Newsblog WCC Carlsen-Karjakin: Game 1 draw

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11/11/2016 – Game 1: Draw! The Champ played the Trompovsky. Magnus Carlsen starts the match with White, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov was not present at the opening gala in the Plaza Hotel at the Fifth Avenue but joined the show via Skype. More...
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World Chess Championship News - 2016-11-12

Game No. 1 - Notes by Ruslan Ponomariov:

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Notes by Ruslan Ponomariov: The first game of the World Championship match in New York is over. Personally I hope to learn something from the match and to see how modern chess develops. 1.d4 0 Nf6 10 2.Bg5 0 In an interview with Norwegian TV before the match I had predicted that both players will play 1.d4. In my opinion nowadays 1.d4 gives White more options to reach complicated positions and to create tension. But I didn't expect the Trompovsky though Carlsen had played it before. Maybe Carlsen wants to force the team of Karjakin to study each and every game he has ever played? At any rate, the next games will reveal his strategy for the match. d5 13 Black's most solid response. If you want to complicate things you can go for 2...g6 or 2...e6 3.e4 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 which leads to asymmetrical positions. But in World Championship matches the players usually play solidly with Black while trying to press with White. Therefore 2.. . d5 is an understandable decision. 3.e3 0 c5 39 4.Bxf6 29 gxf6 7 5.dxc5 12 I White wants to keep more tension he can play 5.Nc3 leading to a Chigorin defense with colors reversed. The text move gives Black more options to rsolve the tension in the center. 5...Nc6 48 There is nothing wrong with this natural development move. It seems as if Karjakin - like everyone else - was a bit by surprised by his opponent's opening choice and decided to calm down and to spend some time to find out where danger might be lurking in his position. I don't think that anything is wrong with 5...e6 either. 6.Nf3 6.b4 a5 6...Nd7 Here I once played 6...Bxc5 7.c4 dxc4 8.Nbd2 Bd7 9.Bxc4 Bc6 10.0-0 Nd7 and I think in this position Black has solved all of his problems. 11.Qe2 Qe7 12.Rac1 0-0 13.Nb3 Bb6 14.Nfd4 Rac8 15.Qg4+ Kh8 16.Qh4 Ne5 17.Nxc6 Rxc6 18.Be2 Rfc8 19.Qe4 Kg7 20.g3 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 22.Nxc1 Qc7 23.Nb3 f5 24.Qb1 a5 25.Qd1 Qc6 26.Nd4 Qe4 27.Nb5 Bc5 28.Nc3 Qc6 29.Bb5 Qc7 30.Bf1 Be7 1/2 (30) Andreikin,D-Ponomariov,R Moscow blitz 2015 7.c4 dxc4 8.c6 Nb6 9.Nbd2 c3 10.bxc3 bxc6 11.Qc2 Bg7 12.Bd3 f5 13.e4 and in this position Magnus somehow managed to complicate things and to outplay Vladimir Kramnik: 1-0 (72) Carlsen,M (2864) -Kramnik,V (2803) Moscow RUS 2013. But I think this was not due to the opening. Kramnik was in bad shape in this tournament, he played badly and finished last. It is interesting that Karjakin also took part in this tournament and with his good memory he probably remembered the Carlsen-Kramnik game. 6.Bb5 32 e6 19:58 7.c4 1:50 dxc4 1:10 8.Nd2 25 Bxc5 0 9.Ngf3 1:20 0-0 2:13 10.0-0 57 Na5 2:52 It's interesting to consider 10...c3 to change the pawn structure. Yes, Black's kingside is shattered as well, but Black has the two bishops which might give some chances to play for an advantage. Instead, Karjakin decided to play simpler and more solid. But after the game move White has less to worry about. 11.Rc1 2:20 Be7 4:25 Black also had the option to play 11...a6 12.Bxc4 Nxc4 13.Rxc4 Be7 and now White needs to play actively, otherwise Black will just finish his development and the two bishops will be very strong on the long diagonals. 12.Qc2 0 Bd7 1:56 13.Bxd7 3:05 Qxd7 3 14.Qc3 2:44 Qd5 7:44 Solid again! But sometimes solid play and giving the initiative to your opponent backfires. More principled was 14...b6 15.Ne4 15.Nxc4 Rac8 15...e5 16.Rfd1 Qe6 17.Ng3 Obviously, White has some compensation but Black still has a healthy extra pawn. One wonders what Carlsen would have done with Black in such a position. 15.Nxc4 6:38 Unfortunately White does not have much choice and can hardly avoid mass exchanges. Therefore I think that 5.dxc5 was a really committal move. Nxc4 15 16.Qxc4 10 A slight innacuracy of the World Champion. Possible was the intermezzo 16.Rfd1 Qb5 17.Qxc4 Qxc4 17...Qxb2 18.Rb1 18.Rxc4 and the white rook is already on d1 instead of f1. However, after Rfc8 White probably has nothing better than 19.Rdc1 Rxc4 20.Rxc4 which leads to the same position we reached in the game. But sometimes such small nuances can be important. 16...Qxc4 7 17.Rxc4 4 Rfc8 3:04 18.Rfc1 4 Rxc4 6 19.Rxc4 6 Rd8 0 20.g3 5:58 Again I think it's more accurate to play king to the center first. 20.Kf1 Rd7 21.Ke2 is of course very similar to the game, but maybe White can eventually grab some space with g2-g4, taking two steps at once with g-pawn. 20...Rd7 2:59 21.Kf1 0 f5 2:10 22.Ke2 37 22.Ne5 Rd5 22...Bf6 13 23.b3 23 Kf8 3:29 For the first time it may seem as if White has some advantage because Black's pieces are so passive. White's pieces are indeed slightly more active and Black's pawn structure on the kingside is a bit vulnerable. You can also try to find some analogy with the famous game Ribli-Karpov, Amsterdam 1980, which White managed to win. But it seems that these small advantages are simply not enough to win the game for White unless he gets a lot of help from Black. 24.h3 0 h6 8:06 This move is still a little mystery for me. Why not 24...Ke7 ? Probably Karjakin wanted to nip active play from White in the bud. 25.Ne1 9:35 Ke7 5:16 26.Nd3 0 Kd8 4:39 27.f4 2:47 In case of 27.g4 fxg4 28.hxg4 Rc7 29.Rxc7 Kxc7 30.Kf3 Kd6 31.Ke4 Bc3 It's difficult to see how White can make progress. 27...h5 8:30 Now Black didn't like 27...Rc7 28.Rxc7 Kxc7 probably because of 29.Kf3 Kd6 30.e4 fxe4+ 31.Kxe4 and in this position might hit on some ideas to pose Black problems. 28.a4 13:52 White really has difficulties to make progress. But as always Carlsen tries till the end. 28.Ne5 Bxe5 29.fxe5 Rd5 30.Rh4 Rxe5 31.Rxh5 Rc5 28...Rd5 7:58 29.Nc5 7:50 b6 13 30.Na6 2:49 Be7 0 30...b5!? 31.Nb8 3:34 a5 20 32.Nc6+ 3:25 Ke8 13 33.Ne5 4:26 33.Nxe7 Kxe7 34.Rc7+ Rd7 33...Bc5 33 34.Rc3 4:41 Ke7 0 35.Rd3 28 Rxd3 9 36.Kxd3 12 f6 13 37.Nc6+ 4:10 Kd6 17 38.Nd4 8 Kd5 56 39.Nb5 27 Kc6 0 40.Nd4+ 0 Kd6 1:42 41.Nb5+ 8:05 Kd7 20 42.Nd4 38 Kd6 4 So, to be honest, the first game of the match was not particularly exciting. I don't think we will see this variation again. Even for Magnus it is difficult to squeeze water from a stone. I expect that the Queen's Indian will be tested in the next games unless Karjakin has prepared something else. But before that we will see what Sergey will play with White. ½–½
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07.45: Check out the analysis of game one between Carlsen and Karjakin along with the explanation of key positions on ChessBase India.

World Chess Championship News - 2016-11-11

23.54: Draw. Reports and Comments to follow.

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23.47: A draw is most probable. Black seems to be more comfortable. Judit Polgar thinks, Karjakin has the more comfortable position.

22.50: Pictures galore: a colorful report about the press conference and the opening gala.

22.45: Rome was not built in a day - and today's technology is not perfect yet: 

 

21.05: This is a good one!

20.15: Game No 1 has started. Magnus is playing the Tromp. News flash to follow after the game. First report with updates and further updates with comments on Saturday European time.

13.55: ChessBase India has an illustrated report of the opening ceremony which shows how Magnus Carlsen reacts when asked who he thinks is the world's best chessplayer.

11.25: Just in case you could not follow it live: Norway's VG TV has a 45-minute video of the press conference at the start of the match.

7.43: Is this a response to other predictions?

Apropos: in the interesting comments to our predictions, views, opinions Peter B offers some numbers: "The rating difference of 81 means Karjakin has a 39% chance of winning per game. Doesn't sound too bad, until you account for draws. If 50% are drawn, then it's 50% draw, 36% Carlsen win, 14% Karjakin win, on every game. That translates to Carlsen having a 90% probability of winning a 12 game match."

7.26: The App to follow the games live apparently can still be improved.

 

By the way: the twitter hashtag for the World Championship is not #WCC2016 - fans of the World Comic Convention are too fond of that - but rather #CarlsenKarjakin.

7.21: The opening gala was illustrious but FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov was not in New York because the U.S. Department of Treasury did not yet lift its sanctions against him, which limits his travelling options. However, as the FIDE President writes on "Kirzan today" he joined the gala via Skype.

7.10: German chess journalist Stefan Löffler finally had an answer to a question of many chess fans: who will play with White in game 1?

 

 

 

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