[Event "GRENKE Chess Classic"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2019.04.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Annotator "chess-teacher.com"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.04.20"]

{[%evp 0,66,53,14,107,51,46,44,46,36,29,29,58,14,18,32,29,19,15,8,17,6,10,2,2,
10,39,13,32,-9,-6,-19,-12,-18,-17,-20,-9,-35,-22,-77,-87,-121,-37,-48,-15,-53,
-53,-53,-20,-13,-13,-13,4,8,8,-289,-133,-228,-243,-235,-254,-661,-661,-2120,
-2120,-29997,-29998,-29999,-30000]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 (
4... Nf6 {1. Anti-blunder check} 5. Ng5 {“By the time Carlsen sat down
against Svidler, he hadn't lost a classical game in almost nine months. And he
wouldn't lose one for another year and a half.” It was 125 streak with no
losses.}) 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 {2. Use preparation to reach a position
you understand better—not just to remember more moves.} Nd7 {3. Trade off
your bad bishop. Fischer has always tried to avoid having any passive pieces.}
(7... O-O {the bishop has 0 squares to go to}) 8. Nd5 Nb6 (8... Bg5 {Do you
see what's wrong with this move? "Check loose pieces and checks".} 9. Bxg5 Qxg5
10. Nc7+) 9. Nxb6 {4. To take is a mistake} (9. Nfe3 Nxc4 10. dxc4) 9... axb6 (
9... Qxb6 10. Ne3) 10. c3 (10. Ne3 b5 {what would you play here as White?} 11.
Bxb5 Qa5+) 10... O-O 11. Ne3 Bg5 12. O-O Kh8 13. a3 f5 {5. In the middlegame -
use pawn breaks to launch your attack.} 14. Nxf5 Bxc1 15. Rxc1 Bxf5 16. exf5 d5
$1 {6. Control the center, control the game. "before attacking his king,
control the center".} (16... Rxf5 17. Bd5) 17. Ba2 Rxf5 18. Qg4 Rf6 $1 {
7. don't let his pieces on your side of the board} (18... Rg5 19. Qe6) (18...
Rf8 19. Qe6) 19. f4 exf4 20. Qg5 (20. Rxf4 {How would you play here? To take
is a mistake.} Ne5 $1 21. Qg3 Rxf4 22. Qxf4 Nxd3) 20... Qf8 21. Qxd5 (21. Bxd5
Rf5) 21... Rd8 {Be like Nokia: "connecting pieces" :). 8. Keep your pieces
connected and protected.} 22. Qf3 Ne5 23. Qe4 Ng4 $1 {Do not grab material
automatically; control of the board may be worth more.} (23... Nxd3 24. Rcd1)
24. Rce1 Ne3 {9. Knights need strong squres.} 25. Rf2 Re8 {Create harmony:
make your pieces support each other.} 26. Qxb7 g5 {use pawn breaks to launch
your attack} 27. Rfe2 g4 {Kasparov: 10. "strangling pressure, not direct hits"}
28. Rf2 Qh6 {Make his bishop attack emptiness} 29. Qc7 Ref8 {keep your pieces
connected and protected} (29... g3 30. hxg3 fxg3 31. Qxg3) 30. h3 gxh3 31. g3 (
31. gxh3 Rg6+) 31... fxg3 32. Rxf6 (32. Qxg3 Rxf2) 32... h2+ 33. Kh1 g2# 0-1
