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Magnus Carlsen vs Vasyl Ivanchuk
FIDE World Cup (2023), Baku AZE, rd 5, Aug-12
Queen Pawn Game: Zukertort Variation (D02)  ·  1-0

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Aug-12-23  csmath: Ivanchuk flinched with 17. ...Na6 and this is what Carlsen motivated to press on. With 17. ...Nxe4 it would be bravely equal game, black would only have a little problem with bishop development. Likely a comfortable active black position. But if you give Carlsen any room for initiative the result won't be good for you. 22. ...Bxf3 is another concession that broke the camel's back. It seems to me that Ivanchuk was simply afraid here. It does happen to him sometimes.
Aug-12-23  csmath: 27. ...Nb5 looks like a typical human move even though apparently 27. ...Nc7 seems to be the proper resource to hold on, engine endorses it but it is not exactly an obvious move.

Very strong game by Carlsen. Looks like he made a smaller mistake with 33. e6 but since it is very unpleasant move for black no surprise Ivanchuk fell apart.

I guess from then on the biggest challenge for Carslen was to shake hands with Ivanchuk, too much nose matter there.

Aug-12-23
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  Honza Cervenka: Basic mistake of black was his decision to trade his LS Bishop for Knight. 33...Nd4 would have been better reaction on 33.e6 than 33...f6 but the defense was already difficult anyway. Carlsen played this game very well.
Aug-12-23  Saniyat24: Carlsen puts immense pressure on Ivanchuk with his Catalan and is successful...! The funny thing is Magnus was under time pressure and not Ivanchuk...!

agadmator discusses the nuances of this game in this nice video: https://youtu.be/GIDzEhZozhQ

Aug-12-23  Toxic Narcissist: 35... Rd6, putting more pressure on the e6 pawn, is better. There is no good counterplay with 35... Rd5.
Aug-13-23  Ulhumbrus: The computer evaluations help to suggest that Ivanchuk makes several errors.

Instead of 17...Na6?!, 17...Nxe4 followed by ...f5 gains equality for Black although White has positional compensation for the pawn.

22...Bxf3?! is a major concession, giving White the superior minor piece. Ivanchuk is going to pay dearly for this. Instead of this 22...f5! smashes White's centre and puts Black's f pawn to work.

27...Nb5? loses an important tempo towards the move ...Nf8 covering the h7 square. Instead of this 27...Nc7! takes a step towards the moves ...Ne6 and ...Nf8 without delay.

Carlsen makes use of Ivanchuk's loss of time at once by 28 Bb1! threatening the battery Qc2 and now it is too late for 28...Nd5-c7 because after 29 Qc2 Ne6 White gets Qh7+ in before Black's knight has reached f8.

The move 28...h5 suggests that Ivanchuk realises that he can't play ...Nf8 in time to stop Qh7+ and ...g6 can be answered by h5 unless he disturbs his king side pawns firther by this move.

The computer evaluations suggest that 35...Rd5? instead of 35...Rd6 is the last mistake after which Black is lost. Even so, in the position where Ivanchuk resigns the computer analysis indicates no immediate checkmating combination but only ( as the GM commentators Naroditzky and Leko indicated) a winning advantage that gradually overwhelms Black in a few moves. Perhaps Ivanchuk sees no defence to all of White's potential threats such as those based on bringing White's queen's rook into the game or Nf7 or the advance of White's e pawn.

Aug-13-23
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  MissScarlett: Keymer missed <17...Nxe4> in Carlsen vs Keymer, 2023. Two's a coincidence, three's a pattern.
Aug-13-23  Ulhumbrus: In my previous message the word <firther> should read <further>
Aug-13-23  Saniyat24: 17.Rc1 the game-changing move...!
Jun-05-24
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  PawnSac: < Ulhumbrus: In my previous message the word <firther> should read <further> >

that's only half a typo, since only half of the U dropped off. <grin>

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