World Chess Ch. 2016 - Game 8 (Detailed analysis) : Magnus Carlsen vs Sergey Karjakin : Colle

Carlsen played the Colle System, an innocuous opening rarely seen at grandmaster level, as is typical of his playstyle: he only aims to get a playable position and not to prove that his opening preparation is superior to the opponent's. He then played recklessly for a win, openly inviting complications. Analysis suggested that the complicated 19...Qg5 would have been good for Black, however Karjakin refused to oblige, playing instead 19...Bc6. The position was equal, but Carlsen continued to play for a win. The move 24.bxc4 was criticized by commentators who said that if Carlsen wanted to make this recapture, it should have been done on move 22. Carlsen eventually overpressed with 35. c5?, going down two pawns for almost no compensation. In time trouble, Karjakin returned the blunder with 37...Qd3? (37...Qa4 was winning), allowing Carlsen to win back both pawns. The resulting position was objectively equal but double-edged in practice, with connected outside passed pawns but an exposed king for Karjakin. Once again Carlsen had forced drawing lines at his disposal, but chose to play for a win. Instead, he erred with 51. Qe6? and after 51...h5! 52.h4 a2! he resigned. (After 53. Qxa2 Ng4+ 54. Kh3 Qg1, White has to sacrifice the queen to avoid immediate mate.)[53] International Master Sagar Shah attributed Carlsen's defeat to a loss of objectivity. After the game Carlsen was visibly uncomfortable and left the press conference before it began, potentially incurring a fine of 5% of his prize money to the organizers Agon, and a further 5% to FIDE.[53] FIDE released a statement the following day indicating that the penalty would be imposed.[55] The fine was reduced on appeal to 5% of the prize money (2.5% to Agon and 2.5% to FIDE) See Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_2016#Game_8:_Carlsen.E2.80.93Karjakin.2C_0.E2.80.931 â–ºFREE online turn-style chess at http://osk03.chesshorsey.com/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 or realtime at http://www.chessclub.com/from/kingscrusher (use my discount code KINGICC for 10% off) â–ºSupport the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq â–ºKingscrusher's training books at Chessable: http://osk03.chesshorsey.com/chessclubs/learn_coaching_chessable.asp â–ºPlaylists: http://goo.gl/FxpqEH â–ºFollow me at Google+ : http://www.google.com/+kingscrusher â–ºPlay and follow broadcasts at Chess24: https://chess24.com/premium?ref=kingscrusher Thumbnail : Carlsen vs Karjakin Magnus Carlsen: By GFHund (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Karjakin By Andreas Kontokanis from Piraeus, Greece (Karjakin Sergey) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons