Bilbao, Rd: 3 Carlsen smashes Karjakin

by André Schulz
7/15/2016 – If the encounter between Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin in the third round of the "Masters" in Bilbao is anything to go by Karjakin will not have an easy time in the World Championship match against Carlsen in November. But maybe this was only a final rehearsal that went wrong. At any rate, their game was a rather one-sided affair in which Carlsen smashed Karjakin in a smooth attack. With this victory Carlsen took the sole lead in the tournament.
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Before the encounter between Carlsen and Karjakin in round three tension ran high - after all the tournament in Bilbao is the last time Carlsen and Karjakin meet before their World Championship match in November. But the game itself was pretty one-sided. After a quiet opening in the middlegame the World Champion went straight for Karjakin's kingside which he destroyed with systematic and strong play that led to a devastating attack and a smooth victory for Carlsen.

Focused: World Champion Magnus Carlsen

 
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 g6 According to the ChessBase Mega-Database more than 200 players have blundered here with 4...Nxe4 5.Qa4+ 5.0-0 Bg7 6.Bb5+ Nc6 6...Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nfxd7 8.d4 0-0 9.Bg5 Nc6 10.d5 Nce5 11.Nfd2 b5 12.a4 1/2-1/2 (64) Carlsen,M (2868)-Wang,H (2743) Stavanger 2013 7.d4 Qb6 8.Ba4 cxd4 9.cxd4 0-0 10.d5 Nb8 10...Na5!?= 11.Nc3 Bg4 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Nbd7 14.Rb1 Rfc8 15.Bc2 Ne5 16.Qe2 Nfd7 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bh4 18.Bxe7?! g5 19.Nb5 Ng6 20.Nxd6 Nxe7 21.Nxc8 Rxc8∞ 18...g5 19.Bg3 Qa6 20.Qd1 Rc4? This move does not make a good impression. In the further course of the game the rook moves too often but does too little. 20...Nc4 with complications. 21.Bd3 Nc5 22.Be2 Bxc3 23.bxc3 Qxa2 20...Ng6 21.Bd3 Qa5= 21.Kh1 Rac8 22.f4 gxf4 23.Bxf4 Qb6 24.Qh5 Nf6 25.Qf5 Qd8 26.Bb3 Rd4 After 26...R4c7? White simply takes on e5: 27.Bxe5 dxe5 28.Qxe5 and the white queen is safe. 27.Bxe5 dxe5 28.Rbd1 28.Qxe5?! Nxe4 28...Qd7 29.Qf3 Rb4 29...Rxd1 30.Bxd1 b5 31.Ne2 30.Rd2 Rf8
31.g4! Energetic play on the kingside. a5 32.Rg2 White simply threatens g5 - a pawn advance Black cannot stop. Nh7 33.h4 Rb6 34.g5 Kh8 34...hxg5? 35.hxg5 -- threatening 36.d6 36.d6 Rxd6 37.Bxf7+ Kh8 38.g6+- 35.Rfg1 f5 More stubborn was 35...Rg6 36.Ba4 Qc8 37.Rh2 Kg8 36.Qh3 Rb4 The sixth move of this rook. 37.gxh6 Or 37.d6 exd6 38.gxh6+- 37...Bxh6 38.Qg3 Threatening mate on g8. 38.Rg6 would also have been strong. Bf4 39.Qg2 Nf6 40.d6 Qxd6 41.Nd5+- 38...Nf6 39.Qg6 Ng4 40.Rxg4 40.Rxg4 fxg4 41.Qxh6+ Kg8 42.Qg6+ Kh8 43.Qh5+ Kg7 44.Rxg4++- 1–0
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Carlsen,M2855Karjakin,S27731–02016B509th Masters Final 20163

 

The two other games ended in with a draw and thanks to the three-point rule Carlsen now leads the tournament with 6.0/9.

Results of round three

  Title Name Country ELO Res. Title Name Country ELO
1 GM Anish Giri
 
 2790 1 - 1 GM Wesley So
 
 2775
2 GM Magnus Carlsen
 
 2851 3 - 0 GM Sergey Karjakin
 
 2779
3 GM Hikaru Nakamura
 
 2787 1 - 1 GM Wei Yi
 
 2694

Games of rounds 1 to 3

 
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 0-0 6.0-0 d6 7.h3 Ne7 8.d4 Bb6 9.Bd3 Ng6 10.Re1 Re8 11.Nbd2 c6 12.Nf1 d5 13.Bg5 dxe4 14.Rxe4 h6 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.Re3 Bf5 17.Bxf5 Qxf5 18.Ng3 Qd7 19.Nxe5 Nxe5 20.Rxe5 Rxe5 21.dxe5 Qe7 22.Qh5 g6 23.Qe2 Qg5 24.Kf1 Kf8 25.Re1 Re8 26.Qd3 Rxe5 27.Qd6+ Re7 28.Ne4 Qf5 29.Re2 Bc7 30.Qd4 Qe5 31.Qxa7 Qh2 32.Ng3 Bxg3 33.Rxe7 Qh1+ 34.Ke2 Kxe7 35.Qe3+ Kf6 36.Qxg3 Qb1 37.Qf4+ Kg7 38.Qd4+ Kg8 39.Qb4 Qxa2 40.Qxb7 Qc4+ 41.Ke3 Qc5+ 42.Kf3 Qd5+ 43.Kg3 Qg5+ 44.Kh2 Qf4+ 45.Kg1 Qc1+ 46.Kh2 Qf4+ ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Karjakin,S2773So,W2770½–½2016C659th Masters Final 20161
Carlsen,M2855Nakamura,H27870–12016B209th Masters Final 20161
Giri,A2785Wei Yi2696½–½2016C509th Masters Final 20161
So,W2770Nakamura,H2787½–½2016E329th Masters Final 20162
Wei Yi2696Carlsen,M28550–12016B069th Masters Final 20162
Karjakin,S2773Giri,A2785½–½2016C509th Masters Final 20162
Giri,A2785So,W2770½–½2016C509th Masters Final 20163
Carlsen,M2855Karjakin,S27731–02016B509th Masters Final 20163
Nakamura,H2787Wei Yi2696½–½2016D419th Masters Final 20163

Standings after three rounds

  Title Name Nation Elo Perf. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts.
1 GM Magnus Carlsen
 
 2851 +22 0       3 3 6 / 9
2 GM Hikaru Nakamura
 
 2787 +106   3 1   1   5 / 9
3 GM Wesley So
 
 2775 +10 1     1   1 3 / 9
4 GM Anish Giri
 
 2790 -40     1   1 1 3 / 9
5 GM Wei Yi
 
 2694 -5 1 0   1     2 / 9
6 GM Sergey Karjakin
 
 2779 -94   0 1 1     2 / 9

In Bilbao the three-point rule applies (3 points for a win, 1 point for draw).

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André Schulz started working for ChessBase in 1991 and is an editor of ChessBase News.

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