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Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Never Give Up!!

Nakamura seems to have worn down Magnus to a draw. Some chess players might call this a swindle.............

[Event "3rd Sinquefield Cup 2015"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.08.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2814"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz 14 x64 (10m)"]
[PlyCount "190"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

{D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bf4 Nf6
5. e3 O-O 6. a3 {Controls b4} c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Rd1 Be7
11. Be2 Ne4 12. cxd5 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 14. bxc3 exd5 15. Rxd5 Bxa3 16. Nd4
Nxd4 17. exd4 b6 18. Kd2 {White loses the right to castle} Be6 19. Rb5 Bd7 {
Black threatens to win material: Bd7xb5} 20. Rb3 Be7 21. Bf3 {White threatens
to win material: Bf3xa8} Ba4 {Black threatens to win material: Ba4xb3} (21...
Rad8 22. Ra1 Be6 23. Rxa7 Bxb3 24. Rxe7 $11) 22. Rb2 $14 Rad8 23. Ra1 {White
threatens to win material: Ra1xa4} b5 {White has a new backward pawn: c3} 24.
Bc6 a6 25. Bb7 {White threatens to win material: Bb7xa6} Bd6 {Black threatens
to win material: Bd6xf4} (25... g5 26. Bg3 f5 27. Be5 $14 (27. Bxa6 $143 f4 28.
Bh4 gxh4 29. Bxb5 Bxb5 30. Rxb5 Rd7 $15)) 26. Be3 $16 a5 (26... Bxh2 $2 {would
be great except for} 27. Bxa6 Bd6 28. Bxb5 Bxb5 29. Rxb5 $18) 27. Bc6 {White
threatens to win material: Bc6xb5} Rb8 (27... f5 28. Bg5 (28. Bxb5 $143 Bxb5
29. Rxb5 f4 $15) 28... Rb8 29. c4 $16 (29. Rxa4 $2 {doesn't work because of}
bxa4 30. Bd5+ Kh8 $19)) 28. d5 Rfd8 (28... Bxh2 $4 {the pawn contains a lethal
dose of poison} 29. g3 f5 30. Bf4 $18) 29. Kd3 Bf8 (29... Bxh2 $2 {fails to}
30. g3 $18) 30. Bd4 (30. Ke4 g6 $16) 30... f6 31. Ke4 Bd6 $2 (31... Rdc8 $142
$5 $16) 32. c4 $1 $18 {Deflection: a4} Bb4 (32... bxc4 33. Bxa4 {Pinning} (33.
Rxa4 {Deflection})) 33. Ba7 f5+ 34. Kf3 Rbc8 35. cxb5 Bxb5 36. Bxb5 Bc3 37.
Rab1 (37. Rbb1 $5 Bxa1 38. Rxa1 Rxd5 39. Rxa5 Kf8 $18) 37... Bxb2 $16 38. Rxb2
Rxd5 39. Be3 (39. Ba4 Re5 40. Be3 g6 $18) 39... Rb8 40. Bc4 Rxb2 41. Bxd5+ Kh8
42. Bd4 Rb1 43. Ke2 a4 44. g3 a3 {He broke from his leash} 45. Kd2 h5 46. h4
Kh7 47. Bc4 g6 48. Kc2 Re1 (48... Rb8 $5 $16) 49. Be3 f4 50. Bxf4 (50. gxf4 $6
Rh1 $14) 50... a2 51. Bxa2 Re2+ 52. Kb3 Rxf2 53. Bb1 Re2 54. Kc4 Kg7 55. Kd5
Re1 56. Bc2 Re2 57. Bd3 Re1 58. Be4 Rd1+ 59. Ke5 Re1 60. Bd2 Re2 61. Bc3 Kh6
62. Bb4 Rf2 63. Bc5 Rf1 64. Bb4 Rf2 65. Be7 Rf1 66. Bf6 Rg1 (66... Ra1 67. Kd6
Rd1+ 68. Bd5 $16) 67. Bg5+ Kg7 68. Bf4 (68. Kf4 $5 Rf1+ 69. Bf3 Rc1 $18) 68...
Re1 $16 69. Kd5 {Twofold repetition} Rd1+ 70. Ke6 Re1 71. Ke5 Re2 72. Kd5 Re1
73. Bd3 Kh7 74. Kd4 Kg7 75. Be3 Ra1 76. Ke4 Ra4+ 77. Kf3 Ra3 78. Bb5 Rb3 79.
Be8 Rb1 80. Bc6 Rb4 81. Bd2 Rb6 82. Bc3+ Kh6 83. Bd5 Rb1 84. Kf4 Rf1+ 85. Ke5
Rg1 86. Bd2+ Kg7 (86... Kh7 87. Bf4 $16) 87. Bf4 (87. Kf4 $5 Rd1 88. Ke3 Kh7
$16) 87... Re1+ $16 88. Kd6 Kf6 89. Bf3 Kf5 90. Kd5 Rf1 {Black threatens to
win material: Rf1xf3} 91. Be4+ Kg4 92. Bxg6 (92. Ke5 $5 Re1 93. Kd4 $14) 92...
Rxf4 $11 93. gxf4 Kxf4 {White wins a piece.} 94. Bxh5 {Sacrifices material} Kg3
{Black threatens to win material: Kg3xh4} 95. Bd1 Kxh4 1/2-1/2

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