Game of the Week #396
Tonight we will have another look at the exciting Tata Steel chess tournament, live from the Wijk aan Zee studio. Firouzja recovered well from his loss against So and got back into the lead after beating both Giri and Xiong. The real test was waiting for him a bit later though, when he faced Carlsen and Caruana in a row. Tonight we will study the game between the World Champion and a possible future World Champion.
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Warming-up question: What would you play here with Black?
Firouzja vs Carlsen, Wijk aan Zee 2020
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This week's show
Let endgame expert Dr Karsten Müller show and explain the finesses of the world champions. Although they had different styles each and every one of them played the endgame exceptionally well, so take the opportunity to enjoy and learn from some of the best endgames in the history of chess.To chat, please visit videos.chessbase.com/live or login via Playchess for Windows. Merijn is live at 19:00 UTC (20:00 CET / 4 PM EST).
| 1.e4 | 1,166,623 | 54% | 2421 | --- |
| 1.d4 | 947,298 | 55% | 2434 | --- |
| 1.Nf3 | 281,602 | 56% | 2441 | --- |
| 1.c4 | 182,102 | 56% | 2442 | --- |
| 1.g3 | 19,702 | 56% | 2427 | --- |
| 1.b3 | 14,265 | 54% | 2427 | --- |
| 1.f4 | 5,897 | 48% | 2377 | --- |
| 1.Nc3 | 3,801 | 51% | 2384 | --- |
| 1.b4 | 1,756 | 48% | 2380 | --- |
| 1.a3 | 1,206 | 54% | 2404 | --- |
| 1.e3 | 1,068 | 48% | 2408 | --- |
| 1.d3 | 954 | 50% | 2378 | --- |
| 1.g4 | 664 | 46% | 2360 | --- |
| 1.h4 | 446 | 53% | 2374 | --- |
| 1.c3 | 433 | 51% | 2426 | --- |
| 1.h3 | 280 | 56% | 2418 | --- |
| 1.a4 | 110 | 60% | 2466 | --- |
| 1.f3 | 92 | 46% | 2436 | --- |
| 1.Nh3 | 89 | 66% | 2508 | --- |
| 1.Na3 | 42 | 62% | 2482 | --- |
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.c3 a6 6.Ba4 Be7 7.0-0 0-0 8.Re1 Re8 9.Nbd2 Bf8 10.h3 b5 11.Bc2 Bb7 12.d4 g6 13.a3 13.b3 d5 14.Bb2 exd4 15.cxd4 Nb4 16.e5 Nh5 17.a3 Nxc2 18.Qxc2 Nf4 19.b4 a5 20.Bc3 axb4 21.axb4 Rxa1 22.Rxa1 13...Nb8 14.d5 c6 15.c4 Nbd7 16.a4N 16.b4 Nb6 17.dxc6 Bxc6 18.cxb5 axb5 19.Bb3 Bg7 20.Ra2 d5 21.exd5 Nfxd5 16...Qc7 17.b3 Rec8 18.Ra2 bxc4 19.bxc4 a5 20.Nf1 Ba6 21.Ne3 Nc5 22.Nd2 cxd5 23.cxd5 Rab8 24.Ba3 Qd8 25.Qf3 h5 26.Raa1 Bh6 27.Rab1 Rxb1 28.Rxb1 Kg7 29.Nef1 h4 30.Ne3 Bf4 31.Nef1 Qc7 32.g3 32.Ne3 32...hxg3-+ 33.fxg3 Bh6 34.h4 34.Kg2 34...Qd7 35.Kg2 Nxa4 36.Bxa4 Qxa4 37.Bxd6 Nd7 0–1
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| Firouzja,A | 2723 | Carlsen,M | 2872 | 0–1 | 2020 | | 82nd Tata Steel Masters 2020 | 9.1 |
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