Friday, April 28, 2006

Van Wely wins first game

The Van Wely-Carslen match started today. Van Wely had small advantage with White pieces after Carlsen's 11...Nd2 (according to Topalov's analyses). In the later stage of the game, White managed to break with his Rooks over c-file.


Loek Van Wely - Magnus Carlsen
Game 1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rc1 c6 9. e4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Bd3 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Nd7 13. O-O Bb4 14. cxd5 Bxc3 15. Rxc3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 cxd5 17. Rfc1 f6 18. Qe2 fxe5 19. dxe5 Nc5 20. Nd4 Qe8 21. f3 a5 22. a3 Qg6 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Nd7 25. Rc6 Rae8 26. Rd6 Rf7 27. Kg2 h5 28. h4 Nf8 29. Rxb6 Ra8 30. Qd2 Ra3 31. Rb8 Rd3 32. Qf2 Qh6 33. f4 Qg6 34. f5 Qh6 35. Rc2 Kh7 36. Re8 Rxd4 37. Qxd4 Rxf5 38. Rf2 Ng6 39. Rxf5 exf5 40. Rc8 f4 41. Qd3 1-0


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