Daniel King analyzses Esipenko vs Carlsen

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1/25/2021 – Magnus Carlsen only rarely loses a game, and his defeat against 18-year-old Russian Grandmaster Andrey Esipenko in round 8 of the Tata Steel tournament in Wijk aan Zee was a big surprise. In his Power Play show Daniel King took a closer look at this game. | Photo: Jurriaan Hoefsmit – Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2021

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Daniel King takes a look at Esipenko vs Carlsen

Andrey Esipenko vs Magnus Carlsen, Tata Steel tournament 2021 | Photo: Alina l'Ami

Magnus Carlsen and Andrey Esipenko, Tal Memorial Tournament 2013 | Photo: unknown source

Tata Steel Tournament 2021

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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Be7 7.cxd5 D53: Queen's Gambit Declined: 4 Bg5 Be7: Early deviations. Nxd5 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.e4 The position is equal. Nxc3 10.bxc3 0-0 11.Bd3 c5 12.0-0 cxd4 13.cxd4 b6
14.a4N Predecessor: 14.Rc1 Nf6 15.Qe2 Bb7 16.Rfd1 Rac8 17.h3 Rfd8 18.Rxc8 Rxc8 19.e5 1-0 (35) Obolentseva,A (2324)-Girya,O (2456) Moscow 2019 14...Bb7 15.a5 bxa5 16.Rxa5 Nf6 17.Re1 Rfd8 18.Qa1 Qc7 19.h3 a6 20.Rc5 Qf4 21.Re5 Nd7 22.Ra5 Nf6 23.d5 exd5 24.e5 Ne4 25.Qd4 Rdc8 26.Raa1 a5 27.Rab1 Bc6 28.e6 fxe6 Threatens to win with ...a4. 29.Ne5 Black must now prevent f3. Qf6 30.f3 30.Bxe4= remains equal. dxe4 31.Nxc6 Rxc6 32.Qxe4 30...Ng5! 31.Rb6 Be8 32.Qe3 a4 32...h5 33.f4 Ne4 34.Bxe4 dxe4 35.Qxe4 a4 33.Ng4! Qd8 Strongly threatening ...d4. 34.Rxe6 White should play 34.f4 d4 35.Qe2 Qxb6 36.fxg5 34...Nxe6 Better is 34...a3! ...a2 is the strong threat. 35.Re7 Bf7 35.Qxe6+ Bf7?       This costs Black the game. 35...Kh8 36.Qf5 Qb6+ 37.Kf1 Bg6! 38.Qxg6 Qxg6 39.Bxg6 a3 36.Nxh6+!+- gxh6 37.Qxh6 Bh7+ would kill now. Qc7 38.Qh7+ White mates. Kf8
39.Qh8+! Bg8 40.Qh6+ Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.31 1–0
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Carlsen,M2862Firouzja,A27491–02021D5383rd Tata Steel Masters 20211.1
Wojtaszek,R2705Anton Guijarro,D2679½–½2021E1583rd Tata Steel Masters 20211.2
Harikrishna,P2732Vachier-Lagrave,M2784½–½2021B9083rd Tata Steel Masters 20211.3
Esipenko,A2677Duda,J2743½–½2021C4283rd Tata Steel Masters 20211.4
Grandelius,N2663Donchenko,A26681–02021C5483rd Tata Steel Masters 20211.5
Caruana,F2823Van Foreest,J2671½–½2021D4083rd Tata Steel Masters 20211.6
Giri,A2764Tari,A26251–02021C6583rd Tata Steel Masters 20211.7
Anton Guijarro,D2679Carlsen,M2862½–½2021B3483rd Tata Steel Masters 20212.1
Vachier-Lagrave,M2784Firouzja,A2749½–½2021B1283rd Tata Steel Masters 20212.2
Donchenko,A2668Caruana,F28230–12021D1283rd Tata Steel Masters 20212.3
Duda,J2743Grandelius,N26630–12021A3083rd Tata Steel Masters 20212.4
Van Foreest,J2671Giri,A2764½–½2021C4283rd Tata Steel Masters 20212.5
Harikrishna,P2732Esipenko,A2677½–½2021B1283rd Tata Steel Masters 20212.6
Tari,A2625Wojtaszek,R2705½–½2021B5183rd Tata Steel Masters 20212.7
Carlsen,M2862Tari,A2625½–½2021D4183rd Tata Steel Masters 20213.1
Giri,A2764Donchenko,A2668½–½2021E2183rd Tata Steel Masters 20213.2
Wojtaszek,R2705Van Foreest,J2671½–½2021D5083rd Tata Steel Masters 20213.3
Caruana,F2823Duda,J2743½–½2021C4283rd Tata Steel Masters 20213.4
Grandelius,N2663Harikrishna,P27320–12021C0283rd Tata Steel Masters 20213.5
Esipenko,A2677Vachier-Lagrave,M2784½–½2021B5383rd Tata Steel Masters 20213.6
Firouzja,A2749Anton Guijarro,D26791–02021D0283rd Tata Steel Masters 20213.7
Van Foreest,J2671Carlsen,M2862½–½2021C8483rd Tata Steel Masters 20214.1
Vachier-Lagrave,M2784Anton Guijarro,D2679½–½2021C8983rd Tata Steel Masters 20214.2
Duda,J2743Giri,A2764½–½2021D8783rd Tata Steel Masters 20214.3
Esipenko,A2677Grandelius,N2663½–½2021B9283rd Tata Steel Masters 20214.4
Harikrishna,P2732Caruana,F2823½–½2021C7883rd Tata Steel Masters 20214.5
Donchenko,A2668Wojtaszek,R2705½–½2021B9083rd Tata Steel Masters 20214.6
Tari,A2625Firouzja,A2749½–½2021B1283rd Tata Steel Masters 20214.7
Carlsen,M2862Donchenko,A2668½–½2021B9083rd Tata Steel Masters 20215.1
Firouzja,A2749Van Foreest,J2671½–½2021D0283rd Tata Steel Masters 20215.2
Anton Guijarro,D2679Tari,A2625½–½2021C6783rd Tata Steel Masters 20215.3
Giri,A2764Harikrishna,P2732½–½2021D2083rd Tata Steel Masters 20215.4
Caruana,F2823Esipenko,A2677½–½2021A2983rd Tata Steel Masters 20215.5
Grandelius,N2663Vachier-Lagrave,M27841–02021B9783rd Tata Steel Masters 20215.6
Wojtaszek,R2705Duda,J2743½–½2021D4183rd Tata Steel Masters 20215.7
Duda,J2743Carlsen,M2862½–½2021C5483rd Tata Steel Masters 20216.1
Vachier-Lagrave,M2784Tari,A2625½–½2021D7883rd Tata Steel Masters 20216.2
Van Foreest,J2671Anton Guijarro,D26791–02021C8483rd Tata Steel Masters 20216.3
Grandelius,N2663Caruana,F2823½–½2021B3083rd Tata Steel Masters 20216.4
Harikrishna,P2732Wojtaszek,R2705½–½2021D3883rd Tata Steel Masters 20216.5
Esipenko,A2677Giri,A2764½–½2021D4583rd Tata Steel Masters 20216.6
Donchenko,A2668Firouzja,A27490–12021D3183rd Tata Steel Masters 20216.7
Carlsen,M2862Harikrishna,P2732½–½2021B4683rd Tata Steel Masters 20217.1
Anton Guijarro,D2679Donchenko,A2668½–½2021B7083rd Tata Steel Masters 20217.2
Tari,A2625Van Foreest,J26710–12021C6483rd Tata Steel Masters 20217.3
Caruana,F2823Vachier-Lagrave,M27841–02021B9783rd Tata Steel Masters 20217.4
Giri,A2764Grandelius,N26631–02021B9083rd Tata Steel Masters 20217.5
Firouzja,A2749Duda,J27431–02021D0283rd Tata Steel Masters 20217.6
Wojtaszek,R2705Esipenko,A26770–12021E2083rd Tata Steel Masters 20217.7
Esipenko,A2677Carlsen,M28621–02021B8483rd Tata Steel Masters 20218.1
Duda,J2743Anton Guijarro,D2679½–½2021C5483rd Tata Steel Masters 20218.2
Harikrishna,P2732Firouzja,A27490–12021D1083rd Tata Steel Masters 20218.3
Vachier-Lagrave,M2784Van Foreest,J2671½–½2021C7883rd Tata Steel Masters 20218.4
Caruana,F2823Giri,A2764½–½2021D0083rd Tata Steel Masters 20218.5
Grandelius,N2663Wojtaszek,R2705½–½2021B1883rd Tata Steel Masters 20218.6
Donchenko,A2668Tari,A2625½–½2021E0483rd Tata Steel Masters 20218.7
Carlsen,M2862Grandelius,N26631–02021B9083rd Tata Steel Masters 20219.1
Tari,A2625Duda,J2743½–½2021B5183rd Tata Steel Masters 20219.2
Van Foreest,J2671Donchenko,A2668½–½2021C8483rd Tata Steel Masters 20219.3
Wojtaszek,R2705Caruana,F28230–12021E9483rd Tata Steel Masters 20219.4
Firouzja,A2749Esipenko,A2677½–½2021D0283rd Tata Steel Masters 20219.5
Giri,A2764Vachier-Lagrave,M27841–02021B9083rd Tata Steel Masters 20219.6
Anton Guijarro,D2679Harikrishna,P2732½–½2021B5683rd Tata Steel Masters 20219.7
Caruana,F2823Carlsen,M2862½–½2021E0183rd Tata Steel Masters 202110.1
Vachier-Lagrave,M2784Donchenko,A26681–02021B1283rd Tata Steel Masters 202110.2
Esipenko,A2677Anton Guijarro,D26791–02021C8483rd Tata Steel Masters 202110.3
Grandelius,N2663Firouzja,A2749½–½2021B6783rd Tata Steel Masters 202110.4
Giri,A2764Wojtaszek,R27051–02021D0283rd Tata Steel Masters 202110.5
Duda,J2743Van Foreest,J2671½–½2021E6183rd Tata Steel Masters 202110.6
Harikrishna,P2732Tari,A2625½–½2021C7883rd Tata Steel Masters 202110.7
Carlsen,M2862Giri,A2764½–½2021C5483rd Tata Steel Masters 202111.1
Donchenko,A2668Duda,J2743½–½2021D3583rd Tata Steel Masters 202111.2
Tari,A2625Esipenko,A26771–02021C7983rd Tata Steel Masters 202111.3
Van Foreest,J2671Harikrishna,P27321–02021C5483rd Tata Steel Masters 202111.4
Firouzja,A2749Caruana,F2823½–½2021C5483rd Tata Steel Masters 202111.5
Anton Guijarro,D2679Grandelius,N2663½–½2021D8583rd Tata Steel Masters 202111.6
Wojtaszek,R2705Vachier-Lagrave,M2784½–½2021D8283rd Tata Steel Masters 202111.7
Wojtaszek,R2705Carlsen,M2862½–½2021D4683rd Tata Steel Masters 202112.1
Grandelius,N2663Tari,A2625½–½2021C5483rd Tata Steel Masters 202112.2
Caruana,F2823Anton Guijarro,D2679½–½2021D3983rd Tata Steel Masters 202112.3
Giri,A2764Firouzja,A2749½–½2021C1183rd Tata Steel Masters 202112.4
Esipenko,A2677Van Foreest,J2671½–½2021B1383rd Tata Steel Masters 202112.5
Vachier-Lagrave,M2784Duda,J2743½–½2021C4283rd Tata Steel Masters 202112.6
Harikrishna,P2732Donchenko,A26681–02021E2083rd Tata Steel Masters 202112.7
Anton Guijarro,D2679Giri,A2764½–½2021B9083rd Tata Steel Masters 202113.1
Donchenko,A2668Esipenko,A26770–12021A1383rd Tata Steel Masters 202113.2
Carlsen,M2862Vachier-Lagrave,M27841–02021D8583rd Tata Steel Masters 202113.3
Van Foreest,J2671Grandelius,N26631–02021B9083rd Tata Steel Masters 202113.4
Tari,A2625Caruana,F2823½–½2021C0183rd Tata Steel Masters 202113.5
Firouzja,A2749Wojtaszek,R2705½–½2021D0283rd Tata Steel Masters 202113.6
Duda,J2743Harikrishna,P2732½–½2021D4683rd Tata Steel Masters 202113.7

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