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Sergey Alexandrovich Karjakin – Michael Adams
78th Tata Steel Chess Tournament; Utrecht, January 27, 2016
Queen’s Pawn Opening D02

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bg3 0-0 8. Bd3 b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. f4 Ne7 11. Qf3. If 11. Qc2 there might follow 11. ... c4 12. Be2 Nf5 13. Bf2 Be7 14. Ng4 Nxg4 15. Bxg4 Nd6 16. f5 exf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Qxf5 Qc8 19. Qf3 b5 20. h4 a5 21. h5 h6 22. Bh4 Re8 23. Nf1 Qe6 24. Kf2 Bf8 25. Ng3 b4 26. Nf5 Qe4 27. Raf1 Bc8 28. Ng3 Qxf3+ 29. gxf3 a4 30. Ne2 a3 31. cxb4 Bxb4 32. Nf4 axb2 33. Nxd5 Rxa2 34. Rb1 Ba5 35. Rhg1 Kf8 ½ : ½ Andreikin – Karjakin, 6th Chess World Cup, Baku 2015, tie-break game 2. Karjakin evidently agreed to a draw in a winning position. 11. ... Nf5 12. Bf2 Be7 13. g4 Nd6 14. g5 Nfe4 15. 0-0-0? Very committal. However, after both 15. Qh3 Nf5 (Blatný – Žilka, 22nd Czech Chess Championship, Ostrava 2014) and 15. h4 Nxd2 16. Kxd2 Ne4+ 17. Ke2 Bd6 (Mitkov – Borges Mateos, LV Campeonato Nacional e Internacional Abierto Mexicano de Ajedrez, Toluca 2009) Black stands well. 15. ... c4! 16. Bc2 b5 17. Qh3 b4. Black’s attack just comes natural. 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Be1 Bd5 20. Rg1. No better is 20. cxb4 a5! with an overwhelming attack.

20. ... b3! 21. axb3 cxb3 22. Bb1 f5. Even stronger was 22. ... a5 directly attacking Karjakin’s rock. 23. gxf6. 23. g6 h6 doesn’t change anything. 23. ... Bxf6 24. Rg4 Nf5 25. Kd2 Qa5 26. Ke2 Bxe5 27. dxe5 Rad8 28. Kf2 Qa1 29. Bd2 Bc4 30. Qh5 Qxb2 31. Ke1 Rxd2 0 : 1. What a massacre.

Sergey Alexandrovich Karjakin vs. Michael Adams
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