Monday, April 16, 2018

Chess Game of the Week, by Alan Lasser

 It’s a race to checkmate on both sides of the board and each player sacs the queen. 
 
GM Magnus Carlsen-GM Chao B Li
12/24/15
2015 Qatar Masters
1-0
36.f4 1-0
 
[Event "2015 Qatar Masters Open"]
[Site "Qatar"]
[Date "2015.12.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "GM Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "GM Chao B Li"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2842"]
 
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6
9.O-O-O f5 10.e5 Nb4 11.Nh3 Qe8 12.Kb1 a5 13.Be2 c6 14.Rc1 Kh8 15.Ka1 Be6
16.Nf4 Qf7 17.h4 Bxa2 $6 { +1.14/22 } ( 17...Rfd8 { +0.22/20 } 18.Nh3 h5
{ 17...Rfd8 18.Ne6 Qe6 19.f4 h5 20.Bf2 Kg8 21.g3 N4d5 22.Rhd1 Nc3 23.Rc3  +0.30  Stockfish }
) 18.h5 Kg8 ( 18...g5 19.Ng6+ Kg8 20.Nxf8 Bxf8 21.Bxg5 Bc4 22.g4 Bxe2 23.Qxe2
Qb3 24.Qd1 a4 25.Qxb3+ axb3+ 26.Kb1 h6 27.Be3 { +1.12  Stockfish } ) 19.hxg6
hxg6 20.g4 Bb3 $2 { +3.53/23 } ( 20...g5 { +1.16/19 } 21.Nh3 f4 22.Bf2 Bc4
23.Nxg5 Qg6 24.Nce4 Bxe2 25.Qxe2 N6d5 26.Kb1 Rfc8 27.Qd2 Kf8 28.Nh3 Qf7
29.Nc5 Qg6+ ) 21.Bd1 a4 22.Qh2 Rfd8 $6 { +4.17/20 } ( 22...Rfc8 { +3.17/19 }
23.Qh7+ Kf8 24.gxf5 Nc4 25.Ncd5 a3 26.Rxc4 Bxc4 27.Nxg6+ Qxg6 28.fxg6 axb2+
29.Kxb2 Ra2+ 30.Kc3 Nxd5+ 31.Kxc4 Nxe3+ 32.Kc3 Nd5+ 33.Kd3 Ra3+ 34.Kd2 e6
35.Qh4 Ra2+ 36.Kd3 Ra3+ ) 23.Qh7+ Kf8 24.d5 ( 24.gxf5 Nc4 25.Ncd5 a3 26.Rxc4
axb2+ 27.Kxb2 Bxc4 28.Nxg6+ Ke8 29.Nc7+ Kd7 30.e6+ Kxc7 31.exf7 Ra2+ 32.Kc3
Nd5+ 33.Kxc4 Nxe3+ 34.Kd3 Ra3+ 35.Ke2 Nxf5 36.Nxe7 Ng3+ 37.Ke1 Bf8 38.Qh2
Bxe7 39.Qxg3+ Bd6 { +6.80  Stockfish } ) 24...Nc4 $2 { +6.96/20 } ( 
24...Bxd5 { +3.71/18 } 25.Bxb6 fxg4 26.Ncxd5 Rxd5 27.Nxg6+ Ke8 28.e6 Qxe6
29.Qxg7 Rh5 30.Qxe7+ Qxe7 31.Rxh5 Qd6 32.Rh8+
{ 24...Bd5 25.gf a3 26.Bb6 Qf5 27.Ng6 Kf7 28.Nh8 Ke6 29.Bd8 ab 30.Kb2 Nd3 31.Kb1 Nc1 32.Qf5 Kf5 33.Nd5 cd  +4.46  Stockfish }
) 25.Nxg6+ Ke8 26.e6 a3 27.exf7+ Kd7 ( 27...Kxf7 28.Ne5+ Nxe5 29.Bxb3
{ Black's counterattack is over,  +20.07  Stockfish } ) 28.Ne5+ Bxe5 29.Qxf5+
Kc7 30.Qxe5+ Nxe5 31.Bxb3 axb2+ ( 31...Nbd3 32.Nb5+ Kd7 33.dxc6+ bxc6 34.Nxa3
Nxc1 35.Bxc1 Rf8 36.Rd1+ Kc8 37.g5 Rxf7 38.f4 { +6.94  Stockfish } ) 32.Kxb2
Nbd3+ ( 32...Rf8 33.Kb1 { +7.43  Stockfish } ) 33.Kb1 Nxc1 34.Rxc1 Kc8 $6
{ +9.28/23 } ( 34...Nxf7 { +6.89/21 } 35.dxc6 bxc6 36.Bxf7 Rf8 37.Be6 Rxf3
38.Nd5+ Kd6 39.Bc5+ Kxe6 40.Nc7+ Kf6 41.Nxa8 ) 35.dxc6 bxc6 36.f4 1-0
 
 

Alan Lasser
 

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