Magnus Carlsen – Nodirbek Abdusattorov
1st Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour; first leg; Stage 2: Knockout; Quarterfinal match game 1; time control: 90 minutes plus 30 seconds per move; Wangels, February 9, 2025
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Position #381
1. f4 f5!? That is a very unusual situation as they both sacrifice the Exchange after only one move! The alternative was 1. ... Nb6 2. Nb3 f5 3. e4 fxe4 4. Rxe4 Bd5 5. Re1 Qg8 6. Bf2 Ng6 7. f5 Nf4 8. Ne3 e5 9. Nxd5 Nfxd5 10. g4! c6 11. Ra1!⩲ Gukesh – Caruana, 1st Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour (first leg), Stage 2: Knockout, Wangels 2025, Quarterfinal match game 1 (time control: 90 minutes plus 30 seconds per move).
2. Bxa7 Bxa2 3. e4
2. Bxa7 Bxa2 3. e4
3. ... Bxb1. “If I manage, let’s say he’d taken the Pawn immediately, I go g2-g3 up, make up for the Queen, protects the Pawn with Pawn to d5. Then I think I can probably give a check with the Bishop. And then after he blocks the check, I can, like move the Rook from b1 to d1 castling. As far as I can see, the rules allow that”, Carlsen explained in the confession booth.
4. Kxb1 fxe4 5. g3! “So at first, I’m thinking what is he doing because now g2-g3... The thing is his Bishop is covering the squares along the diagonal. So it seemed that nonsensical to take the Rook and also tactically, d5 was hanging in some lines or even if he was protecting e6. But I think that’s what he was worried about. Now I think ... d7-d5, looked very unappetising without the light squared control. So I think I will be able to bring the Queen out to e4 and I think be a little bit better”, said Carlsen.
5. ... c6 (5. ... d5 6. c4!⩲)
6. Qxe4 g6 (6. ... e6 7. Nb3 g6 8. d4 Nc7 9. Bxb8 Kxb8 10. Nfd2⩲)
7. Ne3 Bb6?! (7. ... e6 8. Nc4 Bc7 9. Bxb8 Kxb8 10. Ne5 d5 11. Qe3⩲)
8. Bxb8 Kxb8 9. Nb3
4. Kxb1 fxe4 5. g3! “So at first, I’m thinking what is he doing because now g2-g3... The thing is his Bishop is covering the squares along the diagonal. So it seemed that nonsensical to take the Rook and also tactically, d5 was hanging in some lines or even if he was protecting e6. But I think that’s what he was worried about. Now I think ... d7-d5, looked very unappetising without the light squared control. So I think I will be able to bring the Queen out to e4 and I think be a little bit better”, said Carlsen.
5. ... c6 (5. ... d5 6. c4!⩲)
6. Qxe4 g6 (6. ... e6 7. Nb3 g6 8. d4 Nc7 9. Bxb8 Kxb8 10. Nfd2⩲)
7. Ne3 Bb6?! (7. ... e6 8. Nc4 Bc7 9. Bxb8 Kxb8 10. Ne5 d5 11. Qe3⩲)
8. Bxb8 Kxb8 9. Nb3
9. ... Nc7? (9. ... Ne6 10. Qb4 Nd4 11. Nc1!±)
10. Qb4 Bxe3 11. dxe3 Nd5 12. Qa5 e5 13. Bf3 e4 14. Bg2 Qg7 15. c4 Nf6 16. Kc2 Qf7 17. Bf1 d6 18. Ra1 N8d7. Or 18. ... Ne6 19. Qa7+ Kc7 (19. ... Kc8 20. Bh3+−) 20. Ra6! Nd8 21. Na5 with irresistible attack.
19. Nd4 Nc5 20. b4 Na6
10. Qb4 Bxe3 11. dxe3 Nd5 12. Qa5 e5 13. Bf3 e4 14. Bg2 Qg7 15. c4 Nf6 16. Kc2 Qf7 17. Bf1 d6 18. Ra1 N8d7. Or 18. ... Ne6 19. Qa7+ Kc7 (19. ... Kc8 20. Bh3+−) 20. Ra6! Nd8 21. Na5 with irresistible attack.
19. Nd4 Nc5 20. b4 Na6
21. b5! cxb5 22. Qb6 Nb4+ 23. Kd2 1–0.
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