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Magnus Carlsen vs Boris Gelfand
King's Tournament (2010), Medias ROU, rd 3, Jun-16
Semi-Slav Defense: General (D43)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Jun-16-10  Ulhumbrus: 17 Qh5 looks like an unsound attack if we assume that White has only a slight advantage, but 17...Rac8? may be inexact as it does not answer the threat of g4 and g5. An alternative is 17...Kh8 unpinning potentially the e6 pawn so that on 18 g4 f5 19 gxf5 exf5 will be possible.

After 17...Rac8 an alternative to 18 Rf3 is 18 g4 threatening g5, and what is Black going to do about it? On 18 g4 f5 19 gxf5 Black cannot reply with 19...exf5 as the e6 pawn is pinned.

36...f5 allows White to dissolve the Queen side. After 36...b6 Black has the bishop pair and White has a tough ending to hold

Jun-16-10  goldenbear: Isn't 21.Ng5 good for White? Rc5 would not be possible because of 22.a3, and at the same time it looks like e4 would be threatened.
Jun-16-10
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  ajk68: I would think 21. Ng5 Kg8 forces the knight back to f3. This would do little for white's attack.
Jun-16-10  Skakalec: ---> <goldenbear> We followed the game live on FICS and at the time concluded that 21.Ng5 dosn't threat anything actually and yes Rc5 is possible as after 22. a3 Ba5 23. Nxf7+ runs into Nxf7 and Rc5 is protected by Queen.
Jun-16-10  Philidor: I think what Carlsen needs to realize is that he IS the nr 1...!
Sep-04-10  notyetagm: Game Collection: COUNTERPLAY!

Best example of generating <COUNTERPLAY!> to offset an attack I have ever seen.

I was **certain** that Carlsen was going to crash through on the kingside.

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