1.Can Hans Survive This?
Niemann, Hans Moke 2708 vs Asadli, Vugar 2584 23rd Dubai
Open chess24.com [2] 2023.5.28 E71 King's Indian, Makagonov ystem (5.h3) 1.d4
Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 e5 6.d5 a5 7.Be3 Na6 8.Nf3 Bd7 9.g4 Nc5
10.Qc2 Qe7 11.O-O-O O-O 12.Be2 a4 13.a3 Nb3+ 14.Kb1 c5 15.dxc6 e.p. bxc6 16.Qd3
Nd4 17.Nxd4 exd4 18.Bxd4 c5 19.Bxf6 Qxf6 20.Qxd6 Be6 21.Qxc5 Rfb8 22.e5 Qf4
23.Nb5 Bxe5 24.Qe3 Qf6 25.g5 Bf5+ 26.Bd3 Qe6 27.Bxf5 Qxf5+ 28.Qd3 Qxg5 29.Qc2
Bf6 30.Rd7 Qf4 31.Rhd1 Ra6 32.Rc1 Rc6 33.Rd5 Bg5 34.Rxg5 Qxg5 35.Qxa4 Qf5+
36.Rc2 Qxh3 37.Nd4 Rd6 38.c5 Qf1+ 39.Rc1 Qxf2 40.Nb5 Rd2 41.Qb3 Re8 42.Nd6 Ree2
43.Nc4 Qf5+ 44.Ka2 Qxc5 45.Rc3 Rd8 46.a4 Re1 47.Nb6 Qg1 48.Qb5 Ra1+ 49.Kb3 Qd1+
50.Kb4 Rb1 51.Nc4 Qd4 52.b3 Qf4 53.Qe5 Rb8+ 54.Ka3 Ra1+ 55.Kb2 Qxe5 56.Nxe5
Rxa4 57.Nc6 Rb7 58.Nd8 Rb6
2.The Greatest Birthday
Present!
Carlsen, Magnus 2852 vs Gukesh D 2629 Norway Chess Blitz
chess24.com [2] 2023.5.29 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.c4 d5 4.cxd5 Qxd5 5.Nc3 Qe6 6.Nf3
Bd7 7.e3 O-O-O 8.Be2 f5 9.O-O e4 10.Ng5 Qe8 11.f4 h6 12.Nh3 Nf6 13.Rc1 Kb8
14.a3 Be6 15.b4 Qd7 16.Nb1 Ne7 17.Be5 Nfd5 18.Bc4 Ka8 19.Qb3 Nc6 20.Bb2 Rg8
21.Nc3 g5 22.Bxd5 Bxd5 23.Qxd5 Qxd5 24.Nxd5 Rxd5 25.Rc2 g4 26.Nf2 a5 27.bxa5
Rxa5 28.Ra1 Bg7 29.Bxg7 Rxg7 30.Nh1 Rd7 31.Ng3 Kb8 32.Raa2 Nd8 33.Kf2 Ne6
34.Ke2 c6 35.a4 Kc7 36.Rab2 Rdd5 37.Rb4 Nc5 38.Rcb2 Ra7 39.Ra2 Nd3 40.Rb1 b5
41.a5 b4 42.a6 Kb6 43.Rba1 Rb5 44.Kd1 b3 45.Ra3 b2 46.Rb1 Rxa6 47.Rxa6+ Kxa6
48.Ne2 Ka5 49.Nd4 Rb6 50.Kc2 c5 51.Nxf5 Rb4 52.Nd6 Kb6 53.Nxe4 c4 54.Nc3 Kc5
55.f5 Kd6 56.f6 Ke6 57.Rf1 Rb7 58.Ne4 Ra7 59.f7 Rxf7 60.Rxf7 Kxf7 61.Nd6+ Ke6
62.Nxc4 Ne1+ 63.Kxb2 Nxg2 64.Kc3 Ne1 65.d4 Nf3 66.e4 h5 67.d5+ Ke7 68.Kd3 h4
69.Ke3 Nxh2 70.e5 g3 71.Nd2 h3 72.Nf3 Ng4+ 73.Kf4 h2 74.Kxg3 h1=Q 75.Kxg4 Qg2+
76.Kf4 Qf2 77.Ke4 Qe2+ 78.Kf4 Qd3 79.d6+ Kd7 80.Ng5 Qd4+ 81.Kf5 Qf2+ 82.Ke4
Qh4+ 83.Kf5 Qh5 84.Kf4 Qg6 85.Nf3 Qf7+ 86.Ke4 Qh7+ 87.Kf4 Qf7+ 88.Ke4 Qc4+
89.Nd4 Qb4 90.Kd5 Qb7+ 91.Kc5 Qe4 92.e6+ Kc8 93.d7+ Kc7 94.Nb5+ Kd8 95.Nd4 Qe5+
96.Kc4 Qd6 97.e7+ Kxd7
3.Thrill of The Hunt!
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2683 vs Gukesh D 2629 Norway Chess Blitz
chess24.com [9] 2023.5.29 B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qf3 Nf6 8.O-O-O Ne5 9.Qg3 b5 10.Nf3 d6
11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.f3 Bd7 13.Bd3 b4 14.Ne2 a5 15.Kb1 a4 16.Rc1 g6 17.Qf2 Bd6 18.h4
h5 19.Bg5 Be7 20.Qg3 Bc6 21.Nd4 Nd7 22.Bxe7 Kxe7 23.Rhd1 Rhd8 24.c3 b3 25.a3 Qb6
26.Qg5+ Kd6 27.Nb5+ Bxb5 28.Bxb5+ Kc7 29.Bxd7 Rxd7 30.Qxe5+ Kc6 31.Rd4 Ra5
32.Qh8 Raa7 33.Rc4+ Kd6 34.Qf8+ Ke5 35.Rc5+ Kf6 36.g4 e5 37.Qh8+ Ke7 38.Rxe5+
Kd6 39.Rd5+ Kc6 40.Qf6+
4.Someone Got Crushed!
Caruana, Fabiano 2764 vs Carlsen, Magnus 2853 Norway Chess
chess24.com [1] 2023.5.30 C11 French, Steinitz, Boleslavsky Variation 1.e4 e6
2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Ne2 Qb6 9.Qc1 Be7
10.c3 O-O 11.g3 f6 12.Bg2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Qa5+ 14.Nc3 Nb6 15.exf6 Bxf6 16.b3 Bd7
17.O-O Rac8 18.Qd2 Be7 19.Ne2 Qxd2 20.Bxd2 Rc7 21.Rac1 Rfc8 22.f5 Ba3 23.Rce1
Bb4 24.Bxb4 Nxb4 25.fxe6 Bxe6 26.Nf4 Bf5 27.Ne5 g6 28.g4 Be4 29.Bxe4 dxe4 30.a3
N4d5 31.Rxe4 Rc3 32.Nd7 Rxb3 33.Nxd5 Nxd5 34.Re5 Nc3 35.Nf6+
5.No One Is That Fast!
Firouzja, Alireza 2785 vs Gukesh D 2732 Norway Chess chess24.com
[1] 2023.5.30 C50 Giuoco Pianissimo 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.O-O
d6 6.c3 h6 7.Nbd2 a5 8.Re1 O-O 9.Nf1 a4 10.Bb5 a3 11.b4 Bb6 12.Bc4 Ne7 13.Ng3
Ng6 14.h3 c6 15.Bb3 d5 16.exd5 Nxd5 17.Bd2 Be6 18.Nh5 Bc7 19.d4 exd4 20.Nxd4
Qd6 21.Ng3 Rad8 22.Nxe6 fxe6 23.Qg4 Ne5 24.Qe2 Nxb4 25.Bg5 hxg5 26.cxb4 g6
27.Rad1 Qxb4 28.Bxe6+ Kh8 29.Rb1 Qf4 30.Rxb7 Nd3 31.Rd1 Nc1 32.Rxc1 Qxc1+
33.Kh2 Rd2 34.Qe4 Rfxf2 35.Rxc7 Rxg2+ 36.Qxg2 Rxg2+ 37.Kxg2 Qd2+
6.Magnus Sacrifices The
Rook!
Carlsen, Magnus 2853 vs So, Wesley 2760 Norway Chess chess24.com
[4] 2023.5.31 C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3
Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.O-O Bd6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 Qe7 9.d4 Bg4 10.Nbd2 O-O-O 11.Re1 g5 12.Bg3
Nh5 13.c3 exd4 14.cxd4 Bb4 15.Qa4 Bxf3 16.Nxf3 Bxe1 17.Qxa7 Qb4 18.Rxe1 Nxg3
19.hxg3 Qb6 20.Qa8+ Kd7 21.Qa4 f6 22.d5 Kc8 23.e5 Kb8 24.exf6 cxd5 25.f7 Qf6
26.Ne5 Rhf8 27.Re3 Rxf7 28.Ra3 c6 29.Qa7+ Kc7 30.Rb3 Rb8 31.Rf3 Qxe5 32.Rxf7+
Kd8 33.Rf8+
7.A Blunder Wins The Game!
Tari, Aryan 2642 vs Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2731 Norway Chess
chess24.com [3] 2023.5.31 B30 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rossolimo Attack (without
...d6) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.h3 a6 7.Bf1 Rg8 8.d3 h6
9.b4 cxb4 10.a3 b3 11.c4 g5 12.Qxb3 g4 13.hxg4 Nxg4 14.d4 Qa5 15.Nc3 Bg7 16.e5
dxe5 17.Bd2 Qd8 18.d5 Nd4 19.Nxd4 exd4 20.Ne4 Be5 21.f4 Bh8 22.c5 Kf8 23.Rac1
d3 24.Bc3 e6 25.c6 Bxc3 26.Qxc3 Qh4 27.Qc5+ Kg7 28.Bxd3 Qh2+ 29.Kf1 Qxf4+
30.Ke2 exd5 31.Rf1 Qe5 32.cxd7 Rad8 33.Qc3 dxe4 34.Bxe4 Rxd7 35.Rf4 Qxc3
36.Rxc3 Ne5 37.Rg3+ Ng6 38.Rfg4 Re8 39.Kf2 Re6 40.Bd3 a5 41.a4 b6 42.Kg1 Rd5
43.Bc4 Rd1+ 44.Kh2 Ree1 45.Rf3 h5 46.Rg5 h4
8.ZERO King Safety!
Firouzja, Alireza 2785 vs Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 2738 Norway Chess
chess24.com [3] 2023.5.31 D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted, 3.e4 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4
3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Nxe5 b5 7.f3 O-O 8.a3 Ba5 9.a4 a6 10.Be2 Nfd7
11.Be3 c6 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.O-O Bb7 14.Qe1 f5 15.exf5 Rxf5 16.Bd1 Rf7 17.Qg3 Nf6
18.Bc2 Nd5 19.Bg5 Qb6 20.Qh4 h6 21.Bd2 Nb4 22.Bg6 Rf6 23.Bb1 Nd3 24.Be3 Bxc3
25.bxc3 Re8 26.Bf2 Nf4 27.Kh1 c5 28.axb5 axb5 29.Qg3 Nxg2 30.dxc5 Qc6 31.Bd4
Ne3 32.Rf2 Nd1 33.Rg2 g5 34.Be4 Rxe4 35.Bxf6 Re3 36.Rxd1 Rxf3 37.Qb8+ Kf7
38.Bd4 Rf4 39.Rd2 Qf3 40.h3 Qxh3+
9.Hikaru, Magnus and King's Gambit
Nakamura, Hikaru 2775 vs Carlsen, Magnus 2853 Norway Chess
chess24.com [6] 2023.6.01 C39 King's Gambit Accepted, Kieseritsky, Kolisch Defence
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 d6 6.Nxg4 Nf6 7.Nxf6+ Qxf6 8.d3 Nc6
9.Qf3 Bh6 10.Qf2 Rg8 11.Nc3 Be6 12.Bd2 O-O-O 13.O-O-O Qd4 14.Qe1 Qe5 15.Ne2 f5
16.g3 fxe4 17.gxf4 Qf5 18.Ng3 Qf7 19.f5 Bxd2+ 20.Rxd2 Bd7 21.Kb1 Ne5 22.Qe3
exd3 23.cxd3 Bc6 24.Ne4 Kb8 25.Bh3 Rde8 26.Rc1 Bd5 27.Re2 Bxa2+ 28.Ka1 Bd5
29.Ng5 Qd7 30.Qd4 Qb5 31.Kb1 Nc6 32.Rxe8+ Rxe8 33.Qc3 Bb3 34.Ne4 Qa4 35.Rf1 Nd4
36.Bg4 Bc2+ 37.Kc1 Qa1+ 38.Kd2 Qxf1 39.Qxd4 Bxd3 40.Nf6 Re2+
10.Perfect Game With Perfect
Finish
Caruana, Fabiano 2764 vs Tari, Aryan 2642 Norway Chess chess24.com
[5] 2023.6.1 D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5
5.Nc3 c6 6.Qc2 g6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.e3 Bf5 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 O-O 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.h4
Na6 13.h5 c5 14.Rd1 Nb4 15.Qe2 Re8 16.Kf1 Rc8 17.hxg6 hxg6 18.g3 Kg7 19.Kg2
cxd4 20.Nxd4 Nc6 21.Qf3 Re5 22.Nde2 Rf5 23.Nf4 Bxc3 24.bxc3 Qg5 25.Qe2 Qe7
26.Nxd5 Qe6 27.e4 Re8 28.Rhe1 Qc8 29.exf5 Rxe2 30.f6+ Kf8 31.Rxe2 Qf5 32.c4 Ne5
33.Rde1 Qf3+ 34.Kg1
11.He Is The One!
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2731 vs Firouzja, Alireza 2785 Norway Chess
chess24.com [5] 2023.6.1 D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 5...Nd7 1.d4 d5
2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Be2 Bd6 7.b3 b6 8.Bb2 Bb7 9.O-O O-O
10.Qc2 Re8 11.Rad1 Qe7 12.Rfe1 Rad8 13.h3 h6 14.Bf1 Ba3 15.cxd5 exd5 16.Bxa3
Qxa3 17.Rb1 a5 18.Bd3 Qe7 19.Qb2 Ne4 20.Rbc1 Ng5 21.Nxg5 Qxg5 22.Na4 Re6 23.Qe2
c5 24.dxc5 d4 25.Qg4 Qe7 26.Bf5 Nf6 27.Qe2 Re5 28.c6 Bxc6 29.Rxc6 dxe3 30.Kf1
Rxf5 31.Qxe3 Qd7 32.Rcc1 Re8 33.Qxb6 Ne4 34.Rcd1 Nxf2 35.Rxe8+ Qxe8 36.Qxf2
Qb5+ 37.Kg1 Rxf2 38.Kxf2 Qf5+ 39.Ke3 Qg5+ 40.Kf2 Qf4+ 41.Kg1 Qe3+ 42.Kf1 f5
43.Nb2 Qc3 44.Nc4 a4 45.Re1 axb3 46.axb3 Qxb3 47.Ne5 g5 48.Nf3 Kg7 49.Kf2 Kf6
50.g4 Qb6+ 51.Kg3 Qd6+ 52.Kf2 fxg4 53.hxg4 Qf4 54.Rh1 Kg7 55.Rg1 h5 56.Kg2 hxg4
57.Ne1 g3 58.Rf1 Qe3 59.Kh3 Qf2
12.There's a New Sheriff in
Town
Firouzja, Alireza 2785 vs Caruana, Fabiano 2764 Norway Chess
chess24.com [7] 2023.6.3 C11 French, Steinitz, Boleslavsky Variation 1.e4 e6
2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qb6 9.Qd2 Qxb2
10.Rb1 Qa3 11.Ncb5 Qxa2 12.Rd1 Rb8 13.Nc7+ Kd8 14.Ncb5 Nc5 15.Bd3 Nxd3+ 16.Qxd3
Bd7 17.Nd6 Bxd6 18.exd6 Qc4 19.Qd2 f6 20.Nxc6+ bxc6 21.Qa5+ Ke8 22.Qxa7 Rb2
23.Qa8+ Kf7 24.Qxh8 Qxc2 25.Bd2 Qe4+ 26.Kf1 Qd3+ 27.Ke1 c5 28.h4 Bb5 29.Kf2
Rxd2+ 30.Rxd2 Qxd2+ 31.Kg3 Qe3+ 32.Kh2 Qxf4+ 33.Kg1 Qd4+ 34.Kh2 Qxh4+ 35.Kg1
Qd4+ 36.Kh2 Qe5+ 37.Kg1 Qxd6 38.Rxh7 Qf8
13.The Queen Sacrifice!
Gukesh D 2732 vs Carlsen,
Magnus 2853 Norway Chess chess24.com [8] 2023.6.3 C50 Giuoco Pianissimo 1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 d6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 a6 8.Nbd2 Ba7 9.O-O Qe7
10.b4 O-O 11.a4 Be6 12.Re1 Bxc4 13.Nxc4 b5 14.axb5 axb5 15.Na5 Nxa5 16.Rxa5 Bb6
17.Rxb5 g5 18.Bg3 Nd7 19.d4 f6 20.dxe5 fxe5 21.c4 c6 22.Rxb6 Nxb6 23.c5 Nd7
24.cxd6 Qe6 25.Qc2 Ra6 26.Nxe5 Ra2 27.Qxa2 Qxa2 28.Nxd7 Rd8 29.Nf6+ Kf7 30.e5
Qd2 31.f3 Qxb4 32.h3 Ra8 33.d7 Qd4+ 34.Kh2 Ke6 35.Rc1 c5 36.Ne4 c4 37.Nd6 c3
38.Ne4 Kxd7 39.Rxc3 Kd8 40.Rc6 Qe3 41.Rc3 Qd4 42.Rc2 Ke7 43.Rd2 Qc4 44.Bf2 Ra5
45.Bg3 Ra1 46.e6 Qc1 47.Bd6+ Kxe6 48.Kg3 h5 49.Nxg5+ Kf5 50.Rd5+ Kg6 51.Ne6
Qe1+
14.World #2!
Nakamura, Hikaru 2775 vs Tari, Aryan 2642 Norway Chess chess24.com
[9] 2023.6.4 C24 Bishop's Opening, Berlin Defence 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5
4.Nc3 c6 5.Bb3 d6 6.h3 O-O 7.Nf3 a5 8.O-O Nbd7 9.a3 b5 10.Ba2 a4 11.Nh4 Ba7
12.Qf3 Nc5 13.Nf5 Bxf5 14.Qxf5 Re8 15.Bd2 Ne6 16.Ne2 d5 17.exd5 Nxd5 18.Rae1
Qd6 19.Qg4 Rad8 20.Ng3 Nd4 21.Bg5 Rb8 22.Be3 Qg6 23.c3 Nxe3 24.fxe3 Nb3 25.Ne4
Qxg4 26.hxg4 c5 27.Bxb3 axb3 28.c4 Red8 29.Rd1 Rd7 30.Kf2 h5 31.gxh5 f5 32.Nc3
b4 33.Nb5 f4 34.axb4 Bb6 35.exf4 cxb4+ 36.Kf3 exf4 37.d4 Rbd8 38.Rd3 Rc8 39.Rc1
Rd5 40.c5 Rg5 41.Nd6 Rc6 42.cxb6
15.What Heavyweight in Chess
Looks Like
Nakamura, Hikaru 2775 vs Tari, Aryan 2642 Norway Chess chess24.com
[9] 2023.6.4 C24 Bishop's Opening, Berlin Defence 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5
4.Nc3 c6 5.Bb3 d6 6.h3 O-O 7.Nf3 a5 8.O-O Nbd7 9.a3 b5 10.Ba2 a4 11.Nh4 Ba7
12.Qf3 Nc5 13.Nf5 Bxf5 14.Qxf5 Re8 15.Bd2 Ne6 16.Ne2 d5 17.exd5 Nxd5 18.Rae1
Qd6 19.Qg4 Rad8 20.Ng3 Nd4 21.Bg5 Rb8 22.Be3 Qg6 23.c3 Nxe3 24.fxe3 Nb3 25.Ne4
Qxg4 26.hxg4 c5 27.Bxb3 axb3 28.c4 Red8 29.Rd1 Rd7 30.Kf2 h5 31.gxh5 f5 32.Nc3
b4 33.Nb5 f4 34.axb4 Bb6 35.exf4 cxb4+ 36.Kf3 exf4 37.d4 Rbd8 38.Rd3 Rc8 39.Rc1
Rd5 40.c5 Rg5 41.Nd6 Rc6
16.The Miracle Move!
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2731 vs Caruana, Fabiano 2764 Norway Chess
chess24.com [11] 2023.6.5 C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5
Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.O-O Bd6 7.Nbd2 Be6 8.Nb3 b6 9.Ng5 Bg4 10.f3 Bh5
11.Kh1 Nd7 12.Nh3 f6 13.Be3 Qe7 14.Nd2 Nc5 15.Nc4 Ne6 16.Ng1 g5 17.Ne2 Bf7
18.Qe1 h5 19.Nxd6+ cxd6 20.a4 h4 21.a5 b5 22.h3 a6 23.d4 c5 24.c3 Kf8 25.Rd1
Kg7 26.Qf2 Rac8 27.Rd2 Qc7 28.Ra1 Rhd8 29.b4 cxd4 30.cxd4 Qe7 31.Rad1 Rh8
32.Qe1 Rc4 33.dxe5 dxe5 34.Rd6 Rd8 35.Rxd8 Nxd8 36.g3 hxg3 37.Nxg3 Be6 38.Qd2
Nf7 39.Bc5 Qe8 40.h4 Qh8 41.h5 Qh7 42.Kg2 Qh6 43.Kf2 g4 44.Be3 Qh8 45.fxg4 Qc8
46.Bc5 Bxg4 47.Rf1 Bh3 48.Rg1 Kh7 49.h6 Qg4 50.Nf5 Qxe4 51.Rg7+ Kh8 52.Ne3 Nxh6
53.Nxc4 Kxg7 54.Bf8+ Kxf8 55.Qxh6+ Kg8 56.Ne3 Bf5 57.Qh5 Bg6 58.Qh3 f5 59.Qh6
Kf7 60.Qh8 Qd4 61.Ke2 f4 62.Ng4 f3+
17.Two Norwegians Go For Some
Italian
Tari, Aryan 2642 vs Carlsen, Magnus 2853 Norway Chess chess24.com
[11] 2023.6.5 C55 Two knights Defence (Modern Bishop's Opening) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3
d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Re1 Nf6 8.Bf1 O-O 9.c4 b6 10.Nc3
Bb7 11.f3 a6 12.Be3 Rc8 13.Rc1 Re8 14.Qd2 h5 15.Qf2 e6 16.h3 d5 17.cxd5 exd5
18.exd5 Nxd5 19.Nxd5 Rxc1 20.Rxc1 Bxd5 21.Bxa6 Qe7 22.Bd2 Ra8 23.Bb5 Rxa2
24.Bc3 Nc5 25.Re1 Ne6 26.Qe3 Qd6 27.Nxe6 Bxe6 28.h4 Bxc3 29.Qxc3 Ra5 30.Bf1 Kh7
31.b4 Rd5 32.Bc4 Qc7 33.Rc1 Rd8 34.Bf1 Qf4 35.Qe1 Rd2 36.b5 Rb2 37.Rd1 Rc2
38.Qe4 Qc7 39.Qe3 Bc4 40.Bxc4 Rxc4 41.Qg5 Kg7 42.Re1 Qd6 43.Kh1 Rb4 44.Rc1 Qd4
45.Rc6 Rb1+ 46.Kh2 Rd1 47.Qg3 Qg1+ 48.Kh3 Rd5 49.Qf4 Rf5 50.Qc4 g5 51.hxg5 Qh1+
52.Kg3 Rxg5+ 53.Kf4 Qh4+ 54.g4 hxg4 55.Qd4+ Kh7 56.Qd3+ Rg6 57.Rxg6 fxg6
58.fxg4 Kh6 59.Qd4 Qg5+ 60.Kf3 Qxb5 61.Qh8+ Kg5 62.Qd8+ Kh6 63.Qh8+ Kg5 64.Qd8+
18.Finally, The Chosen One!
Carlsen, Magnus 2853 vs
Firouzja, Alireza 2785 Norway Chess chess24.com [14] 2023.6.6 C42 Petrov's Defence
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O Be7 7.h3 O-O 8.Re1 Re8
9.Bf1 Bf8 10.Rxe8 Qxe8 11.d4 h6 12.c4 Bf5 13.Nc3 Nc6 14.Qb3 Qc8 15.d5 Ne5
16.Nxe5 dxe5 17.Be3 Nd7 18.Rc1 b6 19.Na4 Bd6 20.c5 bxc5 21.Nxc5 Rb8 22.Ba6 Qe8
23.Nb7 Nb6 24.Rc6 Nc8 25.Nxd6 Nxd6 26.Qc3 Be4 27.Rxc7 Qa4 28.Bf1 Qxa2 29.Qxe5
19.Not Too Weak but Too Slow!
Caruana, Fabiano 2764 vs Gukesh D 2732 Norway Chess chess24.com
[14] 2023.6.6 C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3
Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nbd2 Be6 7.h3 Nd7 8.Nb3 Be7 9.Na5 Qc8 10.b3 O-O 11.O-O c5
12.a4 b6 13.Nc4 f6 14.Nh4 Rd8 15.Qf3 Nb8 16.Qg3 Nc6 17.f4 Nd4 18.Rf2 Kh8
19.fxe5 Bxc4 20.bxc4 fxe5 21.Nf5 Bf6 22.Bg5 Bxg5 23.Qxg5 Qd7 24.Raf1 Rf8 25.Kh2
Ne6 26.Qg3 Nf4 27.Qg4 Rf6 28.Ne3 Qd4 29.Nf5 Qd7 30.g3 Ne6 31.Ne3 Raf8 32.Rxf6
Rxf6 33.Rxf6 gxf6 34.h4 Qf7 35.Kg2 c6 36.Kf2 Qg8 37.Qf5 Qf7 38.h5 h6 39.Qg4 Kh7
40.Nf5 Ng7 41.Nxg7 Qxg7 42.Qf5+ Kh8 43.Qc8+ Kh7 44.Qxc6 Qe7 45.Kf3 Kg7 46.Qc8
Qf7 47.Kg4 Kh7 48.Kh4 Kg7 49.Kg4 Kh7 50.Qf5+ Kg7 51.Kf3 Qe8 52.Ke3 Qf7 53.g4
Qe8 54.Kd2 Qf7 55.Qc8 Qe7 56.Kc3 Qf7 57.Kb3 Qe7 58.Qf5 Qe8 59.Ka3 a5 60.Kb3 Qf7
61.Qc8 Qe7 62.Qc6 Qd8 63.Qe6 Qd4 64.Qe7+ Kg8 65.Qxf6 Qa1 66.Qg6+ Kf8 67.Qxh6+
Kg8 68.Qg6+ Kh8 69.Qf6+ Kg8 70.Qg5+ Kh8 71.Qd8+
20.Is Queen's Gambit Even A
Gambit?
So, Wesley 2760 vs Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2731 Norway Chess
chess24.com [13] 2023.6.6 D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted, 3.e4 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4
3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 exd4 5.Bxc4 Nc6 6.O-O Qf6 7.Bg5 Qg6 8.Nbd2 Be7 9.Bf4 Nf6 10.Bb5
Bd6 11.Bg3 Bxg3 12.hxg3 O-O 13.Rc1 Ng4 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Qa4 Qh6 16.Rxc6 Bd7
17.Rxh6 Bxa4 18.Rh5 Nf6 19.Ra5 Bc2 20.e5 Ne4 21.Rc1 Nxd2 22.Rxc2 Nxf3+ 23.gxf3
f6 24.Rxc7 Rf7 25.Rxf7 Kxf7 26.exf6 Rd8 27.Kf1 d3 28.Ke1
21.How Exactly Does THIS
Happen?
Gukesh D 2732 vs Tari, Aryan 2642 Norway Chess chess24.com [15]
2023.6.8 A45 Queen's Pawn Game 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 d5 3.e3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Nbd2 O-O
6.c3 b6 7.h4 c5 8.Ne5 Nbd7 9.Be2 h5 10.Nc6 Qe8 11.b4 Ng4 12.O-O e5 13.Bg3 Qe6
14.b5 Bb7 15.c4 Bxc6 16.bxc6 Ndf6 17.e4 Nxe4 18.cxd5 Qxd5 19.Nxe4 Qxe4 20.d5
Nf6 21.Bf3 Qf5 22.d6 e4 23.Be2 Nd5 24.Rc1 Nb4 25.c7 Bd4 26.Qa4 a6 27.d7 b5
28.Bxb5 axb5 29.Qxa8 Qxd7 30.Qxe4 Nxa2 31.Rce1 Bf6 32.Rd1 Bd4 33.Qc2 Qe6
34.Rfe1 Qc4 35.Qxc4 bxc4 36.Bd6 Rc8 37.Bxc5
22.PERHITUNGAN LUAR BIASA
MAGNUS
Richard Rapport 2745 vs Magnus Carlsen 2853 Grand Chess Tour:
Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz chess.com 2023.5.24 Round 24 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5
e6 3. Nd2 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 Be7 7. c3 b6 8. Bd3 Ba6 9. Qf3 d5 10.
Bc2 Nc6 11. Ne2 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Nxd2 13. Qxf7+ Kxf7 14. Bxd8 Nc4 15. Bc7 Nxb2 16.
h4 Rac8 17. Rb1 Nc4 18. Bf4 Na3 19. Rb2 Nxc2+ 20. Rxc2 Nb4
23.HIKARU KEWALAHAN HADAPI
CARLSEN
Hikaru Nakamura 2775 vs Magnus Carlsen 2853 Norway Chess Blitz chess.com
2023.5.29 Round 6 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bf4 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nbd2
Bf5 7. c3 e6 8. Qb3 Qd7 9. Bb5 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 f6 11. Qa4 Rc8 12. dxc5 e5 13. Bg3
Bxc5 14. Rhd1 a6 15. Be2 Ne7 16. Qxd7+ Bxd7 17. Ke1 Be6 18. h3 Kf7 19. Nd2 h5
20. Rac1 Nf5 21. Bh2 Nd6 22. Bf3 g5 23. Nb3 Ne4 24. Nxc5 Rxc5 25. c4 g4 26.
cxd5 gxf3 27. dxe6+ Kxe6 28. gxf3 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Ng5 30. Ke2 Nxh3 31. f4 e4 32.
Kf1 Rg8 33. Rc5 f5 34. Re5+ Kf6 35. Bg3 Rg4 36. Re8 h4 37. Bh2 Kg6 38. Rh8 Kg7
39. Rb8 b5 40. Rb7+ Kg6 41. Rb6+ Kh5 42. Rxa6 Rg7 43. Rf6 Kg4 44. Kg2 Nxf2 45.
Kxf2 Kh3 46. Bg1 Rg2+ 47. Kf1 Rxb2 48. Bf2 Kg4 49. Rg6+ Kf3 50. Bxh4 Rb1+ 51.
Be1 Kxe3 52. Rb6 Kf3 53. Rh6 e3 54. Rh3+ Ke4 55. Rh5 b4 56. Rh2 Ra1 57. Rb2 Kf3
58. Rh2 Kxf4 59. Rh4+ Kf3 60. Rh3+ Ke4 61. Rh2 f4 62. Rb2 Kf3 63. Rh2 Rb1 64. Rh3+
Ke4 65. Rh4 Rb2 66. Bg3 Kf3 67. Be1 Rxa2 68. Rh3+ Kg4 69. Rh4+ Kg5 70. Rh8 b3
71. Rb8 b2 72. Rb5+ Kg4 73. Rb4 Kf5 74. Rb8 f3 75. Rb4 f2 76. Bxf2 exf2
24.NODIRBEK SI ANAK AJAIB
Fabiano Caruana 2764 vs Nodirbek Abdusattorov 2731 Champions Chess
Tour ChessKid Cup chess.com 2023.5.26 Round 4-2 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6
4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bc2 Rc8 9. a4 g6 10. axb5 axb5 11.
d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bg4 13. Be3 Bg7 14. Nbd2 O-O 15. h3 Bd7 16. d5 Nb4 17. Bb1 Ra8
18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Bd4 Rc8 20. Nf1 Qa4 21. Ne3 Qxd1 22. Rxd1 Bh6 23. g4 Bxe3 24.
Bxe3 Nc2 25. Bh6 b4 26. e5 dxe5 27. Nxe5 Ba4 28. d6 Na3 29. Rd4 Nxb1 30. dxe7
Ne8 31. Rxb4 Bc2 32. Rd4 Rc7 33. Rd8 Rxe7 34. Nd7 f5 35. Nf6+ Kf7 36. Nxh7 g5
37. Bxg5 Re1+ 38. Kh2 f4 39. Rd7+ Kg8 40. Bxf4 Bxh7 41. Kg3 Nf6 42. Rd8+ Kf7
43. Be3 Re2 44. Rb8 Nd2 45. Rb7+ Ke8 46. g5 Nf1+ 47. Kf4 Nxe3 48. fxe3 Nd7 49.
h4 Bg6 50. b4 Ke7 51. Ra7 Rb2 52. Rb7 Bh5 53. e4 Ke6 54. Ke3 Rh2 55. Ra7 Rxh4
56. Ra6+ Ke7 57. Rh6 Rh3+ 58. Kd4 Bg4 59. b5 Rb3 60. Kc4 Rb1 61. Rh7+ Kd6 62.
Rh6+ Be6+
25.SANGAT MENEGANGKAN
Alireza Firouzja 2785 vs Hikaru Nakamura 2775 Champions Chess Tour
ChessKid Cup chess.com 2023.5.23 Round 51-2 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4.
d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. Nbd2 a6 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Be6 9. Bc2 d5 10. Ng5 Bc8 11. exd5
Qxd5 12. Nde4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Be7 14. Qh5 Be6 15. O-O f5 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. Bxg5
Rae8 18. Rfe1 Qd7 19. a4 a5 20. Rad1 Bf7 21. Qh4 Re6 22. Bc1 Rfe8 23. Re2 h6
24. f3 Qd6 25. Rde1 Ne7 26. f4 Ng6 27. fxe5 Rxe5 28. Qf2 Rxe2 29. Rxe2 Rxe2 30.
Qxe2 c5 31. Qf2 Be6 32. Be3 b6 33. d4 cxd4 34. Bxd4 Nf4 35. Bxb6 Bd5 36. Bc5
Qb8 37. Bxf5 Bxg2 38. Qe3 Bc6 39. b4 axb4 40. cxb4 Bxa4 41. Bd4 Qd6 42. Be5
Qd1+ 43. Kh2 Bc6 44. Bxf4 Qh1+ 45. Kg3 Qg2+ 46. Kh4 g5+ 47. Bxg5 hxg5+ 48.
Qxg5+ Kf7 49. Qxg2 Bxg2 50. Kg5 Bf1 51. h4 Be2 52. h5 Bf1 53. h6 Bb5 54. Kf4
Kf6 55. h7 Kg7 56. Ke5 Bf1 57. Kd4 Bb5 58. Kc5 Bd7 59. Bxd7
26.NODIRBEK TERKENA PERANGKAP
Nodirbek Abdusattorov 2731 vs Anish Giri 2768 Norway Chess chess.com
2023.5.30 Round 2 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4
7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bxc5 10. Ne3 c3 11. bxc3 Nc6 12. Nd3 Bb6 13.
Rb1 Na5 14. O-O Bd7 15. c4 Rfc8 16. Ne5 Be8 17. Ba3 Bc5 18. Bxc5 Rxc5 19. f4
Rb8 20. Rfc1 b6 21. Nd3 Rc7 22. c5 Rbc8 23. cxb6 Rxc1+ 24. Nxc1 axb6 25. Nd3 b5
26. Kf2 h6 27. Ne5 Kf8 28. g4 g5 29. Rb4 Rc3 30. Nd3 Ra3 31. Nc1 Bc6 32. fxg5
hxg5 33. Bf3 Bxf3 34. exf3 Rxe3
27.PERMAINAN PALING DITUNGGU
Magnus Carlsen 2853 vs Alireza Firouzja 2785 11th Norway Chess Stavanger
2023.6.6 Round 7.1 ECO B40 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bd3 Nc6 4. O-O g5 5. Bb5 Bg7
6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. d3 g4 8. Nfd2 h5 9. Nb3 d6 10. f4 Ne7 11. Bd2 Bxb2 12. Ba5 Qd7
13. N1d2 Bg7 14. Qe1 Ba6 15. Rd1 f5 16. e5 Ng6 17. Nc4 Bxc4 18. dxc4 d5 19.
Nxc5 Qc8 20. Nb3 O-O 21. Bb4 Re8 22. Bd6 Qa6 23. Qc3 Rad8 24. c5 Bh6 25. g3 Rd7
26. Nd4 Rf7 27. Rb1 h4 28. Qd3 Qa4 29. a3 a5 30. Rfd1 hxg3 31. hxg3 Bxf4 32.
gxf4 Nxf4 33. Qb3 Qxb3 34. Rxb3 a4 35. Rb4 Rh7 36. Rf1 Nh3+ 37. Kg2 Ng5 38.
Nxc6 Ne4 39. Rxe4 dxe4 40. Nd4 Rh3 41. c6 Kf7 42. c7 Reh8 43. Nc6 Rh2+ 44. Kg3
Rxc2 45. Nd8+ Kg6 46. Nxe6 Rh3+ 47. Kf4 Rf3+ 48. Rxf3 exf3 49. Kg3 Rg2+ 50. Kh4
Rh2+ 51. Kg3 Rg2+ 52. Kh4
28.MOMEN MAMEDYAROV HENTIKAN
CARUANA
Fabiano Caruana 2764 vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2738 11th Norway
Chess Stavanger NOR 2023.6.4 Round 5 ECO A28 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4.
e4 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Bb4 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8. Qf3 d5 9. Be2 d4 10. Qxe4 dxc3
11. O-O O-O 12. a3 cxb2 13. Bxb2 Bc5 14. Bd3 g6 15. e6 Qe7 16. Rfe1 a5 17. Qf4
f6 18. Be4 Ra6 19. Rad1 Rd6 20. Rxd6 Bxd6 21. Qh4 c6 22. Bd3 Bxa3 23. Bxa3 Qxa3
24. Qg3 Re8 25. Bxg6 Rxe6 26. Bd3+ Kh8 27. Rd1 Qd6 28. Qf3 Qe7 29. Bf1 Re5 30.
h4 Be6 31. Rd4 Re1 32. Qc3 Bg8 33. Qd2 Qe5 34. Rd8 Qa1 35. Qd3 Qb1 36. Rxg8+
Kxg8 37. Qd8+ Kg7 38. Qc7+ Kg6 39. Qg3+ Kf5 40. Qh3+ Ke5 41. Qg3+ Ke6 42. Qg8+
Kd7 43. Qf7+ Kc8 44. Kh2 Qe4 45. Qg8+ Kc7 46. Kg1 Qd3 47. Qf7+ Kb6
29.Brilliant!
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2731 vs Nakamura, Hikaru 2775 Norway Chess
chess24.com [16] 2023.6.8 C67 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence, Open Variation 1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nf5 8.Nf3 O-O 9.d4 d5
10.c3 Bd6 11.Nbd2 Nce7 12.a4 a5 13.Bd3 c6 14.Nf1 g6 15.Bd2 Ng7 16.Ng3 Nef5
17.Qb3 Nh4 18.Nxh4 Qxh4 19.Nf1 Qd8 20.h3 Ne6 21.Bh6 Re8 22.g3 Bd7 23.Nh2 Bf8
24.Bxf8 Kxf8 25.h4 Qc7 26.Nf3 Kg7 27.Ne5 Bc8 28.Qc2 c5 29.Bb5 Re7 30.Qd2 Nf8
31.h5 c4 32.h6+ Kg8 33.Qf4 f5 34.Nxc4 Qxf4 35.gxf4 Ne6 36.Nb6 Rb8
30.There Can Be Only One!
Nakamura, Hikaru 2775 vs Caruana, Fabiano 2764 Norway Chess
chess24.com [17] 2023.6.9 C58 Two Knights Defence 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3 Nd5 9.Nf3 Bd6 10.O-O Nf4 11.Nc3
Nxd3 12.cxd3 O-O 13.b3 Re8 14.Re1 c5 15.Ba3 Nc6 16.Ne4 Bf8 17.Rc1 f5 18.Nxc5
Qd5 19.Qc2 Rd8 20.Qc4 Qxc4 21.Rxc4 Rd5 22.Rec1 Bd6 23.Bb2 Ne7 24.R4c2 Rb8 25.d4
exd4 26.Nxd4 a5 27.Nf3 h6 28.Na4 Ba6 29.Nc3 Rc5 30.Ba3 Rc6 31.Bxd6 Rxd6 32.Na4
Nd5 33.Rc6 Rxc6 34.Rxc6 Nb4 35.Rd6 Bb7 36.Nc3 Re8 37.h4 f4 38.Rd4 Rf8 39.Ne5
Re8 40.Nc4 f3 41.gxf3 Bxf3 42.Kh2 Nc2 43.Rd3 Ba8 44.Kg3 Kh7 45.Ne3 Nb4 46.Rd6
Nc6 47.Ncd5 Rf8 48.Nc7 Bb7 49.Ne6 Rf7 50.f4 Ba8 51.h5 Ra7 52.a3 Kg8 53.f5 Re7
54.Kf4 Ra7 55.d4
31.Magnus's Worst Tournament
in 16 Years!
Carlsen, Magnus 2853 vs
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2731 Norway Chess chess24.com [18] 2023.6.9 C42 Petrov,
French Attack 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d3 Nf6 6.d4 d5 7.Bd3 Bd6
8.Qe2+ Be6 9.Ng5 Qe7 10.Nxe6 fxe6 11.c3 O-O 12.O-O e5 13.dxe5 Qxe5 14.Qxe5 Bxe5
15.Nd2 Nbd7 16.Nf3 Bd6 17.g3 c6 18.Kg2 Rae8 19.a4 a5 20.Nd4 Bc5 21.Bf5 Bxd4
22.cxd4 Rf7 23.Bd3 Nf8 24.Bd2 Ne6 25.Bc3 b6 26.Rfe1 Rfe7 27.b4 axb4 28.Bxb4 Ra7
29.Bc3 Kf7 30.Reb1 Nd7 31.h4 Rea8 32.Bc2 h5 33.Re1 Nf6 34.Rab1 b5 35.axb5 cxb5
36.Bf5 Re8 37.Bb4 Nxd4 38.Rxe8 Nxe8 39.Bd3 Nf6 40.Bc3 Ra3 41.Bxd4 Rxd3 42.Bb6
Ng4 43.Rxb5 Rd2 44.Kf3 g6 45.Bc5 d4 46.Ke4 Nf6+ 47.Kf3 Ng4 48.Rb6 Rxf2+ 49.Ke4
Nf6+ 50.Kxd4 Rd2+ 51.Ke3 Rd5 52.Bd4 Rf5 53.Kd3 Rf3+ 54.Kc4 Rf5 55.Rb7+ Kg8
56.Re7 Kf8 57.Ra7 Kg8 58.Be3 Ng4 59.Bg5 Kf8 60.Bf4 Kg8 61.Kd4 Kf8 62.Bg5 Kg8
63.Ra8+ Kg7 64.Ra7+ Kg8 65.Kc4 Kf8 66.Bd2 Kg8 67.Bc3 Kf8 68.Bg7+ Kg8 69.Bd4 Kf8
70.Rg7 Ne5+ 71.Bxe5 Rxe5 72.Rxg6 Kf7 73.Rd6 Re3 74.Rd3 Re5 75.Rd5 Re3 76.Rg5
Kf6 77.Kd4 Ra3 78.Ke4 Ra4+ 79.Kf3 Ra3+ 80.Kg2 Ra2+ 81.Kh3 Ra7 82.Rxh5 Kg6
83.Rg5+ Kf6 84.Rg4 Kf5 85.h5 Ra1 86.Rb4 Rh1+ 87.Kg2 Rd1 88.Kf2 Kg5 89.Rh4 Kh6
90.Kf3 Rd3+ 91.Kg4 Rd4+ 92.Kh3 Rd3
32.Subscriber Plays a 100%
Accuracy Game!
Bruffin 1537 vs FloppyTuesday 1614 Live Chess chess.com C29
2023.6.10 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.Qf3 Nc6 6.Nxe4 Nd4 7.Qd3 dxe4
8.Qc3 Bb4 9.Qc4 Be6
33.A Chess Cake Masterpiece
Tari, Aryan 2642 vs Firouzja, Alireza 2785 Norway Chess
chess24.com [17] 2023.6.9 B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo,
Moscow) Attack 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.O-O a6 5.Bd3 e6 6.c3 Ngf6 7.Bc2 b5
8.d4 Bb7 9.Re1 Be7 10.a4 cxd4 11.cxd4 O-O 12.a5 Rc8 13.Nbd2 Nb8 14.Nb3 Nc6
15.Bb1 Qc7 16.Bg5 h6 17.Bh4 e5 18.Bg3 Rfe8 19.d5 Nb8 20.Nfd2 g6 21.f3 Nh5
22.Bf2 Nf4 23.Bb6 Qd7 24.Nc1 Bg5 25.Nd3 Qe7 26.Nf2 Nd7 27.Be3 Rc7 28.Nb3 Nxg2
29.Bxg5 Qxg5 30.Nh3 Ne3+ 31.Nxg5 Nxd1 32.Nxf7 Nxb2 33.Nxd6 Rf8 34.Ra2 Na4
35.Rg2 Kh7 36.Rc1 Rxc1+ 37.Nxc1 Ba8 38.Rc2 Nac5 39.Ba2 Kg7 40.Nb3 Nxb3 41.Bxb3
Kf6 42.Rc7 Ke7 43.Nc8+ Kd8 44.d6 Rf6 45.Na7 Rxd6 46.Rc8+ Ke7 47.Rxa8 Rd3
48.Nc8+ Kf6 49.Rxa6+ Kg5 50.Bd5 Ra3 51.Kf2 Nc5 52.Rc6 Nd3+ 53.Kg3 Rxa5 54.h4+
Kh5 55.Rf6
34.1500 RATED PLAYER
CHECKMATES SUPER GM IN BLITZ
Simphiwe Buthelezi 1500 vs Levon Aronian 2778 Joubert Park 2019
A15 English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian Defense) 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bg2
O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.h3 e5 8.O-O a6 9.a4 Nd7 10.f4 exf4 11.gxf4 f5 12.d3
Nc5 13.Nd5 Kh8 14.Kh1 fxe4 15.dxe4 Ne7 16.Nec3 c6 17.Ne3 Be6 18.Qc2 a5 19.f5
gxf5 20.exf5 Bg8 21.f6 Bxf6 22.Rxf6 Rxf6 23.Ng4 Rg6 24.Bh6 Nc8 25.Qd2 Qh4
26.Qd4+ Rf6 27.Qxf6+ Qxf6 28.Nxf6 Bxc4 29.Re1 Nb6 30.Re7 Bd3 31.Bg7
35.Magnus Back in Form?
Carlsen, Magnus 2853 vs Saric, Ivan 2670 Aimchess Rapid Play-In
Champions Chess Tour chess24.com [10] 2023.6.12 B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky
(Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) Attack 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.a4 Nf6 5.Nc3
g6 6.a5 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 a6 9.Bf1 b5 10.axb6 e.p. Bb7 11.Ra2 Qxb6 12.b3 Ng4
13.h3 Nge5 14.Nd5 Nxf3+ 15.Qxf3 Qd8 16.Bb2 Bxb2 17.Rxb2 a5 18.Ra2 e6 19.Nc3 Ne5
20.Qg3 Nc6 21.Nb5 e5 22.Bc4 Nd4 23.Nxd4 cxd4 24.d3 Kh8 25.Rea1 f5 26.f3 fxe4
27.dxe4 Bc6 28.Qe1 Qg5 29.h4 Qf4 30.Rxa5 Rxa5 31.Rxa5 g5 32.hxg5 Qxg5 33.Ra6 Rc8
34.Rb6 h5 35.Kh2 h4 36.Be6 Rc7 37.Kh3 Qd8 38.Bf5 Bd7 39.Qxh4+ Qxh4+ 40.Kxh4
Bxf5 41.exf5 Rxc2 42.g4 Rc3 43.Kg5 Rxf3 44.Kg6
36.A SECOND IMMORTAL?
Wei, Yi 2722 vs Lou, Yiping 2482 Chinese Chess League Division A (Regular） Chongqing, China [2.13] D35 2023.6.6 D35 Queen's Gambit Declined,
Exchange, Positional Line, 5...c6 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5
c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.g4 Be6 8.h3 h5 9.gxh5 Qb6 10.Bxf6 Qxb2 11.Nge2 Bb4 12.Bxg7 Bxc3+
13.Nxc3 Qxc3+ 14.Ke2 Rxh5 15.Rb1 Qc4+ 16.Ke1 Qxa2 17.Ra1 Qb2 18.Qxh5 Qxa1+
19.Ke2 Kd7 20.Qh8 b5 21.Rg1 Bf5 22.Qf8 Bd3+ 23.Kf3 Kc7 24.Be5+ Kb7 25.Qe7+ Ka6
26.Bxd3 Qxg1 27.Bf5 Qd1+ 28.Kf4 Qd2 29.Kg3 Qe1 30.Bc7 Qg1+ 31.Kf3 Qg8 32.h4 Qh8
33.Kg3 Qg7+ 34.Kh3 Qh8 35.Bg4 f6 36.Be6 Kb7 37.Bd8+
37.Is The System Fair To The
Players
Carlsen, Magnus 2853 vs Saric, Ivan 2670 Aimchess Rapid Play-In Champions Chess Tour chess24.com [10] 2023.6.12 B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) Attack 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.a4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.a5 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 a6 9.Bf1 b5 10.axb6 e.p. Bb7 11.Ra2 Qxb6 12.b3 Ng4 13.h3 Nge5 14.Nd5 Nxf3+ 15.Qxf3 Qd8 16.Bb2 Bxb2 17.Rxb2 a5 18.Ra2 e6 19.Nc3 Ne5 20.Qg3 Nc6 21.Nb5 e5 22.Bc4 Nd4 23.Nxd4 cxd4 24.d3 Kh8 25.Rea1 f5 26.f3 fxe4 27.dxe4 Bc6 28.Qe1 Qg5 29.h4 Qf4 30.Rxa5 Rxa5 31.Rxa5 g5 32.hxg5 Qxg5 33.Ra6 Rc8 34.Rb6 h5 35.Kh2 h4 36.Be6 Rc7 37.Kh3 Qd8 38.Bf5 Bd7 39.Qxh4+ Qxh4+ 40.Kxh4 Bxf5 41.exf5 Rxc2 42.g4 Rc3 43.Kg5 Rxf3 44.Kg6
38.This is What Happens When You Don't Play it!
Pranav, V 2533 vs Gukesh D 2626 Junior Speed Chess SF chess24.com
[1] 2023.6.15 C53 Giuoco Piano 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4
6.e5 d5 7.Bb5 Ne4 8.cxd4 Bb6 9.Be3 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.Nc3 O-O 12.O-O f5 13.Ne2
Bxf3 14.gxf3 Ng5 15.Kg2 f4 16.Nxf4 Nxd4 17.Bxd4 Rxf4 18.Be3 Rxf3 19.Bxg5 Qxg5+
20.Kxf3 Rf8+ 21.Ke2 Rxf2+
39.Queen Sac Ends The London
System!
Sargsyan, Shant 2628 vs Duda, Jan-Krzysztof 2783 European Pairs
Blitz Open chess24.com [5] 2023.6.19 D02 London System 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4
c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 Qb6 6.dxc5 Qxb2 7.Rb1 Qc3 8.Bb5 g6 9.e4 dxe4 10.Be5 Qa5
11.O-O exf3 12.Qxf3 Qxb5 13.Bxf6 Qxf1+ 14.Rxf1 exf6 15.Qxf6 Rg8 16.Re1+ Be7
17.Nc4 Kf8 18.Qf4 Kg7 19.Rxe7 Nxe7 20.Qe5+ Kf8 21.Qd6 Be6 22.Na5 Bd5 23.h4 b6
24.c4 Bxg2 25.Kxg2 bxa5 26.c6 Re8 27.c7 Kg7 28.Qd4+ f6 29.Qxa7 Nc8 30.Qxa5 Rgf8
31.a4 Re7 32.Qc5 Rff7 33.a5 Rxc7 34.Qd5 Rfd7 35.Qe6 Re7 36.Qd5 Red7 37.Qe6 Rd6
38.Qe4 h5 39.c5 Rdc6 40.Qe3 Rxc5 41.a6 R5c6 42.Qf4 Ra7 43.Qb4 Rcxa6 44.Qc4 Ne7
45.Qd4 Nf5
40.2 Queens Can't Stop
Gukesh!
Gukesh D 2626 vs Sadhwani, Raunak 2631 Junior Speed Chess Final
chess24.com [2] 2023.6.19 E94 King's Indian, Orthodox Variation 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4
g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O h6 8.Re1 Nbd7 9.Bf1 b6 10.d5 a5
11.g3 Nc5 12.Bg2 Nh7 13.Be3 f5 14.exf5 gxf5 15.Nh4 Qf6 16.Kh1 e4 17.Nb5 Nd3
18.Rf1 Qxb2 19.Rb1 Qxa2 20.Nxc7 Ra7 21.Ne6 Bxe6 22.dxe6 Qxc4 23.e7 Rxe7 24.Ng6
Ref7 25.Nxf8 Nxf8 26.Rxb6 a4 27.Rxd6 a3 28.Bxh6 Be5 29.Rd8 a2 30.Qh5 Nxf2+
31.Kg1 Qc5 32.h4 Ng4+ 33.Kh1 Nxh6 34.Qxh6 a1=Q 35.Qg5+ Rg7 36.Qxf5 Qaa3 37.Qe6+
Kh8 38.Qh6+ Kg8 39.Bh3 Qxg3 40.Be6+ Rf7 41.Bxf7#
41.RARE Opening by Hikaru
Hikaru Nakamura vs seven time US Womens Champion Irina
Krush where Hikaru played the super rare opening 1.Nc3 (Van Geet/Dunst Opening)
which lead to the exciting game that followed. Kings – Queens St Louis MO
2011.9.15 Round 5 ECO A00 1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nxe4 Nd7 4. Bc4 e6 5. Qe2
Ngf6 6. Ng5 Nb6 7. Bb3 h6 8. N5f3 a5 9. a4 Be7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Ngf3 Nfd5 12.
O-O Bd7 13. d4 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Rd1 Nf6 16. g4 Qe7 17. g5 hxg5 18. Bxg5
Rfd8 19. Kh1 Bc6 20. Nxc6 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 bxc6 22. Ne5 Qc7 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24.
Nxf7 Nd5 25. Qxe6 1-0
42.Delightful checkmate
against ex-World Champ
Susan Polgar vs Anatoly Karpov Blitz Roquebrune-Cap-Martin FRA 1992.2.7
ECO E15 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6
8. O-O d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Bc3 O-O 12. Nd2 f5 13. Rc1 Ba3 14. Rb1
Bd6 15. b4 Qc8 16. Qb3 b5 17. c5 Bc7 18. e3 Qe8 19. f4 h6 20. Nf3 Kh7 21. Kf2
Nf6 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Ng4+ 24. Ke2 Nxh2 25. Rh1 Ng4 26. Bf3 Qg6 27. Rh4 Kg8
28. Qc2 Qe8 29. Rbh1 Bc8 30. Bxg4 fxg4 31. Rxg4 Kh8 32. Rg6 Qf7 33. g4 Kg8 34.
Rhxh6 a5 35. Rg5 axb4 36. Qh7# 1-0
43.Incredible Attacking Game
Wesley So vs Garry Kasparov Ultimate Blitz Challenge St. Louis, MO
2016.4.29 Round 10.2 ECO A41 1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6
6. Nbd2 e5 7. d5 Nce7 8. h3 Bd7 9. c5 dxc5 10. Nc4 f6 11. d6 Nc8 12. Be3 b6 13.
O-O Bc6 14. dxc7 Qxc7 15. b4 cxb4 16. Rc1 Nge7 17. Qb3 h6 18. Rfd1 b5 19. Ncxe5
fxe5 20. Bxb5 Rb8 21. Ba4 Qb7 22. Rxc6 Nxc6 23. Qe6+ Ne7 24. Bc5 Rc8 25. Bxe7
1-0
44.Spassky Demolishes
Larsen's 1.b3 in 17 Moves!
Bent Larsen vs Boris Spassky USSR vs Rest of the World Belgrade SRB 1970.3.31 Round 2.1 Bent Larsen vs Boris Spassky ECO "A01 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Bc5 6. Nxc6
dxc6 7. e3 Bf5 8. Qc2 Qe7 9. Be2 O-O-O 10. f4 Ng4 11. g3 h5 12. h3 h4 13. hxg4
hxg3 14. Rg1 Rh1 15. Rxh1 g2 16. Rf1 Qh4+ 17. Kd1 gxf1=Q+
45.One of the Greatest Games
of the 21st Century
Dubov, Daniil 2702 vs Karjakin, Sergey 2752 Russian Championship
Superfinal lichess.org Moscow RUS 2020.12.16 Round 11.1 ECO C53 Opening Italian
Game: Classical Variation, Center Attack 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3
Nf6 5. d4 [C53 Italian Game: Classical Variation, Center Attack] exd4 6. b4?! [(0.17
→ -0.39) Inaccuracy. e5 was best.] (6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Be3 O-O
10. Nc3 Bg4) 6... Bb6 7. e5 Ne4 8. Bd5?! [(-0.36 → -0.95) Inaccuracy. O-O was
best.] (8. O-O O-O 9. b5 Ne7 10. Bd3 d5 11. exd6 Nxd6 12. cxd4 Bg4) 8... Nxc3
9. Nxc3 dxc3 10. Bg5?! [(-0.81 → -1.45) Inaccuracy. O-O was best.] (10. O-O d6)
10... Ne7 11. O-O h6 12. Bh4 O-O?? [(-1.51 → 0.45) Blunder. g5 was best.]
(12... g5) 13. Re1 Qe8 14. Bb3 a5 15. Bf6 a4? [(0.00 → 1.23) Mistake. Nf5 was
best.] (15... Nf5) 16. Bc4 Ng6 17. Qd3 d5?! [(0.16 → 1.18) Inaccuracy. Kh8 was
best.] (17... Kh8 18. Nh4) 18. exd6 Be6 19. Qxg6 fxg6 20. Rxe6 Qf7 21. Bxc3 Kh8
22. Re4 Qf5 23. Re7 Rg8?! [(1.61 → 2.36) Inaccuracy. Bxf2+ was best.] (23...
Bxf2+ 24. Kh1) 24. Bxg8 Rxg8 25. dxc7 Qc2 26. Be5 Bxf2+ 27. Kh1 Bb6?! [(2.75 →
3.57) Inaccuracy. a3 was best.] (27... a3) 28. h3 Kh7 29. Re1 a3 30. Kh2 g5 31.
Nd4 Qc4?? [(2.98 → 6.41) Blunder. Bxd4 was best.] (31... Bxd4 32. Bxd4 h5 33.
R1e5 Qd2 34. Re4 Qc2 35. b5 b6 36. R4e6 g4 37. hxg4 hxg4 38. Re4) 32. Nf5 Qxb4
33. Rc1 Kg6 34. Rxg7+ Kxf5 35. Rxg8 Bxc7 36. Bxc7 Qb2 37. Rc5+ Ke4 38. Rd8 [Black
resigns]
46.If Opposite Color Bishops
Are a Draw, Get Rid of The Bishop!
Grischuk, Alexander 2716 vs Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2703 Global
Chess League chess24.com [2] 2023.6.23 A07 Reti, King's Indian Attack (Barcza System)
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O c5 5.d3 Nc6 6.e4 dxe4 7.dxe4 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Nxe4
9.Na3 Be7 10.Be3 O-O 11.Nd2 Nxd2 12.Rxd2 e5 13.Nc4 Be6 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Nxe5
Rfc8 16.b3 Bf6 17.f4 Bxe5 18.fxe5 c4 19.Bc5 h5 20.Rd4 Rcb8 21.Rad1 a5 22.Kf2
Kh7 23.R1d2 a4 24.bxc4 a3 25.R4d3 Rb2 26.Rxa3 Rxa3 27.Bxa3 Rxa2 28.Be7 Bxc4
29.Bg5 Kg6 30.h4 Kf5 31.Bf4 Ra3 32.Rd6 Ra6 33.Ke3 Bd5 34.Kd2 Ra4 35.Rd8 Kg4
36.Rg8 g6 37.Rd8 Ra3 38.Rd6 Ra4 39.Kd3 Kf3 40.Kd2 Ra2 41.Kc3 Ra4 42.Kd2 Ke4
43.Rd8 Be6 44.Rd3 c5 45.Rc3 c4 46.Re3+ Kf5 47.Kc3 Ra1 48.Kd2 Kg4 49.Re4 Kh3
50.Re3 Rg1 51.c3 Bd5 52.Re1 Rxg3 53.Bxg3 Kxg3 54.Ke3 Kxh4 55.Kf2 Kg4 56.Kg1 Kf4
57.Kh2 g5 58.Kh3 Be6+ 59.Kh2 h4
47.Magnus and Vishy Meet
Again!
Carlsen, Magnus 2829 vs Anand, Viswanathan 2731 Global Chess
League chess24.com [2] 2023.6.23 A36 English, Ultra-symmetrical Variation 1.c4
c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Qd2 Nf6 7.b3 O-O 8.Bb2 Bd7 9.Nf3 Rb8 10.O-O
a6 11.Nd5 e6 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.d4 b5 14.dxc5 Bxb2 15.Qxb2 dxc5 16.cxb5 axb5
17.Rfc1 c4 18.bxc4 bxc4 19.Qc3 e5 20.Qxc4 Qe7 21.h4 Rfc8 22.Qe4 Bf5 23.Qe3 e4
24.Ng5 Nb4 25.Rxc8+ Rxc8 26.Bxe4 Nc2 27.Bxc2 Qxe3 28.fxe3 Rxc2 29.Kf1 Bc8
30.Nf3 Ba6 31.Nd4 Rc3 32.Kf2 Ra3 33.Nc2 Ra4 34.a3 Bb7 35.Nb4 Kg7 36.Nd3 Ra5
37.Rb1 Bd5 38.Ra1 Be4 39.Nb2 Kh6 40.Nc4 Ra6 41.a4 Kh5 42.Nd2 Rf6+ 43.Nf3 Kg4
44.a5
48.World Champion Class Just
Hits Different
Anand, Viswanathan 2731 vs Duda, Jan-Krzysztof 2794 Global Chess
League chess24.com [1] 2023.6.22 C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3
Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nbd2 Nd7 7.Nc4 O-O 8.O-O Re8 9.Kh1 f6
10.Nh4 Nf8 11.Ne3 Ng6 12.Nhf5 Bxe3 13.Nxe3 Be6 14.b3 Qd4 15.Rb1 Rad8 16.Bb2 Qd6
17.f3 c5 18.g3 b5 19.Qe2 Rd7 20.Rf2 Qc6 21.h4 c4 22.dxc4 bxc4 23.bxc4 Qc5
24.Rff1 Red8 25.Bc3 Qa3 26.Rb3 Qa6 27.h5 Ne7 28.h6 Nc6 29.Re1 Nd4 30.Bxd4 Rxd4
31.hxg7 Rd2 32.Qf1 Kxg7 33.g4 Qa5 34.Qg1 Kg6 35.Qg3 Qxa2 36.g5 fxg5 37.Qxe5 Qa6
38.f4 gxf4 39.Nd5 Bxd5 40.Rg1+
49.Only Brilliance Will Suffice!
Anand, Viswanathan 2731 vs Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2767 Global
Chess League chess24.com [4] 2023.6.24 C42 Petrov's Defence 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6
3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Bd3 d5 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 O-O 8.Bxe4 dxe4 9.Rxe4 c5 10.Nc3
Nc6 11.d3 b6 12.Bf4 Bb7 13.Re1 Nd4 14.Nxd4 cxd4 15.Ne4 Rc8 16.f3 Qd7 17.Qd2 Rc6
18.Qf2 f5 19.Ng3 Bh4 20.Qd2 h6 21.Qb4 Rc5 22.Re2 g5 23.Be5 f4 24.Bxd4 a5
25.Qb3+ Bd5 26.c4 Bxc4 27.Qc3 Rd5 28.Bf6 fxg3 29.Re7 Qd6 30.Rg7+ Kh8 31.Rf7+
Kg8 32.Rg7+ Kh8 33.Rf7+ Kg8 34.Be7 gxh2+ 35.Kh1 Rxf7 36.Bxd6 Rxd6 37.Qxc4 Bg3
38.Qg4 Bf4 39.g3 Be5 40.Re1 Bxb2 41.Re6 Rxd3 42.Rxh6 Rdxf3 43.Qxg5+ Bg7 44.Rxb6
Rf2 45.Rb8+ Kh7 46.Qh4+ Kg6 47.Qe4+ R7f5 48.Rb6+
50.Another One Bites The
Dust!
Sindarov, Javokhir 2596 vs Praggnanandhaa 2587 Global Chess League
chess24.com [5] 2023.6.25 C50 Giuoco Pianissimo, Italian Four Knights Variation
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.d3 a6 6.Nd5 Nxd5 7.Bxd5 O-O 8.O-O d6
9.c3 Qf6 10.a4 a5 11.h3 h6 12.Bb3 Ba7 13.Be3 Be6 14.Re1 Bxe3 15.Rxe3 Rad8
16.Bxe6 Qxe6 17.d4 Ne7 18.Qe2 c6 19.Qc2 Ng6 20.Rd1 Rfe8 21.Kh2 Nf4 22.Rd2 Qc8
23.Qb3 Qc7 24.g3 Ne6 25.h4 exd4 26.cxd4 d5 27.e5 c5 28.Rc3 Qe7 29.Qb6 Nxd4
30.Nxd4 cxd4 31.Rxd4 Qxe5 32.Rcd3 Rd6 33.Qxa5 Rf6 34.Rd2 Qe1 35.Qxd5 Rxf2+
36.Rxf2 Qxf2+ 37.Kh3 Re3 38.Rg4 Qf1+ 39.Qg2 Qf5 40.Qd2 Re4 41.Qd1 h5
51.PERTARUNGAN HEBAT FINAL
Magnus Carlsen 3046 vs Hikaru Nakamura 2978 Live Chess chess.com 2017.1.3
Round Final 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. b4 d6 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Nc3
e4 8. Nd2 Re8 9. Bb2 h5 10. h3 h4 11. b5 c6 12. a4 Bf5 13. a5 a6 14. bxc6 bxc6
15. O-O Nbd7 16. Na4 Qxa5 17. c5 Qc7 18. cxd6 Qxd6 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. Nc5 a5 21.
Bc3 Nxc5 22. dxc5 Nd5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qd4+ Kg8 25. Nd6 Reb8 26. Bc4 Rb4 27.
Rfb1 Rab8 28. Rxb4 axb4 29. Bxd5 cxd5 30. Qxd5 Be6 31. Qd4 f5 32. Qf6 Bf7 33. c6
b3 34. Rb1 Rb6 35. Ra1 Rb8 36. Nxf7 Qxf7 37. Qd6 Rc8 38. Ra5 Qe8 39. Ra7 Rxc6
40. Qd4 Rc1+ 41. Kh2 Qb8+ 42. g3 hxg3+ 43. Kg2 Rc7 44. Qd5+ Kh7 45. Ra8 Qb7 46.
Qd8 Kh6 47. Qh4+ Kg7 48. Qh8+ Kf7 49. Rf8+ ([The most human win was] 49. Re8
Re7 50. Rf8+ Ke6 51. Qd4 Rf7 52. Rg8 [but also good were e.g.]) (49. Rd8 [or])
(49. Rg8) 49... Ke6 50. Rf6+ [Now the king runs away, but White can still hold
the draw.] ([One of the winning moves was] 50. Qd4) 50... Kd5 51. Qd8+ Kc4 52.
Qd4+ Kb5 53. Rd6 Rc4 54. Rd5+ [Effect d5 square. Now Black even wins.] (54.
Qe5+ $1 ([Effect e5 square.]) 54... Rc5 (54... Ka4 55. Qa1+ Kb4 56. Qf6 $1 ([Effect
f6 square.]) (54... Kb4 55. Qf6 ([Effect
f6 square]) 55. Qb2 Kb4 56. Qd4+ Kb5 57. Qb2) 54... Kb4 55. Qd2+ Ka3 56. Ra5+
Ra4 57. Qc1+ b2 58. Qc3+ Qb3 59. Rxa4+ Kxa4 [Pawn promotion cannot be stopped.]
60. Qc6+ Qb5 61. Qc2+ Ka3 62. Qc3+ Ka2 63. Qc2 Qb3 64. Qd2 gxf2 65. Kxf2 Qd3
66. Qa5+ Kb3
52.I'll Just Grind, If You
Don't Mind
Nepomniachtchi, Ian 2760 vs Carlsen,
Magnus 2829 Global Chess League chess24.com [6] 2023.6.26 B22 Sicilian,
Alapin's Variation 2.c3 1.e4 c5 2.c3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Ng5 d5 6.exd5
Nxd5 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qb3 Be6 9.Nxe6 fxe6 10.Qxb7 Rc8 11.O-O Qd7 12.Qb5 Be7 13.Bb3
O-O 14.Qd3 Na5 15.Bd1 Rfd8 16.Bf3 dxc3 17.Nxc3 Nxc3 18.Qxd7 Rxd7 19.bxc3 Rxc3
20.Bb2 Rc5 21.Rad1 Rxd1 22.Rxd1 Nc4 23.Bc3 e4 24.Bd4 Ra5 25.Bxe4 Rxa2 26.g3 Nd2
27.Bc6 a5 28.Kg2 Kf7 29.Bc3 Nc4 30.Rd7 Ne3+ 31.Kf3 Ra3 32.Bb2 Rb3 33.fxe3 Rxb2
34.Ra7 Rxh2 35.Rxa5 h5 36.Ra6 Bd6 37.Bb5 Ke7 38.Bc4 g5 39.e4 Rc2 40.Ba2 Rc5
41.Ke3 h4 42.gxh4 gxh4 43.Ra7+ Kf6 44.Rh7 h3 45.Kd4 Rc2 46.Bxe6 Be5+ 47.Kd5
Rd2+ 48.Kc6 h2 49.Bg4 Rf2 50.Rh3 Kg5 51.Bf3 Rxf3 52.Rxf3 h1=Q 53.Rf5+ Kg4
54.Rxe5 Kf4 55.Re6 Qd1 56.Kc7 Qd4 57.Re7 Ke3 58.Re6 Qg7+ 59.Kd6 Qf8+ 60.Kd5
Qa8+ 61.Kc5 Qd8 62.Kc6 Qa5 63.Kd6 Kd4 64.Ke7 Qc7+ 65.Kf6 Qf4+ 66.Ke7 Kc5 67.Kd7
Qf7+ 68.Re7 Qf6 69.Re6 Qd4+ 70.Ke7 Qg7+ 71.Ke8 Qh7 72.Re7 Qg6+ 73.Kf8 Kc6 74.e5
Kd5 75.e6 Ke5 76.Rg7 Qf6+ 77.Rf7 Qd8+ 78.Kg7 Kxe6 79.Rf1 Qg5+ 80.Kf8 Qb5 81.Rf7
Qh5 82.Re7+ Kf6
53.Gerakan Kuda Anand Luar Biasa
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof 2794 vs Anand,
Viswanathan 2731 Global Chess League chess24.com [6] 2023.6.26 A30 English, Symmetrical
Variation 1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.b3 e6 4.Bb2 d5 5.g3 Nc6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bg2 d4
8.O-O Be7 9.e3 O-O 10.Na3 dxe3 11.dxe3 Bf5 12.Nc4 Qc7 13.Nfe5 Rad8 14.Qe2 Nxe5
15.Bxe5 Qc8 16.Rfd1 Bg4 17.f3 Be6 18.Nd6 Bxd6 19.Bxd6 Rfe8 20.Rac1 b6 21.e4 Bh3
22.b4 Bxg2 23.Qxg2 c4 24.e5 Nd7 25.f4 b5 26.Rd5 a6 27.Rcd1 Nb6 28.R5d4 Na4
29.Qf3 Nb2 30.R1d2 Nd3 31.R2xd3 cxd3 32.Qxd3 Qc1+ 33.Kg2 Qb2+ 34.Kh3 Re6 35.Qd2
Rh6+ 36.Kg2 Qxd2+ 37.Rxd2 f5 38.h3 Rg6 39.Kf3 h5 40.Rd5 Re6 41.g4 hxg4+ 42.hxg4
g6 43.g5 Ree8 44.Rd1 Kf7 45.a4 Ke6 46.axb5 axb5 47.Ke3 Rh8 48.Kd4 Rc8 49.Bc5
Rhd8+ 50.Bd6 Rc4+ 51.Ke3 Rh8 52.Bc5 Rh3+ 53.Kf2 Rxf4+ 54.Kg2 Rb3 55.Rd6+ Kxe5
56.Rxg6 Rg4+ 57.Kf2 f4 58.Rg8 Rb2+ 59.Kf1 Rh4
54.The UNDERPROMOTION!
Anand, Viswanathan 2731 vs
Carlsen, Magnus 2829 Global Chess League chess24.com [7] 2023.6.28 C18 French,
Winawer, Advance Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3
Nc6 7.Qg4 g6 8.h4 h6 9.h5 g5 10.f4 Qa5 11.Bd2 f5 12.Qg3 g4 13.dxc5 Nge7 14.Bd3
Qxc5 15.Ne2 Na5 16.Qf2 Qxf2+ 17.Kxf2 Bd7 18.a4 Kf7 19.Rhb1 b6 20.Bc1 Nec6
21.Ba3 Nd8 22.Bb4 Ndb7 23.Nd4 Rhb8 24.Nb3 Nc4 25.Bxc4 dxc4 26.Nd4 Rc8 27.a5 b5
28.Rd1 Be8 29.Ne2 a6 30.Rd4 Rd8 31.Rad1 Rxd4 32.Rxd4 Bc6 33.Rd2 g3+ 34.Kg1 Rg8
35.Nd4 Rd8 36.Bd6 Be4 37.Bb4 Rd5 38.Kf1 Nd8 39.Ke1 Nc6 40.Ne2 Rxd2 41.Kxd2 Bxg2
42.Nxg3 Bf3 43.Ke3 Bd1 44.Kd2 Bg4 45.Ke3 Ke8 46.Kd2 Ne7 47.Bxe7 Kxe7 48.Kc1 Kd7
49.Kb2 Kc6 50.Ka2 Kd5 51.Ka3 Kc5 52.Kb2 Bd1 53.Kc1 Bf3 54.Kb2 b4 55.cxb4+ Kd4
56.c3+ Kd3 57.b5 axb5 58.a6 Kd2 59.a7 Bd5 60.Nxf5 exf5 61.e6 b4 62.e7 bxc3+
63.Ka2 c2 64.a8=Q Bxa8 65.e8=Q Be4 66.Qd8+ Bd3 67.Qd4 c1=N+ 68.Ka3 c3 69.Qb6
Ne2 70.Qxh6 c2 71.Qb6 Nc1 72.Qc6 Ne2
55.Nearly Flawless is the
Best Kind of Flawless
Rapport, Richard 2761 vs Gukesh
D 2629 Global Chess League chess24.com [7] 2023.6.28 C53 Giuoco Piano 1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.O-O a5 7.Re1 h6 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.h3 a4
10.Nf1 Bd7 11.d4 Bb6 12.Ng3 Re8 13.Re2 Qb8 14.Be3 exd4 15.Bxd4 Nxd4 16.cxd4 Bc6
17.e5 Nd5 18.Re4 Qd8 19.Rg4 Kh8 20.Nf5 Bd7 21.Nxg7 Rg8 22.Qd2 Rxg7 23.Rxg7 Kxg7
24.Bxd5 c6 25.Bxf7 Qe7 26.e6 Bxe6 27.Bxe6 Qxe6 28.Qb4 Ra6 29.Re1 Qf6 30.d5 cxd5
31.Qg4+ Kf8 32.Qc8+ Bd8 33.Re6
56.The Best Day of His Life
Carlsen, Magnus 2829 vs
Aronian, Levon 2743 Global Chess League chess24.com [8] 2023.6.29 A01
Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, Classical Variation 1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.e3
e6 5.h3 Bh5 6.d3 h6 7.g4 Bg6 8.Ne5 Bh7 9.Nd2 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Bg2 c6 12.Qe2
Qc7 13.f4 f6 14.O-O-O Qa5 15.e4 O-O-O 16.Kb1 Ba3 17.Bxa3 Qxa3 18.exd5 exd5
19.Rhe1 f5 20.Nf3 fxg4 21.hxg4 Rhf8 22.f5 Nf6 23.Bh3 d4 24.g5 hxg5 25.Nxg5 Bg8
26.Bg2 Rd5 27.Bxd5 Nxd5
57.One Does Not Simply Cheese
Magnus
Carlsen, Magnus 2829 vs Duda,
Jan-Krzysztof 2794 Global Chess League chess24.com [9] 2023.6.30 B58 Sicilian,
Boleslavsky Variation 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Be2 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 e5
7.Nf3 h6 8.O-O Be7 9.Re1 O-O 10.Bf1 Re8 11.h3 Bf8 12.b3 a6 13.Bb2 b5 14.Qd2 Bb7
15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.exd5 Ne7 17.c4 Qd7 18.a4 bxc4 19.bxc4 Ng6 20.a5 Rac8 21.Ba3 e4
22.Nd4 Ne5 23.Rac1 Qa4 24.Bb4 Nd3 25.Bxd3 exd3 26.Red1 Rc7 27.Nf5 Bc8 28.Ne3
Rxe3 29.Ra1 Qb3 30.Rab1 Qxc4 31.Qxe3 Bf5 32.Rbc1 Qb3 33.Rxc7 Qxd1+ 34.Kh2 Qb3
35.Qd4 Qa4 36.Ra7 Bg6 37.Ra8 Qd7 38.Qb6 Qf5 39.Rxf8+ Kh7 40.Qd4
58.Fischer Played The Entire
Tournament via Telex Machine!
Robert James Fischer vs Vasily
Smyslov "Our Man in Havana" game of the day 9 Feb 2017 1965 Havana
CUB rd 2 Aug 26 Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Anderssen Variation C77 1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Be7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Nf1 b5 9. Bb3
d5 10. Qe2 de4 11. de4 Be6 12. Be6 fe6 13. Ng3 Qd7 14. O-O Rad8 15. a4 Qd3 16.
Qd3 Rd3 17. ab5 ab5 18. Ra6 Rd6 19. Kh1 Nd7 20. Be3 Rd8 21. h3 h6 22. Rfa1 Ndb8
23. Ra8 Rd1 24. Kh2 Ra1 25. Ra1 Nd7 26. b4 Kf7 27. Nf1 Bd6 28. g3 Nf6 29. N1d2
Ke7 30. Ra6 Nb8 31. Ra5 c6 32. Kg2 Nbd7 33. Kf1 Rc8 34. Ne1 Ne8 35. Nd3 Nc7 36.
c4 bc4 37. Nc4 Nb5 38. Ra6 Kf6 39. Bc1 Bb8 40. Bb2 c5 41. Nb6 Nb6 42. Rb6 c4
43. Nc5 c3
59.PENGORBANAN BERTUBI-TUBI
RADJABOV
Arjun Erigaisi 2714 vs Teimour
Radjabov 2694 Tech Mahindra Global Chess League chess.com 2023.6.22 Round 1 1.
e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. O-O d6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Qe7
9. Nbd2 Ba7 10. a4 g5 11. Bg3 Rg8 12. b4 h5 13. h4 Bg4 14. Qe1 gxh4 15. Bxh4
Qd7 16. Kh1 Rg6 17. Nh2 Bh3 18. Rg1 Be6 19. a5 Ng4 20. b5 Ne7 21. Bxe6 Rxe6 22.
bxa6 bxa6 23. Rf1 Ng6 24. f3 Ne3 25. Bf2 Nxf1 26. Ndxf1 Bxf2 27. Qxf2 Nf4 28.
d4 Rb8 29. Ne3 Qb5 30. Nf5 Rg6 31. Rg1 Qe2 32. Qh4 Qxg2+
60.ENDGAME MAGNUS DIUJI MVL
Maxime Vachier Lagrave 2767 vs
Magnus Carlsen 2829 Tech Mahindra Global Chess League chess.com 2023.6.25 Round
5 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Ne2 Bd5 11. Rd1 Ke8 12. Nfd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 a6 14.
Bf4 Rc8 15. Rd2 c5 16. Ne2 Be6 17. Rad1 Be7 18. Nc3 g5 19. Be3 Rg8 20. Nd5 Bxd5
21. Rxd5 c4 22. g4 Rg6 23. Kg2 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. h4 gxh4 26. Kh3 Re6 27.
Bd4 Bg5 28. Bc3 b5 29. a3 f6 30. exf6 Bxf6 31. Bxf6 Rxf6 32. Rd2 c3 33. Re2+
Kf7 34. b4 Rd6 35. Re3 Rd2 36. Rxc3 Rxf2 37. Kxh4 Kf6 38. Rxc7 Re2 39. Rc6+ Ke5
40. Kg5 Kd5 41. Rxa6 Rxc2 42. Rb6
61.The Stunning Victory of
Bobby Fischer
The 4th Capablanca Memorial
International Chess Tournament was held in the capital city of Havana in Cuba.
Eighteen grandmasters and six masters participated in the round-robin event at
the Habana Libre hotel from August 25 to September 26, 1965. It was one of the
best-funded tournaments at the time, due to Ché Guevara's patronage. As the
director of the Cuban National Bank and Minister of Industry, he guaranteed a
$3000 first prize with more than $4500 to be dispersed among the next five
finishers. This edition of the memorial gained worldwide significance because
it was the first international tournament in which Bobby Fischer would be
participating since the Curacao Candidates (1962), more than three years
before. He had agreed to attend for a $3000 appearance fee, but difficulties
arose when the US State Department refused him a visa to travel to Cuba. When
Fischer suggested playing by telex from the Marshall Chess Club, the organizers
agreed although it would end up costing them over $10,000. Although Fischer had
been playing regularly in US championships in the intervening three years (and
winning them all), this tournament would mark the first time Fischer would be
facing a number of the strongest Soviet grandmasters since his accusations
against them for conspiring to keep him from winning the Candidates Tournament
to challenge Botvinnik in 1963. Fischer's main Soviet rivals at this event were
former world champion Vasily Smyslov, Efim Geller and Ratmir Kholmov. Borislav
Ivkov led for most of the tournament, but suffered a tragic collapse at the
end. In the penultimate round, with a won game against the tailender Garcia, he
blundered and had to resign. In the last round, with White against Robatsch, he
played for a win, but lost again. This enabled Smyslov to finish first by
one-half point, despite losing to Fischer in their individual game. Fischer
shared second place with Geller and Ivkov. Kholmov joined the top finishers in
fifth place.
62.This Isn't Even Hikaru's
Immortal!
The 3rd Sinquefield Cup was
played in the Saint Louis Chess Club and Scholastic Center, Missouri USA, 23
August - 1 September 2015. It was this year the second of three events of the
new Grand Chess Tour. The nine regular tour players were joined by wildcard
Wesley So for a single round robin. Tournament director: Tony D Rich. Overall
prize fund: $300,000, with $75,000 to the winner, and down to $15,000 for 10th
place. Players received 120 minutes for 40 moves, 60 more minutes for the rest
of the game, and a 30-second delay from move 41. Rounds started at 1 pm. Levon
Aronian won with 6/9 and collected 13 Grand Chess Tour
63.He Defeated Carlsen,
Kasparov, Anand, Nepo, Caruana and The Entire Grand Chess Tour Team!
64.Echoes of Vengeance
Gukesh D 2744
vs Carlsen, Magnus 2835 SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia chess24.com [1]
2023.7.5 B31 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rossolimo Attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 O-O 7.d4 d5 8.e5 Ne4 9.Be3
cxd4 10.cxd4 Qb6 11.Bxc6 Qxc6 12.Nbd2 Bf5 13.Nb3 b6 14.Nh4 Be6 15.f3 g5 16.fxe4
gxh4 17.Bg5 f6 18.Rc1 Qb7 19.Bxh4 dxe4 20.Rc3 f5 21.Bg5 f4 22.Qc2 h6 23.Bh4 e3
24.Qg6 Qd7 25.Rec1 Bxb3 26.axb3 Qxd4 27.Rc7 Rae8 28.Be1 Qxe5 29.Rxa7 Qf5
30.Qxb6 f3 31.gxf3 Qxf3 32.Qe6+ Kh7 33.h3 Qf1+ 34.Kh2 Qe2+ 35.Kg3 Rf3+ 36.Kh4
Bf6+
65. Anand Explains Chess To
The Kids
66.Total Annihilation!
67.Legendary Rivals Face-Off
Again
The SuperUnited Rapid &
Blitz Croatia will be held from the 5th to the 9th of July in Zagreb, Croatia
as a 10-player round robin. It is part of the Grand Chess Tour, a series of
Classical, Rapid and Blitz tournaments with a total prize pool of $1,400,000.
For the Rapid and Blitz events, the games in the rapid portion are worth twice
as many points as their blitz counterparts. The rapid portion is a 10-player
round-robin, and the blitz portion is a 10-player double round-robin. In the
event of a tie, the two tied players will play a mini-match of 2 rapid (10+5)
games. If more than two players are tied, a blitz (5+3) round-robin will be
held to determine the winner. The time control for the rapid games is 25
minutes for the entire game with a 10-second increment beginning from move 1.
The time control for the blitz games is 5 minutes for the entire game with a
2-second increment beginning from move 1.
68.Cool Guys Don't Look at
Explosions
69.Little Anand vs Big Anand
70.They Can't Stop Me!
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