ï[Event "Val Maubuee (France)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mehmet, Zeki"]
[Black "Nadjar, Alain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.12.07"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Ne5 (7. Bd3 $11
) 7... Qb6 $2 (7... O-O $132) 8. Nec4 $1 (8. Nec4 dxc4 9. Nxc4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Corr (Russia)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stanishevsky, Alexandr"]
[Black "Kornev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "game (corr)"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.12.07"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 (4. dxc5 $14) 4... Qb6 5. Nc3 (5. Qc1 $11)
5... Qxb2 $2 (5... e6 $11) 6. Nb5 Na6 7. Rb1 $1 Qxa2 8. Ra1 Qb2 9. Rxa6 $1 1-0

 Ne5 b6 14. Qf3 Ba6 15. h4 Nd7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. h5 g5 18. h6 f6
19. Qh5 Bd3 $132 {0-1 (38) Gelfand,B (2734)-Inarkiev,E (2730) Magas (rapid)
2016}) 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 {The world champion is playing cautios.} (4. c4 Bxb1 5.
Qxb1 Bb4+ 6. Kd1 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8. Bg3 c5 9. Bb5+ Kf8 10. Nf3 Bxg3 11. hxg3
Nf6 12. Qc2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 g6 14. Ke2 Kg7 15. Rac1 $14 {1-0 (70) Georgiev,K 
(2628)-Godena,M (2495) Padova 2014. This is just one example how the game may
continue.}) 4... Bxd3 5. Qxd3 c6 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Ngf3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Nbd7
10. a4 c5 (10... a5 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Qb6 14. c4 {with
similar play to the Slav Defence where White is doing the same thing with Bd3
and early exchange of the bishops.}) 11. a5 c4 {I am not so sure about this
move, after that White knows exactly what to do.} (11... Rc8 12. c3 Rc6 {
with balanced play.}) 12. Qe2 b5 13. axb6 axb6 14. Ne5 $1 {Of course, White's
play is straingtforward in a way.} Nxe5 (14... Qc8 15. e4 Rd8 16. c3 b5 17. Bg5
Qb7 {looks solid for Black, but so is White's position.}) 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Qg4
Re8 (16... Qc7 17. Nf3 Kh8 18. h4 Ra5 19. h5 h6 20. Nd4 Rfa8 21. Rxa5 Rxa5 22.
Bg3 Ra2 23. f4 {Such type of play I guess Carlsen would do. The position is
interesting, perhaps easier to play with White.}) 17. h4 f5 (17... Rxa1 18.
Rxa1 Bxh4 19. Bh6 g6 20. Nf3 Be7 21. Ra7 $44) 18. Qh3 {With the idea to play
g4.} Rxa1 19. Rxa1 c3 $6 20. bxc3 Qc7 21. c4 Nxe5 $2 (21... dxc4 $13) 22. Qg3
$1 Bd6 (22... Bf6 23. Kh1 $1 {/\ Nf3}) 23. cxd5 (23. c5 $1 bxc5 24. Ra6 Rd8 25.
Rxd6 Qxd6 26. Bxe5 $16) 23... exd5 24. Nb3 {It is clear now that Black
misplayed the position somehow. White is better.} Qxc2 25. Nd4 Qc8 26. h5 Qd7
27. Rb1 Bc7 28. f3 Qf7 29. Ra1 Bd6 30. Ra6 Qxh5 31. Rxb6 Nc4 32. Rxd6 Nxd6 33.
Bxd6 $16 {White managed to take control of a game and result is two pieces
against rook where pieces are really at good places.} Rxe3 34. Be5 Qg6 35. Qf4
Re1+ 36. Kf2 Ra1 37. Qd2 Ra8 $2 (37... Qa6 $142) 38. Nxf5 $1 $18 Qe6 39. Qg5 g6
40. Nh6+ Kf8 41. Ng4 Ke8 42. Nf6+ Kf7 43. Nxh7 Ra4 44. Qd8 Ra2+ 45. Kg1 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2834"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. c4 Bxb1 6. Qxb1 (6. Rxb1 {- see
Karjakin-Wei Yi in CBM 174.}) 6... Bb4+ 7. Kd1 {A very unusual line but Magnus
Carlsen regularly proves that White's king in the centre is less a problem for
him than it might seem.} Bd6 (7... O-O 8. c5 c6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Ke2 Ba5 11. g4
g6 {0-1 (26) Caruana,F (2807)-Karjakin,S (2773) Saint Louis 2017} 12. h4 $40) (
7... Ne4 8. Qc2 Bd6 (8... c6 9. Bd3 f5 10. Ke2 (10. cxd5 $5 exd5 11. g4 $36)
10... Nd7 (10... Bd6 $142) 11. Qb3 Qe7 12. c5 Bxc5 {1-0 (23) Rambaldi,F (2574)
-Sanchez Alvarez,R (2402) Panama City PAN 2017} 13. Qxb7 $16) 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10.
Bd3 f5 {0-1 (75) Demidov,M (2523)-Kovalenko,I (2635) chess.com INT 2018} 11.
cxd5 exd5 12. Ne5 $14) (7... Be7 8. c5 b6 9. b4 Ne4 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Bd3 {
1-0 (75) Margvelashvili,G (2547)-Gerzhoy,L (2489) Saint Louis 2012} f5 $13) (
7... c5 8. a3 Ba5 9. b4 cxb4 10. axb4 Bc7 11. Bxc7 Qxc7 12. c5 O-O 13. Bb5 Ne4
14. Qb2 Nc6 15. Ke2 f5 $13 {1-0 (33) Olbrich,M (2302)-Stettler,M (2291)
Germany 2002}) (7... dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bd6 9. Bg3 Nbd7 10. Ke2 Qe7 11. Qc2 O-O 12.
Rhd1 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Kf1 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Qe5 $11 {1/2 (23)
Wirthensohn,H (2361)-Mathonia,C (2197) Germany 2002}) 8. Bg5 (8. c5 Bxf4 9.
exf4 Ne4 10. Qc2 Qf6 11. g3 O-O 12. Bb5 a6 13. Ba4 b5 14. cxb6 cxb6 15. Ke2 b5
16. Bb3 a5 $17 {0-1 (30) Nikolic,Z-Djukic,Z Nis 1981}) (8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Qc2 (9.
cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Ke2 Nbd7 12. b4 a5 13. b5 c5 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. Rd1 c5
16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Kf1 Rfc8 $15 {0-1 (49) Hauge,L (2436)-Vaibhav,S (2542) chess.
com INT 2018}) 9... O-O 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Qxc4 Nbd7 12. Ke2 c6 13. Rhd1 Qe7 14.
Rac1 e5 $11 {1/2 (18) Demidov,M (2523)-Andriasian,Z (2585) chess.com INT 2018})
8... h6 (8... c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bb5+ Nc6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 (11... Be7 $142 $14)
12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qc2 $16 {1-0 (26) Carlsen,M (2838)-Finegold,B (2481) chess.
com INT 2017}) (8... c6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Ke2 Qe7 11. Rd1 h6 12. Bh4 O-O 13. Kf1
e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Bg3 Qe6 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Bf5 Qe7 19. Qc2
$14 {1-0 (74) Kobo,O (2489)-Taylor,A (2256) Barcelona 2016}) 9. Bxf6 (9. Bh4 {
was played in two online games between Carlsen and So:} Nbd7 (9... g5 10. Bg3
Ne4 11. Qc2 g4 12. Nd2 Bxg3 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. hxg3 f5 15. Qb3 $14 {1/2 (77)
Carlsen,M (2832)-So,W (2815) chess.com INT 2017}) 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 c6 12.
Ke2 Be7 13. b4 a6 14. Rc1 O-O 15. a4 Ne4 16. Bxe4 Bxh4 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Bf5 Nb6
19. b5 cxb5 20. axb5 a5 $11 {1-0 (35) Carlsen,M (2832)-So,W (2815) chess.com
INT 2017}) 9... Qxf6 10. cxd5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (10. c5 Bf8 ({there is nothing
wrong with} 10... Be7) 11. Qc2 c6 12. b4 a6 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. Ke2 g5 15. h3 Bg7
16. a4 Qe7 17. Rad1 O-O 18. g4 e5 $13 {1/2 (40) So,W (2822)-Wojtaszek,R (2745)
Shamkir 2017}) 10... exd5 11. e4 $1 {Unusual: White attacks in the centre when
his uncastled king is there! Moreover, he has no development advantage or
other positional trumps. The justification of his action is purely tactical: a
favourable constellation of pieces at this particular moment. And surprisingly
it works!} Be7 (11... Qe6 $5 12. e5 Be7 13. Bb5+ Nd7) 12. Bb5+ $5 ({Of course,
not} 12. exd5 Nd7 {followed by 0-0-0.}) ({The immediate} 12. e5 {allows Black
to activate his queen:} Qb6) 12... c6 13. e5 Qf4 14. Bd3 c5 {Black must get
access to White's king.} 15. dxc5 Nc6 16. Qc1 {Of course, the exchange of
queens is favourable for White.} Qb4 17. a3 $1 (17. Ke2 Bxc5 18. Rd1 Qb6 19. a4
a6 20. b4 Nxb4 21. Rb1 O-O 22. Kf1 Qc6 23. a5 Rac8 24. Qd2 Nxd3 25. Qxd3 {
0-1 (68) Sadzikowski,D (2584)-Bai,J (2575) Neustadt an der Weinstrasse G 2018}
Rfd8 $15) 17... Qxc5 18. Ke2 {...but Magnus Carlsen doesn't hurry!} ({After} 
18. Qxc5 Bxc5 19. Ke2 O-O {[%csl Re5] Black should equalize.}) 18... Nd4+ (
18... Qb6 $5 {[%cal Re7c5]}) 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. f4 O-O 21. Qd2 Qb6 22. Rhe1 f6
23. e6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxe6+ 24. Kf3 {White has sacrificed a pawn but his king
is now safe, and the weakness of light squares in Black's position becomes
critical.} Qd7 (24... Qf7 {[%cal Yf7h5]} 25. Bf5 Kh8 26. Rad1 {is very
unpleasant, too.}) 25. Rad1 Rad8 26. Qe3 Bd6 27. Bg6 f5 28. Qe6+ Qxe6 29. Rxe6
Bc5 {This move allows White to regain material while keeping a big positional
advantage} ({but after} 29... Bb8 30. h4 {Black's position is completely
passive.}) 30. Re5 (30. g3 $142 {protecting the f4-pawn, and then Re6-e5.})
30... Rf6 (30... Bd6 $142 $1 31. Rxf5 (31. Rexd5 Rf6 $1 32. Bxf5 g6 {regaining
the f4-pawn is the point of Black's defence}) 31... Bc7 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 {
, and Black keeps good drawing chances.}) 31. Bxf5 Bd6 32. Rdxd5 Kf7 33. Re4 g6
34. Bg4 {As a result, White has won a pawn.} h5 35. Bh3 Re8 36. Red4 Be5 37.
Rb4 g5 38. g3 (38. Rxb7+ Kf8 39. g3 gxf4 40. g4 {was not clear due to} hxg4+
41. Bxg4 Rd6 $1 {with drawing chances for Black. If} 42. Rxd6 Bxd6 43. Rxa7 {
then} Re3+ 44. Kg2 Rb3) 38... b6 39. Rd7+ Kf8 40. Rh7 {White goes for a
position with 3 pawns vs. bishop. He had a good alternative:} (40. Rxa7 Bd6 41.
Rc4 gxf4 42. gxf4 b5 43. Re4 Rxe4 44. Kxe4 Rxf4+ 45. Kd5 $16) 40... g4+ 41.
Bxg4 hxg4+ 42. Kxg4 {Computers usually evaluate such positions as nearly equal
but in fact, they are quite difficult to defend. Wesley So fails to hold his
ground.} Bd6 43. Rc4 a5 (43... Rg6+ $142 44. Kf5 Rg7 {exchanging White's
active rook.}) 44. Rc6 Kg8 {Black now loses a fourth pawn but} ({if} 44... Be7
{then} 45. Rh8+ Kf7 46. Rxf6+ Bxf6 47. Rxe8 Kxe8 48. b3 {. After the exchange
of both pairs of rooks the endgame is winning for White.}) 45. Rb7 Be5 46.
Rcxb6 Rxb6 47. Rxb6 {[%mdl 4096] The rest is a matter of technique, which the
World Champion hardly lacks.} Bd4 48. Rb5 Re2 49. b3 Rxh2 50. Rxa5 Re2 51. Rd5
Bb2 52. a4 Bc3 53. Kf5 Re8 54. g4 Rf8+ 55. Ke4 Rb8 56. Rb5 Re8+ 57. Kd3 Be1 58.
a5 Bf2 59. b4 Re3+ 60. Kc4 Re4+ 61. Kb3 Kf7 62. Re5 Rd4 (62... Rxf4 63. Rf5+
Rxf5 64. gxf5 $18) 63. b5 Rd3+ 64. Kc2 Rg3 65. g5 Bd4 66. Rd5 Be3 67. Rd3 Rg2+
68. Kb3 Bc1 69. b6 Ke6 70. Rd4 Rb2+ 71. Ka4 Kf5 72. Rb4 Ra2+ 73. Kb5 Bxf4 74.
Rxf4+ Kxf4 75. b7 {A fantastic game, a real gem of chess strategy of the
future. It is very difficult to say where Black committed mistakes leading to
his defeat!} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2844"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "Nielsen,PH"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Like in 2015, Magnus had a rather slow start in Wijk, and again had to wander
along some dangerous paths to beat Loek van Wely. But like last year, that
triggered an excellent streak, both in the number of points, as well as in
quality of play.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 $5 {The London System. A few
years back almost looked at with disgust, and in no way treated as a serious
opening, but with Grischuk's and Kramnik's efforts recently the verdict has
changed. Even so not to the extent that every professional has a ready-made
solution planned against it, and Tomashevsky did spend quite some time on the
upcoming moves.} b6 ({Maybe inspired by Magnus' success in this game, both
Karjakin and Giri decided also to give the London a try, but now Black seemed
tipped off, and we actually saw a theoretical debate in the London System(!).
After} 3... d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 $5 {Against Karjakin, but
eventually lost.} 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bb5 $5 {Against Karjakin, but eventually lost.}
) 4. e3 Bb7 5. h3 {For those caring about the finer points of the move orders,
its worth mentioning that Kramnik here seems to have preferred to play 5.Nbd2
first on a couple of outings. It's hard coming up with a strong reason for
either move, but maybe Kramnik wanted to avoid Alekhine's idea against
Rubinstein? With the knight on d2, instead of the pawn on e3, Alekhine played
5...Bd6!? and went on to win an instructive game, covered in his game
collection. So maybe only playing h3, when Black has committed ...Be7 is the
point.} Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. c3 Nc6 9. Nbd2 d5 {Both players have
developed sensibly, and one could argue that the fact that neither side has
obvious plans, but just have to make small common-sense additions to their
positions, should be a small success for Black.} 10. Qe2 $5 Bd6 {Tomashevsky
blinks first, and tries to force concrete action. Waiting with e.g. ...Rac8
would make sense, but White could still improve his position by bringing the
rooks to d1 and e1, making it hard for Black to come up with similar useful
moves which makes Black's decision easily understandable.} 11. Rfe1 $5 {
Even so, Magnus do not take the bait, but puts the ball back in Tomashevsky's
court. White has many plans, but it is much harder to see positive options for
Black, so instead Black tries forcing White to take on d6.} Ne7 ({Taking on f4
looks strategically risky, as after} 11... Bxf4 12. exf4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 $1 Nxd4
14. cxd4 {White by swapping knights, removed the option of ...Nb4 based
counterplay, and despite having doubled pawns, gets a lot in return. f5 might
be an option, transferring the knight to e5 too, or maybe Qe3-g3-h4 followed
by Re3 and Rae1.}) 12. Rad1 Ng6 13. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Ne5 $1 {
Yes, White has given a bishop for a knight, and even allowed Black to capture
towards the centre. But the black pawn-structure, while looking healthy,
actually is a major drawback. Due to the weakness of g6, Black can never
realistically push the knight away from e5, meaning White will have a powerful
knight, and Black a rather limited bishop. Tomashevsky keeps playing logical
and sensible moves, heading for ...Nd7 exchanging the powerful knight, but not
wanting 15...Nd7 16 f4! and instead tries to stop White from advancing the
f-pawn.} g5 16. f4 $5 {Played quickly, almost like saying: did you miss this?
But while of course White could still probably be slightly better with like e.
g. 16.Qf3, sending an invitation to the following fascinating complications is
not only tempting, but also objectively good.} gxf4 {.} 17. Rf1 $1 {This is
the point. White wants the f-line open, to sacrifice the rook on f6, and
deliver mate.} Nd7 (17... fxe3 $5 {would be the logical way of trying to prove
White's concept flawed. After} 18. Rxf6 exd2 $1 (18... gxf6 $2 {loses
immediately as} 19. Qg4+ Kh7 20. Rf1 $3 {just mates. The threat is to bring
the rook into the attack on f4, as a response to 20...exd2 and if 20...fxe5
then the simple 21.Qh5+ Kg7 22.Qg5+ Kh7 23.Rf6 mates.}) {Does all this mean
that Black's position is actually objectively fine? Not really, as the less
imaginative, but simply strong} 19. Rf4 $1 {does keep an edge. The threat is
Qh5 and Rh4 with a mating attack, and Black's only chance is to fight with} (
19. Qh5 {An obvious try, forcing Black to take on f6, but after} gxf6 20. Qg4+
Kh8 21. Qh4+ Kg7 $1 {however there is no good follow-up as} 22. Ng4 ({and after
} 22. Qg3+ {Black just goes to h7 with the king, not falling for 22...Kh8?? 23.
Ng6+ winning the queen.}) 22... Qf4 $1 {protects both f6 and h6,}) (19. Rdf1 $5
{comes much closer to breaking Black's defences. f7 cannot be defended, and
taking on f6 allows a decessive attack along usual patterns. But Black has the
fantastic} Ba6 $3 {which exploits the fact that the white queen needs to be on
the kingside for the attack to succeed, meaning that 20.Qxa6 gxf6 works, or
even better, first 20...d1Q! as pointed out by the computers. After:} 20. Qh5 {
or the more sophisticated} d1=Q $5 ({The obvious} 20... gxf6 $6 21. Qg4+ Kh8
22. Rf4 Bd3 23. Nxd3 d1=Q+ 24. Qxd1 Rg8 25. Ne5 $1 Kg7 26. Rxf6 $1 {is still
very promising for White}) ({but either the simple} 20... Bxf1 21. Nxf7 Rxf7
22. Qxf7+ Kh8 $1 (22... Kh7 $2 23. Qg6+ {followed by Rf7})) 21. Rxd1 gxf6 22.
Qg4+ Kh7 23. Qh4+ Kg7 {just leads to a draw.}) 19... f6 20. Ng6 {but it
obviously does not look very appealing.}) 18. Qh5 $1 {Not a neccessity, as also
} (18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Rxf4 {gives White a promising attack, but somehow keeps
the spirit of the 2 previous moves, and continues the direct attack.}) 18...
Nf6 19. Qh4 Qd8 $6 {Again quite logical, trying to swap off queens, in order
to stop the white attack.} (19... Nh7 $5 {probably was a better chance, even
if White has a promising position after} 20. Rxf4 ({or even just} 20. exf4))
20. Rxf4 Ne4 $2 {A blunder, and a decisive one.} ({The same idea would be much
better, but with} 20... cxd4 21. exd4 {interpolated. Then after} Ne4 {White
can not play like in the game, as there is now no dxc5! but instead has} 22.
Qg4 $5 {when Black has no choice but to play the weakening} f5 {, where after}
23. Qg6 Rf6 24. Qh5 Qe8 {does avoid immediate disaster, but after} 25. Qxe8+
Rxe8 26. Nxe4 {it makes a huge difference having forced ...f5, as the white
knight now dominates on e5, leaving him excellent winning chances in the
ensuing ending.}) 21. Nxe4 Qxh4 22. Rxh4 dxe4 23. dxc5 $1 bxc5 24. Rd7 Rab8 25.
b3 $1 {Black is basically in a zugzwang. playing...f6 allows Ng6 and mate on
h8. The f-rook defends f7, the other, the bishop on b7, which can't move, as
then a7 would fall. So what is left, is to move the a-pawn.} a5 26. Rc7 a4 27.
bxa4 Ba8 28. a5 Rb7 29. Rxc5 Ra7 30. Nc4 {Here Tomashevsky resigned. Maybe a
bit premature, but there is no doubt that White's position is clearly winning
with the 2 extra pawns, and while Black certainly could prolong the game for a
while, the result is not really in doubt.} 1-0

[Event "Santa Olaya (Spain)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chans, Farina"]
[Black "Marquez, Valles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.12.07"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 c6 5. c3 (5. Nbd2 $11) 5... Nbd7 6. Nbd2
Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. Bd3 Re8 (8... b6 $13) 9. O-O c5 10. Rc1 cxd4 $6 (10... b6 $132
) 11. cxd4 Nf8 $2 (11... Qa5 $16) 12. Bc7 $1 Qd7 13. Ne5 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.24"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Siberia"]
[BlackTeam "Padova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 {Going away from the main theory. Recently Kramnik
successfully used this setup numerous times in the world rapid and blitz in
Berlin.} e6 (3... c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Qb6 (5... Bg4 6. c3 Qb6 7. dxc5 Qxc5 8.
Qb3 Qb6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Bb5 $14 {1-0 (34) Kramnik,V (2777)-Meier,G (2654)
Berlin 2015}) 6. dxc5 Qxc5 (6... Qxb2 7. Rb1 Qc3 8. Bb5 Qxc5 9. c4 $44) 7. a3
Bf5 8. c4 $14 {1/2-1/2 (39) Kramnik,V (2777)-Cheparinov,I (2681) Berlin 2015})
4. e3 Bd6 5. Bg3 {White is hoping to open the h-file some day.} (5. Nbd2 c5 (
5... O-O 6. Bd3 b6 $11 {[%cal Gc8b7,Gc7c5]}) 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O O-O
9. c4 Be7 10. Rc1 h6 11. h3 $14 {1-0 (33) Kramnik,V (2777)-Belov,V (2614)
Berlin 2015}) 5... c5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. c3 O-O 8. Bd3 b6 {I also had a couple of
games in this line.} 9. e4 (9. Qe2 Bb7 10. O-O Re8 11. Ne5 Ne7 $6 (11... Qc7
$11) 12. Bb5 $1 Bxe5 (12... Rf8 13. Nd7 $1 Nxd7 14. Bxd6 $14) 13. dxe5 Nd7 14.
e4 $14 {0-1 (66) Prohaszka,P (2578)-Postny,E (2633) Austria 2013}) (9. Ne5 Bb7
10. f4 Ne7 $1 {An important manoeuvre. The knight is heading to d6 to control
the key e4-square.} 11. Qf3 Nf5 12. Bf2 Be7 13. O-O Nd6 14. Bh4 Nfe4 15. Bxe7
Qxe7 $15 {0-1 (48) Pezerovic,E (2439)-Postny,E (2631) Bad Wiessee 2013}) 9...
Be7 $1 (9... dxe4 $2 {Opening the centre at this moment is just bad for Black.}
10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bb7 12. Qa4 Rc8 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Rd1 Qf6 15. O-O $16 {
1-0 (27) Sedlak,N (2565)-Prusikin,M (2493) Bayern 2014}) 10. e5 Nh5 {Black
gets the opportunity to grab the dark-squared bishop at any moment, so
objectively he is okay in this French type structure.} 11. a3 {Nakamura had
already played this position earlier this year against Kamsky, so Grischuk
could prepare this at home. An engine evaluates this position as slightly
preferable for Black, but from a human point of view White has some prospects
on the kingside where he has a superiority in space.} (11. O-O Bd7 12. Re1 Rc8
13. a3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 f5 15. dxc5 $6 bxc5 16. b4 g5 $15 {1/2-1/2 (60) Kamsky,G 
(2683)-Nakamura,H (2798) Saint Louis 2015}) 11... a5 {[%cal Gc8a6]} 12. Qe2 Ra7
$1 $146 {I like this move. The rook can be useful on the seventh rank. I don't
see the point of putting the bishop on d7 instead.} (12... c4 13. Bc2 b5 $6 (
13... g6 $142) 14. Ng5 $1 Bxg5 15. Qxh5 g6 16. Qe2 $14 {1/2-1/2 (59) Kramnik,V
(2777)-Zhigalko,S (2656) Berlin 2015}) 13. O-O (13. Nf1 $5 {[%cal Gf1e3] could
be a useful manoeuvre to transfer the more passive knight to a more active
square.}) 13... c4 14. Bc2 b5 15. h4 $5 (15. Nh4 $6 g6 {is getting nowhere for
White.}) 15... g6 $2 {Nakamura spent more than half an hour on this move, but
decided to keep the white bishop alive. Indeed it wasn't easy to envisage the
consequences of opening the f-file. However, it was important for Black to
swap his Nh5.} (15... Nxg3 16. fxg3 {Here Black has two options:} f5 (16... b4
17. axb4 axb4 {We can see now another plus of 12...Ra7 - the rook is protected.
} 18. Nxc4 Ba6 (18... dxc4 $2 19. Qe4 {[%cal Ge4c6,Ge4h7]}) 19. Rxa6 Rxa6 20.
Ne3 Qa8 $15) 17. g4 fxg4 (17... g6 {is probably safer.}) 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. hxg5
Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 Qxg5 21. Qf2 Qe7 22. Qf4 $44) 16. Bh2 $1 Bxh4 17. g4 $6 {
Tempting, but premature.} (17. Nxh4 Qxh4 18. Nf3 Qd8 (18... Qg4 19. Qe3 f5 20.
exf6 Rxf6 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Rf8 23. f3 Qh4 24. Qh6 Qe7 25. g3 $14 {[%csl
Gc2,Ge5][%cal Gg1g2,Gf1h1]}) 19. g4 Ng7 20. Kg2 $14 {[%cal Gf1h1]}) 17... Ng7 {
The knight is really misplaced here.} 18. Nxh4 (18. Qe3 Be7 19. Kg2 f5 20. exf6
Bxf6 21. Rh1 e5 $1 {Black should go for this to make the Bc8 and Ng7 alive and
kicking.} 22. dxe5 Be7 23. Bg3 Ne6 24. Qh6 Bc5 $15) 18... Qxh4 19. Kg2 f5 $1 {
The only way to get counterplay. Now the queenside rook can also join the
battle. Here we can also see the drawback of the premature 17.g4. White didn't
bring the knight to f3 in time to fight against the push f7-f5.} (19... h5 $2
20. Nf3 $1 Qxg4+ 21. Kh1 h4 22. Rg1 Qh5 23. Rg5 Qh6 24. Rag1 Nf5 25. Bf4 Qg7
26. Bxf5 exf5 27. Rh5 $1 {[%cal Gf4h6]} gxh5 28. Bh6 $1 Qxg1+ 29. Kxg1 $18 {
[%cal Gf3h4] Materially Black is doing fine, but his king will not survive due
to the horrible coordination of Black's forces.}) 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. Bd6 (21.
Nf3 e5 $1 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Qg5 24. f3 Ne6 25. Rae1 Raf7 26. Qe3 Nf4+ 27.
Bxf4 Rxf4 $11) 21... Rff7 22. f4 $6 {It looks like White has full control over
the e5-square, but the breakthrough follows nevertheless...} (22. Qe3 e5 $1 {
Anyway!} 23. dxe5 Qd8 24. f3 Ne6 $15) {[%tqu "En","How can Black take over the
initiative?","","","e6e5","",10]} 22... e5 $1 23. dxe5 (23. fxe5 $2 Qg5 $17 {
[%csl Rg4]}) 23... Qh4 24. f5 {There is a real mess on the board! A human
player would need hours to understand this position, while both players were
down to their last minutes.} gxf5 $2 (24... Nxf5 $1 25. Bxf5 (25. gxf5 $2 gxf5
$19 {[%cal Gf7g7]}) (25. e6 Rg7 $17) 25... gxf5 26. Nf3 Qxg4+ 27. Kf2 Rg7 28.
Rg1 Qf4 $17) 25. Rh1 Qd8 (25... Qg5 26. Nf3 Qxg4+ 27. Kf2 d4 $1 28. Rag1 d3 29.
Qd2 $1 dxc2 30. Ng5 ({After} 30. Rxg4 $2 fxg4 {Black gets too much material
for the queen.}) 30... h5 $1 {The queen is just standing in front of the rook
like an equal piece!} 31. Nxf7 Rxf7 32. Rxg4 fxg4+ 33. Ke1 Bf5 34. Rf1 Nd8 $44)
26. Qe3 d4 $6 {This looks natural, opening the long diagonal against the white
king, but doesn't really work for Black.} (26... h5 $1 {Another pretty much
non-human move.} 27. Raf1 (27. Qh6 Ra6 $1 {[%cal Gc6e5,Ga6h6]}) 27... f4 $1 28.
Qc5 Bxg4 $1 29. Qxc6 Qg5 30. Nf3 Bh3+ $1 31. Kf2 Qg2+ 32. Ke1 Bd7 33. Qb6 Qxc2
34. Qxa7 Qb1+ 35. Kf2 Qc2+ $11) 27. cxd4 Ne8 $6 (27... Bb7 28. Kf2 $1 (28. d5
Nd4 $1 29. Qxd4 Ne6 30. Qe3 Bxd5+ {with a lot of play for the piece.}) 28...
Ne7 29. Bxe7 Qxe7 30. Rh6 fxg4+ 31. Ke2 Nf5 32. Bxf5 Rxf5 33. Rg1 $14) 28. Rh6
$2 {It was important to keep the bishop.} (28. Bc5 Rac7 29. Nf3 Rg7 30. Rag1
$16) 28... Rg7 29. Rg1 Rad7 $2 {Wasting a tempo.} (29... Rxg4+ 30. Kf1 Rxg1+
31. Qxg1+ Rg7 32. Qe3 Ne7 33. Bxe7 Qxe7 $13) 30. d5 $2 (30. Kf2 Nxd6 31. exd6
$16 Rxd6 $2 32. Rxd6 Qxd6 33. Qe8+ Qf8 34. Qxc6 $18) 30... Ne7 31. Bxe7 Rdxe7
32. Qd4 $1 {No, it's not a queen blunder!} Bb7 $2 {Again refraining from
taking on g4.} (32... Rxg4+ 33. Kf1 Reg7 34. Rxg4 Rxg4 35. Qc5 Qg5 $17) 33. Kf2
Qxd5 34. Qxd5+ Bxd5 35. Bxf5 Rxe5 36. Re1 Rxe1 37. Kxe1 {The time trouble is
not finished yet, but now after massive exchanges the dust has settled a bit.
Black is up a pawn, but White's activity should be sufficient for a draw.} b4
38. axb4 axb4 39. Be6+ Bxe6 40. Rxe6 Nc7 (40... Nc7 41. Rc6 $11) (40... Kf7 {
would force White to work a bit to make a draw, but Nakamura decided to call
it a day. It was a busy day!}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.04.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 {Kamsky's pet line as White,
the very London System!} 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. exd4 Nh5 {The new trend.} 8. Be3 {
Kamsky is prepared and has a different opinion.} ({At the London Classic,
Anish Giri instead played} 8. Bg5 {against Wesley So.} f6 9. Be3 Bd6 10. g3 O-O
11. Bg2 f5 12. Ne5 f4 13. Qxh5 fxe3 14. fxe3 Nxe5 (14... Bxe5 15. dxe5 {
would have given Wesley a serious advantage.}) 15. dxe5 Bc5 16. Rf1 Bxe3 17.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 18. Qf3 Qxf3 19. Nxf3 Bd7 20. Rd1 Rf8 21. c4 Bc6 22. Nd4 Bxd4 23.
Rxd4 Rf5 24. g4 Rxe5+ 25. Kf2 Kf7 26. b4 Ke7 27. b5 Bd7 28. b6 dxc4 29. Rxc4
axb6 30. Rc7 Rb5 31. Rxb7 Kd6 32. Kg3 h6 33. Rb8 Rb2 34. Bf3 b5 35. a4 b4 36.
a5 Rb3 37. Kg2 Bc6 38. Bxc6 Kxc6 39. a6 Ra3 40. Rxb4 Rxa6 41. h4 e5 42. Kf3 Kd5
43. Rb5+ Ke6 44. Rb7 Kf6 45. g5+ hxg5 46. hxg5+ Kg6 47. Re7 Ra5 48. Ke3 Rb5 49.
Kf3 Rb3+ 50. Kf2 Rb5 51. Kf3 Rd5 52. Ke3 e4 53. Kxe4 Rxg5 54. Kf3 Kh5 55. Re1
Rg4 56. Rh1+ Kg5 {1/2-1/2 (56) Giri,A (2771)-So,W (2794) London 2016}) 8... Bd6
9. Ne5 g6 10. g4 $146 {Kamsky's novelty, but it seems both players had
prepared it!} Ng7 11. h4 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Nf3 {Given the fact that the
players blitzed their moves up to this point, they must both have analysed
this position deeply before.} Bf6 14. h5 {The idea of a pawn sacrifice is to
address the awkward situation of the knight on g7.} O-O 15. Qd2 d4 $1 {Great
counter-strike in the centre which ensures comfortable equality. Please note
that Nakamura, who is facing the novelty, has played the five moves after it
in 5 seconds or less. Even this powerful shot was played in exactly ONE second!
} 16. cxd4 b6 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Ne5 Bb7 19. Rh3 Rc8 20. Be2 Bg2 21. Rg3 Bd5 22.
Rh3 {} Bg2 23. Rg3 Be4 24. Rc1 Qd6 25. a3 Rxc1+ 26. Qxc1 Bxe5 27. dxe5 Qxe5 {
Komodo gives 0.00 at depth 42 here! White's pair of bishops and the weak
knight on g7 compensate for White's material deficiency!} 28. Qd2 Bd5 29. Bd4
Qe4 30. f3 Qf4 (30... Qf4 31. Qxf4 Rxf4 32. Be5 Rf8 33. Kf2 Rc8 34. Bd3 Rc1 35.
Rh3 Ne8 36. f4 {and the position is balanced because Black cannot play ...Nc7
due to f5.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 {The London System has been used a lot by top players,
specially in rapid and blitz games. It's a solid way to develop, keeping live
play and a lot of pieces. Karjakin himself tried it a couple of times in the
World Rapid Championship, and also in a classical game in 2015.} d5 3. e3 e6 4.
Nf3 (4. c4 $5 {would transpose to a standard QGD position, a weapon commonly
used by Adams as Black, which probably made Karjakin follow the standard
London paths, with c3.}) 4... c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3 (8.
Bb5 {a move tried in some occasions by the biggest all-time London player, GM
Gata Kamsky. It was also seen in the game between Carlsen and Karjakin from
the World Blitz Championship, when Sergey scored a great win} a6 $5 9. Bxc6
bxc6 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. Nd3 c4 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Nc5 e5 14. b3 cxb3 15. axb3 Re8
16. O-O Ng4 $1 17. g3 Qh6 18. h4 $13 {Carlsen,M (2850)-Karjakin,S (2762) Wch
Blitz Berlin 2015 (11) 0-1 and later the weaknesses around the white king were
felt}) 8... b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. f4 Ne7 $1 {This is a very important positional
idea, Black wants to play ...Nf5 followed by ...Be7 (freeing d6) and ...Nd6,
focusing the crucial e4-square and then preparing ...f6 at some point.
Karjakin had a game like this as Black, and even if he hadn't, it's obvious
that he knew this plan as being the most effective for Black. I wonder what
was his idea playing the London, because in this game, Adams got a very
healthy position early on, and one of Karjakin's biggest qualities is choosing,
knowing and understanding his openings nearly better than anyone else in the
world. Possibly he was wanted to try this quick g4-g5 as in the game, but it's
hard to say.} 11. Qf3 (11. Qc2 c4 12. Be2 Nf5 13. Bf2 Be7 14. Ng4 Nxg4 15. Bxg4
Nd6 16. f5 exf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Qxf5 Qc8 19. Qf3 b5 20. h4 a5 21. h5 h6 $17 {
Andreikin,D (2720)-Karjakin,S (2762) FIDE World Cup 2015 (4.4) 1/2 and Black
definitely has the better chances,}) 11... Nf5 12. Bf2 Be7 13. g4 (13. O-O Nd6
$15 {and Black has a great position, Nfe4 followed by ...f6 is likely to come.}
) 13... Nd6 {Concluding the aforementioned plan.} 14. g5 Nfe4 15. O-O-O {
In my opinion, the whole plan looks very risky, and Adams tries to punish it
right away.} c4 $1 16. Bc2 (16. Bxe4 $5 {probably would have been a better try}
dxe4 17. Qe2 b5 {now Black has a main plan of opening the queenside with ...
Bd5 and a5-b4. A possible idea at some point is ...Qe8 followed by ...f6, to
remove White's knight pressure on c4.} 18. h4 $5 {It is important to guarantee
the e5-post for the knight, and we will soon see why} Bd5 (18... b4 19. cxb4
Bd5 20. Kb1 Qb6 21. Ndxc4 Nxc4 22. Nxc4 Qxb4 23. Rc1 Rfc8 24. Ne5 $13 {and
White is in the game}) (18... f6 $6 19. gxf6 gxf6 $4 20. Rdg1+ Kh8 21. Ng6+ $1
hxg6 22. Rxg6 Rf7 23. Rh6+ $1 Kg7 24. Qh5 $18) 19. Kb1 Rb8 (19... b4 20. cxb4
a5 21. Ndxc4 axb4 22. b3 $13 {and White conquers some ground on the queenside})
(19... Qe8 20. h5 $1 {this is the idea behind h4} f6 $6 21. gxf6 gxf6 $4 22.
Rdg1+ $1 (22. Rhg1+ $4 Kh8 23. Qg4 Rg8 $19) 22... Kh8 23. Qg4 Rg8 24. Ng6+ $1 {
with mate in few moves - it is very important to keep White's R on h1, and use
the h-pawn to support this attacking idea.}) 20. Rc1 a5 21. h5 Nf5 $36 {
when Black retains the best attacking chances, but advancing the b-pawn is not
a simple job, since c4 is always hanging.}) 16... b5 17. Qh3 b4 $1 {It's hard
to give any good advice for White from now on.} 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Be1 Bd5 20.
Rg1 (20. cxb4 a5 $1 21. bxa5 (21. b5 Nxb5 {and Black must have a winning attack
}) 21... c3 $1 22. Bxc3 Rc8 {...Rxc3 or ...Nb5 coming now} 23. Kd2 Nb5 24. Bb3
Nxc3 25. bxc3 Rxc3 $1 26. Rc1 (26. Kxc3 Qxa5+ 27. Kb2 Bxb3 $1 $19 {with mate
to follow soon}) 26... Bb4 27. Rxc3 Bxc3+ 28. Ke2 (28. Kxc3 $2 {loses right
away} Qxa5+ 29. Kb2 Qd2+ 30. Kb1 Bxb3 31. axb3 Rb8 $19) 28... Qxa5 $17) 20...
b3 $1 21. axb3 cxb3 22. Bb1 f5 $5 (22... Rc8 $5 {was also very strong} 23. Ng4
(23. Rg4 Nf5 $19) 23... Nf5 {and all White's direct attacking ideas fail} 24.
Nf6+ (24. Nh6+ gxh6 25. gxh6+ Kh8 $19) 24... Bxf6 25. gxf6 Qxf6 $19) 23. gxf6
Bxf6 24. Rg4 (24. Ng4 a5 25. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $19 {The march of the a-pawn looks
unstoppable and decisive.}) 24... Nf5 25. Kd2 (25. c4 {doesn't solve White's
problems either, but it was a possible try} Bxc4 $1 26. Nxc4 (26. Bxe4 Rc8 27.
Kb1 Bxe5 28. fxe5 Qb6 $19 {followed by ...Qa6}) 26... Rc8 27. Bc3 Rxc4 28. Bxe4
(28. Kd2 Rxc3 $1 29. bxc3 (29. Kxc3 Qa5+ 30. Kxb3 Rb8+ 31. Kc2 Rc8+ $19 {
and mate in a few moves}) 29... Qa5 30. Rgg1 (30. Bxe4 {- 28.Bxe4}) 30... Rc8
31. Rc1 Qa3 32. Bxe4 Qa2+ 33. Kd3 b2 $19) 28... Qa5 $1 {winning by force} (
28... Rxc3+ $2 {doesn't work, White is able to hold the position} 29. bxc3 Qa5
30. Rg2 Qxc3+ 31. Kb1 $13) 29. Bd3 (29. Kd2 Rxc3 30. bxc3 Rc8 $19) 29... Rxc3+
30. bxc3 Qxc3+ (30... Rc8 31. Rg2 $1 Rxc3+ 32. Kb1 $13 {still surviving!}) 31.
Kb1 a5 $3 $19 {and White can't stop the pawn walk towards a3 (or a2), deciding
the game.}) 25... Qa5 26. Ke2 Bxe5 $1 $19 {Opening either the d- or the f-file,
and winning by force.} 27. dxe5 Rad8 28. Kf2 Qa1 29. Bd2 Bc4 30. Qh5 Qxb2 31.
Ke1 Rxd2 {A very nice and clean win by Michael Adams.} 0-1

[Event "Southend (England)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ledger, Stephen"]
[Black "Elynn, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.12.07"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 (4. dxc5 $14) 4... Qb6 5. Qb3 Qxb3 6. axb3
Nbd7 (6... e6 $14) 7. Na3 $1 a6 8. Nb5 $1 Nh5 (8... Kd8 9. Bc7+ Ke8 10. Bg3 Kd8
11. Nc7 Rb8 12. Ng5 $18) 9. Nc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 Nxf4 11. Ng5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Viktor Laznicka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2872"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "rapid"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Ne5 h5 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8.
Nxd3 Nbd7 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. h3 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Bd6 12. Bxd6 cxd6 13. O-O-O h4 14.
Kb1 Nf6 15. f3 Qb6 16. Rhe1 O-O-O 17. c3 Kb8 18. e4 Qc7 19. Qg5 Rdg8 20. Rc1
Rh5 21. Qe3 e5 22. dxe5 dxe5 23. c4 d4 24. Qd2 Nd7 25. c5 Rh6 26. b4 Qc6 27.
Qb2 Qb5 28. Qb3 Ra6 29. Nb2 Rf6 30. a4 Qc6 31. b5 Qe6 32. Qb4 Rc8 33. c6 Nb6
34. a5 Na8 35. cxb7 Kxb7 36. Rxc8 Qxc8 37. Rc1 Qd8 38. Nd3 Nc7 39. Nc5+ Ka8 40.
b6 axb6 41. axb6 Na6 42. b7+ Ka7 43. Nxa6 Rxa6 44. Rc8 1-0

