[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 {He usually plays the Grunfeld Indian, so that
was expected.} 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5 {This is more
or less the main line.} b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. Ng5 {A bit primitive, as it doesn't
threaten anything.} Nb6 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Rd1 Bf5 {A bit unexpected, but I was
happy with the position I got.} 13. Be2 Na5 14. Qb4 Nac4 15. O-O ({I was
considering} 15. Bc1 Bc2 16. O-O Bxd1 17. Rxd1 {but it's not very clear.})
15... f6 16. Nf3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 {I have a space advantage and the Bg7 is not
very good.} fxe5 (17... Bh6 18. e4 {is very strong.}) 18. dxe5 Qe8 19. Qc5 Rc8
(19... Nd7 $6 20. Qxc7 Rc8 21. Qa7 Nxe5 22. Nd5 {is complicated, but White
should be coming out on top.}) 20. a4 $1 ({If I can play} 20. Nd4 {without
trouble, I would be much better. But now he has} Nd7) 20... Nxa4 21. Nxa4 bxa4
22. Nd4 {I was sure this was going to be promising for me. If I can get Nc6 in,
Black will be paralyzed.} Rb8 $1 23. g4 {A bit of gamble.} ({I was calculating
} 23. Nc6 Rxb2 24. Bc4+ Kh8 25. Rd8 Qxd8 26. Nxd8 Rxd8 27. Qxe7 Rbb8 {but it's
not at all obvious for me White is winning.}) 23... Be4 {Probably also not bad.
} (23... Bd7 24. Rxf8+ Bxf8 25. e6 {looks strong, but maybe he can survive
after} Bc8 {Doesn't look very healthy, but I didn't see anything clear, for
example} 26. Nc6 Rb6 27. Rd8 Rxc6 28. Qd4 Qxd8 29. Qxd8 Bxe6) 24. Ne6 Rxf1+ 25.
Bxf1 c6 26. Ng5 {Maybe a stupid move, overestimating my position. He was in a
big time trouble, which explains some of his decisions later on.} Bd5 27. e4
Bb3 28. Bc4+ e6 29. Nxe6 Bxc4 30. Qxc4 Kh8 $4 {Now White is winning!} (30...
Bxe5 {is by far his best choice. Black could even be better, for example} 31.
Rf1 Qe7 32. Nd8+ Kh8 33. Nxc6 Bxh2+) 31. Nxg7 Kxg7 32. e6 Rb7 33. Qc3+ Kg8 34.
Rd6 Re7 35. Rxc6 Qf8 36. Rc8 {There are many ways to win, but this is quite
simple.} Re8 37. Rxe8 Qxe8 38. Qf6 Qc8 39. Kg2 Qc2+ 40. Kh3 Qc5 41. Kh4 {I
kind of like this move, as he doesn't have any checks.} Qb4 42. Qf7+ Kh8 43. e7
Qe1+ 44. Kg5 Qe3+ 45. Qf4 {I was really tired today, but of course I'm happy
to win.} ({I was hoping for} 45. Qf4 Qc5+ 46. Kh6 Qxe7 47. Qb8+) 1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "Kasparov, Garry"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. a3
Be7 9. Qa4 c6 10. Qxc4 b5 11. Qb3 Ba6 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qc2 b4 15.
Na4 Rc8 16. O-O c5 17. d5 exd5 18. Bh3 ({After} 18. Rfd1 d4 19. Qf5 {Black is
objectively on the verge of collapse.} Re8 (19... Bd6 20. axb4 Bxe2 21. bxc5
Bxd1 22. Rxd1) 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Rxd4 Qc7 (21... Rc7 22. Be4) 22. Rxd7 Qe5 23.
Qxe5 fxe5 24. Nb6 Rc2 25. Nd5 {and it is an open question whether Black can
survive.}) 18... Bb5 19. axb4 axb4 20. Rfd1 d4 21. Bf5 Ne5 22. Bxh7+ (22. Nxe5
fxe5 23. b3 {and White has an easy game.}) 22... Kg7 23. Nxe5 fxe5 24. Bf5 Rc6
25. Qe4 Rh8 26. Qxe5+ Bf6 27. Qe4 Re8 28. Qg4+ Kf8 29. Be4 (29. Bd7 Bxe2 ({
Kramnik: maybe just} 29... c4 {but:} 30. e3 {must be close to winning for
White.}) 30. Qh3 Bxd1 31. Rxd1 Ree6 32. Bxe6 fxe6 33. b3 {and White probably
cannot lose.} Qd5 34. Qh6+ Bg7 35. Qf4+ Kg8 36. Qb8+ Kh7 37. Qe8 {etc. Black
cannot win with such a king.}) 29... c4 30. Bxc6 Bxc6 31. Qh5 Re5 32. Qh6+ Ke7
33. e4 (33. Qd2 Qd5 34. Qxb4+ Ke8 35. Qb8+ Bd8 36. f3 Rxe2 37. Qf4 d3 38. Rf1 {
might be playable -- requires Black to show something great.}) 33... d3 34. Qe3
Bxe4 35. Nb6 Bb7 36. Qf4 Qxb6 37. Qxc4 Re2 38. Rf1 0-1

