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#10285 by Noname

14:19, October 12, 2013 by Noname

[Event "Magnus Carlsen / Arctic Securities Simul - 20 Games"] [Site "Aquavit, NYC"] [Date "2013.10.07"] [White "Magnus Carlsen"] [Black "Jason Lustig"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B21"] [Opening "Sicilian"] [Time "21:56:17"] [Variation "Smith-Morra, 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Qe2 Be7"] [PlyCount "63"] [WhiteType "human"] [BlackType "human"] {The goal was to play a tight, passive game... and try and last as long as possible} 1. e4 {He opened with e4, which I had hoped for. Most comfortable playing the Sicilian Defense} c5 2. d4 {He plays d4 right away rather than the more traditional Nf3... This is called the Smith Morra gambit} cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 {Basically, in the Smith Morra Gambit, he offers me the c3 pawn, but in exchange for rapid development of his knight with Nc3.} 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bc4 d6 7. O-O Be7 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. Rd1 {Up through move 9, I have actually played (guessed, mostly) a theoretically sound game. I castled too early, leaving my center vulnerable} O-O (9. .. Bd7 10. Bf4 e5 11. Bg5 Bg4) 10. e5 {He plays e5, and I immediately feel sick to my stomach. I think I've made a mistake. It turns out if I didn't panic I'd have been fine. I play Ne8, which I believe is the best response.} Ne8 11. exd6 {Made a game-ruining mistake here by not taking with the Bishop. By taking with the Knight, he starts a combination of moves that ends up with him up a piece after move 16. Basically, he overloads the d6 square, which I can't move because his rook on d1 is pinning it to my Queen. Eventually, that piece falls and the game is lost. Unfortunately, I saw this coming but had no idea what to do about it. I ran out of time for this move and thought taking with the Knight would be better... nope} Nxd6 (11. .. Bxd6 12. Bg5 Qa5 13. Nb5 Be7) 12. Bf4 {If 11... Nxd6 was bad, 12... f6 was the worst move ever. Again, feeling pressure, I panicked. I actually wrote down Na5 on the my scoresheet right after, and think that was the best reply.} f6 (12. .. Na5 13. Bxd6 Bxd6 14. Nb5 Bxh2+ 15. Kxh2 Qe7 {But even though it may have been the best move, I'm still losing after having my Bishop pinned to my Queen}) 13. Bxe6+ Bxe6 14. Qxe6+ Kh8 15. Bxd6 Bxd6 16. Rxd6 {He completes the combination; I'm down a full piece and have no compensation.} Qb6 17. Qb3 Qc5 (17. .. Qxb3 18. axb3 Kg8 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 Rae8 21. g3 a6) 18. Rad1 Na5 19. Qb5 {I'm already as good as lost but he forces a queen exchange making it vastly easier on his part.} Qxb5 20. Nxb5 Nc4 {Thought I made an okay move here, forking his Rook and Pawn. He can't defend by moving Rd2... So I thought I was set.} 21. R6d4 {I was wrong. Now, if I take Nb2, he can trap my knight.} Rfc8 {Move to defend.} (21. .. Nxb2 22. Rb1 {Knight trapped}) 22. Nc7 {Clever move for him. If I take his knight, Rxc7, he will mate me with in 2 with Rd8, Rxd8, Rxd8#} Nxb2 {He is attacking my Rook and my Knight. I can't defend both. So I take the pawn, he will then move to attack it, I will move my rook to safety, he will take my Knight and then I will take his.} (22. .. Rxc7 23. Rd8+ Rxd8 24. Rxd8#) 23. R1d2 Rab8 24. g3 b5 (24. .. Kg8 25. Ne6 Nc4 26. Rc2 Nb6 27. Rxc8+ Rxc8 28. Rd8+ Rxd8 29. Nxd8 Nd5 30. Nxb7) 25. Rxb2 Rxc7 26. Rxb5 {If Rxc5, Rd8#, mate.} Rbc8 (26. .. Rxb5 27. Rd8#) 27. h4 h6 28. h5 Kh7 29. Nh4 Rc5 {By now, the game is lost and I'm trying to relieve pressure by trading pieces so I can last longer. Not the best strategy. I also think I can pick off an extra pawn in a few moves.} 30. Rxc5 Rxc5 31. g4 Rg5 32. Nf5 {This was an awesome move, allowing him to trap my rook. If I tried hard enough, I'd be able to free it, but only at the expense of trading a few pawns. At this point, most games had ended and it was just time for me to be done. I resigned.} (32. Nf5 g6 33. hxg6+ Kxg6 34. Kg2 h5 35. f3 Kf7 36. Kg3 hxg4 37. fxg4 Ke8) 1-0