Delad förstaplats i NM

I kväll spelades det sista och avgörande partiet i NM. Josef och Bosse hade samma poäng och samma kvalitetspoäng inför sitt parti. Det blev lite för jämt, både inför och efter partiet. Eftersom partiet blev remi slutade vi med samma situation som vi hade innan partiet: Samma totalpoäng och samma kvalitetspoäng. Den som vill kan ju räkna på andra sätt att särskilja, men det är nog inte orimligt att förklara det här årets NM för oavgjort mellan de två toppspelarna. Grattis till båda två!

Samtidigt som Bosse och Josef spelade höll Nisse Renman en föreläsning på ett mycket intressant parti mellan Magnus Carlsen och Nils Grandelius från Norway Chess. Partiet återges i sin helhet nedan, dock utan Renmans analys. Istället är det GM Jon Ludvig Hammer som står för kommentarerna.

   [Event "NorwayChess"]  [Site "Stavanger"]  [Date "2016.04.21"]  [Round "3"]  [White "Carlsen, Magnus"]  [Black "Grandelius, Nils"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "B29"]  [Opening "Sicilian: Nimzovich-Rubinstein variation"]  [Annotator "Jon Ludvig Hammer"]  [Plycount "75"]  [Eventdate "2016.04.23"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {When teaching, I always say there's a very simple recipe to  a good opening: Place your pawns in the center, get your pieces out and castle  the king. Grandelius ends up doing none of the above, and this knight move is  the beginning of his risky opening strategy.} 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 Nxc3 5. dxc3 Nc6  6. Bf4 Qb6 7. Qc1 f6 8. Bc4 {White has brilliant development, but black had an  idea:} 8... g5 9. Bg3 g4 10. exf6 ({If now} 10. Nh4 Nxe5 {black can be happy  with his strategy, grabbing an all important central pawn as compensation for  his lousy development. Magnus had no interest in allowing that. As a matter of  fact, after Bc4 he went into the confessional and declared his intention to  sacrifice a piece!}) 10... gxf3 11. Qf4 {White is a piece down, but can we  really count the rook on a8 which is ages from joining the fray?} 11... fxg2 12.  Rg1 Na5 {Apparently, this is already a mistake. The computers prefer the ice  cold} (12... h5 {which does have the clever idea of preventing queenside  castling (met by Bh6). So far I've analyzed this position for an hour, but have  yet to reach a conclusion. It's safe to say it's complicated, and when you're  not a computer, it's very easy to go wrong defending against a massive attack.})  13. f7+ Kd8 14. Bd5 {White keeps his attacking pieces, and the pawn on f7 is  extremely close to queening. Black is a piece up, but the rooks and bishops are  stuck on their initial squares. In a matchup of active pieces, white is  definitely ahead. Grandelius actually felt the f7-pawn was so strong, it needed  to be eliminated - even at the cost of a rook.} 14... Bh6 15. Qe5 Rf8 16. Bh4  Rxf7 17. Bxf7 Nc6 18. Qg3 {This is very good from Carlsen. He gives up some  pawns, but the key here is making sure black's king stays stuck in the center.  Control over the c7-square trumps the loss of b2 and c2.} 18... Qxb2 19. Rd1  Qxc2 20. Bd5 {Attack and defence at the same time!} 20... Qf5 21. Rxg2 Bf4 22.  Qf3 Kc7 {The king gets out, but now the black queen is stuck in an unpleasant  pin} 23. Rg5 Qf8 24. Bg3 e5 25. Rh5 a5 26. Rxh7 Ra6 {The rook is out-ish! And it  only took 26 moves.} 27. Rf7 Qe8 28. Kf1 Bxg3 29. hxg3 Qh8 30. Kg2 Nd8 31. Rf8  Qg7 32. Rh1 Rh6 33. Rxh6 Qxh6 34. Qf6 {The final touch. There's no more attack,  but there is a passed g-pawn. The white pieces will guide the pawn to  promotion.} 34... Qxf6 35. Rxf6 d6 36. Kf3 b5 37. g4 Kd7 38. Rh6 {Grandelius  realized there's no stopping the white pawn, and resigned the game.} 1-0

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Delad förstaplats i NM