2018年度最佳残局1 best endgame of 2018

chessbase网站评出2018年度最佳残局，转来与国人共享。

第一盘来自Carlsen-Caruana  卡尔森与卡鲁亚纳世界冠军赛上的对局。

2018年世界冠军赛慢棋阶段真是势均力敌，两位棋手在12盘慢棋全部弈成和棋，创造了世界冠军赛的一个纪录。快棋赛中，直落三局，干脆利落地结束比赛，成功卫冕。本局就是快棋赛中的第一局。

38步以后的车兵残局，卡尔森功力深厚，连续消灭对方的小兵，最后获胜。看视频吧，要多费些流量，好处是可以随时暂停。

完整棋局：

[Event "Carlsen - Caruana World Championship Match"]

[Site "London ENG"]

[Date "2018.11.28"]

[EventDate "2018.11.09"]

[Round "13.1"]

[Result "1-0"]

[White "Magnus Carlsen"]

[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]

[ECO "A22"]

[WhiteElo "?"]

[BlackElo "?"]

[PlyCount "109"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bb4 4.e4 O-O 5.Nge2 c6 6.Bg2 a6 7.O-O

b5 8.d4 d6 9.a3 Bxc3 10.Nxc3 bxc4 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Na4 Be6

13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.Be3 Nbd7 15.f3 Rab8 16.Rac1 Rb3 17.Rfe1 Ne8

18.Bf1 Nd6 19.Rcd1 Nb5 20.Nc5 Rxb2 21.Nxe6 fxe6 22.Bxc4 Nd4

23.Bxd4 exd4 24.Bxe6+ Kf8 25.Rxd4 Ke7 26.Rxd7+ Rxd7 27.Bxd7

Kxd7 28.Rd1+ Ke6 29.f4 c5 30.Rd5 Rc2 31.h4 c4 32.f5+ Kf6

33.Rc5 h5 34.Kf1 Rc3 35.Kg2 Rxa3 36.Rxc4 Ke5 37.Rc7 Kxe4

38.Re7+ Kxf5 39.Rxg7 Kf6 40.Rg5 a5 41.Rxh5 a4 42.Ra5 Ra1

43.Kf3 a3 44.Ra6+ Kg7 45.Kg2 Ra2+ 46.Kh3 Ra1 47.h5 Kh7 48.g4

Kg7 49.Kh4 a2 50.Kg5 Kf7 51.h6 Rb1 52.Ra7+ Kg8 53.Rxa2 Rb5+

54.Kg6 Rb6+ 55.Kh5 1-0

评注：

1.c4 e5 2.c3 f6 3.g3 Magnus tries a different move order, which makes quite a lot of sense when considering how Caruana was playing against the English previously. b43...d5 In the classical games, Caruana went for the reverse sicilian. But here, due to White avoiding Ng1-f3, after4.cxd5 xd5 5.g2 The knight on d5 is hanging- by contrast, the position with Nf3 and Nc6 included, the knight is safe. As a result, Black cannot play Bc5, as he did in the 2 classical games. He has other options to fight for equality and probably succeed if well prepared, but it clearly avoids Caruana's prepared line. c5?5...b6 Would be normal 6.xd5 4.e4!? Magnus plays an interesting move, aiming just to get his typical Rossolimo positions a tempo up. Considering how he outplayed Caruana in those games to some extent, it makes a lot of sense to aim for such a position where the extra tempo means White can never be worse. Objectively Black must be fine, but practically, this was excellent preparation. 0-05.ge2 c65...d6 I might prefer something like this, aiming to play on the dark squares. Still, after something like 6.g2 c6 7.0-0The machine calls it equal, but White has the very straightforward plan of sending the King's Indian death star with h3, d3, f4-f4, etc. Black is under some pressure and will need to find the right plan. I think he should be okay after Bc5 followed by Nd4. a5 8.d3 c5 9.h3 d4!? 10.h2 c6 11.f4 exf4 A position like this one is probably okay. I played a very similar plan in a game with Lu Shanglei several years back. 6.g2 a6?! Too slow. 7.0-0 b5 8.d4! Energetic and strong. I don't know if this was preparation or not, but it certainly looks good. Magnus is playing with a lot of force. d68...exd4 9.xd4 bxc4 Is a positional disaster after 10.e5! When Black looks absolutely lost despite the pawn up 9.a3! Again, not fearing the loss of a pawn. xc39...a5 In hindsight, this was likely a better try. 10.b4 b6 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.c2 I would take White, but the game goes on. 10.xc3 bxc4 11.dxe5 dxe5 Black's position is more or less lost if he is unable to save the c4-pawn, so he has to cling to it for dear life. 12.a412.e3 Looks more natural to me. The knight was quite fine on c3. Of course it's easier to criticize with an engine running. 12...e6 13.xd8 xd8 14.e3 bd7 15.f3 Magnus' play has not been the most incisive in the past few moves, and Caruana now almost gets back into the game. ab8! 16.ac1 b3! The c-pawn will eventually fall, but Black can compromise White's structure before it is captured. 17.fe1 Bf1 is coming, and it leaves Black in miserable shape. The move Caruana played is not terrible but I much prefer another option. e817...db8! 18.f1 c3! Black pitches the c-pawn, but White will have to compromise his structure. Anything else would allow Bxc4 and likely an easy win for White. 19.xc3 xc3 20.bxc3 Black is a bit worse and will suffer, but I think it is probably holdable. 18.f1 d6 19.cd1! Now Black is in all sorts of tactical problems. b5? Activity is always appealing and often correct, but now the position falls apart.19...b7 Sad as it might be, a move like this may have been prudent. Black is under a lot of pressure but not falling apart just yet. 20.c5 xb2 21.xe6 fxe6 22.xc4 Black will not hold onto his extra pawn, and his position remains a trainwreck.d422...f7 Trying to defend e6 ignores the bigger and more subtle threat. 23.xb5! axb5 24.g5! White wins a piece, and the game. 23.xd4 exd4 24.xe6+? This is imprecise.24.xd4! The pin is lethal. White has to spot a very difficult move, but then he wins. f7 Black is hoping for Nd7-d5, when the rook on d8 cannot be comfortably taken due to Nxf3. But White wins with the astounding 25.h1‼ Getting out of Ne5 just in time.25.f1 Will not do because Black gets too much counterplay after e7 26.ed1 Otherwise the knight escapes xh2!25...e725...e5 26.xd8 xf3 27.e2 26.ed1 The immortal pin on the knight should win the game in short order. Trying to get it out with bb8 Fails to27.xa6! when the passed a-pawn will decide the game when all the rooks trade. c5 28.xd8 xd8 29.xd8 xd830.c4 White should win. 24...f8 25.xd4 e7 26.xd7+ xd7 27.xd7 xd7 White is a pawn up, and if he could just include his king, he would win easily. But the king is cut off on the first rank, which complicates his task considerably. I'm not sure if the position is winning or not. 28.d1+ e6 29.f4 c5 The c-pawn is coming, and hard to deal with. 30.d5 c2 31.h4 c4 32.f5+f6 33.c5 h5 Magnus let the win slip away. He cannot include his king in the action and hie pawns are firmly blockaded. Still, he clearly was in control the entire game, and is looking like the much better rapid player so far. 34.f1 c3? I've been told I have been too harsh with giving each player double question marks at some point in the match, so I will spare Caruana here. But this move is so completely wrong. Black absolutely cannot let the White king enter the game.34...c3 35.e1 a2 Something like this draws easily. The king is simply too passive. 36.xc3 e5 35.g2! Freedom! xa3 36.xc4 e5 37.c7! xe4? The last mistake. Black still could have held with Ra2+, but this was a very hard move to find with no time on the clock and its unsurprising even a very strong player messed up in such a tough position. While this is technically the move that lost Black the game, I would be much more critical of Rc3, allowing the White king to escape. Often the bigger mistake is the one that makes your task difficult, not the one that ultimately tips the scale.37...a2+! Black once again needed to fight to keep White's king passive. 38.h3 xe4 39.xg7 a1! Black is ready for Kf3 next to make counterplay. 40.c7 f1! Another only move, and Black holds by the skin of his teeth. This seems nearly impossible for a human to find when so low on time. 38.e7+! Sealing the deal. White does not allow Black's king into f3. xf5 39.xg7 Black cannot prevent the loss of the h5-pawn, and hie a-pawn offers no real hope of salvation. A back and forth game (it is rapid after all) but Magnus really seemed to be in the drivers seat the whole way. One game is obviously the smallest possible sample size, but if this is the kind of strength difference we can expect among them in rapid chess, his draw offer in round 12 becomes much more understandable. f6 40.g5 a5 41.xh5 a4 42.a5 a1 43.f3 a3 44.a6+ g7 45.g2 a2+ 46.h3 a147.h5 h7 48.g4 g7? The position was beyond saying but this gives up the last practical chance.48...a2 This is a decent try, but it does lose. 49.h2! It is important to keep the g2-square clear.49.g2 g7 50.g5??50.h2 Still wins 49...g7 50.g5 g850...b1 51.a7+ g8 52.xa2 b5 53.g2! White needs this move to save his pawns. 51.a7 h8 52.h6! again, keeping the g-pawn as the safe one.52.g6? An innocent move like this one is not to be recommended... b1! 53.xa2 b5 And it's a technical draw. white needed the Rg2 resource to save his less advanced pawn. By playing g6 instead, he allows a draw. 52...b1 53.xa2 b5 54.g2!+- I really doubt Magnus was unaware of this idea and probably knew the Ippolito-Ganguly game, but it was the only thing worth trying for Black. 49.h4 a2 50.g5 f7 51.h6 b1 52.a7+ g8 53.xa2 b5+ 54.g6 b6+ 55.h51–0