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| Dec-03-07 | | Ezzy: Carlsen,Magnus (2714) - Adams,Michael (2729) [E36]
FIDE World Cup 2007 Khanty-Mansiysk (4.1), 03.12.20071.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 dxc4 7.Qxc4 b6 8.Bf4 Ba6 9.Qxc7 Qxc7 10.Bxc7 0–0< Novelty from Adam's. Only 3 games in the database with this position, and 2 of the games were by English players (Short and Plaskett) who played 10...Nc6. Adam's decides he doesn't want to follow the English trend.> 11.Nf3 Rc8 12.Bf4 Nbd7 13.Nd2 Rc2 <A dynamic variation where black gives up a pawn for rapid development against an uncastled king.> 14.Rb1 Rac8 <Threatening the obvious mate in 2> 15.Nb3 Bc4 16.Na1 Ba2 17.Nxc2 Bxb1 18.Na1 Nd5 19.Bd2 e5 20.e3 exd4 21.exd4 Nb8 22.f3 Nc6 23.Bc4 Rd8 24.Kf2 Bf5 25.Nb3 Be6< I really don't think much of black's opening variation. White has the 2 bishops and an extra pawn. Black has gained nothing for his sacrificed pawn.> 26.Rc1 f6 27.a4 a5 28.Bc3 Bf7 29.Nd2 Nde7 30.Bf1 <Interesting decision from Carlsen. He decides to hang on to the two bishops when he could of remained a pawn up. [30.Bxf7+ Kxf7 31.Nc4 Nxd4 32.Rd1 Nec6 33.Nxb6]> 30...Nxd4 31.Re1 Ndc6 32.Nc4 Nd5 33.Rb1 <Carlsen is hoping for 33...Nxc3 34 bxc3 winning the b6 pawn.> 33...Kf8 34.Be1 Ke7 35.Kg1 Nb8 36.Bf2 Nd7 37.Re1+ Kf8 38.Rd1 Ke7 39.Re1+ Kf8 40.Nd6 Ne5 41.Nxf7 Kxf7 42.Rd1< With the very powerful threat of 43 f4 and 44 Bc4> 42...Ke7 43.f4 Ng4 44.Re1+ Kf8 45.Bd4 Rd6 46.h3 Nh6 47.Rd1 <Threatening 48 Bxb6 Rxb6 49 Rxd5 Rxb2 50 Rxa5 winning a pawn and a big advantage> 47...Nf5 <Protects the rook so white can't play 48 Bxb6 because of 48...Nxb6.> 48.Bf2 Ke7? <A horrible move from Adam's. 48...h5 is better. But he could even play 48...Ke8 and if 49 g4 Nxf4 50 Re1+ Ne7 but with his king on e7 this knight retreat to e7 is not possible. Carlsen now protects his f4 pawn with momentum on the kingside.> 49.g4 Nh6 50.f5 Nf7 51.Bg2 Nf4 52.Rxd6 Nxd6 53.Bxb6 Nc4 54.Bc5+ Kd7 55.Bf1 Nxb2 56.Bb5+ Kd8 <Another inaccurate king move from Adam's giving white a free check and time to defend his h3 pawn. [56...Kc8 is the safe move.]> 57.Bb6+ Ke7 58.Kh2 <Carlsen now plays a flawless endgame.> 58...Nd5 59.Bxa5 Kd6 60.Bd2 Kc5 61.Kg3 Nc7 62.Be3+ Kb4 63.Bd2+ Kc5 64.Bc1 Nc4 65.Bxc4 Kxc4 66.Bd2 Na6 67.a5 Kb5 68.Kf3 Nc5 69.Bc3 h6 70.Ke3 Kc4 71.Bd4 Na6 72.Ke4 Nb4 73.h4 Kb5 74.Bc3 Na6 75.Kd5 Nc5 76.Bd4 Nd3 77.Ke6 1–0 Very impressive from Magnus Carlsen!
If you sacrifice a pawn in the opening, you would expect to have some initiative, but Adam’s didn’t. Carlsen always had the momentum and capitalized (with great skill) on Adam’s errors. If Adam’s is to stay in the tournament, he will have to chalk up his first ever win against Carlsen tomorrow. Good lucky Mickey! (I have to support my fellow countryman) |
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| Dec-03-07 | | TheBB: <Ezzy> It's certainly <Adams> and not <Adam’s>? (Normally I wouldn't put the questionmark there, but since you claim to be a brit... Well, you should know better than me!) :) |
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| Dec-03-07 | | Jim Bartle: Pleeze, no cmplaints about mispeling and bad grammer in kebitzin. |
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| Dec-03-07 | | Xaurus: TheBB, who cares? Really?
Nice summary Ezzy. I thought Magnus played a good game today, reminded me somewhat of their previous encounter in Turin in 2006. Magnus playing an Adams vs Adams. |
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| Dec-03-07 | | Ulhumbrus: One justification for 10...Nc6 instead of 10...0-0 (mentioned by Ezzy in the previous post) is that Black can play ..Rac8 and then keep his other Rook for the move ...Rfd8 attacking the d4 pawn. After 12..Nbd7 White's d4 pawn keeps the Black QN out of play, unless White is compelled to displace or psrt with his d4 pawn after ...e5. As it turns out, Carlsen is not in fact compelled to part with a pawn on d4, and Adams loses two moves in undeveloping this N by ...Nb8 and transferring it to c6. This loses two tempi for development, and the greater part of Adams' compensation for the pawn with it. 13...Rc2 regains the equivalent of a pawn, as a Rook on the seventh is worth a pawn. Although Adams has to part with this asset, he regains the pawn thereafter. However Carlsen remains with the B pair. 31 Nxf7 gains two Bs for 2 Ns. Carlsen is able to convert this asset into a pawn and his endgame technique thereafter proves sufficient to win. |
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| Dec-03-07 | | Ezzy: <TheBB:> Of course it is. I don't know why I do that. It's not as bad as my literary nightmare of writing 'must of' instead of 'must have' - I just can't seem to break the habit of writing it as it sounds in my head. It must of :-) been my teachers fault. |
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| Dec-03-07 | | Ezzy: <Ulhumbrus: After 12..Nbd7 White's d4 pawn keeps the Black QN out of play........and Adams loses two moves in undeveloping this N by ...Nb8 and transferring it to c6.> Very good point. Perhaps Adams understood this, but thought it was his only choice if he wanted to keep the 'c' file open for the plan he chose. But of course his plan didn't achieve the required initiative and as you said the knight lost some time to get back in the game. |
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| Dec-03-07 | | Captain Scarlet: I followed this game live from move 17 by which time the damage was already done. This must have been improvised play by Adams as he surely wouldn't have planned to be nearly lost by move 17 would he? |
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| Dec-03-07 | | TheBB: <Xaurus> Me, obviously. |
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Dec-03-07
 | | JointheArmy: GM Lie thought this was a very nice lesson on how the bishop is superior to the knight in the endgame. See his blog or <angslo's> post on Carlsen's page. I didn't watch the game live -- but I heard some computers had trouble correctly evaluating or understanding Carlsen's plans which proved to be correct. Can anyone point out which moves specifically? |
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| Dec-03-07 | | Shams: hard to believe white can neutralize black's rooks on the 7th by putting his knight on a1, without losing all kinds of time... |
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| Dec-03-07 | | Ezzy: <JointheArmy - Can anyone point out which moves specifically?> I think the most remarkable decision was when Carlsen decided to play 30 Bf1 retainig the 2 bishops when he could have remained a pawn up but at the expense of losing his bishop pair. He correctly evaluated that he could keep the bishop pair, and exert so much pressure on black's position that he could regain the pawn later, but with the bigger advantage of an extra pawn WITH the bishop pair. Tremendous insight by Carlsen. True class!
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| Dec-03-07 | | yogi1986: Carlsen proves he's not merely a strong tactician but a well rounded Super GM with an absolute positional demolition of one of the best |
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| Dec-03-07 | | Rolfo: <Pleeze, no cmplaints about mispeling and bad grammer in kebitzin.> Thank you :) |
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| Dec-03-07 | | Rolfo: <13...Rc2 regains the equivalent of a pawn, as a Rook on the seventh is worth a pawn.> Is this accepted conventional wisdom? Just curious.. |
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| Dec-03-07 | | Chessmensch: <TheBB> As long as we're discussing language, it should be, "Well, you should know better than I," of course. |
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| Dec-03-07 | | ajile: Weak questionable openings are hurting players in this tournament. Adams lost with this and Radjabov lost with the Schliemann Defense. Adams drops a pawn and never gets back in the game after this. |
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| Dec-03-07 | | Pulse: <ajile> Except the Nimzo is not a weak nor questionable opening, and I'm pretty sure Adams sacrificed the pawn for an initiative and did not simply hang it. However, Carlsen held him off in the middlegame and showed his endgame prowess. |
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| Dec-03-07 | | whithaw: I only looked superficially, but 18....e5 looks interesting for black to try |
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| Dec-03-07 | | Atkins: <Ezzy: <JointheArmy - Can anyone point out which moves specifically?>
I think the most remarkable decision was when Carlsen decided to play 30 Bf1 retainig the 2 bishops when he could have remained a pawn up but at the expense of losing his bishop pair. He correctly evaluated that he could keep the bishop pair, and exert so much pressure on black's position that he could regain the pawn later, but with the bigger advantage of an extra pawn WITH the bishop pair.Tremendous insight by Carlsen. > I will agree except on one point. I suspect that Carlsen made his strategical decision few moves before at move 27. At time I didn't understand this move a3 to a4 for What? It seems to weak the queen side. In fact already Carlsen had in mind to spot on b6 after the normal 27...a5 which means that he decided to give up d4 for that line. Yes a great game. At 17 Carlsen is already able to catch some "hightech" from Kramnik. |
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| Dec-03-07 | | Jim Bartle: Any comment from Adams on this game yet? |
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| Dec-04-07 | | King mega: What does 357 means? |
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Dec-04-07
 | | WannaBe: <King mega> The .357 Magnum (hence, the pun) is probably one of <THE> most powerful hand-held pistol in the world. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.327_F... |
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Dec-04-07
| | WannaBe: As a follow-up, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnum... is the second 'Dirty Harry' movie, and Dirty Harry is known to carry a Magnum. =) |
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Dec-04-07
| | WannaBe: Okay, last link for <King mega>... =) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.357_m... |
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