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One of Magnus Carlsen’s greatest strategic Chess Games! -M. Carlsen vs V. Ivanchuk – Ragozin Defense

Great game by Magnus Carlsen and Vasyl Ivanchuk.

PGN OF THE GAME:

[Event “Bazna Kings 5th”]
[Site “Medias”]
[Date “2011.06.18”]
[Round “7”]
[White “Carlsen, Magnus”]
[Black “Ivanchuk, Vassily”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “2815”]
[BlackElo “2776”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “D38”]
[Opening “Queen’s Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense”]
[Termination “Unknown”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 { D38 Queen’s Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense } 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 h6 9. Bd2 O-O 10. e3 Bxc5 11. Rc1 Qe7 12. Be2 a6 13. Qd3 Nb6 14. O-O Bg4 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Bf3 Rfe8 17. b3 Ba3 18. Rc2 Rac8 19. Nce2 Rxc2 20. Qxc2 Be6 21. Bc1 Rc8 22. Bxa3 Qxa3 23. Qd2 Bg4 24. Bxg4 Nxg4 25. Nf5 Nf6 26. h3 Kh7 27. Qd4 Nbd7 28. Qf4 Nf8 29. Neg3 Ng6 30. Qd4 Qc5 31. f3 Qxd4 32. Nxd4 Ne5 33. Rd1 g6 34. Kf2 Kg7 35. Nge2 Kf8 36. g4 Nc6 37. Rc1 Ke7 38. h4 Kd6 39. h5 Ne7 40. Rh1 gxh5 41. gxh5 Rg8 42. Ng3 Rg5 43. b4 Kd7 44. Rh4 Ne8 45. Rf4 Nd6 46. a4 b6 47. a5 bxa5 48. bxa5 f5?! { (0.15 → 0.78) Inaccuracy. Re5 was best. } (48… Re5 49. Nb3) 49. Rh4 Nc4?! { (0.81 → 1.47) Inaccuracy. Rg8 was best. } (49… Rg8 50. Nge2) 50. f4 Rg4 51. Rh3 Nd6 52. Rh1 Rg8 53. Rb1 Ra8 54. Kf3 Kc7 55. Ne6+ Kc8 56. Nc5 Rb8 57. Rxb8+ Kxb8 58. Nxa6+ Kb7? { (1.07 → 2.56) Mistake. Ka7 was best. } (58… Ka7 59. Nb4 Nb7 60. Ne2 Nxa5 61. Nc3 d4 62. exd4 Nc4 63. Ncd5 Nxd5 64. Nxd5 Nd6 65. Ke2) 59. Nb4 Nc4 60. a6+ Kb6 61. Ke2 Nd6 62. Kd3 Nb5 63. Ne2 Ka5?? { (2.22 → 6.00) Blunder. Na7 was best. } (63… Na7) 64. Nc3 Nc7?! { (5.53 → 7.70) Inaccuracy. Nc8 was best. } (64… Nc8 65. Nc6+ Kxa6 66. Nxb5 Kxb5 67. Nd4+ Kc5 68. Nxf5 Nb6 69. Nxh6 Nd7 70. Ng4 Nf8 71. Nf6) 65. Nbxd5 Nexd5 66. Nxd5 Nxd5?! { (6.49 → 18.08) Inaccuracy. Nxa6 was best. } (66… Nxa6) 67. a7 Nc7 68. Kd4 Kb6 69. Ke5 Kxa7 70. Kxf5 Nd5?! { (7.80 → 52.81) Inaccuracy. Kb6 was best. } (70… Kb6 71. Kg6 Kc5 72. Kxh6 Kd5 73. Kg6 Ke4 74. h6 Kxe3 75. h7 Kxf4 76. h8=Q Ke4 77. Qh1+) 71. Kg6 Nxe3 72. Kxh6 { White wins. } 1-0

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(3/4) I missed one very likely obvious winning move.
Here I played Bg2? but I should just play Qh6!
For some reason I had missed ...Qxh6 Bxh6 ...Nxc3 a3! Which is game over.
In the end I lost 😔 after Johann played excellently.

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