 39. Nd4 cxb2 40. Rb1 Rc4 $1 41. Nxb5 Rxc2 42. Nd4 (42. Nxd6 Rd8 43. Re7 (43. Nxf7 Nxf7 44. Rb7 Kh8 $1 {[%cal Rd8g8]} (44... Nd6 45. Rxb4 Nc4 46. Kg3 $17) 45. Kg3 (45. Rxf7 Rg8 $19) 45... Ne5 46. Rxb4 Rg8+ 47. Kh4 Rgxg2 $19) 43... Rxd6 44. Rxe5 Ra6 45. d6 Rxd6 46. Rd5 Rxd5 47. exd5 Kf8 48. f6 Ke8 $19) 42... Rd2 $6 (42... b3 $1 {[%cal Re5c4]} 43. Ra3 (43. Nc6 Nf3+ 44. Kg3 Nd2 45. Rxb2 Rxb2 46. Nxb8 Ra2 $19) 43... Nc4 44. Rxb3 Rxb3 45. Nxb3 Na3 46. Nd4 Rd2 $19) 43. Nc6 Re8 44. Ra4 (44. Rb7 Nd3 45. e5 Nxe5 46. Nxe5 Rxe5 47. Rxb4 Ree2 $17 {/-+}) ({A more resilient try, but hardly sufficient, was} 44. Nxe5 Rxe5 45. Ra2 Rxe4 46. Raxb2 Rxb2 47. Rxb2 Kg7 48. g4 Kf6 $17 {/-+}) 44... Nd3 45. Nxb4 Nf2 $1 $19 {[%cal Re8e4,Rf2d1,Rd1c3]} (45... Rxe4 $2 46. Ra8+ Kg7 47. Nxd3 $11) 46. Ra2 Nd1 47. Rxd1 Rxd1 48. Rxb2 Rxe4 {The rest is a matter of technique, White's pieces are uncoordinated and his pawns are vulnerable.} 49. Nc6 (49. f6 Rf4 $19) 49... Kg7 50. f6+ Kxf6 51. Rf2+ Kg6 52. Nd8 Re8 (52... Re8 53. Nxf7 Rxd5 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Rg6g7,Re8f8] traps the knight.}) 0-1

[Event "12th Norway Chess 2024"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2024.06.03"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Carlsen, M.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2830"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2024.05.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Ne7 10. Be3 ({RR} 10. Qb3 O-O 11. a4 Nec6 12. Bb5 e5 13. Ne2 Be6 14. Bc4 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Nd7 16. Be3 Rac8 17. O-O Qc7 18. Rfd1 Na5 19. Qb5 Nxc5 20. Rd5 b6 21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. Rad1 g6 23. h4 h5 24. Rd7 Qb6 {Erigaisi,A (2727)-Aronian,L (2723) Samarkand UZB 2023 0-1 (51)}) 10... O-O 11. Qd2 ({RR} 11. h4 Rd8 12. Qb3 Qc7 13. h5 h6 14. Bb5 Nd7 15. Bxd7 Bxd7 16. Ne2 Nc6 17. Nf4 Na5 18. Qb4 Nc6 19. Qb3 Na5 20. Qb4 Nc6 21. Qb3 {½-½ (21) Keymer,V (2721)-Martirosyan,H (2661) Biel SUI 2024}) 11... Rd8 12. Qb2 Na6 $146 ({RR} 12... e5 13. Bc4 Na6 14. Ne2 Nxc5 15. Qb4 Nd3+ 16. Bxd3 Qxb4 17. axb4 Rxd3 18. Rxa7 Rxa7 19. Bxa7 Be6 20. Kf2 Bc4 21. Be3 f5 22. Bg5 Kf7 23. Bxe7 Kxe7 24. exf5 Rd2 25. Re1 Kf6 26. g4 Rc2 27. h4 {Grover,S (2485)-Prince,B (2227) Al Ain 2013 ½-½ (40)}) 13. Nh3 e5 14. Nf2 Be6 15. Nd3 Qc7 16. Qb5 Bd7 17. Qb2 Be6 18. Qb5 Bd7 19. Qb2 Be6 20. Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2014.02.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2872"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,Michal"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2014.01.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 e5 8. d5 Bc5 9. Bg5 (9. Nf3 {is more common.}) 9... O-O (9... h6 {is usually played here. An old example:} 10. Bh4 Bd4 11. Nf3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qd6 13. Bd3 Nbd7 14. O-O O-O 15. Kh1 Nc5 16. Qe2 Bg4 17. Qe3 Nfd7 18. Bg3 Bxf3 {1/2 (18) Moskalenko,V (2500)-Chekhov,V (2480) Leningrad 1989}) 10. Nf3 Bg4 {Black has a different concept. Anticipating White's long castling, he doesn't want to weaken his queenside by means of ...h7-h6. However, the present game shows that it is not easy to equalise in any case.} (10... h6 11. Bh4 Bg4 12. Bd3 (12. h3 $5) 12... Nbd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 c6 15. O-O-O Bd4 16. Ne2 Qb6 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. e5 cxd5 20. exf6 dxc4 21. fxg7 Rfc8 22. Bf5 c3 23. Qf2 cxb2+ 24. Kb1 Rc3 25. Rd3 $18 {1-0 (47) Yakimenko,A (2178)-Stojcevski,Z (2352) Sunny Beach 2011}) (10... a5 $5 11. Qd2 Qd6 12. Be3 $6 (12. O-O-O) 12... Na6 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. O-O Qb6 15. Rae1 Ng4 $36 {0-1 (57) Kantorik,M (2289)-Solodovnichenko,Y (2430) Zvolen 2000}) 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nbd7 (12... Bd4 13. Ne2 $1 Bxb2 $140 $6 14. Ra2 Bd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. e5 $16) 13. O-O-O Bd4 14. Ne2 $1 {[%mdl 4]} c5 (14... Nc5 $4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. e5 h6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. exf6 {1-0 (18) Petrosian,K (2340)-Suess,M Budapest 1990}) ({But perhaps it was better to refrain from the text move keeping a possibility to play ...c7-c6 later on:} 14... Re8 {Black even sacrifices a pawn but obtains the e5-square if White takes on d4:} 15. Nxd4 (15. Kb1 c6 $1) 15... exd4 16. Rxd4 Qe7 17. Bd3 $140 Ne5 18. Qe3 c5 19. dxc6 bxc6) 15. g4 a5 $146 (15... a6 $1 {[%cal Yb7b5,Ya8b8] was now a must.}) ({RR} 15... a6 16. Ng3 b5 17. Nf5 Qb6 18. Rh2 h6 19. Bh4 Nh7 20. Bd3 Rab8 21. Rdd2 Rfe8 22. Ne7+ Rxe7 23. Bxe7 Ndf8 24. Rdf2 f6 25. h4 Ng6 26. d6 Nxe7 27. dxe7 Qe6 28. Rc2 b4 29. axb4 Rxb4 30. Qf5 {Piesik,P (2403)-Mikrut,D (2382) Slovakia 2020 ½-½ (43)}) ({RR} 15... a6 16. Ng3 b5 17. Nf5 Qb6 18. Rh2 h6 19. Bh4 Nh7 20. Bd3 Rab8 21. Rdd2 Rfe8 22. Ne7+ Rxe7 23. Bxe7 Ndf8 24. Rdf2 f6 25. h4 Ng6 26. d6 Nxe7 27. dxe7 Qe6 28. Rc2 b4 29. axb4 Rxb4 30. Qf5 {Piesik,P (2403)-Mikrut,D (2382) Slovakia 2020 ½-½ (43)}) 16. Kb1 Ra6 17. Ng3 {[%mdl 128] Suddenly it turns out that Black can hardly develop his attack since he can't push ...b7-b5. Meanwhile, White's assault goes slowly but smoothly.} g6 $6 {This weakening move makes White's attack unstoppable. It was better to refrain from it, even allowing White's knight will a powerful position on f5:} (17... Rb6 {is useless, e.g.} 18. Rh2 a4 19. h4 Rb3 20. Rd3) (17... a4 $142 18. Nf5 Qa5 19. Rh2 Rb6 {[%cal Rb6b3]} 20. Bc1 $140 Ne8 $1 {[%cal Ye8d6]}) 18. h4 a4 19. Rh2 (19. Bh6 Ne8 (19... Re8 $2 20. g5 Nh5 21. Nxh5 gxh5 22. Bh3) 20. Bxf8 Rf6 21. Qd3 Kxf8 {wins an exchange but White wants more.}) 19... Qa5 20. Bd2 Qc7 21. g5 Ne8 22. h5 Rb6 23. Bc1 Rb3 24. Qg4 Nb6 25. Be2 Nd6 26. Rdh1 Bxb2 {Desperation.} (26... Nbxc4 27. Bxc4 Nxc4 28. hxg6 fxg6 29. Qe6+ Qf7 30. Rxh7 $1 Qxe6 31. dxe6 $18) 27. Bxb2 Nbxc4 28. Bxc4 Nxc4 29. hxg6 Qb6 $1 {[%mdl 256] Magnus Carlsen finds the most stubborn defence. It is not easy for White to find the decisive blow over the board.} 30. g7 (30. gxf7+ $142 $1 Rxf7 31. Nh5 $1 Rxb2+ 32. Ka1 Rxh2 33. Nf6+ Kg7 34. Rxh2 $18 {(K.Landa)}) 30... Rd8 31. Qh4 Rxb2+ 32. Ka1 Rxh2 33. Rxh2 Qg6 34. Nf5 Re8 35. Qg4 {[%mdl 64] White fails to find the winning idea:} (35. Qf2 b6 (35... Nd6 36. Rh6) 36. Rxh7 $1 Qxh7 37. Nh6+ $18) 35... Qb6 36. Qh3 (36. g6 $1 Qxg6 (36... fxg6 37. Nh6+ Kxg7 38. Qd7+) 37. Qh3 $18 {[%cal Rh2g2]}) 36... Qg6 37. d6 $2 {Wrong!} (37. Qf3 $1 {[%cal Rh2h7] was still good enough.}) 37... Nxd6 $8 38. Nxd6 Rd8 $1 39. Nc4 $2 (39. Nc8 $3 Kxg7 40. Ne7 Rd1+ 41. Ka2 Qe6+ (41... Qb6 42. Qxh7+ Kf8 43. Qh6+) (41... Qxg5 42. Nf5+ Kf8 43. Ne3) 42. Qxe6 fxe6 43. Rh6 {still gave White some winning chances but Hikaru Nakamura had no chances to find such niceties that day.}) 39... Qxe4 40. Qh5 $4 (40. Ne3 $13) 40... Rd3 $1 {Black starts a decisive counter-attack.} 41. Rh4 Qf5 42. Qe2 b5 43. Nd2 Qxg5 (43... Rxa3+ 44. Kb2 Rg3 {was even stronger but the World Champion correctly judges that his pawn avalanche will be much stronger than White's knight anyway.}) 44. Qxd3 Qxh4 45. Ne4 Kxg7 46. Qf3 (46. Qd5 Qf4 47. Nxc5 Qd4+ $19 {}) 46... Qf4 47. Qg2+ Kf8 48. Kb2 h5 49. Nd2 h4 50. Kc2 b4 51. axb4 cxb4 52. Qa8+ Kg7 53. Qxa4 h3 54. Qb3 h2 55. Qd5 e4 56. Qh5 e3 57. Nf3 e2 58. Kb3 f6 59. Ne1 Qg3+ 60. Ka4 Qg1 61. Qxe2 Qa7+ 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 2024"]
[Site "Stavanger, Norway"]
[Date "2024.06.03"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2830"]
[Annotator "Stockfish 16.1 - Chessbase"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

1. d4 {[%eval 17,0]} Nf6 {[%eval 17,0]} 2. c4 {[%eval 21,0]} e6 {[%eval 21,0]} 3. Nc3 {[%eval 18,0]} Bb4 {[%eval 17,0]} 4. f3 {[%eval 6,0]} d5 {[%eval 1,0]} 5. a3 {[%eval 8,0]} Bxc3+ {[%eval 12,0]} 6. bxc3 {[%eval 1,0]} c5 {[%eval 8,0]} 7. cxd5 {[%eval 1,0]} Nxd5 {[%eval 19,0]} 8. dxc5 {[%eval 21,0]} Qa5 {[%eval 12,0]} 9. e4 {[%eval 18,0]} Ne7 {[%eval 15,0]} 10. Be3 {[%eval 15,0]} ({RR} 10. Qb3 O-O 11. a4 Nec6 12. Bb5 e5 13. Ne2 Be6 14. Bc4 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Nd7 16. Be3 Rac8 17. O-O Qc7 18. Rfd1 Na5 19. Qb5 Nxc5 20. Rd5 b6 21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. Rad1 g6 23. h4 h5 24. Rd7 Qb6 {0-1 Erigaisi,A (2727)-Aronian,L (2723) World Blitz 2023 Samarkand UZB (20.5)}) ({RR} 10. Qb3 O-O 11. a4 Nec6 12. Bb5 e5 13. Ne2 Be6 14. Bc4 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Nd7 16. Be3 Rac8 17. O-O Qc7 18. Rfd1 Na5 19. Qb5 Nxc5 20. Rd5 b6 21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. Rad1 g6 23. h4 h5 24. Rd7 Qb6 {Erigaisi,A (2727)-Aronian,L (2723) Samarkand UZB 2023 0-1 (51)}) 10... O-O $146 {[%eval 14,0]} ({RR} 10... Nd7 11. Qb3 O-O 12. Bb5 Nc6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qb4 Qc7 15. Ne2 Ba6 16. c4 Ne5 17. Qc3 Nxc4 18. Bf4 e5 19. Bg3 Qe7 20. Kf2 Qxc5+ 21. Ke1 Rfd8 22. Rc1 Rab8 23. Bf2 Qe7 24. Ng3 Nb2 25. Nf5 {0-1 Parra Gomez,A (2208)-Masruri,R (2281) Titled Tue 23rd Jan Early chess.com INT 2024 (2)}) 11. Qd2 {[%eval 13,0]} ({RR} 11. h4 Rd8 12. Qb3 Qc7 13. h5 h6 14. Bb5 Nd7 15. Bxd7 Bxd7 16. Ne2 Nc6 17. Nf4 Na5 18. Qb4 Nc6 19. Qb3 Na5 20. Qb4 Nc6 21. Qb3 {½-½ (21) Keymer,V (2721)-Martirosyan,H (2661) Biel SUI 2024}) 11... Rd8 {[%eval 26,0]} 12. Qb2 {[%eval 26,0]} Na6 $146 {[%eval 19,0]} ({RR} 12... e5 13. Bc4 Na6 14. Ne2 Nxc5 15. Qb4 Nd3+ 16. Bxd3 Qxb4 17. axb4 Rxd3 18. Rxa7 Rxa7 19. Bxa7 Be6 20. Kf2 Bc4 21. Be3 f5 22. Bg5 Kf7 23. Bxe7 Kxe7 24. exf5 Rd2 25. Re1 Kf6 26. g4 Rc2 27. h4 {Grover,S (2485)-Prince,B (2227) Al Ain 2013 ½-½ (40)}) 13. Nh3 {[%eval 0,0]} e5 {[%eval 0,0]} 14. Nf2 {[%eval 3,0]} Be6 {[%eval 1,0]} 15. Nd3 {[%eval 0,0]} Qc7 {[%eval 0,0]} 16. Qb5 {[%eval 0,0]} Bd7 {[%eval 0,0]} 17. Qb2 {[%eval 0,0]} Be6 {[%eval 0,0]} 18. Qb5 {[%eval 0,0]} Bd7 {[%eval 0,0]} 19. Qb2 {[%eval 0,0]} Be6 {[%eval 2,0]} 20. Qb5 {[%eval 0,0]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "Marin,Mihail"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Norway"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Qe2 b6 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. exd4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bd2 Bb7 14. Bd3 ({RR} 14. Bb3 Rfe8 15. Re1 Rac8 16. Rac1 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 b5 18. Bf4 Qa5 19. Bd6 Qb6 20. Bf4 b4 21. Bd2 a5 22. cxb4 axb4 23. Qd3 Qb7 24. Rc4 Nd5 25. Rec1 Rxc4 26. Qxc4 Rb8 27. h3 h6 28. Kh2 Rf8 {Gray,E (2098)-James,D (2100) Lichess.org INT 2021 1-0 (48)}) 14... Rfe8 15. Re1 Rad8 ({RR} 15... Rac8 16. Rac1 Qd6 17. Ba6 Qd5 18. Bb5 {½-½ (18) Comas Fabrego,L (2516)-Dorfman,J (2600) Mondariz 2000}) 16. Ne5 $146 ({RR} 16. Rad1 h6 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qc6 19. f3 Ng4 20. Be3 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Qa4 22. Rd2 Qa5 23. Bb1 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 Rc8 25. Re3 Bd5 26. Qe2 Kf8 27. Kf2 g6 28. Qd2 Rc4 29. Kg3 Kg7 30. Rd3 Qc5 {Knaak,R (2495)-Magerramov,E (2435) Trnava 1981 0-1 (56)}) ({RR} 16. Rac1 Qd6 17. Bg5 Rc8 18. Bh4 Qf4 19. Bg3 Qh6 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Nd5 22. Qb2 Nf4 23. Bxf4 Qxf4 24. Re3 Rc7 25. Rce1 Rd8 26. Be4 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 Qd6 28. h4 Rdc8 29. R4e3 h5 30. Rf3 Rc4 {Voiska,M (2335)-Melia,S (2432) Eforie Nord 2009 ½-½ (44)}) 16... Nxe5 17. Qxe5 Qxe5 18. Rxe5 Rc8 19. Rc1 Red8 20. Ree1 Rd5 21. a4 Ne8 22. Rb1 Bc6 23. Rb4 Nd6 24. Ra1 Bd7 25. f3 h6 26. Be1 e5 27. Ba6 Re8 28. Bg3 exd4 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. cxd4 Nf5 31. Bf2 Ne3 32. a5 Nc2 33. Rc1 Nb4 34. Rc7 Nxa6 35. Rxd7 Rc8 36. g4 bxa5 37. Rxa7 Nb4 38. Rxa5 Rc1+ 39. Kg2 Rd1 40. Rb5 Nd3 41. Bg3 Nc1 42. d5 Ne2 43. Kf2 Nxg3 44. Kxg3 {Here, too, White's advantage of space is dangerous for Black.} Kf8 45. h4 g6 46. Kf4 f6 $2 {But this is a terrible move. Black shouldn't weaken his position so badly.} 47. h5 Kf7 48. Rb7+ Kg8 49. Ke4 gxh5 50. gxh5 {White is easily winning now.} Kf8 51. Rh7 Re1+ 52. Kf5 Kg8 53. Rd7 Rf1 54. f4 Kf8 55. d6 Ke8 56. Rh7 Rd1 57. Ke6 1-0

[Event "Gausdal Classic"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "2004.09.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Palo, Davor"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Golod,Vitali"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2004.09.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. Nf3 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. f3 c5 $5 {Besides Black has two alternatives:} (10... d5 $5 {You can see my annotations to game: Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/Frankfurt,1999/CBM 72(½-½)(49)}) (10... h6 $5 {You can see my comments to Shchekachev,A-Bagheri,A/Paris,2003/CBM 99(1-0)(38)}) 11. e4 {White had no other worthy alternative.} Re8 ({After:} 11... cxd4 12. Qxd4 Qc7 {you can find three games in Mega DataBase 2004}) ({On:} 11... h6 $5 {I have found three games in my database.For an example we shall consider latest of them:} 12. Bh4 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Qe7 14. Be2 Rfd8 15. O-O Rac8 16. Rfd1 e5 17. Qf2 Nf8 18. Nf1 Ng6 19. Bg3 Nh5 20. Ne3 Nxg3 21. hxg3 {/= Gustafsson,J-Vescovi,G/playchess.com INT,2004(1-0)(64)}) 12. Bd3 ({Also four times were checked up in previous games:} 12. Be2 $5) 12... cxd4 $1 $146 {An interesting attempt of improvement black's play.} ({The games,which have reached this position were continued as follows:} 12... Qc7 $5 {For further details,you can see comments to Dautov,R-Epishin,V/Port Erin,2002/CBM 91(½-½)(Dautov,R)(67)}) ({and} 12... e5 13. d5 $2 (13. dxe5 $5 dxe5 14. O-O $14) 13... Nf8 $6 (13... Nxd5 $1 14. Bxd8 Nxc3 15. Bc7 Na4 $36) 14. Qc2 Bc8 15. Nb1 h6 16. Be3 Nh5 17. g3 $14 {Rogozenko,D-Wells,P/Germany,1998/GER-chT(½-½)(65)}) (12... h6 $6 {Dautov,R} 13. Bh4 Qc7 14. O-O cxd4 15. Qxd4 Qc5 16. Qf2 $14) 13. Qxd4 $140 Nc5 14. Bc2 ({It deserves more attention:} 14. O-O e5 15. Qe3 h6 16. Bxf6 (16. Bh4 $143 Ng4) 16... Qxf6 17. b4 Ne6 18. Nb3 Nf4 19. Rfd1 $11) 14... e5 $1 {The game of Black corresponds to the requirements of a position. I am sure, that Magnus expected for this move, when he made 12...cxd4.} 15. Qf2 (15. Qe3 h6 16. Bxf6 (16. Bh4 $2 Ng4 $1 $17) 16... Qxf6 17. O-O {but hardly the position of whie's bishop on a point " c2" is better than on point "d3" in the previous variation.}) 15... Ng4 $146 ({RR} 15... Ne6 16. Be3 Rc8 17. O-O Nd7 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. a4 a5 20. b3 Ndc5 21. Nb1 Bc6 22. Nc3 Red8 23. Rd2 Ra8 24. Rad1 Rac8 25. Qg3 Rc7 26. Qg4 Rcd7 27. h4 Kh8 28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. exd5 Nf8 30. h5 {Narciso Dublan,M (2544)-Kunte,A (2528) Barcelona 2011 ½-½ (68)}) ({RR} 15... a5 16. O-O a4 17. Rad1 h6 18. Bh4 g5 19. Bg3 Ba6 20. Rfe1 Qe7 21. Nf1 Bxc4 22. Ne3 Be6 23. Qd2 Red8 24. Qb4 Nh5 25. Bf2 Nf4 26. Rd2 Nb3 27. Bxb3 axb3 28. Red1 b5 29. Qxb5 Qc7 30. g3 {Nielsen,P (2662)-Rozentalis,E (2577) Sweden 2012 ½-½ (45)}) 16. Bxd8 {White has selected the most irresolute continuation.} (16. Qh4 $142 f6 17. Qxg4 fxg5 18. h4 gxh4 19. Qxh4 Qxh4+ 20. Rxh4) 16... Nxf2 17. Kxf2 Rexd8 $11 {The position has become simpler, and now with such structure of the pawns, White can not receive,even the minimal positional advantage.} 18. b4 Ne6 19. Rhc1 (19. Nb3 $5 {d3,fc1} Rac8 20. Bd3 Nf4 21. Bf1 $11 {g3}) 19... Kf8 {Black remember,that  is very important piece in the endgame!} 20. Nb3 Ke7 21. Bd3 {All the same white's bishop is transferred on a6-f1.} Bc6 22. a4 $6 {[%mdl 16384] It's very careless easing of point "b4". Now considerably wins in force the following move of Black.} a5 $1 23. bxa5 $140 Nc5 $1 {Probably, White have missed this beautiful resource,because only hoped on:} (23... bxa5 $2 24. c5 dxc5 25. Nxc5 Nxc5 (25... Nf4 26. Bf1 Rd2+ 27. Ke3 Rad8 28. g3 Ng2+ 29. Bxg2 Rxg2 30. Nb3 {[%csl Ra5,Rc6]}) 26. Rxc5 Rxd3 27. Rxc6 Rd2+ 28. Kg3 $11) 24. Bc2 ({I can not recommended in this position:} 24. Nxc5 $6 dxc5 (24... bxc5 $143 25. Bc2 Rxa5 26. Rcb1 Rda8 27. Ra3 $15) 25. Ke3 (25. axb6 $2 Rxd3 26. a5 Rd2+ 27. Kg3 Ra6 28. Rcb1 Bb7 $17) 25... Rxa5 {with obvious positional advantage of Black.}) 24... bxa5 $15 25. Rcb1 Kd7 $1 {With the idea c7,by covering of a point "b6".} 26. Nxc5+ dxc5 27. Rd1+ Kc7 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Ke3 ({It was badly:} 29. Rd1 $2 {in view of:} Rb8 {b (×b2; a4)}) 29... Rd4 30. Bd3 Bd7 31. Rb1 $6 {[%mdl 16384] Davor Palo made this move in the most improper moment.} (31. Ra2 $5) (31. g4 $5 {(×f5)}) (31. h4 $5) 31... f5 $1 {Magnus opens the second front and begins to create to the contender of weakness on the king side.} (31... Bxa4 $2 32. Ra1 Bb3 33. Rxa5 Kd6 34. Ra6+ $11) 32. Rc1 (32. exf5 $4 Rxd3+ 33. Kxd3 Bxf5+) ({Hardly it was better:} 32. g3 {in view of:} g5 {f4.}) 32... f4+ 33. Ke2 Rd6 {Black's rook has finished the his mission on a point "d4".} 34. Rb1 Rh6 $1 35. h3 {Now White have lost a counterplay connected with progress "g3".} (35. Rh1 $143 Bxa4 36. Ra1 Bc6 37. Rxa5 Kb6 $17 {[%csl Ra5,Rh2][%cal Gh6h2,Gb6a5]}) 35... Rg6 36. Kf2 Rd6 37. Ke2 g5 $17 {Has come is time of pawns attack on the king side.} 38. Bc2 h5 39. Rd1 Rd4 40. Bd3 (40. Rxd4 $2 cxd4 {[%csl Ra4,Rc4,Rf3,Rg2,Rh3][%cal Gc7b6,Gb6c5,Gg5g4]}) 40... Rd6 41. Bc2 Rd4 {Sometimes it is desirable to repeat the moves.} 42. Bd3 Bc6 43. Rg1 Rd8 {Black provokes movements of g2 with the purpose to create of weakness in camp of the contender:} 44. g3 Rg8 $1 45. gxf4 (45. g4 hxg4 46. hxg4 Rb8 $1 {b ;קa4,f3}) 45... exf4 {[%cal Gc7d6,Gd6e5]} 46. e5 {It's necessary to open a b1-h7.} Bd7 47. Bh7 (47. h4 g4 $17) (47. Rh1 $2 Re8 $19) 47... Rg7 48. Be4 Bxh3 49. Rh1 g4 {g3 It's the most logical reaction to the previous move of White.} (49... Be6 $143 50. Rxh5 Bxc4+ 51. Kd2 Bb3 52. Rh6 Bxa4 53. Ra6 $44) 50. Rb1 Rg5 51. Rb7+ (51. e6 $143 g3 52. Rb7+ Kd6 53. e7 Bd7 $19) 51... Kd8 52. e6 Re5 53. Rf7 g3 $19 {g3 easily decide a game!} 54. Rxf4 Rg5 55. Bd5 Bxe6 $5 ({Immediately wins the game the following move:} 55... g2 $1 56. Rf8+ Ke7 (56... Kc7 $5) 57. Rf7+ Kd6 58. Rd7+ (58. f4 {d7#} Bxe6 $1 $19) 58... Ke5 59. f4+ Kxf4 60. Rf7+ Ke5 61. e7 Bd7 $19) 56. Kf1 (56. Bxe6 $2 g2 {[%cal Gg2g1]}) 56... Bxd5 57. cxd5 Rxd5 58. Kg2 Rd4 59. Rf5 h4 60. Kh3 (60. Rxc5 $143 Rd2+ 61. Kg1 (61. Kh3 Rh2+ 62. Kg4 g2 63. Rc1 Rh1) 61... h3 $19) 60... c4 (60... c4 {After this move White resigns, because of these variations:} 61. Rxa5 c3 62. Rc5 Rd2 63. Rxc3 (63. Kxh4 g2 64. Rg5 c2) 63... Rh2+ 64. Kg4 g2 65. Rc1 Rh1) 0-1

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2005.07.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Yannick"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2005.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 c5 6. dxc5 $5 (6. dxc6 Qxd4 7. cxb7 Bxb7 $44) (6. Bg5 {- Bareev-Topalov, Monaco blind 2005}) 6... Nxd5 (6... Qxd5 7. a3 {kostet einen Bauern.}) (6... exd5 {könnte wohl in die Variante 5...ed5 6.g5 c5 7.dxc5 übergehen, außer Weiß findet nun etwas Klügeres als 7.g5.}) 7. Bd2 Bxc5 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. e4 $146 ({RR} 9. Rc1 Nd7 10. b4 Bb6 11. e4 Qh5 12. Nf3 O-O 13. Be2 Nf6 14. Ng5 Ng4 15. Rf1 h6 16. h3 hxg5 17. hxg4 Qh2 18. Bxg5 Bd7 19. Qd3 Bc6 20. Qh3 Qxh3 21. gxh3 Bxe4 22. f3 Bd5 23. Bc4 Bxc4 {L'Ami,E (2516)-Carlsen,M (2581) Schagen 2005 1-0 (78)}) 9... Qd4 $6 ({Die Dame ist hier exponiert. Besser sind} 9... Qd6 10. Rc1 (10. Nf3) 10... Nd7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. e5 Qb6 (12... Qe7 13. Bd3 h6 14. a3 a5 15. O-O $36) 13. Bc3 $14 {und}) (9... Qc6 10. Rc1 Be7 11. Qd3 (11. Bc3 O-O 12. Nf3 $14) 11... Qd7 12. Qg3 O-O 13. Nf3 $36 {, auch wenn Weiß in beiden Fällen besseres Spiel behält.}) 10. O-O-O (10. Bc3 Bb4 $11) 10... Nd7 (10... Qxf2 $2 11. Nh3 Qd4 12. Bg5) 11. Bb5 ({Auch} 11. f4 $5 {sieht interessant aus:} O-O (11... Be7 12. Nf3 $36) 12. Nf3 Qf2 $5 13. Kb1 $36) 11... O-O $4 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Ein böser Fehler. Die Alternativen zeigen aber, dass Schwarz bereits kein leichtes Leben hat:} 11... a6 12. Be3 Qe5 13. Bxc5 $1 (13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Bxc5 Rc8 15. b4 b6) 13... Qg5+ 14. Kb1 axb5 15. Bb4 Qxg2 16. Ne2 Qxf2 17. Rd3 $16) (11... Qe5 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. Kb1 $5 (13. b4 Bd6 14. Qxc7 Bxc7) 13... a6 14. Bxd7+ Bxd7 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Be3 Bd6 17. Qd3 Bc6 18. Nd4 O-O 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Qxa6 $16) (11... Qd6 $142 12. Bc3 (12. Nf3 Qb6) 12... Qe7 13. Nf3 (13. Qa4 a6 14. Nf3 Rb8) 13... O-O (13... a6 14. Bxd7+ Bxd7 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Bc3 $36) 14. e5 $36) 12. Bc3 Qxf2 13. Qxf2 Bxf2 14. Bxd7 Be3+ 15. Kc2 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2872"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,Michal"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. g3 {A rare plan in the 4.c2 system.} O-O 7. Bg2 e5 8. O-O (8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. O-O c6 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Ne4 Qe7 15. c5 Bf5 16. Rd6 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Rfd8 18. Rad1 $14 {1-0 (59) Rajlich,I (2399)-Lomineishvili,M (2437) St Petersburg 2009}) 8... c6 (8... exd4 9. Nxd4 c6 10. a3 Bc5 11. Rd1 Ne5 12. Na4 Qe7 13. Nxc5 dxc5 {1/2 (46) Foisor,O (2495)-Hergott,D (2320) Saint John 1988} 14. Nf3 $14) 9. Rd1 Re8 (9... Qe7 $5 {is probably more accurate} 10. dxe5 $140 Nxe5) 10. dxe5 $1 {Otherwise 10...e4.} (10. Bg5 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 e4 12. Ne1 h6 13. Bf4 Nf8 14. Nc2 Ng6 15. Be3 d5 16. b3 Be6 17. h3 Qd7 18. Kh2 h5 $36 {0-1 (43) Vitiugov,N (2594)-Tomashevsky,E (2646) Moscow 2007}) 10... dxe5 11. a3 (11. Ng5 h6 12. Nge4 {is positionally wrong: White should not trade knights as Black's minor pieces get in each other's way.} Qc7 13. a3 Bf8 14. b4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 f5 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. e4 a5 18. Rb1 axb4 19. axb4 Qf7 $132 {0-1 (46) Paulsen,D (2240)-Kuzmin,G (2545) Dortmund 1981}) 11... Bxc3 (11... Bf8 {deprives Black's d7-knight of a comfortable square.} 12. b4 a5 13. Rb1 $14) 12. Qxc3 Qe7 13. b4 $146 {A courageous move, active but weakening the c4-pawn (square).} ({RR} 13. Nh4 Nb6 14. b3 Bg4 15. h3 Bxe2 16. Re1 Bh5 17. f4 Nfd7 18. Bb2 f6 19. Kh1 Qc5 20. g4 Bf7 21. f5 Qf2 22. Nf3 Nc5 23. Nxe5 Nca4 24. bxa4 Nxa4 25. Nd3 Qg3 26. Qb4 Qxd3 27. Qxa4 Bxc4 {Shishkin,V (2509)-Franzen,J (2299) Police 2013 1-0 (35)}) 13... Nb6 14. Be3 $6 (14. a4 $5 e4 $140 15. Ng5 h6 16. a5 Nbd7 17. Nh3 $14) 14... Ng4 15. Nd2 ({It is hard to say whether White missed} 15. Bc5 $2 Na4 $1 {or simply made a mistake in evaluation but after the exchange of his important dark-squared bishop the position roughly equalises.}) 15... f5 16. h3 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 e4 (17... Qf7 $5 18. Rac1 Be6) 18. Rac1 $6 (18. c5 Nd5 19. Qd4 {[%cal Yd2c4,Yc4d6]} b5 $5 {leads to complex play. After the passive text move Black seizes the initiative.}) 18... Be6 19. Qc3 (19. c5 Nd5 20. Qd4 Rad8 21. Qe5 Nc7 $1 {, and White's knight can't get to c4 anymore.}) (19. f3 exf3 20. exf3 {(S.Zagrebelny) is hardly enough: after} Qf6 21. Bf1 Bf7 22. Qf2 Na4 {White's position is very unpleasant.}) 19... Rad8 20. Bf1 (20. c5 Nd5 21. Qe5 {was relatively better after all.}) 20... c5 $6 {Black fails to demonstrate prophylactic thinking (how to anticipate White's idea 21.e3 ?) and misses a strong resource:} (20... Bf7 $1 21. e3 {(what else?)} Bh5 22. Re1 Nd7 $17 {[%cal Yd7e5] (indicated by S.Zagrebelny and other commentators)}) 21. bxc5 Na4 22. Qb4 Nxc5 23. Nb3 {After this the position nearly equalises.} Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Na6 (24... Nxb3 25. Qxb3 Rc8 26. e3 {is hardly enough, too.}) 25. Qxe7 Rxe7 26. e3 Kf7 27. Be2 b6 28. Rd8 Nc5 29. Nd4 (29. Nxc5 bxc5 30. Rb8 {was good enough. But after the text move White obtains a strong outpost on d4, compensating for Black's c5 stronghold.}) 29... Kf6 30. Kf1 Rd7 31. Rf8+ Bf7 32. Ke1 g6 33. h4 h6 34. Rc8 Be6 35. Rf8+ Rf7 36. Rh8 Rc7 37. Nb5 Rd7 38. Nd4 h5 {Otherwise h4-h5 could be an issue.} 39. Rf8+ Bf7 40. Rc8 Ke5 41. Ra8 a6 42. Rc8 Rd6 43. Nc6+ Kf6 44. Nd4 Be6 45. Rf8+ Ke7 46. Ra8 Rd7 47. Rb8 (47. Kd2 {was simpler.}) 47... Rb7 48. Rxb7+ {Why? White's rook was more active, and Black couldn't make any progress. The minor piece endgame should also be drawn but it requires accuracy from White as Black has ways to improve his position.} Nxb7 {[%mdl 4096]} 49. Kd2 Kd6 50. Kc3 Bf7 51. Nb3 Ke5 52. Bf1 a5 53. Be2 Be6 54. Bf1 Bd7 55. Be2 Ba4 56. Nd4 Nc5 57. Kb2 Be8 58. Kc3 Bf7 59. Nc6+ Kd6 60. Nd4 Nd7 {Black finds a plan: ...e5, c5 and ...a4 with a semblance of zugzwang.} 61. Nb5+ Kc5 62. Nd4 Ne5 63. Nb3+ Kc6 64. a4 $6 {A move, which amazed spectators and commentators. In normal circumstances a strong GM would never make such a move (creating a new serious weakness in his camp) even at gunpoint. GM Teimour Radjabov was probably in extremely bad shape. Meanwhile, the zugzwang was just an illusion; White simply needs to realise that he can play f2-f3 at some point:} (64. Nd4+ Kd6 65. Nb3 a4 66. Nd2 Kc5 {Zugzwang?} 67. f3 $1 (67. Bd1 Ng4 68. Bxa4 Nxf2 {is indeed risky}) 67... exf3 68. Nxf3 Nxf3 (68... Nxc4 69. Bxc4 Bxc4 70. Ne5) 69. Bxf3 Bxc4 {- White loses a pawn but after} 70. e4 Be6 71. exf5 Bxf5 72. Bg2 {Black can never break through.}) (64. Kd4 Kd6 65. Nd2 Nc6+ 66. Kc3 {[%cal Yf2f3] was possible, too.}) 64... Kd7 65. Nd4 Kd6 66. Nb5+ Kc5 67. Nd4 Be8 68. Nb3+ (68. Kb3 Bd7 {This is indeed zugzwang!} 69. f3 (69. Bf1 Ng4) (69. Nc2 Nd3) 69... exf3 70. Nxf3 Ng4 $19 {is now a completely different story!}) 68... Kd6 69. c5+ Kc7 $1 (69... bxc5 70. Nxa5 Bxa4 71. Nc4+ {is a draw.}) 70. Kd4 Nc6+ 71. Kc3 Ne7 $1 72. cxb6+ Kxb6 73. Nd2 Bxa4 74. Nc4+ Ka6 $1 75. Na3+ Kb7 76. Nc4 Ka6 77. Na3+ Ka7 $1 {Black holds his extra pawn and gets fair winning chances.} 78. Kd4 (78. Nc4 Bb5) 78... Nc6+ 79. Kc5 Ne5 (79... Nb4 $5 80. Nb5+ Kb7 81. Nc3 Bb3) 80. Nc4 $2 {Probably the decisive mistake.} (80. Kd4 $1 {was the right way although even after} Nd3 {(recommended by Alexey Dreev during a live broadcast)} (80... Nc6+ 81. Kc5 Nb4 {is possible, too}) 81. Bxd3 exd3 82. Kxd3 Bb3 {we can't assume it is a clear draw.}) 80... Nd3+ 81. Kd4 ({Now} 81. Bxd3 exd3 82. Kd4 Bc2 83. Kc3 a4 {is hardly enough for a draw - both White's pieces are paralysed, and Black's king goes forward.}) 81... Nc1 $1 ({White probably expected something like} 81... Nxf2 82. Nxa5 Nh1 83. Ke5 Nxg3 84. Bc4 Kb6 85. Nb3 {with good chances to recapture one of Black's pawns and survive}) 82. Bf1 Bb5 83. Nxa5 $2 {Desperation under time pressure.} (83. Kc3 a4 84. Kb2 Nd3+ (84... Nb3 $5) 85. Bxd3 exd3 86. Nd2 Kb6 {leads to a setup mentioned in the comment to White's 81st move.}) 83... Bxf1 84. Nc6+ Kb6 85. Ne7 Nd3 86. Nxg6 Kc7 87. Ne7 Bh3 88. Nd5+ Kd6 89. Nf6 Bg4 0-1

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ramirez Alvarez, Alejandro"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Qb3 Qe7 10. Rd1 Nb6 11. Be2 cxd4 12. exd4 Bd7 13. Ne5 Rac8 14. Bg5 $146 ({RR} 14. Nxd7 Nfxd7 15. Bf3 Nb8 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Qxb4 Rfd8 18. Be3 Nc6 19. Qb5 a6 20. Qe2 Nd5 21. Rac1 h6 22. Ne4 Nce7 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Rc1 Qa8 25. Nc5 Nf5 26. Qxa6 Qxa6 27. Nxa6 Ra8 28. Nc7 Nxc7 {Larsen,B-Andersson,U Stockholm 1975 0-1 (31)}) 14... Bxc3 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. bxc3 Rc7 18. Qa3 b6 19. Qd6 Qd8 20. c4 Nf6 21. Qf4 Rd7 22. a4 Qb8 23. Qe3 Rfd8 24. a5 h6 25. h3 Qc7 26. axb6 axb6 27. Rac1 Rd6 28. Bf3 Qa7 29. Qc3 Rc8 30. Qb4 Rcd8 31. c5 bxc5 32. dxc5 Rxd1+ 33. Bxd1 Nd5 34. Qc4 Qa3 35. Bf3 Rc8 36. Rc2 Qa1+ 37. Kh2 Qe5+ 38. g3 g6 39. Re2 Qf5 40. Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Div 1 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.02.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sarana, A.."]
[Black "Carlsen, M.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2852"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2023.02.06"]

1. d4 {Yu,Yangyi} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. a3 cxd4 8. axb4 dxc3 9. Nxc3 Nc6 ({RR} 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Nc6 12. b5) 10. b5 Ne5 11. c5 Nxd3+ ({RR} 11... Bd7 12. Be2) 12. Qxd3 e5 ({RR} 12... Bd7 13. f3 ({RR} 13. O-O Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qc4 Qe8)) 13. O-O d4 $146 ({RR} 13... Be6 14. Rd1 Qd7 15. b4 Rfd8 16. Bb2 d4 17. exd4 Bf5 18. Qg3 exd4 19. Ne2 Ne4 20. Qe5 f6 21. Qf4 d3 22. Nd4 Bg6 23. h4 Qd5 24. f3 Qc4 25. c6 bxc6 26. Nxc6 Nd6 27. Qg3 Rd7 28. h5 {Bronstein,O (2459)-Koch,T (2426) Dusseldorf GER 2023 ½-½ (63)}) ({RR} 13... Bg4 14. f3 Bh5 ({RR} 14... e4 15. Qd4 exf3 16. gxf3 Bh3 17. Rf2 Re8 18. Bd2) ({RR} 14... Be6 15. Rd1) 15. e4 Qc8 ({RR} 15... dxe4 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. fxe4 Rd3 ({RR} 17... Rd4 18. Be3 Rc4 19. Nd5 Nxe4 20. Nb6) 18. Bg5 ({RR} 18. Re1) 18... Ne8 19. Bh4 f6 20. Bf2) ({RR} 15... d4 16. Ne2 Nd7 17. b4 f6 ({RR} 17... Qc8 18. Ng3 Bg6 19. f4 f6 20. Nf5) 18. Ng3 Bf7 ({RR} 18... Bg6 19. Bd2) 19. Nf5) 16. Nxd5 Qxc5+ 17. Be3 Qd6 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qd7 Qd8 20. Qxb7 Rb8 21. Qxa7 Rxb5 22. b4 Qb8 23. Bc5 Rd8 24. Qxb8 Rbxb8 25. Rfb1 f6 ({RR} 25... Rb5 26. Ra5 Rdb8 27. Rba1) 26. b5 Be8 27. b6 Rd7 28. Rc1 {Yu,Y (2761)-Ismagambetov,A (2545) Astana 2019 CBM 189 [Yu,Yangyi] 1-0 (34)}) ({RR} 13... Be6 14. Rd1) ({RR} 13... Be6 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. b4 Rfd8 16. Ne2 Bg4 17. Bb2 h6 18. Qc2 Re8 19. f3 Bh5 20. Ng3 Bg6 21. Qc3 h5 22. h4 d4 23. Qe1 dxe3 24. Qxe3 e4 25. f4 Ng4 26. Qc3 f6 27. Rd6 Rad8 28. Rad1 {Sarana,A (2672)-Kavri,Y (2142) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (75)}) 14. exd4 Qxd4 15. Qe3 Rd8 16. Ra4 Qxe3 17. Bxe3 a6 18. Rfa1 Nd5 19. Ne4 Rb8 20. Nd6 Bd7 21. bxa6 Bxa4 22. a7 Ra8 23. Rxa4 Ne7 24. g4 Nc6 25. Nb5 Rd3 26. b4 Rb3 27. Bd2 Rb2 28. Bc3 Rb1+ 29. Kg2 f6 30. Ra2 Rb3 31. h4 h5 32. gxh5 Kh7 33. Bd2 f5 34. Bc3 Kh6 35. Rd2 Nxa7 36. Nc7 Rg8 37. Bxe5 Rxb4 38. Kg3 Rg4+ 39. Kh3 Kxh5 40. Bg3 f4 41. Rd5+ g5 42. Bh2 Rxh4+ 43. Kg2 Nc6 44. Ne6 f3+ 45. Kg1 Re4 46. Nf4+ Kg4 47. Nd3 Nb4 48. Ne5+ Kf5 49. Rd1 Rxe5 50. Bxe5 Kxe5 51. Rb1 Nd3 52. Rxb7 Nxc5 53. Rf7 g4 54. Kh2 Ne4 55. Re7+ Kf4 56. Rf7+ Kg5 57. Re7 Nxf2 58. Kg3 Nh1+ 59. Kh2 Rh8+ 60. Kg1 Kf4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 25th Mar Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sarana, A.."]
[Black "Carlsen, M.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2833"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2025.03.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O Ba6 8. cxd5 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 exd5 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Rac1 a6 13. Ne2 $146 ({RR} 13. Nb1 Bd6 14. Ba3 c5 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Nc3 Red8 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Kf1 Bc7 20. Qf5 g6 21. Qg5 Qe6 22. Qh4 Rac8 23. Na4 Bd6 24. Nc3 Be7 25. Qa4 h6 26. h3 Rb8 27. Ne2 Rb4 {Krush,I (2444)-Sukandar,I (2423) Saint Louis 2017 0-1 (44)}) 13... Bd6 14. Ng3 g6 15. Rc6 a5 16. Rfc1 a4 17. Ne5 axb3 18. Qxb3 Re6 19. f4 Qe8 20. h3 Nb8 21. R6c2 Qa4 22. Qd3 Nbd7 23. f5 Re7 24. fxg6 fxg6 25. Rf1 Qa6 26. Qd1 Rf8 27. Rcf2 Qxa2 28. Qd3 Qa8 29. Qb3 Kg7 30. e4 Nxe5 31. dxe5 Bxe5 32. Bxe5 Rxe5 33. Qc3 Qe8 34. Qxc7+ Qe7 35. Qxe7+ Rxe7 36. exd5 Rff7 37. d6 Re6 38. Rd1 Rd7 39. Rfd2 Ne8 40. Rb2 Rexd6 41. Re1 Nf6 42. Kh2 Rb7 43. Reb1 Re6 44. Ne2 Nd5 45. Nd4 Rf6 46. Rb3 Rd7 47. Nf3 Re7 48. R1b2 Ree6 49. Nd4 Re3 50. Rb5 Rd6 51. Nf3 Ree6 52. R5b3 Ne3 53. Ng5 Nf1+ 54. Kg1 Re1 55. Rxb6 Rdd1 56. Kf2 Re7 57. Rb7 Rxb7 58. Rxb7+ Kh6 59. h4 Kh5 60. Rxh7+ Kg4 61. Nf3 Ng3 62. Ne5+ Kf5 63. Kxg3 Kxe5 64. Rf7 Ke6 65. Rf4 Rd2 66. Kh3 Ra2 67. g3 Ra3 68. Kg4 Rb3 69. Rf3 Rb5 70. Rf8 Ra5 71. Kf4 Rb5 72. g4 Ra5 73. g5 Ra4+ 74. Kg3 Ke5 75. Rf6 Ra3+ 76. Kg2 Ra4 77. Kg3 Ra3+ 78. Rf3 Ra1 79. Kg4 Rg1+ 80. Rg3 Ra1 81. Re3+ Kd5 82. Re8 Ra4+ 83. Kg3 Ra3+ 84. Kg2 Ra4 85. Kg3 Ra3+ 86. Kf2 Ra4 87. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Div 1 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.02.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sarana, A.."]
[Black "Carlsen, M.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2852"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2023.02.06"]

1. d4 {Yu,Yangyi} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. a3 cxd4 8. axb4 dxc3 9. Nxc3 Nc6 ({RR} 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Nc6 12. b5) 10. b5 Ne5 11. c5 Nxd3+ ({RR} 11... Bd7 12. Be2) 12. Qxd3 e5 ({RR} 12... Bd7 13. f3 ({RR} 13. O-O Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qc4 Qe8)) 13. O-O d4 $146 ({RR} 13... Be6 14. Rd1 Qd7 15. b4 Rfd8 16. Bb2 d4 17. exd4 Bf5 18. Qg3 exd4 19. Ne2 Ne4 20. Qe5 f6 21. Qf4 d3 22. Nd4 Bg6 23. h4 Qd5 24. f3 Qc4 25. c6 bxc6 26. Nxc6 Nd6 27. Qg3 Rd7 28. h5 {Bronstein,O (2459)-Koch,T (2426) Dusseldorf GER 2023 ½-½ (63)}) ({RR} 13... Bg4 14. f3 Bh5 ({RR} 14... e4 15. Qd4 exf3 16. gxf3 Bh3 17. Rf2 Re8 18. Bd2) ({RR} 14... Be6 15. Rd1) 15. e4 Qc8 ({RR} 15... dxe4 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. fxe4 Rd3 ({RR} 17... Rd4 18. Be3 Rc4 19. Nd5 Nxe4 20. Nb6) 18. Bg5 ({RR} 18. Re1) 18... Ne8 19. Bh4 f6 20. Bf2) ({RR} 15... d4 16. Ne2 Nd7 17. b4 f6 ({RR} 17... Qc8 18. Ng3 Bg6 19. f4 f6 20. Nf5) 18. Ng3 Bf7 ({RR} 18... Bg6 19. Bd2) 19. Nf5) 16. Nxd5 Qxc5+ 17. Be3 Qd6 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qd7 Qd8 20. Qxb7 Rb8 21. Qxa7 Rxb5 22. b4 Qb8 23. Bc5 Rd8 24. Qxb8 Rbxb8 25. Rfb1 f6 ({RR} 25... Rb5 26. Ra5 Rdb8 27. Rba1) 26. b5 Be8 27. b6 Rd7 28. Rc1 {Yu,Y (2761)-Ismagambetov,A (2545) Astana 2019 CBM 189 [Yu,Yangyi] 1-0 (34)}) ({RR} 13... Be6 14. Rd1) ({RR} 13... Be6 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. b4 Rfd8 16. Ne2 Bg4 17. Bb2 h6 18. Qc2 Re8 19. f3 Bh5 20. Ng3 Bg6 21. Qc3 h5 22. h4 d4 23. Qe1 dxe3 24. Qxe3 e4 25. f4 Ng4 26. Qc3 f6 27. Rd6 Rad8 28. Rad1 {Sarana,A (2672)-Kavri,Y (2142) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (75)}) 14. exd4 Qxd4 15. Qe3 Rd8 16. Ra4 Qxe3 17. Bxe3 a6 18. Rfa1 Nd5 19. Ne4 Rb8 20. Nd6 Bd7 21. bxa6 Bxa4 22. a7 Ra8 23. Rxa4 Ne7 24. g4 Nc6 25. Nb5 Rd3 26. b4 Rb3 27. Bd2 Rb2 28. Bc3 Rb1+ 29. Kg2 f6 30. Ra2 Rb3 31. h4 h5 32. gxh5 Kh7 33. Bd2 f5 34. Bc3 Kh6 35. Rd2 Nxa7 36. Nc7 Rg8 37. Bxe5 Rxb4 38. Kg3 Rg4+ 39. Kh3 Kxh5 40. Bg3 f4 41. Rd5+ g5 42. Bh2 Rxh4+ 43. Kg2 Nc6 44. Ne6 f3+ 45. Kg1 Re4 46. Nf4+ Kg4 47. Nd3 Nb4 48. Ne5+ Kf5 49. Rd1 Rxe5 50. Bxe5 Kxe5 51. Rb1 Nd3 52. Rxb7 Nxc5 53. Rf7 g4 54. Kh2 Ne4 55. Re7+ Kf4 56. Rf7+ Kg5 57. Re7 Nxf2 58. Kg3 Nh1+ 59. Kh2 Rh8+ 60. Kg1 Kf4 0-1

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia-A 36th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2006.05.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "205"]
[EventDate "2006.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. b4 d4 12. g4 Bg6 13. Qc4 d3 14. Be3 Qf6 15. Rd1 O-O 16. Rxd3 b5 17. Qc1 $146 ({RR} 17. cxb6 axb6 18. Bg2 Rfc8 19. Qb3 Qa1+ 20. Qd1 Qxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Nc3 22. Rd2 Nxb4 23. O-O Nbd5 24. Ra1 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Ra5 26. Rb2 h5 27. gxh5 Rxh5 28. h4 b5 29. Bh3 Re8 30. Kf2 {½-½ (30) Kaidanov,G (2603)-Schandorff,L (2521) Turin 2006}) 17... a5 18. bxa5 Nxc5 19. Rc3 Nd3+ 20. exd3 Qxf3 21. Rg1 Ne5 22. d4 Nc4 23. Bg2 Qxg4 24. h3 Qe6 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26. a4 Qa6 27. Rg5 f5 28. axb5 Qxa5 29. Kf1 Qxb5 30. Kg1 Bf7 31. Qf1 g6 32. Rg3 Qd5 33. Rc1 Re8 34. Rd1 Kg7 35. Bc1 Re4 36. Rgd3 f4 37. Qg2 h6 38. f3 Re3 39. Bxe3 Nxe3 40. Qf2 Nxd1 41. Rxd1 g5 42. Qe2 Be6 43. Kh2 Qf5 44. Qe5+ Qxe5 45. dxe5 Kg6 46. Rd8 Kf5 47. Rh8 Kxe5 48. Rxh6 Bf5 49. Kg2 Be6 50. Kf2 Bf5 51. h4 gxh4 52. Rxh4 Be6 53. Rh5+ Kf6 54. Rc5 Bb3 55. Ke2 Ke6 56. Kd3 Bd5 57. Ke2 Kd6 58. Ra5 Ke5 59. Kf2 Kd6 60. Kg2 Be6 61. Rh5 Bd7 62. Kf2 Be6 63. Ke2 Bc4+ 64. Ke1 Bd5 65. Kf2 Be6 66. Rg5 Bd7 67. Ke2 Be6 68. Ra5 Bd5 69. Ra3 Bc4+ 70. Kf2 Be6 71. Ra5 Bd5 72. Kg2 Be6 73. Rh5 Bd7 74. Rh7 Be6 75. Rh8 Bd7 76. Rd8 Ke7 77. Ra8 Kd6 78. Ra7 Be6 79. Kf2 Bd5 80. Rh7 Be6 81. Rh1 Ke5 82. Re1+ Kf5 83. Kg2 Bd5 84. Re8 Kf6 85. Kf2 Kf5 86. Rc8 Ke5 87. Ke2 Kf5 88. Rc3 Ke5 89. Kd2 Kd6 90. Rd3 Ke5 91. Kc3 Bb7 92. Kb4 Bd5 93. Ra3 Kd4 94. Rc3 Bb7 95. Kb3 Bd5+ 96. Kc2 Ke5 97. Kd2 Kd6 98. Ke2 Ke5 99. Kf2 Kd6 100. Kg2 Be6 101. Rc1 Ke5 102. Re1+ Kf6 103. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "MrDodgy Inv 3 Finals"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.11.30"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Carlsen, M.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2859"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2022.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bf8 $146 ({RR} 5... Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e4 c6 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Ne2 O-O 10. O-O Nb6 11. Bd3 Qe7 12. Bg5 e5 13. f4 h6 14. Bh4 Qc7 15. fxe5 Ng4 16. Qd2 f6 17. h3 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Bg3 Qc5+ 20. Bf2 {O'Kelly de Galway,A-Gonzalez Haro,E Malaga 1965 1-0}) ({RR} 5... Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3 Bf5 9. Ne2 O-O 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. Bd3 Re8 12. O-O Na5 13. Ra2 c5 14. Re2 Qb6 15. Kh1 Rad8 16. Nf5 Qb3 17. a4 Qxd1 18. Rxd1 Re6 19. dxc5 Nd7 20. Ba3 {Volkov,S (2627)-Romanov,E (2610) Sochi 2017 ½-½ (79)}) ({RR} 5... Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e4 b5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bf2 c6 11. h4 gxh4 12. Bxh4 Qa5 13. Bxf6 Qxc3+ 14. Kf2 Qb2+ 15. Ne2 Rh7 16. Qc1 Qb3 17. Rxh6 Rxh6 18. Qxh6 Kd7 19. Qe3 Qb2 20. Qc3 {Vedder,R (2255)-Ram,J (1816) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (49)}) 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 c5 8. d5 exd5 9. exd5 Bd6 10. Be2 O-O 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Nh4 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 Re8 15. Nf5 Be5 16. Qd3 b5 17. cxb5 c4 18. Qf3 Nc5 19. d6 Bxd6 20. Be3 Nd3 21. Ned4 Bf8 22. Kh1 Qd5 23. Qg3 g6 24. Nc6 Qxb5 25. Nfd4 Ne4 26. Qh4 Qd5 27. Rf3 Rac8 28. Raf1 Rc7 29. Rh3 h5 30. Rf5 gxf5 31. Rf3 Rxc6 0-1

[Event "MrDodgy Inv 3 Finals"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.11.30"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Carlsen, M.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2859"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2022.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bf8 $146 ({RR} 5... Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e4 c6 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Ne2 O-O 10. O-O Nb6 11. Bd3 Qe7 12. Bg5 e5 13. f4 h6 14. Bh4 Qc7 15. fxe5 Ng4 16. Qd2 f6 17. h3 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Bg3 Qc5+ 20. Bf2 {O'Kelly de Galway,A-Gonzalez Haro,E Malaga 1965 1-0}) ({RR} 5... Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3 Bf5 9. Ne2 O-O 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. Bd3 Re8 12. O-O Na5 13. Ra2 c5 14. Re2 Qb6 15. Kh1 Rad8 16. Nf5 Qb3 17. a4 Qxd1 18. Rxd1 Re6 19. dxc5 Nd7 20. Ba3 {Volkov,S (2627)-Romanov,E (2610) Sochi 2017 ½-½ (79)}) ({RR} 5... Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e4 b5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bf2 c6 11. h4 gxh4 12. Bxh4 Qa5 13. Bxf6 Qxc3+ 14. Kf2 Qb2+ 15. Ne2 Rh7 16. Qc1 Qb3 17. Rxh6 Rxh6 18. Qxh6 Kd7 19. Qe3 Qb2 20. Qc3 {Vedder,R (2255)-Ram,J (1816) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (49)}) 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 c5 8. d5 exd5 9. exd5 Bd6 10. Be2 O-O 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Nh4 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 Re8 15. Nf5 Be5 16. Qd3 b5 17. cxb5 c4 18. Qf3 Nc5 19. d6 Bxd6 20. Be3 Nd3 21. Ned4 Bf8 22. Kh1 Qd5 23. Qg3 g6 24. Nc6 Qxb5 25. Nfd4 Ne4 26. Qh4 Qd5 27. Rf3 Rac8 28. Raf1 Rc7 29. Rh3 h5 30. Rf5 gxf5 31. Rf3 Rxc6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 27th Jun Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.06.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sjugirov, S.."]
[Black "Carlsen, M.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2853"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2023.06.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 Re8 6. Ng3 d5 7. Be2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O ({RR} 9. a3 Ba5 10. O-O Nc6 11. dxc5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qa5 13. Rb1 Qxc5 14. Bd3 e5 15. Qc2 b6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 h6 18. c4 Bb7 19. Rb5 Qe7 20. Bb2 Rac8 21. Qa4 Qh4 22. Bd5 Ba8 23. Bc3 Na5 {Fedoseev,V (2683)-Keymer,V (2717) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (42)}) 9... cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. Be3 Bd6 $146 ({RR} 11... Ne7 12. a3 Bd6 13. Bg5 Ng6 14. Bb5 Rf8 15. Bd3 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Nce4 Qxd4 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Bxg6 Qxd1 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. Raxd1 Ke7 22. Rc1 Bd7 23. Rc7 Rab8 24. Rd1 Rfd8 25. Ne4 Ke8 26. Nd6+ {Sjugirov,S (2699)-Hambleton,A (2420) chess.com INT 2023 1-0}) ({RR} 11... a6 12. Rc1 Be7 13. a3 b5 14. Ba2 Bb7 15. d5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Na5 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 19. Qf3 Nd6 20. Rfd1 Rc8 21. Rc6 Qa5 22. Rcxd6 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 Qe1+ 24. Nf1 Rcd8 25. Qd5 Rxd6 26. Qxd6 {Aleksandrov,A (2370)-Lakshmi,C (1945) Mumbai IND 2025 1-0 (35)}) 12. Rc1 Nd5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 27th Jun Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.06.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sjugirov, S.."]
[Black "Carlsen, M.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2853"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2023.06.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 Re8 6. Ng3 d5 7. Be2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O ({RR} 9. a3 Ba5 10. O-O Nc6 11. dxc5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qa5 13. Rb1 Qxc5 14. Bd3 e5 15. Qc2 b6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 h6 18. c4 Bb7 19. Rb5 Qe7 20. Bb2 Rac8 21. Qa4 Qh4 22. Bd5 Ba8 23. Bc3 Na5 {Fedoseev,V (2683)-Keymer,V (2717) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (42)}) 9... cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. Be3 Bd6 $146 ({RR} 11... Ne7 12. a3 Bd6 13. Bg5 Ng6 14. Bb5 Rf8 15. Bd3 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Nce4 Qxd4 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Bxg6 Qxd1 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. Raxd1 Ke7 22. Rc1 Bd7 23. Rc7 Rab8 24. Rd1 Rfd8 25. Ne4 Ke8 26. Nd6+ {Sjugirov,S (2699)-Hambleton,A (2420) chess.com INT 2023 1-0}) ({RR} 11... a6 12. Rc1 Be7 13. a3 b5 14. Ba2 Bb7 15. d5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Na5 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 19. Qf3 Nd6 20. Rfd1 Rc8 21. Rc6 Qa5 22. Rcxd6 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 Qe1+ 24. Nf1 Rcd8 25. Qd5 Rxd6 26. Qxd6 {Aleksandrov,A (2370)-Lakshmi,C (1945) Mumbai IND 2025 1-0 (35)}) 12. Rc1 Nd5 0-1

[Event "CCT Final KO 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.16"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "So, W.."]
[Black "Carlsen, M.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2830"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2023.12.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qxc5 11. e3 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 O-O 14. Rc1 Rd8 15. O-O Bd7 16. b4 Qe7 17. Qb2 Be8 18. Be2 Rac8 19. Rfd1 ({RR} 19. Ne4 Nb8 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Rd1 Ba4 22. Rd2 Bc6 23. Nd6 Rd8 24. Nc4 Bd5 25. Ne5 Nc6 26. Nxc6 Bxc6 27. Rd4 Qf6 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. f3 Qd6 30. g3 f6 31. Kf2 Kf7 32. Qc2 h6 33. Qc3 b6 {Artemiev,V (2701)-Abdusattorov,N (2766) Shusha AZE 2024 ½-½ (41)}) 19... h6 $146 ({RR} 19... Nb8 20. h3 Ba4 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ 23. Qxc1 Qd8 24. Ne4 Bc6 25. Nc5 b6 26. Na6 Bb7 27. Nxb8 Qxb8 28. Qd1 Qc7 29. Qa4 Qc6 30. Qxc6 Bxc6 31. h4 Kf8 32. f3 Ke7 33. e4 e5 34. Kf2 {Dreev,A (2662)-Predke,A (2650) Izhevsk 2019 ½-½ (40)}) 20. h3 b6 21. Nf3 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Qb7 23. Rc4 Ne7 24. Rg4 Ng6 25. Bc2 Qc7 26. Bxg6 Qc1+ 27. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 28. Kh2 fxg6 29. Ne5 g5 30. Rc4 Rxc4 31. Nxc4 Kf8 32. Kg3 Ke7 33. f4 Bb5 34. Nd2 gxf4+ 35. Kxf4 Kd6 36. Ne4+ Kc6 37. Nc3 Bf1 38. Kf3 Kd6 39. h4 Ke5 40. g3 Ba6 41. Kf2 Bb7 42. Ke2 Bc6 43. Kf2 Kf5 44. Ke2 Kg4 45. Kf2 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "CCT Final KO 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.16"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "So, W.."]
[Black "Carlsen, M.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2830"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2023.12.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qxc5 11. e3 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 O-O 14. Rc1 Rd8 15. O-O Bd7 16. b4 Qe7 17. Qb2 Be8 18. Be2 Rac8 19. Rfd1 ({RR} 19. Ne4 Nb8 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Rd1 Ba4 22. Rd2 Bc6 23. Nd6 Rd8 24. Nc4 Bd5 25. Ne5 Nc6 26. Nxc6 Bxc6 27. Rd4 Qf6 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. f3 Qd6 30. g3 f6 31. Kf2 Kf7 32. Qc2 h6 33. Qc3 b6 {Artemiev,V (2701)-Abdusattorov,N (2766) Shusha AZE 2024 ½-½ (41)}) 19... h6 $146 ({RR} 19... Nb8 20. h3 Ba4 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ 23. Qxc1 Qd8 24. Ne4 Bc6 25. Nc5 b6 26. Na6 Bb7 27. Nxb8 Qxb8 28. Qd1 Qc7 29. Qa4 Qc6 30. Qxc6 Bxc6 31. h4 Kf8 32. f3 Ke7 33. e4 e5 34. Kf2 {Dreev,A (2662)-Predke,A (2650) Izhevsk 2019 ½-½ (40)}) 20. h3 b6 21. Nf3 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Qb7 23. Rc4 Ne7 24. Rg4 Ng6 25. Bc2 Qc7 26. Bxg6 Qc1+ 27. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 28. Kh2 fxg6 29. Ne5 g5 30. Rc4 Rxc4 31. Nxc4 Kf8 32. Kg3 Ke7 33. f4 Bb5 34. Nd2 gxf4+ 35. Kxf4 Kd6 36. Ne4+ Kc6 37. Nc3 Bf1 38. Kf3 Kd6 39. h4 Ke5 40. g3 Ba6 41. Kf2 Bb7 42. Ke2 Bc6 43. Kf2 Kf5 44. Ke2 Kg4 45. Kf2 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "CrunchLab Masters Div 1 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.07.21"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "So, W.."]
[Black "Carlsen, M.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2024.07.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qxc5 11. e3 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 O-O 14. Rc1 ({RR} 14. O-O e5 15. b4 Qe7 16. Bd3 h6 17. Be4 Bd7 18. Nb3 Rac8 19. Nc5 Nd8 20. Rfd1 Bc6 21. Bxc6 Rxc6 22. Qe4 Rc7 23. Rd5 b6 24. Nd3 f6 25. h4 Nf7 26. b5 Rfc8 27. Nb4 Rc4 28. Qf5 Nd6 {Iniyan,P (2495)-Kazmin,S (2178) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (75)}) 14... Rd8 15. O-O Bd7 16. Be2 $146 ({RR} 16. b4 Qe7 17. Qb2 Be8 18. Be2 Rac8 19. Rfd1 h6 20. h3 b6 21. Nf3 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Qb7 23. Rc4 Ne7 24. Rg4 Ng6 25. Bc2 Qc7 26. Bxg6 Qc1+ 27. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 28. Kh2 fxg6 29. Ne5 g5 30. Rc4 Rxc4 {So,W (2752)-Carlsen,M (2830) Toronto CAN 2023 ½-½ (45)}) 16... Qxc2 17. Rxc2 Rac8 18. Rfc1 Ne7 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Rxc8+ Nxc8 21. Kf1 Kf8 22. Ke1 Ke7 23. f4 Bc6 24. g3 f6 25. Bd3 h6 26. Ke2 Nb6 27. Nc4 Nxc4 28. Bxc4 Kd6 29. Kd2 e5 30. h4 b6 31. Kc3 Bd7 32. Bb3 Bc6 33. Bc4 Bd7 34. Bb3 Bc6 35. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "CrunchLab Masters Div 1 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.07.21"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "So, W.."]
[Black "Carlsen, M.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2024.07.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qxc5 11. e3 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 O-O 14. Rc1 ({RR} 14. O-O e5 15. b4 Qe7 16. Bd3 h6 17. Be4 Bd7 18. Nb3 Rac8 19. Nc5 Nd8 20. Rfd1 Bc6 21. Bxc6 Rxc6 22. Qe4 Rc7 23. Rd5 b6 24. Nd3 f6 25. h4 Nf7 26. b5 Rfc8 27. Nb4 Rc4 28. Qf5 Nd6 {Iniyan,P (2495)-Kazmin,S (2178) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (75)}) 14... Rd8 15. O-O Bd7 16. Be2 $146 ({RR} 16. b4 Qe7 17. Qb2 Be8 18. Be2 Rac8 19. Rfd1 h6 20. h3 b6 21. Nf3 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Qb7 23. Rc4 Ne7 24. Rg4 Ng6 25. Bc2 Qc7 26. Bxg6 Qc1+ 27. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 28. Kh2 fxg6 29. Ne5 g5 30. Rc4 Rxc4 {So,W (2752)-Carlsen,M (2830) Toronto CAN 2023 ½-½ (45)}) 16... Qxc2 17. Rxc2 Rac8 18. Rfc1 Ne7 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Rxc8+ Nxc8 21. Kf1 Kf8 22. Ke1 Ke7 23. f4 Bc6 24. g3 f6 25. Bd3 h6 26. Ke2 Nb6 27. Nc4 Nxc4 28. Bxc4 Kd6 29. Kd2 e5 30. h4 b6 31. Kc3 Bd7 32. Bb3 Bc6 33. Bc4 Bd7 34. Bb3 Bc6 35. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2875"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Fernandez,Daniel Howard Golod,Vitali} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 ({RR} 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 O-O 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5) 5... Qxd5 6. e3 ({RR} 6. Nf3 Qf5) 6... c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bc3 ({RR} 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Ne2 Bd7 12. a3 Qa5+ 13. Nc3 Ne7) 10... O-O 11. Nf3 Rd8 ({RR} 11... b6) ({RR} 11... Qc5) 12. Be2 ({RR} 12. Rd1 Qxd1+ 13. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 14. Kxd1 Ne4 15. Be1 e5) 12... Qe4 ({RR} 12... Qc5) 13. Rc1 ({RR} 13. Qb3 Nd5 ({RR} 13... b6 14. O-O Bb7 15. Rfd1 Qg6 16. Qa3 Ne8 17. Ba6) 14. Bd2 ({RR} 14. O-O Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Qb4 16. Qc2 Qe7 17. a3 Bd7) 14... Qg6 ({RR} 14... b6 15. Bd3 ({RR} 15. Qc4 Nf6) 15... Qg4 16. O-O Bb7 17. h3 Qh5 18. Qb5) 15. O-O e5 16. Rfd1 e4 ({RR} 16... Bh3 17. Ne1 ({RR} 17. Nh4 Qg5 18. Bc4 e4 19. Qxb7 Nce7 20. Bxd5 ({RR} 20. Ba5 Rdb8 21. Rxd5 Qxh4) ({RR} 20. g3 Rdb8 21. Qa6 Rxb2) 20... Nxd5 21. Ba5 Qxh4 22. gxh3 ({RR} 22. Bxd8 Qg4 23. Kf1 Qxg2+ 24. Ke1 Nxe3 25. Qxa8 ({RR} 25. fxe3 Bg4 26. Qb5 Qg1+ 27. Kd2 ({RR} 27. Qf1 Qxe3+) 27... Rxd8+) 25... Qf1+ 26. Kd2 Qd3+ 27. Ke1 ({RR} 27. Kc1 Qc2#) 27... Nc2#))) 17. Ne1 Qf5 ({RR} 17... Rb8) 18. Bc3 Rb8 19. g4 Qe6 20. Ng2 Nxc3 21. Rxd8+ Nxd8 22. Qxc3 Nc6 23. Rd1 ({RR} 23. b4 Qe5 24. Qxe5 Nxe5 25. h3 Be6) 23... Qe7 24. Nf4 Be6 ({RR} 24... Kh8 25. b4) ({RR} 24... h6 25. Nh5 f5 ({RR} 25... f6 26. Qc4+ Kh8 27. Ng3) 26. Ng3) 25. b4 ({RR} 25. Nxe6 Qxe6 26. Qc4 Qe7 27. Bf1 Re8) 25... Qxb4 ({RR} 25... Nxb4 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Qe5) 26. Qxb4 Nxb4 27. Nxe6 fxe6 {Kasparov,G (2838)-Kramnik,V (2802) Moscow 2001 CBM 087 [Golod,Vitali] ½-½}) ({RR} 13. Qb3 b6 14. O-O Bb7 15. Rfd1 Ne7 16. Qa3 Ned5 17. Rd4 Nxc3 18. Rxe4 Nxe2+ 19. Kf1 Bxe4 20. Kxe2 Bxf3+ 21. gxf3 Rd7 22. Rd1 Rxd1 23. Kxd1 Rd8+ 24. Ke2 Rd7 25. f4 Nd5 26. Qa4 Nf6 27. e4 Re7 {Arun,N (1992)-ORourke,E (1889) Enniscrone IRL 2025 ½-½ (68)}) 13... Qxc2 14. Rxc2 Bd7 ({RR} 14... Nd5 15. O-O Nxc3 16. Rxc3) ({RR} 14... Nd5 15. Ne5 Bd7 ({RR} 15... Nxe5 16. Bxe5 b6 17. a3 f6 18. Bg3 Bb7 19. O-O Rac8 20. Rfc1 e5 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Kf1) 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bd2 Ne7 18. f3 Rac8 19. e4 ({RR} 19. Ba5 b6 20. Bb4 Nd5 21. Bd2) 19... f6 20. Be3 a6 21. Kf2 ({RR} 21. Bc4 Kf7 22. Bb3 Bb5 23. Kf2) 21... Bb5 22. Rhc1 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 Bxe2 24. Kxe2 Nc6 25. b4 Rc8 26. Rc5 b5 27. f4 Kf7 28. a3 Ne7 29. Rxc8 {Mamedyarov,S (2804)-Carlsen,M (2834) Wijk aan Zee 2018 CBM 183 [Fernandez,Daniel Howard] ½-½ (38)}) 15. Ne5 ({RR} 15. Nd4 Ne7) 15... Nxe5 $146 ({RR} 15... Rac8 16. Nxd7 Rxd7 17. Rd2 Rxd2 18. Bxd2 Ne4 19. Bf3 Nxd2 20. Kxd2 Nb4 21. Be4 f5 22. Bb1 Kf7 23. a3 {½-½ (23) Martinovic,S (2552)-Markus,R (2586) Mali Losinj 2021}) ({RR} 15... Rac8 16. Nxd7 Rxd7 17. Rd2 Rxd2 18. Bxd2 Ne4 19. Bf3 Nxd2 20. Kxd2 Nb4 21. Be4 f5 22. Bb1 Kf7 23. a3 {½-½ (23) Martinovic,S (2552)-Markus,R (2586) Mali Losinj 2021}) 16. Bxe5 Rac8 17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. O-O Nd5 19. Rd1 f6 20. Bd4 Ba4 21. b3 Be8 22. Bc4 b5 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Bxa7 Ra8 25. Bc5 Rxa2 26. h4 Bf7 27. e4 Ra8 28. exd5 Rd8 29. b4 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Bxd5 31. f3 h5 32. Bd4 Bc6 33. Bc3 Bd5 34. Bd4 Bc6 35. Bc3 Bd5 36. Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bullet Chess Losers 2023"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.20"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Tang, Andrew"]
[Black "Carlsen, M.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2023.07.18"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bg5 Nc6 8. e3 d5 ({RR} 8... h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. a3 Qd8 11. Rd1 b6 12. Be2 {½-½ (12) Vakhidov,T (2359)-Abdurakhmonov,M (2430) Tashkent UZB 2023}) 9. cxd5 ({RR} 9. Be2 d4 10. O-O-O e5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. exd4 Bxd4 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Rxd4 Qxf2 15. Qe4 Nc6 16. Rd2 Bf5 17. Qf3 Qxf3 18. Bxf3 Ne5 19. Be2 Rfd8 20. Rhd1 Rxd2 21. Rxd2 Kf8 22. Rd5 f6 23. b3 {½-½ (23) Doroshkievich,V (2400)-Anastasian,A (2540) Kstovo 1994}) 9... exd5 $146 ({RR} 9... Nb4 10. Qb3 Nbxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Be2 Be6 14. O-O Bb6 15. Qd3 Rad8 16. Rad1 Rfe8 17. Nd4 Bc8 18. Bf3 Re5 19. Qc3 h5 20. Ne2 Bg4 21. Bxg4 hxg4 22. Ng3 g6 23. a4 Kg7 24. a5 {Kuprijanov,A (1912)-Smolin,D (2122) Vladimir 2009 1-0 (67)}) 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nxd5 Bb4+ 12. Nxb4 Nxb4 13. Qb3 a5 14. Bc4 b5 15. Bxb5 Be6 16. Qa4 Bd5 17. Nd4 Bxg2 18. Rg1 Be4 19. a3 g6 20. axb4 axb4 21. Qd1 Qe5 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. f4 Qf6 24. Rg3 Qh4 25. Qe2 Ra1+ 26. Kd2 Rb1 27. Nc2 Rxb2 28. Bd3 Qd8 29. Rg1 b3 30. Rc1 bxc2 31. Rxc2 Qa5+ 32. Kd1 Rb1+ 33. Rc1 Qa4+ 34. Kd2 Qb4+ 35. Kd1 Qb3+ 36. Kd2 Qb2+ 37. Rc2 Qb4+ 38. Rc3 Rb2+ 0-1

[Event "Bullet Chess Losers 2023"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.20"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Tang, Andrew"]
[Black "Carlsen, M.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2023.07.18"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bg5 Nc6 8. e3 d5 ({RR} 8... h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. a3 Qd8 11. Rd1 b6 12. Be2 {½-½ (12) Vakhidov,T (2359)-Abdurakhmonov,M (2430) Tashkent UZB 2023}) 9. cxd5 ({RR} 9. Be2 d4 10. O-O-O e5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. exd4 Bxd4 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Rxd4 Qxf2 15. Qe4 Nc6 16. Rd2 Bf5 17. Qf3 Qxf3 18. Bxf3 Ne5 19. Be2 Rfd8 20. Rhd1 Rxd2 21. Rxd2 Kf8 22. Rd5 f6 23. b3 {½-½ (23) Doroshkievich,V (2400)-Anastasian,A (2540) Kstovo 1994}) 9... exd5 $146 ({RR} 9... Nb4 10. Qb3 Nbxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Be2 Be6 14. O-O Bb6 15. Qd3 Rad8 16. Rad1 Rfe8 17. Nd4 Bc8 18. Bf3 Re5 19. Qc3 h5 20. Ne2 Bg4 21. Bxg4 hxg4 22. Ng3 g6 23. a4 Kg7 24. a5 {Kuprijanov,A (1912)-Smolin,D (2122) Vladimir 2009 1-0 (67)}) 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nxd5 Bb4+ 12. Nxb4 Nxb4 13. Qb3 a5 14. Bc4 b5 15. Bxb5 Be6 16. Qa4 Bd5 17. Nd4 Bxg2 18. Rg1 Be4 19. a3 g6 20. axb4 axb4 21. Qd1 Qe5 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. f4 Qf6 24. Rg3 Qh4 25. Qe2 Ra1+ 26. Kd2 Rb1 27. Nc2 Rxb2 28. Bd3 Qd8 29. Rg1 b3 30. Rc1 bxc2 31. Rxc2 Qa5+ 32. Kd1 Rb1+ 33. Rc1 Qa4+ 34. Kd2 Qb4+ 35. Kd1 Qb3+ 36. Kd2 Qb2+ 37. Rc2 Qb4+ 38. Rc3 Rb2+ 0-1

[Event "Claude Pecaut Memorial"]
[Site "Taormina"]
[Date "2003.11.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tomescu, Vlad"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2003.11.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. e3 c5 6. a3 cxd4 7. axb4 dxc3 8. bxc3 O-O 9. cxd5 Qc7 $146 ({RR} 9... exd5 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. Be2 a6 13. O-O Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Re8 15. c4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Be6 17. Bxe6 Qxd4 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. exd4 Rac8 20. b5 Rc2 21. bxa6 bxa6 22. Bf4 Ree2 23. Rxa6 Rxg2+ 24. Kh1 {Goldobin,M (2127)-Rutman,A (2272) St Petersburg 2009 ½-½}) 10. Bd2 Nxd5 11. e4 Nb6 12. Nh3 e5 13. Nf2 Be6 14. Be2 Rd8 15. O-O Nc6 16. Qc1 Bc4 17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18. Rd1 Qb6 19. Qc2 a5 20. Bg5 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 h6 22. Qd5 Ne3 23. Bxe3 Qxe3 24. Qd3 Qb6 25. bxa5 Rxa5 26. Rxa5 Nxa5 27. g3 Qc5 28. Kg2 Nc4 29. f4 Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,Michal"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Norway"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. e3 Bf5 (9... Re8 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 c6 12. Be2 Bg4 13. O-O Nd7 14. b4 a6 15. a4 Rac8 16. Rfc1 Qd6 17. Qb2 Nb6 18. b5 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nc4 20. Qb1 Nd2 21. Qd3 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 axb5 23. axb5 c5 $11 {1/2 Rychagov,A (2532)-Belozerov,A (2549)/chessassistantclub.com INT 2004/EXT 2006 (70)}) 10. Bd3 (10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Be2 c6 12. O-O Bd6 13. Na4 Qxb3 14. axb3 Nd7 15. Rfc1 Rfe8 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Bc7 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. b4 a6 $11 {1/2 Petran,P (2485)-Ravia,M/Ajka 1992/TD (28)}) 10... Bxd3 11. Qxd3 c6 (11... Nd7 12. O-O c6 {may be a more accurate order of moves.}) 12. O-O (12. Ne5 $5 Re8 (12... Qe6 $1 {[%cal Yb8d7]}) 13. O-O Bd6 14. f4 Na6 15. a3 Nc7 16. Rf3 a5 17. Kh1 Rad8 18. Rg1 c5 19. Qf1 c4 20. g4 Qe7 21. g5 $40 {1-0 Papadakis,M (2045)-Dobrev,N (2374)/Dos Hermanas 2003/EXT 2004 (57)}) 12... Nd7 13. a3 (13. Rfc1 a5 14. Na4 Rfb8 15. Rab1 Bd6 16. Qc2 Qe7 17. Ne1 Rf8 18. Nd3 f5 19. a3 f4 20. exf4 Bxf4 21. Re1 Qg5 22. Nac5 Nxc5 23. Nxc5 Rf7 24. Re2 Bd6 25. Rbe1 Bxc5 26. Qxc5 Qf4 27. g3 Qf6 28. f4 Raf8 29. Re5 Qg6 30. Kh1 Qg4 $14 {1/2 Haik,A (2425)-Pomar Salamanca,A (2430)/Buenos Aires 1978/EXT 2000}) 13... Bxc3 (13... Bd6 $5 14. e4 Qg6 15. Rad1 (15. Nh4 {[%cal Yh4f5]} Qg4 (15... Qh5 16. Qh3) 16. Nf5 dxe4 17. Qxe4 Qxe4 18. Nxe4 Bc7 $11) 15... dxe4 16. Nxe4 Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Nb6 18. Nc5 Qxd3 19. Nxd3 Rad8 20. Kf1 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Kf8 22. h3 f6 23. Nd2 Kf7 24. Nb3 Bf8 25. Rc1 {1/2 Donner,J (2470)-Smyslov,V (2620)/Amsterdam 1954/EXT 2001}) 14. Qxc3 Nb6 {[%cal Yb6c8,Yc8d6,Yb6c4,Yc4d6] The Karlsbad structure with only knights on the board is considered comfortable for Black. The present game doesn't change that evaluation but sheds light on some niceties.} 15. Ne5 Qf5 16. Rfc1 $146 ({RR} 16. a4 f6 17. Nd3 a5 18. Nc5 Rf7 19. b4 Nc4 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. Nb3 Ra7 22. a5 Rf8 23. Nd2 Nxd2 24. Qxd2 Rfa8 25. Qc3 Qd7 26. h3 Qc7 27. Rfb1 Rxa5 28. Rxa5 Qxa5 29. Qxa5 Rxa5 30. Rxb7 Ra1+ {Volkov,S (2594)-Ashwin,J (2476) Rethymno 2012 ½-½ (61)}) 16... f6 17. Nd3 Nc4 18. Nc5 Nd6 {[%csl Gd6]} 19. Qc2 Qxc2 20. Rxc2 Rae8 21. g3 g5 {This move creates an object of attack for White (h2-h4).} (21... h5 $5 $11) 22. Kg2 Kg7 23. a4 Re7 24. Rh1 Kg6 25. Rc3 h5 26. h4 Rh8 (26... g4 $5 $11 {The transfer of White's knight to f4 is harmless.}) 27. Rcc1 (27. hxg5 $5 fxg5 28. Nd3) 27... Rhh7 28. Rh2 Nf5 $6 (28... g4 {was still possible, with a completely dead position.}) 29. hxg5 fxg5 30. Nd3 g4 {Now the situation is completely different: the white knight has got the e5-square, and Black's h5-pawn is weak.} 31. Rch1 Kg5 32. Nf4 Ng7 33. b4 $1 a6 34. b5 axb5 35. axb5 Rh6 36. Ra1 Nf5 37. Ra8 h4 $5 (37... Rg7 $14 {is possible but the text move gives White a seemingly attractive possibility.}) 38. gxh4+ (38. Rg8+ Rg7 39. Rxg7+ Nxg7 40. Rxh4 Rxh4 41. gxh4+ Kxh4 42. bxc6 bxc6 43. Ng6+ Kg5 44. Ne5 {is hardly enough for a victory, e.g. after} Nh5 45. Nxc6 Kf5) 38... Nxh4+ 39. Rxh4 $5 {A "brilliant move" but Black miraculously holds his ground. Therefore} (39. Kf1 $142 $14) 39... Kxh4 $1 (39... Rxh4 40. Rg8+ Kf5 41. Ng6 Rhh7 42. Nxe7+ Rxe7 43. bxc6 bxc6 44. Kg3 $16) 40. Rg8 {[%cal Rf2f3]} (40. bxc6 bxc6 41. Rg8 Ra7) 40... Rf7 41. f3 (41. bxc6 Rxc6 $1 (41... bxc6 $2 42. f3 $18) 42. Ng6+ Kh5 43. Ne5 Rf5 44. Nxc6 bxc6 $11) 41... Rxf4 42. exf4 {[%mdl 4096]} cxb5 $1 (42... gxf3+ 43. Kxf3 {[%csl Rh4] should be lost for Black.}) 43. Rxg4+ (43. fxg4 Ra6 $1 44. f5 (44. Kf3 Ra3+ 45. Ke2 b4) 44... b4 45. Kf3 Ra1 $1 46. Rh8+ Kg5 47. Rh5+ Kf6 48. Rh6+ Kg5 49. Rg6+ Kh4 50. Kf4 Rf1+ 51. Ke5 b5 $1 52. Rb6 Kxg4 53. f6 Kg5 $11) 43... Kh5 44. Rg5+ Kh4 45. Rg7 $1 (45. Rxd5 $6 Rb6 $1) 45... Kh5 46. Rxb7 Ra6 47. Rxb5 Kh4 $1 48. Rb2 (48. Rxd5 Ra2+ 49. Kf1 Kg3 50. f5 Kxf3 51. Ke1 Ke4 $11) (48. Kf2 Ra2+ 49. Ke3 Ra3+ 50. Ke2 Ra2+ 51. Kd3 Ra3+ 52. Kc2 (52. Kd2 Kg3 53. f5 Kxf3 $11) 52... Rxf3 53. Rxd5 Kg4 54. Rd8 Kf5 $1 55. d5 Ke4 56. d6 Kd5 $11) 48... Ra4 49. Rd2 Kh5 {Despite two extra pawns, White can't strengthen his position.} 50. Kg3 Rb4 51. Rd1 Ra4 52. Kh3 Ra3 53. Rh1 Rd3 54. Kg3+ Kg6 55. Rh4 Rd2 56. Rg4+ Kf6 57. f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-chT 0708"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "2008.05.17"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Werle, Jan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E29"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2007.09.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Groningen Hotels"]
[BlackTeam "Hilversum HSG"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 b6 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. e4 Ne8 10. O-O Ba6 11. f4 f5 12. e5 d6 13. d5 exd5 14. cxd5 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 dxe5 16. fxe5 ({RR} 16. Qd2 Ne7 17. Rd1 Ng6 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. Nf4 Rf7 20. Qe2 Ng6 21. Ne6 Qd7 22. c4 Nd6 23. Bb2 Re8 24. Qh5 Nf8 25. Ng5 Rfe7 26. Rac1 Re2 27. Bc3 R2e7 28. Rf1 h6 29. Nh3 Re4 30. Nf4 Qf7 {Carlsen,M (2693)-Aronian,L (2759) Elista 2007 0-1 (57)}) 16... Nxe5 17. Qd1 Qd7 $146 ({RR} 17... Ng6 18. Nf4 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 Nf6 20. c4 Ne4 21. a4 Qd7 22. Qd3 Rac8 23. Rfb1 {½-½ (23) Abdel Razik,K (2410)-Komarov,D (2567) Ismailia 2004}) 18. Bf4 Ng6 19. Qd3 Nf6 20. Rad1 Rae8 21. Ng3 Nxf4 22. Rxf4 g6 23. h3 Re5 24. c4 Rfe8 25. Rf3 R8e7 26. Qc3 Ne8 27. d6 R7e6 28. Rfd3 Nf6 29. Qd2 Re8 30. a4 Qxa4 31. d7 Rd8 32. Qg5 Kf7 33. Rd6 Re6 34. Kh2 Rxd7 35. Nxf5 gxf5 36. Rxd7+ Nxd7 37. Qh5+ Ke7 38. Qxh7+ Kd8 39. Qh8+ Re8 0-1

