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Aronian,Levon 2793
Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime 2796 Giri,Anish 2771
Caruana,Fabiano 2808 Altibox Norway Chess 2017 (3) 08.06.2017
Altibox Norway Chess 2017 (3) 08.06.2017 [TA]
[TA]
1.d4 f6 2.c4 e6 3.f3 d5 4.c3 b4
1.e4 e5 2.f3 f6 3.xe5 d6 4.f3 xe4 5.a4+ c6 6.e3 0-0 7.c2 D38: Queen's
5.d4 d5 6.d3 d6 7.0-0 0-0 8.c4 c6 9.e1 Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)
f5 10.b3 d7 C42: Petroff Defence: 3 e8 8.d2 a6 9.h3 d6 10.a3 LiveBook: 6
Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves 11.c3 Games d7 11.e2N
xc3 12.xf5 xf5 13.bxc3 b6 14.cxd5 [ Predecessor: 11.cxd5 exd5 12.d3 a7
[ 14.g5 dxc4 15.xc4 b5 16.b3 d7 13.b3 c6 14.xb7 b5 15.xb5 axb5
17.a4 a6 18.e7 1/2-1/2 (18) Svidler,P 16.e5 b8 17.a6 a8 18.b7 b8
(2727)-Nisipeanu,L (2678) Baku 2015 ] 19.a6 a8 1/2-1/2 (19) Karjakin,S (2773)-
14...cxd5 LiveBook: 3 Games 15.b5 d7 Carlsen,M (2855) Bilbao 2016 ]
16.b1 c8 17.g3 f8 18.d2 c6N 11...dxc4 12.xc4 h6 13.0-0 e5 14.ae1
19.e5 xe5 20.xe5 d8 21.xd7 xd7 e7 15.h4 d8 16.b3 f8 17.d1
22.b5 ad8 23.a4 e7 24.a5 bxa5 [ Don't blunder 17.xb7? a5-+ ]
25.xa5 f6 26.e6 b8 27.ea6 bb7 17...b5 18.a2 h8
28.f1 f7 29.e2 d8 30.a2 b6 [ 18...e8= ]
31.c1 bc7 32.d3 e7 33.f4 c8 19.c1?
34.d6 e1 [ 19.dxe5! xe5 20.e4 ]
XABCDEFGHY
8-+r+-+-+( XABCDEFGHY
7zp-+-+kzpp' 8r+-wq-tr-mk({
6Rvl-vL-zp-+& 7+-zpl+pzp-'
5+-+p+-+-% 6p+nvl-sn-zp&
4-+-zP-+-+$ 5+p+-zp-+-%
3+-zPK+-zP-# 4-+-zP-+-sN$
2R+-+-zP-zP" 3zP-sN-zP-+P#
1+-+-tr-+-![ 2LzP-+-zPP+"
xabcdefghy 1+-vLQtRRmK-!
35.c5! xc5 36.dxc5 xc5 37.xa7+= xabcdefghy
Endgame KRR-KRR g6 38.7a5 xa5 19...g5?
39.xa5 KR-KR f1 40.f4 d1+ The position [ 19...e4! 20.b1 e8 ]
20.dxe5 xe5 21.f4 gxh4 22.fxe5 xe5 Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4 11.f4 xe1
23.e4 g8 24.xf7 12.xe1 e8 13.c3 xd4 14.d5 d6
[ 24.f4!? e7 25.f3 ] 15.g5 LiveBook: 8 Games. The position is
24...g7 ...Bxh3 is the strong threat. 25.f4! equal. f6
xf4 26.xf4 aiming for e5. xh3 27.h2 XABCDEFGHY
Hoping for Qxd8+. 8r+lwqn+k+(
[ But not 27.xh4? xg2+ 28.h1 d2-+ ] 7zppzp-+-zpp'
27...d7 Strongly threatening ...Ng4+.The 6-+-zp-zp-+&
position is equal. 28.e6 5+-+N+-vL-%
XABCDEFGHY 4-+-vl-+-+$
8r+-wq-+-mk({ 3+-+-+-+-#
7+-zpl+-tr-' 2PzPP+-zPPzP"
6p+-+Lsn-zp& 1tR-+-wQLmK-![
5+p+-+-+-% xabcdefghy
4-+-+PtR-zp$
3zP-sN-+-+-# 16.h4N
[ Predecessor: 16.e3 e5 17.f4 xb2
2-zP-+-+PmK" 18.b1 1/2-1/2 (27) Andreikin,D (2733)-
1+-+QtR-+-! Jakovenko,D (2712) Poikovsky 2016 ]
xabcdefghy 16...xb2
g4+! 29.xg4 [ 16...g5!? 17.e7+ h8 18.xc8 xc8 ]
[ 29.xg4 g5 ] 17.b1 e5 White must now prevent ...c6.
29...xe6 30.xd8+ xd8 31.xh4 h7 18.f4! c6 19.fxe5 cxd5 20.exf6 xf6
32.e2 d4 33.f2 f7 34.xf7+ xf7= 21.d3 Threatens to win with Bxf6. d7! 22.h3
Endgame KRB-KRN 35.f4 g7 36.f5 c4 XABCDEFGHY
37.g3 c5 38.f3 b4 39.axb4 cxb4 40.d5 8r+-wq-+k+({
b3 41.e3 d4 42.a5 Threatens to win with 7zpp+l+-zpp'
Nf5+. 6-+-zp-sn-+&
[ 42.d5!? xd5 43.f5+ g6 44.xd4= ] 5+-+p+-+-%
42...g6 43.f5+ xf5! 44.exf5 KR-KR d2 4-+-+-+-vL$
45.xa6 xb2 46.g6+ h7! 47.b6 b1 3+-+L+-+P#
48.b7+ g8 49.g3
[ 49.g4!? ]
2P+P+-+P+"
49...b2 50.g2 f8 51.h2 g8 52.g2
1+R+-wQ-mK-!
f8 53.h2 g8 Precision: White = 67%, xabcdefghy
Black = 74%. b5! 23.xb5 e8 24.xe8+ xe8 25.a6
- g6 26.xf6 gxf6= Endgame KRB-KRB
27.b7 e8 28.xd5+ f7 29.xf7+ xf7
30.b7+ g6 31.xa7 c8 32.d7
Karjakin,Sergey 2781 [ 32.c3!? ]
Anand,Viswanathan 2786 32...xc2 33.xd6 xa2 Precision: White =
Altibox Norway Chess 2017 (3) 08.06.2017 92%, Black = 81%.
[TA] -
24.xe4 d5 25.ed2 cxb5 Hoping for ...e4. 14...xf6 15.c3 e6 16.g3 c8 17.g2 e7
26.e4 c6 27.h1 c8 28.d5 The position is 18.d2 h5 19.hd1 h4 20.b6 c7 21.a8
equal. xc3 29.xb5 c7 30.b1 f5 c8 22.b6 White has the initiative.
31.b4 [ 22.xc6+!? bxc6 23.b6= ]
XABCDEFGHY 22...c7 23.f4 hxg3 24.hxg3 h5 25.a8
8-+r+-+k+({ c8 26.d7! h2 27.e4 e2 28.xc6
7+pwq-sn-zp-' [ 28.f3 e3 29.xc6 bxc6 30.c7+ f8
6-+-+-+nzp& 31.h1 ( 31.xa6 a8= )]
5+-+Pzpp+-% 28...bxc6= The position is equal. 29.c7+ f8
4-wQ-+P+-+$ 30.h1
3+-+-+N+P# XABCDEFGHY
2-+-sN-+P+" 8-+r+-mk-+({
1+R+-+-+K! 7+-sNRvlp+-'
xabcdefghy 6p+p+p+p+&
5+-+-+-+-%
d6 is the strong threat. fxe4 32.d6 d5 4-+-+-zP-+$
33.dxc7 xb4 34.xb4 exf3 35.xb7= 3+-zP-+-zP-#
Endgame KRN-KRN f2 36.g3 h7 37.g2
e7 38.xf2 d5 39.c4 xc7 40.xc7
2PzP-+r+-+"
xc7 41.xe5 Precision: White = 52%, Black
1+-mK-+-+R!
= 58%. xabcdefghy
- And now Rh8+ would win. f6 31.xa6 a8!
32.b4 c5 33.d3 xa2
XABCDEFGHY
Kramnik,Vladimir 2808 8-+-+-mk-+(
Nakamura,Hikaru 2785 7+-+R+p+-'
Altibox Norway Chess 2017 (5) 11.06.2017 6-+-+pvlp+&
[TA] 5+-zp-+-+-%
4-+-+-zP-+$
1.e4 c5 2.f3 d6 3.c3 f6 4.d4 cxd4 3+-zPN+-zP-#
5.xd4 a6 6.e5 c6 B53: Sicilian: 2...d6:
Lines with Qxd4 7.a4 dxe5 8.xe5 d7
2rzP-+r+-+"
9.xd7 xd7 10.d2 LiveBook: 6 Games g6
1+-mK-+-+R![
[ 10...e6 11.0-0-0 d4 12.e3 xa4 xabcdefghy
13.xa4 d5 14.c5 1-0 (59) Movsesian,S 34.b1 a8! 35.xc5 b8 36.b7 xb7
(2666)-Duda,J (2671) Banska Stiavnica 37.xb7 Endgame KRB-KRN g2 38.h3 g5
2016 ] 39.fxg5 xg5 40.c5 e7 41.d3 d6
11.0-0-0 g7 12.g5N 42.f4 f2 43.h4 e7 44.g4 f1+
[ 12.e3!? c7 13.g3 ] 45.c2 f2+ 46.b3 d2 47.g8 f2
[ Predecessor: 12.e3 c8 13.h3 0-0 14.g4 48.g4 d2 49.g8 f2 Precision: White =
1-0 (30) Blehm,P (2420)-Janssen,R (2345) 69%, Black = 75%.
Calicut 1998 ] -
12...g4
[ 12...f5 seems wilder. 13.e3 g4
14.d3 e6 15.c4 f5 ]
13.xf6 xa4 14.xa4
[ But not 14.xg7? f4+ 15.b1 g8-+ ]
XABCDEFGHY XABCDEFGHY
8rsn-+-trk+({ 8-+-+-+-+(
7zpQ+-+pzpp' 7+-+-+kzpp'
6-+pvl-+-+& 6-+-+-zp-+&
5+-+p+q+-% 5+-+-+-+-%
4-+PzP-+-+$ 4PtR-+-+-+$
3+-sn-+N+-# 3+-+-+-+-#
2PzP-+-zPPzP" 2r+-+-zPPzP"
1tR-vL-tR-mK-! 1+-+-+K+-![
xabcdefghy xabcdefghy
18.f3 1/2-1/2 (53) Svidler,P (2728) -Ivanchuk, 47.f1 g6! 48.g2 a3 49.h3 a2
V (2750) Morelia/Linares 2007 ] 50.g4 a3+ 51.f3 hxg4+ 52.xg4 a1
14.xa8 d7! 15.cxd5 f6! 16.e3! 53.c4 a2 54.h5+ h6 The position is
XABCDEFGHY equal. 55.f4 g2+ 56.f5 h2 57.e6 xh5
8Qsn-+-trk+({ 58.f5 h1 59.c5 g5 60.f7 h7 61.a5
7zp-+q+pzpp' And now Kg8 would win. g6+ 62.e6
6-+pvl-sn-+& Threatens to win with fxg6+. h1 63.a6
5+-+P+-+-% Hoping for Ra5.
4-+-zP-+-+$ [ 63.c2!? e1+ 64.f7 xf5 65.c5+
3+-+-tRN+-# e4 66.c4+ ( 66.xg6 a1=; 66.xf6
d4= ) 66...d5 67.a4= ]
2PzP-+-zPPzP" 63...a1 64.fxg6+ xg6 65.c6 f5 66.d6
1tR-vL-+-mK-! g5 67.c7 f4 68.b7 f3 69.c2 f4
xabcdefghy 70.a7 g3 71.a8 xa8 72.xa8 f2
Black must now prevent Rb3. xd5 17.b3! 73.xf2 xf2 Precision: White = 63%, Black =
b4! 18.xb4! xb4 19.e3! d6! 20.d5! 83%.
c5! 21.b4! cxb4 22.c1 d8 23.xa7 -
next Qa5 is good for White. xa7 24.xa7
d7 25.d4 a8 26.f1
[ 26.c6 f8 27.f1 ] Carlsen,Magnus 2832
26...a5 Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime 2795
[ 26...f8= ] Altibox Norway Chess 2017 (6) 12.06.2017
27.c8+ f8 28.d6 d5 29.e5 xe5 [TA]
30.xe5 Endgame KRB-KRB f6 31.g3 f7
32.b8 xd6 33.xd6 xd6 34.xb4 KR-KR 1.d4 f6 2.f4 g6 3.f3 g7 4.e3 0-0
d2 35.a4 a2 5.e2 d6 6.h3 c5 7.0-0 b6 8.bd2 cxd4
A48:1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle
(Diagrama) Systems
[ 8...d5 9.c4 cxd4 10.xd4 c6 11.xc6
36.h4 bxc6 12.e5 f5 13.a4 a5 14.b3 c2
[ Better is 36.b7+! g6 37.a7 ] 15.fc1 xb3 16.xb3 xb3 17.axb3
36...h5 37.g3 1/2-1/2 (30) Abdulla,A (2492)-Safarli,E (2656)
[ 37.b7+ g6 38.b4 ] Dubai 2016 ]
37...g6 38.f4 f7 39.e1 e6 40.b4 9.c4
f5 41.d1 e5 42.e1 f5! 43.f1 g6 [ Not 9.xd4 e5 ]
44.c4 h6 45.f4 g6 46.e1 f7 9...c7 10.exd4 d5 11.g3 b5 12.cd2N
44.c1? XABCDEFGHY
[ 44.b5 ] 8-+-tr-trk+(
44...h1 45.c7+? 7zpl+-+-zpp'
[ 45.b5 axb5 46.a3 ] 6-zp-zPp+-+&
45...f7 46.xd6 xf1+ 47.a2 e2 5+-sn-wQ-+-%
Precision: White = 37%, Black = 85%. 4-+L+-+qsN$
0-1 3+-+-+-zP-#
2P+-+-zP-zP"
Aronian,Levon 2793
1+-tR-tR-mK-![
Kramnik,Vladimir 2808 xabcdefghy
Altibox Norway Chess 2017 (6) 12.06.2017 24...h3
[TA] XABCDEFGHY
8-+-tr-+k+(
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.f3 f6 4.c3 c5 7zpl+-+-zpp'
5.cxd5 xd5 6.e4 xc3 7.bxc3 cxd4 6-zp-zPp+-tr&
8.cxd4 b4+ 9.d2 xd2+ 10.xd2 0-0 5+-sn-wQ-+-%
11.c4 d7 12.0-0 5 D41: Queen's Gambit 4-+-+-zP-sN$
Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with cxd5 b6 13.ac1 3+-tR-+-zPq#
[ 13.a4 b7 14.d3 f6 15.fe1 h6 16.a5
bxa5 17.xa5 c7 18.b4 fb8 19.a3
2P+-+L+-zP"
c8 1/2-1/2 (59) Svidler,P (2755)-Kramnik,V
1+-+-tR-mK-![
(2811) Sochi 2017 ] xabcdefghy
13...b7 LiveBook: 6 Games 14.d5 Strongly threatening ...Rxh4. 25.g5 xh4
The position is equal. c5 15.fe1 f6N 26.gxh4 g6 27.d1
[ Predecessor: 15...exd5 16.exd5 f6 [ Less strong is 27.xc5 bxc5 28.g4
17.cd1 ad8 18.e3 h6 19.e5 d6 xg5 ]
1/2-1/2 (43) Kaszowski, D (2299)-Hnydiuk,A 27...d5 28.f5
(2366) Opole 2006 ] [ Inferior is 28.xd5 exd5 29.e3 e4 ]
16.e3 ac8 17.e5 g6 18.d6 f6 19.h4 28...xg5+ 29.hxg5 f8 30.fxe6 xe6
White is pushing. g4 31.c4 f5 32.e3 White is clearly winning.
[ 19...h5!? 20.g3 h8= ] g6 33.e7 d7
20.g3 fxe5 [ 33...e4 34.xa7 xg5 ]
[ 20...h8 ] 34.de1 Precision: White = 74%, Black = 28%.
21.xe5+- cd8? 1-0
[ 21...h8 ]
Nakamura,Hikaru 2785
(Diagrama) Karjakin,Sergey 2781
Altibox Norway Chess 2017 (6) 12.06.2017
22.f4 [TA]
[ Weaker is 22.xe6+ xe6 23.xe6+
xe6 ] 1.d4 f6 2.c4 e6 3.c3 b4 4.c2 d5
22...f6 23.c3 h6? 5.cxd5 xd5 6.e3 c5 7.d2 xc3 8.xc3
[ 23...a6 was called for. 24.xa6 xa6 ] cxd4 9.xd4 c6 10.c3 0-0 E34: Nimzo-
24.e2 Indian: Classical: 4...d5
[ 24.f5 g6 25.e7+ h8 26.e2 ] [ 10...e5 11.f3 0-0 12.e2 e8 13.0-0
28.xc5 Threatens to win with g5. d5 29.e4 15.b2 f6 16.fd1 hd8 17.a3 ac8
[ Don't do 29.xd5 exd5 30.xd5 f4 ] 1/2-1/2 (45) Nakamura, H (2785)-Caruana,F
29...a8 (2827) Caleta 2017 ]
XABCDEFGHY 9...e7 10.e5 bd7 11.d3 d6 12.d2
8l+-+-trk+( b5 13.b3 b7 LiveBook: 5 Games 14.a5
7+-+R+p+p' d5 15.d2 hc8 aiming for ... Rc2. 16.fc1N
6-+-+pwqpzP& [ Predecessor: 16.b4 e5 0-1 (40)
5+-wQ-+-+-% Oganian,M (2452) -Lintchevski,D (2524)
4p+-+P+P+$ Moscow 2017 ]
3+-zP-+L+-# 16...e5 17.b4 c4
[ 17...g5 looks sharper. 18.c3 c7 19.a3
2-+-+-zPK+" e4 20.f3 xa5 21.xe5 b7 ]
1+-+-+-+-![ 18.xc4 bxc4 19.xd5+ exd5 20.c3 ab8
xabcdefghy 21.c2 b4 22.e5 d6 23.d4 c5
30.a7 24.xf6+! xf6 25.d1 d8 26.cd2 e7
[ 30.c4!+- ] 27.f3 d4 28.exd4 b4 29.c2 db8
30...e5 31.xa4 f4 32.e3 xe3 33.fxe3 30.dd2 g6 31.a3 4b6 32.g3 g5
Endgame KRB-KRB c8 34.a5 f8 35.g3 33.e2 f6 34.e4+ h6 35.ed2 e8
c6 36.c4 d7 37.e2 e6 38.xe5 xc4 36.d5 xb2! 37.xf7 c3 38.xb2 d8
39.xc4 39.dc2 cxb2 40.xb2 xd4
[ 39.f3 ] Endgame KRB-KRB 41.b4 g6 42.a4 d6
39...xc4 KR-KR 40.f4 c6 41.g5 43.f1 b2 44.a5 c6 45.a4 g7 46.d5
[ 41.b5 ] c1+ 47.g2 c2 48.e4 d2 49.xa6 d4
41...c1= The position is equal. 42.a5 e7 50.d6 xf2+ 51.h3 e3 52.a5 a2 53.a6
43.e5 c7 44.b5 a7 45.c5 b7 46.a5 g1 54.g4 a3 55.d1 c5 56.d7+ f6
c7 47.a8 c5+ 48.f4 c1! 49.a7+ e6 57.d3 g1 58.h3 e6 59.b5 h5+ 60.f4
50.a6+ e7 51.e5 f1+ 52.e4 g1 h4
53.a8 XABCDEFGHY
[ 53.e6!? ] 8-+-+-+-+(
53...xg5 54.a7+ e6 55.a6+ e7 7+-+R+-+-'
56.d5 h5 57.a7+ f8! 58.a8+ e7 6P+-+k+p+&
59.a7+ f8! Precision: White = 68%, Black = 5+L+-+-+-%
64%. 4-+-+-mK-zp$
- 3tr-+-+-zPP#
2-+-+-+-+"
So,Wesley 2812
1+-+-+-vl-![
Caruana,Fabiano 2808 xabcdefghy
Altibox Norway Chess 2017 (7) 14.06.2017 61.gxh4
[TA] [ 61.d3! g5+ 62.f3 ( 62.xg5 xd3
63.xd3 hxg3 ) 62...xd3+ 63.xd3 ]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 f6 4.xc4 e6 61...xa6!= The position is equal. 62.g7 f6!
5.f3 c5 6.0-0 a6 7.dxc5 xc5 8.xd8+ 63.xg6+ xg6
xd8 9.e2 7 D2: Queen's Gambit Accepted:
Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4 (Diagrama)
[ 9.bd2 e7 10.b3 b6 11.e2 a5
12.e5 a6 13.dc4 fd7 14.xd7 xd7 64.h5+! xh5 Hoping for ...Bh2+. 65.e2+
= 78%. [ 25...e8! ]
0-1 26.xc2 a4 27.cc1
[ 27.dc1= remains equal. e8 28.g3 ]
27...xa2 28.xg7 xg7 29.xg7 xg7
Carlsen,Magnus 2832 30.g4+! f8 31.h4 b2 32.xc4
Karjakin,Sergey 2781 [ 32.h6+= e7 33.g5+ ( 33.xc4 e5;
Altibox Norway Chess 2017 (8) 15.06.2017 33.xh7 h8 ) 33...d7 34.f5+ e7
[TA] 35.xc4 ]
32...e8
1.d4 f6 2.c4 e6 3.c3 b4 4.e3 0-0 [ 32...g7! 33.cd4 e8 ]
5.d3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.ge2 e8 8.d2 6 33.e1 f6 ...Qxh4 is the strong threat.
E48: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 5 Bd3 d5 34.xh7 g7 35.c2 Black must now prevent
including Ne2, but excluding 6 a3 Rc8. f6 36.g4
[ 8.0-0 d6 9.d2 bd7 10.c1 a6 [ 36.h7!? g7 37.f5= ]
11.g3 f8 12.f5 xf5 13.xf5 c6 14.f3 36...c5 37.e2 Hoping for Qh7. h6
e6 15.e1 c5 16.h1 cxd4 17.exd4 38.g3! White mounts an attack. f6 39.h4
1/2-1/2 (52) Navara,D (2739)-Kryvoruchko,Y g7 40.g2 g5
(2714) Chartres 2017 ] [ 40...e8= ]
8...f8 9.0-0 b6 10.c1 c5 11.f4 b7 41.c3 White has compensation. d6?
12.f3 LiveBook: 5 Games a6 13.fd1 [ Black should try 41...g7 ]
cxd4N 42.h8++- g8
[ Predecessor: 13...c7 14.dxc5 bxc5 XABCDEFGHY
15.a4 d7 1/2-1/2 (46) Nguyen,C (2370)- 8r+-+-mkntR(
Fayard,A (2212) Paris 2014 ] 7zp-+-+p+-'
14.exd4 c7 15.c2 d6 16.e3 e4 6-zp-vl-+-+&
17.a4 e7 18.b3 d7 19.h3 xc3 5+-+P+-wq-%
20.bxc3 c6 21.h5 Strongly threatening 4-+-+-+-+$
Bh6! 3+-wQ-+-zPP#
[ 21.xd5? xd5 22.xd5 xd5-+ ]
21...e6 22.c2
2-+-+RzPK+"
[ 22.e1 ]
1+-+-+-+-![
22...a4!= 23.c4 dxc4 24.d5 xabcdefghy
XABCDEFGHY 43.e4! g7
8r+-+-+k+({ [ 43...d8 44.f3 g7 ]
7zp-snq+pzpp'
6-zp-vlr+-+& XABCDEFGHY
5+-+P+-+N% 8r+-+-mkntR(
4l+p+-+-+$ 7zp-+-+pwq-'
3+-+-vLQ+P# 6-zp-vl-+-+&
2P+L+-zPP+" 5+-+P+-+-%
1+-tRR+-mK-! 4-+-+R+-+$
xabcdefghy 3+-wQ-+-zPP#
g6! 25.d4
2-+-+-zPK+"
[ 25.xa4= xa4 26.f4 ]
1+-+-+-+-![
[ 25.xg6 fxg6 ] xabcdefghy
25...xc2 44.xg8+! Precision: White = 64%, Black =
34%. XABCDEFGHY
1-0 8-+-+-+k+(
7+p+R+-zpp'
6-+p+-+-+&
Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime 2796 5zP-mK-tr-+-%
Kramnik,Vladimir 2808 4-zP-+P+-+$
Altibox Norway Chess 2017 (8) 15.06.2017 3+-+-+R+-#
[TA]
2-tr-+-+-+"
1.e4 e5 2.f3 c6 3.b5 f6 4.d3 c5
1+-+-+-+-![
5.c3 d5 6.exd5 C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin xabcdefghy
Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5 [ 44...a4 ]
xd5 7.c4 d6 8.b4 b6 LiveBook: 3
Games 9.a4 e4 10.dxe4 xd1+ 11.xd1 XABCDEFGHY
xe4 8-+-+-+k+(
[ Not 11...xf2? 12.e2+- ] 7+-+-+-zp-'
12.c2 aiming for Re1. 6-tRK+-+-+&
[ Of course not 12.e1 f5 ] 5zP-+-+-+-%
12...f5N 4-zP-+-+rzp$
[ Don't blunder 12...xf2? 13.e1+ f8 3+-+-+R+-#
14.a5+- ]
[ Predecessor: 12...d6 13.e1+
2r+-+-+-+"
1/2-1/2 (58) Caruana,F (2817)-Xiong,J (2674)
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Saint Louis 2017 ] xabcdefghy
13.h4 d7! 14.e1 f5 15.xf5 xf5 16.f3 45.a6!+- h7
e5 17.fxe4 g4 18.h3 With the idea Bd5. [ 45...c4+ was necessary. 46.b7 e4 ]
xc4 19.hxg4 0-0 Black is not keeping still 46.f5 a4 47.h5+ g6?
20.e2 a5 21.d2 e3+ 22.b3 axb4 [ 47...g8 48.b5 g6 ]
23.cxb4 fd8 24.b2 d3+ 25.c3 d4
26.c1 d1 27.b1! xc3 28.xc3 e5 XABCDEFGHY
29.a5 g3 30.f2 c6 8-+-+-+-+(
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31.f3 Threatens to win with Rxg3. xg4 6PtRK+-+k+&
32.a4 xg2 33.c5 b2+ 34.c4 d6 5+-+-+-+R%
[ 34...b8= remains equal. ] 4rzP-+-+rzp$
35.d1! xc5 36.xc5 Endgame KRR-KRR 3+-+-+-+-#
e8 37.d7 e5+
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38.c4! Threatening mate with Rd8+. h5 48.xh4! Precision: White = 90%, Black = 52%.
39.xb7 xe4+ 1-0
[ 39...xa5 40.bxa5 xb7 ]
40.c5 And now a6 would win. c2+ 41.d6
a6 is the strong threat. d4+ 42.c7
Strongly threatening a6. a2 43.xc6 h4
44.b6 g4?
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Karjakin,Sergey 2781
Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime 2796
Altibox Norway Chess 2017 (9) 16.06.2017
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