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Ενθυμούμενος τις δηλώσεις Νακαμούρα «είμαι ο μοναδικός που μπορεί να απειλήσει τον Κάρλσεν, θα απαλλάξω τον κόσμο από τον Κάρλσεν και θα γίνω εγώ ο νέος παγκόσμιος πρωταθλητής», μου ήρθε στο μυαλό μια σκηνή από μια παλιά ελληνική ταινία, που νομίζω ότι ταιριάζει γάντι στην περίσταση!
Ενθυμούμενος τις δηλώσεις Νακαμούρα «είμαι ο μοναδικός που μπορεί να απειλήσει τον Κάρλσεν, θα απαλλάξω τον κόσμο από τον Κάρλσεν και θα γίνω εγώ ο νέος παγκόσμιος πρωταθλητής», μου ήρθε στο μυαλό μια σκηνή από μια παλιά ελληνική ταινία, που νομίζω ότι ταιριάζει γάντι στην περίσταση!
Όσον αφορά το κυρίως σκακιστικό κομμάτι, ο Κάρλσεν κάνει επίδειξη ισχύος στο Gashimov memorial, παραδίδοντας στρατηγικά μαθήματα στους Μαμεντιάροφ και Νακαμούρα. Στην παρτίδα Κάρλσεν-Μαμεντιάροφ επαληθεύτηκε το ρητό του Δρ. Τάρας «αν ένα κομμάτι σου είναι σε κακή θέση, τότε όλη η θέση σου είναι κακή», ενώ στην παρτίδα Κάρλσεν-Νακαμούρα ο λευκός παρέδωσε μαθήματα στρατηγικής στον μαύρο, ο οποίος θα πρέπει να το σκεφτεί καλά πριν ξανακάνει δηλώσεις!!
Από τον πρώτο γύρο λοιπόν του τουρνουά στη μνήμη του V. Gashimov η νίκη του Carlsen απέναντι στον Mamedyarov.
[Event "Vugar Gashimov Memorial 2014"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2014.04.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 {Will we witness some sharp
Botvinnik or Moscow variation?} Nbd7 {Mamedyarov goes for Cambridge Springs
Variation.} 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 $5 (7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Be2 e5 $5 {is one
of the main lines of this opening.}) 7... Nxd5 8. Rc1 {This move was played by
Boris Gelfand against Magnus Carlsen in the Candidates 2013. With reversed
colours I am sure that Carlsen had prepared some improvement over that game
for White.} (8. Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 $14 {is the main line}) 8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ba3 (
9... Qxa2 10. Bd3 {gives White good compensation for the pawn. Postny points
out an interesting variation:} Bd6 11. O-O O-O $2 12. Ra1 Qb2 13. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7
14. Qd3+ Kg8 15. Rfb1 $18) 10. Rc2 b6 11. Be2 (11. Bd3 {was played by Gelfand.
Carlsen maybe wants his queen to be on e2 instead of d3, after the exchange of
the light squared bishop.}) 11... Ba6 12. O-O Bxe2 13. Qxe2 O-O {White has two
ways to expand in this position, one with c4 and other with e4. The former is
safer as White is not left with many weaknesses, but latter is more aggressive
as White tries to attack Black's kingside.} 14. e4 {Carlsen looks to be in an
aggressive mood today} Rac8 15. e5 Qa4 (15... c5 {this move looks extremely
logical but is met with a strong retort} 16. d5 $1 exd5 17. e6 $1 Nb8 (17...
fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Rf7 19. Ne5 $1 $18) 18. exf7+ Rxf7 19. Qe6 Rc6 20. Qxd5 $18) (
15... Rfe8 {trying to prepare c5 also looks logical.}) 16. c4 Rfe8 {White
looks very active, but Black is solid. Maybe this is the kind of position
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov was looking for against the World Champion.} 17. Rd1 c5 (
17... Bf8 {seeing how the bishop fares in the rest of the game it could have
been a very good idea to bring it back into the game before going for the c5
break.}) 18. d5 {A very sharp battle has now ensued.} exd5 19. Rxd5 $5 {
Carlsen played this move after a long thought. Let's try to understand why he
made this move. First of all White can have complete control on the d-file
because he already has a rook and the bishop on g5 controls the d8 square.
Secondly by keeping the pawn on c4 the pawn on c5 is blocked, which keeps the
bishop on a3 out of the game. However Black does get some stability in return
due to the e6 square for his knight.} (19. cxd5 {I wonder why he rejected this
move.There were a lot of practical chances for White in this position.} Nxe5 $5
(19... f6 $2 20. e6 $1 fxg5 21. Rc4 $3 Qb5 22. Nxg5 {With the two central
passers White is winning.}) (19... c4 {reactivating his a3 bishop could have
been the reason why Carlsen didn't like this position.}) 20. Nxe5 Rxe5 (20...
f6 21. Qc4 $18) 21. Qxe5 Qxc2 22. Re1 {Now the d5 pawn coupled with the back
rank weakness looks extremely dangerous. Also the Ba3 is out of the game. We
realise that Black is in grave difficulties.} Qa4 (22... h6 23. d6 $1 hxg5 24.
d7 Rf8 25. Qd6 Rd8 26. Qc7 Rxd7 27. Qxd7 $14 {White has an advantage here, but
its difficult to evaluate the this position as the black c-pawn is extremely
dangerous.}) 23. d6 c4 24. Qd5 $16) 19... Nf8 (19... Bb4 {I thought this was
an interesting move preventing Rd2 and improving the position of the bishop.}
20. Qd3 Nf8) 20. h4 $5 {The problem with chess notation is that it gives only
a few ways to annotate a move. Either a move is good, excellent, bad, blunder,
dubious or interesting. I would like to break the norm here and say that this
is a very "Carlseny" move. The computer will never suggest such a move, but it
has its own venom. It reminds me of the Qd3 move in the opening of game five
of the Anand-Carlsen Wch match. Over here thanks to h4, the backrank problems
have now been solved and h5-h6 is a threat. Mamedyarov must also figure out
what to do with the a3 bishop. All in all it is not an earth-shattering move,
but it improves the white position.} h6 21. Be3 Ng6 22. Qd3 {The computer
might consider this position close to a draw, but it is very difficult for
Black to play here.} Re6 23. h5 Ne7 24. Rd6 (24. Rd8+ {seemed like a pretty
good move for White} Rxd8 25. Qxd8+ Kh7 26. Rd2 {with the threat of Rd7} Bc1
27. Rd7 Bxe3 28. fxe3 {Black cannot save his knight.} Qxa2 (28... Nc6 29. Qf8
$1 $18) 29. Rxe7 Rxe7 30. Qxe7 Qxc4 31. Qxa7 $16 {Black has some counterplay,
but White is close to winning.}) 24... Bb4 25. Rc1 Re8 26. Rxe6 fxe6 27. Nh4
Qc6 28. a3 $1 {Pushing the bishop back to a further passive post on a5.} Ba5
29. Rd1 Qc7 30. Ng6 (30. f4 $1 {keeping up the pressure seemed even stronger.})
30... Nxg6 31. Qxg6 {Effectively Black is a piece down as his bishop is doing
absolutely nothing on a5.} Qf7 {The only way to prevent Bh6 and Qe8 threats.}
32. Rd3 $1 {With this move Carlsen prevents the bishop on a5 from coming back
into the game.} a6 {Planning b5 to bring the bishop back into the game which
Carlsen will not of course not allow.} 33. a4 Rf8 (33... b5 $2 34. axb5 axb5
35. cxb5 c4 36. Qxf7+ Kxf7 37. Ra3 $18) 34. g4 Qe8 35. Rd6 {The e6 pawn is
dead, the position is completely losing. Mamedyarov goes for a last-ditch
attempt to complicate matters.} Qxa4 36. Qxe6+ Kh8 (36... Kh7 37. Rd7 $18) 37.
Bxh6 Qa1+ 38. Kg2 Rxf2+ 39. Kxf2 {Carlsen is not one to be afraid of a few
spite checks.} Qe1+ 40. Kg2 Qe4+ 41. Kh3 (41. Kh2 $1 {would have been more
accurate} Qe2+ 42. Kh3 Qf3+ 43. Kh4 Qf2+ 44. Kg5 Qe3+ 45. Kf5 $18) 41... Qh1+
42. Kg3 Qe1+ 43. Kf4 Bd2+ 44. Rxd2 Qxd2+ 45. Kf5 gxh6 46. Qe8+ Kg7 47. Qe7+ {
And Mamedyarov resigned before White could enter with Kg6. A great start to
the tournament for the World Champion, who played an excellent game right from
the start. His moves at the crucial juncture like taking Rxd5 and h4!? really
made this game extremely interesting and worth studying.} 1-0
και από το δεύτερο γύρο η νίκη του παγκόσμιου πρωταθλητή απέναντι στον Αμερικανό GM. Nakamura.
[Event "Vugar Gashimov Mem 2014"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2014.04.21"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez, Alejandro"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.04"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 {A favorite move of
Carlsen's.} (6. Qb3 b5 $5 {is complicated and interesting.} (6... Ra7 {is also
possible, a line that Carlsen has used himself with Black in a blitz game
against Gelfand.})) 6... h6 7. Bd3 {This is certainly a hard move to
understand. h6 does not seem to be a particularly weakening move, but Bd3 the
World Champion has some deep idea in this system, but it is not obvious at all.
} Bxd3 8. Qxd3 e6 9. O-O Bb4 {Exchanging this bishop to control e4 has become
somewhat popular lately (without the move h6) but the solid approach with Be7
allowing e4 is also hard to crack.} (9... Be7) 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Rfd1 Bxc3 12.
Bxc3 Nbd7 {Black is very solid but is at a slight space disadvantage and
White's bishop can become a nuisance later. It is hard to stop it from
becoming active as it always has the a3-f8 diagonal to go to as well as
maneuvering around with be1-g3.} 13. b3 Qe7 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. Qe2 Ne4 16. Bb2
Rfd8 17. Ne1 {The knight was on the way from the pawn push f3, which would
give White control over e4. Also it will be overall better placed on d3. White
holds the slightest of edges in a quiet position, and it seems that the World
Elite has had some problem surviving these kinds of situations against Carlsen.
} Nd6 $6 {The start of a strange series of moves. Black was maybe going to be
kicked out of e4, but he might as well wait for f3.} (17... dxc4 18. Qxc4 Ndf6
$14 {isn't quite equal but it seems more solid than what Nakamura followed up
with.}) (17... a5 $5 {Was also possible, trying to get some dark squares back.}
) 18. Ba3 f5 {Nakamura plans to fully control e4, but it is a questionable
plan. His dark squares are too weak and he position will not remain closed
forever.} 19. Nd3 Nf6 20. Bb4 $1 {A slight repositioning of the bishop, which
is annoying as Ba5 can be an idea once in a while.} Qc7 21. Qf3 (21. f3 {
seemed more natural, but Carlsen wants to put his queen on the great square g3
first.}) 21... dxc4 22. bxc4 Nf7 23. a4 a5 24. Be1 b6 25. Qg3 {The queen is
very well placed here, eyeing all of the dark squares in the center. Black has
no choice but to trade off.} Qxg3 26. hxg3 Ra8 27. f3 Rdb8 {White's structure
is simply better now. Black is confined to passive play and his weaknesses
have a permanent nature. It is very unpleasant to play such positions, and
Nakamura is known for being an aggressive player who handles the initiative
wonderfully, not for his backwards defenses.} 28. Rc2 b5 {Breaking through, in
typical Nakamura style, but this does not solve all the problems yet.} 29. Nc5
bxc4 30. Rxc4 Nd5 31. Bd2 e5 32. e4 $1 {Exposing more of Black's pawns.} fxe4
33. Nxe4 Nb6 $2 (33... Rb6 {Passive but necessary} 34. dxe5 Nxe5 35. Rc5 Nd7 $1
36. Rcc1 (36. Rxa5 Rxa5 37. Bxa5 Ra6 $11 {Black regains his pawn and has
excellent chances of fully equalizing.}) 36... Ne5 37. Bf4 $5 $14) 34. Rxc6 Nd8
(34... Nxa4 35. Ra1 Nb2 (35... Nb6 36. Rxa5 Rxa5 37. Bxa5 Na4 38. dxe5 Nxe5 39.
Rc7 $16 {looks very dangerous as Black's knight is stranded on a4 and his
kingside needs some protection, but on the other hand he did manage to
eliminate all the pawns from the queenside.})) 35. Rg6 Nc4 36. dxe5 Kh7 37. Rg4
Nxe5 38. Rh4 {White's rook is not bad on h4, actually, as it can easily move
to h5 to eye the a5 pawn.} Ndf7 39. Bc3 Rb3 40. Rd5 $1 {White is playing all
over the board. Black cannot hold on to the kingside, which is currently
defended by the two knights, and his weakness on a5. He also is not in time to
counterattack the a4 pawn.} Re8 41. Rf4 $1 {Beautiful precision, the pawn on
a5 will fall and there is no reason to give Black any activity.} (41. Rxa5 Ng6
42. Rg4 Rxe4 43. Rxe4 Rxc3 44. Ra7 Nd6 $16 {is better for White, but Black has
hope.}) (41. Bxa5 Rxf3 $1 {is a nice trick!}) 41... Re7 42. Bxa5 Ng6 43. Rff5
Nfe5 44. Rd1 Nc4 45. Rc1 Nxa5 46. Rxa5 {White has basically consolidated and
now he is simply up two pawns. The rest is simple technique for the World
Champion.} Ra3 47. Rcc5 Ra2 48. Kh2 Rd7 49. Ra6 Ne7 50. g4 Rb7 51. Rb5 Rc7 52.
Nc5 Rc6 53. Rxc6 Nxc6 54. Rb7 Nd4 55. Kh3 Kg8 56. Rb4 Ne2 57. g5 Ng1+ 58. Kg3
Ne2+ 59. Kg4 hxg5 60. Kxg5 Ng1 61. Rg4 {Black's g7 pawn will eventually fall.
Carlsen played with immaculate precision.} 1-0
