[Event "Tata Steel Chess 2023 Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"] [Date "2023.01.25"] [Round "10.3"] [White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2719"] [BlackElo "2859"] [Annotator "Lang,JJ"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "D35"] [Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional Variation"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/gbi5O625/oCiU9OCS"] [Orientation "white"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bg4!? { A very rare move. } 8. Qa4+ c6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qc2 { White spent 30 minutes on this move, while Black is still playing relatively quickly. } 11... c5!? { The best try, and a spirited pawn sacrifice. } 12. g4 cxd4 13. exd4 Bg6 14. Bxg6 fxg6 15. Qxg6 Nxg4 { Grabbing the pawn back, due to the hanging bishop and uncastled king. } 16. Qe6+ Rf7 17. hxg4 Bxh4 18. Nf3 Qf6 19. Qxf6 Bxf6 20. Nxd5 { At the end of this long, concrete variation, White remains up a pawn, however the weaknesses in his camp provide Black with compensation. } 20... Nc6 21. Rd1 Re8+ 22. Ne3 Re4 23. d5 Nb4 24. d6 Nc2+ 25. Ke2 Nxe3 26. fxe3 Rxg4 27. Rd5 Rd7 { Having regained the pawn, and kept the bishop in the process, Black is certainly the one pushing for a win. } 28. Rf1?! { Too subtle. Why not occupy the c-file? } (28. Rc1! Kf7 (28... Bxb2? 29. Rc7 $14) 29. Rc7 Ke6 30. Rxd7 Kxd7 31. Kd3 Rg3 $15 (31... Bxb2?! 32. Rb5!)) 28... Bxb2 29. Rd3 (29. Rb1 Ba3! 30. Ne5 Rg5! (30... Rg2+? { A mistake, because the king will need to stay on the second rank to meet White's Ne5-c4 later in this variation. } 31. Kf3 Rg5 32. Nxd7 Rxd5 33. Rxb7 Ra5 34. Rb8+ Kf7 35. Rb7 Bxd6 36. Ne5+ Kf6 37. Nc4) 31. Nxd7 Rxd5 32. Rxb7 Ra5! 33. Rb8+ Kf7 34. Rb7 Bxd6 35. Ne5+ Ke6 36. Nc4 Rxa2+ $19) 29... Bf6 30. Rd5 Rb4 31. Rfd1 Kf7 32. R1d3 Ke6 33. Nd2 Ra4 34. a3 Rxa3! 35. Rxa3 Kxd5 36. Rxa7 Kxd6 37. Ne4+ Kd5 38. Nxf6+ gxf6 { Black has correctly assessed the simplifications, and has a clear victory here. } 39. Ra5+ Kc4 40. Rf5 Rd6 41. Rf4+ Kb3 42. Rf5 Ka4 43. Rf4+ Ka5 44. Rh4 b5 45. Rxh6 b4 46. e4 Ka4 47. e5 Re6 48. Rxf6 Rxe5+ 49. Kd1 Rc5 { Cutting off the rook and ensuring a winning Lucena. } 50. Ra6+ Kb3 51. Rd6 Ka3 52. Ra6+ Kb2 53. Rd6 b3 54. Rd8 Kb1 55. Kd2 b2 56. Ra8 Rd5+ { 0-1 Black wins. } 0-1