GM Magnus Carlsen is the NEW World champion!

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 (1) Carlsen,Magnus (2870) - Anand,Viswanathan (2775) [B51]
FWCM 2013 Chennai (10), 22.11.2013
[Ramirez Alvarez, Alejandro]


1.e4 c5 Anand had mentioned in a previous press
conference that if White wanted to keep it dry in the Sicilian it was also
possible to do it. However he gives it a try in hopes of creating counterplay.
2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Magnus refuses to go for the sharp main lines of what
probably would have been a Najdorf. The Bb5+ lines are less prone to becoming
double edged. 3...Nd7 If you must play for a win, this is the move of
choice. Bd7 is a little more solid. 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 a6 6.Bxd7+ Bxd7 7.c4 Nf6
8.Bg5 e6 9.Nc3 Be7 10.0–0 [10.Rd1 Bc6 11.0–0 0–0 12.Qd3 Qc7 13.a4 Rfd8
14.Rfe1 Rac8 15.Nd4 Be8 16.b3 Qc5 17.Be3 Qa5 18.Bd2 Qc5 19.h3 Was the game
between Fressinet-Ponomariov from September earlier this year. Fressinet is
(strongly) rumored to be one of Carlsen's seconds.] 10...Bc6 11.Qd3 0–0
12.Nd4 Rc8 13.b3 Qc7 14.Nxc6 Qxc6 Black doesn't have many serious
difficulties, but it isn't clear what exactly he can achieve. On the other hand
White is still quite solid. 15.Rac1 h6 16.Be3 Nd7 This regrouping is
quite normal. Black has an advantage on the dark-squares and he needs to exploit
this and combine it wit ha break, either d5 or b5, to create counterplay.
17.Bd4 Rfd8 18.h3 Qc7 19.Rfd1 Qa5 20.Qd2 Kf8 21.Qb2 Kg8 These last two
moves may not make too much sense, but it's hard to suggest something active for
Black. He is just waiting for the correct time to counterattack. The question
would be what happens if White doesn't do anything. 22.a4 Qh5 23.Ne2 Bf6
24.Rc3 Bxd4 25.Rxd4 Qe5 26.Qd2 Nf6 27.Re3 Rd7 28.a5 White's even manged to
put a little squeeze on Black and holds a slight edge. 28...Qg5? A
difficult to explain blunder. 29.e5 Ne8 30.exd6? And a difficult to
explain blunder back. Basically any move that kept the tension won: [30.Nc3 with
the dual idea of Na4 forking everything and Ne4 forking the queen and the pawn
on d6. 30...Qf5 31.Na4 Rc6 32.Nb6 Rd8 33.Re1 And Black is so tied down it is
hard to believe he will survive.; 30.b4 preparing an eventual c5 after taking on
d6. 30...Qd8 (30...Rc6 31.c5 d5 32.Rg4 Qe7 33.Reg3 is going to get Black
mated.) 31.Nc3 and again the intrusion to b6 is lethal.; 30.Ng3 makes
very little sense to me compared to Nc3 but is also winning. 30...Rc6 31.b4!
also looks hopeless.] 30...Rc6 Now Black will regain the pawn on d6
without issues and he will be close to equality, though White's pawn majority on
the queenside still gives him a pull. 31.f4 Qd8 32.Red3 Rcxd6 33.Rxd6 Rxd6
34.Rxd6 Qxd6 35.Qxd6 Nxd6 36.Kf2 Only White can win this endgame. Maybe with
perfect play it is a draw though. 36...Kf8 37.Ke3 Ke7?! [37...Nf5+! I
believe this move was superior. 38.Ke4 Ke7 39.g4 Nd6+ 40.Kd4 f5 The point is
that Black is considerably closer to creating counterplay in this line.]
38.Kd4 Kd7 39.Kc5 Kc7 The king is just in time to keep White out of b6,
but now he is kind of zugzwanged. [39...Ne4+ 40.Kb6 Kc8 41.c5! is not pleasant.]
40.Nc3 Nf5 41.Ne4 Ne3 42.g3 f5 Forced basically. [42...Nf1 does not make
for a happy knight, but it was pretty much the only alternative to the text.]
43.Nd6 [43.Nd2! Albert Silver has pointed to this move as being winning.
Black's chances lie entirely on counterplay with the knight, but I cannot find a
refutation. 43...Nd1! (43...g5 44.fxg5 hxg5 45.Kd4 Nc2+ 46.Ke5 should be
winning for White as he will have a passed h-pawn very soon.) 44.Kd4 Nf2
45.h4 Ng4 (45...Nh1! 46.Nf1 Nf2 47.b4 Ne4 48.g4! This is key. 48...Nd6! Black
must force g5. (48...Kd6 49.gxf5 (49.c5+ Kd7 50.Ne3 might be easier and
stronger though.) 49...exf5 50.Ne3 Ke6 51.h5 Nf6 52.b5 and it looks like
White should win this position since h5 is poisoned.) 49.g5 Ne4 50.gxh6 gxh6
51.Nh2 Nd2 52.Kd3 Nb3 53.Nf3 Nc1+ 54.Kd4 Kd6 55.Ne5 Nb3+ 56.Kc3 Nc1 57.Kd2 Nb3+
58.Kc2! Nd4+ 59.Kd3 Nb3 60.h5 Nc1+ 61.Ke3 Kc7 62.Nf7 Kd7 63.Nxh6 Ke7 64.Kd4+-)
46.b4 Kd6 47.b5+- White has too many threats in the queenside and Black's knight
is completely out of play.] 43...g5 44.Ne8+ Kd7 45.Nf6+ Ke7 46.Ng8+ Kf8
47.Nxh6 gxf4 48.gxf4 Kg7 White's knight is trapped, but he has enough
counterplay on the other side of the board to guarantee a draw. 49.Nxf5+ exf5
50.Kb6 Ng2 51.Kxb7 Nxf4 The rest is straightforward. 52.Kxa6 Ne6 53.Kb6
f4 54.a6 f3 55.a7 f2 56.a8Q f1Q The queen can draw against the queen and
knight duo as long as the stronger side doesn't have any pawns left. The draw
here is trivial for both sides. 57.Qd5 Qe1 58.Qd6 Qe3+ 59.Ka6 Nc5+ 60.Kb5
Nxb3 61.Qc7+ Kh6 62.Qb6+ Qxb6+ 63.Kxb6 Kh5 64.h4 Kxh4 65.c5 Nxc5 And Carlsen
is the new World Chess Champion ½–½