Games
[Event "FIDE World Championship 2016"] [Site "New York, USA"] [Date "2016.11.17"] [Round "5"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2853"] [BlackElo "2772"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] {After the pressure of many tight games between these players I expected someone to crack here in game 5. And this time it looked like Magnus who was going to be the one to give way. This was a much more even battle between the two which should make Sergey the happier of the players, after the game. Again they play for the smallest of margins and again it is honours even.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 {first the opening becomes a Giuco Piano at Magnuses request-then it transposes into an Evans Gambit deffered I think.} 4. O-O (4. b4 {I think I am right in saying this is the Evans Gambit proper with the move 4.b4 played here.}) 4... Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 d6 7. c3 a6 8. b4 Ba7 9. Re1 Ne7 ( 9... Be6 {this line has only been played by amateurs. 9...Ne7 has never been played at top events before.}) 10. Nbd2 Ng6 (10... Ng4 $6 11. d4 $14) 11. d4 $5 {Blocking off the strong Bishop on a7.} c6 12. h3 exd4 $6 $14 (12... Nxe4 $2 13. Nxe4 d5 14. dxe5 dxc4 $16 {and Whites e5 pawn looks much more usefull than Blacks advanced pawn on c4.}) 13. cxd4 Nxe4 $2 {a move I have played many times especially in the Pirc Defence. I actually played it to get a draw against a British Ladies Champion Sarah Hegarty in a simultaineous.} 14. Bxf7+ $2 (14. Nxe4 d5 15. Bd3 dxe4 16. Bxe4 $14 {with threats to play b5.}) 14... Rxf7 15. Nxe4 d5 16. Nc5 h6 $3 {at the time of watching this game I thought this was a wasted move but it recognises the extreme threat of the Ng5 and then Qh5 manouver.} (16... Qf8 17. Ra3 $1 (17. Qe2 $2 Bxh3 18. gxh3 $2 Rxf3 $19 ) 17... b6 18. Ng5 $1 Rxf2 19. Qh5 $3 h6 $1 20. Qxg6 hxg5 21. Re8 $5 Rf1+ 22. Kh2 Bf5 $3 {this maintains at least some material balance.} 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. Qxc6 Bb8+ 25. g3 Rf2+ 26. Kg1 Rf1+ 27. Kxf1 Bd7+ 28. Kg2 Bxc6 29. Nxa6 $16 { and White has the initiative here and a pawn to boot.}) 17. Ra3 Bf5 18. Ne5 ( 18. g4 $1 Be4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Rxe4 Qd5 21. Qe2 Raf8 22. Re8 Bxd4 23. Rd3 Rxe8 24. Qxe8+ Rf8 25. Qxg6 Rxf3 26. Rxf3 Qxf3 $11) 18... Nxe5 19. dxe5 $3 {Magnus must have been fed up of drawing to play such a risky move, the position becomes very double sided.} Qh4 $3 20. Rf3 $3 Bxc5 $6 (20... Bg6 $11) 21. bxc5 Re8 22. Rf4 (22. Bf4 $4 Be4 23. Bg3 Bxf3 24. Bxh4 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 Rxe5 $19) 22... Qe7 {targetting the weak c5 pawn.} 23. Qd4 Ref8 24. Rf3 Be4 $1 (24... Be6 $14 { there is probably little difference between Be6 and Be4 but Be6 is more passive.}) 25. Rxf7 Qxf7 26. f3 Bf5 27. Kh2 Be6 28. Re2 Qg6 29. Be3 Rf7 30. Rf2 Qb1 31. Rb2 Qf5 32. a5 (32. f4 $6 Qe4 33. Qxe4 dxe4 $11 {and with the Queens off the opposite coloured Bishops are very drawish.}) 32... Kf8 33. Qc3 Ke8 34. Rb4 g5 35. Rb2 Kd8 36. Rf2 Kc8 37. Qd4 Qg6 38. g4 h5 39. Qd2 {the two attempts at getting the f-pawn to advance dont work due to technicalities.} (39. Bxg5 $4 Qxg5 40. f4 Qh4 41. f5 hxg4 42. Qe3 (42. Qxg4 $2 Qxf2+ $19) 42... Rxf5 43. Rxf5 Bxf5 44. e6 Qxh3+ 45. Qxh3 gxh3 46. e7 Kd7 $19) 39... Rg7 40. Kg3 Rg8 41. Kg2 ( 41. Bxg5 $4 Qxg5 42. f4 Qf5 43. Qc2 hxg4 44. Qxf5 Bxf5 45. h4 $19 {and its only a matter of time.}) 41... hxg4 42. hxg4 d4 $3 43. Qxd4 Bd5 $3 {at the time I thought Sergey had seen the line I had seen which went 43...Rd8 44.Qc3 Bxg4 45.fxg4 Qe4+ 46.Kh3?? Rd3 but I had not seen 46.Rf3!!as detailed below.} ( 43... Rd8 44. Qc3 Bxg4 45. fxg4 Qe4+ 46. Rf3 $3 {otherwise the roof falls in.} Qxg4+ (46... Rd3 47. Qe1 Qxg4+ 48. Qg3 $18) 47. Kf2 Qh4+ 48. Ke2 Qe4 49. Qb3 Qxe5 50. Rf7 Qh2+ 51. Bf2 Qh5+ 52. Qf3 Re8+ 53. Kd3 Rd8+ 54. Kc3 Qh8+ 55. Rf6 Kb8 56. Bd4 Ka7 $18) 44. e6 Qxe6 45. Kg3 Qe7 (45... Qh6 $6 46. Rh2 Qe6 47. Rh8 $11) 46. Rh2 Qf7 47. f4 $1 gxf4+ 48. Qxf4 Qe7 49. Rh5 Rf8 50. Rh7 $3 Rxf4 ( 50... Qd8 51. Qe5 Rf3+ 52. Kh2 Rf7 53. Rh8 Rf8 54. Rxf8 Qxf8 55. Bf4 Kd7 56. Qd6+ Qxd6 57. cxd6 $11 {opposite coloured Bishops save the day for Sergey.}) 51. Rxe7 Re4 {now this is drawn because after the forced swap off of Rooks the Sergey Bishop simply gives itself up for the g-pawn and the king cannot be got out of the corner defending b7, note- i may be wrong but that would maybe not be the case if Magnus had not played a5 here because he could then have blocked off b8 for the Sergey King then infiltrated his King to a8 then got his Bishop to b6 and Magnus would probably have won. Instead its 2.5 - 2.5.} 1/2-1/2