White to move. How should White proceed?
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Carlsen – Grischuk, Linares 2009
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White to move. How should White proceed?
1r4k1/1p3pbp/1P1P4/p1P2p2/4p3/8/1P2B1PP/3R3K w – – 0 33
Carlsen – Grischuk, Linares 2009
First d7 and then Ba6 perhaps. Black has no chance anyway.
1 Ba6 and the pawns cannot be stopped. If black declines the sac, white goes ahead with 2 Bxb7 anyway
C6 – black has no defence.
c6
This is from Magnus’s great game yesterday against Grischuk – he played Ba6, and black turned down the sac with Bf6, so Magnus continued Bxb7, the RxBb7, and then c6 which is unstoppable. Grischuk resigned a couple of moves later. Great stuff!! c6 will work too, but it will take longer to convert the advantage to a win.
“C6 – black has no defence.”
Think again. After a simple bxc6 it is
far from over.
1. c6 bxc6 2. d7 Bf6, doesnt that hold better for black though?
What Carlsen played was correct
OK, I know Magnus plaed Ba6. A beautiful move, winning. However, does move order really matter here or could he not also simply have played d7 and only then Ba6?
With the benefit of Rybka analysis, I’m going to say that move order matters. d7 allows Bf6 – White is still winning, but it will take longer.
Anon @ 9:05 – sorry, but why does that make a difference? After d7 and Bf6 white can still play Ba6 and we have the same position as in the game.
Black can now play Bd8 and stop the attack. Thats the difference.
God this kid plays great chess! The draw with Radjabov was a real tragedy…Somithing like Fischer Botvinnik
But always fun to watch
Mike Magnan