Carlsen vs Svidler: You Don’t Use Your Chance I Mate You!

December 30, 2018 NHaselton Chess Lectures

Chess with SurenSun, December 30, 2018 1:42pmURL:
Embed:

Carlsen, Magnus (NOR) – Svidler, Peter (RUS)
World Blitz Championship 2018 round 10
1. c4 g6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O e6 7. e3 Nge7 8. d4 O-O 9. Re1 Rb8 10. b3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. exd4 Nf5 13. Be3 Nxe3 14. Rxe3 a6 15. Rc1 Bh6 16. f4 Bg7 17. Rd3 b6 18. Qd2 Bd7 19. h4 Qe7 20. Kh2 Rfc8 21. a4 Be8 22. Re1 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Nxb5 Bxb5 25. cxb5 Rxb5 26. d5 e5 27. f5 Rcb8 28. Qc2 gxf5 29. Rf3 f4 30. Rxf4 Rxb3 31. Qf5 Rb1 32. Rxb1 Rxb1 33. Rg4 Rb2 34. Kh3 h5 35. Rg5 Qa7 36. Be4 Qg1 37. Qc8#
1-0
Video Thumbnail Credits: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:15-10-10-Magnus_Carlsen-RalfR-N3S_2391.jpg

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.

<div id="puzzlebot-container"></div>

<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.6.0.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@chrisoakman/chessboardjs@1.0.0/dist/chessboard-1.0.0.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@chrisoakman/chessboardjs@1.0.0/dist/chessboard-1.0.0.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@chrisoakman/chessboardjs@1.0.0/dist/chessboard-1.0.0.polyfills.min.js"></script>

<script>
  var board = null;
  var game = new Chess();

  function onDragStart(source, piece, position, orientation) {
    // do not allow dragging when game is over
    if (game.game_over()) return false;

    // only allow white pieces to be dragged
    if (piece.search(/^b/) !== -1) return false;
  }

  function onDrop(source, target) {
    // see if the move is legal
    var move = game.move({
      from: source,
      to: target,
      promotion: "q" // always promote to a queen for example simplicity
    });

    // illegal move
    if (move === null) return "snapback";

    // update the board position
    board.position(game.fen());

    // get a random move from the engine
    window.setTimeout(makeRandomMove, 250);
  }

  // make a random move
  function makeRandomMove() {
    var possibleMoves = game.moves();

    // game over
    if (possibleMoves.length === 0) return;

    var randomIndex = Math.floor(Math.random() * possibleMoves.length);
    game.move(possibleMoves[randomIndex]);
    board.position(game.fen());
  }

  // initialize the chessboard
  function init() {
    var config = {
      draggable: true,
      onDragStart: onDragStart,
      onDrop: onDrop,
      position: 'start'
    };

    board = Chessboard('puzzlebot-container', config);

    makeRandomMove();
  }

  $(document).ready(init);
</script>