[Event "WCh 2016"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2016.11.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Alexei Kornev"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 (3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bd6 (4... Be6 $5 $13) 5. c4 dxc4
6. Bxc4 O-O 7. Nc3 c5 $2 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 10. Qh5+ Kg8 11. Qxc5
$16 {Zlochevskij - Quinto,Amantea 1995}) 3... c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 (4... exf6 5.
dxc5 Nc6 6. c3 Bxc5 7. Nd2 O-O 8. Nb3 Bb6 9. Nf3 Qd6 10. Be2 Bf5 11. O-O Rfe8
12. a4 a6 13. Nbd4 Be4 14. Bd3 Na5 $13 {Muukkonen - Utesch, ICCF 2015}) 5. dxc5
Nc6 (5... e6 6. Nf3 $13 {Carlsen - Kramnik, Moscow 2013}) 6. Bb5 (6. c3 e6 7.
b4 a5 8. Qb3 $13 {Caruana - Giri, London 2015} (8. Bb5 {- see 6.Bb5})) 6... e6
(6... Qa5+ 7. Nc3 a6 8. Ba4 e6 9. Qd4 Bd7 10. Qxf6 Rg8 11. Nge2 Qxc5 12. O-O
Rg6 13. Qh4 b5 14. Bb3 Ne5 15. Ng3 Qe7 16. Qxe7+ Bxe7 $14 17. Nce2 b4 18. c3 a5
19. cxb4 Bxb4 20. Rfd1 Rc8 21. Rac1 Rxc1 22. Nxc1 Ke7 23. Bc2 f5 24. Nd3 Nxd3
25. Bxd3 Rg8 26. f4 Bc5 27. Kf2 Rb8 28. Rd2 Ba4 29. b3 Bd7 30. Ne2 a4 31. Bc2
h5 32. h4 Kd6 33. Nd4 axb3 34. Bxb3 Bb4 35. Rc2 Bc5 36. g3 Bxd4 $1 37. exd4 Ra8
38. Ke3 Ba4 $11 39. Ke2 {ничья, Dias - Visloguzov, ICCF 2015}) 7. c4 (7.
b4 a5 8. c3 Bg7 9. Ne2 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. a3 f5 12. Ra2 Re8 (12... Ba6 13.
O-O Bc4 14. Rd2 e5 $44 15. Re1 Qg5 16. Ng3 f4 17. h4 Qg6 18. Nh5 fxe3 19. Rxe3
Bb3 20. Qxb3 Qxh5 21. b5 $5 Rab8 22. a4 Bh6 23. Re1 Bxd2 24. Nxd2 Qxh4 25. c4
Qf4 26. Qc2 Rbd8 27. Re3 Kh8 28. Rh3 f5 29. Nf3 Rg8 30. bxc6 Rg7 31. Rg3 Rxg3
32. fxg3 Qe3+ $11 {ничья, Nekhaev - Keuter, ICCF 2016}) 13. Rb2 e5 14. O-O
axb4 15. axb4 Ra1 16. Nc1 Qg5 17. Nb3 Ra8 $44 18. f4 Qh6 19. Rf3 exf4 20. exf4
Re4 21. N1d2 Rxf4 22. Qe1 Kf8 23. Rxf4 Qxf4 24. Nf3 Ba6 25. Rb1 Bd3 26. Ra1
Rxa1 27. Qxa1 Qe3+ 28. Kh1 Bf6 29. Nbd4 Be4 30. Qe1 Qd3 31. Qd2 Qf1+ $11 {
ничья, Nekhaev - Joppich, ICCF 2016}) 7... dxc4 8. Nd2 Bxc5 (8... Qd5 9.
Ngf3 Qxc5 10. Bxc4 Bg7 11. Rc1 Qb4 $11 12. O-O O-O 13. Rc2 Rd8 14. a3 Qe7 15.
Qe2 Bd7 16. e4 Rac8 17. Bd3 Ne5 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Nxe5 fxe5 20. g3 a6 21. Kg2
Qd6 22. Nc4 Qc7 23. Qe3 Qc5 24. Nb6 Qxe3 25. fxe3 Rd8 26. Nxd7 Rxd7 27. Rd1 Bf6
28. Kf3 {ничья, Shulman - Vaillant, ICCF 2015}) 9. Ngf3 O-O 10. O-O Na5
11. Rc1 Be7 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. Qc3 Qd5 $5 (14... b6 15. Ne4 Kg7 (
15... e5 $5 $13) 16. Rfd1 (16. g4 $6 Qb7 $1 17. Nfd2 Rfd8 18. g5 Rd3 19. gxf6+
Kh8 20. Qc2 Rxd2 21. Nxd2 Rg8+ 22. Qg6 Rxg6#) 16... Qb5 17. g4 $13) 15. Nxc4
Nxc4 16. Qxc4 (16. Rfd1 Qb5 17. Qxc4 Qxc4 18. Rxc4 Rfc8 19. Rdc1 Rxc4 20. Rxc4
{- see 16.Qxc4}) 16... Qxc4 17. Rxc4 Rfc8 18. Rfc1 Rxc4 19. Rxc4 Rd8 20. g3 Rd7
21. Kf1 f5 22. Ke2 Bf6 23. b3 Kf8 24. h3 h6 (24... h5 $6 25. Ne1 $5 Ke7 26. Nd3
$36) 25. Ne1 (25. g4 fxg4 26. hxg4 $11) 25... Ke7 26. Nd3 Kd8 27. f4 h5 28. a4
Rd5 $1 $11 (28... Rc7 $2 29. Rxc7 Kxc7 30. Ne5 $16 Bxe5 $2 31. fxe5 Kb6 32. Kf3
Ka5 33. e4 fxe4+ 34. Kxe4 Kb4 35. h4 $1 Kxb3 36. g4 $1 hxg4 37. h5 g3 38. Kf3
$18) 29. Nc5 b6 30. Na6 Be7 31. Nb8 a5 32. Nc6+ Ke8 33. Ne5 Bc5 34. Rc3 Ke7 35.
Rd3 Rxd3 36. Kxd3 f6 37. Nc6+ Kd6 38. Nd4 Kd5 39. Nb5 Kc6 40. Nd4+ Kd6 41. Nb5+
Kd7 42. Nd4 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh 2016"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2016.11.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2853"]
[Annotator "Alexei Kornev"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 (3... Nf6 4. d3 (4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 (5. Re1) 5...
Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8)) 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 (6.
Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3 (8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 $11)
8... d6) 6... b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 (8. a4 $5 b4 (8... Bd7 $5 9. c3 O-O 10. Bc2
Re8 11. Re1 Bf8 {Anand - Tomashevsky, Moscow 2016}) 9. a5 O-O 10. Nbd2 Be6 11.
Nc4 Rb8 12. Be3 {Karjakin - Kotsur, Astana 2012} (12. c3 bxc3 13. bxc3 h6 $11 {
Svidler - Carlsen,London 2013})) (8. h3 Na5 $15) 8... O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2
Be6 11. d4 (11. b4 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Nd7 14. Be3 Nf6 15. Qb1 d5 $11 {
Caruana -Aronian, Moscow 2016}) (11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. b4 Nc6 13. Bd2 d5 14. Re1
Qd6 15. Na2 $5 Nd7 16. Qe2 d4 17. Reb1 Nb6 18. Nc1 Na4 19. Nb3 Rf7 20. Rc1 Rd8
21. Ng5 Rf6 $6 22. Qh5 h6 23. Nf3 Rdf8 24. Rf1 R8f7 25. Rae1 Bf8 26. h3 g6 27.
Qh4 Qe7 28. Qg3 Bg7 29. Na5 $1 Nxa5 30. Nxe5 Nb7 31. Nxg6 Qd8 32. e5 Rf5 33. f4
c5 34. Nh4 Rh5 35. Nf3 Kh7 36. Qg4 Rhf5 37. Nh4 Kh8 38. Nxf5 Rxf5 39. Qg6 $18
Qe7 40. g4 Rf8 41. f5 Qe8 42. Qxe8 Rxe8 43. f6 Bf8 44. f7 Re7 45. Rf6 Nb6 46.
Bxh6 Nd7 47. Ref1 cxb4 48. axb4 Bxh6 49. Rxh6+ Kg7 50. Rh5 {1-0 Caruana -
Aronian, Saint Louis 2014}) 11... Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Re8 $5 (12... Nc6 13. d5 Nb8
14. Qe2 Nbd7 15. Rd1 Qc8 {Topalov - Carlsen, Paris 2016} 16. Nd2 $5 $14) 13.
Ra1 (13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Bd6 $11) (13. b3 Rc8 $5 14. Re1 Nc6
15. d5 Nb8 $11) (13. Qd3 {Paravyan - Harutyunian, Moscow 2016} c6 $5 $11) (13.
d5 Rc8 14. Qd3 c6 15. dxc6 h6 $5 16. Nd5 Nxc6 $11) 13... Nc4 14. Re1 Rc8 (14...
Nb6 $5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Qxd8 (16. Nxe5 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Bd6 $11) 16... Bxd8 $11)
15. h3 (15. d5 c6 16. dxc6 Rxc6 17. Qd3 Qc8 $36) 15... h6 16. b3 Nb6 17. Bb2 (
17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Qxd8 Bxd8 19. a4 c6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Be3 Nbd7 22. Red1 $11)
17... Bf8 18. dxe5 (18. d5 c6 19. dxc6 Rxc6 20. a4 Rc5 $5 21. Qd3 b4 22. Nd1
Qc8 23. c4 bxc3 24. Nxc3 d5 $11 25. b4 $6 Rc7 26. Nxd5 $2 Nbxd5 27. exd5 e4 $19
) (18. Qd2 Nbd7 19. Rad1 c6 $11) 18... dxe5 19. a4 (19. Qxd8 Rcxd8 20. Na2 Nfd7
21. Nb4 Ra8 22. Nc6 f6 23. Bc3 Nc5 24. Nh4 Re6 $11) 19... c6 20. Qxd8 Rcxd8 21.
axb5 axb5 22. Ne2 Bb4 (22... Nxe4 $1 $11) 23. Bc3 Bxc3 24. Nxc3 Nbd7 25. Ra6
Rc8 26. b4 (26. Ra7 Nf8 27. g3 Ne6 $5 28. Nxe5 b4 29. Na4 Nd4 30. Nb6 Rb8 31.
Nbc4 Nxc2 32. Rd1 Nxe4 33. Nxc6 Ra8 34. Rc7 Ng5 35. h4 Ne6 36. Rb7 Nc5 37. Rb6
Re6 38. Nxb4 Rxb6 39. Nxb6 Ra1 40. Rxa1 Nxa1 41. Kg2 Naxb3 $11) 26... Re6 (
26... c5 27. Nxb5 cxb4 28. Nd6 Re6 29. Nxc8 Rxa6 30. Rd1 Kf8 $11) 27. Rb1 c5
28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. Nxb5 cxb4 30. Rxb4 Rxc2 $11 31. Nd6 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Rc2 33. Kg1
1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh 2016"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Alexei Kornev"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 (5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7.
dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8) 5... Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6
10. Re2 $5 (10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. c3 d5 14. Bd3 c6 15. Nd2
g6 16. Qe3 Ng7 17. Re1 $11 {ничья, Nepomniachtchi - Kramnik, Moscow 2016})
10... b6 (10... Re8 11. Bf4 $5 Rxe2 12. Qxe2 $5 (12. Bxe2 Nf5 13. c3 d5 $11)
12... Ne8 (12... Bxd4 13. c3 Bf6 14. Na3 b6 15. Bxd6 cxd6 16. Nb5 Ba6 17. Qd2
Bxb5 18. Bxb5 Qc7 19. Qd5 Rc8 $1 20. Rd1 Qc5 21. Qd3 $14) 13. c3 (13. Nc3 $5
$14) 13... d5 14. Nd2 c6 15. Re1 $14) 11. Re1 (11. Bf4 Nf5 12. c3 Ba6 13. Re1
Bxf1 14. Kxf1 d5 $11 {Matinian - Lysyj, St Petersburg 2012}) 11... Re8 (11...
Nb7 $14 {Kasimdzhanov - Melkumyan, Germany 2016}) 12. Bf4 Rxe1 13. Qxe1 Qe7 (
13... Bxd4 $2 14. Bxd6 Bxb2 (14... cxd6 15. Qe4 Bxb2 16. Qxa8 Bxa1 17. Ba6 $18)
15. Bxc7 $1 Qf8 16. Nd2 Bxa1 17. Qxa1 $16) (13... Qf8 $5 14. Na3 $5 Bb7 (14...
Bxd4 $6 15. Bxd6 cxd6 (15... Qxd6 16. Nb5 $18) 16. Qe4 Bxb2 17. Qxa8 Bxa1 18.
Qxa7 Bf6 19. Qxb6 $16) 15. c3 Re8 $11) 14. Nc3 Bb7 15. Qxe7 Bxe7 16. a4 a6 17.
g3 (17. Bd3 $5) 17... g5 $1 18. Bxd6 Bxd6 19. Bg2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 f5 21. Nd5 Kf7
22. Ne3 Kf6 23. Nc4 Bf8 (23... Rc8 $11) 24. Re1 Rd8 25. f4 gxf4 26. gxf4 b5 27.
axb5 axb5 28. Ne3 c6 $11 29. Kf3 Ra8 30. Rg1 Ra2 $6 (30... Bh6 31. Rg3 Ra4 32.
Rh3 Kg6 33. b3 Rb4 $1 (33... Rxd4 $2 34. Rxh6+ $18) 34. Rg3+ Kf6 35. Rh3 Kg6
36. Nxf5 Kxf5 37. Rxh6 Rxd4 38. Rxh7 Rxf4+ 39. Ke2 Re4+ $11) 31. b3 c5 $6 (
31... d5 $1 32. Rg5 Ke6 33. Rxf5 Bg7 34. Rh5 Bxd4 35. f5+ Kd7 36. Rxh7+ Kd6 37.
Rh6+ Kd7 38. h4 Bxe3 39. Kxe3 Rxc2 40. h5 c5 $11) 32. Rg8 $1 (32. dxc5 Bxc5 $11
) 32... Kf7 33. Rg2 $1 cxd4 (33... Kf6 34. dxc5 Bxc5 35. Nxf5 Kxf5 36. Rg5+ $16
) 34. Nxf5 d3 $1 35. cxd3 Ra1 $6 (35... Ra3 $1 36. Rb2 Bb4 37. Rb1 Ra2 38. h4
Rd2 39. Ke4 Re2+ 40. Kd5 Rd2 $11) 36. Nd4 b4 37. Rg5 Rb1 38. Rf5+ Ke8 39. Rb5
Rf1+ $6 (39... Bd6 $5 40. Rd5 Bb8 41. Rh5 Ba7 42. Ke4 Bxd4 43. Kxd4 Rxb3 44.
Rxh7 Rc3 $11) 40. Ke4 Re1+ 41. Kf5 Rd1 42. Re5+ $6 (42. Rb8+ $1 Ke7 43. Ke4
Re1+ 44. Kd5 Rf1 45. Nf5+ Kf7 46. Ke4 Re1+ 47. Ne3 h5 48. Rb5 h4 49. d4 $16 Rb1
$6 50. Ng4 $1 Rxb3 51. Ne5+ Ke7 52. Rb7 Ra3 53. Rxd7+ Ke8 54. Rb7 Ra6 55. Rb8+
Ke7 56. Rxb4 $18) 42... Kf7 43. Rd5 Rxd3 44. Rxd7+ Ke8 45. Rd5 Rh3 46. Re5+ Kf7
47. Re2 Bg7 48. Nc6 Rh5+ (48... Rxb3 $4 49. Nd8+ Kg8 50. Re8+ Bf8 51. Ne6 $18)
49. Kg4 Rc5 $11 50. Nd8+ (50. Nxb4 Rb5 51. Re4 h5+ 52. Kf3 Bf8 53. Nd3 Rxb3 $11
) 50... Kg6 51. Ne6 h5+ 52. Kf3 Rc3+ 53. Ke4 Bf6 54. Re3 h4 55. h3 (55. Nf8+
Kf7 56. Nd7) 55... Rc1 56. Nf8+ Kf7 57. Nd7 Ke6 58. Nb6 Rd1 59. f5+ Kf7 60. Nc4
Rd4+ 61. Kf3 Bg5 $6 (61... Rd5 $11) 62. Re4 Rd3+ 63. Kg4 Rg3+ 64. Kh5 Be7 $2 (
64... Kf8 $1 65. Ne5 Bd8 66. Nc6 Bf6 67. Nxb4 Kf7 68. Nc6 Rg5+ 69. Kxh4 Rg8+
70. Kh5 Rg5+ 71. Kh6 Rxf5 72. Rg4 Rc5 $11 73. Nb4 $4 Rc8 $1 $19) 65. Ne5+ Kf6
66. Ng4+ Kf7 67. Re6 Rxh3 68. Ne5+ Kg7 69. Rxe7+ Kf6 70. Nc6 $2 (70. Re8 Kxf5
71. Nc6 Rh1 72. Nd4+ Kf4 73. Re2 h3 74. Kh4 h2 75. Ne6+ Kf3 76. Rb2 Ke4 77.
Nc5+ Kf5 78. Na4 Rd1 79. Rxh2 $18) 70... Kxf5 (70... Rc3 $1 71. Re6+ (71. Nxb4
Kxf5 $11) 71... Kxf5 72. Nd4+ Kf4 73. Ne2+ Kf5 74. Re8 (74. Nxc3 Kxe6 75. Ne4
h3 76. Nf2 h2 77. Kg5 Kd5 78. Kf4 Kd4 $11) 74... Rh3 75. Nd4+ Kf4 $11) 71. Na5
Rh1 72. Rb7 $2 (72. Rf7+ Ke6 (72... Ke5 73. Kg4 h3 74. Kg3 h2 75. Rh7 Ra1 76.
Rxh2 $18) 73. Rf2 h3 74. Kh4 h2 75. Ra2 $1 $18) 72... Ra1 $1 $11 73. Rb5+ Kf4
$1 74. Rxb4+ Kg3 75. Rg4+ Kf2 76. Nc4 h3 77. Rh4 Kg3 78. Rg4+ Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh 2016"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2016.11.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2853"]
[Annotator "Alexei Kornev"]
[PlyCount "187"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
(8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3
Qh3 15. Qf3 Bg4 16. Qg2 Qh5 17. Be3 Rae8 18. Nd2 Re6 19. f3 Nxe3 20. Qf2 Nd5
21. fxg4 Qxg4 22. Qf3 Qg6 23. Rxe6 Qxe6 24. Ne4 Re8 25. Ng5 Qe3+ 26. Qxe3 Rxe3
27. Kf2 Re7 28. a4 $1 $14 b4 29. c4 Nf6 30. c5 Bc7 31. a5 Kf8 32. Bc4 Ne4+ 33.
Nxe4 Rxe4 34. Bxa6 Rxd4 35. Bb7 Bb8 36. Bxc6 Ba7 37. Rc1 Rd8 38. Kf3 Rc8 39.
Bb5 Rxc5 40. Rxc5 Bxc5 41. Ke4 {Riccio - Busemann, ICCF 2014}) 8... Bb7 (8...
d6 9. c3 $1) 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 Rfe8 12. c3 (12. Nf1 Nd8 13. Ng3 Ne6
14. Ng5 c5 15. Nxe6 fxe6 $11 {Leko - Aronian, Nice 2008}) 12... Bf8 13. Nf1 h6
14. N3h2 (14. Ng3 $11 {Zeytinoglu - Tokmak, Konya 2010}) 14... d5 15. Qf3 Na5
16. Ba2 dxe4 17. dxe4 Nc4 18. Bxh6 (18. Ng3 Qc6 19. a4 Rad8 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21.
hxg4 $11) 18... Qc6 (18... Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 gxh6 21. Ng4 Qe6 22.
Nfe3 Kh8 23. Nf5 $44) 19. Bxc4 $2 (19. Bc1 Nxe4 20. Ne3 Ned6 21. Qxc6 Bxc6 22.
Nxc4 Nxc4 23. Ng4 $11) 19... bxc4 $17 20. Be3 Nxe4 21. Ng3 Nd6 (21... Qg6 $5
22. Nxe4 (22. Qg4 Qxg4 23. Nxg4 Nxg3 24. fxg3 f5 25. Nf2 Bd6 $17) 22... Bxe4
23. Qg4 Bd3 24. Qxg6 Bxg6 $17) 22. Rad1 Rab8 23. Bc1 f6 24. Qxc6 Bxc6 25. Ng4
Rb5 26. f3 (26. Ne3 g6 $17) 26... f5 27. Nf2 Be7 (27... Kf7 $5 28. Re2 Be7 29.
Rde1 Bh4 30. Nf1 Bf6 31. Nd1 $17) 28. f4 Bh4 (28... exf4 29. Ne2 Ne4 30. Nxe4
Bxe4 31. Nxf4 $17) 29. fxe5 Bxg3 30. exd6 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 cxd6 32. Rd1 Kf7 (
32... Re5 $5 33. Kf1 Re8 $5 $17) 33. Rd4 Re5 34. Kf1 Rd5 (34... Ke6 $5 $17) 35.
Rxd5 Bxd5 36. Bg5 Kg6 37. h4 $6 (37. Bd8 $5 $17) 37... Kh5 38. Nh3 Bf7 $6 $17 (
38... Bc6 $5 $19 39. Nf4+ Kg4 40. Ne6 Bxh4 41. Bxh4 Kxh4 42. Kf2 g5 43. g3+ Kg4
44. Nd4 Bd7 45. Ne2 Be8 46. Nd4 f4 47. gxf4 Kxf4 $1 48. Nc2 (48. Ne6+ Ke4 49.
Nxg5+ Kd3 $19) 48... a5 49. Nd4 Bd7 50. Nc2 g4 51. Nd4 Ke4 52. Ke2 a4 53. Nc2
g3 54. Ne3 Bc8 55. Nc2 Bg4+ 56. Kf1 Kd3 57. Nd4 Kd2 58. Kg2 Bd7 59. Kxg3 Kc1
60. Kf4 Kxb2 61. Ke3 Kxa3 62. Kd2 Kb2 $19) 39. Be7 Bxh4 40. Bxd6 Bd8 41. Ke2 g5
42. Nf2 Kg6 43. g4 $1 Bb6 44. Be5 a5 45. Nd1 f4 $4 (45... Be6 $1 46. gxf5+ Kxf5
47. Bd6 Bf7 48. Ne3+ Ke4 49. Nc2 Bh5+ 50. Ke1 Kd3 51. Nd4 a4 52. Be5 Be8 53.
Kd1 Bd7 54. Bd6 g4 55. Bg3 Bc5 56. Bc7 Be7 57. Bg3 Bg5 58. Bc7 g3 $1 59. Bxg3
Bd2 60. Bd6 Bg4+ 61. Ne2 Bxe2#) 46. Bd4 Bc7 47. Nf2 Be6 48. Kf3 Bd5+ 49. Ke2
Bg2 50. Kd2 Kf7 51. Kc2 Bd5 52. Kd2 Bd8 53. Kc2 Ke6 54. Kd2 Kd7 55. Kc2 Kc6 56.
Kd2 Kb5 57. Kc1 Ka4 58. Kc2 Bf7 59. Kc1 Bg6 60. Kd2 Kb3 61. Kc1 Bd3 62. Nh3 (
62. Nxd3 $5 cxd3 63. Kd2 Kxb2 64. Bc5 f3 65. Kxd3 f2 66. Bxf2 Kxa3 67. c4 Kb3
68. c5 a4 69. c6 a3 70. Bd4 a2 71. Ke4 Kc2 72. Kf5 Kb1 73. Be5 a1=Q 74. Bxa1
Kxa1 75. c7 Bxc7 76. Kxg5 $11) 62... Ka2 63. Bc5 Be2 64. Nf2 Bf3 65. Kc2 Bc6
66. Bd4 Bd7 67. Bc5 Bc7 68. Bd4 Be6 69. Bc5 f3 70. Be3 Bd7 71. Kc1 (71. Bxg5
Bb6 72. Bh4 Be3 73. Bg3) 71... Bc8 $5 72. Kc2 (72. Bxg5 $2 Bb6 73. Bh4 Be3+ 74.
Kc2 Bd7 75. Kd1 (75. g5 Ba4+ 76. b3 Bxb3#) 75... Kxb2 $19) 72... Bd7 73. Kc1
Bf4 74. Bxf4 gxf4 75. Kc2 (75. g5 Bf5) 75... Be6 76. Kc1 Bc8 77. Kc2 Be6 78.
Kc1 Kb3 79. Kb1 Ka4 80. Kc2 Kb5 81. Kd2 Kc6 82. Ke1 Kd5 83. Kf1 Ke5 84. Kg1 Kf6
85. Ne4+ Kg6 86. Kf2 Bxg4 87. Nd2 Be6 88. Kxf3 Kf5 89. a4 Bd5+ 90. Kf2 Kg4 91.
Nf1 Kg5 92. Nd2 Kf5 93. Ke2 Kg4 94. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh 2016"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2016.11.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Alexei Kornev"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 (3. Bb5 Nf6 (3... a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3) 4. d3) 3... Bc5 (3... Nf6 4. Ng5 (4. d3 $5 Be7 (
4... Bc5) 5. O-O) 4... d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Nd5 9. Nf3
Bd6 10. O-O Nf4 11. Nc3 Nxd3 12. cxd3 O-O 13. Ne4 Bc7 14. Qc2 c5 15. Qxc5 Ba6
16. Ne1 (16. Re1 Bxd3 $11) 16... f5 17. Ng3 Bd6 $44 {ничья, Vik1966 -
Ofiscer, www.bestlogic.ru 2015}) 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O (5... d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4
g5 8. Bg3 h5 $5 9. Nxg5 $2 h4 $1 10. Nxf7 hxg3 $1 (10... Qe7 $3 11. Nxh8 hxg3
$19 {Shook - McDonald, WCCF email 2003}) 11. Nxd8 Bg4 12. Qd2 Nd4 13. Nc3 $4 (
13. h3 Ne2+ 14. Qxe2 Bxe2 $15) 13... Nf3+ $1 14. gxf3 Bxf3 {0-1 Knorre -
Chigorin, St Petersburg 1874}) 6. a4 d6 7. c3 a6 8. b4 (8. h3 Ba7 9. Re1 Ne7
10. d4 Ng6 11. Bd3 c6 12. Be3 Nh5 13. Nbd2 Nhf4 14. Bf1 exd4 $5 15. Bxd4 Bxd4
16. cxd4 d5 17. e5 f6 $132 {Nepomniachtchi - So, Baku 2016}) 8... Ba7 9. Re1
Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. d4 c6 12. h3 (12. Bd3 $5 Qc7 13. Qc2 Re8 14. a5 Be6 15.
Bb2 Rad8 16. c4 $13 {Moskvichev - Kopeikin, ICCF 2015}) 12... exd4 $5 (12...
Re8 13. Bd3 h6 14. b5 axb5 15. axb5 Be6 16. Nf1 $13 Bb6 17. Be3 Rxa1 18. Qxa1
c5 19. d5 Bxd5 20. exd5 e4 21. Bxe4 Nxe4 22. N3d2 Nxd2 23. Nxd2 Qd7 24. c4 Bd8
25. Nf3 Bf6 26. Qb1 Ra8 27. Qc2 Re8 28. Bd2 Rxe1+ 29. Nxe1 Qe7 30. Kf1 h5 31.
Nf3 Ne5 32. Ng1 Bg5 33. Ba5 Bh6 34. g3 h4 35. g4 g6 36. Kg2 f5 37. Nf3 Nxf3 38.
Kxf3 fxg4+ 39. Kxg4 Kf7 40. Kf3 Qf6+ 41. Kg2 Qe5 42. Bc3 Qg5+ {, ничья,
Williamson - Olofsson, ICCF 2015}) 13. cxd4 Nxe4 $5 (13... d5 14. exd5 cxd5 15.
Bd3 Nf4 16. Bf1 Re8 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Nb3 $36 {Hiarcs14book}) 14. Bxf7+ (14.
Nxe4 $5 d5 15. Bd3 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Be6 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Bd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20.
bxc6 bxc6 21. Ra6 Qb5 22. Qe2 Qb7 23. h4 Bb6 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. h5 Nf8 26. h6
$36) 14... Rxf7 15. Nxe4 d5 (15... Bf5 $5) 16. Nc5 h6 17. Ra3 Bf5 18. Ne5 (18.
Rae3 Qf6 19. Ne5 Bxc5 20. bxc5 (20. dxc5 $6 Nxe5 21. Rxe5 Bxh3 $1 $15 22. gxh3
$2 Qxf2+ 23. Kh1 Rf3 24. R5e3 Raf8 25. Qe2 Qh4 26. Qg2 Rf2 27. Qg6 Rf1+ 28.
Rxf1 Rxf1+ 29. Kh2 Qf2+ 30. Qg2 Qf4+ 31. Qg3 Qxg3+ 32. Kxg3 Rxc1 $19) 20...
Nxe5 21. dxe5 Qe6 $11) 18... Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qh4 20. Rf3 Bxc5 (20... Qxb4 $2 21.
Ba3 Qa5 22. e6 $18) (20... Bg6 $5 21. Rxf7 Bxf7 22. e6 Bg6 23. Ba3 b5 24. axb5
axb5 $15) 21. bxc5 Re8 22. Rf4 Qe7 23. Qd4 Ref8 24. Rf3 Be4 25. Rxf7 Qxf7 26.
f3 Bf5 27. Kh2 (27. g4 Be6 28. f4 Qe7 $5 (28... g6 $11) 29. Bd2 (29. f5 Qh4 30.
Qf2 Qxh3 31. Qg2 Qc3 32. Bd2 Qxc5+ 33. Kh1 Bd7 34. e6 $13) 29... g6 $11) 27...
Be6 28. Re2 Qg6 29. Be3 Rf7 30. Rf2 Qb1 31. Rb2 (31. g4 h5 $11) 31... Qf5 32.
a5 Kf8 $5 33. Qc3 Ke8 34. Rb4 g5 $11 35. Rb2 Kd8 36. Rf2 Kc8 37. Qd4 Qg6 38. g4
h5 39. Qd2 Rg7 40. Kg3 Rg8 41. Kg2 $6 (41. Qd4 $5 $11) 41... hxg4 42. hxg4 d4
$1 43. Qxd4 Bd5 $6 (43... Rh8 $1 44. Qe4 Qh6 45. Kf1 Qh1+ 46. Ke2 Bd5 47. Qf5+
Kb8 48. Qf6 Re8 49. Bxg5 Bc4+ 50. Kd2 Qa1 51. e6 Qa2+ 52. Kc3 Qb3+ 53. Kd2 Qd3+
54. Kc1 Bxe6 $17) 44. e6 $1 Qxe6 45. Kg3 Qe7 46. Rh2 Qf7 47. f4 gxf4+ 48. Qxf4
Qe7 49. Rh5 Rf8 50. Rh7 $1 Rxf4 51. Rxe7 Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh 2016"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2016.11.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2853"]
[Annotator "Alexei Kornev"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]

1. e4 (1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 (2. Bf4) 2... e6 (2... g6 3. Nc3 d5) 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3) (
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3) 1... e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 (8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5) 8... Bb7 9. d3
d5 $5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxe5 Nd4 $5 (11... Nxe5 12. Rxe5 Qd6 13. Re1 Rae8 $44)
12. Nc3 Nb4 13. Bf4 (13. Ne4 Nxb3 14. axb3 Qd5 15. Nf3 f5 16. Ng3 Qd7 $11 17.
Ne5 Qd5 18. Nf3 Qd7 19. Ne5 Qd5 20. Nf3 {Jakovenko - Svidler, Moscow 2009})
13... Nxb3 14. axb3 c5 $5 (14... Qd4 15. Ne4 f5 16. c3 Qd5 17. c4 Qd4 18. Nf3
Qxd3 19. Neg5 Qxd1 20. Raxd1 Bf6 21. Be5 Bxf3 $1 (21... Bxe5 22. Rxe5 h6 23.
Rd7 $1 Bc6 24. Rxc7 hxg5 25. Ree7 Rf6 26. Rxg7+ Kh8 27. Ne5 Be8 28. Rh7+ Kg8
29. Rcg7+ Kf8 30. Rxg5 Rc8 31. f4 Nc6 32. Rh8+ Ke7 33. Rg7+ Kd6 34. c5+ Kxc5
35. Rxe8 Rxe8 36. Nd7+ Kb4 37. Nxf6 Rf8 38. Nd7 Rd8 39. g4 Nd4 40. Re7 a5 41.
g5 $13 {Seryakov - Zarnescu, ICCF 2015}) 22. Nxf3 Rae8 {Alex_tom - AFICIONADO,
www.bestlogic.ru 2016}) 15. Ne4 f6 16. Nf3 f5 17. Neg5 (17. Ned2 Re8 18. Be5
Bf6 19. Rc1 h6 $11 20. Qe2 Qd5 $1 $17) 17... Bxg5 18. Nxg5 h6 19. Ne6 Qd5 20.
f3 Rfe8 21. Re5 (21. Nc7 Qd4+ 22. Kh1 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Qxf4 24. Nxa8 Nxc2 25.
Qe8+ Kh7 26. Nb6 Bxf3 (26... Nxa1 27. Nd7 $144) 27. Nd7 Bxg2+ 28. Kg1 Qg3 29.
Nf8+ Kh8 30. Ng6+ Kh7 $11) 21... Qd6 22. c3 Rxe6 23. Rxe6 Qxe6 24. cxb4 cxb4
25. Rc1 Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Qxc8 $11 27. Qe1 Qd7 28. Kh2 a5 29. Qe3 Bd5 30. Qb6 Bxb3
31. Qxa5 Qxd3 32. Qxb4 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh 2016"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2016.11.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2853"]
[Annotator "Kornev,Alexei"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 (2... dxc4 3. e3 e6 4. Bxc4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 (
7. Bb3 b5 8. a4 b4)) 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 (4. Nf3 dxc4) 4... a6 (4... e6 5. Nf3 a6)
5. Bd3 (5. Qc2) (5. Nf3 $5 Bf5 (5... e6) (5... b5 6. b3) 6. Ne5 $5 Nbd7 7. Qb3
Qc7 8. cxd5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Bd2 Qxe5 $5 {Andreikin,
Tomaschevsky} (11... e6 12. Rc1 Qd7 13. Be2 Be7 14. Ba5 Rc8 15. Rxc8+ Qxc8 16.
Kd2 O-O 17. Rc1 Qa8 18. Bc7 $1 h6 19. Qb6 Kh8 20. Bd6 Bd8 21. Qc5 Rg8 22. b4
Bg5 23. f4 Bd8 24. a4 Be4 25. g3 d4 26. Qxd4 b6 27. b5 axb5 28. Bxb5 Qb7 29.
Qc4 g5 30. Ke2 gxf4 31. exf4 Bf3+ 32. Kf2 h5 33. Rc3 Bg4 34. Qc6 Qa7 35. h4 Kg7
36. Rc4 Bf5 37. Qf3 Bg4 38. Qh1 Qa5 39. Qe1 Qa7 40. Qh1 Qa5 41. Bb4 Qa7 42. Rd4
Be7 43. Rd7 Qxd7 44. Bxd7 Bxb4 45. Ke3 Bc5+ 46. Kd3 $18 {Straka - Velilla
Velasco, ICCF 2016}) 12. Rc1 b5 13. Be2 Qd6 14. Bb4 Qd8 15. O-O e6 16. Bxf8
Kxf8 17. Qa3+ Kg8 18. Rc6 $14 h6 19. Rxa6 Rxa6 20. Qxa6 b4 21. Qa7 Kh7 22. Qxf7
Qd6 23. Qa7 Qe5 24. Qd4 Qxd4 25. exd4 Rc8 $11 {Utesch - Jendrian, ICCF 2016})
5... dxc4 6. Bxc4 e6 7. Nf3 c5 8. O-O b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. dxc5 Nc6 (10... Qxd1
11. Rxd1 Bxc5 12. Nd2 Nbd7 13. Nb3 Bb4 $1 (13... Bb6 14. a4 $14 {Fressinet -
Karjakin, Beijing 2012}) 14. a4 bxa4 15. Rxa4 a5 16. Bd2 O-O $11 {Shomoev -
Smirnov, Taganrog 2015}) 11. Nd2 $6 (11. Qc2 Nb4 12. Qb1 Bxc5 13. Rd1 Qc7 14.
a3 Nbd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 $11 {Bischoff - Schlosser, Austria 2006}) (11. Qxd8+ Rxd8
12. a4 b4 13. Nb5 axb5 14. axb5 Bxc5 15. bxc6 Bxc6 16. Nd4 $5 Bxd4 17. exd4 O-O
(17... Rxd4 $2 18. Ra6 Bb7 19. Bb5+ Kd8 20. Ra7 Kc8 21. Be3 $18) 18. Be3 $36) (
11. a3 Bxc5 12. b4 Bd6 $11 {Colle - Tartakower, Paris 1925}) 11... Bxc5 12.
Nde4 (12. Nb3 Bd6 $1) 12... Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Be7 14. b3 Nb4 15. Bf3 O-O (15... f5
$1 16. Nd2 (16. Nd6+ Qxd6 17. Bxb7 Qxd1 18. Rxd1 Ra7 19. a3 Bf6 20. Rb1 Rxb7
21. axb4 Kf7 $15) 16... Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Qxd1 18. Rxd1 Bf6 19. Nd4 Nd5 $5 20. Bd2
Kd7 (20... Kf7 $5 $15) 21. Rac1 Rhc8 $15) 16. Ba3 Rc8 $6 (16... Rb8 $5 17. Qxd8
Rfxd8 $11) 17. Nf6+ Bxf6 18. Bxb7 Bxa1 19. Bxb4 Bf6 $1 (19... Rb8 20. Bxf8 Qxd1
21. Rxd1 Rxb7 22. Bb4 Bf6 23. Rc1 Rb8 24. Rc6 Ra8 25. Kf1 $14) 20. Bxf8 Qxd1
21. Rxd1 Rxf8 22. Bxa6 b4 23. Rc1 g6 24. Rc2 Ra8 25. Bd3 Rd8 26. Be2 Kf8 27.
Kf1 Ra8 28. Bc4 Rc8 29. Ke2 Ke7 30. f4 h6 31. Kf3 Rc7 32. g4 (32. e4 Bd4 33. e5
Ra7 34. Ke4 Bc3 35. a4 $2 bxa3 36. b4 Bxb4 $17) 32... g5 33. Ke4 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh 2016"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2016.11.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Kornev,Alexei"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Bb2 b6 $5 (7...
Nc6) 8. dxc5 (8. Nbd2) 8... Bxc5 $5 (8... bxc5 9. c4 Nc6 10. a3 Bb7 11. Nbd2 d4
(11... a5 12. cxd5 exd5 $14 {Nakamura - Gelfand, London 2013}) 12. exd4 Nxd4
13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. b4 a5 15. b5 e5 16. Re1 Qc7 17. Rc1 Bc5 18. Nb3 e4 19. Nxc5
Qxc5 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Bxd4 Qg5 22. f3 Bf5 23. Be3 Qg6 24. Qd6 Rfd8 25. Qg3 Rd3
26. c5 Nd5 27. Bf2 Rxa3 28. Qe5 $36 {Williamson - Dunlop, ICCF 2016}) 9. Nbd2
Bb7 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. c4 dxc4 $5 12. Nxc4 Qe7 13. a3 a5 14. Nd4 (14. Rfd1 $5 {
Soza de la Carrera - Mokrys, ICCF email 2005}) 14... Rfd8 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16.
Rac1 Nf8 $5 17. Qe1 Ng6 18. Bf1 Ng4 19. Nb5 Bc6 (19... Qg5 $5 20. h3 (20. b4 $2
Nf4 $1 21. exf4 Qh4 $19) (20. Nbd6 Nh4 $1 21. Nxb7 Nf3+ 22. gxf3 Rxd1 23. Rxd1
Ne5+ 24. Kh1 Nxf3 25. Bg2 Nxe1 26. Rxe1 b5 27. Nd2 Be7 28. Nxa5 Rc2 29. Ne4 Qh4
30. Be5 Bxa3 $19) 20... N4e5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4
Bf8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rd4 g6 27. Qd2 Ra8 28. Rd8 Qf6 29. Rxa8 Bxa8 30. Qd7 Qe7
31. Qd4 Qxb4 32. Qxb6 $11) 20. a4 Bd5 (20... Qg5 21. h3 $14 N4e5 $2 22. Nxe5
Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Na7 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 Rc7 26. Qd8+ Bf8 27. Nxc6 $18) 21. Bd4
Bxc4 22. Rxc4 Bxd4 23. Rdxd4 (23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rxd4 N6e5 25. Qd2 Nf6 26. Nd6
Rf8 $11) 23... Rxc4 24. bxc4 $6 (24. Bxc4) (24. Rxc4 $11 Nf6 25. Rc7 Rd7 26.
Rc8+ Rd8 27. Rc6 Qb7 28. Rc1 $11) 24... Nf6 (24... Rxd4 $6 25. exd4 $14) 25.
Qd2 Rb8 26. g3 Ne5 27. Bg2 h6 28. f4 Ned7 29. Na7 Qa3 30. Nc6 Rf8 31. h3 (31.
Rxd7 Nxd7 32. Qxd7 Qxe3+ 33. Kf1 Qc1+ 34. Kf2 Qxc4 35. Bf1 Qc2+ 36. Kg1 Qc5+
37. Kg2 Qc2+ 38. Kh3 Qf5+ 39. Kg2 $11) 31... Nc5 32. Kh2 Nxa4 33. Rd8 (33. e4
Nc5 34. e5 Nh5 35. Qf2 f6 36. g4 fxe5 37. Nxe5 Nf6 38. Ng6 e5 39. Nxe5 Qc3 40.
Ng6 Re8 41. Ne5 $11) (33. g4) 33... g6 34. Qd4 (34. Ne5 Qe7 35. Rd6 $11) 34...
Kg7 35. c5 $2 (35. Rd7 Qc5 36. Ra7 Qxd4 37. exd4 Nc3 38. Ne5 b5 39. Bf1 b4 (
39... bxc4 40. Bxc4 Nfd5 41. Bxd5 Nxd5 42. Rxa5 $11) 40. Bd3 b3 41. Nxg6 Rb8 (
41... a4 42. Nxf8 Kxf8 43. Rb7 $16) 42. Ne5 Rf8 $11) 35... Rxd8 (35... Qxc5 36.
Qxa4) 36. Nxd8 Nxc5 37. Qd6 Qd3 $2 (37... Qa4 $1 38. Qxb6 Ncd7 39. Qa7 Qb5 40.
Nc6 a4 41. Nd4 Qc4 42. Qa5 Nc5) 38. Nxe6+ $1 fxe6 39. Qe7+ Kg8 40. Qxf6 a4 41.
e4 Qd7 (41... a3 42. Qxg6+ Kf8 43. f5 a2 44. fxe6 Nxe6 45. Qf6+ Ke8 46. Qxe6+
Kf8 47. Qxa2) 42. Qxg6+ Qg7 43. Qe8+ Qf8 44. Qc6 (44. Qg6+ Qg7 45. Qe8+ Qf8 46.
Qg6+ Kh8 47. e5 a3 48. Qb1 Qe8 49. Qxb6 a2 50. Qa7 Qa4 51. Qxc5 a1=Q 52. Qf8+
Kh7 53. Qf7+ $11) 44... Qd8 45. f5 a3 46. fxe6 Kg7 (46... a2 47. e7 $1 Qxe7 48.
Qa8+ Kg7 49. Qxa2 $14) 47. e7 (47. Qb5 $1 Nxe6 48. Qb4 Qf8 49. Qxb6 Kf6 50.
Qf2+ Ke5 51. Qe1 Qc5 $11) 47... Qxe7 48. Qxb6 Nd3 49. Qa5 $6 (49. e5 $5 $11) (
49. h4 $5 a2 50. Qd4+ Ne5 51. Qb2 Qc5 52. Qxa2 Ng4+ 53. Kh3 Nf2+ 54. Kh2 Ng4+
$11) 49... Qc5 50. Qa6 Ne5 51. Qe6 $4 (51. h4 $5 $15) 51... h5 $1 52. h4 (52.
Qa6 h4 $1 53. gxh4 Qc3 54. Qa7+ Nf7 55. h5 Qe5+ 56. Kh1 Qa1+ 57. Kh2 a2 $19)
52... a2 0-1

[Event "WCh 2016"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2016.11.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2853"]
[Annotator "Kornev,Alexei"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 (6... Bb7 7. d3)
7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 (
13. d5 Ne7 14. Bc2 Qd7 15. c4 Ng6 16. h3 Bxh3 17. gxh3 Qxh3 18. Ng5 Qg3+ 19.
Kh1 Qh4+ 20. Kg2 Nf4+ 21. Bxf4 exf4 22. Nf3 Qg4+ 23. Kh1 Rfe8 24. Ra3 Nxe4 25.
Bxe4 Rxe4 26. Rc3 (26. b3 Re5 27. Nh2 Qh4 28. Qg4 Qh6 29. b4 Rh5 30. Qg2 Rg5
31. Qf3 Rh5 32. Qg2 $11 {ничья Bukin - Volodarsky, ICCF 2014}) 26... Qh5+
(26... Ba5 27. Rc1 Rbe8 28. Nh2 Qh4 29. Nd4 $14 {Karjakin - Svidler, Chita 2015
}) 27. Nh2 Qxd1 28. Rxd1 Bxf2 29. Rc2 Bb6 30. b4 g5 $13 31. Rb1 h5 32. c5 dxc5
33. bxc5 Ba5 34. c6 Kg7 35. Ra2 Rb4 36. Rxb4 Bxb4 37. d6 Bxd6 38. Nxd6 cxd6 39.
Nf3 Rb1+ 40. Kg2 Rc1 (40... g4 $2 41. Nd4 $18) 41. Nxg5 Rxc6 42. Nh3 $11 {
ничья Kalchev - Mladenov, ICCF 2010}) 13... exd4 14. Nbxd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4
Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nh5 17. Kh1 Qf6 18. Be3 c5 (18... g6 $5 19. Ra4 (19. Re1 Nf4 20.
Ra4 Ra8 21. e5 Qh4 22. exd6 cxd6 23. Rg1 Rxa4 24. Bxa4 Qf6 25. Rg4 Ne6 26. Bb3
h5 27. Re4 Ng7 28. Bd5 Nf5 29. b4 Kg7 $11 {ничья, Yaroshenko - Papenin,
ICCF 2015}) 19... Ra8 20. Rg1 Rxa4 21. Bxa4 Nf4 22. Bb3 Rb8 23. Bc4 Ra8 24. e5
dxe5 25. dxe5 Qf5 26. Bxf7+ Qxf7 27. Bxf4 Bxf2 28. Rf1 Bc5 29. Kg2 Qxf4 30.
Qd5+ Kg7 31. Qxc5 Kh6 32. Qc1 Qg5+ 33. Kh3 Rb8 34. Rg1 Qxc1 35. Rxc1 Rxb2 36.
Rxc7 g5 37. Kg4 Rb4+ 38. Kg3 Kg6 39. Rc6+ Kf5 40. Rf6+ Kxe5 41. Rh6 Rb7 42. Kg4
Rg7 43. Rh5 Kf6 44. h3 Rc7 45. Rxg5 h5+ 46. Rxh5 $11 {Scherbov - Papenin, ICCF
2015}) 19. e5 Qe6 20. exd6 c4 21. b3 cxb3 (21... c3 22. d5 Qxd6 23. Ra6 $16 {
Nakamura - Kasimdzhanov, Tromsoe 2014}) 22. Bxb3 Qxd6 23. Ra6 Rfd8 (23... Qd7
$1 24. Rg1 g6 25. Qd3 Qh3 26. Bd5 Kg7 27. Qf1 Qxf1 28. Rxf1 Rfd8 29. Rb1 Rxd5
30. Raxb6 Rxb6 31. Rxb6 Rf5 32. Kg2 Nf4+ 33. Bxf4 Rxf4 34. Rd6 g5 35. d5 Rd4
36. Kf1 Rh4 $11) 24. Rg1 Qd7 25. Rg4 Nf6 26. Rh4 Qb5 (26... Qb7 $5 27. Bc4 Rd6
$11) 27. Ra1 g6 28. Rb1 Qd7 29. Qd3 Nd5 30. Rg1 Bc7 31. Bg5 Re8 32. Qc4 Rb5 $1
33. Qc2 (33. Ba4 Qf5 34. Qf1 Rb1 35. Qxb1 Qxf3+ 36. Rg2 Nc3 37. Qf1 Nxa4 38.
Bd2 Kh8 (38... Nb2 39. Rh3 $1 $14) 39. Qc1 Nb2 40. Qxb2 Qd1+ 41. Rg1 Qf3+ $11)
33... Ra8 (33... Rb4 34. Be3 Reb8 35. Bxd5 Qxd5 36. Kg2 Bd6 $44) 34. Bc4 (34.
Ba4 Rxa4 35. Qxa4 Qf5 36. Qxb5 Qxf3+ 37. Rg2 Qd1+ 38. Rg1 Qf3+) 34... Rba5 35.
Bd2 Ra4 36. Qd3 Ra1 37. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 38. Kg2 $14 Ne7 $6 (38... Bd8 $14) 39. Bxf7+
(39. Qb3 $1 Nf5 40. Bxf7+ Qxf7 41. Qxf7+ Kxf7 42. Rxh7+ Kg8 43. Rxc7 Nxd4 44.
Rb7 Nf5 45. Bc3 Rd1 46. Bf6 (46. Rb6 Nh4+ 47. Kg3 g5 48. Kg4 Rg1+ 49. Kh5 Rg2
$11) 46... Rd6 47. Bg5 Rd4 48. f4 Rd2 49. Ra7 Rd3 50. h4 Kf8 (50... Rd5 $5 $16)
51. Ra5 $1 Kg7 52. h5 $1 Rd7 53. Kh3 Kh7 54. Kg4 Rf7 55. Ra6 gxh5+ 56. Kxh5 $18
Kg7 57. Rg6+ Kf8 58. Kg4 Nd4 59. Rd6 Nf5 60. Rd5 Ne7 61. Re5 Ng6 62. Re6 Kg7
63. f5 Nh8 (63... Nf8 64. Bh6+ Kh7 65. Bxf8 Rxf8 66. Kg5 Rg8+ 67. Kh5 Rg1 68.
Rh6+ Kg7 69. Rg6+ $18) 64. Re8 Kh7 65. f6 Ng6 66. Kf5 Nf8 67. Re7 Kg8 68. Bh6
Nh7 69. Rxf7 Kxf7 70. Bg7 $18) 39... Kxf7 40. Qc4+ Kg7 41. d5 Nf5 42. Bc3+ Kf8
43. Bxa1 Nxh4+ 44. Qxh4 Qxd5 45. Qf6+ (45. Qxh7 Qg5+ $11) 45... Qf7 46. Qd4 Ke8
47. Qe4+ Qe7 48. Qd5 (48. Bf6 Qxe4 49. fxe4 $11) 48... Bd8 49. Kf1 Qf7 50. Qe4+
Qe7 51. Be5 Qe6 52. Kg2 Be7 53. Qa8+ Kf7 54. Qh8 h5 55. Qg7+ Ke8 56. Bf4 Qf7
57. Qh8+ Qf8 58. Qd4 Qf5 59. Qc4 Kd7 60. Bd2 Qe6 61. Qa4+ Qc6 62. Qa7+ Qc7 63.
Qa2 Qd6 64. Be3 Qe6 65. Qa7+ Ke8 66. Bc5 Bd8 67. h3 Qd5 68. Be3 Be7 69. Qb8+
Kf7 70. Qh8 Qe6 71. Bf4 Qf6 72. Qb8 Qe6 73. Qb7 Kg8 74. Qb5 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh 2016"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2016.11.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Kornev,Alexei"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O (5... d5 $5 6. Nbd2 (6. Nxe5
O-O 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. d4 (8. Nxc6 $6 Qd6 9. Nd4 dxe4 10. dxe4 Ba6 $17) 8... Bb6
9. O-O Nxe4 10. Nxc6 Qd6 11. Nb4 Re8 $11 {Lanc - Sэkora, ICCF 2011}) 6... dxe4
7. dxe4 O-O 8. O-O Qe7 9. Qe2 a5 10. a4 Nb8 $1 11. h3 Nh5 12. Rd1 Nf4 13. Qf1
Qf6 14. Nb3 Bb6 15. Bxf4 Qxf4 16. Nbd2 c6 17. Bd3 Na6 18. Qe2 Nc5 19. Bc2 Qf6
20. Nc4 Bc7 21. Qe3 Qe7 $13 {Kurgansky - Panitevsky, ICCF 2015}) 6. Bg5 h6 7.
Bh4 Be7 8. O-O (8. Nbd2 d6 9. Nf1 Nb8 10. Ne3 Ng4 $11 {Shirov - Carlsen, Biel
2011}) 8... d6 9. Nbd2 Nh5 10. Bxe7 (10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 {Fedorchuk -
Bindrich, Cappelle-la-Grande 2010} Nb8 $5 $13) 10... Qxe7 (10... Nxe7 11. Nxe5
Nf4 12. Nef3 a6 13. Ba4 Nxd3 14. Bc2 Ne5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Nc4 Ng6 17. Qxd8
Rxd8 18. Ne3 Be6 $11) 11. Nc4 Nf4 (11... f5 $5 $11) 12. Ne3 Qf6 (12... f5 $5
$11) 13. g3 Nh3+ 14. Kh1 (14. Kg2 $5 $14) 14... Ne7 15. Bc4 c6 (15... b5 $5 16.
Bxb5 Rb8 $11) 16. Bb3 Ng6 (16... d5 $5 17. Qe2 $1 (17. exd5 cxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5
19. Bxd5 Rd8 20. Be4 Bg4 21. Kg2 Ng5 22. Re1 Qa6 23. Qb3 Bxf3+ 24. Bxf3 Nxf3
25. Kxf3 Rxd3+ 26. Kg2 Qc6+ 27. Kg1 Rd2 $15)) 17. Qe2 a5 18. a4 Be6 19. Bxe6 $6
(19. Nd2 $1 Rad8 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. f3 d5 22. Qg2 Ng5 23. h4 Nf7 24. Ng4 Qe7 25.
h5 Ngh8 26. Rad1 $14) 19... fxe6 20. Nd2 d5 (20... Nxf2+ $5 21. Kg1 (21. Kg2
Nh4+ 22. Kg1 (22. gxh4 $2 Qg6+ 23. Ng4 Nxg4 24. Kh1 Qh5 25. h3 Nf6 26. Qxh5
Nxh5 $17) 22... Nh3+ 23. Kh1 Nf2+) 21... Nh3+ $11 22. Kg2 Nhf4+ 23. gxf4 Nxf4+
24. Rxf4 exf4 25. Nc2 e5 26. Ne1 $13) 21. Qh5 (21. f3 $5 $14) 21... Ng5 $6 (
21... Nxf2+ 22. Kg2 (22. Kg1 $6 Qg5 23. Qxg5 Nh3+ 24. Kg2 Nxg5 $15) 22... Qf7
$1 23. Kg1 (23. Qe2 Nh4+ 24. Kg1 Nh3+ 25. Kh1 Nf2+) 23... Qf6 $1 24. Kg2 (24.
h4 $2 Nf4 $1 25. gxf4 Qxf4 26. Qe2 Qg3+ 27. Ng2 Ng4 28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. Nf1 Qh3
30. Nge3 Rf4 $5 31. h5 Qxh5 $19) 24... Qf7 $11) 22. h4 $14 Nf3 23. Nxf3 Qxf3+
24. Qxf3 Rxf3 25. Kg2 Rf7 26. Rfe1 (26. Ng4 $5 h5 27. Nh2 $14) 26... h5 (26...
Raf8 27. Re2 dxe4 28. Nc4 $1 (28. dxe4 Nf4+ 29. gxf4 exf4 30. f3 fxe3 31. Rxe3
Rd7 $11) 28... exd3 29. Rd2 Rd7 30. Nxa5 $14) 27. Nf1 $1 Kf8 28. Nd2 Ke7 29.
Re2 Kd6 30. Nf3 Raf8 31. Ng5 Re7 32. Rae1 (32. Rb1 $5 $14) 32... Rfe8 33. Nf3
Nh8 34. d4 (34. b4 $5 $14) 34... exd4 35. Nxd4 g6 36. Re3 (36. b4 $5 e5 37. Nc2
axb4 38. exd5 Kxd5 39. cxb4 Nf7 40. Na1 Kd6 41. Nb3 Kc7 $14) 36... Nf7 37. e5+
Kd7 38. Rf3 $6 (38. b4 axb4 39. cxb4 $14) 38... Nh6 $6 (38... c5 $1 39. Nb3 b6
40. Nd2 Nh8 $5 41. c4 Rf7 42. cxd5 exd5 43. Rd3 Kc6 44. e6 Rfe7 45. Rf3 Kd6 46.
Rf6 Rxe6 47. Rexe6+ Rxe6 48. Rf8 Re2 49. Nf3 c4 50. Rxh8 Rxb2 51. Rh6 Kc5 52.
Rxg6 b5 53. axb5 a4 $132) 39. Rf6 Rg7 40. b4 axb4 41. cxb4 Ng8 42. Rf3 Nh6 43.
a5 Nf5 44. Nb3 Kc7 45. Nc5 (45. Rc1 $1 g5 (45... Kb8 46. a6 $1 $18) 46. hxg5
Rxg5 47. Rf4 $16) 45... Kb8 46. Rb1 Ka7 47. Rd3 Rc7 48. Ra3 Nd4 49. Rd1 Nf5 50.
Kh3 Nh6 51. f3 Rf7 52. Rd4 Nf5 53. Rd2 Rh7 54. Rb3 Ree7 55. Rdd3 Rh8 56. Rb1
Rhh7 $2 (56... Nh6 $5 $16) 57. b5 $18 cxb5 58. Rxb5 d4 59. Rb6 Rc7 60. Nxe6 Rc3
61. Nf4 Rhc7 62. Nd5 $6 (62. Rxg6 $1 Rxd3 63. Nxd3 Rc3 64. Rf6 $18) 62... Rxd3
63. Nxc7 Kb8 64. Nb5 Kc8 65. Rxg6 Rxf3 66. Kg2 Rb3 67. Nd6+ Nxd6 68. Rxd6 Re3 (
68... Kc7 69. Rxd4 Rb5 70. e6 Rxa5 71. e7 Re5 72. Rd5 Rxe7 73. Rxh5 $18 {
Lomonosov}) 69. e6 Kc7 70. Rxd4 Rxe6 71. Rd5 Rh6 72. Kf3 Kb8 (72... b6 73.
axb6+ Kxb6 74. g4 hxg4+ 75. Kxg4 Kc6 76. Rd1 $18 (76. Rd2 Rh8 77. Rd1 Rg8+ 78.
Kf5 Rh8 79. Kg5 Rg8+ 80. Kf6 Rh8 81. Rh1 $18)) 73. Kf4 Ka7 74. Kg5 Rh8 75. Kf6
1-0

[Event "WCh 2016"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2016.11.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2853"]
[Annotator "Kornev,Alexei"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Be6 (9... Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 $11) 10. Nd5 (10. h3 $5 Nd4 (10... Bxb3
11. cxb3 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Ne2 c5 14. b4 $14 {/=}) 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Ne2 c5
13. Ng3 Bxb3 14. cxb3 Re8 15. b4 g6 16. Bh6 Nd7 17. f4 Rc8 18. Rc1 a5 19. Qf3
axb4 20. axb4 c4 21. Nf5 $5 $36 {Rudenko - Burri, ICCF 2015}) 10... Nd4 11.
Nxd4 (11. Nxe7+ $5 Qxe7 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Bg5 $36 {Ivanchuk - Svidler,
Thessaloniki 2013}) 11... exd4 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. f4 (14. a4 Qd7
15. b3 e5 16. Bd2 c5 17. Qe2 Qe6 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Be5 20. Bxe5 Rxf1+ 21.
Rxf1 dxe5 22. Ra1 Rf8 23. axb5 axb5 24. h3 h6 25. Ra5 {, ничья, Diйguez
Vera - Gonzбlez Rabago, ICCF 2016}) 14... c5 15. Qg4 Qd7 16. f5 (16. Bd2 c4
17. Rae1 c3 {Schroeder - Schoppen, Hoogeveen 2015} 18. bxc3 $5 dxc3 19. Be3 $11
) 16... Rae8 17. Bd2 c4 18. h3 (18. fxe6 Qxe6 19. Qxe6+ Rxe6 20. Bb4 Rd8 21.
Rf5 Be5 $11) 18... c3 19. bxc3 d5 $1 (19... dxc3 20. Be3 d5 21. Bc5 Rf7 22.
Rae1 e5 $5 23. Be3 d4 24. Bf2 a5 $13) 20. Bg5 (20. fxe6 Qxe6 21. Qxe6+ Rxe6 22.
exd5 Re2 23. Rf2 Rxf2 24. Kxf2 dxc3 25. Be1 Rd8 26. g4 Rxd5 $11) (20. c4 $5
dxe4 21. cxb5 e3 22. Bb4 Rf7 23. bxa6 Qc6 24. fxe6 Rxe6 $44) 20... Bxg5 21.
Qxg5 dxe4 22. fxe6 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Qxe6 24. cxd4 (24. Re1 dxc3 25. Rxe4 Qb6+ $11
) 24... e3 $5 25. Re1 h6 26. Qh5 e2 27. Qf3 a5 28. c3 Qa2 29. Qc6 Re6 30. Qc8+
Kh7 31. c4 $1 Qd2 32. Qxe6 Qxe1+ 33. Kh2 Qf2 34. Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh 2016"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2016.11.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8.
Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. c3 d5 14. Bd3 g6
15. Na3 c6 16. Nc2 Ng7 17. Qd2 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Ne3 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Qe7 21.
Qxe7 Bxe7 22. Re1 Bf8 23. Kf1 f6 24. g4 Kf7 25. h3 Re8 26. Rxe8 Kxe8 27. Ke2 Kd7
28. Kd3 Ke6 29. a4 a6 30. f3 Be7 1/2-1/2

