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Monday, November 14, 2016

Carlsen vs. Karjakin A Hard Fought Seven Hour Draw

[Event "Carlsen-Karjakin World Chess Championshi"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Fritz 12 (15m)"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4.
O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 (9... b6 10.
Nc3 Bf6 11. Nd5 Bb7 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Bd3 h6 14. Qg4 Rae8 15. Bf4 Be4 16. Bxe4
Nxe4 17. Re1 d5 18. f3 Rxe5 19. Bxe5 Qg5 20. Qf4 Qxf4 21. Bxf4 Ng5 22. Bxg5
hxg5 23. Re5 Rd8 24. Rxg5 {Asrian,K (2646)-Jakovenko,D (2675)/Sochi 2006/CBM
111 ext/1/2-1/2 (83)}) (9... Ne8 10. Bd3 d5 11. Re1 c6 12. c3 Bd6 13. Nd2 Qf6
14. Nf3 Bg4 15. Bg5 Qxg5 16. Nxg5 Bxd1 17. Raxd1 g6 18. g3 Nc7 19. Re2 Rfe8 20.
Rde1 Rxe2 21. Rxe2 Kg7 22. Kf1 h6 23. Nf3 b6 24. h4 {Zhigalko,S (2539)
-Aleksandrov,A (2601)/Minsk 2007/CBM 116 ext/1/2-1/2 (53)}) 10. Re2 $146 (10.
Re1 Re8 11. Rxe8+ Nxe8 $11) 10... b6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Bf4 Rxe1 13. Qxe1 Qe7 {
Black threatens to win material: Qe7xe1} (13... Bb7 $5 {should not be
overlooked} 14. Bxd6 cxd6 $11) 14. Nc3 Bb7 15. Qxe7 Bxe7 16. a4 a6 {Prevents
intrusion on b5} 17. g3 {Covers h4} g5 18. Bxd6 Bxd6 ({Instead of} 18... cxd6
19. Bg2 Bc6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 $16) 19. Bg2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 f5 21. Nd5 Kf7 22.
Ne3 {White threatens to win material: Ne3xf5} Kf6 23. Nc4 Bf8 24. Re1 Rd8 25.
f4 gxf4 26. gxf4 b5 27. axb5 axb5 28. Ne3 (28. Ne5 d5 $14) 28... c6 {
Consolidates d5} 29. Kf3 Ra8 30. Rg1 Ra2 31. b3 c5 {Black threatens to win
material: c5xd4} 32. Rg8 {White threatens to win material: Rg8xf8} Kf7 {Black
threatens to win material: Kf7xg8} 33. Rg2 cxd4 34. Nxf5 d3 35. cxd3 Ra1 36.
Nd4 b4 37. Rg5 Rb1 38. Rf5+ Ke8 39. Rb5 Rf1+ 40. Ke4 Re1+ 41. Kf5 Rd1 42. Re5+
Kf7 43. Rd5 {White threatens to win material: Rd5xd7} Rxd3 44. Rxd7+ Ke8 45.
Rd5 Rh3 46. Re5+ Kf7 47. Re2 Bg7 {Black threatens to win material: Bg7xd4} 48.
Nc6 Rh5+ {Begins the manoeuvre Rh3-h5-c5-c3-c1-d1-d4-d3-g3} (48... Rxb3 $4 {
taking the pawn will bring Black grief} 49. Nd8+ Kg8 50. Re8+ Bf8 51. Ne6 $18)
49. Kg4 {White threatens to win material: Kg4xh5} Rc5 50. Nd8+ Kg6 51. Ne6 h5+
52. Kf3 Rc3+ {The rook dominates} 53. Ke4 Bf6 54. Re3 h4 55. h3 Rc1 56. Nf8+
Kf7 57. Nd7 Ke6 58. Nb6 Rd1 59. f5+ Kf7 60. Nc4 (60. Rd3 Re1+ 61. Kf3 Rf1+ 62.
Kg4 Rg1+ 63. Kf4 Rf1+ 64. Rf3 Rd1 $14) 60... Rd4+ $11 61. Kf3 Bg5 {Black
threatens to win material: Bg5xe3} 62. Re4 Rd3+ 63. Kg4 Rg3+ {Here comes the
goal-getter} (63... Bf6 $5 $11 {is worth consideration}) 64. Kh5 $16 {The
isolani on h4 becomes a target} Be7 (64... Bd8 $5 65. Nd6+ Kg7 66. Rg4+ Kf8 67.
Rxb4 Rxh3 $14) 65. Ne5+ $18 Kf6 66. Ng4+ Kf7 67. Re6 Rxh3 $2 (67... Bd8 $142
68. Ne5+ Kg7 69. Rg6+ Kf8 $18) 68. Ne5+ Kg7 69. Rxe7+ Kf6 70. Nc6 Kxf5 71. Na5
Rh1 72. Rb7 Ra1 73. Rb5+ $4 {weakening the position} (73. Nc4 $142 {would have
made live much easier for White} h3 74. Rf7+ Ke6 75. Rf2 $18) 73... Kf4 $11 74.
Rxb4+ Kg3 75. Rg4+ Kf2 76. Nc4 h3 {Black advances the passed pawn} 77. Rh4 {
White threatens to win material: Rh4xh3} Kg3 78. Rg4+ Kf2 1/2-1/2

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