SPOT ON CHESS PUZZLES Carlsen vs Karthikeyan, Qatar Masters Round 7

PART II coverage of the game Carlsen versus Karthikeyan. Which was the second loss incurred by Magnus while playing at the QATAR MASTERS OPEN 2023.

A fighting game of chess but clearly Magnus was not “100 percent” on. So I would rate this as a game where he made a miscalculation and wasn’t playing his best. But a win is a win and a loss is a loss. It happens. Chess happens.

Here is the game again given as a pgn score:

[Event "Qatar Masters Open 2023"][Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2023.10.18"][EventDate "2022.10.11"]
[Round "7.1"][Result "0-1"]
[White “GM Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black “GM Murali Karthikeyan"]
[ECO "C77”][Opening: “Spanish or Ruy Lopez”]
[WhiteElo "2839"][BlackElo "2611"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Nd5 d6 8.
c3 Be6 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Bxd5 11. exd5 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 Ne7 13. Qd3 Qd7 14.
h4 h6 15. h5 Nexd5 16. Rh4 O-O-O 17. a3 Ba5 18. a4 Bb6 19. Nd2 Rhe8 20.
axb5 axb5 21. Ne4 Kb7 22. Qf3 Qc6 23. Bxh6 Rxe4 24. Rxe4 gxh6 25. Ree1 Kb8
26. Re2 Qb7 27. Bxd5 Nxd5 28. Qxf7 c6 29. Qxb7+ Kxb7 30. Rd1 Kc7 31. Re6
Rf8 32. Rd2 Rf6 33. Re4 Kd7 34. g3 Rf5 35. g4 Rf7 36. Rd3 Nc7 37. Ree3 Ne6
38. d5 cxd5 39. Rf3 Rg7 40. Rxd5 Rxg4 41. Rf6 Bd4 42. Rxh6 Rf4 43. Rxb5
Rxf2+ 44. Ke1 Nc5 45. Kd1 Be3 0-1

Thanks for watching, get out there and roll the bones! ~ S.