2/7/2015 – He seems to be doing the same as he did in Wijk aan Zee: Carlsen has his second straight win after losing. This gives the Norwegian a tie for first with Naiditsch, who was held to a draw by a stubborn Caruana. Another fantastic game today was Aronian-Anand, in which the Indian player was outplaying his opponent... only to get hit by a bolt from the blue!
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Round 05 - February 07, 2015, 15:00
Aronian Levon
2777
1-0
Anand Viswanathan
2797
Adams Michael
2738
½-½
Bacrot Etienne
2711
Naiditsch Arkadij
2706
½-½
Caruana Fabiano
2811
Carlsen Magnus
2865
1-0
Baramidze David
2594
Daniel King shows the games Aronian vs Anand and Carlsen vs Baramidze
A packed stadium for the weekend games!
Carlsen continues in hot pursuit as he vanquished the lowest rated player in the event. Anand showed a very interesting way of handling the Ragozin that Aronian lost to Carlsen with just a couple of weeks ago... against Aronian himself! However a serious miscalculation cost him the game.
Aronian, Levon 1-0 Anand, Viswanathan
Anand really had a clear advantage until Aronian's bolt from the blue turned the tables:
Two losses in a row for Vishy Anand
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1.e4
1,185,008
54%
2421
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1.d4
959,510
55%
2434
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1.Nf3
286,503
56%
2441
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1.c4
184,834
56%
2442
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1.g3
19,892
56%
2427
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1.b3
14,600
54%
2428
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1.f4
5,954
48%
2377
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1.Nc3
3,911
50%
2384
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1.b4
1,791
48%
2379
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1.a3
1,250
54%
2406
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1.e3
1,081
49%
2409
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1.d3
969
50%
2378
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1.g4
670
46%
2361
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1.h4
466
54%
2382
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1.c3
439
51%
2425
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1.h3
289
56%
2420
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1.a4
118
60%
2461
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1.f3
100
47%
2427
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1.Nh3
93
66%
2506
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1.Na3
47
62%
2476
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1.c4e62.Nc3Nf63.Nf3d54.d4Bb45.cxd5exd56.Qa4+Nc67.Bg5h68.Bxf6Qxf69.e30-010.Be2a611.0-0Be612.Rfc1Bd613.a3Talk about learning from your defeats! This is the line that Carlsen used with White to beat Aronian in Wijk aan Zee just a few weeks ago.Ne714.b4A new twist to the same idea: In that game Carlsen played 14.Qd1.c615.Qb3g5!?And a whole different idea from Anand! He decides to expand on the kingside instead of passively waiting for Aronian to make some kind of progress on the queenside. How effective this approach is will require many practical tests.16.Qb2Qg716...g417.Nd2is natural, but also it is unclear what exactly Black gains from pushing this pawn.17.Na4Rae818.Nc5Bc819.g3Nf520.Bd3Qf621.Rf1h522.Rac1h423.Qd2Even though Black's plan was actually rather slow, it is also clear he has made some clear progress, while Aronian is not close to destroying the queenside pawn structure at all.Nh6? Giving White a breath of fresh air he did not deserve.23...hxg324.hxg324.fxg3even though this loses a pawn, its necessary to give White counterplay.Nxe325.Rf2Ng426.Rff1Re3!24...Kg7White is hard pressed to find a move in this position.24.e4!White attacks the g5 pawn and can ignore the threat on his knight on f3. A bolt from the blue!Bxc524...dxe425.Nxe4+-24...Qxf325.Qxg5+Kh726.e5+Bf526...Nf527.Bxf5++-27.Bxf5+Qxf527...Nxf528.Rc3!Nxd428...Qxc329.Qxf5+Kh630.Qf6+Kh731.Qxh4+Kg632.Qf6+Kh733.exd6+-29.Qxh4+!Kg730.Qxd4±28.Qxf5+Nxf529.exd6and the pawn on d6 is, unfortunately for Black, untouchable.Nxd630.Nd7+-White wins an exchange!25.e5Qg725...Bxb4was perhaps a little better.26.bxc5Suddenly black is in serious problems. The pawn e5 is restricting all of black pieces, essentially stopping the attack. g5 is currently hanging, and there is no easy way to defend it.f626...hxg327.fxg3g428.Nh4are too many concessions: Black is just full of weaknesses and no activity.27.exf6Rxf628.Nxg5Bf529.Rce1Rff830.Rxe8Rxe831.Nf3White's up a clear pawn at the moment.Bxd332.Qxd3Re433.Re1hxg334.hxg3Black is strategically lost: he is down a pawn, his b-pawn is worthless in most endgames and White has two passed pawns. Perhaps a little early to lose, but not too far off from it.1–0
Adams, Michael ½-½ Bacrot, Etienne
Bacrot outplayed the Englishman convincingly, but was unable to finish him off:
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55.Rh2Qg1?55...Qd1!The move is actually quite cheeky: White cannot move his pieces, the threat is Bh6.56.f4Bh6!And now the threat is Bxf4! There is no good way of preventing this, so White is lost.57.Qxd457.a4Bxf457...Qg4+58.gxf4Qg4#57...Qf1#56.Qe2Bxe557.f4Bd658.a4d3?!58...Bc7!59.Qg2Rxh2+60.Qxh2Qd161.Qg2Suddenly it is clear that White survived, and more importantly there is no good way of pushing the d-pawn forward. The a-pawn creates enough counterplay to distract Black.Ba362.a5Bc163.Qd5Qf1+64.Kh2Qe2+65.Kh3½–½
Naiditsch, Arkadij ½-½ Caruana, Fabiano
The German's handling of the White side of a sharp Marshall Gambit was very good, and he obtained strong pressure with his pair of bishops. Caruana's defense was stubborn, and this time Naiditsch was simply unable to break through.
Close, but no cigar... the pair of bishops did not prove enough to topple Caruana
Fabiano Caruana cannot be too happy with the result of the opening, however
Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 Baramidze, David
Baramidze was holding his own until a crucial mistake was all it took for Carlsen to play like a machine and take the win.
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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bb5a64.Ba4Nf65.0-0Be76.Re1b57.Bb3d68.c30-09.h3Nb810.d4Nbd711.Nbd2Bb712.Bc2Re813.Nf1Bf814.Ng3g6One of the tabiya's (starting position) of chess. The Breyer has been considered to be a very solid, albeit a little passive, way of handling the Spanish as Black.15.a4Bg715...c5is considered to be the main line, trying to exploit the weakness of the b3 square with the continuation16.d5c4which has been seen many, many times.16.Bd3c617.Bg5Nf818.Qd2Ne619.Bh6Nd720.Bc2Bxh621.Qxh6Qf622.Rad1Rad822...exd423.cxd4Qf424.Qxf4Nxf425.e5!?23.d5cxd524.exd5Qf425.Qxf4Nxf426.Ne4Bxd527.axb5axb528.Nxd6So far Baramidze has done a fantastic job defending and cdreating counterplay at the same time. His well placed pieces give him compensation even if he loses the b5 pawn.Re6?This, unfortunately for the German player, is quite the mistake.28...Bxf329.gxf3Re730.Nxb5Rb831.c4Nxh3+∞28...Rf829.Ne429.Nxb5Rb8=the pawn is regained on b2.29...f5doesn't leave the rook vulnerable to an attack on e6.29.Ne4!f530.Nfg5!Re731.g3!What a sequence! The knight on f4 cannot move as the bishop on d5 is hanging, and because of the awkward positions of Black's rooks and the pinned knight on d7 his structure will be compromised.Bxe432.Bxe4fxe432...Nxh3+33.Nxh3fxe434.Ng5±33.gxf4Rf834.Nxe4Rxf435.b4Material is still even, but White's knight on e4 is monstrous and the b5 pawn will soon come under attack.Nf636.Nd6Rf337.Nxb5Rxh338.c4Material is still even, but clearly Black's pawns are less threatening than White's. The position is very hard to play.Rh438...Rb339.Nd4!is a nice trick to keep the pawns alive. Taking on b4 fails to the fork on c6.39.Nd639.Nd639...Nh540.b5Nf441.b6Rg4+42.Kf1Rh4 Black tries to create some counterplay against White's king, but it is insufficient. It can fend off for itself against a lone rook and knight.43.f3Rh1+44.Kf2Rh2+45.Kg1Rc246.Kh1Nh347.Ne4The knight comes back to defend against Nf2+. There were other winning moves, but this is the easiest.Rxc448.Rd8+!Kg749.Rb1And now there is nothing to do against the advance of the b-pawn. Blockading is not possible due to Nd6, forking the rook. One mistake is all it took for Carlsen to win a very Carlsen-like position.1–0
Baramidze has proven to be no pushover, but at some point in his games here in Baden-Baden he makes one mistake that costs him the full point.
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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bb5a64.Ba4Nf65.0-0Be76.Re1b57.Bb3d68.c30-09.h3Nb810.d4Nbd711.Nbd2Bb712.Bc2Re813.Nf1Bf814.Ng3g6One
of the tabiya's (starting position) of chess. The Breyer has been considered
to be a very solid, albeit a little passive, way of handling the Spanish as
Black.15.a4Bg715...c5is considered to be the main line, trying to
exploit the weakness of the b3 square with the continuation16.d5c4which
has been seen many, many times.16.Bd3c617.Bg5Nf818.Qd2Ne619.Bh6Nd720.Bc2Bxh621.Qxh6Qf622.Rad1Rad822...exd423.cxd4Qf424.Qxf4Nxf425.e5!?23.d5cxd524.exd5Qf425.Qxf4Nxf426.Ne4Bxd527.axb5axb528.Nxd6So far Baramidze has done a fantastic job defending and
cdreating counterplay at the same time. His well placed pieces give him
compensation even if he loses the b5 pawn.Re6?This, unfortunately for
the German player, is quite the mistake.28...Bxf329.gxf3Re730.Nxb5Rb831.c4Nxh3+∞28...Rf829.Ne429.Nxb5Rb8=the pawn is regained
on b2.29...f5doesn't leave the rook vulnerable to an attack on e6.29.Ne4!f530.Nfg5!Re731.g3!What a sequence! The knight on f4 cannot
move as the bishop on d5 is hanging, and because of the awkward positions of
Black's rooks and the pinned knight on d7 his structure will be compromised.Bxe432.Bxe4fxe432...Nxh3+33.Nxh3fxe434.Ng5±33.gxf4Rf834.Nxe4Rxf435.b4Material is still even, but White's knight on e4 is
monstrous and the b5 pawn will soon come under attack.Nf636.Nd6Rf337.Nxb5Rxh338.c4Material is still even, but clearly Black's pawns are less
threatening than White's. The position is very hard to play.Rh438...Rb339.Nd4!is a nice trick to keep the pawns alive. Taking on b4 fails to the
fork on c6.39.Nd639.Nd639...Nh540.b5Nf441.b6Rg4+42.Kf1Rh4
Black tries to create some counterplay against White's king, but it is
insufficient. It can fend off for itself against a lone rook and knight.43.f3Rh1+44.Kf2Rh2+45.Kg1Rc246.Kh1Nh347.Ne4The knight comes back to
defend against Nf2+. There were other winning moves, but this is the easiest.Rxc448.Rd8+!Kg749.Rb1And now there is nothing to do against the
advance of the b-pawn. Blockading is not possible due to Nd6, forking the rook.
One mistake is all it took for Carlsen to win a very Carlsen-like position.1–0
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