[Event "Tata Steel 83rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2021.01.24"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2862"]
[Annotator "Edouard,Romain"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2021.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 201 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.05.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.05.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,75,58,31,100,90,111,111,87,36,65,65,94,63,110,99,103,73,106,88,98,17,
0,10,30,23,37,25,72,81,89,28,34,34,78,-100,108,108,108,108,89,78,161,178,220,
156,156,13,81,108,108,116,104,121,267,70,102,124,144,144,148,69,153,118,135,
116,179,311,480,148,395,425,446,383,915,1171,1171,1171]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3.
d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. g4 b5 9. g5 Nfd7 10. a3
Bxg5 {Now that this pawn is gone, it will be hard for Black to safely castle
shortside.} (10... Bb7 11. Qd2 {is what White wants: he has avoided ...b4.})
11. Qd2 Bxe3 $146 (11... Bf6 {didn't go much better for GM Negi, eleven years
ago:} 12. O-O-O Bb7 13. Rhg1 Nc5 14. e5 $3 Bxe5 (14... dxe5 15. Ndxb5 $16) 15.
Ndxb5 Nb3+ (15... axb5 16. Bxc5 $16) 16. cxb3 axb5 17. Bxb5+ Bc6 18. Bd4 $18 {
1-0 (21) Ivanchuk,V (2739)-Negi,P (2615) Peristeri 2010}) (11... Be7 12. O-O-O
Bb7 {is the other crtical option:} 13. Rhg1 (13. f4 $5) 13... g6 14. Bh6 (14.
f4 $5) 14... Nc6 15. Bg7 Rg8 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Qh6 Qc7 18. Qxh7 O-O-O $132 {
1-0 (46) Ni Hua,- (2671)-Xu Yinglun (2333) China 2013}) 12. Qxe3 Qh4 $6 {
Just a a loss of time, it seems.} (12... Bb7 {should be critical and a more
solid approach, e.g.} 13. O-O-O Qe7 14. f4 Nc6 15. Rhg1 g6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. h4
{with a messy position where I definitely like White.} (17. Qd4 O-O 18. Qxd6
Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Rac8 20. Rgd1 Nf6 $11)) 13. Rg1 g6 (13... O-O 14. O-O-O {just
looks awful for Black.}) 14. O-O-O Qe7 15. f4 Bb7 16. Kb1 Nc6 $6 {A mistake -
and beautifully punished - but Black's position was already a nightmare.} (
16... O-O 17. h4 $146) 17. Ncxb5 $1 axb5 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Qc3 {A pattern I
had never seen! Beautiful!} O-O 20. Qxc6 {Black will lose the d6-pawn and the
b5-pawn is on the line of sight as well. The World Champion is lost!} d5 21.
exd5 Rfc8 22. d6 Qd8 23. Qxb5 {Just taking all the pawns, although a retreat
to f3 was strong and safe.} Rcb8 24. Qc4 (24. Qd3 Ra4 {wth the ideas of ...Qf6
and ...Rxf4 is not entirely over for Black.} (24... Nc5 25. Qd4 Na4 26. b4 {
should be a walk in the dark fo White.})) 24... Rxa3 25. Qc7 Qe8 26. Rg5 $1 {
An exellent move - aiming for Bb5 or Ra5 eliminating Black's dangerous a-rook.}
Ra4 27. Ra5 ({The last trick was NOT to play} 27. Bb5 $4 {due to} Rxb5 28. Rxb5
Qa8 29. Kc1 Ra1+ 30. Kd2 Qg2+ 31. Kc3 Rxd1 32. Qxd7 {and White will be lucky
if there's no forced win for Black! Which is probably the case as the engine
suggests 32...Kg7, with a clear advantage (only) for Black.}) 27... Rab4 28. b3
{Black has no counterattack whatsoever. White is completely winning.} R4b7 29.
Qc3 Qd8 30. Bf3 Rb4 31. Qc7 Qf6 32. Ra8 $1 {Putting an end to any hope for
Black.} ({Obviously not} 32. Qxd7 $2 Rxb3+ {with mate to follow.}) 32... Rxa8
33. Bxa8 Qf5 34. Kb2 Rb5 35. Qxd7 Rc5 36. Rc1 Qxf4 37. Qe8+ Kg7 38. d7 {
Young talents starting to crush the World Champion - let's expect quite some
fight for the supreme title in the years to come!} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Krasnaya Polyana"]
[Date "2021.07.24"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2021.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a3 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd4 10. Qd1 c6 11. Ba2 Ne6 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Be3 Rad8 14. Qf3 g6 15.
Rad1 Kg7 16. Ne2 d5 17. Ng3 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Ne2 dxe4 20. dxe4 Bd6 21.
Nxd4 Rfe8 22. c3 Bc5 23. b4 Bb6 24. Bb1 a5 25. Qe3 Kg8 26. e5 Nd5 27. Qg3 axb4
28. axb4 Nxb4 29. Nf5 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Nd5 31. Nd6 Re6 32. Bf5 Re7 33. c4 Nb4 34.
Nc8 Qxe5 35. Nxe7+ Qxe7 36. Bg4 Qe4 37. Qb8+ Kg7 38. Qxb7 Bc5 39. Qb8 Nc2 40.
Bf3 Qxc4 41. Qe5+ Kg8 42. Rd8+ Bf8 43. Qe7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Krasnaya Polyana"]
[Date "2021.07.27"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2021.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3
Bb6 9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. a4 c6 11. d4 Ng6 12. Bf1 Re8 13. Qc2 Bc7 14. b4 Be6 15. Bb2
a5 16. b5 Bb6 17. Ba3 Qc7 18. Rab1 cxb5 19. Bxb5 Rec8 20. d5 Bd7 21. Bf1 Rab8
22. Nc4 Bc5 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Rb6 Ne8 25. Reb1 Qc7 26. Qb3 Qd8 27. Qa3 Qf6 28.
Nxd6 Nxd6 29. Rxd6 Qe7 30. Rbb6 f6 31. Qa1 Nh8 32. Bb5 Bxb5 33. Re6 Qc5 34.
Rxb5 Qc4 35. Qe1 Nf7 36. Rxa5 Qxc3 37. Qxc3 Rxc3 38. Rb5 Rc4 39. a5 Rf8 40. Nh4
Nd8 41. Re7 Rf7 42. Re8+ Rf8 43. Rxf8+ Kxf8 44. f3 Rc7 45. Nf5 h5 46. Rb6 Ke8
47. g4 hxg4 48. hxg4 g6 49. Nh4 Rh7 50. Nxg6 Kf7 51. Rd6 Kxg6 52. Rxd8 Rc7 53.
Kf2 Rc5 54. d6 Rc2+ 55. Kg3 Rd2 56. d7 Kf7 57. Rh8 Rxd7 58. Rh7+ Ke6 59. Rxd7
Kxd7 60. g5 fxg5 61. Kg4 Kc6 62. Kf5 Kb5 63. Kxe5 Kxa5 64. Kd6 1-0

