Chess Tactics - Magnus Carslen Decoded (Ocr by Prvnrk)

CHESS TACTICS MAGNUS CARLSEN DECODED

THE BEST TACTICS TRAINING TO IMPROVE IN CHESS TRAIN ING E NTRETAINME NT

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Contents

GAME LIST PLAYER L IST INTRODUCTION CHESS METHOD GAME S

DECODE D

GAMES LIST Game No. 1-Carlsen,M 2848 vs

Aronian

L

Chess

2815-4th

Classic

London ENG-ECO

2012.12.02 Game No. 2-Carlsen,M 2814 vs

Nakamura, Hi 2751-73rd Tata Steel

GMA

Wijkaan

Zee

2011.01.23 Game No. 3-Carlsen,M 2813 vs

Aronian,L

2782-19th

Amber

Rapid Nice FRA 2010.03.14 Game No. 4 - Carlsen,M 2813

vs

Dominguez Perez,L

2713-

19th Amber Rapid Nice

FRA

2010.03.23 Game No. 5-Carlsen,M 2813

vs

Smeets,J 2651-19th Amber

Blindfold Nice FRA 2010.03.16 Game No. 6- Aronian,L 2801

vs

Carlsen,M 2802- VI World

Blitz Moscow RU S 2010.11.17 Game No. 7- Aronian,L 2782

vs Amber

Carlsen,M Blindfold

2813-19th Nice

FRA

2010.03.14 Game No. 8- Carlsen,M 2813

vs Svidler,P 2750-19th Amber

Rapid Nice FRA 2010.03.15 Game No. 9- Carlsen,M 2814

vs Wang Hao 2731-73rd Tata Steel GMA

Wijkaan Zee NED

2011.01.29 Game No. 10- Carlsen,M 2815

vs Kings

Nisipeanu,LD Tournament

2659-5th Medias

ROU 2011.06.15 Game No. 1 1- Carlsen,M 2815

vs

Gashimov,V

2746-20th

Amber Blindfold Monaco MNC 2011.03.13 Game No. 12- Carlsen,M 2815

vs

2747-20th

Grischuk,A

Amber Rapid

Monaco MNC

2011.03.23 Game No. 13- Carlsen,M 2815

vs

lvanchuk,V 2776-5th Kings

Tournament

Medias

ROU

2011.06.18 Game No. 14- Carlsen,M 2815

vs

Karjakin,Sergey

Amber Rapid

2776-20th

Monaco MNC

2011.03.18 Game No. 15- Carlsen,M 2815

vs

Nakamura, Hi

Amber Rapid

2774-20th

Monaco MNC

2011.03.12 Game No. 16- Carlsen,M 2815

vs Kings

Nakamura, Hi Tournament

2774-5th Medias

ROU 2011.06.11 Game No. 17- Carlsen,M 2815

vs

Topalov,V

Amber Rapid

2775-20th

Monaco MNC

2011.03.20 Game No. 18- Carlsen,M 2826

vs

Galego,L

Olympiad

Men

2500-39th Khanty-

Mansiysk RU S 2010.09.22 Game No. 19- Carlsen,M 2826

vs

2716-3rd Pearl

Bacrot,E

Spring

C HN

Nanjing

2010.10.20 Game No. 20- Carlsen,M 2826

vs Shirov,A 2749- Grand Slam Final

Bilbao

Masters

ESP

2010.10.14 Game No. 21- Carlsen,M 2826

vs

Topalov,V

Spring

2803-3rd Pearl Nanjing

C HN

2010.10.24 Game No. 22-Carlsen,M 2826

vs

Vallejo Pons,F

Olympiad

Men

2697-39th Khanty-

Mansiys RU S 2010.09.25 Game No. 23- Carlsen,M 2826

vs Anand,V 2800- Arctic Stars Final

Kristiansund

NOR

2010.08.30 Game No. 24- Carlsen,M 2826

vs

Wang Vue

Spring

2732-3rd Pearl Nanjing

C HN

2010.10.22 Game No. 25- Gelfand, B 2733

vs

2815-20th

Carlsen,M

Amber Rapid

Monaco MNC

2011.03.24 Game

No.

26-

Kramnik,V

2785 vs Carlsen,M 2815-20th Amber Rapid

Monaco MNC

2011.03.19 Game No. 27- Smeets,J 2662

vs

Carlsen,M 2814-73rd Tata

Steel GMA

Wijkaan Zee NED

2011.01.21 Game No. 28- Svidler,P 2750

vs

Carlsen,M

Amber

Blindfold

2813-19th Nice

FRA

2010.03.15 Game No. 29- Topalov,V 2803

vs

Carlsen,M

Spring

2826-3rd Pearl Nanjing

C HN

2010.10.29 Game No. 30- Carlsen,M 2813

vs

2756-19th

Grischuk,A

Amber

Rapid

Nice

FRA

2010.03.25 Game No. 3 1- Ponomariov,R

2733 vs Carlsen,M Kings

2813-4th

Tournament

Medias

ROU 2010.06.20 Game No. 32- Bareev,E 2634

vs

Carlsen,M

2801- World

Blitz Moscow RU S 2009.11.16 Game

No.

2619

vs

33- Karpov,Ana

Carlsen,M

2801-

World

Blitz

Moscow

RU S

2009.11.18 Game No. 34- Carlsen,M 2776

vs

Anand,V

SuperGM

2791Linares

XXVI ESP

2009.02.25 Game No. 35- Carlsen,M 2625

vs Anand,V 2792- Glitnir Blitz Reykjavik ISL 2006.03.16 Game No. 36- Karjakin,Sergey

2727 vs Carlsen,M 2775- Tal Memorial Blitz

Moscow RU S

2008.08.30 Game

No.

37-

Alekseev,Evgeny

2708

vs

Carlsen,M 2775- Tal Memorial Blitz Moscow RU S 2008.08.29 Game No. 38- Pelletier,Y 2569

vs

2775-41st

Carlsen,M

Festival

Biel

GM

SU I

2008.07.26 Game

No.

39-

Carlsen,

Magnus 2835 vs Radjabov, T. 2784-7th

Tal

Mem

Blitz

Moscow RU S 2012.06.07 Game

No.

40-

Carlsen,

Magnus 2835 vs Grischuk, A. 2761-7th

Tal

Mem

Blitz

Moscow RU S 2012.06.07 Game

No.

4 1- Kramnik, V.

2801

vs

Carlsen, Magnus

2835-7th

Tal

Mem

Blitz

Moscow RU S 2012.06.07 Game

No.

42- Carlsen, M.

2821 vs Shirov, A. 2714- Biel ACCENTU S

GM

Biel

SU I

2011.07.19 Game No. 43- Gelfand, Boris

2738

vs

2837-

Carlsen, Magnus Blitz

Championship 2012.07.10

World 2012

Game

2821

44- Carlsen, M.

No.

vs

Pelletier, Y.

Biel ACCENTU S GM

2590-

Biel SU I

2011.07.25 Game No. 45- Shirov, A. 2714

vs

Carlsen, M.

ACCENTU S

2821-

GM

Biel

Biel SU I

2011.07.26 Game

No.

46- Carlsen, M.

2826 vs Nakamura, Hi 27583rd

London

Chess

Classic

London ENG 2011.12.05 Game

No.

2826 vs

47- Carlsen, M.

Howell, D. 2633-3rd

London Chess Classic

London

ENG 2011.12.03 Game

No.

48-

Carlsen,

Magnus 2837 vs Wang, Hao 2739-45th Biel GM

Biel SU I

2012.07.24 Game

No.

2739

vs

49- Wang, Hao

Carlsen, Magnus

2837-45th Biel GM

Biel SU I

2012.07.30 Game No. 50- Bologan, Viktor

2732 vs

Carlsen, Magnus

2837-45th Biel GM 2012.07.29

Biel SU I

Game No. 5 1- Carlsen,M 2843 vs Anand,V 2780- Sao Paulo I Bilbao

Grand

Slam

Final

2012.10.12 Game

No.

52-

Carlsen,

M.

2843 vs Caruana F. 2773- Sao Paulo I Bilbao Grand Slam Final 2012.10.08 Game No. 53- Carlsen,M 2843 vs Caruana, F 2773- Sao Paulo I

Bilbao

Grand

Slam

Final

2012.10.13 Game No. 54- Carlsen,M 2843 vs

Vallejo Pons, F

2697- Sao

Paulo I Bilbao Grand Slam Final 2012.10.09 Game No. 55- Caruana F 2773

vs Carlsen M 2843- Sao Paulo I

Bilbao

Grand

Slam

Final

2012.10.13 Game No. 56- Vallejo Pons,F

2697 vs Carlsen,M 2843- Sao Paulo I Bilbao Grand Slam Final 2012.10.25 Game No. 57- Caruana, F 2773

vs Carlsen,M 2843- Sao Paulo I

Bilbao

2012.09.24

Grand

Slam

Final

PLAYER L IST Alekseev- Game No. 37 Anand - Game No. 23 - Game No. 34 - Game No. 35 - Game No. 5 1 Aronian - Game No. 1 - Game No. 3- Game No. 6- Game No. 7 Bacrot- Game No. 19 Bareev- Game No. 32 Bologan- Game No. 50 Caruana -

Game

No.

52 -

Game No. 53 - Game No. 55 -

Game No. 57 Galego- Game No. 18 Gashimov- Game No. 1 1 Gelfand - Game No. 25- Game No. 43 Grischuk -

Game

No.

12 -

Game No. 30- Game No. 40 Howell- Game No. 47 lvanchuk- Game No. 13 Karjakin- Game No. 14- Game No. 36 Karpov- Game No. 33

Kramnik -

Game

No.

26 -

Game No. 4 1 Lenier Dominguez - Game No. 4 Nakamura -

Game

No.

2 -

Game No. 15 - Game No. 16 Game No. 46 Nisipeanu- Game No. 10 Pelletier -

Game

No.

38 -

Game No. 44 Ponomariov- Game No. 3 1 Radjabov- Game No. 39 Shirov - Game No. 20 - Game

No. 42- Game No. 45 Smeets - Game No. 5 - Game No. 27 Svidler - Game No. 8 - Game No. 28 Topalov- Game No. 17- Game No. 2 1- Game No. 29 Vallejo Pons - Game No. 22 Game No. 54- Game No. 56 Wang Hao

- Game No. 9 -

Game No. 48- Game No. 49 Wang Vue - Game No. 24

Introduction Just as you a n d m a ny oth e rs, I e njoy p l ayi ng ch ess too, a n d w h e n ca n

pa rt i c i pate

tou r n a m e nt,

in

a ny

I ca n not l ose t h e

o p po rtu n ity to pa rt i c i pate i n t h ese . We a l l know that c h ess i s 99% ta ctics a n d we m ust t ra i n a n d we m u st p re pa re ve ry we l l if we wa nt to l eve l u p a n d get bette r p l a ces i n t h e tou rn a m e nts . Fo r m a ny yea rs, j ust l i ke yo u a n d

m a ny

oth e rs,

I

bo ught

boo ks,

v i d eos a n d cou rses, not o n ly i n o rd e r to l ea rn, b ut a l so to i m p rove my tact i cs . H oweve r m ost of t h e m l eft m e a l ot of q u estions wh i l e t ryi ng

to

so lve

so m e

of

the

p ro b l e m s p ro posed . As you•ve see n, m ost of t h e ta cti ca l books wi l l s h ow yo u a d i ag ra m with a pos it i o n a n d yo u n eed to ca l c u l ate t h e so l ution a n d / o r va ri a nts i n o rd e r to fi n d t h e best seq u e n ce, b ut at t h e e n d of t h e book, w h e n eve ryo n e l ooks fo r t h e

sol ution, i n m ost cases t h e book show you t h e va r i a nt a n d / o r su b­ va r i a nts o n ly {a lthough m ostly not i n c l u d ed) without co m me nt. As yo u m ay h ave n ot i ced, fo r a under

2000

ELO

p l aye r,

is

frust rati ng to ta ct i ca l t ra i n i ng with a boo k l i ke t h at, beca use t h ese books

not

d is p e l

all

dou bts,

q u esti o n s a ri se eve ryw h e re a n d eventu a l ly yo u e n d u p l eavi ng that book

on

yo u r

books h e l f

a nd

l oo ki ng a ny oth e r boo k, v i d eo o r co u rse i n o rd e r to now yo u cou l d

l ea r n i ng a nd / o r u p l oa d yo u r tact i ca I l eve l . Th e m a i n reason that t h e vast m aj o rity books a re n ot usefu l l i ke I j ust d escri bed, i s beca use t h ese books

we re

G ra n d m a ste rs,

w ritte n

by

s pecifi ca l ly

C h ess fo r

p l aye rs ove r 2 300 ELO, w h i c h need n o com m e nt a n d t h ey ca n fi n d th ese boo ks i nte resti ng. It is as if we wou l d l i ke to t h at a Nobel

Pri ze fo r Lite ratu re wi l l

tea c h us to rea d a n d w rite

B e i ng as frustrated a s yo u a nd m a ny oth e rs t ryi ng to fi n d t h e boo k a n d t h e m ethodo l ogy set to t ra i n

a nd

strength

i n c rease a nd

my tact i ca l

visu a l i zation,

d eve l o ped a n d i m p l e m e nted t h is n ew m et h od fo r tact i ca l t ra i n i ng, which

not o n ly a l l ows yo u to

i n crease yo u r powe r ta cti ca l but t h ey

a l so

i n crease

yo u r

visua l i za t i o n l eve l to t h e exte nt t h a t yo u ca n v i ew a n d d ecoded t h e sol utions i n t h e pos itions of a ve ry p ra ct i ca l way.

As a n a d d e d bo n us i n t h is boo k, I ' l l show you how wo rk t h e m eth od, n ot h i ng m o re a n d n oth i ng l ess t h a n with m o re t h a n 50 of t h e best ga m es of t h e g reatest c h ess p l aye r cu r re nt ly, t h e Wo r l d N o . 1, G M Mag n u s

Ca r l s e n

i n c l u d i ng

the

h isto r i ca l ga m e w h e re gets t h e h ig h est rat i ng of a I I t i m e beati ng Kas pa rov. So t h ro u g h o ut of t h e book, we wi l l be l ea rn i ng ta cti cs a n d a lso e njoy t h e ga m es of G M Ma g n us Ca r l s e n i n c l u d i ng t h e l ast to u r n a m e nts of

20 1 2 . So without fu rt h e r a d o I i nvite to you to beg i n t h e ta ct i cs t ra i n i ng w ith t h e C h ess Decoded m ethod .

Chess Decoded Method We se l ected ove r 50 of t h e best ga m es of Mag n us Ca r l s e n to wo rk o n yo u r ta ct i ca l t ra i n i ng . I n ea c h of t h e ga m es yo u wi l l fi n d t h e fo l l owi ng: 1.

Al l t h e c h ess ga m e fro m

-

o pe n i ng

u nti l

the

One

or

fi rst

stu dy

m o re

boa rd

position 2.

-

positions fo r stu dy

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-

Ana lys i s a nd co m m e nts at

the e n d of the ga m e i n o rd e r t h at yo u cou l d ve rify a n d co n c l u d e t h e t ra i n i ng

in

eve ryo n e

of

the

p ro b l e m s As yo u wi l l noti ce, o n e of t h e d iffe re n ces w i t h a l l c h ess ta ct i c books is t h at yo u ca n p l ay t h e w h o l e ga m e o n yo u r boa rd; t h is

book wi l l

s h ow yo u

n ot o n ly

ta ct i ca I pos iti o n s . S o I h ig h ly reco m m e n d t h at yo u wo rk with yo u r c h essboa rd a n d i n e a c h ga m e yo u p l ay, move by m ove, to go e njoy ea c h . Re m e m be r that

you ' re

watc h i ng

a

m a ste rpi ece, m a d e by t h e Wo r l d

No. 1. O n ce yo u get to boa rd t h e tact i ca l position a n a lys is, p l ease sto p a n d

d evote at l east 10 m i n utes to t h i n k a bout t h e poss i b i l it i es a n d o pt i o n s that h a d Mag n us Ca r l s e n i n that pos iti o n . Ai m i n yo u r t ra i n i ng boo k t h e va r i a nts t h at yo u 've fo u n d a n d o n ce you w rote you r va r i a nts o r 10 m i n utes e l a psed, as yo u not i ced, u n d e r e a c h p ro b l e m boa rd t h e re is a butto n, w h i c h we h ave ca l l ed "D ECO D E"

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Press t h e butto n "D ECO D E" a n d

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position,

the

sa m e

b ut with

tactica l

vi s u a I

a i d s,

s peci a l ly d es i g n e d to be a b l e to d ecod e

what

he

was

see i ng

Ca r l s e n w h e n h e a n a lyzed t h is pos iti o n .

Th at

is,

we

wi l l

be

exe rcis i ng visu a l i zation to decode to Mag n us Ca r l se n . Anot h e r o pt i o n we h ave i s t h a t at t h e end of t h e p ro b l e ms t h at occu r d u ri ng e a c h ga m e yo u wi l l h ave t h e Ana lys i s o pt i o n, w h e re yo u wi l l fi n d t h e exp l a n ation of t h e position

a nd tact i ca l so l ut i o n s to p ro b l e m s t h at a rose d u ri ng t h e ga m e . Press t h e ANALYS I S butto n to m ove to t h is stage i n e a c h ga m e . ..

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Yo u ca n: 1 . - Move to t h e n ext ga m e 2 . Ba ck to p revious page -

be a b l e to t ra i n a n d i n c rease yo u r visu a l i za t i o n a n d t h us yo u ca n d ecod e

the

pos itions

of

yo u r

ga m es i n a s i m p l e way.

W h e n t ra i n i ng with t h e m ethod of Ch ess Decoded n ot o n ly yo u wi l l e njoy bea utifu l c h ess ga m es, yo u ' l l a cq u i re t h e too l s to a c h i eve what you see m i m poss i b l e . You ' l l get a m et hod t h a t e n a b l es you to: 1 .-Ta cti cs Tra i n i ng

2 .- Deve l o p m e nt

of

Yo u r

I magi nation 3 .- Deve l o p m e nt Visua l i zation 4.-Ca l c u l at i o n of Va r i a nts Th is wi l l g ive yo u m o re too l s to m a ke a bette r d e c i s i o n i n yo u r ga m es without h avi ng to m ove t h e p 1 eces . .

I n a s i m p l e way yo u wi l l l ea r n to d ecod e t h e ch ess positions l i ke t h e G ra n d Ma ste rs .

"I assure you that the chess tactic after applying the Chess Decoded method will never be the same. "

GAME No.1 Th is is a h isto r i c ga m e betwee n G M Mag n us Ca r l s e n aga i nst t h e Wo r l d N o 2 . If Ca r l s e n m a n ages to ga i n exceeds t h e maxi m u m ELO l eve l fro m a l l ti m e t h at be l o ngs to G M G a rry Ka s pa rov . Car l s e n , M 2 848 vs Aro n i a n ,L 2 815 4t h Lo n d o n C h ess C l a ss i c E N G ECO 11C7 711 1 -0 20 1 2 . 1 2 . 02

1 . e4 e S 2 . N f3 N c6 3 .Bbs a6 4 .Ba 4 N f6 S . d 3 b S 6 .Bb3 BcS 7 . N c3 0-0 8.Nd5

N xd S 9 .Bxd 5

Rb8

10 . 0-0

Ne7

1 1 . N xe 5 N xd S

1 3 . d 4 Bf8

1 4 . b3

1 6 . N f3 Qf6 Qg 6

1 2 . exd 5

Bb7

1 5 . c4

1 7 .Be3 Bc8

1 9 .Kh 1

h6

Re8 d6

1 8 .Qd 2

2 0 . Ra c 1

Be7

2 1 . N g 1 Bg S 2 2 .Bxg5 Qxg S 2 3 . Rfd 1 bxc4

2 4 . bxc4 Qxd 2

2 5 . Rxd 2

aS

2 6 . h 3 Rb4 2 7 . N f3 Bfs 2 8 . c5 Kf8 2 9 . N h 2 Re b8 3 0 . N g4 Rb l 3 1 . Rx b 1 Rx b l+

3 2 .Kh 2

a4

3 3 . N e3

Bg6

3 4 .Kg3 Rb4 3 5 .Kf3 Ke7 3 6 .Ke2 Kd 7 3 7 .f3 Rbs 3 8 . N d 1 Rb4 3 9 . c6+ Kc8 40 . N c3 f6 4 1 .Ke3 Rc4 42 . N e 2 a 3 43 . h 4 Rb4 44.g4 Rb l 45 . h 5 Bh 7 46 .f4 fS 47 .g5

Rh l 48 . N g3

49 .Kf3 h xgS S O . fxgS g6

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Analysis and Comments

50 g6 A ro n i a n ca n n ot see how to sto p t h e pawns, l eavi ng l ocked h is Bishop ...

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54.g6!! I n c red i b l e m ove m e nt a p pa rently sa c r ifi ced t h e roo k, w h i c h i s poiso n ed beca use if Aro n i a n ta kes t h e roo k wou l d be i n evita b l e pawn Qu e e n s 54 ... Bg8

55.g7 f4 56.Kxf4 Rh2 57.Nf5 Rxa2 58.Rf6 Th reate n i ng ch eckm ate 58 ...Re2 Ca r l s e n wi ns i n i m p ress ive way a n d beco m es t h e p l aye r with the h ig h est rati ng of a II t i m e 59.Rf8+ ReS 60.Nxd6 a n d i f 60 ... cxNd6 fo l l ows t h e st ro ng 61.c7+ cu l m i nati ng t h i s exce l l e nt ga m e, d u e t h e Ki ng ca n not d efe n d both s i d es .

GAME No.2 Mag n us Ca r l se n gives us a d ee p ly co u rse a bout t h e p i ece sa c rifi ce a n d tact i ca l a s pects of t h e sa m e . Carl s e n , M 2 814 vs N a ka m ura , H i 2 751 73rd Tata Steel GMA Wijkaan Zee NED ECO "B92" 1-0 2011.01.23

l . e4 cS 2. Nf3 d 6 3 . d4 cxd4 4. N xd4 N f6 S . N c3 a 6 6 . Be2 eS 7 . N b3 Be7 8 . Be3 0-0 9 .g4 Be6 lO.gS Nfd 7 1 1 . h4 N b6 12. Qd2 N 8 d 7 1 3 .f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 N eS 1 5 . 0-0-0 Rc8 1 6 . K b l Qc7 17 . h 5 Rfe8 18. Ka l Bf8 19 . N d4

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33. Ng4+ Kg8 34. Nf6+ Winning the Queen]

3l.Rxh6 Nf7 Ca r l s e n d oes not back dow n i n th e i r atta ck, sacrifi c i ng h i s roo k, h is Qu e e n r u s h es aga i nst t h e e n e my Ki ng

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37.Rel+ 1-0 Ove rwh e l m i ng tact i ca l co m bi n a t i o n t h at l eaves no o pt i o n s to N a ka m u ra .

GAME No.3 Th is i s a bea utifu l e n dga m e betwee n t h e c u r re nt N o 1 a n d N o 2 of t h e wo rl d . Carl s e n , M 2 813 vs Aro n i a n ,L 2782 19th A m b e r Ra p i d N i ce F RA ECO " C48 " 1 - 0 20 10 .03 . 1 4

l . e4 eS 2. Nf3 N c6 3 . N c3 Nf6 4. B b5 B d 6 5 . 0-0 0-0 6 . d 3 Re8 7 . Re l a 6 8 . Bc4 N a S 9 . a 3 Nxc4 10. dxc4 h 6 l l . h 3 BcS 12. Be3 Bxe3 1 3 . Rxe3 d 6 14.Qd2 Be6 1 5 . b3 N d 7 1 6 . Rd l Rf8 1 7 . Qe2 b6 18. N e l N cS 19 . N d 3 Nxd 3 20. cxd 3 b S 21 . d4 exd4

22. Rxd4 bxc4 23 . bxc4 Qf6 24. Rd l Ra b8 25 . N d 5 Bxd S 26 . cxd 5 R b2 27 . Qf3 Qxf3 28 . Rxf3 Re2 29 . Rd4 Rc2 30. Ra4 Ra8 3 1 .g4 cS 32. dxc6 Rxc6 3 3 . R b4 Ra c8 34. Rd3 Rc3 3 5 . R bd4 R8c4 3 6 . Rxc4 Rxd 3 3 7 . Ra4 Rxh 3 38 . Rxa 6 g6 3 9 . Kg2 Rd3 40. a 4 Ra 3 4 1 .f3 Kg7 42. Kg3 Ra2 43 . a 5 Ra 3 44. Ra8 Kf6 45 . a 6 Ke7 46 . a 7 Ra2 47 .f4 Ra3+ 48 . Kf2 Kf6 49 . Ke2 Kg7 SO. Kd2 h S S l .gS h4 52. Ke2 h 3 5 3 . Kf2 Ra2+ 54. Kg l Rg2+ S S . Kh l Ra2

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66. Kxd 6 Ra 6+ [66. . . Ra 7 67. Re 7 Ra6+ 68. Kd7 Ra l+ 69. Ke8 RaB+ 70. Kxf7 Gaining th e position and winning th e game] 67 . Ke7 Ra7+ 68. Kf8 1-0 With g reat tacti ca l p recis i o n moves (m a ki ng it l ook as easy a s ta ki ng ca n dy fro m a c h i l d) Ca r l s e n a c h i eved by d rawi ng wate r a n d h e m a ke to l oo k ba d t h e wo r l d N o . 2.

GAME No.4 Pl ayi ng ve rs us t h e cu rre ntly Cu ba n best c h ess p l aye r . H e is a ve ry fa st p l aye r. Ca r l s e n , M 2 813 vs Do m i n g u ez P e rez,L 2 713 19th A m b e r Ra p i d N i ce F RA ECO " B9 2 " 1 - 0 2 0 1 0 . 0 3 . 2 3

l . e4 cS 2. Nf3 d6 3 . d4 cxd4 4. N xd4 N f6 5 . N c3 a 6 6 . Be2 eS 7 . N b3 Be7 8 . 0-0 0-0 9 . Kh l N c6 10.f4 bS l l . Be3 B b7 12.a4 N b4 1 3 . Qd2 d S 14.fxe5 Nxe4 1 5 . N xe4 dxe4 1 6 . N d4 N d S 17 . Nf5 Qc7 18. Bd4 e3 19 . Qe l BcS 20 . Bxc5 QxcS 21 . Bd 3 Bc8

22. N d 6 Qd4 23 . axb5 Be6 24. bxa 6 QxeS 25 . Qh4 fS 26 . N c4 Qf6 27 . Qh 3 f4 28 . Qxh7+ Kf7 29 . Qe4 Kg8 30. Ra 5 Rfd 8 3 1 . Nxe3 Nxe3 32. Rxf4 NfS 3 3 . Raxf5 BxfS 34. Rxf5 Qh 6 3 5 . h 3 Ra7 3 6 . Qc4+ Kh8 3 7 . Qc5 g6 3 8 . Rf6 Rg7 3 9 . Rf8+ Rxf8 40 . Qxf8+ K h 7 4 1 . Kh2 Qe3 42. Qd 6 QgS 43 . b4 Re7 44. b5 ReS

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4S.Qxg6+ [45. Bxg6 Winning varian t but sligh tly more complicated Kg l 46. Qd4 Kxg6 4 7. a 7 ReB 48. Qb6+ Kg l 49. Qb8 Qc5 50. a8Q Rxbl 51 . Qxbl Avoiding the checks and

cro wning easily] [45. a 7 Qf4+ 46. g3 Qf2+ 4 7. Kh 1 Rel + 48. 8/1 Rxfl there is a ch eckmate sequence with any pawn move.] 45 ... Qxg6 46. Bxg6 Kxg6 47 .a7 1-0 B l a c k su rre n d e r beca use t h e roo k w i l l ca n not sto p ped to t h e pawns.

GAME No.5 Ca r l s e n , M 2 813 vs S m e ets,J 2651 19th A m b e r B l i n d fo l d N i ce F RA ECO " A07 " 1 - 0 2 0 10.03 . 1 6

1 .g3 d S 2. Nf3 c6 3 . Bg2 N f6 4. 0-0 BfS S . c4 e6 6 . d 3 B d 6 7 . cxd S exd S 8 . N c3 0-0 9 . N h4 Be6 1 0 . e4 N a 6 1 1 . Qe2 Re8 12. h 3 BeS 13 .f4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 dxe4 1 5 . dxe4 B d S 1 6 . e 5 Bxg2 1 7 . Kxg2 Qd S+ 18 . Nf3 Ra d 8 19 . c4 Qe4 20 . Re 1 Qxe2+ 21 . Rxe2 N d 7 22. Be3 f6 23 . Bxa 7 fxeS 24. Nxe5 NxeS 25 .fxe5 Kf7 26 . R b 1

Rd7 27 . Bf2 Ke6 28 .g4 Rf8 29 . Be3 Rff7 30.a4 R d 3 3 1 . a 5 Rc3 32. Rd l Rxc4

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Analysis and Comments

32 . Rxc4 S m eets 's move is I n noce nt , th i n ki ng that with a pawn a dva ntage, so lves t h e ga m e 33. Bg5 Ca r l s e n revea l s the of atta ck, st re ngth his co m pe nsati ng t h e pawn s a c rifi ce, poi nti ng g u ns t h e e n e my Ki ng, .

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th reate n i ng m ate i n o n e with Rd 6# o n t h e n ext m ove, 33 ... Rd7 [33 . . . Rf8 34. Rd6+ Kfl 35. e6+ Kg8 36. e 7 ReB 3 7. Rd8 Ncl 38. Rf2 h 6 39. R/8+ Kh 7 40. Rfxe8 Nxe8 41 . Rxe8 hxg5 42. Rb8 winning the game] 34. Rxd 7 Kxd7 3 5 . e6+ Ke8 Tryi ng to sto p the pawn co ro n at i o n but sente n ci ng h is re ig n afte r 36. Rd 2 w i t h u navo i d a b l e c h eckm ate 1-0.

GAME No.6 A ro nia n , L 2 801 vs Ca r l s e n , M 2 802 VI W o rl d B l itz M oscow R U S ECO " E43 " 0 - 1 2 0 1 0 . 1 1 . 1 7

1 . d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3 . N c3 B b4 4. Nf3 b6 S . e3 B b7 6 . Bd3 0-0 7 . Qc2 cS 8 . Bd2 cxd4 9 . Nxd4 N c6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 1 1 .e4 Qb8 12. h 3 BcS 1 3 . 0-0 QeS 14. Ra e 1 Ra c8 1 5 . Kh 1 Qh S 1 6 . Be3 Bxe3 1 7 . Rxe3 N g4 1 8 . Qd 1 N f6 19 . e5 QgS 20 . N e4 Nxe4 21 . Bxe4 Rfd8 22.f4 Qe7 23 .f5 exfS 24. Bxf5 QgS 25 . Qe2

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GAME No.7 Fa ntast i c ga m e b l i n d ly w h e re eve n so m e e n g i n es fa i l to a p p reci ate t h e b l a c k atta ck A ro nia n , L 2 7 8 2 vs Ca r l s e n , M 2 813 1 9 t h A m b e r B l i n d fo l d N i ce F RA ECO " E9 8 " 0 - 1 20 10 .03 . 1 4

l . Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3 . N c3 Bg7 4 . e4 d 6 S . d4 0-0 6 . Be2 eS 7 . 0-0 N c6 8 . d 5 N e7 9 . N e l N d 7 10 . N d 3 fS 1 1 . Bd2 Nf6 12.f3 Kh8 13 .g4 c6 14. Kg2 bS 1 5 . b3 a S 1 6 . Nf2 b4

17 . N a4 B b 7 18. Rcl fxe4 19 .fxe4 cxd S 20 . exd 5

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a c h ess b l i nd ga m e, pa ra doxica l ly t h e e ng i n es fa i l to see t h e powe r of Ca r l s e n's s a c rifi ce aga i nst o n e of custo m e rs d isti ngu i s h ed its 2 1.cxd 5 Nxd S 22. Kg l e4 23. Nxe4 Bd4+ 24. Rf2 Rxf2 25. N xf2.

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25 ... Qh4 26.Qe l Rf8 27. Bf3 Rxf3 28. Qe4 Qxf2+ 0- 1 h e re t h e Wh ite res ign beca use t h ey see t h e i n evita b ly way t h a t l ea d s to c h eckm ate 29. Kh l e3 30. Rc8+ Rf8 3 l . Rxf8+ Qxf8 3 2 . h4 Bxe4+ 33. Kh2 Nxg4+ 34. Kg3 Qf4#

GAME No.8 N i ce ga m e to a n a lyze, a g reat way to wi n a pawn a n d m a ke it to a bea utifu l tacti ca l pos ition Ca r l s e n , M 2 813 vs Svid l e r, P 2 750 19th A m b e r R a p i d N i ce F RA ECO " 09 7 " 1 - 0 2 0 1 0 . 03 . 1 5

1 . d4 N f6 2.c4 g6 3 . N c3 d S 4. Nf3 Bg7 S . Qb3 dxc4 6 . Qxc4 0-0 7 .e4 a 6 8 . e 5 Nfd 7 9 . Be3 bS l O . Qd S N b6 1 1 . Qe4 BfS 12. Qh4 f6 1 3 .g4 Be6 14. Bg2 N c6 1 5 . 0-0 Kh8 1 6 . Ra d 1

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30. N d 6 Qa8 3 1 . Rfl a S 32. Rxf8+ Qxf8 33. Ncb7 Qa8 34. Rxc6. B l a c k res igns beca use of t h e t h reat of l os i ng t h e Qu e e n (w ith 3 5 . Rc8+ w h i l e t h e Qu e e n is t h reate n ed) o r t h e w h o l e position a n d a lt h o u g h t h e position is not l ost w e know t h at Svi d l e r does n ot l i ke to co nti n u e a ga m e with a m i n i m u m m a te ri a l d isa dva ntage .

GAME No.9 Ext ra o rd i n a ry Ca r l s e n 's ga m e, w h e re so m e e ng i n es fa i l to a p p reci ate t h e w h ite atta c k Ca r l s e n , M 2 814 vs W a n g H a o 2 7 31 7 3 rd Ta ta Ste e l G M A W i jka a n Zee N E D ECO " B 1 2 " 1 - 0 2 0 1 1 . 0 1 . 2 9

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1 7 . Kg2 c4 18. Ng5 Qd 8 19 . Bg4 BxgS 20 . Bxg5 Qc7 21 . R h l N b6 22. h 5 gxh S 23 . Bx h 5 N a4

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Analysis and Comments

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23 ... Na4 Th reate ns t h e b2 pawn, w h i c h tu rns out to be i rre l eva nt i n t h e position, l eavi ng t h e k n i g ht tota l ly as a p i ece offs i d e i n t h e ga m e 24. Bxf7+ b r i l l i a nt move, e ng i n es eve n a re s l ow to see t h e fo rce of t h e atta ck Kxf7 25.Qf3+

Kg8 26. Rxh8+ Kxh8 27. Rh l+ Kg8

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In case of the natural 24 . . . . Qxf7/ would follo w: 24 . . . . Qxfl 25. RxhB Kdl 26. RxcB KxcB 2 7. Qc2 Qh5 28. Be3 winning the quality/ pawn and a best activity in the pieces.

GAME No.1 0 Ca r l s e n , M 2 815 vs N i s ip e a n u , LD 2659 5th K i ngs Tourn a m e n t M ed i a s RO U ECO " 02 7 " 1 - 0 2 0 1 1 . 0 6 . 1 5

l . d4 d S 2.c4 dxc4 3 . e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 S . Nf3 cS 6 . 0-0 a 6 7 .dxc5 BxcS 8 . Qxd8+ Kxd 8 9 . Be2 Ke7 10. N bd2 B d 7 1 1 . N b3 B d 6 12. N a 5 Ra 7 1 3 . N c4 B bS 14. b3 Rd8 1 5 . B b2 Bxc4 1 6 . Bxc4 N c6 17 . Rfd l Ra a 8 18 . h 3 g6 19 .g4 h 6 20 . Bfl Rac8 21 . Ra c l N d S 22. h4 Ke8 23 .g5 hxgS 24. hxg5 Be7 25 . Kg2 N b6 26 . Bd 3 N b4

27 . Be4 Nxa2 28 . Rxd 8+ Kxd8

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29 . Rh l N d S 30. N e5 fS

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Analysis and Comments

A position w h e re Wh ite h a s t h e b is h o p pa i r a n d a p pa re ntly t h e b l a c k kn i g ht fro m a 2 is offs i d e

29. Rh l i nte resti ng m ove m e nt beca use a lt h o u g h 29. Rdl + Ca r l s e n w i n s a pawn d ec i d es t o exp l o it t h e wea kn esses of t h e pos i t i o n t h a t l ea d t o t h e ra p i d co n c l u s i o n of t h e ga m e 2 9 . N d 5 30. N e5 fS 3 l . Bxd 5 1-0 H e re B l a ck res igns. .

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3 1 . . . exd5 32. Rh8+ Kcl 33. Rh 7 RhB 34. Nxeg6 Kdl 35. Nxe 7 Rxe l 36. g6 Nb4 3 7. g 7 Rxg l 38. Rxg 7 Kc6

Wi n n i ng t h e roo k a nd t h e ga m e Sub - Varian t

Si 29 . . . Nd7 30. Rh8+ Kcl 31 . Rh 7 RfB 32. Bxg6 Bxg5 33. Bbl RgB 34. Rg 7 Rxg l 35. Bxg 7 Bxg3 36.fxe3 Winning piece

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GAME No.11 Fa ntast i c b l i n d ga m e fro m Ma g n us Ca r l s e n Ca r l s e n , M 2 815 vs G a s h i m ov, V 2 746 20th Amber Blindfold Monaco M NC ECO "011" 1-0 2011.03.13

1 . Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3 . d4 d S 4.e3 g6 S . N bd2 Bg7 6 . B d 3 0-0 7 . 0-0 N a 6 8 . Qe2 N c7 9 . b3 cS 10 . B b2 cxd4 1 1 . Bxd4 N e 6 12. B b2 N cS 1 3 . Bc2 b6 14. Rfd 1 Ba 6 15 . b4 N cd 7 1 6 . Bd3 B b7 17 . Ra c 1 Rc8 18 . N b3 e6 19 . c5 bxcS 20 . bxc5 N b8 21 . Nfd4 N c6

22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23 . Ba 6 Ra8 24. Be5 N e4 25 . Bxg7 Kxg7 26 .f3 Nf6 27 . N d4 Qc7 28 . B b5 BxbS 29 . Nxb5 Qe7 3 0 . e4 Rfd8 3 1 . N d 6 N e8

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32. Nxe8+ Qxe8 33.exd 5 Rxd S 34. Rxd 5 exd S 3 5 . Qxe8 Rxe8

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ANALYSIS

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36.c6 Kf6 37.c7 Rc8 38. Kf2 KeS 39. Ke3 Kd 6 40. Kd4 Rxc7 4 1 . Rxc7

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Analysis and Comments

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32. Nxe8+ [32. exd5 does not work because 32 . . . Nxd6 33. cxd6 Rxd6 dxe6 equalizing.]

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32 ... Qxe8 33.exd 5 Rxd S 34. Rxd 5 exd S 3 5 . Qxe8 Rxe8 Th i s seq u e n ce a p pea rs l i ke a d raw, h oweve r Ca r l se n ca l c u l ated beyo n d a n d d iscove r that t h e res u lti ng position rea l ly is a wi n n i ng e n dga m e fo r Wh ite

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36.c6 Kf6 37.c7 ReS 38. Kf2 KeS 39. Ke3 Kd 6 40. Kd4 Rxc7 4 1 . Rxc7 Kxc7 42 . Kxd 5 Kb6 43 . Ke5 KbS 44. Kf6 Kb4 45.f4 Ka3 46. Kxf7 Kxa 2 47.g4 [4 7. Kg 7 aS 48. Kxh 7 a4 49. Kxg6 a3 50.f5 Kb3 51 .f6 a2 52.f7 al Q 53.f8Q Qd4 54. Qf3+ Kb4 55. g4 with enough material to win ]

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e n dga m e, ste p by ste p as it is h ig h ly i nst r u ctive 47 ... a 5 48.f5 gxfS 49.gxf5 a4 SO.f6 a3 S l . Kg8 Kb3 52 .f7 a 2 53 .f8Q a lQ 54.Qf3+ Kc4 5 5 . Qf4+ Kd S 56. Kxh7 Qa7+ 57. Kg6 Qa 6+ 58. Qf6 Qe2 59. h4 KcS 60. h 5 Qe8+ 6 1 . Kh 6 Kd S 62. Kg5 Qg8+ 63 . Kf4 Qb8+ 64. Kg4 Qb4+ 65. Kg5 Qd 2+ 66. Kg6 Kc4 67. h 6 Qg2+ 68. Kf7 Qb7+ 69. Kg8 Qb8+ 70. Qf8 Qg3+ 7 1 . Kh8 QeS+ 72.Qg7 Qe4 73 . h7 Kd3 74. Qd7+ Ke2 75 . Kg8 Qg6+ 76. Kf8 Qh 6+ 77. Qg7 Qf4+ 78. Qf7 Qh 6+ 79. Ke7 Qh4+ 80. Ke8 Qa4+ 8 1 . Kf8 Qd4 82 .Qh 5+ Kf2 83 . h8Q Qd 6+ 84. Kf7 Qd7+ 85 . Kg6 1-0

Sub - Varian t

42 . . . Kd7 43. h4 h 5 {43 . . . h6 44.f4 f6 45. g4 h5 46. gxh5 gxh5 4 7.f5 a6 48. a3 aS 49. a4 Kcl 50. Ke6 Winning) 44. a4 Kcl 45.f4 Kb6 46. Ke5 Ka5 4 7. Kf6 Kxa4 48. Kxf7 aS 49. Kxg6 Kb3 50.f5 a4 51 .f6 a3 52.f7 a2 53.f8Q al Q 5 7 54. Kxh5 With decisive advan tage.

GAME No.12 Ca r l s e n , M 2 815 vs G risc h u k, A 2 747 2 0 t h A m b e r Ra p i d M o n a co M N C ECO II B90" 1 - 0 2 0 1 1 . 03 . 2 3

l . e4 cS 2. N c3 d6 3 . Nf3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 S . Nxd4 Nf6 6 . Be3 N g4 7 . Bg5 h6 8 . B h4 gS 9 . Bg3 Bg7 1 0 . Qd2 N c6 1 1 . N b3 Be6 12. h4 gxh4 1 3 . Bxh4 Qb6 14. 0-0-0 Rc8 l S . Kb l h S 1 6 . N d 5 Bxd S 1 7 . exd 5 N ceS 18 . Re l N g 6 19 .f3 B h 6 20 . Qe2 N 4e5 21 . Bf2 Qc7 22. Qe4 Bg7 23 . Bd4 Bf6 24. Be2 N d 7 25 . Bd 3 BeS 26 . Qf5 Nf4

27 . BxeS dxeS 28 .g3 Nxd 3 29 . Qxd3 Qc4 3 0 . Qd2 b6 3 1 . R h4 Qc7 32.f4 f6 3 3 .g4 a S 34. Rxh5 Rg8

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35.g5 a4 36. Ncl a3

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37.gxf6 exf6 38.fxe5 fxeS

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ANALYSIS

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ChessDecoded

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39. Nd 3 axb2 40. Nxe5 NxeS 4 1 . d 6 Qd 7

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ANALYSIS

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DECODE

I

7

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Ill .. . .

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Analysis and Comments

(.)

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Th e w h ite d e p l oy a n a ct ive ga m e of p i eces, h is c reat i ng co m b i n ations aga i nst o n e of t h e best d efe n s ive p l aye rs i n t h e e l ite c h ess

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3 5.g5 a4 36. N c l a3 Try ge n e rati ng cou nte r p l ay i n t h e Qu e e n s i d e but Ca r l s e n igno res th is a nd focuses on a l i g n i ng t he i r pi eces fo r the fi n a l atta ck

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37.gxf6 exf6 38.fxe5 fxeS Ca r l s e n at t h e Ca pa b l a n ca 's sty l e m a kes t h e d iffi c u lt th i ngs seem easy a n d G ri sch u k g ra d u a l ly without know h ow, h e a r rive to a d i sa strous pos ition with h is Ki ng in t h e ce nte r w h i l e Ca r l s e n with a l l p i eces, h e fa ci ng t h e h e a d of t h e e n e my Ki ng

39. Nd3 axb2 40. N xe5 NxeS 4 1.d6 l eavi ng the b l a ck i n a tota l ly d efe n s ive pos i t i o n b ut not e nough to sto p t h e o n s l a ught of t h e e n e my p 1 eces .

[41 . Rxh5+ KdB 42. Qf2 Nxc2 43. Qxc2 Rxc2 44. Kxc2 Winning material.} 4 1 ... Qd 7 42.Qd 5 Kf8 [42 . . . Rf8 43. Qxe5+ Kfl 44. Rfl + Qf5

45. Rfxf5+ Kg6 46. Qg3#} 43 . Qxe5 ReS 44. Rfl+ 1-0 H e re B l a c k res ign d u e t h e c h eckm ate was i n evita b l e .

44 . . . Qf7 45. Qe 7+ Kg l 46. Qf7#

GAME No.13 Ca r l s e n , M 2 815 vs l va nch u k, V 2 7 76 5 t h K i ngs Tourn a m e n t M ed i a s RO U ECO II 03 8 " 1 - 0 20 1 1 . 0 6 . 1 8

1 . d4 N f6 2.c4 e6 3 . N f3 dS 4. N c3 B b4 S . BgS N bd 7 6 . cxd 5 exd S 7 . Qc2 cS 8 . dxc5 h 6 9 . Bd2 0-0 1 0 . e3 BxcS l l . Rc l Qe7 12. Be2 a 6 1 3 . Qd 3 N b6 14. 0-0 Bg4 1 5 . N d4 B d 7 1 6 . Bf3 Rfe8 1 7 . b3 B a 3 18. Rc2 Ra c8 19 . N ce2 Rxc2 20. Qxc2 Be6 21 . Bc1 Rc8 22. Bxa 3 Qxa 3 23 . Qd2 Bg4 24. Bxg4 Nxg4 25 . Nf5 Nf6 26 . h3 K h 7 27 . Qd4 N bd 7 28 . Qf4 Nf8

29 . N eg3 Ng6 3 0 . Qd4 QcS 3 1 .f3 Qxd4 32. Nxd4 N eS 3 3 . Rd 1 g6 34. Kf2 Kg7 3 5 . N ge2 Kf8 3 6 .g4 N c6 3 7 . Rc 1 Ke7 38 . h4 Kd 6 3 9 . h 5 N e 7 40 . R h 1 gxh S 4 1 .gxh5 Rg8 42. Ng3 RgS 43 . b4 Kd 7 44. R h4 N e8 45 . Rf4 N d 6 46 . a4 b6 47 . a 5 bxa S 48 . bxa 5 fS 49 . R h4 N c4 SO.f4 Rg4 5 1 . R h 3 N d 6 52. R h 1 Rg8 5 3 . R b 1 R a 8 54. Kf3 Kc7 5 5 . N e6+ Kc8

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ChessDecoded

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56. Nc5 Rb8 57. Rxb8+ Kxb8 58. Nxa 6+ Kb7 59. N b4 Nc4

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ANALYSIS

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ChessDecoded

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60.a 6+ Kb6 6 1 . Ke2 N d 6 62 . Kd 3 N bS 63 . N e2 Ka S 64. Nc3

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64 ... . N c7 65 . N bxd 5 Nexd S 66. Nxd 5 Nxd S 67 . a 7 Nc7

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Analysis and Comments

56. Nc5 [56. Rb6 does not work because Nc4]

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56 ... Rb8 57. Rxb8+ Kxb8 58. N xa 6+ Kb7 59. N b4 Pre pa ri ng t h e pawn a dva n ce N c4

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60.a 6+ Kb6 6 1 . Ke2 N d 6 62 . Kd 3 N bS 63 . N e2 Ka 5 64. N c3 ! ! Ca r l s e n esti m ated that by sa c rifi ci ng a k n i g ht gets e n ough co m pe nsation (Note that the knigh t is poison ed because if 64 . . . Kxb4 would follow Nxb5 and if 65 . . . Kxc5 th e pa wn Queens) to wi n t h e ga m e, Nc7 ti m e ly s a c rifi ce [64 . . . Kxb4 65. Nxb5 material with 66. a 7 NcB advan tage]

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65. N bxd 5 N exd S 66. Nxd 5 N xd S 67.a7 N c7 68. Kd4 K b 6 69. Ke5 Kxa7 70. Kxf5 NdS 7 1 . Kg6 s a c rifi c i ng t h e pawn on e3 e ns u ri ng wi n t h e ga m e Nxe3 72 . Kxh6 1-0 b l a c k res i g n Kb6 73. Kg5 KcS 74. h 6 Nc4 75 . h 7 N d 6 76.f5 Nf7+ 77. Kg6 N eS+ 78. Kg7 pawn Qu e e n s

GAME No.14 Ca r l s e n , M 2 815 vs Ka rj a k i n , Se rgey 2 7 76 20th A m b e r Ra p i d M o n a co M N C ECO " C84" 1 - 0 2 0 1 1 . 03 . 1 8

l . e4 eS 2. Nf3 N c6 3 . B b5 a 6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5 . 0-0 Be7 6.d3 bS 7 . B b3 d 6 8 . a 4 b4 9 . N bd2 0-0 lO. Re l N a S 1 1 . Ba2 cS 12. c3 R b8 1 3 . d4 cxd4 14.cxd4 Qc7 1 5 . N b3 Nxb3 1 6 . Bxb3 Bg4 17 . Bg5 exd4 1 8 . Qxd4 Bxf3 19 .gxf3 N h S 20. Ra c l Qd 7 21 . Bxe7 Qxe7 22. e 5 QgS+ 23 . Qg4 Qxg4+ 24.fxg4 Nf4 25 . Rc6 dxe S 26 . Rxa 6

N d 3 27 . Re3 Nxb2 28 . a 5 e4 29 . Rxe4 N d 3 30. Rc6 Ra8 3 1 . a 6 h S 32.g5 Rfc8

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33. Rxc8+ Rxc8 34.g6 Kf8 35.gxf7 Rc l+ 36. Kg2 N e l+ 37. Kh3 Rc3+

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ANALYSIS

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Analysis and Comments

Ka rj a ki n tacti ca l e rro r t h a t a l l ow to a dva n ces t h e pawn to g6 a nd a r rive to a co m p ro m isi ng position

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33. Rxc8+ Rxc8 34.g6 Kf8 35.gxf7 Rcl+ Ka rj a ki n d es pe rate ga m b l e i n o rd e r to t ryi ng to com p l i cate t h e ga m e, b u t t h e ca rds a re a l rea dy d ra w n a n d wi l l h ave to pay t h e co nse q u e n ces of h is m ista ke 36. Kg2 N e l+ 37. Kh3 Rc3+ 38. Re3 gS 39. Rxc3 g4+ 40. Kg3 a n d i n evita b ly t h e pawn c rown 1-0 Sub

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34 . . . Nc5 35. gxf7+ KfB 36. Re8+ RxeB 3 7.fxe8Q+ KxeB 38. a 7 Nxb3 cro wn1ng .

GAME No.15 Ca r l s e n , M 2 815 vs N a ka m u ra , H i 2 774 20th A m b e r Ra p i d M o n a co M N C ECO II 0 1 0 " 1 - 0 20 1 1 .03 . 1 2

l . d4 d S 2.c4 c6 3 . N c3 Nf6 4.e3 a 6 S . Qc2 e 6 6 . Nf3 N bd 7 7 . Bd2 dxc4 8 . a 4 cS 9 . Bxc4 cxd4 10 . exd4 N b6 1 1 . Bd 3 N bd S 12. N xd 5 Nxd S 1 3 . 00 N b4 14. Bxb4 Bxb4 1 5 . Bx h 7 g6 1 6 . Bxg6 fxg6 1 7 . Qxg6+ Kf8 1 8 . N e 5 Qe7 19 . R a c l Qh 7 20 . Qg3 Ke8 21 . d 5 B d 6 22. Rfe l B d 7 23 . h 3 Bxe S 24. Rxe5 Rg8 25 . Qe3 Rg6 26 . dxe6

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27. Rxc6 bxc6 28. Qe4 Qg7 29 . Qxc6+ Ke7

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winning material] 39. Rd 3+ Kxe6 [39 . . . Ke5 40. Qxa8 Kf5 41 . Qf3+ Kxe6 42. Qc6+ Kfl 43. Rd7+ winning material] 40.Qc6+ H e re b l a c k res i g n KfS 41 . Rd 5+ QeS+ 42. Rxe5+ w ith m a te ri a l a dva ntage 1-0

GAME No.16 Ca r l s e n , M 2 815 vs N a ka m u ra , H i 2 774 5 t h K i ngs Tourn a m e n t M ed i a s RO U ECO " 03 1 " 1 - 0 2 0 1 1 . 0 6 . 1 1

l . d4 d S 2.c4 e 6 3 . N c3 Be7 4.cxd 5 exd S 5 . Bf4 c6 6 . Qc2 Bg4 7 .e3 B h S 8 . Bd3 Bg6 9 . Bxg 6 hxg6 1 0 . 0-0-0 N f6 1 1 .f3 N bd 7 12. N ge2 bS 1 3 .e4 b4 14. N a4 dxe4 15 .fxe4 Qa S 1 6 . K b l 0-0 17 . h4 Rfe8 1 8 . e 5 N d S 19 . h 5 g S 20. h 6 g 6 21 . Bc l N 7 b6 22. N c5 BxcS 23 .dxc5 b3 24. Qxb3 QxcS 25 . N d4 RxeS 26 . Nf3 Re2

27 . Nxg5 Qe7 28 . Qd 3 Rf8 29 . Rdfl fS 30 .g4 N a4 3 1 . Qd4 QeS 32. Qxe 5 RxeS 3 3 .gxf5 gxfS

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34. Nf3 [34. Rfgl something similar to the line that GM Magn us Carlsen played with an improvemen t/ as th e knigh t doesn 't keeps putting the King in h l 34 . . . . Kh8 35. Nf3 Re l (35 . . . Re6 lost pawn a l or c6

36. Rg 7 f4 3 7. Rxa 7) 34 . . . Re7 3 5 . Rfg l+ Kh7

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a nswe r res i g n ed, beca use it l oses a pawn a n d t h e pos ition is o ut of h a n d 39. Rxg7 ReG 40. Nxf5 NcS 4 1 . N h4 Nd3 42. Ng6+ Rxg6 43 . Rxg6

GAME No.17 Ca r l s e n , M 2 815 vs Topa l ov, V 2 7 75 20th A m b e r Ra p i d M o n a co M N C ECO " B 2 3 " 1 - 0 2 0 1 1 . 03 . 2 0

l . e4 cS 2. N c3 d6 3 .f4 N c6 4. Nf3 g6 S . B b S B d 7 6 . 0-0 a6 7 . Bxc6 Bxc6 8 . d 3 Bg7 9 . Qe l Qd 7 10.a4 fS l l . N d S fxe4 12. dxe4 R b8 1 3 . Ng5 Bxd S 14. exd 5 QfS 15 . N e 6 Bf6 1 6 . Qe2 h S 1 7 . Ra 3 N h 6 1 8 . Rg3 Kd 7 19 . Rg5 BxgS 20 .fxg5 Qxd S 21 . Nf4 Qd4+ 22. Be3 Qe4 23 .gx h 6 Rxh 6 24. N d 5 R h h8 25 . Qd2 Rhf8 26 . Re l

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[29 . . . Kc7 30. h3 Qc6 31 . Rxe 7+ KdB 32. Rd7+ Qxdl 33. Nxd7 Kxdl material advan tage] 30. Qc3# 1-0

GAME No.18 Ca r l s e n , M 2 8 26 vs G a l ego,L 2500 3 9 t h O l y m p i a d M e n K h a nty- M a n s iysk RUS ECO " E 1 1 " 1 - 0 2 0 1 0 . 09 . 2 2

1 . d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3 . Nf3 B b4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ S . Qxd2 d S 6.g3 0-0 7 . Bg2 N bd 7 8 . Qc2 c6 9 . N bd2 Qe7 10. 0-0 eS 1 1 . cxd 5 Nxd S 12.e4 N 5f6 1 3 . Rfe 1 exd4 14.e5 N d S 15 . Nxd4 N 7 b6 1 6 .f4 N b4 1 7 . Qe4 Rd8 18 . N2f3 Bg4 19 . Ra d 1 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 QcS 2 1 . e 6 fxe6 22. Kh 1 Qd S 23 . Qe3

Qxa2 24. Nxe6 Rxd l 25 . Rxd 1 Qxb2

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Analysis and Comments

Extra o rd i n a ry pawn s a c rifi ce, Ca r l s e n i ns p i red, fo u n d a bea utifu l tact i cs seq u e n ce at l o ng-te rm, eve n e n g i n es does n 't rea c h to eva l u ate 23 ... Qxa 2 24. Nxe6 Rxd l 25. Rxd l Qxb2

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GAME No.19 Ca r l s e n , M 2 8 26 vs B ac rot, E 2 716 3 rd Pea rl S p ri ng N a nji ng C H N ECO " C45 " 1 - 0 2 0 1 0 . 1 0 . 2 0

l . e4 eS 2. Nf3 N c6 3 . d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 BcS S . N b3 B b6 6 . N c3 Nf6 7 . Qe2 0-0 8 . Bg5 h 6 9 . B h4 a S 10.a4 N d4 1 1 . Qd 3 Nxb3 12. cxb3 Re8 1 3 . 0-0-0 d6 14.Qc2 B d 7 15 . Bc4 Be6 1 6 . R h e l Qe7 17 .e5 dxeS 18. Rxe5 Qf8 19 . Bxf6 gxf6 20 . Re2 Qg7 21 . Bxe 6 Rxe 6 22. Rxe 6 fxe6 23 . Rd 3 Kh8 24 . Rg3 Qh 7

25 . Qd2 BcS 26 . N e4 Be7 27 . R h 3 Kg7

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Analysis and Comments

28. Qd7 Kf7 [28. . . Qxe4 29. Qxe l+ Kg6 30. Rg3+ K/5 31 . Rf3+ winning th e Queen ]

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w ith a dva ntage m a te ri a l l-0

GAME No.20 Ca r l s e n , M 2 8 26 vs S h i rov, A 2 749 G ra n d S l a m Fi n a l M a sters B i l ba o ES P ECO " C7 8 " 1 - 0 2 0 1 0 . 1 0 . 1 4

l . e4 eS 2. N f3 N c6 3 . B b5 a 6 4. Ba4 N f6 5 . 0-0 bS 6 . B b3 BcS 7 .a4 R b8 8 . axb5 axbS 9 . c3 d 6 10.d4 B b6 1 1 . h 3 0-0 12. R e l h 6 1 3 . N a 3 exd4 14.cxd4 N a S 15 . Bc2 b4 1 6 . N b5 Ba 6 17 . N a 7 B b7 1 8 . d 5 Ra8 19 . N b5 N c4 20 . Rxa 8 Qxa 8 21 . N bd4 Qa 7 22. b3 N eS 23 . B b2 N xf3+ 24.gxf3 Qa2 25 . Qc l Bxd4 26 . Bxd4 N d 7 27 . Kh l

f6 28 . Rg l Rf7 N eS

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We S h ow you t h is va ri a nt beca use Ca r l s e n g ives us a s h ow on how to wi n a pawn co r rectly u s i ng tact i ca l th reats 29. Qd 2 Beca use it does n ot wo rk ta ke t h e pawn on h 6 d i rectly d ue to t h e l oss of t h e b is h o p o n c2 Ca r l se n p re pa res fi rst

x-ray atta ck aga i nst t h e b l a c k Qu e e n beca use afte r a eS fo l l ow c h e c k o n h 7 wi n n i ng t h e Qu e e n Qa8 30.Qxh 6 N e S 3 1 . Bd l Qe8 32.Qe3 cS 33. Bb2 Re7 34.f4 Nd7 3 5 . Qg3 Qf7 36. Bf3 Ba G 37. Bg4 Nf8 38. Bf5 c4 39. bxc4 Bxc4 40. Qh4 Bxd S

4 1 .f3 su bt l e p l ay of Ca r l s e n t h at of g reat l ege n ds's styl e as Fisch e r,

h a s t h e t ra n q u i l ity to a ccu rate ly p re pa re the fi n a l atta ck [is not con venien t 41 . exd5 due 41 . . . Qxd5+ and after 42 . . . Qxf5 being disadvan taged] BeG 42. Bxf6 BxfS 43 . exf5 Rc7 44. Rxg7+ [44. Bxg 7 similar movemen t with a time advan tage Qxg l 45. Qel Qxgl + 46. Kxgl d5 4 7. Qxb4] 44 ... Qxg7 45. Bxg7 Rxg7 m a te ri a l a dva ntage 46.f6 Rd 7 47.Qe l dS 48. Qxb4 d4 49. Qc4+ Kh7 SO.Qd3+ Kg8 S l .fS Kf7 52. Kg2 Kxf6 53 . Kg3 Kg7 54. h4 N h7 55 . Kf2 Nf6 56.Qd 2 N h7 57 . Ke l d 3 58. Qg2+ Kh8 59 . Kd 2 Nf8 60. Qg5 K h 7 6 1 . h 5 K h 8 62 .f6 Kh7 63 .f4 Kh8 64. h 6 Kh7 65 .f5 1-0

GAME No.21 Ca r l s e n , M 2 8 26 vs Topa l ov, V 2 803 3 rd Pea rl S p ri ng N a nji ng C H N ECO " C84 " 1 - 0

20 1 0 . 1 0 . 24

l . e4 eS 2. Nf3 N c6 3 . B b5 a 6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5 . 0-0 Be7 6.d3 bS 7 . B b3 d 6 8 . a 4 R b8 9 . axb5 axbS 10 . N bd2 0-0 l l . Re l B d 7 12. c3 Ra8 1 3 . Rxa 8 Qxa 8 14.d4 h 6 l S . Nfl Re8 1 6 . Ng3 Qc8 1 7 . N h4 Bf8 18 . Ng6 N a S 19 . Nxf8 Rxf8 20 . Bc2 Re8 21 .f4 Bg4 22. Qd 3 exf4 23 . Bxf4 N c4 24. Bc l cS 25 . Rfl cxd4 26 . cxd4 Qd8 27 . h3

Be6 28 . b3 Qa S 29 . Kh2 N h 7

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30.e5 [30. Nh5 this dubious g6 3l . d5 Ne5 32. dxe6 Nxd3 33. exf7+ Kf8 34. Bxh 6+ Ke l 35.fxe8Q+ Kxe8 36. Ng 7+ Ke l 3 7. Bxd3 Qc3 38. Rf3 Qe5+ 39. Kh l Nf6 40. 8/4 Qal + 4l . Kh2 Nh l 42. Ne8 Kxe8 43. Bxd6 Kdl 44. e5 sligh t advan tage white

and a complicated endgam e] [30. d5 the strongest move since it keeps the pawn on e4, generating some importan t tactical aspects Ne5 31 . dxe6 Nxd3 32. exf7+ KfB 33.fxe8Q+ KxeB 34. Bxd3 Qb4 35. e5 NfB 36. Nf5 dxe5 3 7. Bxb5+ KdB 38. Rdl + Kcl 39. Bc4 g6 40. Nd6 KbB SO. Bb l+ Kdl 51 . Rd6+ winning Queen] 30 ... g6 3 1 . d 5 NxeS

32.dxe6 1-0 H e re b l a c k res ign, d e m o ra l i zed to see that h e l os i ng p i ece a nd is not poss i b l e to ta ke t h e Que e n (see s u b-va r i a nt) a n d a re t h e refo re at a d is a dva ntage i n m a te ri a l Rxe6 [32 . . . Nxd3 33. exf7+ Kf8 34. 8xh 6+ Ke l 35.fxe8Q+ Kxe8 36. 8xd3 Qc3 3 7. 8xg6+ winning knigh t and th e game Kd8 38. 8xh 7 Qxb3 39. Rf8 Kdl 40. 8/5+ Kc6 41 . Ne4 Qd5 42. 8/4 Qd4 43. Rf6 Kb l

44. Rxd6 Qb4 45. Rd8 Qa3 46. Be6 Qe l 4 7. Nd6+ Kc6 48. Rc8+ Kb6 49. Be3+. . . . 50. Bc5] 33.Qd l Kg7 34. Ne2 b4 35. Bb2 NgS 36. Nf4 Rf6 37. Re l Rxf4 [3 7. . . Kg8 38. Kh 1 Qa2 39. Bc1 Qal 40. Nd5 Re6 41 . Rf1 Nc6 42. h4 Nh l 53. Qf3 Qa l 44. Bxh 6 with piece of advan tage Nd4 45. Qd3 Nf5 46. Bd2 Re4 4 7. Be1 Re5 48. Nxb4 Qb l 49. Qd2 Ne3 50. Rf3 Nxc2 51 . Nxc2 Re6 52. Bf2 with piece of advan tage] 38. Qxd 6 f6 39. Rxe5 fxeS 40. Bxe5+ QxeS w i n n i ng m a te ri a l .

GAME No.22 Ca r l s e n , M 2 8 26 vs Va l l ej o P o n s, F 269 7 3 9 t h O l ym p i a d M e n K h a nty- M a n s iysk RUS ECO " 8 2 3 " 1 - 0 2 0 1 0 . 09 . 2 5

1 . e4 cS 2. N c3 a6 3 . N ge2 d6 4.g3 N c6 S . Bg2 g6 6 . d 3 Bg7 7 . Be3 Nf6 8 . h 3 B d 7 9 . Qd2 bS 10 . B h 6 Bxh 6 1 1 . Qx h 6 N d4 12. N xd4 cxd4 1 3 . N e2 eS 14. 0-0 N g8 1 5 . Qd2 N e7 1 6 .f4 0-0 1 7 .g4 f6 18. Rf2 N c6 19 . Raf1 Qa S 20 .c3 Qxa2 21 .g5 fxgS 22.f5 Qf7 23 . cxd4 Ra e8 24. d 5 N d4

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26 ... g4 Va l l ejo is not res i st l os i ng the pawn, but i s n ot easy to fo resee u n d e r p ressu re w h at awa its be l ow [26. . . Rd8 the best defense is giving up th e pawn on g5 with a clear target domain of tim e and space] . 27. hxg4 Bxg4 28.Qf4 h S 29.Qxd 6 1-0 B l a c k res i g n h e re, Ca r l s e n m a n aged t o do m a g i c a n d p u t 3

past l i n ked ce ntra l pawns s u p po rti ng them th ro u g h o ut t h e i r p i eces aS 30. 0/4 Khl 31 . e5 Qel 32. Re1 QbB 33. d6 ReB 34. Rfe2 Rxe2 35. Rxe2 ReB 36. Rel+ Rxel 37. dxel si 37... Qxel [3 7. . . Qf8 38. Bd5 Qb4 39.f7 Qel + 40. Qfl Qe3+ 41 . Qf2 Qcl + 42. Kg2 Qxcl 43.f8Q] 38.f7 1-0 Qu e e n s

GAME No.23 Ca r l s e n , M 2 8 26 vs A n a n d , V 2 800 A rct i c Sta rs Fi n a l Krist i a nsund N O R ECO I I 07811 1 - 0

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l . d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3 . Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 00 S . Bg2 c6 6 . 0-0 dS 7 . N bd2 BfS 8 . b3 N e4 9 . B b2 N a 6 10. N h4 Nxd2 1 1 . Qxd2 Be6 12. Ra c l Qd 7 1 3 . Nf3 Rfd 8 14. Rfd l N c7 l S . Qa S N e8 1 6 . e3 Bg4 1 7 . Rd2 Bxf3 1 8 . Bxf3 e 6 19 . Rdc2 N d 6 20. a4 fS 21 . Qe l a S 22. Bc3 dxc4 23 . Bxa 5 cxb3 24. R b2 Rdc8 25 . Rxb3 Bf8 26 . Rc b l Ra 7 27 . Kg2 N c4 28 . B b4 Bxb4 29 . Rxb4

N d 6 3 0 . Qc3 Rca 8 3 1 . Qc2 Ra 6 32. h4 h S 3 3 . e4 R8a 7 34.exf5 NxfS 3 5 . Re l R a S 3 6 . Qb3 Kf7 3 7 . Re4 N e 7 3 8 . Qc2 N d S 3 9 . Rc4 R a 8 40 . Re5 N e7 4 1 . Bx h 5 Rxe S 42. dxe5 Qd S+ 43 . Bf3 QxeS 44. Re4 Qd 6 45 . h 5 Rf8 46 . Qb2 bS 47 . axbS cxbS 48 . Qxb5 NfS 49 . Qb7+ Kf6 SO.Qh 7 gxh S S l . Bx h S Qd S 52. Bf3 Qd2 5 3 .g4 Ng7

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Aga i n Ca r l s e n a cts u p beati ng t h e cu rrent wo r l d c h a m p i o n w i t h a b ri l l i a nt ga m e a n d no l ess b ri l l i a nt fi n a l shot 54.g5+ QxgS+ [54 . . . Kxg5 55. Qxg 7+; 54 . . . Kf7 55. Bh5+ Ke l] 55. Rg4 Qxg4+ 56. Bxg4 1-0 wi n n i ng m ate r i a l

GAME No.24 Ca r l s e n , M 2 8 26 vs W a n g Vue 273 2 3 rd Pea rl S p ri ng N a nji ng C H N ECO " C43 " 1 - 0 2 0 1 0 . 1 0 . 2 2

l . e4 eS 2. Nf3 Nf6 3 . d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d S S . NxeS Nd7 6 . Nxd 7 Bxd 7 7 . 0-0 B d 6 8 . Qh 5 Nf6 9 . Re l+ Kf8 1 0 . Qe2 N g4 1 1 . h 3 Qh4 12. Qf3 B h2+ 1 3 . Kfl Nxf2 14. Qxf2 Bg3 1 5 . Qd2 Qf6+ 1 6 . Kg l Bxe l 1 7 . Qxe l Qxd4+ 18. Kh2 Re8 19 . Qg3 QeS 20 . Qxe 5 RxeS 21 . Bf4 Re l

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