Ian Alexandrovich Nepomniachtchi – Magnus Carlsen
Champions Chess Tour 2021; 1st stage; Skilling Open; Semifinal match game 5; time control: 15 minutes plus 10 seconds per move; chess24.com, November 28, 2020
8/q4pkp/p1Qr2p1/1pbB4/4PK2/6N1/P2R1P1P/8 w - - 1 31
Position after 30. ... Rd8-d6
31. Qe8? Sinking down into the abyss. Correct was 31. Qc8! Bxf2 32. Kg4 Qe3 with a sharp balance. 31. ... Bxf2? But, quite unusually for him, Carlsen misses the winning move: 31. ... Qc7!−+ threatening a deadly discovered check as well as the entrapment of the Queen. If 32. Kf3 then 32. ... Rd8 winning the Exchange at least. 32. Kg4!+− Rf6 33. e5 h5+ 34. Kh3 Rf4 35. e6! fxe6 36. Bxe6 Bd4
37. Nxh5+! gxh5 38. Rg2+ Kf6 39. Rg6+ Ke5 40. Bb3+ 1 : 0. For there follows 40. ... Kf5 41. Qe6 mate.
Klaus Besenthal gives 31. ... Qc7!−+ Δ 32. Kf3 Rd8 33. Qc6 Qxc6 34. Bxc6 Rxd2 — see https://de.chessbase.com/post/skilling-open-finale-carlsen-gegen-so
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