World Chess Championship 2014: Game 9: Magnus Carlsen vs Vishy Anand - Berlin Defence

►Support Channel via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq ►Playlists: http://goo.gl/FxpqEH ►FREE online chess at http://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 or realtime at http://www.chessclub.com/from/kingscrusher ►Follow me at Google+ : http://www.google.com/+kingscrusher [Event "Carlsen-Anand World Championship"] [Site "1:11:33-1:46:33"] [Date "2014.11.20"] [Round "9"] [White "Carlsen"] [Black "Anand"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "2014.11.07"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {Berlin Defence: 3...Nf6 [edit] a b c d e f g h 8 Chessboard480.svg a8 black rook c8 black bishop d8 black queen e8 black king f8 black bishop h8 black rook a7 black pawn b7 black pawn c7 black pawn d7 black pawn f7 black pawn g7 black pawn h7 black pawn c6 black knight f6 black knight b5 white bishop e5 black pawn e4 white pawn f3 white knight a2 white pawn b2 white pawn c2 white pawn d2 white pawn f2 white pawn g2 white pawn h2 white pawn a1 white rook b1 white knight c1 white bishop d1 white queen e1 white king h1 white rook 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 a b c d e f g h Berlin Defence 3...Nf6 The Berlin Defence, 3...Nf6, has long had a reputation for solidity and drawishness and is sometimes called "the Berlin Wall".[20] The Berlin Defence was played in the late 19th century and early 20th century by Emanuel Lasker and others, who typically answered 4.0-0 with 4. ..d6 in the style of the Steinitz Variation. This approach ultimately fell out of favour, as had the old form of the Steinitz, due to its passivity, and the entire variation became rare. Arthur Bisguier played the Berlin for decades, but always chose the variation 4.0-0 Nxe4. Then in 2000, Vladimir Kramnik used the line as a drawing weapon against Garry Kasparov in Classical World Chess Championship 2000, following which the Berlin has experienced a remarkable renaissance: even players with a dynamic style such as Alexei Shirov, Veselin Topalov, and Kasparov himself have tried it, and Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand both used it (Carlsen extensively so) during the 2013 World Chess Championship.} Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {White is considered to have a small advantage in light of his somewhat better pawn structure and Black's awkwardly placed king. Black, by way of compensation, possesses the bishop pair and his position has no weaknesses, so it is difficult for White to exploit his structural superiority without opening the game for Black's bishops; all four of the games in the Kasparov–Kramnik match in which this line was employed ended in draws. An alternative for Black, though seldom seen since the 1890s, is 6...bxc6 7.dxe5 Nb7, although White keeps an advantage despite Black's two bishops, as it is difficult for him to gain active counterplay.} 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Ne2 b6 12. Rd1 (12. Nf4 Ba6 13. Rd1) 12... Ba6 13. Nf4 Bb7 14. e6 (14. a4) 14... Bd6 ( 14... fxe6 15. Nxe6 Bd6 16. g4 (16. Neg5 c5 17. Re1+ Kd7) 16... hxg4 17. hxg4 c5 18. gxf5 Bxf3) 15. exf7+ (15. Re1 f6 16. Ng6 Rg8 17. g4 hxg4 18. hxg4 c5 19. gxf5 Bxf3) 15... Kxf7 16. Ng5+ (16. Re1 Rae8 17. Ng5+ Kf6 18. Ne4+ Kf7 19. Ng5+ ) 16... Kf6 (16... Kf8 17. Ng6+) (16... Kg8 17. Ng6 (17. Nfe6) 17... Rh6) 17. Ne4+ (17. Nf3 g5 18. Nd3 g4 19. Nd2 c5 20. b4 gxh3 21. gxh3 Rag8+ 22. Kf1 Bg2+) 17... Kf7 (17... Ke7 18. Ng6+) 18. Ng5+ (18. Nxd6+ cxd6 19. g4 (19. Nd3 Rae8 20. Bg5 c5) 19... hxg4 20. hxg4 c5 21. Nh5 (21. Ng2 Nd4)) 18... Kf6 19. Ne4+ Kf7 20. Ng5+ 1/2-1/2 ►Support the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq Thumbnail : Carlsen vs Ananad Magnus Carlsen: By GFHund (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Anand By Stefan64 (Own work (own photo)) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons