1. e2e4 Nb8c6 2. Ng1f3 e7e6 3. Bf1b5 Ng8e7 4. O-O h7h6 5. d2d4 d7d5 6. e4e5 a7a6 7. Bb5a4 b7b5 8. Ba4b3 Nc6a5 9. c2c3 Na5xb3 10. a2xb3 Ne7g6 11. Bc1e3 Bf8e7 12. Nb1d2 Bc8b7 13. b3b4 Ng6h4 14. Nf3xh4 Be7xh4 15. Nd2f3 O-O 16. g2g3 Bh4e7 17. Qd1d2 f7f5 18. e5f6 Be7xf6 19. h2h4 Rf8e8 20. Be3xh6 g7xh6 21. Qd2xh6 Qd8e7 22. Rf1e1 Qe7g7 23. Qh6f4 c7c6 24. Re1e3 Re8e7 25. Ra1e1 Ra8e8 26. Kg1f1 Kg8f7 27. Qf4d6 Qg7g6 28. Qd6f4 Qg6c2 29. Nf3g5 Kf7g7 30. Ng5xe6 Kg7f7 31. Ne6g5 Kf7g7 32. Re3xe7 Re8xe7 33. Re1xe7 Bf6xe7 34. Ng5e6 Kg7h7 35. Qf4f7 Kh7h6 36. Qf7g7 Kh6h5 37. Ne6f4

[Event "GRENKE Chess Classic 2015"] [Site "Baden-Baden"] [Date "2015.02.04"] [Round "3"] [White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "2694"] [BlackElo "2862"] [Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] [EventCountry "GER"] [TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"] 1. e4 {25} g6 {0} 2. d4 {27} Bg7 {0} 3. Nc3 {9} d6 {0} 4. Be3 {21} a6 {9 Even though the Modern defense is not practiced by most top level grandmasters, it is not a bad opening; White needs to navigate it well to obtain some sort of opening advantage, and even with it the positions remain double edged.} 5. a4 { 154} Nf6 {693} 6. h3 {97} O-O {361} 7. g4 $5 {418 A typical idea, White is simply trying to restrain Black all over the board, preventing him from executing his breaks, f5 or b5.} e5 {580} 8. d5 {329} (8. dxe5 dxe5 9. g5 Nfd7 10. h4) 8... c6 {463} 9. Nge2 {243} cxd5 {75} 10. exd5 {23} Bxg4 $6 {251 Maybe an extra exclamation mark for how spectacular it is for the World Champion to do this, but another question mark for how dubious this idea is. Black sacrifice a piece for two pawns, but that's basically all there is to it.} ( 10... Nbd7 11. Bg2 Ne8 12. O-O f5 13. gxf5 gxf5 14. f4) 11. hxg4 {67} Nxg4 {2} 12. Qd2 {1356} (12. Ng3 Nxe3 13. fxe3) 12... Nd7 {71} 13. Ne4 {1009} (13. O-O-O f5 14. Bh3 Ndf6 15. Bxg4 Nxg4 16. Bg5 Qa5 17. Rdf1) (13. Bg2 f5 14. Bg5 Qb6) 13... f5 {906 Black also is able to kick out the e4 knight, but White can live without this square.} 14. Bg5 {84} Qb6 {81} 15. Bh3 {15 Naiditsch's positoin is holding together and now Carlsen is forced to trade some pieces.} Ndf6 {831} (15... Qxb2 16. O-O {looks suicidal. White has the threats of Bxg4 and Rfb1, trapping the queen.}) 16. Nxf6+ {175} Nxf6 {7} 17. Nc3 $6 {156 When you are up material, there rarely is a good reason to give your opponent counterplay. In this case giving up a pawn was not necessary.} (17. b3 $16 Ne4 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Qd3 Rac8 20. Rc1) 17... Qxb2 {99} 18. Rb1 {90} Qa3 {2} 19. Rxb7 {412} Rf7 $6 { 854} (19... Rab8 $1 20. Rxg7+ Kxg7 21. Bxf5 (21. Bh6+ Kf7 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Bg2 Rc8 24. Rh3) 21... gxf5 22. Bxf6+ Kxf6 $1 {Is just a draw, according to the heartless monsters.} 23. Rxh7 (23. Qh6+ Ke7 24. Qe6+ Kd8 25. Rxh7 Qxc3+ 26. Kf1 Qc4+ 27. Kg2 Qg4+ 28. Kh2) 23... f4 24. Qd3 Qc1+ 25. Ke2 Rf7) (19... Rfb8 20. Rxg7+ Kxg7 21. Bxf5) 20. Rb3 {179} Qc5 {43} 21. Qe3 {314} Qc7 {172} 22. Qb6 $1 {102} e4 {102} 23. Qc6 {376 A little fancy, just trading was better.} (23. a5 Rc8 24. O-O) 23... Rc8 {178} 24. O-O {263} Qxc6 {161} 25. dxc6 {5} Rxc6 {8} 26. Rfb1 {33 Carlsen again has three pawns for the piece, but now the pair of bishops and the weak a6 pawn give Naiditsch an obvious target. Not only that, but with the queens off there is little counterplay for Black.} h6 {152} (26... Rf8 27. Bf1) 27. Bxf6 {286} Bxf6 {15} (27... Rxf6 28. Nd5 Rf7 29. Bf1 Rxc2 30. Ne3) 28. Nxe4 $1 {52 A trade of advantages. The endgame after fxe4 is practically very difficult so Carlsen decides to give up the pawn again.} Be5 { 52} (28... fxe4 29. Be6 Kf8 30. Bxf7 Kxf7 31. Rb6 Rxc2 32. Rxd6 {and the rooks simply destroy all of Black's pawns.}) 29. Nd2 {159} (29. Rb6 $1 {just a touch more exact.} Rxb6 (29... Rxc2 30. Nxd6) 30. Rxb6 Rc7 31. Nd2 Rxc2 32. Nf3) 29... Rxc2 {27} 30. Nf3 {7} Ra2 {161} 31. Bg2 $6 {344} (31. Nxe5 $1 dxe5 32. Rb6 Rxa4 33. Rxg6+ {White only has one pawn left, but it should be sufficient to win.} Kh7 34. Rbb6 $18 (34. Rd6 a5 35. Rb5) 34... Rh4 35. Kg2 a5 36. Rbf6 Rxf6 37. Rxf6 Rf4 38. Bxf5+ Kg7 39. Rg6+ Kf7 40. Bc2 Rc4 41. Bd3 Rd4 42. Rg3) 31... Bf6 {74} 32. Nh2 {41} (32. Rb6 Rxa4 33. Rxd6 a5 34. Rbb6 Kg7) 32... Kg7 { 71} 33. Bd5 {47} Re7 {32} 34. Rb4 {33} Rd2 $1 {38} 35. Bc4 {2} a5 $1 {203} 36. Rb7 {8} Rd4 {82} 37. Rxe7+ {22} Bxe7 {1} 38. Bb5 {22} h5 {69 With the amount of Black pawns he has enough to compensate for the missing piece. However the most important aspect is that White has no real targets: a5 can now be easily defended by the bishop.} 39. Nf3 {28} Rf4 {9} 40. Kg2 {97} h4 {67} (40... Rg4+ 41. Kf1 Rf4 42. Ne1 Bf6) 41. Rd1 {586} Rg4+ {102} 42. Kf1 {59} h3 {68} 43. Rd3 {551} Bf6 {817} 44. Nh2 {505} Rh4 {186} 45. Kg1 {6} (45. Rxd6 Be5 46. Rd7+ Kf6 47. Kg1 Rb4 48. Rh7 $1 $14 Rb3 49. Nf1) 45... Bd4 {148} 46. Rf3 {469} Kf6 {182} 47. Nf1 {38 with Black's pieces so active and his threatening pawn on h3, it would seem as if only Carlsen is playing for a win.} Be5 {101} (47... d5 $1 48. Nh2 Bb6 49. Rc3 Bd4 50. Rc6+ Kg7 51. Nf3 Rg4+ 52. Kf1 Bb2) 48. Ne3 {118} Kg5 $2 {165 This move is already strange. The king will have to go back to f6 so it does nothing but waste important time.} (48... h2+ 49. Kh1 Rd4 50. Nf1 Rg4 51. Ng3 Rh4 52. Rd3 Ke6) 49. Kh1 {213} Kf6 $6 {802} (49... Rf4 50. Rxf4 (50. Rxh3 Rxf2 51. Nc4 Kg4) 50... Kxf4 51. Be8 g5 52. Bd7 Kf3 53. Bxf5 Kxf2 54. Nc4 Bc3 55. Kh2 d5) 50. Nc4 {64 Suddenly Black has done nothing, meanwhile White slowly brought his knight to take the key pawn on a5!} g5 {32} (50... h2 51. Rd3 (51. Nxa5 Rg4) 51... g5 52. Nxa5 (52. Rd2 Rh3) 52... Rf4) 51. Nxa5 {343} g4 {272} 52. Rd3 {6} f4 {218} 53. Nc4 {9 Black's pawns look threatening, but they are not queening right away.} Rh7 {140} (53... g3 54. fxg3 fxg3 55. Nxe5 g2+ 56. Kh2 Kxe5 57. Bd7 {and the pawns start falling (Rxh3 cannot be prevented). Notice that the a-pawn is the correct color to win with.}) 54. Nxe5 {156} dxe5 {14} 55. a5 {46} Rc7 {182} (55... Rb7 56. Rd6+ Kg5 57. Rb6 Rc7 58. Rc6 Rb7 59. Rc5 g3 60. a6 Re7 61. Rc3) 56. Ra3 {184} Rc1+ {105} 57. Kh2 {8} Rc2 {29} 58. a6 $1 {79 Well calculated, those four connected passed pawns are not as relevant as the one passed pawn on the a-file!} Rxf2+ {61} 59. Kh1 {61} g3 {89} 60. a7 { 33} Rd2 {43 One last trick, if White promotes there is backrank mate.} (60... Rh2+ 61. Kg1 Rg2+ 62. Kf1 Rb2 63. a8=Q (63. Ra1) (63. Bc6 g2+ 64. Bxg2 Rb1+ 65. Kf2 Rb2+ 66. Kg1) 63... g2+) 61. Ra1 {946} 1-0

[Event "23782"] [Site "kaggle.com"] [Date "??"] [Round "??"] [White "??"] [Black "??"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2534"] [BlackElo "2542"] 1. d4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. e4 Bg6 5. Bd3 h6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. a3 Bh7 8. Ne2 e6 9. Bg5 Ngf6 10. b4 Be7 11. c5 O-O 12. Nd2 Ng4 13. Nc4 f5 14. Kf1 f4 15. Qc2 Bxc5 16. Rd1 Bd6 17. e5 Bxe5 18. b5 Qc7 19. Qb2 0-1

[Event "382"] [Site "kaggle.com"] [Date "??"] [Round "??"] [White "??"] [Black "??"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2274"] [BlackElo "1797"] 1. Nf3 e6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. e4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nb6 10. Bb3 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. e5 Nfd5 14. Ne4 h6 15. Qb5 Nd7 16. Rd1 a6 17. Qe2 Nb4 18. Bf4 b5 19. Rac1 Ba7 20. Qd2 Nb6 21. Bxh6 Bb7 22. Bg5 f6 23. exf6 gxf6 24. Bxf6 Rxf6 25. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "Anonymous vs bluechess"] [Site "multiplayerchess.com"] [Date "2015.02.04"] [Round "1"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "bluechess"] [Result "0-1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. d3 c6 5. dxc6 Nxc6 6. Bg5 Bc5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Ne4 Nxe4 9. Bxd8 Bxf2+ 10. Ke2 Rxd8 11. Nd2 Nd4#

[Event "AI Factory's Chess"] [Site "Android Device"] [Date "2015.02.04"] [Round "1"] [White "You"] [Black "Cpu (2)"] [PlyCount "65"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. d3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. c3 a5 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Nc3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qd5 13. Qc1 Qf5 14. Rb1 Bxa2 15. Rxb7 Rc8 16. Qd2 O-O 17. Qxa2 Qxg5 18. Ba6 Kh8 19. Rb5 Qxg2 20. Bxc8 Qxh1+ 21. Kd2 Rxc8 22. Qxf7 a4 23. Ra5 Qa1 24. Rc5 c6 25. Ra5 a3 26. Ra7 Rg8 27. Ra6 Rc8 28. Ra7 Rg8 29. Rc7 a2 30. Rxc6 Qb1 31. Rxf6 a1=Q 32. Qf8 Rxf8 33. Rxf8# 1-0

[White "TomBU"] [Black "Tonpai"] [Date "2015.02.04"] [Site "fics.org"] 1. d4 Na6 2. c3 b5 3. Nf3 d5 4. Be3 Bf5 5. g3 e5 6. Qb3 Qg5 7. Qxb5 c6 8. Qxa6 Qxe3 9. fxe3 h5 10. Nxe5 Be7 11. Qxc6 Kf8 12. Qxa8 Bd8 13. Qxd8#

[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2015.02.03"] [Round "?"] [White "Yevgeny Levanzov"] [Black "Yiftach Kotler"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A01"] [PlyCount "114"] [SourceDate "2015.02.04"] 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d5 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. f4 Qe7 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. fxe5 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Bxe5 9. Bxe5 Qxe5 10. O-O Nf6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qf4 Rfe8 14. Ne2 c5 15. Qxe5 Rxe5 16. Nf4 Ne4 17. Nd3 Re7 18. Rf5 c6 19. Rd1 Rd8 20. Ne5 Rd6 21. Ng4 d4 22. exd4 cxd4 23. Re1 Rde6 24. Re2 Nd6 25. Rfe5 Kf8 26. Rxe6 Rxe6 27. Rxe6 fxe6 28. Ne5 c5 29. Nd7+ Ke7 30. Nxc5 Kf6 31. Kf2 Kf5 32. Kf3 g5 33. g4+ Ke5 34. a4 Kd5 35. Nd3 e5 36. Nf2 e4+ 37. Ke2 Ke5 38. c3 Ne8 39. cxd4+ Kxd4 40. Kd1 a5 41. Kc2 Nc7 42. Nd1 Nd5 43. Nc3 Nb4+ 44. Kd1 Kd3 45. Ne2 Nd5 46. Ng3 e3 47. dxe3 Nxe3+ 48. Kc1 Nxg4 49. Nf1 Kc3 50. h3 Nf2 51. Kb1 Nxh3 52. Ka2 Nf2 53. Ng3 Kb4 54. Kb2 Nd3+ 55. Kc2 Nc5 56. Kd1 Kxb3 57. Ne2 Kxa4 0-1

[Event "Dom vs bluechess"] [Site "multiplayerchess.com"] [Date "2015.02.03"] [Round "1"] [White "Dom"] [Black "bluechess"] [Result "0-1"] 1. e4 d5 2. e5 Bf5 3. f4 h5 4. Qf3 c6 5. Qb3 g6 6. g3 Nh6 7. Qxb7 Bg7 8. Qxa8 O-O 9. Qxa7 Bxc2 10. d3 f6 11. Na3 fxe5 12. Nxc2 e4 13. dxe4 dxe4 14. Be3 Ng4 15. h4 Nxe3 16. Nxe3 Bd4 17. Nc4 Bxa7 18. Ne5 Qa5+ 19. Kd1 e3 20. Nxg6 Qd2#

[Date "2015.02.01"] [Round "2"] [White "Ziv Kvatinsky"] [Black "Uri Goren"] [Result "0-1"] 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxe4 5. dxe4 e5 6. Nd5 Bc5 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. O-O-O Be7 9. Nxf6 Bxf6 10. Bc4 Bxg5 11. Kb1 Qf6 12. Qxf6 Nxf6 13. Nf3 Nxe4 14. Rde1 f5 15. Nxg5 Nxg5 16. Rxe5 Kf8 17. h4 Ne4 18. Be6 Bxe6 19. Rxe6 Re8 20. Rxe8 Kxe8 21. Re1 Kf7 22. Rd1 Ke7 23. Rd5 Rd8 24. Rxd8 Kxd8 25. Kc1 Nxf2 26. Kd2 Ne4 27. Ke3 Ke7 28. g4 g6 29. gxf5 gxf5 30. Kf4 Kf6 31. b4 c5 32. b5 Nc3 33. b6 axb6 34. h5 Nxa2 0-1