Sunday, 3 June 2018

This looks like one of my games

The Altibox tournament from Norway is interesting in more ways than one. There have already been a couple of high profile casualties, including Ding Liren, and the Grunfeld Defence. Liren injured himself in a bike accident, and has had to withdraw (his score has been annulled for the event, although the games still count for ratings).
Last night saw Karjakin lose to Caruana, in a game that reminded me of some of my own efforts. An attempt at hacking the English Opening didn't quite work, but instead of digging in, Karjakin set fire to the board, and only succeeded in burning his own fingers!

Caruana,Fabiano (2822) - Karjakin,Sergey (2782) [A28]
6th Norway Chess 2018 Stavanger NOR (5.2), 02.06.2018

Start positionPrevious MoveNext MoveEnd positionPlay movesStop playing
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 Re8 9. a3 a5 10. h3 b6 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Qc2 e4 15. Nh2 Qg5 16. f4 exf3 17. Nxf3 Qg3 18. Rf2 Rad8 19. Bc4 Nf6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Raf1 Rd6 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Re7 24. b5 Ne5 25. Nd4 Bc8 26. Kh1 Kg7 27. Be2 Kh8 28. Qc3 Kg7 29. Bd1 Kg8 30. Bc2 Qh4 31. Rf4 Qg3 32. Bf5 Bb7 33. Be4 Bc8 34. Qa3 Kg7 35. Qa8 Bxh3 36. gxh3 Qxh3+ 37. Kg1 Rxd4 38. Bg2 Qg3 39. Rxd4 Ng4 40. Rf3 Qe1+ 41. Bf1 1-0


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