Lom – 20/01/2013 21:29 :

Carlsen doit être en contact avec les extraterrestres vu sa partie contre Karjakin
martiniooo – 23/01/2013 10:21 :

Magnus Carlsen bientôt le premier joueur à passer la barre des 2900 ?!

johnsteed – 22/01/2013 18:34 :

La variante Ponziani de la partie Espagnole, ça gagne avec les Blancs, ça gagne avec les Noirs,… Cela dépend de quel côté Magnus Carlsen la joue.
Chessbase 21/01/2013  22:54 :
Magnus tiene fama de apurar todas las partidas hasta agotar la última esperanza de conseguir el triunfo. Eso hizo en el duelo en la cima contra Karjakin . En un final en el que la inmensa mayoría de los jugadores hubiesen firmado las tablas, Carlsen con unas maniobras inesperadas  cosechó otra victoria importante.

gregyard – 21/01/2013 17:33 :
J’ai le sentiment que nous sommes arrivés au pic de la forme de Carlsen…  Un élo virtuel à 2867…
ce qu’il fait est INCROYABLE ! Une régularité à ce point, tournoi après tournoi…

…Carlsen-Karjakin was simply amazing. The sheer willpower that Carlsen has to win games is outstanding. Any lesser player (which is everyone) would’ve agreed to a draw at some point during the game. Gawain Jones commented on Facebook that Carlsen “squeezed blood out of a stone” in this position, and I think this rather British analogy makes sense here. The opposite colored bishop endgame, with rooks, seemed dead, but somehow after opening up the kingside Karjakin started facing problems. His reluctance to sacrifice his bishop for two passed pawns – which would’ve drawn – saddled him in a dangerous position where White’s pawns were clearly an issue. Even the opposite colored bishop endgame at the end seemed drawn, but actually with very precise play Carlsen proved that it was winning. The world number one scores another important point and regains his solo lead in Tata Steel.
Carlsen, Magnus, Norvege 2861–Karjakin, Sergey27801 Russie
1.f3f62.g3d53.g2c64.0-0g45.c4e66.d3bd77.cxd5exd58.c2e79.c3xf310.xf3d411.e40-012.xf6+xf613.d2a514.a3d515.ab1d716.fc1fe817.c4c718.h4a419.b4b520.g2h621.c5g622.b4f623.d2g724.c4a625.d1b626.b4c527.d2c728.cc1d529.h1e730.g1d831.c2e632.g2a733.e1ad734.h2c835.h3xh3+36.xh3h537.b1a838.g2a639.b3axb340.xb3f641.c4d642.f1f843.a4c344.f4e645.e3xa446.d5e747.d6b548.xe7+xe749.xb5b650.e4xc451.b8+g752.xc4a753.f4d654.e8b755.a8e756.g2b157.e5e158.f2b159.e8f860.c8e761.a8b2+62.f3b163.d5e164.f2d165.e8f866.c4b167.g4hxg468.h5h169.hxg6fxg670.e6

The opposite colored bishop endgame, with rooks, seemed dead, but somehow after opening up the kingside Karjakin started facing problems. His reluctance to sacrifice his bishop for two passed pawns – which would’ve drawn – saddled him in a dangerous position where White’s pawns were clearly an issue.

h671.d5h2+72.g3h3+73.xg4xd374.f5e375.xg6+h776.g8+h877.f4c378.f6d379.e3c480.e6h781.f5c282.g2+h683.xc2dxc2

Even the opposite colored bishop endgame at the end seemed drawn, but actually with very precise play Carlsen proved that it was winning.

84.xc2 g5 85.d4 a3 86.xc4 b2 87.d5 f4 88.f7 a3 89.e6 g5 90.c6 f6 91.d7 g7 92.e7

The critical moment occurred at move 67, when Carlsen decided force matters with (see diagram) 67.g4!? hxg4 68.h5. Karjakin fell for the bluff with 68…Rh1?, where he could have a draw after 68…gxh5 69.f5 h4 70.f6 Kg6 71.Rxf8 Kf5! and black will force a perpetual check, for example: 72.Rh8 g3 72.Ke1 g3 74.Kf1 Rb1 75.Kg2 Rb2.