Droomstart Carlsen

Carlsen onbespeelbaar voor Anand

Het zou een spannende match worden, in elk geval spannender dan hun vorige WK-tweekamp. En Viswanathan Anand zou dit keer zeker niet kansloos zijn tegen Magnus Carlsen. Dit beeld dat opsteeg uit vrijwel alle voorbeschouwingen kan al na het eerste weekend worden bijgesteld. Carlsen is en blijft de baas, hij leidt na twee partijen met 1,5-0,5.
Niet dat de bespiegelingen nergens op waren gebaseerd. Anand maakte na het verlies van de wereldtitel een jaar geleden een geweldige come-back. Carlsen imponeerde als wereldkampioen het afgelopen jaar nauwelijks. Maar dit zegt vooral iets over hoe zij spelen tegen anderen, niet tegen elkaar.
Wat het laatste betreft passen de twee eerste partijen in Sotsji precies in het beeld van hun vorige match: Carlsen is voor Anand onbespeelbaar. Zaterdag miste de wereldkampioen een kansrijke voortzetting, waarna Anand de remise veiligstelde. Maar gisteren had Anand niets in te brengen tegen de met de witte stukken spelende Carlsen. Anand capituleerde op zet 35 na een ernstige blunder in een moeilijke stelling.
Anand moet vandaag op de rustdag zijn wonden likken, het zal niet meevallen, na twee keer strategisch in het middenspel te zijn overspeeld. Dit is een scenario waar niemand rekening mee heeft gehouden, maar het maakt een nieuwe regime-change in de schaakwereld onwaarschijnlijk.

HMC, Sport, 10 november 2014

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Overzicht Schaak Wereldkampioenschap

   [Event "World Championship"]  [Site "Sochi"]  [Date "2014.11.08"]  [Round "1"]  [White "Anand, Viswanathan"]  [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "D85"]  [WhiteElo "2792"]  [BlackElo "2863"]  [Annotator "Marin,M"]  [PlyCount "95"]  [EventDate "2014.11.08"]  [EventType "match"]  [EventRounds "12"]  [EventCountry "RUS"]  [Source "ChessBase"]  [SourceDate "2015.01.15"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 {The opening could not have  come as a complete surprise to either one of the players, even though it does  not belong to their main lines. Carlsen has played the Grünfeld over the past  years only occasionally and did not try it in 2014 at all! At the same time,  Anand has tried a wide range of systems against the Grünfeld, the most popular  being the Russian Variation (as in game 10) and the normal (5.e4) Exchange  Variation.} Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. Bxc3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 $5 {Even in such a heavily  analysed opening as the Grünfeld, Carlsen finds a way of deviating from the  main theoretical discussion. But this is not really such a miracle, since this  is a very flexible opening with practically unlimited possibilities for  improvising.} ({It would have made little sense checking Anand's preparation  after, say,} 8... c5 9. d5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 e6 11. d6 e5 12. h4 Be6 {when the  former World Champion had delivered a very powerful novelty in a game against  Carlsen's countryman:} 13. Nh3 $1 $146 {Anand,V (2783)-Hammer,J (2608)  Stavanger 2013 CBM 155 [Krasenkow,M] (1-0, 45)}) 9. Nf3 {The most natural way  of defending the central pawn, even though it allows Black to develop freely  on the next move.} (9. Ne2 {as tried in Hambleton,A (2583)-Berson,J (2021)  Portugal Cove 2013 (1-0, 26) avoids ...Bg4 but places the knight on a not  very active square. Black could obtain good counterplay with} e5 {(not the  only move, most surely)} 10. d5 Nd4 $1 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Bxd4 Qh4 13. Bxg7 (13.  Qe3 Re8 14. Bd3 Bf5 $11) 13... Qxe4+ 14. Qe2 Qxe2+ 15. Bxe2 Kxg7 16. Rc1 {The  backward pawn should not offer Black too many problems since White is behind  in development.} Bf5 17. Rxc7 Rac8 18. Rxc8 Rxc8) ({Without kingside  development, the radical advance} 9. d5 {is not likely to yield too much:} Ne5  10. Be2 (10. f4 Ng4 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Nf3 c6 $32 {Ushenina,A (2501)-Lagno,K  (2543) Beijing 2013 (0-1, 37)}) 10... c6 11. Nf3 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3  cxd5 14. exd5 e6 $11 {Gleizerov,E (2536)-Ulibin,M (2498) Las Palmas 2014 (1/  2-1/2, 18)}) 9... Bg4 10. d5 {The only reasonable continuation.} (10. O-O-O $6  e5 11. d5 Nd4 $15) 10... Bxf3 11. Bxg7 $5 $146 {Strictly speaking, this looks  like a concession since White would be interested in provoking ...Bxc3, bxc3  with a strengthening of his centre. But Anand had a concrete idea in mind,  which worked reasonably well, at least from the opening point of view.} ({If}  11. gxf3 Ne5 12. O-O-O ({Defending the pawn is not necessary.} 12. Be2 {wastes  an important tempo and has led to comfortable play for Black in a few games,  the latest being:} c6 13. f4 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. dxc6 bxc6 {Moiseenko,A  (2707)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2714) Yaroslavl 2014 (0-1, 38)}) 12... c6 ({Even with  bishops on the board, the pawn is taboo:} 12... Nxf3 $2 13. Qf4 $18) 13. f4 Ng4  14. Bxg7 Kxg7 $11) 11... Kxg7 12. gxf3 Ne5 13. O-O-O c6 {This hurried  undermining of the centre offers White the possibility of setting up some  pressure.} (13... Nxf3 $2 14. Qc3+) ({Black could have avoided the weakening  of his kingside with} 13... Qd6 $5 14. Be2 (14. Qc3 $6 Qf6 15. Be2 c6 $15 {  leaves the white centre immobile and vulnerable.}) 14... c6 $132) 14. Qc3 $1 f6  15. Bh3 $14 {This bishops cuts like a blade, preventing Black from obtaining  rapid counterplay. In the long run, the kingside weaknesses may tell. On the  other hand, the position remains double-edged strategically. Should White  allow some exchanges, he would risk landing into a bad ending, due to his  numerous pawn weaknesses.} (15. dxc6 $6 Qb6 16. cxb7 $6 Rab8 $15 17. f4 $2 Rxb7  $19) 15... cxd5 {True to his style, Carlsen clears up matters in the centre at  the first given occasion.} ({The long plan of transfering the knight to d4 (!)  is interesting but probably not entirely sound:} 15... Qb6 $5 16. f4 (16. d6  exd6 17. Rxd6 Rad8 18. Rhd1 Rxd6 19. Rxd6 Qxf2 $19) 16... Nf7 17. f3 $1 (17.  Rd2 Nd6 {gains an important tempo for developing the counterplay.} 18. Qd3 cxd5  19. exd5 f5) (17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Rd7 Qxf2 19. Rf1 Qe2 20. Rxe7 Rae8 $132) 17...  Nd6 (17... cxd5 18. exd5 Nd6 19. Kb1) (17... Rad8 18. Kb1 Nd6 19. a4 $1 cxd5  20. Rxd5 Nf7 21. Bd7 Nd6 22. a5 Qf2 23. Be6 $14) 18. Kb1 (18. a4 $2 cxd5 $17)  18... Nb5 19. Qb3 c5 20. Rc1 Nd4 21. Qe3 (21. Qd3 Qd6 22. Qe3 f5 23. exf5 gxf5  24. Rhe1 Rf7) (21. Qc4 Nxf3 22. Qc3 Nd4 23. Qxc5 Ne2 24. Qxb6 axb6 25. Rc7 Nxf4  26. Bd7 f5 27. Rxb7 fxe4 $132) 21... Qd6 22. f5 g5 23. Rhg1 Qxh2 (23... Kh8 24.  Bg4 $36) 24. Bf1 b6 25. f4 h6 26. Bd3 $44) 16. exd5 Nf7 $2 {But this is too  straightforward an attempt to stabilise the position. True, the d6-square is  important, but does not justify abandoning the central e5-square.} (16... Qd6  $5 17. Kb1 Rad8 18. f4 (18. Rhe1 Rfe8 19. f4 Nf7 20. Rd4 e5 21. fxe5 Rxe5 22.  Rxe5 fxe5 $11) 18... Nf7 19. Rd4 e5 20. fxe5 fxe5 21. Rd2 {may offer White  some chances for the initiative. If compared with the similar subline above,  all major pieces are on the board, making Black's position less stable.}) (  16... a5 17. f4 Nf7 18. Kb1 a4 {would transpose below.}) 17. f4 $2 {This  wastes a tempo, exposes the f-pawn and obstructs the c1-h6 diagonal. On top,  after the knight has retreated, it does not achieve anything constructive.} (  17. Kb1 $5 Qd6 (17... a5 18. Be6 a4 19. h4 a3 20. b3 Qd6 21. Qd2 $36) 18. Be6  Nd8 (18... Ng5 19. Bg4 {/\x h4}) (18... Rad8 19. h4 $36) 19. Rhe1 $5 Re8 (19...  Qxh2 20. Rh1 Qf4 21. Qa3 Qd6 22. Qe3 $16) 20. Bc8 $1 $36 {A nice move  paralysing the black queenside and clearing the path of the h-pawn for the  attack.}) 17... Qd6 {It is not clear yet which piece is best suited for the  occupation of this square.} ({Since the black rooks do not have any future on  the open c-file, it would have made sense to get some space on the queenside:}  17... a5 $5 18. Kb1 a4 19. Be6 (19. a3 b5 $1) 19... Qd6 20. Rd4 a3 21. b3 Nd8  22. Bg4 b6 23. h4 Ra5 24. Qd2 f5 25. Bf3 h5 (25... Nf7 26. Re1) 26. Rg1 {Black  is under certain pressure but since White does not have any pawn breaks it  looks like the position is statically equal. One more detail is that the white  king is not entirely safe either.} Kh7 (26... Kh6 {is also possible:} 27. Qd1  Rc5 28. Bxh5 gxh5 29. Rg5 {Things look dangerous but} Kh7 $8 {saves the day.}  30. Rxh5+ Kg7 31. Rg5+ Kh7 $11) 27. Re1 Ra7 28. Rc4 Qf6 $13) 18. Qd4 (18. Rd4 {  can be met with the paradoxical} f5 $3 (18... Rad8 19. Be6 $14) 19. Re1 (19.  Re4+ $2 Kg8 $19) 19... Kg8 20. Kb1 Rac8 21. Rc4 Rxc4 22. Qxc4 Qf6 {/\ ...Nd6  with excellent play for Black.}) 18... Rad8 19. Be6 {It is important to block  the e7-pawn.} (19. Rhe1 e5 $1 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. Re3 (21. f4 Nf3) 21... Nc6 22.  dxc6 (22. Qa4 Nb4 23. Be6 Rfe8 24. Kb1 Qf4 $1 $11 25. a3 $140 $2 Nxd5 $17)  22... Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. cxb7 f5 25. Re7+ Kf6 26. Rxh7 Rfd8 $132) 19... Qb6  20. Qd2 $6 {This allows Black to solve all his problems.} ({Anand might have  avoided the queen exchange for psychological reasons, since the endgame is  supposed to be Carlsen's chosenterritory, but the only way to keep the  pressure was:} 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Kb1 Nd6 22. Rc1 f5 23. Rc7 Kf6 24. Bd7 Ne4 25.  Rxb7 (25. Re1 $6 Nc5 26. Be6 Rd6 $15) 25... Rb8 26. Rc7 Nxf2 27. Re1 Ne4 28. b4  Rfd8 29. Kb2 h6 30. h4 $14 {White's queenside initiative is rather threatening.  For Black, creating a kingside passed pawn with ...g5 would imply big risks  for his king.}) 20... Rd6 21. Rhe1 Nd8 {Everything fits well in Black's  position and suddenly, White loses his stability in the centre.} 22. f5 (22.  Bh3 e6) 22... Nxe6 23. Rxe6 Qc7+ $6 {A bit too timid at a favourable moment.} (  {It might have been better to use the c-file for a well-timed check with the  rook while eliminating completely White's pressure along the e-file:} 23...  Rxe6 $5 24. fxe6 (24. dxe6 Rc8+ 25. Kb1 Qc5 26. fxg6 hxg6) 24... Rc8+ 25. Kb1  Qd6 {with chances for reaching a better ending due to White-s weakened  structure.}) 24. Kb1 Rc8 (24... Rxe6 25. dxe6 Qc5 26. Qc2 $11) 25. Rde1 Rxe6  26. Rxe6 Rd8 27. Qe3 Rd7 $11 {White's pressure along the e-file should now  compensate for the structural defects. But as in an earlier comment, it is  worth keeping in mind that the endings could be unpleasant for White.} 28. d6  exd6 29. Qd4 Rf7 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. Rxd6 a6 32. a3 Qa5 33. f4 Qh5 34. Qd2 Qc5  35. Rd5 Qc4 36. Rd7 Qc6 ({If} 36... Rxd7 37. Qxd7+ Qf7 38. Qd6 {the activity  of the white queen compensates for the structural problems.}) 37. Rd6 (37.  Rxf7+ Kxf7 {would leave the white pawns exposed to a possible king invasion on  the light squares.}) 37... Qe4+ 38. Ka2 Re7 {So far Anand has kept things  level, but his next two moves give up the centralising, offering Black some  chances to take over the initiative.} 39. Qc1 $6 (39. Rd4) 39... a5 40. Qf1 $6  a4 $15 41. Rd1 Qc2 42. Rd4 (42. Qf3 $5) 42... Re2 $6 {Missing the last chance.}  (42... Re3 $1 {with the brutal threat of 43...Rxa3!+ 44.Kxa3 Qb3 mate!} 43. Qd1  (43. Ka1 Rxa3+ 44. bxa3 Qc3+) (43. Rd7+ Kh6 44. Rxb7 Rb3 45. Rxb3 axb3+ 46. Ka1  Qxh2 $17) 43... Qxd1 44. Rxd1 Kh6 $15 {Black is better on both wings and White  would face an unpleasant defensive task... even though all rook endings are  drawn! Actually the first match proved not all of them are...}) 43. Rb4 {White  has finally reached absolute stability and is out of any danger.} b5 44. Qh1 $1  Re7 45. Qd5 Re1 46. Qd7+ Kh6 47. Qh3+ Kg7 48. Qd7+ 1/2-1/2

   [Event "World Championship"]  [Site "Sochi"]  [Date "2014.11.09"]  [Round "2"]  [White "Carlsen, Magnus"]  [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "C65"]  [WhiteElo "2863"]  [BlackElo "2792"]  [Annotator "Negi,P"]  [PlyCount "69"]  [EventDate "2014.11.08"]  [EventType "match"]  [EventRounds "12"]  [EventCountry "RUS"]  [Source "ChessBase"]  [SourceDate "2015.01.15"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 {I am curious why Magnus avoided these  long middlegames in the next games, considering the way this game went.} Bc5 {  The first theoretical crossroads. 0-0, and c3, both seem to lead to similar  positions, but there are many subtle differences. I'll briefly write about a  line in the c3-variation which I feel is an influence on the way Magnus played  here.} 5. O-O (5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 (7. Bxc6 {not as good as the Magnus  version because of c3 being already committed.}) 7... a6 {plays into White's  plans. Now we get a setup similar to Carlsen's in the game. It might appear  that in the game Black did not lose a move with ...a6 - but that was possibly  offset by the fact that White tried to play a setup with c3. As you will see,  c3-d4 is not neccesarily the only plan here, so it could be beneficial not to  hurry with it.} (7... Ne7 $1 {is the main line these days, and it has been  very hard for White to prove any advantage. The key idea is that Black avoids  Bxc6 setups, and is willing to concede the centre after} 8. d4 {if not d4,  then Black gets the ideal Ne7-Ng6, followed by ...a6 etc.} exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 {  this is the critical position for the assessment of this line. It appears to  me that Black has been able to get enough counterplay so far, but there's  certainly more room to explore.}) 8. Bxc6 {A couple of excellent  demonstrations of White's play were the following. In both the games, White  avoided an early d4, and instead just focussed on developing his pieces, and  eventually exploiting Black's structural weaknesses. Right now, the weaknesses  appear miniscule, but it makes it incredibly difficult for Black to create  counterplay since ideas like ...d5 just weaken his position further. And White  can eventually try to get in d4 at the right point.} bxc6 9. Re1 Re8 10. h3 Bb6  11. Nf1 h6 12. Ng3 Be6 (12... d5 13. Qc2 $1 {again the queen is wonderful here.  Black is just spoiling his own structure:} dxe4 14. dxe4 Nd7 15. Be3 Nc5 16. c4  a5 17. b3 $14 {1-0 (26) Dominguez Perez,L (2753)-Cox,J (2387) Rhodes 2013}) 13.  Be3 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 c5 15. Qc2 {The queen is always excellent here.} Nd7 16. d4  $1 {since everything is perfectly placed.} cxd4 17. cxd4 exd4 18. Nxd4 a5 19.  b3 Nc5 20. Rd1 $14 {1-0 (55) Svidler,P (2741)-Navara,D (2706) Prague 2012})  5... d6 (5... O-O {isn't possible due to} 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. Nxe5) ({The main  drawback for 0-0 is} 5... Nd4 {as an extra option, which has often allowed  Black to equalise easily in the past. But as the following recent game shows,  there is a lot more to explore here, and clearly Magnus had some interesting  setup in mind against this.} 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8. Na3 $5 c6 9. Ba4 O-O 10.  Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Bb3 g5 14. Bg3 Re8 15. Re1 Bc7 16. Nc2 $14  {1/2-1/2 (69) Topalov,V (2785)-Andreikin,D (2709) Khanty-Mansiysk 2014}) 6. Re1  $5 {Already a novelty among decent players! That's pretty impressive in one of  the most widely analysed opening of our times...although I have to admit, it's  not really a new concept. The same thing was tried by Adams after 6.Nbd2 -  actually 9...h6 by Anand would have converted to the Adams - Kramnik game  mentioned below. I am not sure if there is any subtlety behind delaying Nd2  - perhaps it could be more flexible in some cases, but I don't think it really  matters. White's main idea is just to play the closed structure after Bxc6,  similar to the Svidler - Navara game mentioned after 5. c3. In the long term  he hopes to exploit the 'queenside' weakening of the strucuture, and hope that  active moves like d5 will only create weaknesses for Black. It's an  interesting concept, and certainly an excellent try against people not  comfortable with long strategic manoevres.} ({The same structure can be got by  } 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. h3 h6 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nf1 d5 $5 {I prefer} 11. Qe2  {or perhaps he could have included c3 earlier, so Qc2 would have made even  more sense.} (11. exd5 Qxd5 $1 {gave Black a lot of counterplay despite the  broken structure.} 12. Be3 Bf8 13. Bd2 e4 14. dxe4 Nxe4 15. Ng3 Bb7 16. Bf4 Nd6  17. b3 c5 $11 {0-1 (75) Adams,M (2727)-Kramnik,V (2801) Paris/St Petersburg  2013 CBM 154 [Szabo,Kr].}) {Nothing drastic has occured and the slow game  continues. Here, Black went wrong trying to seek activity with} 11... dxe4 12.  dxe4 a5 13. Rd1 Ba6 14. Qe1 Qb8 15. Ng3 Qb4 16. b3 Qxe1+ 17. Rxe1 Bb4 18. Rd1  Bc3 19. Rb1 c5 20. Bd2 Bxd2 21. Nxd2 g6 22. f3 Red8 23. Ndf1 $14 {with a  pleasant endgame in Bartel,M (2651)-Arslanov,S (2396) Moscow 2014.}) 6... O-O  7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. h3 (8. Nbd2 {would run into Ng4...f5 ideas.}) 8... Re8 9. Nbd2  Nd7 (9... h6 {would convert to Adams - Kramnik as mentioned above. There White  continued Nf1, but perhaps it makes sense to play more in Carlsen's style as  well.} 10. a4 {or doing the same thing without a4 - but including a4 never  seems bad to me. Also it's a useful waiting move.} a5 (10... Be6 11. Nf1 {now  d5 isn't possible as in Adams - Kramnik.}) 11. Nc4 Be6 (11... d5 {leads to  strange complications, but White seems to be preferrable in the end:} 12. exd5  e4 13. dxe4 Rxe4 14. Rxe4 Nxe4 15. Be3 cxd5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Ne3 $14) 12. Be3  $5 Bxc4 13. Bxc5 Be6 (13... dxc5 14. dxc4 $14 {the tripled pawns are uglier.})  14. Be3 {and again we have opposite coloured bishops, and perhaps some  pretensions of an edge for white? certainly his play is easier.}) (9... Nh5 {  seems more natural, but I am not sure if White needs to worry much about  Nh5-Nf4 as a plan. He can just continue Nc4...Be3, or try c3-d4.}) 10. Nc4 Bb6  {This avoids Na5 ideas, and also Nxb6 doesn't really seem worrying since it  improves the structure.} (10... a6 11. Na5 $1 $14) (10... a5 11. Bd2 a4 12. Na5  $14) 11. a4 {A really useful move - as you will see soon.} a5 12. Nxb6 {  Somewhat counter intuitive decision...at first the opposite colours seem to  make Black's life easier. But Carlsen had a more long term idea in mind...I  still feel that Black's position should be fairly solid here, but it's not as  obvious as it looks at first sight.} cxb6 $6 ({With hindsight, I'd prefer}  12... Nxb6 $1 {although I must admit that it's hard to imagine, particularly  in a game, that ...cxb6 could be anything but solid for Black. But another  advantage of this move is that Black can actually play actively with ...f5!  next - and the a5-weakness is less scary since it would only be a problem in  the endgame.} 13. b3 (13. d4 exd4 $1 14. Nxd4 c5 $11 {Black's pieces are  perfectly set to deal with the d4 break.}) 13... f5 $1 $13 ({Actually Black  doesn't even need to hurry with f5.} 13... c5 14. Bd2 Nd7 $5 {/\ Nb8-Nc6 seems  just fine as well.})) 13. d4 Qc7 $6 {Another almost imperceptible inaccuracy,  but suddenly things start to get tougher for Black after this. The queen seems  natural on c7, but it allows White the strong option of Nh4 in the future!} (  13... Qe7 {keeps an eye on h4, but this seems a really awkward square for the  queen. Also b6 might be weak after Nf8-Ng6.} 14. Ra3 Nf8 15. Rb3 Rb8 16. Be3) (  13... f6 $1 {also allows Nh4 at some point, but it's not as easy to implement  for White because after} 14. Ra3 Nf8 {dxe5-dxe5 would give Black an additional  move due to the threat to exchange queens.} 15. dxe5 (15. Nh4 exd4 $1 {would  create a mess}) 15... dxe5 16. Rd3 Qc7 17. Nh4 Ne6 {and White's initiative  looks much less dangerous.}) 14. Ra3 $1 {The idea behind 11.a4! Suddenly the  position seems slightly less innocuous, and you realise that it is indeed  easier to play for White. Most importantly, practically, it's not easy to make  decisions.} Nf8 (14... c5 15. d5 $14 {the kingside attack will be more  dangerous now.}) (14... Bb7 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nh4 $14) (14... exd4 15. Nxd4 {  is too slow for Black. /\ Rg3.}) 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nh4 {White's play flows  very smoothly now.} Rd8 (16... Ng6 17. Nf5 {doesn't change much.}) 17. Qh5 f6 (  17... Ng6 18. Nf5 $14) 18. Nf5 Be6 (18... Ne6 $1 19. Rg3 Kh8 {is a much more  cool defence, keeping things more under control but it does look like a  worrying position for Black. I don't see many ways Black can improve, so white  can slowly try to continue building an initiative...particularly Rg4-Rh4 ideas  seem tempting in the future.}) 19. Rg3 Ng6 20. h4 (20. Bh6 {would lead to some  nice fireworks, but that's not really in Carlsen's style, and very much not  required.} gxh6 21. Rxg6+ hxg6 22. Qxg6+ Kf8 23. Qxf6+ Qf7 24. Qxh6+ Ke8 {and  a rook ought to be worth something. It seems pretty unclear.}) 20... Bxf5 (  20... Rd7 21. Bh6 $1 {is much stronger now.} gxh6 22. Qxh6 {/\ h5.}) 21. exf5  Nf4 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Rc3 $1 {Despite the equal material, the major piece  endgame is surprisingly hard to play. It's possible to suggest better  defensive moves with the engine, but I believe practically it's already very  tough. Understandably, Vishy begins to make slight inaccuracies, and Magnus  wraps it up smoothly with his trademark precision:} c5 24. Re6 Rab8 $2 (24...  h6 {(/\ 25.Rc4 Rd4!)} 25. Qf3 Rab8 {with much better chances to survive  compared to the game.}) 25. Rc4 Qd7 26. Kh2 Rf8 (26... Qd1 {isn't possible due  to} 27. Re8+ $1 $18) (26... Re8 27. Rce4 Rxe6 28. fxe6 $16 {will be pretty  unpleasant.}) 27. Rce4 Rb7 28. Qe2 b5 29. b3 $5 {This doesn't seem required,  but it's in Carlsen's style to not force things. Instead he just restricts any  counterplay for Black, and makes Black go wrong by himself.} bxa4 30. bxa4 Rb4  {Exchanging a pair of rooks might reduce the pressure, but here it also  creates additional weaknesses - particularly in Black's 7th rank. White  continues with a strong attack despite the almost endgame nature of the  position!} 31. Re7 Qd6 32. Qf3 Rxe4 33. Qxe4 f3+ 34. g3 h5 $2 {The final  blunder - but the position was actually much trickier than it looks.} (34...  Qd2 35. Qxf3 Qxc2 {at first Black seems to be safe, but after} 36. Kg2 Kh8 37.  Qc6 {White continues to exert pressure without taking any risk. Black's rook  is completely tied down to g7, and it will be hard for him to keep the c-pawn  alive. Still, it's not a straightforward win, and White still needs to show  technique.}) 35. Qb7 $1 1-0

Bron partijanalyses: Chessbase/annotators Mihail Marin (partij 1), Parimarjan Negi (partij 2)

Droomstart Carlsen

Carlsen onbespeelbaar voor Anand

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