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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! 

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

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