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Carlsen – Sjugirov 9-0
April 8, 2020
The Banter Blitz Cup is on chess24. In the semi-finals yesterday, Magnus Carlsen met Sanan Sjugirov and it was a blowout. A perfect score should be preserved, and so, the games are given below.
The players have 3 minutes each for a game and are playing from home via the Internet. They comment for viewers as they play.
Banter Blitz Cup 2020
Game 1, April 7
Carlsen, Magnus – Sjugirov, Sanan
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Rg1 e5 7.Nb3 Bg4 8.Be2 Be6 9.Be3 Be7 10.g4 b5 11.g5 Nfd7 12.Nd5 Nc5 13.Nxc5 dxc5 14.a4 bxa4 15.c3 O-O 16.Qxa4 Bxd5 17.exd5 Bd6 18.h4 Nd7 19.h5 Rb8 20.Qg4 e4 21.g6 h6 22.Bxh6 Ne5 23.gxf7+ Rxf7 24.Qe6 Kf8 25.Rxa6 Rb6 26.Rxg7 Rxg7 27.Bxg7+ Kxg7 28.Ra7+ Kh8 29.Qh6+ Kg8 30.Qg7# 1-0
Game 2, April 7
Sjugirov, Sanan – Carlsen, Magnus
C77 Ruy Lopez, Anderssen variation
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 Bc5 6.c3 d6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 Ba7 9.Nbd2 Bd7 10.Nf1 g5 11.Bg3 Nh5 12.Qd2 Nf4 13.Ne3 Bxe3 14.fxe3 Ng6 15.O-O g4 16.Ne1 h5 17.Bb3 Rh7 18.Nc2 h4 19.Be1 Qg5 20.Qe2 O-O-O 21.Bd2 Rf8 22.Nb4 Nce7 23.Nd5 Nxd5 24.Bxd5 Ne7 25.Bb3 Qg6 26.a3 Rhh8 27.Ba2 Kb8 28.b4 h3 29.g3 Be6 30.c4 f5 31.exf5 Bxf5 32.e4 Be6 33.Be3 Nc6 34.Rxf8+ Rxf8 35.Rf1 Rf7 36.Rf2 Nd4 37.Bxd4 exd4 38.Rxf7 Qxf7 39.Qf2 Qxf2+ 40.Kxf2 b5 41.Ke2 c5 42.Kd2 Kc7 43.Bb3 a5 44.bxa5 bxc4 45.dxc4 Kb7 46.Ba4 Bxc4 47.Bd7 Bf1 48.Bxg4 c4 49.Be6 c3+ 50.Kc2 Ka6 51.Bb3 Kxa5 52.Be6 Be2 53.e5 dxe5 54.Bf5 Ka4 55.Be4 Kxa3 56.Bf5 Kb4 57.Be4 d3+ 58.Bxd3 Bxd3+ 59.Kxd3 Kb3 60.Ke3 c2 61.Ke4 c1=Q 62.Kf5 Qc2+ 63.Kf6 Qxh2 64.Kf7 Qg2 65.Kg8 Qf3 0-1
Game 3, April 7
Carlsen, Magnus – Sjugirov, Sanan
B90 Sicilian Najdorf
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Rg1 b5 7.g4 Bb7 8.f3 g6 9.a3 Bg7 10.Be3 Nbd7 11.Qd2 Rc8 12.O-O-O Ne5 13.Be2 Nc4 14.Bxc4 Rxc4 15.Kb1 O-O 16.h4 Nd7 17.h5 Ne5 18.hxg6 fxg6 19.f4 Rxd4 20.Qxd4 Nc4 21.Qd3 Nxe3 22.Qxe3 a5 23.e5 b4 24.Nd5 bxa3 25.Qxa3 Bxd5 26.Rxd5 Qb6 27.Rgd1 Rxf4 28.exd6 exd6 29.Rxd6 Qf2 30.Qb3+ 1-0
Game 4, April 7
Sjugirov, Sanan – Carlsen, Magnus
B56 Sicilian Defence
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bd7 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6 9.Be3 Ng4 10.f4 Nxe3 11.Qxe3 Nc6 12.Bc4 Be7 13.Kb1 Qb6 14.Nce2 Bf6 15.Bb3 O-O-O 16.Qd2 Kb8 17.Rhe1 Na5 18.Nc3 Qxd4 19.Qxd4 Bxd4 20.Rxd4 Nxb3 21.axb3 Bc6 22.Red1 Kc7 23.g3 g5 24.Rf1 Rh7 25.Rd2 Rg8 26.Rdf2 gxf4 27.Rxf4 Rgg7 28.Kc1 Kd7 29.Kd2 h5 30.Rh4 Ke7 31.Ke3 Rg4 32.Rf4 Rg5 33.Rf2 Rhg7 34.Rhf4 Re5 35.Kd3 a5 36.Ne2 d5 37.exd5 Rxd5+ 38.Rd4 h4 39.Rxd5 Bxd5 40.Ke3 hxg3 41.hxg3 e5 42.Rf5 f6 43.Rh5 Be6 44.Rh8 Bg4 45.Nc3 Bf5 46.Kf2 Bxc2 47.Rb8 Ke6 48.Re8+ Kf5 49.Nd5 Bxb3 50.Ne3+ Ke4 51.Ra8 a4 52.Rc8 Rd7 53.Ke2 Rd3 54.Ng4 Bd1+ 55.Kf2 Bxg4 56.Rc4+ Rd4 57.Rc3 Rd2+ 58.Ke1 Rxb2 59.Rc4+ Kf3 60.Rxa4 Re2+ 61.Kf1 e4 62.Ra3+ Re3 63.Ra4 Kxg3 0-1
Game 5, April 7
Carlsen, Magnus – Sjugirov, Sanan
D00 Queen’s Pawn, Mason variation
1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.Nc3 a6 4.e3 e6 5.g4 Bb4 6.Ne2 O-O 7.a3 Be7 8.g5 Nh5 9.h4 c5 10.Bxb8 Rxb8 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Nd4 Bxd4 13.Qxd4 g6 14.Be2 Ng7 15.O-O-O Qc7 16.h5 b5 17.h6 Nf5 18.Qf6 Qe7 19.Qe5 Qd6 20.Qxd6 Nxd6 21.e4 b4 22.axb4 Rxb4 23.exd5 Bb7 24.dxe6 Bxh1 25.e7 Re8 26.Rxd6 Rb7 27.Bxa6 Rbxe7 28.b4 Re6 29.Rxe6 Rxe6 30.Bd3 Kf8 31.b5 Ke7 32.Kb2 Kd6 33.Kb3 Re5 34.f4 Re8 35.Kb4 Rf8 36.Na4 f6 37.c4 fxg5 38.c5+ Kd5 39.fxg5 Rf4+ 40.Ka5 Kd4 41.Bxg6 hxg6 42.c6 Rf8 43.Nb6 Kc5 44.Nd7+ 1-0
Game 6, April 7
Sjugirov, Sanan – Carlsen, Magnus
B96 Sicilian, Najdorf
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qc7 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.Qd2 h5 10.Be2 b5 11.Bf3 Bb7 12.O-O Nd7 13.f5 e5 14.Nb3 Bh6 15.Qd1 h4 16.Kh1 Rc8 17.a3 Nb6 18.Na5 Ba8 19.Qd3 Ke7 20.Rad1 Bf4 21.h3 Rhd8 22.Qe2 Na4 23.Nxa4 bxa4 24.Qxa6 Qxc2 25.Rd5 Bxd5 26.exd5 Kf8 27.Nc6 Re8 28.Qb7 Qd3 29.Rd1 Qb3 30.Qd7 Kg7 31.Qxd6 Bg3 32.Qd7 e4 33.Bh5 Rf8 34.Nd4 Qxb2 35.Ne6+ Kh6 36.Nxf8 Rxf8 37.Qe7 Kg7 38.Bg4 Qe5 39.Qb4 e3 40.Be2 Rd8 41.Qf4 Qxf4 0-1
Game 7, April 7
Carlsen, Magnus – Sjugirov, Sanan
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Rg1 e5 7.Nb3 h5 8.h3 Be6 9.Be3 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 Qxd5 12.Qxd5 Bxd5 13.O-O-O Be6 14.Na5 Nc6 15.Nxb7 Nb4 16.Nd6+ Bxd6 17.Rxd6 Nxa2+ 18.Kb1 Nb4 19.Bc5 Rb8 20.c3 Bf5+ 21.Ka1 Nc2+ 22.Ka2 Rh6 23.Rxh6 gxh6 24.Bc4 a5 25.Rd1 f6 26.Bb3 Rc8 27.Bb6 a4 28.Bxa4+ Kf7 29.Rd8 Be6+ 30.Kb1 Rxd8 31.Bxd8 Ne1 32.Bc6 Nd3 33.Bb6 f5 34.b4 e4 35.h4 f4 36.Bxe4 1-0
Game 8, April 7
Sjugirov, Sanan – Carlsen, Magnus
C78 Ruy Lopez, Archangelsk (Counterthrust) variation
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3 Bc5 8.c3 d6 9.Nbd2 h6 10.Re1 Bb6 11.Nf1 Ne7 12.Ng3 Ng6 13.a4 O-O 14.h3 Re8 15.Nf5 d5 16.axb5 axb5 17.Rxa8 Bxa8 18.Bxh6 gxh6 19.Qd2 Nf4 20.Nxe5 N6h5 21.Nxh6+ Kf8 22.Nhxf7 Qh4 23.d4 Rxe5 24.dxe5 Qg3 0-1
Game 9, April 7
Carlsen, Magnus – Sjugirov, Sanan
C51 Evans Gambit, Cordel variation
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Be7 6.d4 Na5 7.Be2 d5 8.Qa4+ c6 9.dxe5 b5 10.Qc2 Nh6 11.Bxh6 gxh6 12.Nbd2 Be6 13.O-O O-O 14.Nd4 Qc7 15.f4 dxe4 16.Nxe4 c5 17.Nxb5 Qc6 18.Nbd6 f5 19.Ng3 Bxd6 20.Bf3 Bd5 21.Bxd5+ Qxd5 22.Rad1 Qf7 23.Rxd6 Nc4 24.Rf6 Qd7 25.Qe2 Rxf6 26.exf6 Nd6 27.Rd1 Rd8 28.Qe7 1-0
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-to...cup-2019/6/1/1
The blitz ELOs are Carlsen 2863 and Sjugirov 2675.
The other semi-final match is Narayanan – Firouzja.
April 8, 2020
The Banter Blitz Cup is on chess24. In the semi-finals yesterday, Magnus Carlsen met Sanan Sjugirov and it was a blowout. A perfect score should be preserved, and so, the games are given below.
The players have 3 minutes each for a game and are playing from home via the Internet. They comment for viewers as they play.
Banter Blitz Cup 2020
Game 1, April 7
Carlsen, Magnus – Sjugirov, Sanan
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Rg1 e5 7.Nb3 Bg4 8.Be2 Be6 9.Be3 Be7 10.g4 b5 11.g5 Nfd7 12.Nd5 Nc5 13.Nxc5 dxc5 14.a4 bxa4 15.c3 O-O 16.Qxa4 Bxd5 17.exd5 Bd6 18.h4 Nd7 19.h5 Rb8 20.Qg4 e4 21.g6 h6 22.Bxh6 Ne5 23.gxf7+ Rxf7 24.Qe6 Kf8 25.Rxa6 Rb6 26.Rxg7 Rxg7 27.Bxg7+ Kxg7 28.Ra7+ Kh8 29.Qh6+ Kg8 30.Qg7# 1-0
Game 2, April 7
Sjugirov, Sanan – Carlsen, Magnus
C77 Ruy Lopez, Anderssen variation
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 Bc5 6.c3 d6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 Ba7 9.Nbd2 Bd7 10.Nf1 g5 11.Bg3 Nh5 12.Qd2 Nf4 13.Ne3 Bxe3 14.fxe3 Ng6 15.O-O g4 16.Ne1 h5 17.Bb3 Rh7 18.Nc2 h4 19.Be1 Qg5 20.Qe2 O-O-O 21.Bd2 Rf8 22.Nb4 Nce7 23.Nd5 Nxd5 24.Bxd5 Ne7 25.Bb3 Qg6 26.a3 Rhh8 27.Ba2 Kb8 28.b4 h3 29.g3 Be6 30.c4 f5 31.exf5 Bxf5 32.e4 Be6 33.Be3 Nc6 34.Rxf8+ Rxf8 35.Rf1 Rf7 36.Rf2 Nd4 37.Bxd4 exd4 38.Rxf7 Qxf7 39.Qf2 Qxf2+ 40.Kxf2 b5 41.Ke2 c5 42.Kd2 Kc7 43.Bb3 a5 44.bxa5 bxc4 45.dxc4 Kb7 46.Ba4 Bxc4 47.Bd7 Bf1 48.Bxg4 c4 49.Be6 c3+ 50.Kc2 Ka6 51.Bb3 Kxa5 52.Be6 Be2 53.e5 dxe5 54.Bf5 Ka4 55.Be4 Kxa3 56.Bf5 Kb4 57.Be4 d3+ 58.Bxd3 Bxd3+ 59.Kxd3 Kb3 60.Ke3 c2 61.Ke4 c1=Q 62.Kf5 Qc2+ 63.Kf6 Qxh2 64.Kf7 Qg2 65.Kg8 Qf3 0-1
Game 3, April 7
Carlsen, Magnus – Sjugirov, Sanan
B90 Sicilian Najdorf
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Rg1 b5 7.g4 Bb7 8.f3 g6 9.a3 Bg7 10.Be3 Nbd7 11.Qd2 Rc8 12.O-O-O Ne5 13.Be2 Nc4 14.Bxc4 Rxc4 15.Kb1 O-O 16.h4 Nd7 17.h5 Ne5 18.hxg6 fxg6 19.f4 Rxd4 20.Qxd4 Nc4 21.Qd3 Nxe3 22.Qxe3 a5 23.e5 b4 24.Nd5 bxa3 25.Qxa3 Bxd5 26.Rxd5 Qb6 27.Rgd1 Rxf4 28.exd6 exd6 29.Rxd6 Qf2 30.Qb3+ 1-0
Game 4, April 7
Sjugirov, Sanan – Carlsen, Magnus
B56 Sicilian Defence
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bd7 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6 9.Be3 Ng4 10.f4 Nxe3 11.Qxe3 Nc6 12.Bc4 Be7 13.Kb1 Qb6 14.Nce2 Bf6 15.Bb3 O-O-O 16.Qd2 Kb8 17.Rhe1 Na5 18.Nc3 Qxd4 19.Qxd4 Bxd4 20.Rxd4 Nxb3 21.axb3 Bc6 22.Red1 Kc7 23.g3 g5 24.Rf1 Rh7 25.Rd2 Rg8 26.Rdf2 gxf4 27.Rxf4 Rgg7 28.Kc1 Kd7 29.Kd2 h5 30.Rh4 Ke7 31.Ke3 Rg4 32.Rf4 Rg5 33.Rf2 Rhg7 34.Rhf4 Re5 35.Kd3 a5 36.Ne2 d5 37.exd5 Rxd5+ 38.Rd4 h4 39.Rxd5 Bxd5 40.Ke3 hxg3 41.hxg3 e5 42.Rf5 f6 43.Rh5 Be6 44.Rh8 Bg4 45.Nc3 Bf5 46.Kf2 Bxc2 47.Rb8 Ke6 48.Re8+ Kf5 49.Nd5 Bxb3 50.Ne3+ Ke4 51.Ra8 a4 52.Rc8 Rd7 53.Ke2 Rd3 54.Ng4 Bd1+ 55.Kf2 Bxg4 56.Rc4+ Rd4 57.Rc3 Rd2+ 58.Ke1 Rxb2 59.Rc4+ Kf3 60.Rxa4 Re2+ 61.Kf1 e4 62.Ra3+ Re3 63.Ra4 Kxg3 0-1
Game 5, April 7
Carlsen, Magnus – Sjugirov, Sanan
D00 Queen’s Pawn, Mason variation
1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.Nc3 a6 4.e3 e6 5.g4 Bb4 6.Ne2 O-O 7.a3 Be7 8.g5 Nh5 9.h4 c5 10.Bxb8 Rxb8 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Nd4 Bxd4 13.Qxd4 g6 14.Be2 Ng7 15.O-O-O Qc7 16.h5 b5 17.h6 Nf5 18.Qf6 Qe7 19.Qe5 Qd6 20.Qxd6 Nxd6 21.e4 b4 22.axb4 Rxb4 23.exd5 Bb7 24.dxe6 Bxh1 25.e7 Re8 26.Rxd6 Rb7 27.Bxa6 Rbxe7 28.b4 Re6 29.Rxe6 Rxe6 30.Bd3 Kf8 31.b5 Ke7 32.Kb2 Kd6 33.Kb3 Re5 34.f4 Re8 35.Kb4 Rf8 36.Na4 f6 37.c4 fxg5 38.c5+ Kd5 39.fxg5 Rf4+ 40.Ka5 Kd4 41.Bxg6 hxg6 42.c6 Rf8 43.Nb6 Kc5 44.Nd7+ 1-0
Game 6, April 7
Sjugirov, Sanan – Carlsen, Magnus
B96 Sicilian, Najdorf
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qc7 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.Qd2 h5 10.Be2 b5 11.Bf3 Bb7 12.O-O Nd7 13.f5 e5 14.Nb3 Bh6 15.Qd1 h4 16.Kh1 Rc8 17.a3 Nb6 18.Na5 Ba8 19.Qd3 Ke7 20.Rad1 Bf4 21.h3 Rhd8 22.Qe2 Na4 23.Nxa4 bxa4 24.Qxa6 Qxc2 25.Rd5 Bxd5 26.exd5 Kf8 27.Nc6 Re8 28.Qb7 Qd3 29.Rd1 Qb3 30.Qd7 Kg7 31.Qxd6 Bg3 32.Qd7 e4 33.Bh5 Rf8 34.Nd4 Qxb2 35.Ne6+ Kh6 36.Nxf8 Rxf8 37.Qe7 Kg7 38.Bg4 Qe5 39.Qb4 e3 40.Be2 Rd8 41.Qf4 Qxf4 0-1
Game 7, April 7
Carlsen, Magnus – Sjugirov, Sanan
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Rg1 e5 7.Nb3 h5 8.h3 Be6 9.Be3 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 Qxd5 12.Qxd5 Bxd5 13.O-O-O Be6 14.Na5 Nc6 15.Nxb7 Nb4 16.Nd6+ Bxd6 17.Rxd6 Nxa2+ 18.Kb1 Nb4 19.Bc5 Rb8 20.c3 Bf5+ 21.Ka1 Nc2+ 22.Ka2 Rh6 23.Rxh6 gxh6 24.Bc4 a5 25.Rd1 f6 26.Bb3 Rc8 27.Bb6 a4 28.Bxa4+ Kf7 29.Rd8 Be6+ 30.Kb1 Rxd8 31.Bxd8 Ne1 32.Bc6 Nd3 33.Bb6 f5 34.b4 e4 35.h4 f4 36.Bxe4 1-0
Game 8, April 7
Sjugirov, Sanan – Carlsen, Magnus
C78 Ruy Lopez, Archangelsk (Counterthrust) variation
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3 Bc5 8.c3 d6 9.Nbd2 h6 10.Re1 Bb6 11.Nf1 Ne7 12.Ng3 Ng6 13.a4 O-O 14.h3 Re8 15.Nf5 d5 16.axb5 axb5 17.Rxa8 Bxa8 18.Bxh6 gxh6 19.Qd2 Nf4 20.Nxe5 N6h5 21.Nxh6+ Kf8 22.Nhxf7 Qh4 23.d4 Rxe5 24.dxe5 Qg3 0-1
Game 9, April 7
Carlsen, Magnus – Sjugirov, Sanan
C51 Evans Gambit, Cordel variation
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Be7 6.d4 Na5 7.Be2 d5 8.Qa4+ c6 9.dxe5 b5 10.Qc2 Nh6 11.Bxh6 gxh6 12.Nbd2 Be6 13.O-O O-O 14.Nd4 Qc7 15.f4 dxe4 16.Nxe4 c5 17.Nxb5 Qc6 18.Nbd6 f5 19.Ng3 Bxd6 20.Bf3 Bd5 21.Bxd5+ Qxd5 22.Rad1 Qf7 23.Rxd6 Nc4 24.Rf6 Qd7 25.Qe2 Rxf6 26.exf6 Nd6 27.Rd1 Rd8 28.Qe7 1-0
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-to...cup-2019/6/1/1
The blitz ELOs are Carlsen 2863 and Sjugirov 2675.
The other semi-final match is Narayanan – Firouzja.
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