World Chess Championship.- Magnus Carlsen vs. Sergey Karjakin. (GAME 9) [video analysis]

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Magnus Carlsen vs Sergey Karjakin

Between November 11 and 30, 2016, the match that will determine the next World Chess Champion is being played in New York. As is well known, the contenders are Grand Masters Magnus Carlsen (current champion) and Sergey Karjakin (title contender).

The Norwegian and Russian are playing a match to 12 games, and will be awarded World Champion who earns 6.5 points. In the event that the match ends tied in 6 points, it will be defined in a tie-break session, which will consist of quick matches first, if the tie persists, blitz will be played and if necessary, it will be defined in Armageddon.

Time control: 100 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 50 minutes for 20 more moves, and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game. In all periods there will be 30 seconds increment per move.

Game 9

The defeat in the eighth left a psychologically damaged Carlsen, who, considered undisputed favorite before the duel, could never imagine that in the absence of three games would be one point down without having achieved a single victory. Karjakin dominates the score by 5 to 4 points and only has a point and a half to win the crown.
At the helm of White, Karjakin returned to the open 1.e4 and Carlsen responded with the sharp variant Arcángel of the Spanish to finish in a half game with a pawn of less in exchange for an active game of pieces.

The Norwegian sought to remove from the lines known to his opponent, who has ratified his defensive mastery since the beginning of the match, but at the height of move 25 analysts agreed that the champion had not achieved a comfortable position.

Carlsen, who had played this variant only four times in his career, consumed half an hour to execute 23 ... Rfd8, which proved that the prepared recipe had been exhausted. The Norwegian was already eager to sign the draw and to prepare conscientiously the remaining three games, in two of which he will play with white.

But the Russian sniffed the blood, and with 34.Ac4 Karjakin rejected a line of draws, looking for a near-final blow. The champion, with 10 minutes on the clock for six moves before the first control, was in serious danger.
The aspirant meditated for 26 minutes before sacrificing his bishop with 39. Bxf7 + but, in the presence of queens and with little material on the board, he could not find a way to translate his advantage into victory. The analysts thought that 39.Qb3 would have given him more chances of triumph to the aspirant.

"There were tough times but I'm glad I survived," Carlsen acknowledged in the press room.

You can view an exelent analysis from Daniel King who explain us all the details of game 9.