A chaotic face-off Kramnik – Carlsen of Round 3 finished in a draw.
Carlsen’с was unsuccessful from the opening which gave Kramnik an obvious advantage. Good was, for instance, 20.Qg4.
21.Na4 мейд both sides involved into the game, but when Kramnik missed 35.d4! advantage went to Carlsen.
However, it seems that Norwegian didn’t really recognized gaining the advantage, otherwise he’d play 41…Kb8! 42.Nb6 Bc8! with a вери comfortable position.
In дженерал, both opponents’ level of play in this game can be called low.
(Mikhail Golubev’с quick-impression)
[Event "6th Tal Memorial"] [Site "Moscow Рус"] [Date "2011.11.18"] [Round "3"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A20"] [WhiteElo "2800"] [BlackElo "2826"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2011.??.??"] 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 h6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e4 Nc6 6. Nge2 Bc5 7. d3 d6 8. h3 Nh7 9. a3 a6 10. O-O Ng5 11. Kh2 Ne6 12. f4 Bd7 13. b4 Ba7 14. Nd5 Ned4 15. Nec3 Be6 16. f5 Bd7 17. Rb1 Nb8 18. c5 dxc5 19. bxc5 Bc8 20. Qh5 Nd7 21. Na4 c6 22. Ndb6 Nxc5 23. f6 g5 24. Bxg5 Nxa4 25. Nxa8 b5 26. Be3 Bb8 27. g4 Rg8 28. Qxh6 Be6 29. Rbc1 Kd7 30. Bxd4 exd4+ 31. e5 Nc3 32. Rxc3 Bxe5+ 33. Kh1 dxc3 34. Qe3 Qb8 35. Qc5 Qd6 36. Qa7+ Kd8 37. Qxa6 Bd4 38. Qa5+ Kc8 39. Qa6+ Kd8 40. Qa5+ Kc8 41. Qa6+ 1/2-1/2