Carslen vs. Karjakin games 3 & 4, final account

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qh5 f5 9. Nc3 Nxe5 10. Rxe5 g6 11. Qf3 c6 12. b3 Nf7 13. Re2 d5 14. Bb2 Bf6 15. Rae1 Qd6 16. Re8 Bd7 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Nd1 Ng5 19. Qe2 Re8 20. Qf1 Bxb2 21. Rxe8 Bxe8 22. Nxb2

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 {Steinitz used to play 7. Bxc6 or 7. Bd3, which is still considered best.} Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O 9.d4 {This is sharp transition into our century. Old guys preferred to keep Q Pawn on d2.} Bf6 10.Re2 {Carlsen always thought that Nimzowitch's "mysterious Rook moves" was key of every victory. Here the intention isn't doubling artillery with Qe1, but to enable his Bishop n f1 to re-develop if Black cowardly offers Rook exchange.} b6 11.Re1 {Now, after b6, White is ready to go for g3 and Bg2, hence correction!} Re8 {Karjakin won this little psyho-war!} 12.Bf4 Rxe1 13.Qxe1 Qe7 14.Nc3 Bb7 15.Qxe7 Bxe7 16.a4 {Overprotection in Nimtzowitch's style, and keeping an eye on weakness Pc7!} a6 {Positinal technique aniwavebrekaer from Bronznik's instructive book.} 17.g3 g5
18.Bxd6 {!! Only Fischer would hae done the same.} Bxd6 19.Bg2 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 {Now this is the case of strong Knight against crippled Bishop. Fischer was father of such endings.} f5 21.Nd5 Kf7 22.Ne3 Kf6 23.Nc4 Bf8 {Pawn ending would have been dead lost.} 24.Re1 Rd8 25.f4 gxf4 26.gxf4 b5 27.axb5 axb5 28.Ne3 c6 29.Kf3 Ra8 30.Rg1 Ra2 31.b3 c5 {Mistake in the heat of the fight. Blak now loses the pawn. Black should make fals walking movements, and wait like for eample with...Ke6.} 32.Rg8 Kf7 33.Rg2
cxd4 34.Nxf5 d3 35.cxd3 Ra1 36.Nd4 b4 {Now Karjakin is like Fischer in famous Game 1 of WC match 1972. He has put himsef in trouble out of pure boredom.} 37.Rg5 {Wrong!! Imagine that, best ending player ever to make such a mistake. Rc2 was natural and best. Even coffee shop players, 98 per cent of them, would play that!} Rb1 {Oh no! ...Bg7 would have secured quick draw. Karjakin wanted to kep Knight occupied with defencing P b3, okay, tat was the plan.} 38.Rf5 {Now White again has good chances to win.} Ke8 39.Rb5 Rf1 40.Ke4 Re1 41.Kf5 Rd1 42.Re5 Kf7 43.Rd5 Rxd3 44.Rxd7 Ke8 45.Rd5 Rh3 46.Re5 Kf7 47.Re2 Bg7 48.Nc6 Rh5 49.Kg4 Rc5 50.Nd8 Kg6 51.Ne6 h5 {Toughest moment of the game. Black reduced material, and now had to decide if it is good to transform ending into R-ending. It was, but it was a matter of calculation, not ending theory!} 52.Kf3 Rc3 53.Ke4 Bf6
54.Re3 h4 55.h3 {Now Carslen is offering light pieces-ending, and this was just Averbach's theory, this would hae been lost for Black. Hence next move.} Rc1 56.Nf8 Kf7 57.Nd7 Ke6 {Again Karjakin calls for Rook ending! How brave of him! 57. ...Bg7 would lose on the account of 58. Kf5!} 58.Nb6 Rd1 59.f5 Kf7 60.Nc4 Rd4 61.Kf3 Bg5 62.Re4 Rd3 63.Kg4 Rg3 64.Kh5 Be7 65.Ne5 Kf6 {White advanced with his Pawn, but it is unsufficient for win.} 66.Ng4 Kf7 67.Re6 Rxh3 {Mistake! 67....Bd8 was a saver, now White should have won!} 68.Ne5 Kg7 69.Rxe7 Kf6 70.Nc6 Kxf5 71.Na5 Rh1 72.Rb7 {And now the rest is a comedy. 72. Nc6 was little bit better, but this draw reminds me on some crazy Korchnoi's savings against Karpov in Baguio 1978. Unbelievable!} Ra1 73.Rb5 Kf4 74.Rxb4 Kg3
75.Rg4 Kf2 76.Nc4 h3 77.Rh4 Kg3 78.Rg4 Kf2