The [showdown](http://nyc2016.fide.com) for the title of World Chess Champion between Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin is tied at 1 point each after rounds one and two ended in a draw. Carlsen drew white for Game One and opened with a homage to recently elected President of the United States Donald Trump with a [combination](https://www.chess.com/explorer?moveList=d4+Nc6+Bg5+d5&ply=4) called the *Trompowsky Attack*, which some have re-branded as the *Trump*owsky Attack (**1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5**). An unusual opening at this level of play, the response from Karjakin neutralized the attack and led to a draw between the two.
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[Event “WCh 2016”]
[Site “New York USA”]
[Date “2016.11.11”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Carlsen, Magnus”]
[Black “Karjakin, Sergey”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2853”]
[BlackElo “2772”]
[ECO “A45”]
[Opening “Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)”]
[WhiteFideId “1503014”]
[BlackFideId “14109603”]
[EventDate “2016.11.11”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Bb5 e6 7. c4 dxc4 8.
Nd2 Bxc5 9. Ngf3 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Rc1 Be7 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. Qc3
Qd5 15. Nxc4 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Qxc4 17. Rxc4 Rfc8 18. Rfc1 Rxc4 19. Rxc4 Rd8 20. g3
Rd7 21. Kf1 f5 22. Ke2 Bf6 23. b3 Kf8 24. h3 h6 25. Ne1 Ke7 26. Nd3 Kd8 27. f4
h5 28. a4 Rd5 29. Nc5 b6 30. Na6 Be7 31. Nb8 a5 32. Nc6+ Ke8 33. Ne5 Bc5 34. Rc3
Ke7 35. Rd3 Rxd3 36. Kxd3 f6 37. Nc6+ Kd6 38. Nd4 Kd5 39. Nb5 Kc6 40. Nd4+ Kd6
41. Nb5+ Kd7 42. Nd4 Kd6 1/2-1/2
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Game One also had its share of American celebrities on hand as Actor Woody Harrelson made the ceremonial first move to begin the match.
Game Two had some interesting twists and turns throughout, with [Chess24](http://www.chess24.com) demonstrating throughout why it is a revolutionary medium for watching high-level games. Guest commentary by various Grandmasters and assertions that Game Two was boring led to some interesting and entertaining social media exchanges.
Often one of the best indicators that a chess game is interesting is that amateurs think it isn't! https://t.co/cfjVfsDe09
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) November 12, 2016
[pgn]
[Event “WCh 2016”]
[Site “New York USA”]
[Date “2016.11.12”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Karjakin, Sergey”]
[Black “Carlsen, Magnus”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “C77”]
[WhiteElo “2772”]
[BlackElo “2853”]
[EventDate “2016.11.11”]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 {No Berlin Defence from Carlsen today.} 4. Ba4
Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 {A quiet approach in the modern style.} b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 (9… Bg4) 10. Ba2 Be6 11. d4 {The fourth most common move in
my database.} (11. b4) (11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. b4) (11. Bg5) 11… Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Re8
{Carlsen finally diverges from his game against Topalov from the Grand Chess
Tour Rapid event in Paris earlier in the year.} (12… Nc6 13. d5 Nb8 14. Qe2
Nbd7 15. Rd1 Qc8 16. Nh4 g6 17. g3 Ne8 18. Ng2 Ng7 19. Bh6 Nf6 20. Ne3 Qh3 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. b4 h5 23. a4 a5 24. Rb1 axb4 25. Rxb4 bxa4 26. Raxa4 Ng4 27. Nf1
h4 28. f3 hxg3 29. hxg3 Nf6 30. Qg2 Qh6 31. Qh2 Qg5 32. Qd2 Qh5 33. g4 Qh8 34.
Nb5 Nh7 35. Qh2 Rfb8 36. c4 Qd8 37. Ne3 Bg5 38. Qe2 Bf4 39. Ng2 Bg3 40. Qe3 Ng5
41. Kf1 Qh8 {0-1 (41) Topalov,V (2761)-Carlsen,M (2855) Paris FRA 2016}) 13.
Ra1 {A novelty but perhaps Karjakin didn’t pay any attention to the only other
game in this position.} (13. Qd3 exd4 14. Nxd4 Qd7 15. Bg5 g6 16. f4 c5 17. Nf3
Rad8 18. a4 Nc6 19. Raa1 Nb4 20. Qd2 Qb7 21. axb5 axb5 22. Qe2 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 d5
24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Bxe7 Rxe7 26. Qd3 Rde8 27. f5 Re2 28. Rae1 {1/2-1/2 (28)
Paravyan,D (2506)-Harutyunian,T (2426) Moscow RUS 2016}) 13… Nc4 14. Re1 (14.
h3 h6 15. Re1) 14… Rc8 $5 15. h3 (15. b3 Nb6 16. a4 b4 17. a5 Nbd7 {was a
possible try.}) 15… h6 16. b3 Nb6 17. Bb2 Bf8 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. a4 $11 c6 (
19… Qxd1 20. Rexd1 {might have been even easier for black.}) 20. Qxd8 Rcxd8
21. axb5 axb5 22. Ne2 {A tacit draw offer.} Bb4 (22… Nxe4 23. Bxe5 Ng5 24.
Nxg5 Rxe5 25. Nf3 Re4 {and a draw can be agreed.}) 23. Bc3 Bxc3 24. Nxc3 Nbd7
25. Ra6 Rc8 26. b4 Re6 (26… c5 {requires a bit of calculation but is also
just a draw.} 27. Nxb5 cxb4 28. Nd6 Re6 29. Nxc8 Rxa6 30. Rd1 g6 $11) 27. Rb1 (
27. Rd1) 27… c5 28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. Nxb5 cxb4 30. Rxb4 Rxc2 31. Nd6 Rc1+ {
Now they bring the game to an end.} 32. Kh2 Rc2 33. Kg1 1/2-1/2
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Game Three will be held at 1400 EST on Monday.