6/12/2011 – One of the key persons at the Medias Kings' Tournament is GM Dorian Rogozenco, who not only advises the organisers, but also interviews the players after the games. Then, after a swim and a meal, this industrious grandmaster retires to his room and prepares full annotations to all the games, in his own well-loved style. We present his notes and analyses in our new JavaScript player.
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ROMGAZ and the Chess Club Society "Elisabeta Polihroniade”
of Bucharest are staging a double round robin tournament with six top GMs:
the world's second highest ranked player, Magnus Carlsen of Norway, who
at the age of 20 has an Elo rating of 2815. Ukrainian GM Vassily Ivanchuk,
currently the world's number five, rated 2776; Sergey Karjakin, former child
prodigy and youngest GM of all time, now playing for Russia, rated 2776;
top US grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura, clear winner of this year's Wijk aan
Zee tournament; Teimour Radjabov, at 2744 one of Azerbaijan's top GMs, and
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, the best Romanian player, currently rated 2659.
The competition is taking place from June 11th to 22nd 2011 in Medias, Romania.
Two wins and one draw – an excellent start of the Kings Tournament! Especially
excellent was it for Carlsen and Ivanchuk, who with the white pieces convincingly
defeated their opponents Nakamura and Radjabov. Ivanchuk made full use of Radjabov's
mistake right after the opening, while Carlsen finely outplayed Nakamura in
a complicated middlegame position. In a theorectical battle Nisipeanu-Karjakin,
the Russian grandmaster proved better prepared and achieved a comfortable draw.
GM Dorian Rogozenco analysing immediately after the game with Magnus Carlsen
The analysis is conducted in ChessBase, and Rogozenco saves it for later
use
The discussion between the two is reflected in the notes below
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1.d4d52.c4e63.Nc3Be7The Queen's Gambit Declined became fashionable
again on the very top level thanks to the Candidate matches in Kazan, where
Black was able to neutralize White's opening advantage. Carlsen was happy
that he found a way to break through this rock solid classical opening.4.cxd5exd55.Bf4c66.Qc2This is a popular move order: White prevents his
opponent from developing the bishop on f5. Recently Nakamura himself played
this move against Ponomariov.Bg4 # A rare move. Black
insists on transferring the bishop on the diagonal b1-h7. Magnus Carlsen
admitted after the game that the move was new to him.6...Bd67.Bxd6Qxd68.e3Qg69.Qxg6hxg610.b4a611.f3Nd712.Bd3Ne713.Nge2g514.Kf2Nf615.g4Kd816.Kg3Bd717.a4Nc818.h3Re819.Kf2Nd620.a5Re721.Rac1Nfe822.Ng3g623.h4and the American converted his advantage into a full
point in the game Nakamura,H (2774)-Ponomariov,R (2754)/Saint Louis 20117.e3Bh58.Bd3Bg69.Bxg6!An important change of structure for the
strategy of White, who will be able to open the h-file later on. From this
point of view the similarity with the mentioned game is amazing.hxg610.0-0-0Nf611.f3! #Nbd712.Nge2The immediate12.e4
runs intoNh5and White can't keep the bishop13.Be3due toNg3!12...b5Nakamura's desire to postpone the short castle is understandable, since
then at some moment White will start advancing the h-pawn. However, Black's
problem is that sooner or later he will have to hide the king anyway, since
White's play in the center is simple and clear.13.e4b414.Na4dxe415.fxe4Qa516.Kb1Carlsen wasn't satisfied with the alternative16.e5Nd517.e6fxe618.Qxc6Kf719.Qxd7Rhd8where20.Qc6runs intoRac816...0-0So finally Black could not avoid the inevitable castle.17.h4!And
the reaction is very natural: White plans e4-e5 followed by h4-h5.Rfe818.e5Nd519.h5g5# The position is highly complicated, but Carlsen rightly felt
that White's attacking prospetcs should be higher.20.h6g621.Bc1 # Black has a much weaker king and an worse pawn structure. White's
only problem is his badly placed knight on a4.The variation preferred by
computer21.e6gxf422.exd7Red823.Qxc6Ne324.Nc5Nxd125.Rxd1with
advantage for White would always appear unclear for a human in a practical
game.21...N7b6A bad decision, allowing White to place the knight on c5.Preferable was21...N5b6after which Black can still fight on, although
his position remains worse anyway.22.Nc5Bxc523.dxc5b323...Nd724.e6!Rxe625.Nd4with the ideaRee826.Nxc6Qxc527.Qxc5Nxc528.Rxd5
wins a piece for White.24.Qxb3Qxc525.Nd4Rxe526.Nf3#Re2?The
second mistake, after which Black's position is hardly possible to save any
longer. The rook is seemingly active, but in many variations it is unstable
and it needs protection on e2.26...Rf5was the right way to put up
resistance. It must be said that Nakamura already started to experience
prblems with the time.27.Nxg5Qe728.Qd3!
#Rf829.Rdf1f529...f630.Re1!Rxe131.Rxe1Qxe132.Qxg6+and mate30.g4Na431.Qd431.gxf5wins quicker, but Magnus admitted that he
missed something after Black's answer.31...Qe5!Being short of time
Nakamura finds interesting tactical ideas. Unfortunately for him Black's
position is just too bad and White still has ways to keep the decisive
advantage.32.Qxe5!32.Qxa4suddently runs intoNc3+!33.bxc3Rb8+
and White must give up his queen:34.Qb4Rxb4+35.cxb4Qd5!The move
missed by Carlsen when he played 31.Qd4. Black is not worse.32...Rxe533.gxf5gxf534.Nf3 # Even in endgame the
vulnerability of his king is fatal for Black.Re7Or34...Re635.h7+Kh836.Bh6Rb837.Rfg1winning35.Rfg1+Kh735...Kh836.Nh436.Rg7+!Kh836...Rxg737.hxg7+Kxg738.Bh6+37.Rhg1Rfe838.Nh4Rxg7and
without waiting the opponent's answer Nakamura resigned. Both 39.hxg7+ and 39.
Rxg7 win easily for White.1–0
1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3Bg74.e4d6Radjabov shows fighting spirit and
returns to his beloved King's Indian. Several weeks ago in Kazan he succeeded
to hold equality against Kramnik by employing the Queen's Gambit Declined.5.Be20-06.Bg5Na67.f4c68.Qd2Nc79.Bf3A rare plan. Usually White
develops the knight on f3.Ne610.Bh4c511.dxc5Nxc512.Rd1Be613.b3a514.Nge2#Qc7?An inexplicable mistake. the square c7 is bad for the
queen due to the knight jumps on b5 and d5, and this is a very important
factor in many concrete variations.15.0-0Now White already has a clear
advantage.a4?This leads to a strategically lost position. Probably the
best Black could do was to remove the queen from c7...16.f5!gxf517.exf5Bxf518.Bxf6exf6Or18...Bxf619.Nd5Qd820.Nxf6+exf621.b419.b4Ne619...Nd3loses a piece after20.Bh5Qb6+21.c5dxc522.Nd520.Nb5Qb6+21.Kh1 # It is just a question of time before
Black's position collapses.Ng522.Bxb7Qxb723.Rxf5Ne424.Qd3Rfe825.Ned4Rac826.Rf4Bf827.Rdf1Re528.a3Kh829.Nf5Rd830.Nc3Nxc331.Qxc3Rde832.Rg4Qc833.Qg3h534.Rg8+Kh735.Rxf81–0
1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nc3Bb44.e30-05.Bd3d56.Nf3c57.0-0dxc48.Bxc4cxd49.exd4a610.a3Bxc311.bxc3Qc7#12.Bd3The alternatives are12.Qd3and12.Qe212...Qxc313.Bf4Nc614.Re1#h6A new move,
which came as a surprise for the Romanian grandmaster.14...Qa5has been
met before.15.Bd6Nisipeanu calculated15.Re3Qa516.Ne5Nd517.Rg3Nxf418.Qg4but thought that afterNg6Black defends.Karjakin
indicated the right way for Black:18...Nh519.Qxh5Nxe520.dxe5f5and
White must make a draw:21.exf6Qxh522.Rxg7+Kh823.Rh7+Kg824.Rg7+19.Bxg6!fxg620.Qxg6Qc721.Ng4White's attack is decisive.15...Rd816.Bc7Rd717.Re3Qb217...Qxa118.Qxa1Rxc719.Ne5is probably slightly
better for White.18.Re218.Rb1Qa219.Rb3Rxc720.Bb1Qxb321.Rxb3Bd7is already okay for Black, who continues Be8, Rd8 with comfortable pressure
on d4.18...Qc319.Re3Qb2½–½
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