GM Mamedyarov (2760) – GM Carlsen (2733) [B30]
12.01.2008
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 d6 6.0–0 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Nf6 9.d3 0–0 10.Qd1 Nd7 11.f4 c4 12.dxc4 Na5 13.Nd5 Nxc4 14.c3 Ndb6 15.Qe2 Rc8 16.Kh2 e6 17.Nb4 Na4 18.f5 Re8 19.fxe6 fxe6 20.Nd3 Qb6 21.h4 Qa6 22.Rf2 Ne5 23.Nf4 Nc5 24.Qxa6 bxa6 25.Re2 h6 26.Kh1 a5 27.Be3 a4 28.Rd1 Rc6 29.Bd4 g5 30.Nh3 g4 31.Nf4 Rb6 32.Nh5 Bh8 33.Red2 Reb8 34.Bxc5 dxc5 35.Rd8+ Kf7 36.Rxb8 Rxb8 37.Rd2 Nc4 38.Rd7+ Ke8 39.Rxa7 Be5 40.Rxa4 Ne3 Black wins 0–1
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I am not sure why Black won in this position, perhaps on time. Black is better but definitely not enough to warrant a resignation.
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How would you stop both Rxb2 and the plan Rb8-d8-d2, Susan?
Carlsen played classy stuff today, congrats, kid.
black is better even with two pawns down.. Carlsen played this game almost flawlessly. Looking forward to the rest of Corus.
Mamedyarovs second said on Playchess that: “Mamedyarov feel bad and resigned…”
His position is positionally hopeless and very passive. Black can continue to attack with Rb8-d8-d2 and white will have to struggle hard to secure a draw (if possible).
Mamedyarov has a second!?
A brilliant game from Carlsen.
Immobilizing all white’s pieces at the cost of some pawns and taking full control of the board at the same time.
If white defends one place then black strikes elsewhere on the board.
Amazing to see the power of the black king: the only thing white can do to prevent the march of the black king to gain the white knight at h5 (using diagonal e8-h5) is the defensive move Ra7.
In that case white strikes on b2.
I meant: in that case black strikes on b2. (last message)
He resigned because he is a LOSER.
I think this is a perfect example of how even computers misjudge some positions. Amazingly the engines only need to play a few of their #1 moves (that they say will lead to an equal position) and the table turns rapidly into a black win.
Actually it should not take any engine to mate in more than 40-45 moves.
And it should not take more than 5-10 #1 moves until every engine give a clear/winning eval-advantage for black.
Maybe Mame knew all this. So why be punished much longer?
I see no defense against this simple plan:
41.b3, Rd8
42.Kg1, Rd2
43.Bh1, Kf7
Now what can white do against Kg6?! His pieces are completely tied, only the Rook can move!!!
44.Ra7+, Kg6 (44.Ra5 is better!)
45.Nf4+, Bxf4
46.gxf4, g3
47.Bf3, Tb2
And it’s all over, as far as I can see.
Black built a brilliant mating net and I find no way for white to escape.
Of course, if b2 is left unprotected, we could have this other line that leads to the same fate:
41.Kg1, Rxb2
42.Bh1, Bxc3
43.Ra7, Bd4 (43.Nf4, Be5 +-)
44.e5, Ng2+
45.Kf1, Rf2+ (45.Kg2, Nf4+ +-)
46.Kg1, Rxa2+
And it’s all over again. This is the right plan, with or without b3. Not 43.Kf7 but 43.Bxc3!
So it seems g3 is the key and only the Knight can protect that square. After the black Bishop or Pawn takes possession, there simply is no way to escape the ultimate destiny… as far as I can see! 🙂
Great Carlsen and wonderful Radjabov!!!
Yes Carlsen as black had a crushing win. I took the engine and played out the first few best moves. There is nothing else to do and the crush appears. It is obvious the players see well beyond the horizon of the computers.
After the game Carlsen said he was winning. Shak obviously could see he was lost.
Like Susan said. She would play out a few more moves. I would have played out a few more moves. I guess Shak gave credit to Carlsen and felt that Magnus clearly saw the win. Apparently he did clearly see the win.
Basically with best play white loses his knight on h5. He really is totally lost.
It shows that Magnus is really a great chess player already. This was a super fine game by Magnus. It has all the marks of a world champion. If Magnus continues to play all his games like this, no one will beat him and he will soon be world champion. He completely tied up white. He sacrificed 2 pawns to totally tie him up. Incredible game really.
I see no defense against this simple plan:
41.b3, Rd8
42.Kg1, Rd2
43.Bh1, Kf7
actually I think Kf7 is not quite the best move here.
43…..Rc2 is stronger as it protects the pawn on c5 when black plays Rxc3.