The WORST Check of All Times! – Gukesh D vs Magnus Carlsen – FIDE World Cup 2023 Quarterfinals

The FIDE World Cup 2023 (Open Section) is a 206-player Single Elimination tournament held in Baku, Azerbaijan from July 29th to August 24th.

The Time Control is 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 1.

PGN OF THE GAME:

[Event “World Cup 2023 Open”]
[Site “Baku, Azerbaijan”]
[Date “2023.08.15”]
[Round “44.4”]
[White “Gukesh D (IND)”]
[Black “Carlsen Magnus (NOR)”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteElo “2744”]
[BlackElo “2835”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “A45”]
[Opening “Indian Defense”]
[Termination “Unknown”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]

1. d4 Nf6 { A45 Indian Defense } 2. Bf4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. f3 e6 5. e4 a6 6. Qd2 d5 7. O-O-O Bb4 8. a3?! { (0.47 → -0.15) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } (8. e5 Nfd7 9. Bg5 Be7 10. h4 c5 11. f4 Nc6 12. Bxe7 Qxe7) 8… Bxc3 9. Qxc3 dxe4 10. d5 Nxd5 11. Qxg7 Qf6 12. Qxf6 Nxf6 13. Be5 Ke7 14. Bxc7 Nbd7 15. Bg3 Rhg8 16. Be2 Ke8 17. fxe4 Nxe4 18. Bf3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 Rxg3 21. Rxh7 Ke7 22. Nd4 Ne5 23. Re1 Rg4 24. Rxe5 Rxd4 25. Re2 Rad8 26. c3 Rf4 27. Kc2 Rg8 28. b4 b5 29. Kb3 Rfg4 30. Rf2 R8g7 31. Rxg7 Rxg7 32. a4 f5 33. axb5 axb5 34. Ra2?! { (-0.33 → -1.03) Inaccuracy. c4 was best. } (34. c4 Rg3+ 35. Rf3 bxc4+ 36. Kxc4 Rg4+ 37. Kc3 Rxg2 38. Rf1 Kd6 39. Rd1+ Kc6 40. Re1 Rg3+) 34… Rg5 35. Ra7+? { (-0.95 → -2.41) Mistake. Ra5 was best. } (35. Ra5 f4 36. Kc2 Kf6 37. Kd3 e5 38. Ke4 Rxg2 39. Ra6+ Kg5 40. Kxe5 f3 41. Ra7 Kg4) 35… Kf6 36. Ra2 f4 37. Rc2 Rg3 38. Ka2?! { (-2.73 → -3.58) Inaccuracy. Kb2 was best. } (38. Kb2 e5) 38… Ke5 39. Kb2 Kd5 40. Rd2+ Ke4 41. Kb3 e5 42. Re2+ Kf5 43. Rd2 e4 44. Rd5+ Kf6 45. Rxb5 e3 46. Rb6+ Kf5 47. Rb5+ Ke4 48. Rb8 e2 { Black wins. } 0-1

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