Final position
GM Adams (2729) – GM Carlsen (2714) [C96]
04.12.2007
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0–0 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 d5 11.exd5 e4 12.Bxe4 Nxe4 13.Rxe4 Bb7 14.d4 Re8 15.Bf4 Nc4 16.Re2 Bxd5 17.Ne5 Bg5 18.Bg3 Nxe5 19.Rxe5 Rxe5 20.Bxe5 Qd7 21.Na3 f6 22.Bg3 Qc6 23.f4 Bh6 24.Qd2 g6 25.Nc2 Bf8 26.f5 Re8 27.fxg6 hxg6 28.Rc1 Re4 29.b3 Qe6 30.Re1 c6 31.Kh2 a5 32.Qd3 f5 33.Be5 a4 34.Qg3 Rxe1 35.Nxe1 Be4 36.Nf3 Bxf3 37.Qxf3 axb3 38.axb3 Be7 39.Kg1 Kf7 40.Kf2 Ke8 41.Qe2? Kf7? 42.c4 bxc4 43.bxc4 Bh4+ 44.Kf1 Be7 45.Ke1 Bb4+ 46.Kd1 Be7 47.Kd2 Bb4+ 48.Kd3 Be7 49.Qe3 Ke8 50.Qh6 Kd7 51.Qh8 Bd8 52.Qg7+ Be7 53.Kc3 Ke8 54.Qh8+ Kd7 55.Qb8 Bd8 56.Kb3 Be7 57.Qb6 Ke8 58.Qb8+ Kf7 59.Kc3 Qd7 60.Qh8 Qe6 61.h4 Bf8 62.g3 Be7 63.c5 Bf8 64.Kb4 Be7? 65.h5 [65.Ka5+- Qb3 66.Qg7+ Ke8 67.Qxg6+ Kd7 68.Qxf5+ Kd8 69.Qf1] 65…gxh5 66.Qxh5+ Kf8 67.Qh8+ Kf7 68.Qh1 Ke8 69.Qf3 Kd7 70.Qd3 Bf8 71.Kc3 Be7 72.Qb1 Ke8 73.Qb7 Bd8 74.Kb4 Be7 75.Qa8+ Kd7 76.Qa7+ Ke8 77.Qa6 Kd7 78.Qa8 Bxc5+ 79.dxc5 Qxe5 80.Qb7+ Qc7 81.Qxc7+ Kxc7 82.Kc4 Kd7 83.Kd3 Game drawn ½–½
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what a game of these two today again !!!
Congratulations little man !!!
I think Carlsen will be WCC in 2012… he is playing very very well now.
why not before ‘?
schedule or level ???
level would be difficult to say …
After he lost to Aronian rook+pawn ending in Corus he greatly improved his endgame play during the year.
He played lots of long games and got realy good with the Queen.
His style of play is not clear yet, looks like he changes his plans often during the game, but he is rock solid already and it is hard to surprise him at the board.
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why not before 2012? because he will need anand krammik and topa to retire or deteriorate.
i like the word deterioriate !
Adams will be back!
Henrik blogs
Magnus is veeeery satisfied with his advance to round 5 where he’ll play white in game 1 against Cheparinov on Thursday.
This will be a very tough match. Cheparinov has played convincingly and forceful thus far.
If Aronian advances tomorrow we suddenly have the two highest remaining seeded players Aronian against Shirov (original 4th and 5th seeds) in the quarter finals.
In the 2005-2007 World Championship cycle Magnus was one out of 20 players left in the cycle when he lost the candidate match to Aronian.
This time he has already secured a place among the 11 remaining contenders (Anand, Kramnik, Topalov and the 8 quarterfinalists) in the 2009 Championship cycle!
Henrik Carlsen
Lommedalen, December 4th, 2007
Shirov vs Topalov sounds Yummy to me.