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getting short of time, and with the c-file open
probably didn’t want to go all in just yet. 29
f4 g5! Best, I think, but hard to play when
you are thinking of the attack (29…g×h3?! 30
f3! I’m sure this is the move that put Kamsky off
the whole line 30…g3 31 h2 h×g2 32 ×g2
b8 33 ×b8 ×b8 34 ×g3 h×g3+ 35 ×g3±)
30 ×g5 ×g5 31 c7 f8 which is also a difficult move to assess with little time. 32 b4
ff7=.
29 d1 g4 30 f3!
Strong: Carlsen turns the tables. With the fall of
the h4 pawn and the open c-file at his mercy,
White assumes a powerful initiative.
30…g×h3 31 ×h4 f7?
Perhaps he had to try 31…h×g2 32 e1 e7
33 c7 f8 34 ×g7+ ×g7 35 c2 f7 36
g3! ×g3 37 ×g3 e7 38 ×g2 d7, but
this could be unpleasant for a long time.
32 e1!
White’s queen joins the attacking party.
32…h×g2?
32…gg8 was maybe the only try: 33 g3 g6
34 b4 g7 35 h2 e7 36 b6 d8 37 c7
d7 38 c8 keeps up the strong pressure, but
with no clear win for White.
33 c7+ e7 34 c8! d6 35 ×f6 ×f6
36 h4+ f7 37 h5+ g6 38 f4!
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+R+-+-+0
9+p+-trk+-0
9p+-wqp+r+0
9zP-+p+p+Q0
9-+-zP-zP-+0
9+P+-zP-+-0
9-+-+-+p+0
9+-tR-+-mK-0
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Very nice. Black’s major pieces run out of space
and good moves. Carlsen now moves in for the
kill.
38…a3 39 h8 g7 40 h5+ g6 41
h8 g7 42 f8+ g6 43 ×g2!
With the idea of g1 and then a deadly discovered check from the king!
43…gf7 44 d8 h7
44…b2+ 45 8c2.
45 g1 a2+ 46 f3+ f6 47 g8 h3+
48 g3 ×g3+ 49 ×g3
1–0
Nakamura took the lead with 2/2 but thereafter was unable – understandably – to convert any of his subsequent games into a full
point.
G M Carlsen
O H Nakamura
Sinquefield Cup, Saint Louis, 2013
KID, Fianchetto E62
[Martin]
1 d4 f6 2 c4 g6 3 f3 g7 4 g3 0–0 5
g2 d6
Nakamura bravely played the King’s Indian
against both Carlsen and Aronian in the
Sinquefield Cup.
6 c3 c6 7 0–0 b8 8 f4!?
XIIIIIIIIY
9-trlwq-trk+0
9zppzp-zppvlp0
9-+nzp-snp+0
9+-+-+-+-0
9-+PzP-vL-+0
9+-sN-+NzP-0
9PzP-+PzPLzP0
9tR-+Q+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
Very unusual and ‘something to break the monotony’ perhaps. White prepares d2 or c1