Pearl Spring tournament in Nanjing

!st round

Magnus Carlsen - Peter Leko

c45 Scotch Game

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4!?

Only played a few times before by Carlsen.

3... exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5

4... Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. b3 O-O-O 10. g3 Re8 11. Bb2 f6 12. Bg2 fxe5 13. O-O g6 14. Qd2 Nb6 15. Qa5 Kb7 16. Ba3 Qf6 17. Bxf8 Rhxf8 18. Nc3 Qe7 19. Na4 d6 20. Bxc6+ Kxc6 21. Qxa6 e4 22. c5 dxc5 23. Nxc5 Kxc5 24. Rfd1 Qe5 25. b4+ Kxb4 26. Rab1+ Kc3 27. Rb3+ Kc2 28. Qe2# 1-0 Carlsen,M-Orujov,A/Peniscola 2002 4... g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nc2 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. Bd2 Nc5 11. b4 Ne6 12. Rc1 Ned4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Be3 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 a5 16. b5 Bxc3 17. Rxc3 f6 18. c5 dxc5 19. Rd1 Qe8 20. Bh6 Rf7 21. Qc4 c6 22. Rd6 Bd7 23. a4 Kh8 24. Rcd3 Rc8 25. h3 Rc7 26. b6 Rc8 27. Qxf7 Qxf7 28. Rxd7 Qg8 29. Rxb7 g5 30. Rc7 Qe6 31. Rdd7 Rxc7 32. Rd8+ 1-0 Carlsen,M-Diamant,A/Chalkidiki 2003 4... Qf6 5. Nxc6 Bc5 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Be6 8. Qf4 O-O-O 9. Bd3 Qe7 10. Be3 Nf6 11. Qg5 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Kb8 13. h3 Nd7 14. O-O-O f6 15. f4 Rhe8 16. Be2 Bf7 17. Bf3 Nb6 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rd1 Nc4 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Qd3 Qe7 22. Qd4 Qd6 23. Ne2 a6 24. b3 Qa3+ 25. Kd1 Nd6 26. e5 fxe5 27. fxe5 Nf5 28. Qd8+ Ka7 29. Qxc7 Bd5 30. Bxd5 Ne3+ 31. Kd2 Nxd5 32. Qd6 Qa5+ 33. Kd3 Qe1 34. Qc5+ b6 35. Qg1 Nb4+ 36. Ke3 Nxc2+ 37. Kd3 Nb4+ 38. Ke3 Qh4 39. Qf1 Qg5+ 40. Ke4 Qg6+ 41. Qf5 Qxg2+ 42. Ke3 Qd5 43. Nf4 Qc5+ 44. Kf3 Kb8 45. Qg5 Qf8 46. Ke4 Nd5 47. Nxd5 cxd5+ 48. Kxd5 g6 49. Qf6 Qc5+ 50. Ke6 Qc6+ 51. Kf7 Qd7+ 52. Kg8 Qxh3 53. e6 Kc7 54. Qe5+ Kd8 1-0 Carlsen,M-Vajda,S/Budapest 2003

5. Be3

5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 Qh4 7. Qe2 Nf6 8. Be3 Bxe3 9. Qxe3 O-O 10. Nd2 Re8 Carlsen,M-Kamsky,G/Khanty Mansiysk 2007

5... Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8. Be2 Qg6 9. O-O d6 10. f4 Qxe4 11. Bf2 Bxd4 12. cxd4 N5g6 13. g3 O-O

13... Bh3 14. Bf3 Qf5 15. Re1 d5 16. Qb3 O-O 17. Nc3 c6 18. Qxb7 Rfb8 19. Qc7 Qf6 1/2-1/2 Morozevich,A-Kramnik,V/Dortmund 2001

14. Nc3 Qf5 15. d5 a6

15... Qd7 16. h4 h6 17. h5 Nh8 18. Re1 Qd8 19. g4 f5 20. Bh4 g5 21. fxg5 hxg5 22. Bxg5 Nf7 23. Bf4 fxg4 24. Bd3 Ne5 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. Rxe5 Bf5 27. Qd2 Bxd3 28. Qxd3 Qd6 29. Rg5+ Kh8 30. Qd4+ Qf6 31. Qxf6+ Rxf6 32. Re1 Rf5 33. Rxg4 Nxd5 1/2-1/2 Brunello,S-Naumkin,I/Verona 2006

16. Re1 Kh8 17. Rc1 Bd7 18. Bf3 Rac8 19. Qb3 b5

Perhaps 19... b6 was a better try.

20. Ne2 Qh3 21. Nd4 Bg4 22. Bg2 Qh5 23. h4!?

The immediate 23. Nc6 Nxc6 24. Rxc6 can be answered by 24... a5 because of 25. Qxb5 Bd7

23... Ng8?!

Now White can already start hunting. 23... Rfe8 24. a4 Bd7

24. Rc6 Nf6 25. Rxa6 Bd7 26. Nxb5 Rb8 27. a4 Ng4 28. Bf3 Qh6

28... Qf5!?

29. Qc4

White's opening has been a great success.

29... Nxh4!? An interesting try in an already lost position.

30. Bxg4! Bxg4 31. gxh4 Bf3 32. f5 Qh5 33. Qf4

Very accurately played.

33... Bxd5 34. Nxc7 Bb7 35. Rb6 f6 36. Bd4 Qf7 37. Ne6 Rg8 38. Kf2 Rbc8 39. Bc3 Bd5 40. a5 Rc4 41. Nd4 Ba8 42. Qxd6 Qh5 43. Qf4 Rcc8 44. Rbe6 1-0

source :chess vibes