Carlsen Retains His Classical Chess Title In Rapid Tiebreaks

Carlsen Wins In The Rapid Games after falling into a stalemate in a winning position in game 2. Here are the pgns for the decisive games 3 and 4.

[Event "Carlsen-Karjakin World Chess Championsh"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2016.11.30"]
[Round "15.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2853"]
[Annotator "Fritz 12 (10m)"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Norway"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

{C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6
4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 $146 (9. c3 Na5 10.
Ba2 c5 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. Re1 Re8 13. Nf1 h6 14. Ng3 c4 15. d4 Bd7 16. d5 Bc8 17.
h3 Nh7 18. Be3 Rf8 19. Qd2 Nb7 20. Bb1 Nc5 21. Bc2 Rb8 22. Rad1 Rd8 23. Qe2 a5
{Osmanovic,F (2138)-Kryukova,I (2249)/Marianske Lazne 2008/CBM 122 Extra/1/2-1/
2}) (9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Ba2 c5 11. Re1 Nc6 12. Nf1 Be6 13. Bxe6 (13. Ne3 Bxa2 14.
Rxa2 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Ra1 Qd7 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Qe2 f6 19. Qe4 Rfd8 20. Bd2
Rac8 21. Qxd5+ Rxd5 22. Re2 g5 23. h3 h5 24. g4 Kf7 25. Kg2 Kg6 26. Re4 Nd4 27.
Ne1 hxg4 {Magyar,A (2248)-Jurcik,M (2367)/Banska Stiavnica 2007/CBM 119 ext/
0-1 (36)}) 13... fxe6 14. c3 Qd7 15. Ng3 c4 16. b4 cxd3 17. Qxd3 Nd8 18. c4 Nf7
19. Bd2 Rac8 20. cxb5 Qxb5 21. Qb3 Qc4 22. Qxc4 Rxc4 23. Rac1 Rfc8 {Anand,V
(2792)-Aronian,L (2750)/Mainz 2007/CBM 120/1/2-1/2}) 9... Na5 (9... Bg4 10. h3
Bxf3 11. Qxf3 $11) 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 {White threatens to win material: b4xa5}
Nc6 12. Nd5 Nd4 (12... a5 13. Bd2 $11) 13. Ng5 (13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Bb2 c5 $14)
13... Bxd5 $11 14. exd5 {White has the pair of bishops} Nd7 (14... h6 15. Nf3
$11) 15. Ne4 $14 f5 {Black threatens to win material: f5xe4} 16. Nd2 f4 {Wins
material} 17. c3 {White threatens to win material: c3xd4} Nf5 18. Ne4 {A sound
move} Qe8 19. Bb3 (19. Qg4 h5 20. Qh3 Qg6 $11) 19... Qg6 $15 20. f3 Bh4 21. a4
Nf6 22. Qe2 a5 23. axb5 axb4 24. Bd2 bxc3 25. Bxc3 Ne3 {Black threatens to win
material: Ne3xf1. Praise the knight!} 26. Rfc1 Rxa1 {Black has a mate threat} (
26... Nfxd5 $2 {doesn't work because of} 27. Qxe3 $5 {Double attack: a8/g8}
fxe3 28. Bxd5+ Kh8 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Bxa8 $16) 27. Rxa1 Qe8 (27... Nfxd5 $4 {
the pawn is something Black will choke on} 28. Qa2 $18) 28. Bc4 Kh8 29. Nxf6
Bxf6 30. Ra3 e4 (30... Qb8 31. Ra6 $11) 31. dxe4 $14 Bxc3 32. Rxc3 Qe5 {Black
threatens to win material: Qe5xc3} 33. Rc1 Ra8 34. h3 {Consolidates g4} (34.
Qd2 Kg8 $11) 34... h6 (34... Qd4 35. Kh1 $11) 35. Kh2 Qd4 36. Qe1 (36. Ba2 Ra7
$11) 36... Qb2 $15 {Black has a mate threat} ({Worse is} 36... Nxc4 37. Qb4 $16
) 37. Bf1 Ra2 38. Rxc7 $4 (38. Rb1 $142 {was much better} Qf6 39. Be2 $15)
38... Ra1 $19 (38... Ra1 39. Qxa1 Qxa1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Carlsen-Karjakin World Chess Championsh"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2016.11.30"]
[Round "16.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Fritz 12 (15m)"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{B55: Sicilian: 2...d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 f3} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. c4 a5 8. Be3 a4 9. Nc1 (9. N3d2 Qa5 10. Be2
(10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be2 Bd7 12. O-O Na6 13. Kh1 Nc7 14. Rb1 Ne6 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16.
cxd5 Nc5 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. Qd2 b5 19. Na3 Qb7 20. Rbc1 Rfc8 21. Rfd1 Bd8 22. Qe1
Ba5 23. Qf1 Rab8 24. Rc2 Bb4 {Nyzhnyk,I (2504)-Damljanovic,B (2587)/Budva 2009/
CBM 130/1-0 (79)}) 10... Bd8 11. Nc3 a3 12. b4 Qxb4 13. Nb5 O-O 14. Rb1 Qa5 15.
Nxd6 Qc7 16. Nb5 Qc6 17. Nc3 Nh5 18. g3 Qg6 19. Nd5 Nc6 20. f4 Nxf4 21. gxf4
exf4 22. Bf2 Re8 23. Nxf4 Qd6 {Zvjaginsev,V (2635)-Novikov,I (2590)/Luzern
1997/CBM 062/1-0 (55)}) 9... O-O $146 {Black castles and improves king safety}
(9... Nc6 10. Bd3 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Bd8 12. Ne2 Be6 13. Na3 Bb6 14. Qxa5 Bxa5+ 15.
Nc3 Ke7 16. Ke2 Nd7 17. Nd5+ Bxd5 18. cxd5 Nd4+ 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Bb5 Ne5 21.
Rhc1 Bb6 22. f4 Ng4 23. Nc4 Bc5 24. h3 {Mastrovasilis,D (2567)-Vouldis,A (2521)
/Ermioni 2006/CBM 113 ext/1-0 (39)}) 10. Nc3 {White threatens to win material:
Nc3xa4} Qa5 11. Qd2 Na6 (11... Nc6 $5 $15) 12. Be2 Nc5 13. O-O Bd7 14. Rb1 Rfc8
(14... Ne6 $5 $11) 15. b4 $14 axb3 16. axb3 (16. Nxb3 Qa6 $14) 16... Qd8 (16...
Ne6 17. b4 Qd8 18. g3 $11) 17. Nd3 $11 Ne6 18. Nb4 {White has an active
position} Bc6 (18... Qa5 19. Nc2 $11) 19. Rfd1 (19. Nbd5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Nd4 21.
Bxd4 exd4 22. Qxd4 Nd7 $16) 19... h5 20. Bf1 h4 21. Qf2 {White threatens to
win material: Qf2xh4} Nd7 22. g3 {Controls f4} Ra3 {White has an active
position} 23. Bh3 Rca8 24. Nc2 R3a6 25. Nb4 {White threatens to win material:
Nb4xa6} Ra5 (25... Ra3 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Nc2 $14) 26. Nc2 b6 {Covers c5} 27.
Rd2 Qc7 (27... Kh7 $5 $11) 28. Rbd1 $14 Bf8 29. gxh4 Nf4 (29... R5a7 30. h5
Ndc5 31. b4 $18) 30. Bxf4 exf4 31. Bxd7 Qxd7 32. Nb4 Ra3 33. Nxc6 Qxc6 34. Nb5
Rxb3 35. Nd4 Qxc4 36. Nxb3 Qxb3 37. Qe2 Be7 {Black threatens to win material:
Be7xh4} 38. Kg2 Qe6 39. h5 Ra3 40. Rd3 Ra2 41. R3d2 {White threatens to win
material: Rd2xa2} Ra3 42. Rd3 {Twofold repetition} Ra7 (42... Ra2 43. R1d2 Ra7
$16) 43. Rd5 $16 Rc7 (43... Ra3 44. R1d3 Ra4 45. Qd2 $16) 44. Qd2 $18 Qf6 45.
Rf5 Qh4 (45... Qh6 46. Qxf4 Rc2+ 47. Kg3 $18) 46. Rc1 Ra7 $2 (46... Rxc1 47.
Qxc1 Bf6 48. Qxf4 Qxf4 49. Rxf4 $18) 47. Qxf4 (47. Rc8+ $142 {finishes off the
opponent} Bd8 48. h6 gxh6 49. Rxf4 Qe7 50. Rg4+ Kh7 $18) 47... Ra2+ 48. Kh1 Qf2
$4 {Black falls apart} (48... Qxf4 49. Rxf4 f6 $18) 49. Rc8+ Kh7 (49... Bf8 {
a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 50. Rxf8+ $1 {Decoy: a5} Kxf8
51. Rxf7+ Ke8 52. Rf8+ Kd7 53. Qf5+ Kc6 54. Rc8+ Kb7 55. Qd7+ Ka6 56. Ra8#) 50.
Qh6+ $3 {Deflection: f7} (50. Qh6+ Kxh6 51. Rh8#) 1-0