World Chess ChampionshipWorld Chess Championship 2018 Game 2 by John Chibvuri November 11, 2018November 15, 2018 written by John Chibvuri November 11, 2018November 15, 2018 [Event "WCh 2018"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2018.11.10"] [Round "2"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2835"] [BlackElo "2832"] [Annotator "Crowther,Mark"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2018.11.09"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2 (8. a3) (8. cxd5) (8. Be2) 8... Nc6 9. a3 Qa5 10. Rd1 Rd8 { A rare idea.} (10... Be7 {This is the standard response.}) 11. Be2 (11. Nd2 {Looks like the critical response.}) (11. cxd5 Nxd5) 11... Ne4 12. O-O Nxc3 13. bxc3 h6 14. a4 (14. Nd4) 14... Ne7 15. Ne5 Bd6 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Bf3 {After this only black can be better.} (17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Bh5+ Kg8 19. Bxd6 Rxd6 20. e4) (17. Bg3) 17... Nxf4 18. exf4 Bxe5 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. fxe5 Qc7 21. Rb1 Rb8 22. Qd3 Bd7 23. a5 Bc6 24. Qd6 Qxd6 25. exd6 Bxf3 26. gxf3 {This pawn structure is in many ways easier to defend with than an unbroken one.} Kf8 27. c4 Ke8 28. a6 b6 29. c5 Kd7 30. cxb6 axb6 31. a7 Ra8 32. Rxb6 Rxa7 {White won’t be able to save the d-pawn but so long as he is careful black has no winning chances whatsoever. The players certainly didn’t look particularly interested at this point.} 33. Kg2 e5 34. Rb4 f5 35. Rb6 Ke6 36. d7+ Kxd7 37. Rb5 Ke6 38. Rb6+ Kf7 39. Rb5 Kf6 40. Rb6+ Kg5 41. Rb5 Kf4 42. Rb4+ e4 43. fxe4 fxe4 44. h3 Ra5 45. Rb7 Rg5+ 46. Kf1 Rg6 47. Rb4 Rg5 48. Rb7 Rg6 49. Rb4 1/2-1/2 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. Fabiano CaruanaMagnus Carlsen 0 comment 0FacebookTwitterWhatsappEmail John Chibvuri previous post World Chess Championship 2018 Game 1 next post World Championship 2018 Carlsen vs Caruana: Game 3 Ends in a Draw Related Posts World Chess Championship Game 4: Draw Again Despite... November 15, 2018 World Chess Championship Tiebreaker Preview November 27, 2018 World Chess Championship Game 8: Carlsen Rescues a... November 20, 2018 World Chess Championship Game 12: Shocking Draw After... November 27, 2018 World Chess Championship 2018 Game 1 November 11, 2018 Magnus Carlsen Rues Game 9 Draw with Fabiano... November 22, 2018 World Championship Game 10..Another Draw! November 23, 2018 World Championship 2018 Carlsen vs Caruana: Game 3... November 13, 2018 World Chess Championship Game 6: Carlsen Saves Draw... November 17, 2018 Magnus Carlsen Retains World Chess Championship November 29, 2018Leave a Comment Cancel ReplySave my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
