Chess game: Vachier Lagrave x Carlsen

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[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2016"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2016.06.09"] [Round "2"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2789"] [BlackElo "2855"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] [EventType "rapid"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [TimeControl "1500+10"] {A super strong rapid tournament was held in Paris the last two days. The World Champion showed great chess, even though he finished second. Let’s see how he easily beats Vachier Lagrava even playing with black. How to win in the diagram position?} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Ba4 { [%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:08]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:00] } 6. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Be7 { [%emt 0:00:53]} 8. d3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]} 9. a3 {[%emt 0:00: 22]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 10. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 11. Nd5 $6 {[%emt 0:01:31]} (11. Ne2 d5 12. e5 Nd7 13. Nxd4 Nxe5 $11) 11... Nxd5 { [%emt 0:00:38]} 12. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 13. dxc6 { [%emt 0:01:57]} dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 14. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:01]} c5 {[%emt 0:00: 09]} 15. a4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bd6 $15 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 16. Qh5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 17. c3 {[%emt 0:01:53]} c4 $1 {[%emt 0:04:34]} 18. Bc2 { [%emt 0:01:01]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 19. Qh3 {[%emt 0:02:19]} dxc3 {[%emt 0:01: 57]} 20. axb5 $6 {[%emt 0:01:04]} (20. bxc3 cxd3 $17) 20... Rfe8 $1 $19 { [%emt 0:00:39]} 21. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} cxb2 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 22. Bxb2 { [%emt 0:00:01]} c3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 23. Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:29]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00: 24]} 24. Rxa8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxa8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 25. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 26. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:02] [#]} Ra1 $1 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

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