23 Nov 2008

Dresden Round 10



Rowson vs Carlsen

Carlsen's Queens Gambit Declined version:






Commentary below post, inside the comments or addenda, following the game with the help of Rybka and Junior. They don't often see eye to eye actually and I much prefer Junior, particularly in the end game.


D30, QGD without Nc3


27 comment:

joco said...

Still in Book, D30, although the move order is a little mixed up again.

joco said...

[#] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. b3 f5 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Qe7 8. Bb2 b6
(9. a4 O-O 10. a5 Na6 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. Ne5 Nb4 13. cxd5 exd5 14. a6 Bc8 15. Na2 Rybka Aquarium (0:02.01)+0.10|d16)
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Current FEN: rnb1k2r/p3q1pp/1ppbpn2/3p1p2/2PP4/1P2PN2/PB2BPPP/RN1Q1RK1 w kq - 0 9

joco said...

3 games in my database, but 9.Qc1 is a novelty maybe

[#] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. b3 f5 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Qe7 8. Bb2 b6 9. Qc1 Bb7 10. Ba3 Nbd7

That Knight move seems daft. BxB was not bad.

Rowson seems to be trying something special here.

joco said...

Actually, I may be wrong: this could have gained Black half a tempo

(11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qb2 O-O 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Ne5 Qe7 15. f4 c5 16. Nc3 cxd4 17. exd4 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Ne4 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. Qd2 Rac8 21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. Rf1 Rybka Aquarium (0:03.39)+0.11|d17)
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11.Qb2Second Queen move already

joco said...

Early c5 for Black seems feasible

joco said...

] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. b3 f5 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Qe7 8. Bb2 b6 9. Qc1 Bb7 10. Ba3 Nbd7 11. Qb2 c5 12. Nc3

(12... O-O 13. Nb5 Bb8 14. Nc3 a6 15. h3 Bd6 Rybka Aquarium (0:03.45)-0.11|d17)
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Yup, c5 for Black.

12. Nc3 a6

(13. h3 O-O Rybka Aquarium (0:00.19)-0.13|d13)

Black has equalized already

joco said...

Which Rook move for White now?
or cxd?

joco said...

10. Ba3 Nbd7 11. Qb2 c5 12. Nc3 a6 13. Rfd1 it is then


13... O-O

(14. h3 Rac8 15. Rac1 Rfe8 16. Qc2 f4 17. exf4 Bxf4 18. Rb1 Ne4 19. Bd3 Nxc3 20. Qxc3 e5 21. dxc5 Rybka Aquarium (0:00.30)-0.12|d14)
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joco said...

With Anand's impressive win against Kramnik in Bonn, I think everyone agrees that the chess world has been united with one undisputed champion. Most people would also agree that the path ahead looks fairly reasonable with the winner of Kamsky - Topalov playing Anand next year and the winner of the match 'World Cup 2009 winner' against 'Grand Prix 2008-2009 winner" plays the reigning champion next.

Unfortunately the preparation for the Kamsky - Topalov match has been everything but smooth. Maybe we can hope for a somewhat humble approach from both of them from now on considering how the manager of one of them has deceived the chess world for half a year and the other got a slightly questionable wild card from FIDE.

joco said...

14. cxd5 exd5 15. g3


(15... Rac8 16. Rac1 Rfe8 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Qc2 g6 19. Bb2 h6 20. h3 Qe6 21. Qd2 Rcd8 22. Bf1 Rybka Aquarium (0:00.15)-0.11|d15)

15. g3 Rac8 16. Rac1 Kh8 17. Qb1 Ne4 18. dxc5 Nxc3
(18... Bxc5 !? 19. Bxc5 Rybka Aquarium (0:00.00))
19. Rxc3 ?! Black is better
(19. cxd6 ! 19... Qf7 20. Rxc3 Rxc3 21. Bb2 Rc6 22. Rc1 Rc5 23. Bd4 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 Rc8 25. Qf1 Kg8 Rybka Aquarium (0:00.18))
19... bxc5 20. Bf1 Nf6 21. Bg2 Ne4 22. Rc2 a5 23. Bb2 Rf7 24. Ba1 Re8 25. Qc1 h6 26. Ne1
(26... Rc8 27. Nd3 Kh7 28. Bb2 g5 29. f3 Nf6 30. Ba3 Nd7 31. f4 Kg8 32. Nb2 Nb6 33. Qd2 Rybka Aquarium (0:00.15)+0.26|d15)

joco said...

19... bxc5 20. Bf1 Nf6 21. Bg2 Ne4 22. Rc2 a5 23. Bb2 Rf7 24. Ba1 Re8 25. Qc1 h6 26. Ne1 Kh7 27. Nd3
(27... Rc8 28. Bb2 g5 29. f3 Nf6 30. Ba3 Nd7 31. f4 Rc7 32. Bb2 a4 33. Nf2 axb3 34. axb3 Qe6 35. Qd2 Rybka Aquarium (0:00.27)+0.28|d15)

White seems to do little beyond fiddling about and retreating and again moving his Queen. Marking time more or less. And yet his eval his higher than Black's.


47 mins vs 67 mins

27. Nd3 Rc8
(28. Bb2 a4 29. Nf4 axb3 30. axb3 Rd8 31. f3 Nf6 32. Bh3 g6 33. Bf1 Rb8 34. Bxf6 Rxf6 35. Nxd5 Bxd5 36. Rxd5 Rxb3 37. Rc3 Qb7 38. Rd1 Rybka Aquarium (0:01.29)+0.22|d16)
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joco said...

27. Nd3 Rc8
(28. Bb2 a4 29. Nf4 axb3 30. axb3 Rd8 31. f3 Nf6 32. Bh3 g6 33. Bf1 Rb8 34. Bxf6 Rxf6 35. Nxd5 Bxd5 36. Rxd5 Rxb3 37. Rc3 Qb7 38. Rd1 Rybka Aquarium (0:04.29)+0.22|d17)??????


Not 28.Nf4??? Junior's choice.

I am beginning to have srious misgivings about Rybka's strategy.

27. Nd3 Rc8 28. Nf4 Bxf4 29. exf4

(29... Qd6 30. f3 Nf6 31. Bd4 Nd7 32. Bf2 Qb6 33. Re1 d4 34. Rce2 Qb4 35. Qb1 Rcf8 36. Re6 Rybka Aquarium (0:00.18)+0.16|d15)

Luckily Rowson believes Junior

Curtains for Black I think.
Or at least Rowson has a foot in the door.

joco said...

23. Bb2 Rf7 24. Ba1 Re8 25. Qc1 h6 26. Ne1 Kh7 27. Nd3 Rc8 28. Nf4 Bxf4 29. exf4 Qf8 30. Qa3 d4

(31. f3 Nf6 32. Qxa5 Nd5 33. Rdc1 Qe8 34. Rf2 Rfc7 35. Bf1 Qg6 36. Qd2 Ba6 37. Bxa6 Qxa6 38. Re1 Nb4 39. Rfe2 Qa3 40. Qc1 Rybka Aquarium (0:01.45)+0.15|d17)

37 mins vs 61 mins

joco said...

27. Nd3 Rc8 28. Nf4 Bxf4 29. exf4 Qf8 30. Qa3 d4 31. Qxa5

(31... Ra8 32. Qb5 Ba6 33. Qc6 d3 34. Bxe4 dxc2 35. Bxc2 Bb7 36. Bxf5+ Kg8 37. Qb6 Bf3 38. Rd3 Rxf5 39. Rxf3 Rxa2 40. Bc3 Rd5 41. Kg2 Rd7 42. Qe6+ Qf7 43. Qe4 Qd5 44. Qe8+ Kh7 45. f5 Rc2 46. Qg6+ Rybka Aquarium (0:00.52)+0.00|d16)
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Carlsen makes the wrong Rook move

31. Qxa5 Rd7 32. Qb5

(32... Bc6 Rybka Aquarium (0:00.09)+0.65|d11 )
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he played 31...Rd7 instead of Ra8 pushing the Queen inwards again

Rowson missed 32.f3 eval 0.90

31. Qxa5 Rd7 32. Qb5
(32... Qe8 33. Re1 Re7 34. Qd3 Re6 35. Rcc1 Rybka Aquarium (0:02.39)+0.36|d15)
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31. Qxa5 Rd7 32. Qb5 Qd6???


(33. Rcc1 Ba6 34. Qa5 d3 35. Be5 Qc6 36. f3 Nf6 37. a3 g6 38. b4 c4 39. a4 Nh5 40. b5 Qc5+ 41. Kh1 Rybka Aquarium (0:01.00)+0.65|d14)
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Carlsen is not concentrating. Has he been on the orange juice again?

joco said...

31. Qxa5 Rd7 32. Qb5 Qd6

(33. Rcc1 Ba6 34. Qa5 d3 35. Be5 Qc6 36. f3 Nf6 37. Qd2 Kg8 38. Qf2 Nd5 39. Bf1 Nb4 40. Bh3 Rybka Aquarium (0:02.16)+0.64|d16)

Now 33.Bh3 and then Black's Queen can go on the long diagonal

So maybe the Rook move is better for White? Rcc1?

joco said...

33. Qd3

33.Qd3 has torn it.

Ba6 34. Qf3 d3


(35. Rcc1 d2 36. Rc2 Qe6 37. Be5 Rcd8 38. Bf1 Bxf1 39. Kxf1 Qc6 40. Rc4 Rd3 41. Qg2 Qa6 42. Ra4 Qb5 43. Kg1 Rybka Aquarium (0:01.54)-0.46|d16)
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Plenty of time for both

35. Rcc1 d2

(36. Rc2 Qe6 37. Be5 Rcd8 38. Bf1 Bxf1 39. Kxf1 Qc6 40. Rc4 Rd3 41. Qg2 Qa6 42. Ra4 Qb5 43. Kg1 Rybka Aquarium (0:00.00)-0.46|d16)

You can see now why White should have pushed the black Knight off the =e4= square earlier, like at move 32.

35. Rcc1 d2 36. Rc2

(36... Qe6 37. Be5 Rcd8 38. Bf1 Bxf1 39. Kxf1 Qc6 40. Kg1 Qa6 41. g4 g6 42. h3 Rd5 43. Kh2 R8d7 44. Kg1 Ra7 Rybka Aquarium (0:01.01)-0.30|d17)
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Junior rates it -1.05 and Rybka is far more optimistic with -0.50

I reckon if Carlsen keeps awake, he will win this.
And the losing move for White was 33.Qd3

joco said...

Black needs 36...Qg6 and advance Kingside

but Rybka is pushing for a Rook move instead 36... Rcd8

31. Qxa5 Rd7 32. Qb5 Qd6 33. Qd3 Ba6 34. Qf3 d3 35. Rcc1 d2 36. Rc2

(36... Rcd8 37. Bf1 Bxf1 38. Kxf1 Qc6 39. Kg1 Qa6 40. Be5 Rb7 41. g4 Rd3 42. Qg2 Rdxb3 43. axb3 Qe2 44. Rf1 fxg4 45. h3 Rybka Aquarium (0:04.12)-0.51|d17)
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36...Re8 I could understand, but why Rcd8?

24 mins vs 52 mins

Carlsen, take your time
This is the crux of the game

Thank goodness!!Carlsen plays 36...Qg6

joco said...

Rowson seems to live on the back rank.
Now he really can't escape defeat.

joco said...

35. Rcc1 d2 36. Rc2 Qg6 37. Bf1

(37... Rcd8 38. Bc4 Bxc4 39. Rxc4 Ra7 40. Qe2 Rxa2 41. Be5 Qa6 42. g4 Qg6 43. f3 Nf6 44. h3 Rd5 45. b4 Nd7 46. bxc5 Rybka Aquarium (0:02.36)-0.33|d16)
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Now Rcd8

Hey?

37. Bf1 Bb7 38. Qe3 Re8 39. Be5

(39... Rxe5 40. fxe5 Ng5 41. f4 Qc6 42. Rcxd2 Qf3 43. Qxf3 Nxf3+ 44. Kf2 Nxd2 45. Be2 Ne4+ 46. Ke3 Rxd1 47. Bxd1 Nc3 48. Bc2 Kg6 49. a4 Nd5+ 50. Kd2 Nb4 51. Bb1 Bd5 52. g4 Bxb3 53. gxf5+ Kh5 54. f6 gxf6 Rybka Aquarium (0:00.01)-0.41|d15)

joco said...

35. Rcc1 d2 36. Rc2 Qg6 37. Bf1 Bb7 38. Qe3 (Qe2 better?)Re8 39. Be5 Rxe5 40. fxe5 f4


(41. Qxf4 Ng5 42. Rc3 Rd4 43. Qe3 Nf3+ 44. Qxf3 Bxf3 45. Rxf3 Qh5 46. Be2 Qxe5 47. Re3 Qf5 48. a4 Rd7 49. a5 Qc2 50. a6 g6 51. f4 Kg7 52. Kf2 Kf8 53. Bf3 g5 54. fxg5 hxg5 55. Be2 Kf7 Rybka Aquarium (0:04.41)-0.48|d17)

Current FEN: 8/1b1r2pk/6qp/2p1P3/4np2/1P2Q1P1/P1Rp1P1P/3R1BK1 w - - 0 41

Junior calls this -1.54 and Rybka says -0.48

Junior says 41.Qxf4 is worse, much worse for White than 41.Qe2

and that anything else is disaster,so I'd better compare boards yet again

Fascinating to see the difference in outlook between these two engines.

I know which one I prefer.

joco said...

Surely Carlsen can find 41...Ng5

joco said...

39. Be5 Rxe5 40. fxe5 f4 41. Qe2


(41... Ng5 Rybka Aquarium (0:02.26)-1.24|d15 )
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Junior now calls it -2.14, in other words, lost for White

41. Qe2 Ng5 42. Rc3
(42... Qc6 Rybka Aquarium (0:01.31)-5.10|d14 )
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joco said...

42.Rc3 means resign!!!!

joco said...

Knife edge, as Carlsen might play 42...fxg3
Cruel game this.

Tense

I suppose you should always give your opponent rope enough to hang himself.

Stay calm Carlsen. You have seen it all before .

joco said...

-6.26 now

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. b3 f5 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Qe7 8. Bb2 b6 Rare move
(8... O-O main move )
9. Qc1 Bb7 Novelty
(9... a5 10. Ba3 Bb4 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Nd3 Bxa3 13. Nxa3 Nbd7 14. Qb2 O-O 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Nb1 c5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Nd2 Nb4 20. Nc4 Ra8 21. Rfd1 Nf6 22. Nde5 Nbd5 23. a3 Ne4 24. f3 Ng5 25. Bf1 Qc7 26. Rd3 Rf6 27. Qf2 Ba6 28. Rdd1 h6 29. Qe1 Bb5 30. h4 Nf7 31. Nxf7 Rxf7 32. e4 fxe4 33. Qxe4 Rf6 34. Rxd5
1-0, Lerner Konstantin Z (UKR) 2513 - Sitnikov Anton (UKR) 2450, Elkana (Israel) 2007.07.16)
10. Ba3 Nbd7 11. Qb2 c5 12. Nc3 a6 13. Rfd1 O-O 14. cxd5 exd5 15. g3 Rac8 16. Rac1 Kh8 17. Qb1 Ne4 18. dxc5 Nxc3
(18... Bxc5 !? 19. Bxc5 Rybka Aquarium (0:00.00))
19. Rxc3 ?! Black is better
(19. cxd6 ! 19... Qf7 20. Rxc3 Rxc3 21. Bb2 Rc6 22. Rc1 Rc5 23. Bd4 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 Rc8 25. Qf1 Kg8 Rybka Aquarium (0:00.18))
19... bxc5 20. Bf1 Nf6 21. Bg2 Ne4 22. Rc2 a5 23. Bb2 Rf7 24. Ba1 Re8 25. Qc1 h6 26. Ne1 Kh7 27. Nd3 Rc8 28. Nf4 Bxf4 29. exf4 Qf8 30. Qa3 d4 31. Qxa5 Rd7 32. Qb5 Qd6 33. Qd3 Ba6 34. Qf3 d3 35. Rcc1 d2 36. Rc2 Qg6 37. Bf1 Bb7 38. Qe3 Re8 39. Be5 Rxe5 40. fxe5 f4 41. Qe2 Ng5 42. Rc3 Qc6 43. f3 Nxf3+ 44. Kf2 Ng5 45. e6 [*]

This is no longer gentlemanly

joco said...

43. f3 Nxf3+ 44. Kf2 Ng5 45. e6 Ne4+ 46. Qxe4+ Qxe4 47. exd7 Qd4+ 48. Ke2 Ba6+

48....Qxc3+ was mate in 12

joco said...

This is gross. The chap with the acne should not treat Carlsen as a beginner.

If it had been Short, I would not have been surprised. But I expected better from Rowson. Wanting his 15 minutes of 'fame'?

Current FEN: 8/3P2pk/b6p/2p5/3q1p2/1PR3P1/P2pK2P/3R1B2 w - - 11 49
finally 0-1