Seconda partita del Match:vince Carlsen!

Carlsen-Anand (2) SOCHI 2014 1-0

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 This is the common way to keep more pieces on the board and it perfectly suits Carlsen's style.
4... Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Not surprisingly, Carlsen chooses a rare move. Usually game goes on like this (6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4 which may transpose to well-known lines.)
6... O-O 7. Bxc6 bxc6 White made a responsible decision by giving away the bishop pair. While the center stays the way it is, there will be plenty of time for maneuvering. If the position opens at any moment, it will be black who would have the edge mainly because of the light squares.
8. h3 You will often see this restricting move, which not only prevents enemy pieces from coming to g4 but gives h2-square for a knight.
8... Re8 9. Nbd2 Nd7 There is plenty of time to play a move like this as long as white are unable to start an active play. Have you noticed that both players delayed developing c1 and c8 bishops? Simply because it's not clear where to develop them yet.
10. Nc4 Bb6 11. a4 a5 12. Nxb6 cxb6 Not sure why Carlsen decided to simplify the position and give chance to black to improve their pawn structure. To me it doesn't combine well with his play so far. Instead probably it would have made more sense to just slowly improve position by Qe2, Bd2 and so on.
13. d4 Qc7 The point of this is to be able to open d-file at any point. Take a note that black's queenside formation has made a run and will constantly require protection.
14. Ra3 Nf8 I like the way Carlsen is smoothly combining his ideas. Rook is ready to join the battle via 3rd rank and some day may end up on g3 against the black king. Did anyone thought of this when white played a2-a4 few moves ago?
15. dxe5 If white had any advantage until this point, I believe they don't after this move. 15. d5!? was an interesting try, although black is perfectly fine after cxd5 Rxc3 Qb7 Qxd5
15... dxe5 16. Nh4 Rd8 Anand quickly realised that his main counterplay will be on d-file. He has plenty of defensive resources to white's potential attack like Ra7, f6, Ng6. I believe he'll easily liquidate the danger.
17. Qh5 f6 Good move! Now Qf7 is coming and there's no active square for Qh5. White must create threats immediately.
18. Nf5 Give your opponent choices and he will make a mistake at some point. Taking on f5 will probably be the simplest (not the best) solution, but black will still have some issues around g7 and Nf8 still will be out of play for some time.
18... Be6 19. Rg3 I am surprised that Anand hasn't played for a while now. It was obvious that white must continue by introducing his rook to g-file. Bxf5 makes less sense compared to the previous move, Ng6 runs into nasty tactical possibilities after Bh6 where no human player would feel comfortable, so the question is "Is there anything wrong with Rd7?"
19... Ng6 20. h4 Instead of going crazy with Bh6, Carlsen remains calm and tries to improve slowly because black can't actually do anything on the open file. This is the first time in the game I see Anand some real pressure. So far he defended superbly.
20... Bxf5 I am sure Anand saw Kh8, but he refused to play such an unnatural move. Rd7, followed by Rad8, is slow and useless, so for the last 10 minutes he changed his mind and admitted he has worse position.
21. exf5 Nf4 22. Bxf4 exf4 White has gained a great amount of small "positional pluses". Firstly, 7th rank is a bit exposed, so is the black king. There is a fantastic outpost on e6 and too many targets. You can see how vulnerable the queenside pawn formation is. Eventually black will be forced to defend it by playing something as ugly as c6-c5. Then b6-pawn will be weak till the end of the game.
23. Rc3 c5 24. Re6 Tough spot for Anand. He can either suffer few more hours or decide to sacrifice a pawn (probably the one on f4) at some point to gain some time to regroup. Sooner or later he must deal with 8th rank problems because Re8+ is an annoying threat. That's why engines like h7-h6 here.
24... Rab8 25. Rc4 The rook c3 has done its job - provoking pawn advance and now it's ready to switch to e-file with the deadly threat of rook coming to 7th rank. Black has an open file and some simplification ideas in mind (mainly Qd7-Qd1+) but white has all the time in the world to improve step by step and after Kh2 there's not much black can think of.
25... Qd7 26. Kh2 Rf8 Does black need to be that passive? I hope he won't just sit and wait for the end. Exchanging a pair of rooks to reduce the pressure would make more sense to me.
27. Rce4 Rb7 28. Qe2 b5 Looks like the only decent chance to save the game. Staying solid with 29.b3 may cause even further complications after 29...c4! Carlsen has enough time to do a few calculation and play the active (most likely winning) move Re7. I believe this game can be over by the time control.
29. b3 Instead of going for some deep calculations, Carlsen tries to keep a solid position and eliminate potential counterplay.
29... bxa4 30. bxa4 Rb4 Now after Re7 Qxf5?? can you spot the winning idea? It's all forced: Rxb4, axb4 Qc4+ Kh8 Qf7 Rg8 Re8 and mate will follow.
31. Re7 Qd6 32. Qf3 Rxe4 33. Qxe4 f3+ 34. g3 h5 35. Qb7 1-0

Anand vince la terza partita e si riporta in parità nel match!

Anand - Carlsen (3) SOCHI 2014

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. Bd3 b6 9. b4 a5 10. a3 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Rxa6 12. b5 cxb5 13. c6 Qc8 14. c7 b4 15. Nb5 a4 16. Rc1 Ne4 17. Ng5 Ndf6 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. f3 Ra5 20. fxe4 Rxb5 21. Qxa4 Ra5 22. Qc6 bxa3 23. exd5 Rxd5 24. Qxb6 Qd7 25. O-O Rc8 26. Rc6 g5 27. Bg3 Bb4 28. Ra1 Ba5 29. Qa6 Bxc7 30. Qc4 e5 31. Bxe5 Rxe5 32. dxe5 Qe7 33. e6 Kf8 34. Rc1 1-0

Anand - Carlsen (5) SOCHI 2014 1/2-1/2

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. Bg2 c6 8. e4 d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Ne5 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12. cxd5 Nxe5 13. d6 Nc6 14. dxe7 Qxe7 15. Bg5 h6 16. d5 Na5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. dxe6 Qxe6 19. Re1 Qf6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Rad8 22. Qf3 Qxb2 23. Rad1 Qf6 24. Qxf6 gxf6 25. Re7 Kg7 26. Rxa7 Nc6 27. Rb7 Nb4 28. Bb3 Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 Nxa2 30. Rxb6 Nc3 31. Bf3 f5 32. Kg2 Rd8 33. Rc6 Ne4 34. Bxe4 fxe4 35. Rc4 f5 36. g4 Rd2 37. gxf5 e3 38. Re4 Rxf2+ 39. Kg3 Rxf5 ½-½

Carlsen vince la sesta partita e torna in vantaggio!

Carlsen - Anand (6) SOCHI 2014 1-0
commenti dal sito chessbomb.com

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 This time Carlsen is going for the Main Line of Sicilian. Two games ago he developed his bishop on g2 and Anand had no problem equalising.
3... cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 This is the most aggressive setup for white. Black can play solid for instance d6, Be7, Nf6, 0-0 and try to strike later on in the middle by d6-d5 or go into sharper positions as in the game.
5... Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 This has to be part of Magnus's preparation. White has a few good alternatives here. Main move is Bd3, followed by Nc6 Nxc6 dxc6 and now both 0-0 and e5 has been played.
7... Nc6 To me this move forces the events on the board, so Carlsen wasted no time and grabbed that knight. Black could try keeping queens on the board and exploiting the awkward position of the white queen.
8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 Although the queens are off the board by move 9, position remained a bit complicated and double-edged. At first glance white stands better because of the space advantage and black's awful bishop on c8, but things can quickly turn around. Black has a positional threat of doubling white's pawns on c-file at any moment. Plus, the e-pawn will require extra protection soon.
10. e5 Nd7 11. Bf4 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Kc7 Ideally, Anand will develop his counterplay on the queenside by pushing b-pawn in order to release b6-square for the knight and eventually it will reach d5. Unfortunately, he doesn't have enough time as white advances much quicker on the other flank.
13. h4 Black's next moves will surely be b6, c5, Bb7 and rook coming to open file. If Carlsen doesn't do something creative meanwhile, he'd end up being worse. So he's trying to create weaknesses in black's kingside pawn formation. Rh1-h3-g3 comes to mind, or h4-h5-h6.
13... b6 14. h5 h6 Anand decided not to let white push this pawn any further. This is definitely quite responsible move because he'll constantly have to watch out for both pawns on f7 and g7. Note that if white manages to exchange (somehow) pair of rooks and place a rook on g3, the g7-pawn will be defenceless (Rg8 - Bxh6 or Rh7 - Bd3)
15. O-O-O A good idea by Carlsen. He's actually planning to double on g-file after Rg3, Rh4-g4. How would you defend on f7 then?
15... Bb7 16. Rd3 c5 17. Rg3 Rag8 18. Bd3 Now white has a comfortable advantage. His pieces are active and work in harmony. Just to note how miserable black's position is - CPU's best line is the "active" move knight to f8.
18... Nf8 Usually, when you attack on a flank and the opponent defends well, it's worth considering moving the action to the other side. The problem here is that even if somehow white doubles on b-file, black can always reply Nd7. So, instead Carlsen will try to advance his queenside pawn and open diagonals for his bishops.
19. Be3 Black can only sit and wait now, or weaken his pawn formation. White has all the time in the world to play f4, then some odd preparation moves such as Rh2, Rgh3 and finally g2-g4-g5.
19... g6 I like this active idea because it's even worse to just do nothing. Now this reminds me of Game #2 where black tried to end their misery by forcing worse endgame hoping to draw it (which didn't happen, though).
20. hxg6 Once again, everything is in Magnus's hands. He will slowly improve and punish every minor mistake made by the Challenger. After Nxg6 he will probably block the weak h6-pawn by Rh5.
20... Nxg6 21. Rh5 Anand can only hope to force an opposite-colour bishop endgame a pawn (not two) down. Yet, it is not clear how this might happen.
21... Bc6 22. Bc2 At first look it seems a meaningless move, but it's an important prophylactic one. First of all, Carlsen wants be sure that he won't leave any counterplay to Anand. Note that both bishops control every penetration square of the d-file.
22... Kb7 23. Rg4 Not sure what Carlsen is trying to do right now. f2-f4-f5 was more reasonable to me.
23... a5 24. Bd1 Rd8 25. Bc2 Admitting that the manoeuvre Bd3-c2-d1 was a bit silly. No wonder if Anand goes back and repeats the position.
25... Rdg8 26. Kd2 What a terrible blunder! This might turn around the entire match. Nxe5 wins immediately by force. For example: Rxg8 Nxc4 + Kd3 Nxb2+ (probably what he missed) and Rxg8.
26... a4 Anand has been defending for the last few hours and psychologically he might not even consider this tactical shot. Often when both 2800 player miss an easy trick you start wondering if everything is alright with the transmission.
27. Ke2 Carlsen can calm down, the scary moment has passed and he survived (as he has done quite often). He managed to transfer his king to the centre and is ready to advance his pawns. Let's keep in mind that there's a black pawn on third rank already (even though that's not relevant right now, it might lead to tactics later on).
27... a3 28. f3 Rd8 Now Anand "offers" opposite-colour bishop endgame (I talked about this option an hour ago). He might get active for the first time today if he manages to double on the open file. b6-b5 can be a breakthrough later on.
29. Ke1 Rd7 30. Bc1 Ra8 Anand surely counts on his a-pawn otherwise he'd have chosen the active move Rhd8 and white cannot take any of the hanging pawns (Bxh6 Rh8! with threat of Nxe5 and only when white plays f4 Rhd8 with compensation)
31. Ke2 Ba4 Anand realised that he is going to lose pawn anyway, so he chose a line which looks promising if he can later on attack a2-pawn or at least penetrate on first rank.
32. Be4+ Bc6 33. Bxg6 fxg6 34. Rxg6 Ba4 35. Rxe6 Rd1 36. Bxa3 Suddenly, the position has become quite messy. It looks as white will win if their king can find a safe place on the board as black pawns are falling one by one.
36... Ra1 37. Ke3 Carlsen is about to win a very dramatic and exciting game, which, by the way, was going to be "an easy draw". Do you remember the comments around move 10?
37... Bc2 38. Re7+ 1-0

Carlsen - Anand (7) Sochi 2014 1/2-1/2
commenti tratti dal sito chessbomb.com

1. e4 We are now observing 7-th game- the first one from the Second part of the match. Anand has black pieces again and he had only one rest day to recover from his painful loss in game 6. Would he repeat Sicilian Kan, or will he opt for something more solid?
1... e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 Anand repeats Berlin - he played it in the second game of the match where he was very close to complete equality
4. O-O Carlsen agrees to get the Main line - an extremely complicated endgame - where black has damaged pawn structure and his king is stuck in the centre, but having a strong bishop pair in open position.
4... Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 We should go back 15 years ago in 2000 - when this position appeared for the first time in the match Kasparov-Kramnik. Since then World Champions and their Contenders were avoiding it. Statistics shows that black is more than fine as since 2000 white won less than 10 games between the players from Super Top level 2750+ Postny, E: 'This year the famous "Berlin Wall" got a new boost. '
9. h3 this move is what prefers one of the best theoretically prepared players - Caruana, other options are (9. Nc3 Bd7 10. h3 h6) (9. Rd1+ White is avoiding the plan with Bd7 and Kc8 which was successfully employed by Kramnik in 2000 9... Ke8 10. Nc3 was played by Anand himself against Aronian in Bilbao Grand Slam 2012) ( New idea 9. c4 h6 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. h3 Ng6 12. Be3 Bb4 13. Ne4 was tryed in the game Naiditsch,A -Radjabov,T /Dubai UAE 2014/)
9... Ke8 (Anand avoids 9... h6 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. Bf4 Rd8 13. Ne4 Be7 14. g4 Nh4 15. Nxh4 Bxh4 16. Kg2 and white eventually won this endgame in Caruana,F -Carlsen,M / Shamkir AZE 2014/) (9... Bd7 10. Rd1 Kc8 11. a4 a5 12. g4 Ne7 13. Ra3 Atalik, Suat)
10. Nc3 h5 It's impossible to cover all the possible lines, as both sides have enough reasonable alternatives on every move. The other defensive plan is 10...Ne7 , transferring the knight either to g6, or d5, according to circumstances. This plan, however, consumes a lot of time, and is out of fashion nowadays. Black plan -with move h5 he prevents g2- g4 securing excellent f5 outpost for his knight .His aim is to paralyse completely white majority on the king side following with h5-h4 and even Rh5. The only problem I see is that g5 square is in white's possession
11. Bf4 This is a well known position which both players are familiar with as they had played it on various occasions in both colours (11. Ne2 This manoeuvre is typical, but might be recommended if Black had played 10...h6 instead of 10...h5. In that case the knight would be heading to h5. In our case the manoeuvre Ne2-f4 would be met by Bf8-e7 followed by g7-g5 driving the knight away.' 11... b6 12. Bf4 (12. Rd1 Bb7 13. Nf4 Be7 with the afore-mentioned idea g7-g5.) (Black doesn't experience any problems either after 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Nf4 c5) 12... c5 13. Rad1 Bb7 The bishop is excellent on the long diagonal. 14. Ng5 Rh6 A good way to bring the rook into play. 15. Ng3 Nh4 The exchange of knights is perfectly playable for Black, and Kramnik had all the grounds to play for more than equality in McShane,L -Kramnik,V /London 2010/) (11. Rd1 This seems like a better try. At least, it forced black to show some accurate defence in order to neutralise White's initiative. 11... Be7 (11... b6 12. Bf4 Bb7 13. e6 fxe6 14. Bxc7) 12. Ne2 Be6 13. Nf4 Bc8 14. Ne2 Be6 15. Ned4 Rd8 16. Bf4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bc8 18. e6 Bxe6 19. Bxc7 Rd5 20. c4 Rd7 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Bb8 Bc5 23. Rxd7 Kxd7 24. Rd1+ Kc8 25. Be5 Rf8 26. Rd2 g6 Caruana,F -Kramnik,V /Khanty Mansiysk 2010/)
11... Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 black has nothing to fear, the exchange of the bishop e6 is now in his favour (13... Bc4 14. Rfe1 Rd8 15. Rxd8+ (15. b3 Ba6 16. Rxd8+ -> 15.Rxd8) 15... Bxd8 16. b3 Ba6 17. e6 Bxg5 18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Bxg5 Re8)
14. g3 (14. Rfe1 here is white's main option when black has got the chance to exchange the knight with 14... Bb4 as in Caruana, F-Andreikin,D /Tashkent UZB 2014/ 15. g4 hxg4 16. hxg4 Ne7 17. Nxe6 Rxe6 18. Kg2 Bxc3 improving on (18... Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. Rd1+ Kc8 21. Bg3 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Rg6 23. Rd4 Caruana,F -Nakamura,H Saint Louis USA 2014) 19. bxc3 Rd8 and Radjabov,T -Andreikin,D Tashkent UZB 2014 Andreikin held on very easily in both games) (14. Nxe6 Rxe6 15. Ne4 f6 16. g4 Nh4 17. f3 Ng6 18. exf6 Nxf4 19. fxe7 Kxe7 20. Kh2 h4 is just perfect for black as his knight f4 is too strong) (14. Nce4 c5 15. Nxe6 Rxe6 16. Rfe1 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8 18. c3 Alekseev - Ponomariov /Saratov, 2011/)
14... Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Rg6 16. h4 only move to avoid (16. Bf4 Nh4 17. Kh1 Nf3 18. Kg2 (18. Rd3 Bc4 19. Rxf3 Bxf1) (18. h4 Bh3) 18... Nh4+ 19. Kh1 (19. Kh2 Nf3+) 19... Nf3 20. Kg2 and draw was agreed in Grischuk,A -Anand,V Monte Carlo 2011)
16... f6 only way to free the rook. Black gets the f7 square for his king and so the rook a8 will join in the fight
17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bf4 I can only imagine how extensively the position was analysed by both players. It already appears in many Top Level games and even in one of Anand's white games. Until now Black was holding on easily. I am curious to what conclusion both players have arrived in their home preparation
18... Nxh4 19. f3 (19. Bxc7 Bg4 20. Rd3 Nf3+ 21. Kg2 h4 22. Ne4 Kf7 23. Nd6+ Kg8 is known as good as a draw)
19... Rd8 Important improvement over the game Efimenko - Bacrot /Poikovsky, 2011/ (19... Rg7 20. Ne4 Kf7 21. Kf2 Nxf3 (21... Nf5 22. Bxc7) 22. Kxf3 Bg4+ 23. Kf2 Bxd1 24. Rxd1 and black's defence was not at all easy)
20. Kf2 (Anand - Nakamura (Sao Paulo/Bilbao, 2011) saw 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. Kf2 Nf5 22. Rh1 Ng7 23. Bd2 (23. b3 Bf5 24. Nd1 was the eventful game Karjakin,S-Naiditsch,A /Dortmund 2012/) 23... Bf5 24. Nd1 Bxc2 25. Ne3 Bd3 26. Ng2 Ne6 27. Rxh5 Rg7 28. Bc3 Ke7 29. Rh6 Rf7 Typical for this line is that black is winning one queenside pawn, but nevertheless his pawn majority is not easy to get rolled as white pieces are very active)
20... Rxd1 21. Nxd1 Nf5 22. Rh1 Bxa2 Just snatching a defenceless pawn
23. Rxh5 Be6 24. g4 Nd6 25. Rh7 Nf7 A little improvement over the recent Top Level game Giri -Radjabov /Taskent 2014/ (25... f5 26. g5 (better is 26. Rxc7 Nb5 27. gxf5 Bxf5 28. Rxb7 Bxc2 29. Ne3 Bb3 30. Ng4 with white advantage) 26... Nf7 27. Rh5 Rg8 and draw was agreed on move 43)
26. Ne3 White must play with patience as the immediate Now if (26. Bxc7 lets black to exchange one more pawn with 26... f5)
26... Kd8 defending the pawn white have
27. Nf5 with white pressure for the pawn. Note that is not at all obvious how to make passed pawn out of black majority 4/2 on the queen side
27... c5 28. Ng3 This Knight is too nasty - it is coming to h5. In my view Carlsen got the position just in his style. In the previous game N6 he already won a similar endgame with little pressure and in the last match as well couple of seemingly very drawish positions. I am afraid that the same situation is repeating again. Anand must act very precisely to avoid losing another game and maybe the match
28... Ne5 Black's defence is not at all easy here. White knight is very jumpy - it comes to h5 from where it attacks f6, then after Bg3 with idea Bh4 there is the threat Nf4 with double attack against the rook and the bishop (28... Kd7 to cross the seventh range 29. Nh5 Kc6 30. Bxc7 (if 30. Bg3 Nd6 31. Nf4 there is the defence 31... Bg8) 30... Kxc7 31. Nf4 Rh6 32. Nxe6+ Kd6 33. Rxf7 Kxe6 34. Rxb7 Rh2+ 35. Ke3 Rxc2 with most probably a draw)
29. Rh8+ Rg8 30. Bxe5 fxe5 31. Rh5 I am afraid that Anand is in a serious danger of losing. After winning the e5 pawn, White will have a pair of connected passed pawns, supported by his king rook and the knight. I just don't see any source of black counterplay here.
31... Bxg4 Excellent chance to save the game - sacrificing his bishop, black is eliminating dangerous pawns and hopes to hold on the resulting endgame 4/2 pawns on the same side. Tough and patience defence is needed by Anand to save the game as I believe Magnus will try all his chances
32. fxg4 Rxg4 33. Rxe5 b6 34. Ne4 Rh4 35. Ke2 Rh6 36. b3 Kd7 37. Kd2 Kc6 38. Nc3 a6 39. Re4 Rh2+ 40. Kc1 Rh1+ 41. Kb2 Rh6 42. Nd1 Rg6 43. Ne3 Rh6 44. Re7 Rh2 45. Re6+ Kb7 46. Kc3 Rh4 47. Kb2 Rh2 48. Nd5 Rd2 49. Nf6 Rf2 50. Kc3 Rf4 Carlsen made no progress in the last 20 moves. I believe Anand should be able to hold on, the only question is if he has enough energy to withstand all winning attempts from white
51. Ne4 Rh4 52. Nf2 Rh2 53. Rf6 Rh7 54. Nd3 Rh3 55. Kd2 Rh2+ 56. Rf2 Rh4 57. c4 Rh3 58. Kc2 Rh7 59. Nb2 Rh5 60. Re2 The most important question here is what happens if white swaps the rook. Is it winning or not, as if it is winning, then I don't see how Anand will prevent the exchange as white has Na4-c3-d5 and Re7. So lets consider it (Lets say black is defending passively with 60. Na4 Rh7 61. Nc3 Rh5 62. Nd5 Rh7 63. Re2 Rg7 64. Re7 Rxe7 65. Nxe7 b5 (65... Kb8 66. Kd3 Kb7 67. Ke4 b5 68. Nd5 (68. Kd5 Kb6)) 66. Kd3 Kb6 67. Nd5+ Kc6 (67... Kb7 68. Ke4 c6 69. Nf6 Kc7 70. Ke5 a5 71. Ne4 Kb6 72. Nc3) 68. Ke4 Kd6 69. Kf5 c6 (69... a5 70. Nc3 c6 71. Kf6 Kd7 72. Ke5) 70. Nc3 Kc7 71. Ke6 Kb6 72. Kd7 Ka5 73. Na2)
60... Rg5 61. Nd1 b5 This defensive setup helps Anand to avoid the rook exchange which appeared to be easy winning for white. Now Carlsen should look for other ideas
62. Nc3 c6 63. Ne4 Rh5 Now if white goes for the exchange black has just enough resources (64. Rg2 Kb6 65. Rg5 Rh2+ 66. Kc3 Rh3+ and black holds on)
64. Nf6 Rg5 65. Re7+ Kb6 66. Nd7+ Ka5 67. Re4 Rg2+ 68. Kc1 Rg1+ 69. Kd2 Rg2+ 70. Ke1 bxc4 71. Rxc4 Rg3 72. Nxc5 Kb5 73. Rc2 a5 74. Kf2 Rh3 75. Rc1 Kb4 76. Ke2 Rc3 77. Nd3+ Kxb3 78. Ra1 Kc4 79. Nf2 Kb5 80. Rb1+ Kc4 81. Ne4 Ra3 82. Nd2+ Kd5 83. Rh1 a4 84. Rh5+ Kd4 85. Rh4+ Kc5 86. Kd1 Kb5 87. Kc2 Rg3 88. Ne4 Rg2+ 89. Kd3 a3 90. Nc3+ Kb6 91. Ra4 a2 92. Nxa2 Rg3+ 93. Kc2 Rg2+ 94. Kb3 Rg3+ 95. Nc3 Rh3 96. Rb4+ Kc7 97. Rg4 Rh7 98. Kc4 Rf7 99. Rg5 Kb6 100. Na4+ Kc7 101. Kc5 Kd7 102. Kb6 Rf1 103. Nc5+ Ke7 104. Kxc6 Rd1 105. Rg6 Kf7 106. Rh6 Rg1 107. Kd5 Rg5+ 108. Kd4 Rg6 109. Rh1 Rg2 110. Ne4 Ra2 111. Rf1+ Ke7 112. Nc3 Rh2 113. Nd5+ Kd6 114. Rf6+ Kd7 115. Nf4 Rh1 116. Rg6 Rd1+ 117. Nd3 Ke7 118. Ra6 Kd7 119. Ke4 Ke7 120. Rc6 Kd7 121. Rc1 Rxc1 122. Nxc1 ½-½

Giustissima osservazione caro Giuseppe!
Il match viene commentato nella Rete tantissimo e la scelta tra un sito ed un altro è molto personale. Alcuni commenti sono Live e di conseguenza dopo la fine della partita suscettibili di analisi più approfondite e precise.
Personalmente trovo molto simpatiche le analisi su YouTube di Kingcrusher And Friend. ..

Carlsen - Anand (9) SOCHI 2014 1/2-1/2

commenti tratti dal sito chessbomb.com

1. e4 e5 Today for some reason Anand avoided Sicilian (which might be his best effort to play a sharper position) and we'll most likely head into Ruy Lopez
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Having a point lead, Carlsen doesn't mind playing Berlin Defence again. Last time he played a "risk-free" position and he hopes for the same scenario today.
4... Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 A variety of plans have been tried in this position. Black king can go either way (c8 or e8) and the bottom line is that both are considered quite safe for black.
10. Nc3 h5 In a Berlin Defence black is actually playing a pawn down unless they do something creative on the queenside. So, first of all they make sure what won't push their majority on the other side easily. You may have seen that often when there's a bishop on e6 black simply gives up the bishop pair and once a knight captures it, they play fxe6 and gain semi-open file to make white's breakthrough even harder.
11. Ne2 b6 12. Rd1 Ba6 Black gained an important tempo and are ready to exchange a pair of rooks. As pieces go off the board, it would be easier for the black king to approach the center of the board. Otherwise, white could avoid this by playing Bg5.
13. Nf4 Now that Ba6 is on an unusual diagonal white can consider pushing e5-e6 at some moments (especially if rooks remain on the board this may become unpleasant for black). For instance, Rd8 Re1 Be7 e6 and things can easily go wrong for black. Note that black bishop can easily be kicked of a2-g8 by b3 and Ng5.
13... Bb7 This move is not straightforward at all. Now it's Carlsen's turn to consider whether to go right into the action by pushing e-pawn or play something safer like b3, followed by Bb2.
14. e6 Bd6 Anand must be confident by now as he played this move rather quickly. Black's bishop is now perfectly placed and the best white can do is exchange it for a knight. Then after a logical cxd6 capture only black can claim advantage, so I assume Carlsen won't go for this line. Most likely the final result today will be a draw.
15. exf7+ Kxf7 16. Ng5+ Kf6 17. Ne4+ Kf7 18. Ng5+ Kf6 19. Ne4+ Kf7 20. Ng5+ Game #9 was

Carlsen - Anand (11) SOCHI 2014 1-0

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 Ruy Lopez Berlin variation, maybe, Anand wants to create theoretical tricks.
3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 10. Nc3 h6 Carlsen only needs draws for deciding the course of the game. The doubled pawns in column C, will be a problem for Anand, who is playing passively with the aggressiveness of Carlsen.
11. b3 Kc8 12. Bb2 c5 We have to understand the position from two viewpoints: Firstly, we find an aggressive Carlsen, who, with a difference of one point, "rests assured". Secondly, we find Anand, who slowly becomes less effective and does not show his style, surely because of the pressure exerted by Carlsen towards him.
13. Rad1 b6 Anand’s king presents surreptitious dangers, where he should to do some “manoeuvres” to give activity to his rook, but for now it’s drawish.
14. Rfe1 Be6 15. Nd5 g5 It is well known that opposed castling (more or less with Anand) creates very overwhelming games, based on the massive advance of pawns.
16. c4 Kb7 The knight of d5 is positioned in the center, such that Carlsen has a powerful control of the center. As it was predicted, Anand has to manoeuvre his king to give activity to his a8 rook.
17. Kh2 Waiting move. Carlsen seeks that Anand simplifies the position to exploit any tactical error. It’s important to observe the nature of the position: more or less, opposed castling which leads to violent pawn advances. Another point is the closed position, which is like a crystal vase: any inaccuracy could be terrible!
17... a5 18. a4 Ne7 Ne7! It’s a natural move due to the nature of the position. White knight on d5 exercises a hegemony of the center, and it is necessary to create pressure on that knight.

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19. g4 Ng6 20. Kg3 Be7 Nxe7 seems interesting, although, there exists a trend to focalize the game to open the d column, which, I don’t see anything except wait.
21. Nd2 Carlsen does not give up to join in a dead draw, and he’s trying to maneuver to a better position. Clearly, neither Carlsen nor Anand wanted to join in violent positions.
21... Rhd8 The tactic "plays" an important role now.
22. Ne4 Bf8 23. Nef6 GMPraveenThipsay (from chat): b5 is a good idea, but if you don't have a silicon mind, will be hard to hold it.
23... b5 Anand played the best engine move, and from a rapid analysis it is hard to see the effects of this decision. Carlsen has to take care if he wants to maintain the equality and appease the powerful attack that Anand develops.
24. Bc3 bxa4 25. bxa4 Kc6 This smells to be a very powerful counterplay on the f file. Maybe this is the rebirth of the resurge of Anand’s aggressiveness in this match, hitting the best moves according to the power of engines and the nature of the position. Now more than ever, Anand has in his hands the opportunity to be, again, the world chess champion. Precision is required!
26. Kf3 Rdb8! seems very natural, and with a great potential, creating an incredible offensive, that will be hard to avoid. Engine says: Be7 as the best move, but if Anand moves bishop to e7, certainly escapes to human analysis.
26... Rdb8 And, as predicted, Anand played Rdb8!
27. Ke4 Rb4 Vishy has lost the initiative exchanging that powerful rook, being Rb3 very obvious, but anything was determined. It was a great sacrifice anyways.
28. Bxb4 cxb4 29. Nh5 Kb7 Certainly, f4 is decisive.
30. f4 gxf4 31. Nhxf4 Nxf4 32. Nxf4 Bxc4 33. Rd7 Anand has fallen to the powerful calculation of Magnus Carlsen before. Anand's age has been a decisive factor along the tournament; we have watched games in which Anand has fallen several times in tactical fallacies.
33... Ra6 Anand could defeat Carlsen only by time, demonstrating the fact that chess continues, and new eras always succeed.
34. Nd5 Anand only can defend his position before an irremediable dominance of Carlsen on the board.
34... Rc6 35. Rxf7 Bc5 36. Rxc7+ Rxc7 37. Nxc7 Easy win now, Anand must be ready to resign. Being an easy endgame, Carlsen tends the victory. It’s remarkable that Anand is losing on time.
37... Kc6 38. Nb5 Bxb5 39. axb5+ Kxb5 40. e6 b3 41. Kd3 Be7 42. h4 a4 Congratulations to Magnus Carlsen! I hope you enjoyed the game, and, with my analysis, you understood the game better.
43. g5 hxg5 44. hxg5 a3 45. Kc3 1-0

Magnus Carlsen batte per 6,5-4,5 Anand e si conferma Campione del Mondo, impresa che in passato era riuscita solo a Steinitz, Lasker, Alechine, Botvinnik, Petrosjan, Karpov, Kasparov e Anand!
Il Mondiale di Sochi è stato decisamente più combattuto di quello di Chennai e forse lo sfidante, per l’alto livello di gioco mostrato, avrebbe meritato di perderlo disputando tutte le dodici partite previste.
Pur non brillando come in altre occasioni, Carlsen ha comunque confermato di essere una spanna sopra all’Anand di oggi, giocando con grande precisione in tutti i momenti decisivi del match ad eccezione di 26…Rd2?? che, se lo Sfidante avesse colto l’occasione, avrebbe potuto rendere il Match ancora più eccitante.
Da registrare, come novità rispetto al precedente match, che questa volta Carlsen si è dimostrato molto ben preparato anche in apertura.
Al termine del Match il Campione del Mondo ha rivelato che tra i suoi secondi, oltre Hammer e Nielsen, c’erano anche i Super GM Adams e Fressinet.

Quale potrà essere ora l’obiettivo di Carlsen? Come lui stesso ha scritto su Twitter, vincere altri cinque Match Mondiali! Kasparov ha subito pensato si riferisse ai suoi match vinti (4 indiscussi con Karpov e 2 “classic” con Short e Anand, più un non meglio identificato: la prima sfida contro Deep Blue?), ma forse Carlsen pensava “semplicemente” di superarlo, oppure al record di sette match mondiali vinti da Lasker: cool:

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