CARLSEN vs CARUANA – GAME 7 WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2018

This is game 7 of the World Chess Championship Match 2018, fully annotated. It is between Magnus Carlsen with White against Fabiano Caruana with Black.

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

World Chess Championship 2018 London (7), 18.11.2018

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 0–0 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qc2 Nc6 9.a3 Qa5 D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4

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10.Nd2 [10.Ra2 Be7 11.b4 Qd8 12.Bd3 dxc4 13.Bxc4 Nh5 14.0–0 Nxf4 15.exf4 Nd4 16.Qe4 Nxf3+ 17.Qxf3 Qc7 18.Bb3 Bd7 19.Rc2 Bc6 20.Qe3 a6 21.Ne2 Bf6 22.Ba4 Qd7 23.Bxc6 bxc6 24.Rfc1 a5 Rustemov,A (2625)-Pigusov,E (2584)/Tomsk 2001/CBM 082 ext/½–½ (31)] 

10...Qd8 11.Nb3 

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11...Bb6 [11...Be7 12.0–0–0 Bd7 13.g4 Rc8 14.Kb1 Na5 15.g5 Nh5 16.Nxa5 Qxa5 17.Be5 f6 18.gxf6 Nxf6 19.Rg1 Be8 20.cxd5 exd5 21.Qb3 Bf7 22.Qxb7 Bxa3 23.Bxf6 g6 24.Qa6 Qxa6 25.Bxa6 Rc6 26.Bd4 Moradiabadi,E (2470)-Noori,A (2186)/Teheran 2006/CBM 110 ext/1–0 (44)] 

12.Be2 Qe7 13.Bg5 dxc4 14.Nd2 Ne5 15.0–0 Bd7 

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16.Bf4 White threatens to win material: Bf4xe5 

16...Ng6 17.Bg3 Bc6 18.Nxc4 Bc7 19.Rfd1 Rfd8 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Rd1 Rxd1+ 22.Qxd1 Nd5 23.Qd4 Nxc3 24.Qxc3 Bxg3 25.hxg3 Qd7 26.Bd3 

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26...b6 Prevents intrusion on a5 

27.f3 Secures e4 

27...Bb7 28.Bxg6 hxg6 29.e4 Qc7 30.e5 Qc5+ 31.Kh2 Ba6 

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32.Nd6 An ideal square for the white knight. 

32...Qxc3 33.bxc3 f6 34.f4 Kf8 35.Kg1 Ke7 36.Kf2 Kd7 37.Ke3 

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37...Bf1 Black threatens to win material: Bf1xg2 

38.Kf2 White threatens to win material: Kf2xf1 

38...Ba6 39.Ke3 

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 Twofold repetition 39...Bf1 40.Kf2 ½–½