Hi, friend. One of the things I like most about the Chess.com platform is that not only chess fans play, but also semi-professional players and also the big stars of this sport worldwide and of course if we talk about the big stars of this game, We must necessarily talk about the greatest of all, the Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen who, along with another large number of grandmasters, uses this platform all the time to play some games. This time I bring the analysis of his last game on this platform which was against Grandmaster Aram Hakobyan from Armenia.
On this occasion, Carlsen had to go with white and made his opening with e4 to which his rival responded with c5, that is, with a Sicilian Defense controlling the d4 square of the board.
In the next move Hakobyan continues with knight f3, thus preparing the advance of the pawn to d4. Carlsen responds by playing d6, a move that opens the diagonal for the light-squared bishop while preventing White's e5 move.
Hakobyan in effect plays d4 proposing the exchange of the ´´d´´ pawn for the ´´c´´ pawn, thus giving a central pawn in exchange for greater piece activity. Carlsen then accepts the exchange of pawns.
Hakobyan recaptures the pawn by playing Nxd4 activating the knight in the center of the board as a reward for having only one central pawn against Black's two central pawns. Carlsen continues with knight f6, another textbook move.
Hakobyan plays knight c3 which defends the e4 pawn and begins the development of the queenside. Carlsen then plays bishop d7.
After Hakobyan played c3 pawn, Carlsen would play e5 and his opponent's knight is driven from the center of the board.
Hakobyan plays b3 knight to safety. Carlsen moves bishop e7 putting it into action.
Hakobyan continues to move bishop e3 and Carlsen castling short.
Hakobyan moves queen d2 taking it towards where the action is and Hakobyan responds by playing e6 which is an inaccuracy and the position on the board begins to be unfavorable for him.
Hakobyan casts long which is a great move because it develops a rook while also moving the king to a safe square. Carlsen moves a pawn a5 seeking to expel the enemy knight.
Hakobyan then plays bishop b5, a textbook move that connects the rooks, helping them coordinate efficiently in the future. This prevents the opponent from being able to drive off a knight. Carlsen follows with a knight a6.
Hakobyan subsequently plays king b1 and Carlsen queen b8 developing it from his initial square.
Hakobyan moves bishop b6 and Carlsen then decides to play rook c3 which is a mistake because he overlooked the opportunity to centralize a knight to control more squares.
Hakobyan continues with g4 looking to expel the f6 knight and Carlsen moves c7 knight.
Hakobyan plays bishop xc7 proposing an even exchange. Carlsen recaptures the bishop with the queen, overlooking a better option which was to capture the bishop with the rook on c8.
Hakobyan continues his game with g5 threatening the black knight on f6. Carlsen plays knight h5, putting it to safety.
Hakobyan next plays a4 and Carlsen responds with a knight f4.
Hakobyan plays h4 which is a great move because it defends the g5 pawn. Carlsen continues playing queen b6.
After a knight exchange in the center of the board where Hakobyan has a small advantage.
Carlsen next played rook d8 and Hakobyan responded with a brilliant move by moving dxe6, capturing an enemy bishop and sacrificing his queen to gain an advantageous position on the board.
After Carlsen captures the queen Hakobyan captures the rook on d2.
After a series of moves we reached this position where Carlsen exchanges his rook for the enemy bishop, a move he was forced to make. This is the beginning of the end of the game and Carlsen is losing.
After a few moves we reach this position where Carlsen checks Hankobyan with a great move that will allow him to win a pawn on the next turn.
After a series of moves we reach this other point of the game where Hankobyan checks Carlsen with one of his rooks assisted by the other.
The game continues and after a few moves we reach this position where Carlsen makes this great move putting the enemy king in check and putting his queen on a safer square.
Carlsen then manages to capture Hakobyan 's remaining pawn .
Next we come to this position where Carlsen is very close to victory.
And after a couple of moves Carlsen finally checkmates Hakobyan .
