Saturday, February 10, 2018

Any Way Out

Hikaru Nakamura – Magnus Carlsen
Unofficial World Fischerandom Chess Championship match game 3 (45+15); Høvikodden, February 10, 2018
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Position 412

1. f3 c6 2. c4 e5 3. d4 d6 4. Bd3 Ne6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Qc3 exd4 7. exd4 h5 8. Be3 Bh7 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 Qxc3 11. Nxc3 Nc5 12. Bxh7 Rxh7 13. Rc1 a6 14. Bg5 h4 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Ne4 Kg7. Black offers a temporary Pawn sacrifice that probably was not to be accepted. 17. Nxc5. There is a vague resemblance to a King’s Indian in Stockfish’s suggested line 17. g4(!) Rh8 18. h3 f5! 19. Nd2! which should give White a somewhat better game. 17. ... dxc5 18. Rxc5 Ba7 19. Rc3 Rh5 20. Rd3 Re5 21. f4 Re4 22. Nf3 Rc8 23. Rc3 Rce8 24. Rc2 Rxf4 25. d6


25. ... Rd8. 25. ... Re6! 26. Rd2 Rc4! (Δ ... Rc4-c1+) 27. Rd1 Ree4! 28. d7? Rc2! appears to be completely winning for Black. 26. Rd2 Re4 27. d7 f5 28. g3 hxg3 29. hxg3 Re7 30. Rdh2 Rexd7 31. Rh7+ Kf6 32. Kg2 Be3 33. Rf1 Rg8 34. Kh3 Rd5 35. Nh4 Rg5 36. g4 f4 37. Ng2 Rd3 38. Kh4 Rg7 39. g5+ Rxg5 40. Nxe3 Rxe3 41. Rxf4+ Kg6 42. Rhxf7 Rh5+ 43. Kg4 Rg5+ 44. Kh4 ½ : ½.

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