Carlsen e os seus cavalos amestrados !

Voltando a este jogo de Carlsen, jogado no 2º torneio Pearl em Nanjing e já referido neste Blog, mas agora analisado em maior detalhe pelo GM Karsten Mueller (foto à esquerda).

De um final que mais parecia empatado, Carlsen "chixoteia" os seus cavalos amestrados para uma vitória a muito alto nível !!!

De notar de Carlsen ganhou todos os jogos que fez de brancas ! No total, ganhou 6 e empatou 4 jogos. Foi brilhante !

Carlsen,Magnus (2772) - Wang Yue (2736) [D17]

2nd Pearl Spring Nanjing (8), 06.10.2009

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 g5 12.Ne3 gxf4 13.Nxf5 0-0-0 14.Qc2 Ng6 15.0-0 Kb8 16.Rfc1 a5 17.b4 axb4 18.Nb5 Qe5 19.Nbd4 Bc5 20.Nb3 h5 21.Rab1 Ba7 22.Bxc6 fxg3 23.hxg3 Rc8 24.Qd3 bxc6 25.Qxd7 Rc7 26.Qd3 h4 27.Nbd4 hxg3 28.Rxb4+ Ka8 29.Nxg3 Rd8 30.e3 Nh4 31.Kf1 Qa5 32.Rcb1 Nf3 33.Nb3 Qd5 34.Qxd5 cxd5 35.Rd1 Rc2 36.Rf4 Ne5 37.Nd4 Rc4 38.Nde2 Rxf4 39.Nxf4 d4 40.Nge2 Nc6 41.e4 Rb8 42.Nd5 Rb2 43.Nef4 Kb7 44.Nd3 Rb3 45.Ke2 Ra3 46.f4 Rxa4 47.Rb1+ Kc8 48.Rc1 Kb7 49.e5 Ra3 50.Rh1 Ra5 51.Nf6 Bb8 52.Rb1+ Kc8 53.Rc1 Kb7 54.Ne4 Ra3 55.Rh1 Magnus' mighty knights. Actually two knights alone cannot deliver mate without the presence of pawns. So in the present position, on account of the reduced material present everything actually points to a draw. At the same time, Wang Yue's combination

55...Bxe5! 56.fxe5 Nxe5 is also objectively speaking correct. But Magnus Carlsen's knights manage to set so many traps that Black finally does stumble. It is also worth noting that the presence of black pawns can also work out to the disadvantage of Black, as events will show.

57.Nd6+ Ka6! First of all Wang Yue steers a steady course around the reefs.

58.Nb4+!? [58.Nxe5?! Re3+ 59.Kd2 Rxe5 60.Ra1+ Ra5= and; 58.Nc5+?! Kb6 59.Nd7+ Ka6= finally lead nowhere.]

58...Kb6 59.Rc1 Re3+? This obvious looking check takes Black off course. [59...Ra5 60.Rb1 Kc7= was required.]

60.Kd1! Now Black's forces are enmeshed in a net from which there is no escape.

60...Rb3?! [From a practical point of view 60...Ka5! 61.Nd5 Re1+ 62.Kxe1 Nd3+ 63.Kd2 Nxc1 64.Kxc1 f5 65.Nf4 really had to be preferred. However the position is lost, although White himself does not have a pawn and two knights on their own are not enough to deliver mate, because the pawn on f5 is safely blockaded behind or on the so-called Troitzky Line a4-b6-c5-d4-e4-f5. THis does not actually take into account the 50 move rule, but the present position can be won within the 50 moves. Nor does the d-pawn which is still there affect this evaluation, because Black may be able to cross theTroitzky Line with it, but he cannot hang on to it in the long run.]

61.Nd5+ Ka7 62.Ra1+ Kb8 63.Kc2 The rook does not have a square on the b-file and so the black king cannot really slip away. In fact, the fantastically well coordinated white forces make an impressive picture!

63...Rh3 64.Rb1+ Ka7 65.Rb7+ Ka6 66.Rb6+ Ka5 67.Rb5+ Ka4 [67...Ka6?! runs into the immediate 68.Nc7+ Ka7 69.Rb7# ]

68.Nb6+ Ka3 69.Rxe5 and Wang Yue resigned, because the presence of the rooks makes the win for White much easier.

1-0

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