Game of the Week: Carlsen vs Nakamura

by Merijn van Delft
5/6/2020 – Merijn van Delft takes a look at the dramatic final of the Magnus Carlsen Invitational match where Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura showed their skills in rapid chess. | Merijn's show is available at 15.00 UTC (17:00 CEST, 11:00 EDT) on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
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The Magnus Carlsen Invitational was exciting and instructive until the very end. There were many interesting games to choose from, but obviously Carlsen himself beating Nakamura in the very final was the Game of the Week. Actually, White won 7.5-0.5 between these two players, which shows that chess is more alive than ever.

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M. Carlsen vs H. Nakamura, Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020
Position after 10...a6

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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 0-0 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2 dxc4 8.0-0 c5 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Bxc4 a6 11.Ng5 b5 12.Bxe6 fxe6 13.Nxe6 Qe7 14.Nxf8 Qxf8 15.Ne4 Bb7 16.Nxc5 Qxc5 17.Rc1 Qd5 18.f3 Qxa2 19.e4 Nf8 20.Rf2 Rc8 21.Rxc8 Bxc8 22.Qd8 Qe6 23.Bd6 Qe8 24.Qxe8 Nxe8 25.Bb4 Ne6 26.Rd2 Kf7 27.Kf2 Nf6 28.Ke3 g5 29.Rd6 Nd7 30.g3 Ne5 31.b3 h5 32.h4 gxh4 33.gxh4 Ng6 34.Be1 a5 35.Rd5 a4 36.Rxh5 Nef4 37.Rg5 axb3 38.h5 Nf8 39.Bc3 b4 40.Bb2 N8e6 41.Rf5+ Kg8 42.Rxf4 Nxf4 43.Kxf4 Ba6 44.Kg5 Bd3 45.Kg6 Bb5 46.f4 Be8+ 47.Kg5 Bc6 48.e5 Bd5 49.f5 Kh7 50.e6 Bc4 51.Kf6 Be2 52.Ke7 1–0
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Carlsen,M2863Nakamura,H27361–02020Carlsen Inv Final 42.3

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Merijn van Delft is an International Master from the Netherlands who lived in Hamburg for many years and is currently based in Amsterdam. After scoring a GM norm in 2017 he is eager for more. His ChessBase show on Wednesday evenings has been running for over ten years now.

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