How Nodirbek Abdusattorov defeated Magnus Carlsen in Warsaw 2021: Strategy & Psychology

In spite of his excellence and well spread brilliance, the current Chess World Champion got his plot wrong this time. In an extraordinary new development, the World Rapid Chess Championship 2021 saw Magnus Carlsen losing his match to a marvel kid from Uzbekistan. What’s even more pleasing is that Nodirbek beat Carlsen at his strongest grip with a calm mind.

Carlsen- World No.1

GM Magnus Carlsen is the current world chess champion. To many individuals, he’s the best to ever play the game, despite the fact that GMs Garry Kasparov and Bobby Fischer stay in the discussion. However, the reasonable and amazing point is that prior to turning 30 years of age, Carlsen has as of now acquired a spot at the top. Carlsen turned into the best on the planet of chess around one week before his 23rd birthday. Finishing Anand’s rule as the undisputed boss from 2007 to 2013, Carlsen turned into the sixteenth undisputed title holder. He celebrated by bouncing completely dressed into a pool.

2021 was no less an astounding year for Carlsen. He won an extended, ten-event version of his online competition series, presently called the Champions Chess Tour; completed third at the FIDE World Cup while winning the vast majority of his matches (counting the third-place match against GM Vladimir Fedoseev) in 2-0 whitewashes; returned from behind right on time to win Norway Chess, his fourth triumph there; and, most essentially, had his most persuading World Chess Championship match result yet: a 7.5-3.5 triumph over GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, which additionally gave Carlsen a lifetime winning score against one of a handful of the players who could beforehand have been said to have his number.

Nodirbek Abdusattorov- Underdog Or Underestimated?

Abdussatorov’s first significant achievement was the 2012 World Youth Championships Under-8 division, which he won. The 17-year-old Uzbek GM has positioned as high as fourth on the planet for youngsters at standard time controls, and as of January 2022 is the general second-best positioned player in Uzbekistan.He is currently rated 2633.

The last month of 2021 was outstanding for GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov. In December 2021, Abdusattorov won the El Llobregat Open held in Spain with a score of 7.2/9. He followed that up with another open tournament victory in Spain, winning the Sitges Open, held from 13th December to 23rd December, with a score of 8.0/10 and edging out Ivan Cheparinov and Dmitrij Kollars in blitz tiebreaks.

Tournament Venue: Warsaw, Poland

Initially planned to be held in Kazakhstan, the 2021 World Blitz & Rapid Championship’s location had to be changed to Warsaw, Poland.The requirements to enter the Open competition are as follow :

• Players rated at least 2550 in any FIDE rating lists (classical, rapid, or blitz) from January 1 to December 1, 2021
• The reigning national champions representing their national federation
• Invitation from the event organizer (up to 15 players)

Before the beginning of the championship Abdusattorov was rated 2593 and so he was a complete underdog whereas Carlsen was the favorite to win the $60,000 prize money. During round-10 they faced each other and the rest is all over the news and internet for Abdusattorov now!

The FIght!

In the 10th round, the reigning champ confronted Nodirbek Abdusattorv, a player from generation Z however not yet so successful as Alireza Firouzja who is one of the best young faces in planet chess.

Abdusattorov and Carlsen had been battling for quite a while in an endgame with queens and minor pieces. At long last just the queens remained. The chances were equivalent (engine), however the circumstance was exceptionally muddled and required a ton of calculation. The two sides were likely playing for a win.

57.Qc6+ Kxa3 58.Qc3+ Ka4 59.Qc4+ Ka5 60.Qc3+ Ka4 [60…Ka6 61.Qa1+ Kb5 62.Qb2+ Kc5 (62…Kc6? 63.Qg2+ Qxg2+ 64.Kxg2+– The h-pawn decides.) 63.Qg7 Qh5+ 64.Kg3 f4+ 65.Kxf4 Qh4+ with perpetual check.]

61.Qg7 [61.Qc4+=]

61…Qe3+ [61…Qxg7?? 62.hxg7+–]

62.Kh4

62… f4 [Simpler was 62…b5 63.h7 Qe4+ 64.Kg5 Qg2+ 65.Kf6 Qc6+ with perpetual check.]

63.Qd7+ [63.h7 Qf2+ 64.Kh5 Qh2+ 65.Kg5 Qg3+ 66.Kf6 Qc3+=]

63…b5 [63…Ka3? 64.h7 Qg3+ 65.Kh5 Qh2+ 66.Kg6 Qc2+ 67.Qf5 Qc6+ 68.Kf7 Qc7+ 69.Kg8 Qc4+ 70.Qf7 Qc8+ 71.Qf8+ and White wins.]

64.h7

64… Qe5? [64…Qe1+ draws 65.Kg4 Qe5 66.Qf7 b4 67.Qg8 (67.Qa2+ Kb5 68.Qf7) 67…Qe2+ 68.Kf5 Qc2+=; 64…Qg1]

65.Kg4? [Here won 65.Qd1+ Ka3 66.Qd8 Qe1+ 67.Kg4 Qe2+ 68.Kg5 Qg2+ 69.Kf6 Qb2+ 70.Kg6 Qb1+ 71.Kh6 Qh1+ 72.Kg7 Qg2+ 73.Kf7 Qa2+ 74.Kf8 Qb2 75.Qa5+ with an exchange of queens and a pawn promotion.]

65…f3 Now the game is theoretically drawn again.

66.Kxf3 Qf6+ 67.Ke4 Qh4+ 68.Kd5 Qh5+ 69.Kc6 Qg6+ 70.Kc7 Qg3+ 71.Kb7 Qf3+ 72.Ka6 Qf6+ 73.Ka7 Qf2+ 74.Kb7 Qf3+ 75.Qc6 Qf7+ 76.Qc7 Qf3+ 77.Ka6 Qa8+ 78.Kb6 Qh8 79.Qc2+ Ka3 80.Qd3+ Ka2

81.Kc5 Coupled with a threat that Black does not evaluate correctly.

81…b4? This move costs Black the game. [81…Qc8+ 82.Kxb5 Qb7+ 83.Kc5 with a perpetual check and a draw.]

82.Qd2+ Forces an exchange of queens and that’s it.

82…Ka1 83.Qd4+ 1–0

With the victory, Abdusattorov started to lead the pack in the competition.

Victorious Thoughts- Nodirbek Abdusattorov

Interviewed immediately after his greatest career achievement, the youngster was humble in victory. “I was a little bit lucky,” claimed the shy teenager. “Because he could [only] force a draw.”… “Overall this game was pretty much equal all the way until the end.” He also reminded us that the tournament wasn’t over and he was concentrating on the next rounds. Somewhere else, he yielded it was a “huge victory” over Carlsen and uncovered that he was “hoping to play better in the following rounds”.

Normally, Carlsen was not a glad man. Post-game, he discussed the FIDE being ‘completely idiotic’ due to the tie-disrupt guidelines set up. He proceeded to yell about the standards and what they meant for his performance. However, he didn’t forget to congratulate Nodirbek’s outstanding run at the tournament.

Concerning Nodirbek, he has a large group of followers now, anxious to see what he can do straightaway. With an electrifying triumph against Carlsen, he has reported himself to the chess world, as an awe-inspiring phenomenon. Let’s hope he can live up to the expectations now.

Here is a video of the full game :