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Karjakin entered the FIDE ratings TOP 100 in April 2005, where he was ranked 64th and rated 2635. He passed for the first time the elite 2700 mark in January 2008 with a rating of 2732, ranked 14th, thus not far from the eminently enviable and extremely coveted world's TOP 10. In 2007 World Cup he reached the semi-finals where he was eliminated by Alexei Shirov. In February 2009 he has won the sole 1st place in the Wijk Aan Zee Corus A Chess Tournament, having been the only one among the 6 concurrents to the 1st place to win his game in the final round. This victory qualifies him for the Bilbao 2009 Grand Slam Tournament, making him the second finalist to qualify after Veselin Topalov who won Bilbao 2008. On the FIDE ratings list established in January 2009 he has a rating of 2706 (but this doesn't take into account his victory at the Corus).
We choose, as an illustration of the Karjakin's style, a brief game recently played by Sergey against the American grandmaster Gata Kamsky (Corus Wijk aan Zee 2006).
Karjakin, Sergey (2660) - Kamsky, Gata (2686)
It acts of one significant line regularly played since 1859 (Suhle, Berthold - Anderssen, Adolf 0-1 (B42) Cologne, 1859) with today more than 13 000 games in databases. According to our theoretical study (see in the "New Chess Theory" Lecture:
NCT V - "Opening new understanding"
), concerning a refinement of the classical Opening Classification,
the present beginning is a B42-Relatively Mixed Opening
(B42 - A31, A34, B33, B41, B42, B43, B46, B48, B50, B57, B60, B80,
B82, B93, B95).
DIAG 1
:
This beginning is also a commonly known crossroad of the Kan Variation, with the following possible continuations:
The Gipslis Variation of the Kan appears in fact for the first time in the game: De Rool, Paul - Darga, Klaus 0-1 (B42) Hoogovens Beverwijk, 1964. But Aivars Gipslis, 8 times champion of Latvia, played this line leading Black, many times with success, in particular during the 34th USSR Championship in Tbilisi, 1966.
DIAG 2
:
This complex and rich beginning, offering identical chances to White and Black, is typically a B42-Totally Pure Opening (see at this subject the "New Chess Theory" Lecture:
NCT V - "Opening new understanding").
DIAG 3
:
It is judicious to consider 9...d6 as the end of the Opening Theoretical Phase (OPTP:) and thus 10.Rc1!? as the beginning of the Opening Speculative Phase (OPSP:) (see the "New Chess Theory" Lecture:
NCT IV - "Unfolding of a game").
Effectively in all this line 10.Rc1!? is the first move not unanimously recognized, as it appears, considering all candidate moves routinely played in the position occurring after 9...d6: 10.Rc1 = (Nikolai V Krogius, 1969), 10.Qe2?! =/+ (Manfred Schoeneberg, 1968), 10.h3?! =/+ (Borislav Milic, 1965), 10.Be2!? +/= (Milan Matulovic, 1967), 10.Re1!? +/= (Efim P Geller, 1966), 10.f3?! =/+ (Paul de Rool, 1964).
DIAG 4
:
At this stage of the game, corresponding to the Opening Critical Phase (OPCP:), a great number of moves have been played, amongst other things:
Was playable 12.Bh6!? Bxh6 13.Qxh6 Nc5 14.Bb1 Ng4 15.Qh4! Ne5 16.b3 Bd7 +/=, but the Sergey's plan is to exploit the d-open file (open in the Pachman's meaning!) and in particular to create a pressure on the weak d6-pawn. By the way, perhaps a more efficient Black defense was: 14...Rfd8 15.b4 Rac8 16.Nb3 Ne8 17.Qf2 +/= with nevertheless a clear White domination.
DIAG 5
:
Black strategy is not clear, but it is rather difficult for Gata Kamsky, in this position, to find a valuable counterplay; if 16...Rab8 was certainly an appropriate move, one does not see very well how Black can continue. To illustrate this opinion let us notice that 17...Ne5!?, instead of 17...Qd8, is not either an adequate solution, taking into account the foreseeable continuation: 18.Na4 Ba8 (Ned7 19.Nb3 Rd8 20.Be2 Ne8 21.Bg5 f6 22.Bf4 +/=) 19.Nb3 Nfd7 20.Be2! Rd8 21.f4 Bxe4 22.fxe5 Bxg2+ 23.Kxg2 Qc6+ 24.Kg1 Qxa4 25.Nd4 Nxe5 26.Qa2 +/- with White initiative.
In this position, it is not difficult to justify the opinion of the White superiority, as it appears by observing the following features:
DIAG 6
:
This interesting game offers to us a new occasion to illustrate our point of view related to "Control and Domination" (NCT: "New Chess Theory" Lecture). You may refer yourself to:
NCT VII - "Control and Domination I"
and
NCT VIII - "Control and Domination II" .
The cartography of this position (DIAG 6) is the following:
In this conditions we have the numerical values:
Of this values we immediately deduce the "Radiation rates":
WRR = 100 x 32
/ (64 - 8) % =
57 % Thus White domination is really important!
May be envisaged: 22.Be2!? (idea: f4) Rcc8 23.f4 Nc6 24.Rd3 Qc7 25.Rcd1 Rd8 26.Bf3 +/=.
DIAG 7
:
Now it is difficult for Black to find a good defense.
DIAG 8
:
Evidently Sergey Karjakin does not sacrifice his Knight: 26...dxc5?? 27.Bxe5 Qe8 28.Bxb8 +-.
DIAG 9
:
This time Sergey Karjakin owns a decisive advantage. Was not better for Kamsky: 26...Qc7!? 27.Qg3 Bg7 28.Nb3 a5 29.b5! Rxc1 30.Rxc1 Qd8 31.a4 +/-.
DIAG 10
:
The game may continue like this: 33.Rc7 Ba8 34.g3 a5 35.bxa5 Bxa3 36.Nc4! Bb4 37.a6 +-. A very fine game magnificently played by Sergey!
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