Endgame analysis by Karsten Müller
Magnus Carlsen climbed to the top of the standings in the Norway Chess Tournament by beating former co-leader Fabiano Caruana with white in their classical encounter. Meanwhile, Alireza Firouzja and Aryan Tari won in Armageddon, defeating Levon Aronian and Jan-Krzysztof Duda respectively. A misunderstanding with the arbiter meant Firouzja arrived a couple of minutes late to his sudden-death game. [Read the full report on Round 4.]
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.Bd3 Bxd3 9.Qxd3 e6 10.Bf4 Ngf6 11.0-0-0 Be7 12.Nf1 Qa5 13.Kb1 Rd8 14.Bc1 Nc5 15.Qe2 Na4 16.c4 0-0 17.Qc2 c5 18.Bd2 Qa6 19.b3 Nb6 20.Bc3 cxd4 21.Nxd4 Nbd7 22.Ne3 Nc5 23.g4 Nfe4 24.Bb2 Nd6 25.g5 h5 26.Qe2 Nce4 27.Rhg1 Qa5 28.Rd3 Nc5 29.Rd2 Nce4 30.Rc2 Rfe8 31.Qxh5 Nd2+ 32.Kc1 N6e4 33.c5 g6 34.Qh8+ Kxh8 35.Nc6+ Kg8 36.Nxa5 Nf3 37.Rd1 Nxc5 38.Rxd8 Rxd8 39.Bf6 Bxf6 40.gxf6 b6 41.Nc6 Rd7 42.Rc4 Kh7 43.Kb2 Nd2 44.Rd4 Rxd4 45.Nxd4 Nde4 46.Ng4 Nd3+ 47.Kc2 Ndxf2 48.Nxf2 Nxf2 49.Nc6 Ne4 50.Nxa7 Nxf6 51.a4 Nd5 52.Nc6 f6? 52...Kh6 53.Nd8 53.b4 Kh5 54.Kb3 f6 55.a5 Nxb4-+ 53...Kh5 54.Nxf7 Kxh4 55.Nd8 Nc7 56.Kd3 g5 57.Ke2 Kg3 58.Nc6 g4 59.Ne5 Nd5 60.Kf1 Kf4 61.Nd3+ Ke4 62.Nc1 Ke3 63.Ne2 e5-+ 53.b4? 53.Kd3 Kh6 54.Nd4 Nc7 55.Ne2 e5 55...Kh5 56.Nf4+ Kxh4 57.Nxg6+ Kg3 58.Ke4 b5 59.axb5 Nxb5 60.b4= 56.Ke4 Kh5 57.Nc3 Kxh4 58.b4 Kg4 58...g5 59.Kf5 g4 60.Kxf6 g3 61.Kxe5 g2 62.Ne2= 59.a5 b5 60.Nd5 f5+ 61.Kxe5 Nxd5 62.Kxd5 f4 63.a6 f3 64.a7 f2 65.a8Q f1Q= 53...g5? 53...Kh6 54.Kb3 54.a5 Nxb4+ 55.Nxb4 bxa5 56.Nc6 a4 57.Nd4 Kh5 58.Nxe6 Kxh4-+ 54...Kh5 55.a5 Nxb4 56.Kxb4 bxa5+ 57.Kxa5 Kxh4-+ 54.hxg5 fxg5 55.Kd3 g4 56.a5 Nxb4+ 56...Nxb4+ 57.Nxb4 bxa5 58.Nc6! 58.Na6? Kg6 59.Nc5 Kf5 60.Ke2 e5 61.Ke3 Kg5 62.Kf2 Kf4 63.Ne6+ Ke4 64.Nc5+ Kd5 65.Na4 Kc4 66.Kg3 Kb4 67.Nb6 Kb5 68.Nd5 e4 69.Kxg4 Kc4 70.Nb6+ Kd3 71.Na4 e3 72.Kf3 Kd2 73.Nb6 e2 74.Nc4+ Ke1 75.Ke3 a4 76.Kf3 Kd1 77.Ne3+ Kd2 78.Nc4+ Kd3 79.Nb2+ Kc2 80.Kxe2 Kxb2-+ 58...a4 58...g3 59.Ke3 a4 60.Kf3 a3 61.Nb4= 59.Ne5 59.Ke4? a3 60.Nb4 e5-+ 59...g3 60.Kc3 Kh6 61.Nf3! Kh5 62.Kb4 Kg4 63.Ng1 g2 64.Kxa4 Kg3 65.Kb4 Kf2 66.Nh3+ Kf1 67.Kc3 g1Q 68.Nxg1 Kxg1 69.Kd4= 0–1
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Aronian,L | 2767 | Firouzja,A | 2728 | 0–1 | 2020 | | 8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020 | 4 |
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