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Magnus Carlsen vs Sergey Karjakin
20th Amber Tournament (Rapid) (2011) (rapid), Monaco MNC, rd 6, Mar-18
Spanish Game: Closed. Martinez Variation (C78)  ·  1-0

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)13.Nc4 was played in Karjakin vs P Schlosser, 2015 (1-0) 13...Qc7 14.cxb4 Rxb4 15.d5 c4 16.b3 c3 17.Qc2 Bg4 18.Ba3 = -0.18 (22 ply) ⩲ +0.58 (21 ply)better is 15...Bb7 16.Nxa5 Qxa5 17.Bb1 Nd7 18.h3 Rbc8 19.Qb3 Bf6 = 0.00 (21 ply) ⩲ +0.52 (21 ply)better is 22...dxe5 23.Qxe5 Qxe5 24.Rxe5 Nf4 25.Rc7 Rfc8 26.Ree7 = +0.19 (27 ply) ⩲ +0.71 (27 ply) 28...g6 29.Rf6 Rbd8 30.Rxe5 Nd3 31.Rb5 Rc8 32.h4 Rc5 ⩲ +0.77 (24 ply) ± +1.66 (28 ply) 30...Rbc8 31.Rxc8 Rxc8 32.Rc4 Ra8 33.Bc2 Ne5 34.Rxb4 Kf8 ⩲ +1.47 (28 ply)+- +2.62 (24 ply) 32...Rxa6 33.Rxa6 Nc5 34.Bxf7+ Rxf7 35.Re8+ Rf8 36.Rxf8+ +- +3.98 (27 ply)+- +14.77 (24 ply)34...Kf8 35.gxf7 Rc1+ 36.Kg2 Ne1+ 37.Kf1 Nf3+ 38.Ke2 +- +14.90 (24 ply)1-0

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Mar-18-11
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  Penguincw: And that f7 pawn falls.
Mar-18-11  fab4: <Penguincw: And that f7 pawn falls.>

Watching it live it was in the air for a while,as a motif...The superbly proud bishop on b3 .. with the uber active rooks.. an irresistible combination.

Very Fischeresque.

Mar-18-11
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  Penguincw: < fab4: <Penguincw: And that f7 pawn falls.> >

That pawn is just toast.If black wants to defend it once more,white will attack it once more.If 34...Rf8,then 35.Re7 (see diagram 1) and that pawn is a goner.If 34...Rc7,then just 35.Re8# (see diagram 2).

Diagram 1


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Diagram 2


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Mar-18-11  haydn20: Pretty severe punishment for 28...e4?
Mar-19-11  beenthere240: 28...e4 seemed at the time like a reasonable (altho desperate) attempt to activate his knight. As long as the white rook was on e3, it had no where to go. I think ...h5 was the stinker since it basically forced the g5-g6 sequence.
Mar-20-11  pericles of athens: Carlsen has played 6. d3 in the ruy lopez to win some great games in the past 6 months or year. I like d3, followed by a4. It's solid.

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