Chess game: Carlsen x Gelfand

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[Event "FIDE Candidates"] [Site "London"] [Date "2013.03.27"] [Round "10"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2872"] [BlackElo "2740"] [Annotator "Nielsen,PH"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2013.03.15"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.05.15"] {This game represents very well the style of the World Champion. Not a critical opening, but deep positional play afterwards. How to play with white in the diagram position?} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 $5 6. Bf1 d5 7. exd5 $5 Nxd5 8. d4 Nf6 9. Be3 cxd4 (9... Be7 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4) 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. c4 Nxd4 (11... Be7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Nf3 $5) ( 11... Bb4 $5 12. Nc3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 O-O 14. Bf4 Nxd4 $5 15. cxd4 Bc6) 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. Nc3 Be7 14. a3 $5 (14. Qd3 O-O 15. Rad1) 14... a5 $5 15. Qd3 O-O (15... a4 $6 16. Rad1 O-O 17. Qg3 $14) 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Be5 Qb6 18. Qg3 Rfd8 (18... Nh5 $5 19. Qh3 Nf6 20. Bd3 h6 21. Bd4 Qc7 22. b4 $1 $14) 19. Rxd8+ (19. Nd5 exd5 20. Bd4 Bc5 21. Bxf6 Bxf2+ $1) 19... Qxd8 20. Rd1 Qb6 21. Bd4 Qb3 22. Rd3 Qc2 23. b4 $1 axb4 24. axb4 Nh5 25. Qe5 Bf6 (25... Ra1 26. Nd1 $1 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Qxd1 28. Qb8+ Bf8 29. Bc5 h6 30. Qxf8+ Kh7 31. Qd6 $1 (31. Qxf7 $2 Be4 $1)) 26. Qxh5 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Qxc3 {[#]} 28. Qa5 $1 Rf8 29. Qb6 e5 30. Rd1 g6 31. b5 Be4 32. Qf6 $6 (32. Rd7 $1 Qe1 33. Qd6 $16) 32... h5 $6 (32... Bf5 $1 33. Rd5 Be6 34. Qxe5 Qxe5 35. Rxe5 Rc8 36. c5 Kf8 37. Bd3 Bd7 $1) 33. h4 Bf5 34. Rd5 Qc1 $5 (34... Be6 35. Qxe5 Qxe5 36. Rxe5 Rc8 37. c5 Kf8 38. Bd3 Bd7) 35. Qxe5 Be6 36. Rd4 Ra8 37. Qe2 Kh7 $6 (37... Qa1 38. Qd1 Kg7 39. c5 $2 Qc3 $1) 38. Rd1 Qc3 39. Qe4 Ra1 $2 (39... Ra7 40. b6 Ra2 41. Qxb7 Qb2 42. Qf3 Qxb6 43. Qf6 $5) 40. Rxa1 Qxa1 41. c5 $1 Qc3 42. Qxb7 (42. b6) 42... Qe1 $5 (42... Qxc5 43. b6) 43. b6 Bc4 44. Qf3 $1 Qxf1+ 45. Kh2 Qb1 46. b7 Qb5 47. c6 Bd5 48. Qg3 $1 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

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