Magnus Carlsen Defends World Title - Sochi 2014

Pertarungan perebutan gelar juara dunia catur berakhir hari ini di ronde 11. Melalui partai panas di pembelaan Ruy Lopez / Spanyol variasi Berlin, penantang Vishwanathan Anand sebenarnya cukup menguasai pembukaan dan permainan tengah. Di luar dugaan, saat posisinya cukup menjanjikan, Anand melakukan exchange sacrifice alias korban kualitas dengan langkah benteng ke b4 (27...Rb4). Ini hanya selisih satu petak dari petak yang seharusnya benteng tersebut mendarat, di mana engine dan para grandmaster menyebut 27..Rb3 adalah jawaban yang kuat di bangunan tersebut. Dengan hadiah korban benteng ini, Carlsen cepat memanuver kuda nya dan menyederhanakan posisi. Strateginya adalah semakin banyak yang ditukar semakin nyata terlihat beda kualitas perwiranya. Di endgame dengan keunggulan benteng melawan gajah, Carlsen bermain sangat cermat dan akhirnya memenangkan partai ronde sebelas ini, sekaligus mempertahankan gelar juara dunianya.

On round 11 of World Chess Championship 2014, Vishy Anand get a promising position after getting out from the Ruy Lopez Berlin. Magnus Carlsen somehow allow Anand , who playing black, to build up enough counter attack on the queenside. But just as the position seems to explode, Anand once again made an illusionary exchange sacrifice on the open file with 27...Rb4. Spectators were surprised and cried out twitter when this happened on the live feed. Magnus Carlsen happily take the rook and simplified the position into all win endgame. Thus the championship concluded with Carlsen won three games, all involved crucial blunders by Anand, while Anand won only once. Magnus Carlsen defended his chess world champion title. Congratulation for Magnus Carlsen for defending his title quite smoothly indeed.

Interesting post game / match statement in pers conferences:

Q to Anand " What happened to last game, what can be said about that?"

Anand : "it is a very tense position, when I got b5 break, I understood he doesn't take the pawn anyway, it's still tight...."

Anand on his exchange sacrifice Rb4 "I didn't see anyway quick for white, it is a bad gamble anyway...."

Q to Carlsen about exchange sacrifice Rb4 : "how do you feel...?"

Carlsen : "...in general I like to grab of instead it a thought, i was happy when he played that move because I think it didn't have enough compensation...."

Carlsen : "...Berlin defence suit me, suit my style..."

World Chess Championship alias kejuaraan dunia catur ini digelar dari tanggal 7 November 2014 hingga 28 November 2014, antara pecatur juara dunia Magnus Carlsen dari Norwegia melawan penantang Viswanathan Anand dari India. 12 ronde dijadwalkan dengan tambahan tie break jika diperlukan. Turnamen berlangsung di kota Sochi, Rusia. Setiap partai akan disiarkan LIVE melalui website resmi dan direlay beberapa website LIVE chess lainnya. Website official ada di http://www.sochi2014.fide.com/ .

Hingga babak ke sebelas score akhir adalah 6.5-4.5 untuk Carlsen:

 Komentar / Anotasi Catur WCC 2014 Sochi  Carlsen - Anand :
Round 1: Anand, Viswanathan - Carlsen, Magnus ½-½ D85 Gruenfeld Defence
Round 2: Carlsen, Magnus - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 3: Anand, Viswanathan - Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Round 4: Carlsen, Magnus - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2-1/2 B40 Sicilian Kan
Round 5: Anand, Viswanathan - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2-1/2 E15 QID Fianchetto Variation
Round 6: Carlsen - Anand 1-0 B41 Sicilian Kan Bronstein Variation
Round 7: Carlsen - Anand 1/2-1/2 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 8: Anand - Carlsen 1/2-1/2 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Round 9: Carlsen - Anand 1/2-1/2 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 10: Anand - Carlsen 1/2-1/2 D97 Gruenfeld Defence Russian variation
Round 11: Carlsen - Anand 1-0 D67 Ruy Lopez Berlin

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last blunder by Anand in already won endgame for Carlsen..