Caruana vs. Carlsen in Pro Chess League

[Glenn Giffen]

Fabiano Caruana of the Montreal Chessbrahs and Magnus Carlsen of the Norway Gnomes just finished their game in the Pro Chess League.

[Event "PRO Chess League"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2017.02.11"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2857"]
[TimeControl "900+2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Termination "Game drawn by agreement"]
[CurrentPosition "8/8/3kpQ2/7p/5P1P/5PK1/8/7q b - - 4 86"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b5 3.e3 a6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O g6 6.b3 Bg7 7.Bb2 O-O 8.d4 d6 9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.Qe2 c5 11.c4 Ne4 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.cxb5 axb5 14.Qxb5 Ra7 15.Qe2 Qa8 16.Bc3 Nb6 17.dxc5 Bxc3 18.cxb6 Ra3 19.Rac1 Rxa2 20.Qd1 Bf6 21.Ne1 Ra6 22.Rc4 Bxg2 23.Nxg2 Rxb6 24.Nf4 e6 25.Qc2 d5 26.Rc5 Rfb8 27.Rb1 Be7 28.Rc3 Bb4 29.Rc7 Bd6 30.Rc3 d4 31.exd4 Bxf4 32.gxf4 Qd5 33.Rc8+ Kg7 34.Rxb8 Rxb8 35.Qc5 Rxb3 36.Rxb3 Qxb3 37.Qe5+ f6 38.Qe2 Qd5 39.Qe3 Kf7 40.h3 Qf5 41.Kg2 Kg7 42.Kg3 Kh6 43.h4 Kg7 44.Qe2 Qd5 45.Qe3 Kf7 46.Qc3 Qb7 47.Qc4 Qb6 48.Qc3 Kg7 49.Qe3 Qc6 50.Qa3 Qd7 51.Qe3 Qd5 52.Qe2 Kf7 53.Qe3 Qh1 54.Qb3 h5 55.Qb5 Qg1+ 56.Kf3 Qd1+ 57.Ke3 Qe1+ 58.Kf3 Qc3+ 59.Kg2 Qxd4 60.Qb7+ Kf8 61.Qb8+ Ke7 62.Qc7+ Qd7 63.Qb8 Qc6+ 64.Kg3 Qe8 65.Qc7+ Qd7 66.Qb8 Qd8 67.Qb7+ Kf8 68.Qh7 Qd3+ 69.f3 Qf5 70.Qh8+ Ke7 71.Qg7+ Kd6 72.Qf8+ Kd5 73.Qa8+ Kd4 74.Qa1+ Kc4 75.Qa4+ Kc3 76.Qa3+ Kd2 77.Qb2+ Kd3 78.Qb1+ Kc4 79.Qa2+ Kb5 80.Qb3+ Kc6 81.Qa4+ Qb5 82.Qe4+ Kd6 83.Qxg6 Qf1 84.Qxf6 Qg1+ 85.Kh3 Qh1+ 86.Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Hugh Brodie]

Re: Caruana vs. Carlsen in Pro Chess League

Montreal beat Norway 8.5-7.5. Lots of horseshoes needed at that time control!

[Glenn Giffen]

Re: Caruana vs. Carlsen in Pro Chess League

Yes. Lots of twists and turns. Thrills, chills and spills. Never a dull moment.

[Glenn Giffen]

Re: Caruana vs. Carlsen in Pro Chess League

[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2017.02.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. b4 O-O 6. Bb2 Bf5 7. Be2 Nbd7 8.
O-O c6 9. a4 Ne4 10. c4 Re8 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Qb3 Rc8 14. Rac1
Nf6 15. Ne5 Bf5 16. f3 h5 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. Rc1 Qb8 19. b5 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Qxc8
21. Qc3 Qxc3 22. Bxc3 Ne8 23. Bb4 f6 24. Nd3 Bxd3 25. Bxd3 Kf7 26. a5 b6 27.
axb6 axb6 28. Bc5 bxc5 29. b6 Bh6 30. f4 c4 31. Bxg6+ Kxg6 32. b7 f5 33. b8=Q
Nf6 34. Qc8 Bg7 35. h3 h4 36. Kf1 1-0

St. Louis Arch Bishops won their match vs. Marseille Migraines.

[Glenn Giffen]

Re: Caruana vs. Carlsen in Pro Chess League

[Event "PRO Chess League"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2017.02.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Eric Hansen"]
[Black "Jon Ludvig Hammer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re2 Re8 11. Nc3 Rxe2 12. Qxe2 Qe8 13. Nd5 Bd8 14. Qf3
Qe4 15. Qxe4 Nxe4 16. Bf4 c6 17. Nc7 Bxc7 18. Bxc7 d5 19. f3 Nf6 20. Bd3 Be6
21. a4 Re8 22. Kf2 Bd7 23. Be5 h6 24. a5 a6 25. Ke2 Nh7 26. Kd2 Nf8 27. Bd6 Ne6
28. Kc3 Rc8 29. f4 f6 30. Re1 c5 31. dxc5 Nxc5 32. Bxc5 Rxc5+ 33. Kb4 Rc7 34.
h4 Kf8 35. b3 Be8 36. Re6 Bf7 37. Re1 Be8 38. g3 Bf7 39. c3 Be8 40. Bf1 Bf7 41.
Bg2 Rd7 42. Re3 Rd6 43. Kc5 Rc6+ 44. Kd4 Rd6 45. b4 g6 46. Bf3 h5 47. Bg2 Bg8
48. Bh1 Bf7 49. Bf3 Be6 50. f5 gxf5 51. Bxh5 Rc6 52. Be2 Kf7 53. h5 Rc8 54. Bd3
Rh8 55. g4 Bd7 56. Kxd5 fxg4 57. Kd6 Ba4 58. Bg6+ Kf8 59. Rg3 f5 60. Bxf5 Rxh5
61. Bxg4 Rh6+ 62. Kc7 Rh7+ 63. Kb6 Bc6 64. Bc8 Ke8 65. Rd3 Rh6 66. Ka7 Rh7 67.
Kb8 Rg7 68. Rd4 Rg3 69. c4 Rg7 70. Rh4 Kd8 71. Rh8+ Ke7 72. Bxb7 Bxb7 73. Kxb7
Rg4 74. Rc8 Kd7 75. Rc5 Kd6 76. Kxa6 1-0

[Hans Jung]

Re: Caruana vs. Carlsen in Pro Chess League

I enjoyed Eric"s game. What to do when opponent is playing for draw. Nice moments!