Magnus Carlsen vs Tatjana Plachkinova (2001)

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Magnus Carlsen vs Tatjana Plachkinova
Bergen Chess International (2001), Bergen NOR, rd 7, Aug-10
Slav Defense: Steiner Variation (D16) · 0-1

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Sep-29-11		Cemoblanca: 'I am proud to be married to someone who has beaten a future world champion.' - GM Artur Kogan on his wife's defeat of ten-year-old Magnus. :D

Sep-29-11		wordfunph: <Cemoblanca> nice one!

May-20-16		Sergash: Tatjana Georgieva Plachkinova is a Woman International Master since 2003. She was born in 1981, and so was 19 or 20 years old when she played the actual game vs Carlsen, who was 10 years old. Plachkinova had then a rating of 2190, vs 2084 for Carlsen. Early 2016, Plachkinova is rated 2096 FIDE. I went through the game with the program Komodo 9.42 64 bits. <2...c6> According to my base (Chessbase), this was the first time this was played against Carlsen in a tournament game? Until then there was only 2...e6 (see Carlsen vs J L Hammer, 2001). But Carlsen himself had played 2...c6. <4...dxc4> Carlsen had preferred 4...e6 here. See H Sorensen vs Carlsen, 2001 <5...Bg4?!> This move appears to be inferior to the most played 5...Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.0-0 0-0 9.Qe2 Nbd7 10.e4 Bg6 11.Bd3 Bh5 12.e5 Nd5 13.Nxd5 cxd5 14.Qe3 Be7 = Yuri Averbakh vs Semen Abramovich Furman, 21th USSR Championship 1954 in Kiev, 1-0. <6.e3?!> This is all theoritical, but it seems that none of the players were well prepared for this variation. Since the knight is not pinned on the queen, better here is 6.Ne5! Bh5 7.f3 Nfd7 8.Nxc4 e5 9.Ne4 Bb4+ 10.Bd2 Qe7 11.Bxb4 Qxb4+ 12.Qd2 Qxd2+ 13.Kxd2 exd4 14.Ned6+ Kd8 (or 14...Ke7 Nxb7 / Valery Chekhov (2510) vs Vladimir Buturin, Army Team Championship, USSR 1983, 1-0) 15.Nxb7+ Kc7 16.Nba5?! (16.Nca5! / An Lewis (2295) vs J. Menadue (2042), 102nd Great Britain Championship 2015 is Coventry, round 2, 1-0) Na6 = Kick Langeweg (2390) vs Hans Ree (2455), 40th Netherland Championship 1985 in Hilversum, round 11, draw.

May-20-16		Sergash: <9...Bh5?!> Better is 9...Bf5! 10.0-0 Nbd7! = / Nieves Garcia Vicente (2263) vs Ingrid Lauterbach (2171), St. Vincent (Italy) Zonal (Women) 1999, round 2, draw. <11.e4!?N> This is the theoritical novelty of the game. Before there had been 11.Bd3 Nbd7 12.f4 Rd8 13.Bd2 = / Rainer Weisshaupt (2055) vs Mariette Drewes (2000), Oberliga NRW (West Germany) 87-88 II 1988, round 7 'Monheim against Bochum 31', 1-0. <11...0-0> Carlsen's idea was apparently that if Black goes for the pawn, she would lose: 11...Bxc3?? 12.bxc3! Nxe4?! 13.g4! Bg6 14.Bf4! <12.Bf4?!> Stronger is 12.Nd3! Bxc3 (or 12...bg6 13.Bf4 Qc8 14.f3 ) 13.bxc3 Nxe4 14.Nf4 Bg6 (or 14...Nf6 15.Rb1! ) 15.Bxe6! <12...Qe7?!> 12...Bd6! <13.Rfe1?! Nbd7 > Again 13.Nd3! Bxc3 14.bxc3 Nxe4 15.Rfe1 Bg6! / . <14.Re3?! Nxe5! 15.dxe5 Nd7 > Was Carlsen surprised by Black's reply? 13.Nd3! Nb6! 14.f3 <16...Nc5?! 15.Qc2! Bg6! = > 16...Rfe8 = / <18.Qe2?!> 18.Be3! = <18...Bxc3?!> Why trade this bishop now, simply to get an unimportant pawn? 18...h6! <19...Bxe4?!> 19...Rfb8! = / and b7-b5. <20.Rd1? Bg6 > This is the first serious mistake in the game. Now White has no compensation for the pawn, as the bishop on g6 gets a great scope! 20.h4! = / with the idea if 20...Qxh4?? 21.Bg5 would trap the black queen.

May-20-16		Sergash: <22.h4?! Ne4! > Carlsen missed an important detail here and gets into trouble... 22.Rd4! b5 23.Ba2! Nxa4 24.h4! h5! 25.Bb3! . <25...Bc2? 26.Qxc2 Qxe5 > 25...h6! (freeing the h7 square for the bishop) 26.Bxh6! Bh7! 27.Bg5! b5! 28.Bb3 . <29...Rad8?!> Wrong rook! Nevertheless, Black is threatening 30...Rxd6 31.Rxd6 Qe5+ winning back the white rook; and if the bishop moves, there is 30...Rxd1 31.Qxd1 Qxc3. Black should have played 29...Red8 30.g3! b5! 31.Bd3 g6 . <30.Bg3?> From here, both plyers seem to be suffering from time pressure? 30.g3! Qg5 31.Qe2 <30...h6?!> 30...Qg5! 31.Be2 Rxd1 = followed by Rd8. <31.Qb3?!> 31.Rf1 Rd2! 32.Qb1 = / ; or 31.Bd3 Kh8 32.Be2 <31...Qc5?! 32.Rf1 > 31...Rxd1! 32.Qxd1 Qxc3 33.Qd7! Rf8 (or 33...Qxc4 34.Qxe8+ Kh7 35.Qxf7 Qxg4 =) 34.Be2 = <35.Bf2?! bxa4! 36.Qxa4 Qxc3 = > Did Carlsen missed the intermediary move 35...bxa4!...? He should have played 35.axb5! cxb5 36.Rb1! (note that no black rook can defend the b-pawn from behind, as the white bishops control both b8 and b7) Rd3 (or 36...Rd5!? 37.Bxd5 Rxd5 38.c4! Qxc4! 39.Qxc4 bxc4 40.Rb8! Kh7 41.Rb7 ) 37.Qxb5 Rxc3

May-20-16		Sergash: <37.Qxc6?? Qxc6! 38.Bxc6 Rd1! > A terrible mistake and a losing move! With the disappearance of the last white rook from the board, the Q-side black passed pawn gains too much power... Taking with the bishop was correct: 37.Bxc6 Rd3! 38.Bb6 Rc8! 39.Bf3 Qb2! (threat: Rxf3!) 40.Bf2 =. Note that 37.Ra1 is also a good move that maintains equality. <39...f6?> 39...Rxf1+! 40.Kxf1 Rc8! 41.Bb5 (or 41.Ba4 Rc4! 42.Bb3 Rf4! 43.g3 Rxg4 ) Rb8! 42.Ba4 Rb1+! 43.Ke2 Rb4 44.Bd1 a4 45.Bc5 Rxg4 <40.Bb5?> Getting through the time control appears quite tough! The only move is 40.Ba4! Rxf1+! 41.Kxf1 <40...Kf7?!> 40...Rxf1+! 41.Kxf1 Rb8! 42.Bd7 Kf7 <41.Be3? Rxf1+! 42.Kxf1 Rb8! > Carlsen had gone through the time control with a chance of survival, but sabotages it just after with this move... The only chance: 41.Ba4! Rxf1+ (only move) 42.Kxf1 Rc8! 43.Ke2 <45.Bf3?! a4! (only winning move)> Better is 45.Bb5 Rd4! 46.Bc3 Rxg4 47.Be2 Rf4+ 48.Ke1 a4! <49...Rb3 0-1.> Carlsen resigned here. Had he continued playing a little longer, a possible continuation could have been: 50.Bc4 Rc3 51.Be2 a3 52.Bb4 Rb3 53.Bc5 a2 54.Bd4 Rb1 etc.

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