Karjakin faces Sicilian Kan (Paulsen) from Georgian GM and chooses c4 Maroczy bind structure. Black counterattacks in the center and quickly gets most of pieces exchanged with equal position. Karjakin is excellent endgame player tries to put pressure on Black who is defending very good and his own play. In the rook endgame black starts to push ahead.
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2019 King Salman World Rapid & Blitz Championships
Moscow, 2019
Karjakin, Sergey - Quparadze, Giga
World Blitz Championship 2019 round 11
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 d5 8. exd5 exd5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. O-O O-O 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Be3 a5 15. Rfd1 Qxd3 16. Bxd3 Be7 17. Bd4 Be6 18. Bc3 Bd5 19. a3 Rfb8 20. Rd2 g6 21. Re1 Bf8 22. Be2 Bh6 23. Rd3 Bg7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Rd2 Rb6 26. Bf3 Bxf3 27. gxf3 Rab8 28. Ree2 Rb3 29. Kg2 R8b5 30. f4 Rf5 31. Re3 Rb7 32. Kg3 Rfb5 33. Ree2 Rb3+ 34. Kg2 R7b5 35. Rc2 Rb6 36. f3 R6b5 37. Kg3 Rb6 38. h4 R3b5 39. Red2 h5 40. Re2 a4 41. Rcd2 Rb3 42. Rd7 Rb7 43. Rxb7 Rxb7 44. Rc2 Rb6 45. Kf2 Kf6 46. Ke3 Kf5 47. Rc5+ Ke6 48. Rc4 Rb3+ 49. Kf2 Rxb2+ 50. Kg3 Kd5 51. Rxa4 Rb7 52. f5 c5 53. fxg6 fxg6 54. Ra8 Rc7 55. Kf4 c4 56. Rd8+ Ke6 57. Ke3 c3 58. Rd1 c2 59. Rc1 Rc3+ 60. Ke4 Rxa3 61. Rxc2 Ra4+ 62. Ke3 Rxh4 63. Rc6+ Kf5 64. Rc5+ Kf6 65. Rc6+ Kg5 66. Rc5+ Kh6 67. Kf2 Ra4 68. Kg3 h4+ 69. Kh3 Rf4 70. Rc8 g5 71. Kg2 Ra4 72. Rc6+ Kh5 73. Rc2 Ra3 74. Rb2 Re3 75. Ra2 Kg6 76. Ra6+ Kf5 77. Ra5+ Re5 78. Ra2 Rd5 79. Kf2 Rd4 80. Rb2 Kf4 81. Kg2 Ke3 82. Rb3+ Rd3 83. Rb5 Rd2+ 84. Kh3 Kf4 85. Rb4+ Kxf3 86. Rb3+ Kf4 87. Rf3+ Ke4 88. Rf1 Rd3+ 89. Kg2 Rg3+ 90. Kh2 Rf3 91. Ra1 Kf4 92. Ra4+ Kf5 93. Ra5+ Kg4 94. Ra4+ Rf4 95. Ra2 Kh5 96. Kg2 Rg4+ 97. Kh2 Rc4 98. Kg2 Kg4 99. Kh2 h3 100. Ra3 Rc2+ 101. Kg1 Kh4 102. Rb3 g4 103. Rb8 Rc1+ 0-1
Kan (Paulsen) Variation: 4...a6
Kan Variation: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6
Named after Ilya Kan. By playing 4...a6, Black prevents Nb5 and prepares an eventual ...b5 advance.
The most popular fifth move for White is 5.Bd3, when after 5...Bc5 6.Nb3 Black can either retreat 6...Be7 where 7.Qg4 makes Black's kingside problematic, or 6...Ba7. Also possible is 5.c4 to create a Maróczy Bind setup.
White's second most popular reply is 5.Nc3, when Black's development of the kingside knight often takes focus, since playing ...Nf6 can be met with e5 which both creates a Black weakness on the d6-square and causes the Black knight a disadvantageous move. So Black normally plays a move to control the e5-square and prevent the pawn from advancing. The main Kan move is 5...Qc7, although 5...Nc6 transposing into a Taimanov or 5...d6 transposing into a Scheveningen can occur. An alternative idea is the immediate 5...b5 to create pressure from the queenside with the idea of playing ...b4 attacking the c3-knight, or ...Bb7 to build pressure along the long white-squared diagonal. White generally answers with 6.Bd3, supporting the e4-pawn.
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