Wednesday, 18 January 2023

It's not the 11 O'clock News

 As reported earlier today, both Magnus Carlsen and Ding Liren (the Worlds top 2 rated players) both lost in Round 4 of the Tata Steel event. This is a rare event, although i suspect it has probably happened more recently that we think. 

Carlsen lost to Anish Giri for the 2nd time in his career (at standard time controls). Apparently the first time was 12 years ago, on the same day, during the same tournament. Ding losing to Praggnanandhaa is also pretty big news, with Ding possibly becoming the next world champion.

Nonetheless the game I want is not either of these. It is the Abdusattorov v Maghsoodloo clash, which Abdusattorov won. There was a particularly interesting position at move 30, where White had a discovered check, which could not be played due to the rook being pinned. The tactical jousting to deal with this was interesting (from both sides), but eventually there was enough in the position to give White the win

Abdusattorov,Nodirbek (2713) - Maghsoodloo,Parham (2719) [C84]
Tata Steel Masters chess24.com (4.4), 17.01.2023

Start positionPrevious MoveNext MoveEnd positionPlay movesStop playing
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 b5 9. Bc2 Re8 10. Nbd2 Bf8 11. Nf1 g6 12. h3 Bg7 13. Ng3 d5 14. d4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 exd4 16. Bg5 Be6 17. Bb3 h6 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Rxe6 fxe6 21. Qe2 hxg5 22. Qxe6+ Kh7 23. Qxc6 dxc3 24. bxc3 b4 25. Re1 bxc3 26. Re6 Kg7 27. Ne5 Qd1+ 28. Kh2 Bxe5+ 29. Rxe5 Qd6 30. Qxc3 Re8 31. f4 Kf8 32. Rxg5 Qxf4+ 33. Rg3 Re6 34. Kg1 Kg8 35. Rd3 c5 36. Rd8+ Kf7 37. Rd7+ Ke8 38. Rd5 Qh4 39. Rd1 c4 40. Rf1 Kd7 41. Qb4 Qd4+ 42. Kh1 Qd5 43. Qf8 Re7 44. Qf6 Rh7 45. Rf4 Kc7 46. Rd4 Rf7 47. Qh8 Qb5 48. a4 Qc5 49. Rd1 Rd7 50. Rb1 Rd8 51. Qg7+ Rd7 52. Qb2 Kc6 53. Qb8 Rd3 54. Qb7+ Kd6 55. Qxa6+ Ke7 56. Qxg6 Kd7 57. a5 Qd5 58. Qg4+ Kd6 59. a6 c3 60. Rb6+ Ke5 61. Qg5+ Ke4 62. Qe7+ Qe5 63. Qh4+ Kf5 64. Qg4# 1-0

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