12/4/2020 – Only a few days after his defeat against Wesley So in the Skilling Open on November 30, his 30th birthday, Magnus Carlsen was back to play in another online tournament, and he won his quarterfinal match of the Chess.com Speed Chess Championship against Vladislav Artemiev, though not without some problems. | Picture: Chess.com
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Magnus Carlsen vs Vladislav Artemiev, 13½-9½
If Vladislav Artemiev had hoped that Magnus Carlsen might still be a little tired after the demanding Skilling Open, he was mistaken.
Artemiev won the first game of the match, but Carlsen managed to equalize in game two. The World Champion had some problems to get going but he still won the 5+1 section of the match 5-3.
However, in some games Carlsen had a lot of trouble and in game four Artemiev demolished the World Champion in a drastic way. After 28 moves Carlsen was forced to resign.
V. Artemiev - M. Carlsen, Speed Chess Championship, Game 4
14.g4 Nc5 15.Bf2 h6 15...g6!? with the idea 16.g5 (16.Re3) 16...Nh5 might be an alternative.
16.b4 Ncd7 16...Ncxe4 17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 Bxe4 19.Rxe4 d5 20.Re1 dxc4 and the two pawns Black has for the piece are probably not enough.
17.g5 hxg5 18.fxg5 Ne8 19.g6 Ne5 20.gxf7+ Rxf7 21.Bh3 White has a strong attack. 21.Nxe6? immediately fails to 21...Qxc4 with a double attack.
21...Rf6 22.Nxe6 Qxc4? More stubborn was 22...Nf3+ 23.Kh1 (23.Qxf3 Rxf3 24.Nxc7 Rxh3) 23...Qxc4 24.Nd5 Qxc1 25.Qxc1 Rxc1 26.Nxf6+ Bxf6 27.Rxc1.
Though Artemiev won the bullet portion of the match with 4½-3½ this was not enough to turn the match around. In the end Carlsen won the match 13½-9½ and qualified for the semifinals of the Speed Chess Championship where he will play against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.
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