Two World Champions in the sharpest Opening - Ding vs Magnus - Catalan Opening, Open Defense
79Tough battle in the Catalan Opening between Ding Liren and Magnus Carlsen.
PGN OF THE GAME:
[Event "Croatia GCT 2019"]
[Site "Zagreb CRO"]
[Date "2019.07.04"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2875"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan Opening: Closed"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 { E06 Catalan Opening: Closed } O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 8. a4 b4 9. Nfd2 Nd5 10. Nxc4 c5 11. dxc5 Ba6 12. Ne3 Nd7 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. c6 Rc8 15. Bf4 Nc5 16. c7 Qd7 17. Nd2 g5 18. Be5 f6 19. Bd4 Rxc7 20. Qd1 Ne6 21. Nb3 Bc4 22. Na5 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Kg7 24. Rfc1 Bxe2 25. Rxc7 Qxc7 26. Re1 Bc5 27. Qxd5 Re8 28. Qb7?! { (0.00 → -0.59) Inaccuracy. Qc6 was best. } (28. Qc6 Qxc6 29. Nxc6 Bh5 30. Rc1 Bd6 31. Nxa7 Re2 32. b3 Bf7 33. Nc6 Rb2 34. Nd4 Be5) 28... Qxb7 29. Nxb7 Bf8 30. Bc6 Re7 31. f3 Bc4 32. Rxe7+ Bxe7 33. Kf2 f5 34. Ke3 Bg8 35. Kd3 g4 36. Na5 Bc5 37. Nc4 Bg1 38. Ne3 Be6 39. fxg4 fxg4 40. Ke2 h5 41. Bd5?! { (-1.15 → -2.05) Inaccuracy. a5 was best. } (41. a5 b3 42. Nf1 Bd4 43. Nd2 Bxb2 44. Ba4 Bc3 45. Bxb3 Bc8 46. Nc4 Bb4 47. Kf2 Kf6) 41... Bd7 42. Bb3 Bxh2?! { (-2.23 → -1.38) Inaccuracy. Bc6 was best. } (42... Bc6) 43. Kf2 h4 44. gxh4 Be5 45. Nc4? { (-2.56 → -4.62) Mistake. Bd1 was best. } (45. Bd1 Bd4) 45... g3+ 46. Kg1 Bf4 47. Bd1 Bc6 48. b3 Kh6 49. a5 Be4 50. Kf1 Kg7 51. Kg1 Kf6 52. Kf1?? { (-4.14 → -11.42) Blunder. a6 was best. } (52. a6 Ke6) 52... Ke6? { (-11.42 → -5.32) Mistake. g2+ was best. } (52... g2+) 53. h5?! { (-5.32 → -8.38) Inaccuracy. Bg4+ was best. } (53. Bg4+ Kd5) 53... Kd5 54. a6 Kd4 55. Bg4 Kc3 56. Be6 Bc2 57. Na5?! { (-6.38 → -14.21) Inaccuracy. Bd5 was best. } (57. Bd5 Bxb3) 57... Bc7 58. Nb7?! { (-12.35 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bd5 was best. } (58. Bd5 Bxa5 59. Ke2 Bc7 60. h6 Be5 61. Kf3 Bxb3 62. Be4 Bd1+ 63. Kg2 Bc2 64. Bxc2 Kxc2) 58... Bd3+ 59. Kg1 Bxa6?? { (Mate in 7 → -5.24) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Be4 was best. } { White resigns. } (59... Be4 60. Kf1 g2+ 61. Kf2 Bb6+ 62. Kg3 g1=Q+ 63. Kf4 Kd4 64. Nd6 Bc7 65. Bc4 Bxd6#) 0-1
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