10 Games from 2014

[Event "Anand-Carlsen World Championship"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2013.11.15"] [EventDate "2013.11.07"] [Round "5"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Magnus Carlsen"] [Black "Viswanathan Anand"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "115"] 1.c4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 c5 7.a3 Ba5 8.Nf3 Nf6 9.Be3 Nc6 10.Qd3 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Ng4 12.O-O-O Nxe3 13.fxe3 Bc7 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Qxd8+ Bxd8 16.Be2 Ke7 17.Bf3 Bd7 18.Ne4 Bb6 19.c5 f5 20.cxb6 fxe4 21.b7 Rab8 22.Bxe4 Rxb7 23.Rhf1 Rb5 24.Rf4 g5 25.Rf3 h5 26.Rdf1 Be8 27.Bc2 Rc5 28.Rf6 h4 29.e4 a5 30.Kd2 Rb5 31.b3 Bh5 32.Kc3 Rc5+ 33.Kb2 Rd8 34.R1f2 Rd4 35.Rh6 Bd1 36.Bb1 Rb5 37.Kc3 c5 38.Rb2 e5 39.Rg6 a4 40.Rxg5 Rxb3+ 41.Rxb3 Bxb3 42.Rxe5+ Kd6 43.Rh5 Rd1 44.e5+ Kd5 45.Bh7 Rc1+ 46.Kb2 Rg1 47.Bg8+ Kc6 48.Rh6+ Kd7 49.Bxb3 axb3 50.Kxb3 Rxg2 51.Rxh4 Ke6 52.a4 Kxe5 53.a5 Kd6 54.Rh7 Kd5 55.a6 c4+ 56.Kc3 Ra2 57.a7 Kc5 58.h4 1-0

[Event "World Cup"] [Site "Tromso NOR"] [Date "2013.08.30"] [EventDate "2013.08.11"] [Round "7.1"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Dmitry Andreikin"] [ECO "D58"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "125"] 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nc3 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Bb7 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Qe2 a6 12.Rfd1 Nd5 13.Bg3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Bd6 15.e4 Bxg3 16.hxg3 b5 17.Bd3 Nb6 18.Qe3 Na4 19.Bc2 Nb2 20.Rdb1 Nc4 21.Qc1 c5 22.a4 cxd4 23.cxd4 Rc8 24.axb5 axb5 25.Qe1 Bc6 26.Rb4 Ra8 27.Rd1 Ra3 28.d5 exd5 29.exd5 Re8 30.dxc6 Rxe1+ 31.Nxe1 Qc7 32.Rxb5 g6 33.Rc5 Ne5 34.Be4 Ng4 35.Nd3 Kg7 36.Bf3 Nf6 37.Nb4 h5 38.Rdc1 Ra7 39.Nd5 Nxd5 40.Bxd5 Qd8 41.c7 Rxc7 42.Rxc7 Qxd5 43.Re1 Kh6 44.Ree7 f6 45.Red7 Qa5 46.f4 g5 47.Kh2 Kg6 48.fxg5 Kxg5 49.Rh7 f5 50.Rcg7+ Kf6 51.Ra7 Qb4 52.Ra6+ Ke5 53.Rxh5 Qb1 54.Ra5+ Kf6 55.Raxf5+ Kg6 56.Rfg5+ Kf6 57.Rb5 Qc2 58.Rh6+ Kg7 59.Rbb6 Qc5 60.Rbg6+ Kf8 61.Rh7 Qf5 62.Rgg7 Qe6 63.Re7 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"] [Site "Rhodes GRE"] [Date "2013.10.24"] [EventDate "2013.10.20"] [Round "5.4"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Peter Svidler"] [Black "Hikaru Nakamura"] [ECO "E71"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount "58"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. f4 Nh5 8. Nge2 c5 9. d5 b5 10. cxb5 Nc7 11. a4 Rb8 12. g4 Nf6 13. Ng3 h6 14. Bh4 Nh7 15. Qd2 a6 16. Bc4 axb5 17. axb5 Bd7 18. e5 Bxb5 19. Nxb5 Nxb5 20. Qa5 Qe8 21. O-O g5 22. Nf5 gxh4 23. Rae1 dxe5 24. Rxe5 Bxe5 25. fxe5 e6 26. Nxh6+ Kg7 27. Qd2 Qd8 28. Rf6 Nd4 29. Nxf7 Nxf6 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2013.01.15"] [EventDate "2013.01.12"] [Round "4"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Levon Aronian"] [Black "Viswanathan Anand"] [ECO "D47"] [WhiteElo "2802"] [BlackElo "2772"] [PlyCount "46"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. a3 Rc8 12. Ng5 c5 13. Nxh7 Ng4 14. f4 cxd4 15. exd4 Bc5 16. Be2 Nde5 17. Bxg4 Bxd4+ 18. Kh1 Nxg4 19. Nxf8 f5 20. Ng6 Qf6 21. h3 Qxg6 22. Qe2 Qh5 23. Qd3 Be3 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Thessaloniki"] [Site "Thessaloniki GRE"] [Date "2013.05.29"] [EventDate "2013.05.22"] [Round "7"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Alexander Morozevich"] [Black "Fabiano Caruana"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "124"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e3 e6 6.Qc2 Be7 7.a3 O-O 8.b3 b6 9.Bb2 Ba6 10.Bxa6 Nxa6 11.h4 Nac7 12.Ne2 Bf6 13.Ng5 g6 14.Nf3 Bxb2 15.Qxb2 f6 16.b4 e5 17.bxc5 bxc5 18.Qc2 Ne6 19.O-O Rc8 20.Rab1 Qd7 21.d3 Rfd8 22.Rfd1 Qc6 23.Nd2 Rd7 24.Rdc1 Nb6 25.h5 Kg7 26.Rb3 Rcd8 27.Ng3 Qd5 28.Rc3 Qc6 29.Rb3 Qd5 30.Nf3 Rc7 31.Rc3 Qd7 32.Nh4 Qa4 33.Qa2 Ng5 34.e4 Qb5 35.Qe2 Na4 36.Rc4 Nb6 37.hxg6 hxg6 38.Nxg6 Nxc4 39.dxc4 Qe8 40.Nh4 Kh8 41.Rd1 Rxd1+ 42.Qxd1 Rd7 43.Qg4 Rh7 44.Nhf5 Ne6 45.Ne3 Nf4 46.Nd5 Qb8 47.Nf1 Nh3+ 48.gxh3 Rg7 49.Nfe3 Rxg4+ 50.hxg4 Qb1+ 51.Kg2 Qxe4+ 52.Kg3 a5 53.a4 Qd4 54.Kh4 f5 55.Nxf5 Qxc4 56.Nde7 Qe6 57.Kh5 c4 58.Ng6+ Kg8 59.Nh6+ Kg7 60.Nf5+ Kf7 61.Nh6+ Ke8 62.Nf5 Qf6 0-1

[Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2013.03.29"] [EventDate "2013.03.14"] [Round "12"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Magnus Carlsen"] [Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"] [ECO "B48"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "180"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.O-O-O Bb4 9.f3 Ne7 10.Nb3 d5 11.e5 Nd7 12.f4 b6 13.Bd4 Nc5 14.a3 Ne4 15.Qe1 Nxc3 16.Bxc3 Bxc3 17.Qxc3 Qxc3 18.bxc3 a5 19.Nd4 Ba6 20.Bd3 Kd7 21.Kd2 Nc6 22.Rb1 Bxd3 23.Kxd3 Rab8 24.Nb5 g5 25.g3 Rhg8 26.c4 gxf4 27.gxf4 Ne7 28.Rhg1 dxc4+ 29.Kxc4 Nd5 30.Nd6 Kc6 31.Nxf7 Nxf4 32.Kb3 Kc5 33.Ng5 h6 34.Ne4+ Kd4 35.Nf6 Rxg1 36.Rxg1 Rc8 37.Re1 Rc3+ 38.Kb2 Rf3 39.Re4+ Kc5 40.Nd7+ Kd5 41.Nf6+ Kc5 42.Nd7+ Kc6 43.Nf6 Ng6 44.Rc4+ Kb5 45.Re4 Rf5 46.Ne8 Kc5 47.Nc7 Nxe5 48.Rh4 Kd6 49.Nb5+ Kd7 50.a4 h5 51.Nd4 Rg5 52.Re4 Nc4+ 53.Kc3 Re5 54.Rh4 Nd6 55.Kd3 Rd5 56.c4 Rg5 57.Nf3 Rc5 58.Nd2 Rf5 59.Nb3 Nb7 60.Rh3 Kd6 61.Kc3 Nc5 62.Nxc5 Kxc5 63.Re3 e5 64.h4 Kd6 65.Rd3+ Ke6 66.Rg3 Kf6 67.Rd3 Rf4 68.Rd6+ Kf5 69.Rxb6 Rxh4 70.c5 Rxa4 71.Rh6 Ke4 72.Rd6 Rd4 73.Ra6 Kd5 74.Rxa5 Rc4+ 75.Kd3 Rxc5 76.Ra4 Rc7 77.Rh4 Rh7 78.Ke3 Ke6 79.Ke4 Rh8 80.Ke3 Kf5 81.Ke2 Kg5 82.Re4 Re8 83.Ke3 h4 84.Ke2 h3 85.Kf2 h2 86.Kg2 h1=Q+ 87.Kxh1 Kf5 88.Re1 Rg8 89.Kh2 Kf4 90.Rf1+ Ke3 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Beijing"] [Site "Beijing CHN"] [Date "2013.07.10"] [EventDate "2013.07.04"] [Round "6"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Wang Hao"] [Black "Anish Giri"] [ECO "C41"] [WhiteElo "2752"] [BlackElo "2734"] [PlyCount "43"] 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Be7 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Ng5+ Ke8 9. Ne6 c5 10. Qd1 Qb6 11. Nxg7+ Kf7 12. Nf5 Bf8 13. O-O d5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5+ Ke8 16. Bg5 Qg6 17. Rad1 Rg8 18. f4 a5 19. e5 Qxf5 20. Qxg8 Ra6 21. Rfe1 Rg6 22. e6 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open"] [Site "Reykjavik ISL"] [Date "2013.02.19"] [EventDate "2013.02.19"] [Round "1"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Soren Jensen"] [Black "Frode Olav Olsen Urkedal"] [ECO "C37"] [WhiteElo "1909"] [BlackElo "2473"] [PlyCount "41"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 {$5 not seen much these days this is the start of the Kings Gambit a throwback to the 1800's} exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O {$5 the start of what is known as the Muzio Gambit where White sacrifices a knight for an attack on the black king} gxf3 6. Qxf3 Qf6 7. e5 Qxe5 8. Bxf7+ {$6 The double Muzio! It scores well for white in the database I have. When I started writing these notes I was under the impression this was refuted; after digging into this a bit I realized that I could spend days here with Stockfish and not get clear answers, perhaps this line has some life left.} Kxf7 9. d4 Qxd4+ [{Steinitz considered this to be a mistake, believing (incorrectly) that}(9. ... Qf5){was is better as in Showalter-Taubenhaus 1889 which continued:}(9. ... Qf5 10.g4 Qg6 11.Nc3 Nf6 12.Bxf4 d6 13.Bg3 Kg7 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.Qxd5 Nc6 16.Qc4 d5) {when black eventually won}] 10. Be3 Qf6 [{$5 this is the most frequent move but} (10. ... Qg7) {is possible as well. The bishop is, "A piece Black obviously dare not capture" - Steinitz}(10. ... Qxe3 11.Qxe3){And black is pretty much busted}] 11. Bxf4 Bc5+ [{$6 An important decision, although likely a mistake I believe}(11. ... Ne7$5 12.Nc3 d6 13.Nd5! $15){is good for equal chances. In researching this; I found a wonderful pdf by Peter Millican called "The Double Muzio" created in April 1989 where he recommends:}(11. ... Nc6$5 12.Nc3 Bc5 13.Kh1 d6 14.Qh5 Qg6 15.Be5 Bf5 16.Rxf5 Ke6 17.Bxh8 Qxf5 18.Re1 Ne5 19.Qe2 Nf6 20.Bxf6 Qxf6 21.Ne4 Qf4 22.g3 Qf5 23.Rf1 Qg4 24.Rf6 Ke7 0-1){D.J. Rawlings - Millican corr. 1987 which I believe is a nice refutation. Millican recommends instead of: 14.Qh5+ white should play 14.Ne4 ie.}(11. ... Nc6$5 12.Nc3 Bc5 13.Kh1 d6 14.Ne4 Qf5 15.Bxd6$1 Qxf3 16.Rxf3){Which believe it or not should lead to perpetual in some form or another}]  12. Kh1 Bd6 [{$2 Curiously Millican doesn't mention the line beginning with:}(12. ... Ne7 13.Nc3 d6 14.Ne4 Qf5 $12){Which again leads to a crazy game but is likely equal}] 13. Qh5+$1 Qg6$4 [{Black is already worse here but this loses instantly. Instead:}(13. ... Kg7 14.Bh6 Nxh6 15.Rxf6 Kxf6 16.Qxh6 $18)] 14. Bxd6+$1 Nf6 15. Qd5+ $6 [(15.Rxf6 (15. Rxf6 Kxf6 16.Qe5 Kf7 17.Qe7 Kg8 18.Qf8)15 ... Kg7 16.Rxg6 hxg6 17.Qe5 $20)] 15. ... Kg7 16. Rxf6 Qxf6 17. Be5 Rf8 18. Bxf6+ Rxf6 19. Qg5+ Kf7 20. Nc3 d6 21. Nd5 1-0

[Event "European Individual Championships"] [Site "Legnica POL"] [Date "2013.05.11"] [EventDate "2013.05.05"] [Round "7.87"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Yannick Pelletier"] [Black "Andreas Skytte Hagen"] [ECO "E97"] [WhiteElo "2599"] [BlackElo "2400"] [PlyCount "115"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Nd2 Ne8 10. b4 f5 11. c5 Nf6 12. f3 f4 13. Nc4 g5 14. a4 Ng6 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Nb5 Ne8 17. Bd2 h5 18. Be1 a6 19. Nc3 Nf6 20. a5 g4 21. Nb6 Rb8 22. Nxc8 Qxc8 23. Rc1 Qd7 24. Na4 g3 25. h3 Nh7 26. Nb6 Qe7 27. Rc3 Qh4 28. Bd3 Ng5 29. Qe2 Rf7 30. b5 Nf8 31. bxa6 bxa6 32. Bxa6 Nfh7 33. Rc8+ Rf8 34. Rxb8 Rxb8 35. Qc2 Nxh3+ 36. gxh3 Qxh3 37. Bc8 Qh4 38. Bf5 Ng5 39. Bb4 Bf8 40. Qg2 Rb7 41. Rd1 Rc7 42. a6 Rc2 43. Qxc2 Nxf3+ 44. Kf1 Qh1+ 45. Ke2 Nd4+ 46. Rxd4 f3+ 47. Kd3 f2 48. Kc4 f1=Q+ 49. Rd3 g2 50. Kb5 g1=Q 51. Nc4 Qff2 52. Qb3 Qb1 53. Kc6 Qxb3 54. Rxb3 Qc2 55. Rg3+ Kh8 56. Kb5 Qa1 57. Ra3 Qd4 58. Rc3 0-1

[Event "Ukrainian Championship"] [Site "Kiev UKR"] [Date "2013.06.19"] [EventDate "2013.06.15"] [Round "5.6"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Valery Neverov"] [Black "Stanislav Bogdanovich"] [ECO "D56"] [WhiteElo "2515"] [BlackElo "2567"] [PlyCount "420"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Qb3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b6 12. a4 Bb7 13. Qa3 c5 14. a5 Nd7 15. Be2 e5 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Kf8 18. Qb2 exd4 19. cxd4 Qf6 20. h3 Kg8 21. Qb3 cxd4 22. exd4 Nf8 23. axb6 axb6 24. Rxa8 Bxa8 25. d5 Ng6 26. g3 Rd6 27. Bc4 Bb7 28. Re1 Qf5 29. Nd4 Qxh3 30. Qf3 Qd7 31. Nb5 Bxd5 32. Qd1 Re6 33. Rf1 Re5 34. Nc3 Bc6 35. Qxd7 Bxd7 36. Rd1 Nf8 37. Nd5 b5 38. Bf1 Be6 39. Nc7 Bc4 40. Rb1 Ne6 41. Nxb5 Bxf1 42. Kxf1 Rd5 43. Nc3 Rd7 44. Kg2 g6 45. Rd1 Rb7 46. Nd5 Kg7 47. Ne3 Rb2 48. Rc1 h5 49. Rc2 Rb1 50. Rc4 Rb5 51. Nc2 Rd5 52. Ne3 Ra5 53. Rc2 Re5 54. Ra2 Re4 55. Ra7 Rd4 56. Ra2 h4 57. Rc2 hxg3 58. fxg3 Rd3 59. Nf1 Ra3 60. Rb2 Nd4 61. Rd2 Nf5 62. Rf2 Rb3 63. Rf3 Rb1 64. Rf2 Rc1 65. Rf3 Re1 66. Kf2 Rb1 67. Kg2 Ra1 68. Rf2 Nd6 69. Re2 Rc1 70. Ra2 Ne4 71. Re2 Nc5 72. Ra2 Re1 73. Rb2 Ne4 74. Ra2 Kf6 75. Ra6+ Ke5 76. Ra5+ Kd4 77. Ra4+ Kd5 78. Ra5+ Kc4 79. Ra4+ Kc3 80. Ra3+ Kd4 81. Ra4+ Kd5 82. Ra5+ Nc5 83. Ra2 Nd3 84. Ra5+ Kc4 85. Ra4+ Kc5 86. Ra5+ Kb4 87. Ra7 Ne5 88. Ra2 Kc5 89. Rc2+ Kd6 90. Rd2+ Ke6 91. Ra2 Nc4 92. Kf2 Rc1 93. Ne3 Nd6 94. Kg2 f6 95. Re2 Kf7 96. Ra2 Rb1 97. Nf1 Rb3 98. Re2 Nf5 99. Ra2 Kg7 100. Ra7+ Kh6 101. Ra2 Kg5 102. Rd2 Rc3 103. Ra2 Rd3 104. Ra5 Rb3 105. Ra2 Kh6 106. Rd2 Ra3 107. Rb2 Nd6 108. Rd2 Nc4 109. Rc2 Ne5 110. Rf2 Kg7 111. Rb2 Rc3 112. Rb7+ Kh6 113. Rb2 Rd3 114. Ra2 Rb3 115. Kg1 Rb6 116. Kg2 Rd6 117. Kg1 Rc6 118. Kg2 Rc1 119. Ne3 Re1 120. Kf2 Nd3+ 121. Kf3 Rb1 122. Kg2 Rb5 123. Ng4+ Kg5 124. Ne3 Ne5 125. Nf1 Rb3 126. Nd2 Re3 127. Nf1 Rd3 128. Nh2 Nc4 129. Nf1 Rc3 130. Re2 Kh6 131. Ra2 Nd6 132. Rd2 Ne4 133. Re2 Nc5 134. Ra2 Kg5 135. Re2 Ra3 136. Rc2 Ne4 137. Re2 f5 138. Rb2 Ra1 139. Rc2 Kf6 140. Rc6+ Kf7 141. Rc7+ Ke6 142. Rc6+ Nd6 143. Rc2 Kd5 144. Rd2+ Ke5 145. Rb2 Ne4 146. Nd2 Nd6 147. Nf3+ Kf6 148. Nd2 Rd1 149. Ra2 Ke6 150. Nf1 Ne4 151. Ra6+ Kf7 152. Ra7+ Kf6 153. Ra6+ Kg5 154. Ra2 Re1 155. Nh2 Kf6 156. Nf1 Ke5 157. Ra5+ Kd4 158. Ra4+ Kc5 159. Ra2 Kb4 160. Rc2 Kb3 161. Rc6 Re2+ 162. Kg1 g5 163. Rc8 Kb4 164. Rf8 Nd6 165. Rg8 g4 166. Nh2 Nc4 167. Nxg4 fxg4 168. Rxg4 Kc3 169. Rf4 Ne3 170. Rf8 Kd3 171. Rf7 Rg2+ 172. Kh1 Rxg3 173. Kh2 Rg5 174. Kh3 Nf5 175. Ra7 Ke4 176. Ra4+ Kf3 177. Ra3+ Ne3 178. Kh4 Rb5 179. Rc3 Kf4 180. Ra3 Re5 181. Ra4+ Kf3 182. Ra3 Rb5 183. Rc3 Kf4 184. Ra3 Nf5+ 185. Kh3 Rb4 186. Kg2 Ne3+ 187. Kh3 Kf3 188. Ra8 Rf4 189. Ra3 Re4 190. Ra8 Nd5 191. Ra3+ Ne3 192. Ra8 Re5 193. Rf8+ Nf5 194. Ra8 Re3 195. Rf8 Ke4+ 196. Kh2 Kf4 197. Rf7 Kg4 198. Kg1 Rf3 199. Rf8 Rf4 200. Rg8+ Kh3 201. Rh8+ Nh4 202. Ra8 Kg3 203. Rg8+ Kf3 204. Ra8 Nf5 205. Rf8 Ke2 206. Kh2 Kf2 207. Rh8 Rg4 208. Rh7 Rg2+ 209. Kh3 Rg3+ 210. Kh2 Nd4 0-1