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Magnus Carlsen vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
"One Foot in Lagrave" (game of the day Apr-09-2015)
6th Lausanne Young Masters (2005), Lausanne SUI, rd 3, Sep-18
Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen. Classical Variation (B84)  ·  1-0

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 9...Nc6 10.Nb3 Qb6+ 11.Kh1 d5 12.e5 Nd7 13.a5 Qd8 14.Be3 = 0.00 (28 ply)10.Be3 was played in Granda Zuniga vs F Batres, 1986 (1-0) ⩲ +0.51 (19 ply) after 10...d5 11.e5 Nfd7 12.Nce2 Qc7 13.Be3 Bb7 14.Qd2 Nc6 better is 12.Qe1 e5 13.Nf5 Bxf5 14.exf5 Nbd7 15.Rd1 exf4 16.Bxf4 ⩲ +0.92 (18 ply)better is 12...e5 13.Nb3 Nbd7 14.Qd3 Bb7 15.Bf2 Qa8 16.Nd2 Rfc8 = +0.38 (21 ply) ⩲ +1.10 (22 ply) after 13.fxe6 fxe6 14.Be2 Rc7 15.Bd3 Nc6 16.Nxc6 Rxc6 17.Qe2 better is 14.fxe6 fxe6 15.Qd2 Qe8 16.h4 Nc6 17.Nxc6 Qxc6 18.g5 ⩲ +0.55 (22 ply) 14...e5 15.Nde2 Bb7 16.h3 Nbd7 17.b3 Rc7 18.Bg2 Re8 = -0.10 (25 ply) 15.Be2 Rc7 16.Rad1 e5 17.Nf3 Nd7 18.h4 Nhf6 19.g5 hxg5 ⩲ +0.85 (21 ply) 15...e5 16.Nde2 Bb7 17.Qd3 Rc8 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.exd5 Nd7 = +0.02 (24 ply) ⩲ +1.35 (21 ply) after 16.Be2 Rc5 17.Bxg5 Nxg5 18.h4 Nh7 19.Nf3 Nf6 20.Qxd6 17...e5 18.Nde2 b5 19.b3 Rc6 20.axb5 axb5 21.Kh1 Nd7 ⩲ +0.76 (22 ply) ± +1.60 (23 ply)better is 18...fxe6 19.b3 Rxf1+ 20.Rxf1 Rxd4 21.Qxd4 Qc7 22.Nd1 ⩲ +1.02 (19 ply) ± +1.66 (23 ply) 19...Rxf7 20.h3 Rxf1+ 21.Rxf1 Kh7 22.b3 Rc7 23.Nd5 Rf7 ⩲ +1.07 (21 ply) ± +1.96 (22 ply) 21...Rc6 22.Nd5 Re8 23.c3 Bb7 24.Qe3 Ngf7 25.b3 a5 26.c4 ± +1.52 (20 ply)+- +2.91 (24 ply)better is 23.b3 Rc5 24.gxh5 Nxh3+ 25.Bxh3 Qh4 26.Qe3 Ng4 27.Qe6+ +- +3.13 (23 ply) ± +2.16 (25 ply) 28...Re8 29.Nd5 Re2+ 30.Kg3 Nd2 31.Ra1 Nf2 32.Nc3 Nxd3 +- +2.82 (19 ply)+- +4.85 (27 ply)+- mate-in-7 after 39.Ke3 Nd1+ 40.Ke2 Re4+ 41.Kxd1 Rd4+ 42.Ke2 Re4+40...Re5+ 41.Kd7 Rd5+ 42.Kc6 Rc5+ 43.Kb7 Rc7+ 44.Kxc7 +- mate-in-51-0

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Kibitzer's Corner
Sep-23-05  personal opawnion: After the knight sac, it's mate in 11!
Feb-02-06  2nr: nice play by Carlsen
Feb-02-06  coastalferg: take a look at blacks queens rook this game. this guy is 2500+ ?? first he moves it three times in the first 12 moves, then loses it for a bishop with the loss of a tempo. i know kasparov has done stuff like this, but he does it for a reason and then wins the game. this looks pretty lame to me. furthermore can someone explain why carlson elects against forking on 23? i realize hell lose a pawn allong with the bishop but i would have been afarid the other guy would see the fork and move the rook after the trade of queens. but he didnt and all went well for carlson. insidently carlson does lose another pawn anyway its just the h instead of the b. unless someone can show me otherwise this game will be a weak one in my book. Ray Keene can i get an answere???
Feb-02-06  coastalferg: Kasparov vs Shirov, 1994
Feb-02-06  lek: If 23. Bd5 then Kh8 24. Bxc4? Ng5-f3 25. Rxf3 Nxf3 26. Kg2 Nxd2, losing the queen and the game for white.
Feb-03-06  coastalferg: thanks careless posting on my part
Feb-11-06  Georgie Dubb: According to Pro Deo 1.1 (approx. 2700 ELO) these 3 consecutive rook moves 10. ...Ra7, 11. ...Rc7 and 12. ...Rc4 are indeed the very best choice for black...

And LEV GUTMAN, in the same positions played 10. ...Ra7 and 11. ...Rc7, but not 12. ...Rc4...

[Event "Biel op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Klovans, Janis"]
[Black "Gutman, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4 O-O 9. f4 b6 10. Bf3 Ra7 11. Be3 Rc7 12. Qe1 Bb7 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Rd1 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Rd7 18. Qe2 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Qc7 20. h3 Rc8 21. c3 Qc6 22. Kh1 Qxa4 23. Bxb6 Nd7 24. Bg1 Nf8 25. Rd4 Qc6 26. Rd1 a5 27. Ra1 a4 28. Nd4 Qc4 29. Qd1 a3 30. bxa3 Qxc3 31. a4 Ra8 32. Rc1 Qg3 33. Nc6 Ba3 34. Rc4 Ng6 35. Qf3 Qxf3 36. gxf3 Kf8 37. a5 Ke8 38. Bb6 Bb2 39. f4 Kd7 40. Na7 Ne7 41. Rc7+ Ke8 42. Nb5 Nd5 43. Nd6+ Kf8 44. Rc8+ Rxc8 45. Nxc8 1-0

Jun-29-06  notyetagm: Great game by Magnus.
Apr-09-15  SvetlanaBabe: "One foot in Lagrave" ... Seriously???
Apr-09-15
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  offramp: As <Knight13> once said, and I think she was right, <Pawns are better than rooks in the end game. So both has 1 rook. That means it's gonna be a check or pawn kill.>

( N Zhukova vs Areshchenko, 2004 )

Apr-09-15  morfishine: Being that both players were 14 years old, this idiom doesn't apply at all

This one gets shifted into the 'Dumb and Dumber' file:

Dumb (submitted) & Dumber (voted for)...

*****

Apr-09-15  DAbrahams: The point is Magnus stuck he foot up Vachier's butt.
Apr-09-15  kevin86: The rooks have cornered the black king and mate will follow.
Apr-09-15  mruknowwho: One of the things about Carlsen that I always liked is his tendency to shift his focus from working on one type of piece to working on another type of piece. To be clear, I'm not talking about development. He focuses on using one type of piece, (his bishops for example), and then he systematically changes his focus to a different type of piece.
Apr-09-15  benjaminpugh: Jeez, you guys are demanding on your puns! "One Foot in Lagrave" is perfectly appropriate when you consider the reference is to black's king and the inevitable mate upon Rxh6 once white gets its king to safety.
Aug-22-16  Mihir Nigade: Superb!!
Oct-22-18  tonsillolith: I am opposed to the use of such overtly sexual puns.

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