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Anish Giri has always been a difficult opponent for Carlsen and before Bilbao the Dutch number one was one of the few players against whom Carlsen had a negative score in games with classical time-control. In the past Carlsen had lost one game against Giri and drew all the others. But in round nine of the "Masters" the World Champion finally won.
Carlsen had White and his opening choice of 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4!? did not show much aggression but in the middlegame he clearly indicated that he was willing and ready to mate Black's king. In the end Carlsen did not mate Giri but he put him under constant pressure which finally proved to be too much. One inaccuracy cost Giri material, another cost him the game.

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1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Bf5 2...Nf6 3.e3 c5 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.exd4 a6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 e6 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Nc6 10.Ne2 Bd6 11.Be3 0-0 12.0-0 Ne7 13.g3 Nf5 14.Bc1 Rc8 15.c3 b5= 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 Bxd3 5.Qxd3 c6 6.Nd2 Nf6 7.Ngf3 Be7 7...Bd6 8.Bxd6 Qxd6 9.0-0 Nbd7 8.0-0 0-0 9.h3 Nbd7 10.a4 10.c4 c5 10...c5 11.a5 c4 12.Qe2 b5 13.axb6 axb6 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Nd7 16.Qg4 Re8 17.h4 f5 18.Qh3 Rxa1 19.Rxa1 c3 19...Bxh4 20.g4 g5 20...fxg4 21.Qxg4 -- 22.Nf3 Be7 21.gxf5 gxf4 22.exf4 exf5 23.Nf3 Be7 24.Ra7 Rf8 25.Nd4 20.bxc3 Qc7 21.c4 21...Nxe5?! 21...dxc4 22.g4 Nxe5 23.gxf5 exf5 24.Qxf5∞ 22.Qg3 Bd6 23.cxd5 23.c5!? bxc5 24.Ra6 23...exd5 24.Nb3 Qxc2 25.Nd4 Qc8 26.h5 26...Qd7 27.Rb1 Bc7 28.f3 Qf7 29.Ra1 Bd6 30.Ra6 Qxh5? 30...Qb7 31.Nxf5 Nxf3+ 32.gxf3 Bxf4 33.exf4 Rf8 34.Nxg7 Qxg7 35.Qxg7+ Kxg7 36.Rxb6= 31.Rxb6 Nc4 31...Bc7 32.Rb7 32.Rxd6 Nxd6 33.Bxd6 Rxe3 34.Be5 34.Qf4!? Re1+ 35.Kf2 Rb1 35...Qh1 36.Nxf5+- 36.Nxf5 34...Qg6 35.Qf4 Re1+ 36.Kf2 Ra1 37.Qd2 Ra8? 37...f4 38.Bxf4 Qa6 39.Ne2 39.Kg3 Qg6+ 40.Kf2 40.Kh2 Qh5+ 40...Qa6 39...Qc4 38.Nxf5 Qe6 38...Qxf5 39.Qxd5++- 38...Re8 39.Qxd5+ Qe6 40.Qxe6+ Rxe6 41.Bxg7 39.Qg5 g6 40.Nh6+ Kf8 41.Ng4 Ke8 42.Nf6+ Kf7 43.Nxh7 Ra4 43...Ra2+ 44.Kg1 Re2 45.Bd4+- 45.f4? Qb6+ 46.Kh2 Re1 44.Qd8 Ra2+ 45.Kg1 45.Kg1 Qxe5 46.Qf8+ Ke6 47.Qe8+ Kd6 48.Qb8+ Ke6 49.Nf8+ Kf6 50.Nd7+ 1–0 - Start an analysis engine:
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Carlsen,M | 2855 | Giri,A | 2785 | 1–0 | 2016 | D02 | 9th Masters Final 2016 | 9 |
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Results of round nine
Games - Rounds 1 to 9
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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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Karjakin,S | 2773 | So,W | 2770 | ½–½ | 2016 | C65 | 9th Masters Final 2016 | 1 |
Carlsen,M | 2855 | Nakamura,H | 2787 | 0–1 | 2016 | B20 | 9th Masters Final 2016 | 1 |
Giri,A | 2785 | Wei Yi | 2696 | ½–½ | 2016 | C50 | 9th Masters Final 2016 | 1 |
So,W | 2770 | Nakamura,H | 2787 | ½–½ | 2016 | E32 | 9th Masters Final 2016 | 2 |
Wei Yi | 2696 | Carlsen,M | 2855 | 0–1 | 2016 | B06 | 9th Masters Final 2016 | 2 |
Karjakin,S | 2773 | Giri,A | 2785 | ½–½ | 2016 | C50 | 9th Masters Final 2016 | 2 |
Giri,A | 2785 | So,W | 2770 | ½–½ | 2016 | C50 | 9th Masters Final 2016 | 3 |
Carlsen,M | 2855 | Karjakin,S | 2773 | 1–0 | 2016 | B50 | 9th Masters Final 2016 | 3 |
Nakamura,H | 2787 | Wei Yi | 2696 | ½–½ | 2016 | D41 | 9th Masters Final 2016 | 3 |
Wei Yi | 2696 | Karjakin,S | 2773 | ½–½ | 2016 | E00 | 9th Masters Final 2016 | 4 |
Carlsen,M | 2855 | So,W | 2770 | 1–0 | 2016 | C65 | 9th Masters Final 2016 | 4 |
Nakamura,H | 2787 | Giri,A | 2785 | ½–½ | 2016 | D45 | 9th Masters Final 2016 | 4 |
Karjakin,S | 2773 | Nakamura,H | 2787 | ½–½ | 2016 | D37 | 9th Masters Final 2016 | 5 |
Giri,A | 2785 | Carlsen,M | 2855 | ½–½ | 2016 | D22 | 9th Masters Final 2016 | 5 |
So,W | 2770 | Wei Yi | 2696 | ½–½ | 2016 | C42 | 9th Masters Final 2016 | 5 |
Wei Yi | 2696 | Giri,A | 2785 | 1–0 | 2016 | C67 | 9th Masters Final 2016 | 6 |
Nakamura,H | 2787 | Carlsen,M | 2855 | ½–½ | 2016 | E06 | 9th Masters Final 2016 | 6 |
So,W | 2770 | Karjakin,S | 2773 | ½–½ | 2016 | E46 | 9th Masters Final 2016 | 6 |
Giri,A | 2785 | Karjakin,S | 2773 | ½–½ | 2016 | E00 | 9th Masters Final 2016 | 7 |
Carlsen,M | 2855 | Wei Yi | 2696 | ½–½ | 2016 | D76 | 9th Masters Final 2016 | 7 |
Nakamura,H | 2787 | So,W | 2770 | ½–½ | 2016 | D02 | 9th Masters Final 2016 | 7 |
So,W | 2770 | Giri,A | 2785 | 1–0 | 2016 | C50 | 9th Masters Final 2016 | 8 |
Karjakin,S | 2773 | Carlsen,M | 2855 | ½–½ | 2016 | D38 | 9th Masters Final 2016 | 8 |
Wei Yi | 2696 | Nakamura,H | 2787 | ½–½ | 2016 | E06 | 9th Masters Final 2016 | 8 |
Nakamura,H | 2787 | Karjakin,S | 2773 | ½–½ | 2016 | D37 | 9th Masters Final 2016 | 9 |
Carlsen,M | 2855 | Giri,A | 2785 | 1–0 | 2016 | D00 | 9th Masters Final 2016 | 9 |
Wei Yi | 2696 | So,W | 2770 | ½–½ | 2016 | E06 | 9th Masters Final 2016 | 9 |
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Standings after nine rounds
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