CARLSEN vs CARUANA – GAME 11 WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2018

This is game 11 of the World Chess Championship Match 2018, fully annotated. It is between Magnus Carlsen with White against Fabiano Caruana with Black.

This game features a Petroff Defence. To learn more about the Petroff Defence, here is the best instruction book I could find on Amazon.

Carlsen,Magnus (2835) - Caruana,Fabiano (2832)

World Chess Championship 2018 London (11), 24.11.2018

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 0–0 8.Qd2 Nd7 9.0–0–0 C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves

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9...Nf6 [9...Ne5 10.h4 b6 11.Nd4 Bb7 12.Bg5 Bf6 13.Qf4 Ng6 14.Qf5 Bxg5+ 15.hxg5 Re8 16.Qg4 Nf8 17.Bb5 Re4 18.f4 g6 19.Bd3 Re3 20.f5 c5 21.Ne2 c4 22.fxg6 cxd3 23.gxf7+ Kxf7 24.g6+ Anand,V (2786)-Alekseev,E (2679)/Dortmund 2007/CBM 119/½–½ (43)] 

10.Bd3 [10.Kb1 Re8 11.Bd3 d5 12.h4 Bg4 13.h5 c5 14.h6 g6 15.Bb5 Rf8 16.Be2 Be6 17.Bf4 Ne4 18.Qe3 Re8 19.Bb5 Qa5 20.Bxe8 d4 21.Qxe4 Qxa2+ 22.Kc1 Qa1+ 23.Kd2 Qxb2 24.cxd4 cxd4 Panchanathan,M (2486)-Schneider,D (2199)/Pardubice 2007/CBM 119 ext/1–0; 10.h3 Re8 11.Bd3 d5 12.c4 dxc4 13.Bxc4 Qxd2+ 14.Rxd2 Bd6 15.Rdd1 a6 16.Bb3 Be6 17.Bxe6 Rxe6 18.Nd4 ½–½ Belezky,S (2399)-Barria,D (2349)/Coria del Rio 2005/CBM 104 ext] 

10...c5 11.Rhe1 

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11...Be6 Black threatens to win material: Be6xa2 

12.Kb1 Qa5 13.c4 Qxd2 14.Bxd2 

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14...h6 Secures g5 

15.Nh4 Rfe8 16.Ng6 Ng4 17.Nxe7+ 

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17...Rxe7 White has the pair of bishops 

18.Re2 

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18...Ne5 [18...Nxh2? fails because of 19.f3+-] 

19.Bf4 Nxd3 20.Rxd3 Rd7 21.Rxd6 Rxd6 22.Bxd6 Rd8 23.Rd2 Bxc4 24.Kc1 

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24...b6 Consolidates c5 [Instead of 24...Bxa2 25.b3+-] 

25.Bf4 Rxd2 26.Kxd2 a6 27.a3 Kf8 28.Bc7 b5 29.Bd6+ Ke8 30.Bxc5 h5 31.Ke3 Kd7 32.Kd4 g6 33.g3 Be2 34.Bf8 Kc6 35.b3 

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35...Bd1 Black threatens to win material: Bd1xc2 

36.Kd3 Bg4 37.c4 Be6 

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38.Kd4 White prepares c5 

38...bxc4 

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39.bxc4 White has a new passed pawn: c4.  

39...Bg4 40.c5 Be6 41.Bh6 Bd5 42.Be3 Be6 43.Ke5 Bd5 44.Kf4 Be6 45.Kg5 Bd5 46.g4 hxg4 47.Kxg4 Ba2 48.Kg5 Bb3 49.Kf6 Ba2 50.h4 Bb3 51.f4 Ba2 52.Ke7 Bb3 53.Kf6 

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53...Ba2 Twofold repetition 

54.f5 White threatens to win material: f5xg6 

54...Bb1 Black threatens to win material: Bb1xf5 

55.Bf2 

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55...Bc2 [55...Bxf5?? a poisoned pawn 56.h5 Be4 57.h6+-]  ½–½