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Magnus vs the Julius Baer Challengers
April 19, 2021
After commentating on Round Eight of the Candidates, Magnus took on the challengers from the Julius Baer Chess Tour.
https://forum.chesstalk.com/forum/ch...ge2#post212727
This is a series of 3-minute games against the Kramnik and Polgar teams.
Enjoy!
Magnus Carlsen vs Challengers
On-line, Game 1, April 19, 2021
Zhu, Jiner – Carlsen, Magnus
B85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical main line
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.f4 Qc7 10.Kh1 b5 11.a3 Bb7 12.Bf3 Nbd7 13.Re1 Rac8 14.Qd2 Nb6 15.Qf2 Nc4 16.Bc1 Rfd8 17.Nd1 d5 18.e5 Ne4 19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.c3 Bc5 21.b3 Na5 22.Be3 Bxd4 23.Bxd4 Nxb3 24.Bb6 e3 25.Qxe3 Qc6 26.Qf2 Rd2 0-1
Game 2, April 19
Praggnanandhaa, R. – Carlsen, Magnus
A45 Queen’s Pawn game
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Qf3 Nc6 5.Nc3 Bb7 6.O-O-O a6 7.e4 b5 8.d5 Ne7 9.a3 Ng6 10.Bg3 b4 11.axb4 Bxb4 12.Bc4 O-O 13.Nge2 Qe7 14.h4 h5 15.e5 Ng4 16.d6 cxd6 17.Qxb7 d5 18.Nxd5 exd5 19.Qxd5 N6xe5 20.Bb3 a5 21.Ba4 Rac8 22.Nd4 Rc5 23.Qb3 Qf6 24.f3 Nh6 25.Kb1 Nc4 26.Rd3 Nd2+ 27.Rxd2 Bxd2 28.Qd3 Bf4 29.Bf2 Rb8 30.Rd1 Be5 31.c3 Qb6 32.Nb3 d6 33.Bxc5 dxc5 34.Qc4 Qg6+ 35.Ka2 Qxg2 36.Qxc5 Bf6 37.Qxh5 Qc2 38.Rc1 Qf5 39.Qxf5 Nxf5 40.Nc5 Nd6 41.Nd7 Rb7 42.Nxf6+ gxf6 43.Rg1+ Kf8 44.Bc2 Ke7 45.Be4 f5 46.Bxb7 Kf6 47.Re1 Nc4 48.Rd1 Nxb2 49.Rd3 Ke5 50.Rd4 Nd3 51.f4+ Kf6 0-1
Game 3, April 19
Carlsen, Magnus – Abdumalik, Zhansaya
C77 Ruy Lopez, Anderssen variation
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.a4 Bb7 8.O-O d6 9.Bd2 O-O 10.Nc3 Na5 11.Ba2 b4 12.Ne2 c5 13.Ng3 Bc8 14.c3 Nc6 15.cxb4 Nxb4 16.Bxb4 cxb4 17.Rc1 Be6 18.Bxe6 fxe6 19.Qb3 Qd7 20.d4 exd4 21.Nxd4 d5 22.Nc6 a5 23.e5 Ng4 24.h3 Nh6 25.Ne2 Nf5 26.Nxe7+ Qxe7 27.Rc6 Nh4 28.Nd4 Qg5 29.Qg3 Qxg3 30.fxg3 Rxf1+ 31.Kxf1 Nf5 32.Nxf5 exf5 33.Ke2 Re8 34.e6 g6 35.Kd3 Kg7 36.Kd4 Kf6 37.Kxd5 Rd8+ 38.Rd6 Rc8 39.Rd7 Rc1 40.Rf7+ Kg5 41.e7 Re1 42.Kd6 Rd1+ 43.Kc7 Rc1+ 44.Kd7 Rd1+ 45.Ke8 h5 46.Kf8 1-0
Game 4, April 19
Carlsen, Magus – Mendonca, Leon
A50 Queen’s Pawn, Slav
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Bf4 Qb6 4.Qd2 Ne4 5.Qc2 d5 6.f3 Qa5+ 7.Nd2 Nxd2 8.Bxd2 Qd8 9.O-O-O Nd7 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.e4 Nb6 12.Bd3 Be6 13.Ne2 Rc8 14.Nc3 g6 15.e5 Bg7 16.Kb1 h5 17.f4 Bg4 18.Rc1 e6 19.Bb5+ Kf8 20.Qb3 Bf5+ 21.Ka1 Kg8 22.Ne2 Kh7 23.Ng3 Qe7 24.Nxf5 gxf5 25.Qf3 Qh4 26.g3 Qg4 27.Qf2 Rxc1+ 28.Rxc1 Rc8 29.Rxc8 Nxc8 30.Be2 Qg6 31.Bb4 Nb6 32.Qf3 Kh6 33.Be7 Kh7 34.Qxh5+ Kg8 35.Qxg6 fxg6 36.b3 Kf7 37.Bb4 Bf8 38.Bxf8 Kxf8 39.Kb2 Nd7 40.Kc3 Nb8 41.Kb4 Ke7 42.Bb5 a6 43.Be2 b6 44.h4 Nc6+ 45.Kc3 a5 46.Bb5 Nb4 47.a3 Na2+ 48.Kb2 Kf8 49.Kxa2 Kf7 50.Be2 Kg7 51.b4 Kf7 52.bxa5 Kf8 53.Kb3 bxa5 54.Ka4 Kf7 55.Kxa5 Ke7 56.Kb6 Ke8 57.a4 Kd8 58.a5 Kd7 59.a6 Ke7 60.a7 Kf7 61.a8=Q Kg7 62.Qb7+ 1-0
Game 5, April 19
Gukesh, D – Carlsen, Magnus
A58 Benko Gambit Accepted
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.g3 d6 9.Bg2 Bf5 10.Nd2 Nxa6 11.e4 Bg4 12.f3 Bc8 13.a3 Nb4 14.Nb3 Na6 15.O-O Nd7 16.Be3 Qb6 17.Rb1 Nc7 18.Nd2 Ba6 19.Rf2 Rfb8 20.Bf1 Bxf1 21.Kxf1 Qa6+ 22.Qe2 Bxc3 23.bxc3 Qxa3 24.Rxb8+ Rxb8 25.c4 Ne5 26.Kg2 Rb2 27.f4 Nd3 28.Rf3 Qc3 29.Kh3 Qxc4 30.Qf1 Qc2 31.e5 Nxd5 32.f5 Nxe5 0-1
Game 6, April 19
Lei, Tingjie – Carlsen, Magnus
A32 English, symmetrical variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.g3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bc5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Bg2 Nc6 9.Nc3 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Bf4 O-O 12.Nb5 Ne8 13.Rc1 d6 14.Qd2 a6 15.N5d4 Rc8 16.Nxc6 Bxc6 17.Rfd1 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Qc7 19.e4 Qb7 20.f3 h6 21.Be3 Nf6 22.Qf2 b5 23.c5 d5 24.c6 Qa8 25.e5 d4 26.Bxd4 Nd5 27.Na5 Rc7 28.Bc5 Rfc8 29.Bd6 Bg5 30.f4 Rxc6 31.Nxc6 Rxc6 32.Rxc6 Qxc6 33.Kh3 Bd8 34.Qc5 Qa8 35.Rc1 Nxf4+ 36.Kg4 Qe4 37.Qc6 h5# 0-1
Game 7, April 19
Carlsen, Magnus – Nihal Sarin
C77 Ruy Lopez, Morphy Defence, Duras variation
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c4 g6 7.h3 Bg7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.O-O Nd7 10.Be3 Nd4 11.Bxd4 exd4 12.Bxd7 dxc3 13.Bxc8 cxb2 14.Rb1 Rxc8 15.d4 c5 16.Rxb2 cxd4 17.Rxb7 Rxc4 18.Qb3 Rc3 19.Qa4 Rxf3 20.gxf3 Qg5+ 21.Kh1 Qf4 22.Kg2 Qg5+ 23.Kh1 Qf4 24.Kg2 Be5 25.Rd1 Rc8 26.Qd7 Rc2 27.Qe8+ Kg7 28.Qxf7+ Qxf7 29.Rxf7+ Kxf7 30.f4 Bxf4 31.Rxd4 Rxa2 32.Rc4 Be3 33.Kf3 Bc5 34.e5 Rxf2+ 35.Kg3 Ke6 36.exd6 Rf5 37.Ra4 Bxd6+ 38.Kg2 a5 39.Re4+ Re5 40.Rh4 Bb4 41.Rxh7 a4 42.Rb7 Bd6 43.Ra7 a3 44.Kf3 Re3+ 45.Kg4 Rg3+ 46.Kh4 Rb3 47.Kg5 Rxh3 48.Kxg6 Rg3+ 49.Kh5 Kd5 50.Kh4 Rc3 51.Kg4 Bc5 52.Kf5 Bxa7 0-1
Final Position
Nihal wins in 6 moves
Game 8, April 19
Carlsen, Magnus – Vaishall, R.
E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.f3 Nc6 7.e4 d6 8.Ne2 O-O 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 e5 11.d5 Ne7 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.g4 b5 14.Qd2 Kg7 15.Ng3 Ng6 16.Nh5+ Kh7 17.cxb5 a6 18.a4 axb5 19.Bxb5 f5 20.exf5 Nf4 21.Nxf4 exf4 22.Qxf4 Qf6 23.Kf2 Ba6 24.c4 Bxb5 25.cxb5 Qb2+ 26.Kg3 h5 27.Rhe1 Rae8 28.f6 h4+ 29.Kxh4 Rh8 30.Rxe8 1-0
Game 9, April 19
Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat – Carlsen, Magnus
A43 Old Benoni Defence
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Bg5 Qb6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.c3 g6 7.e4 Qb6 8.Nbd2 Bg7 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O d6 11.a4 b4 12.Nc4 Qd8 13.cxb4 cxb4 14.Nd4 Ba6 15.Rc1 Bxd4 16.Qxd4 Nd7 17.Qd2 Nc5 18.Qxb4 Rb8 19.Qc3 Nxe4 20.Qe3 Nf6 21.Qxa7 Bxc4 22.Bxc4 Rxb2 23.a5 Qd7 24.Qd4 Rb4 25.a6 Rc8 26.Rc3 Qa4 27.Rfc1 Rc5 28.Qd3 Nxd5 29.Bxd5 Rd4 30.Qxd4 Qxd4 31.Rxc5 dxc5 32.a7 Qxd5 0-1
Game 10, April 19
Sokolovsky, Yahli – Carlsen, Magnus
B41 Sicilian, Kan, Maroczy bind
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.Be2 b6 8.Be3 Bb7 9.Qd3 d6 10.f3 Nbd7 11.b3 Be7 12.g4 O-O 13.g5 Ne5 14.Qd2 Nfd7 15.f4 Nc6 16.O-O-O b5 17.cxb5 Nxd4 18.Bxd4 Bxe4 19.Rhg1 axb5 20.Bxb5 d5 21.Kb2 Ba3+ 22.Ka1 Bb4 23.Bd3 Nc5 24.Bc2 Qa5 25.a4 Rfb8 26.Rb1 Bxc2 27.Qxc2 Bxc3+ 28.Bxc3 Nxb3+ 29.Kb2 Qxa4 0-1
Game 11, April 19
Carlsen, Magnus – Shuvalova, Polina
A14 English, Neo-Catalan
1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.Qc2 b6 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nc3 Bb7 9.Nxd5 Bxd5 10.e4 Bb7 11.d4 c5 12.d5 exd5 13.exd5 Qxd5 14.Nh4 Qd7 15.Rd1 Qc8 16.Nf5 Re8 17.Bxb7 Qxb7 18.Bh6 gxh6 19.Nxh6+ Kh8 20.Nxf7+ Kg7 21.Nd6 Bxd6 22.Rxd6 Na6 23.Rad1 Re7 24.Qc3+ Kg8 25.Qc4+ Kg7 26.Qg4+ Kf7 27.Qf5+ Kg8 28.Qg5+ Kf7 29.Rf6+ Ke8 30.Qg8# 1-0
Game 12, April 19
Carlsen, Magnus – Bjerre, Jonas
B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky variation
1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Bg5 O-O 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Qd3 Be6 11.O-O-O Be7 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.Qxd5 Qc7 14.Qc4 Qb6 15.Rhf1 Nd7 16.Nd2 Rfc8 17.Qb3 Qc7 18.Kb1 b5 19.Bg4 Nc5 20.Qd5 Rcb8 21.f4 Bf6 22.fxe5 Bxe5 23.Nf3 Bf6 24.Nd4 Bxd4 25.Rxd4 Rf8 26.Qxd6 Qxd6 27.Rxd6 Nxe4 28.Rd4 Rae8 29.a4 Re5 30.Bf3 f5 31.Rfd1 g5 32.axb5 axb5 33.Rd5 Rfe8 34.Bxe4 fxe4 35.Kc1 Kg7 36.Rxe5 Rxe5 37.Rd7+ Kg6 38.Kd2 b4 39.Rd4 e3+ 40.Ke2 Rc5 41.Kd3 Kf5 42.g4+ Kg6 43.Rxb4 Re5 44.Ke2 h5 45.h3 hxg4 46.hxg4 Kf6 47.Rd4 Rb5 48.b4 Ke5 49.Kxe3 Rb7 50.Re4+ Kd5 51.c4+ Kd6 52.b5 Ra7 53.Kd4 Ra1 54.c5+ Kc7 55.Re7+ Kd8 56.Rg7 Rd1+ 57.Ke5 Re1+ 58.Kd6 Rd1+ 59.Kc6 Kc8 60.Rg8+ Rd8 61.Rxd8+ Kxd8 62.Kb7 Ke7 63.c6 Ke6 64.c7 Ke5 65.c8=Q 1-0
Game 13, April 19
Murzin, Volodar – Carlsen, Magnus
A06 Reti, Old Indian Attack
1.d3 d5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.g3 e5 4.Nbd2 Be6 5.Bg2 Qd7 6.Ng5 Bg4 7.h3 Bh5 8.c3 f6 9.Ngf3 Bf7 10.b4 Bd6 11.a4 Nge7 12.e4 d4 13.cxd4 Nxb4 14.O-O exd4 15.e5 fxe5 16.Ne4 O-O 17.Ba3 a5 18.Re1 Bd5 19.Qd2 Nec6 20.Nh2 Be7 21.Ng4 Rf5 22.h4 Raf8 23.Bh3 Qe8 24.Re2 Qg6 25.Nh2 Bxe4 26.dxe4 R5f7 27.Kh1 d3 28.Bf5 Qd6 29.Re3 g6 30.Bh3 Rxf2 31.Qd1 Qd4 32.Ng4 Nc2 33.Bxe7 Nxe7 0-1
Game 14, April 19
Badelka, Olga – Carlsen, Magnus
C20 King’s Pawn game
1.e4 e5 2.Ke2 Ke7 3.Ke1 Ke8 4.Ke2 Nf6 5.Nc3 d5 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.d3 Nc6 8.Ke1 Bc5 9.Nf3 f6 10.Be2 Be6 11.Nxd5 Bxd5 12.Be3 Bb6 13.Bxb6 axb6 14.h4 Kd7 15.h5 Kc8 16.Qd2 Kb8 17.h6 g6 18.a4 Re8 19.Kf1 f5 20.b4 Bxf3 21.Bxf3 e4 22.Be2 Qf6 23.c3 Nxb4 24.d4 Nd5 25.Bc4 Qc6 26.Bxd5 Qxd5 27.Kg1 Ra5 28.g3 e3 29.fxe3 Qf3 30.Re1 Qxg3+ 31.Kf1 Rxa4 32.Rg1 Qh3+ 33.Qg2 Qxh6 34.Qg3 Ra2 0-1
(to be continued)
April 19, 2021
After commentating on Round Eight of the Candidates, Magnus took on the challengers from the Julius Baer Chess Tour.
https://forum.chesstalk.com/forum/ch...ge2#post212727
This is a series of 3-minute games against the Kramnik and Polgar teams.
Enjoy!
Magnus Carlsen vs Challengers
On-line, Game 1, April 19, 2021
Zhu, Jiner – Carlsen, Magnus
B85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical main line
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.f4 Qc7 10.Kh1 b5 11.a3 Bb7 12.Bf3 Nbd7 13.Re1 Rac8 14.Qd2 Nb6 15.Qf2 Nc4 16.Bc1 Rfd8 17.Nd1 d5 18.e5 Ne4 19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.c3 Bc5 21.b3 Na5 22.Be3 Bxd4 23.Bxd4 Nxb3 24.Bb6 e3 25.Qxe3 Qc6 26.Qf2 Rd2 0-1
Game 2, April 19
Praggnanandhaa, R. – Carlsen, Magnus
A45 Queen’s Pawn game
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Qf3 Nc6 5.Nc3 Bb7 6.O-O-O a6 7.e4 b5 8.d5 Ne7 9.a3 Ng6 10.Bg3 b4 11.axb4 Bxb4 12.Bc4 O-O 13.Nge2 Qe7 14.h4 h5 15.e5 Ng4 16.d6 cxd6 17.Qxb7 d5 18.Nxd5 exd5 19.Qxd5 N6xe5 20.Bb3 a5 21.Ba4 Rac8 22.Nd4 Rc5 23.Qb3 Qf6 24.f3 Nh6 25.Kb1 Nc4 26.Rd3 Nd2+ 27.Rxd2 Bxd2 28.Qd3 Bf4 29.Bf2 Rb8 30.Rd1 Be5 31.c3 Qb6 32.Nb3 d6 33.Bxc5 dxc5 34.Qc4 Qg6+ 35.Ka2 Qxg2 36.Qxc5 Bf6 37.Qxh5 Qc2 38.Rc1 Qf5 39.Qxf5 Nxf5 40.Nc5 Nd6 41.Nd7 Rb7 42.Nxf6+ gxf6 43.Rg1+ Kf8 44.Bc2 Ke7 45.Be4 f5 46.Bxb7 Kf6 47.Re1 Nc4 48.Rd1 Nxb2 49.Rd3 Ke5 50.Rd4 Nd3 51.f4+ Kf6 0-1
Game 3, April 19
Carlsen, Magnus – Abdumalik, Zhansaya
C77 Ruy Lopez, Anderssen variation
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.a4 Bb7 8.O-O d6 9.Bd2 O-O 10.Nc3 Na5 11.Ba2 b4 12.Ne2 c5 13.Ng3 Bc8 14.c3 Nc6 15.cxb4 Nxb4 16.Bxb4 cxb4 17.Rc1 Be6 18.Bxe6 fxe6 19.Qb3 Qd7 20.d4 exd4 21.Nxd4 d5 22.Nc6 a5 23.e5 Ng4 24.h3 Nh6 25.Ne2 Nf5 26.Nxe7+ Qxe7 27.Rc6 Nh4 28.Nd4 Qg5 29.Qg3 Qxg3 30.fxg3 Rxf1+ 31.Kxf1 Nf5 32.Nxf5 exf5 33.Ke2 Re8 34.e6 g6 35.Kd3 Kg7 36.Kd4 Kf6 37.Kxd5 Rd8+ 38.Rd6 Rc8 39.Rd7 Rc1 40.Rf7+ Kg5 41.e7 Re1 42.Kd6 Rd1+ 43.Kc7 Rc1+ 44.Kd7 Rd1+ 45.Ke8 h5 46.Kf8 1-0
Game 4, April 19
Carlsen, Magus – Mendonca, Leon
A50 Queen’s Pawn, Slav
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Bf4 Qb6 4.Qd2 Ne4 5.Qc2 d5 6.f3 Qa5+ 7.Nd2 Nxd2 8.Bxd2 Qd8 9.O-O-O Nd7 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.e4 Nb6 12.Bd3 Be6 13.Ne2 Rc8 14.Nc3 g6 15.e5 Bg7 16.Kb1 h5 17.f4 Bg4 18.Rc1 e6 19.Bb5+ Kf8 20.Qb3 Bf5+ 21.Ka1 Kg8 22.Ne2 Kh7 23.Ng3 Qe7 24.Nxf5 gxf5 25.Qf3 Qh4 26.g3 Qg4 27.Qf2 Rxc1+ 28.Rxc1 Rc8 29.Rxc8 Nxc8 30.Be2 Qg6 31.Bb4 Nb6 32.Qf3 Kh6 33.Be7 Kh7 34.Qxh5+ Kg8 35.Qxg6 fxg6 36.b3 Kf7 37.Bb4 Bf8 38.Bxf8 Kxf8 39.Kb2 Nd7 40.Kc3 Nb8 41.Kb4 Ke7 42.Bb5 a6 43.Be2 b6 44.h4 Nc6+ 45.Kc3 a5 46.Bb5 Nb4 47.a3 Na2+ 48.Kb2 Kf8 49.Kxa2 Kf7 50.Be2 Kg7 51.b4 Kf7 52.bxa5 Kf8 53.Kb3 bxa5 54.Ka4 Kf7 55.Kxa5 Ke7 56.Kb6 Ke8 57.a4 Kd8 58.a5 Kd7 59.a6 Ke7 60.a7 Kf7 61.a8=Q Kg7 62.Qb7+ 1-0
Game 5, April 19
Gukesh, D – Carlsen, Magnus
A58 Benko Gambit Accepted
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.g3 d6 9.Bg2 Bf5 10.Nd2 Nxa6 11.e4 Bg4 12.f3 Bc8 13.a3 Nb4 14.Nb3 Na6 15.O-O Nd7 16.Be3 Qb6 17.Rb1 Nc7 18.Nd2 Ba6 19.Rf2 Rfb8 20.Bf1 Bxf1 21.Kxf1 Qa6+ 22.Qe2 Bxc3 23.bxc3 Qxa3 24.Rxb8+ Rxb8 25.c4 Ne5 26.Kg2 Rb2 27.f4 Nd3 28.Rf3 Qc3 29.Kh3 Qxc4 30.Qf1 Qc2 31.e5 Nxd5 32.f5 Nxe5 0-1
Game 6, April 19
Lei, Tingjie – Carlsen, Magnus
A32 English, symmetrical variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.g3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bc5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Bg2 Nc6 9.Nc3 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Bf4 O-O 12.Nb5 Ne8 13.Rc1 d6 14.Qd2 a6 15.N5d4 Rc8 16.Nxc6 Bxc6 17.Rfd1 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Qc7 19.e4 Qb7 20.f3 h6 21.Be3 Nf6 22.Qf2 b5 23.c5 d5 24.c6 Qa8 25.e5 d4 26.Bxd4 Nd5 27.Na5 Rc7 28.Bc5 Rfc8 29.Bd6 Bg5 30.f4 Rxc6 31.Nxc6 Rxc6 32.Rxc6 Qxc6 33.Kh3 Bd8 34.Qc5 Qa8 35.Rc1 Nxf4+ 36.Kg4 Qe4 37.Qc6 h5# 0-1
Game 7, April 19
Carlsen, Magnus – Nihal Sarin
C77 Ruy Lopez, Morphy Defence, Duras variation
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c4 g6 7.h3 Bg7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.O-O Nd7 10.Be3 Nd4 11.Bxd4 exd4 12.Bxd7 dxc3 13.Bxc8 cxb2 14.Rb1 Rxc8 15.d4 c5 16.Rxb2 cxd4 17.Rxb7 Rxc4 18.Qb3 Rc3 19.Qa4 Rxf3 20.gxf3 Qg5+ 21.Kh1 Qf4 22.Kg2 Qg5+ 23.Kh1 Qf4 24.Kg2 Be5 25.Rd1 Rc8 26.Qd7 Rc2 27.Qe8+ Kg7 28.Qxf7+ Qxf7 29.Rxf7+ Kxf7 30.f4 Bxf4 31.Rxd4 Rxa2 32.Rc4 Be3 33.Kf3 Bc5 34.e5 Rxf2+ 35.Kg3 Ke6 36.exd6 Rf5 37.Ra4 Bxd6+ 38.Kg2 a5 39.Re4+ Re5 40.Rh4 Bb4 41.Rxh7 a4 42.Rb7 Bd6 43.Ra7 a3 44.Kf3 Re3+ 45.Kg4 Rg3+ 46.Kh4 Rb3 47.Kg5 Rxh3 48.Kxg6 Rg3+ 49.Kh5 Kd5 50.Kh4 Rc3 51.Kg4 Bc5 52.Kf5 Bxa7 0-1
Final Position
Nihal wins in 6 moves
Game 8, April 19
Carlsen, Magnus – Vaishall, R.
E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.f3 Nc6 7.e4 d6 8.Ne2 O-O 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 e5 11.d5 Ne7 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.g4 b5 14.Qd2 Kg7 15.Ng3 Ng6 16.Nh5+ Kh7 17.cxb5 a6 18.a4 axb5 19.Bxb5 f5 20.exf5 Nf4 21.Nxf4 exf4 22.Qxf4 Qf6 23.Kf2 Ba6 24.c4 Bxb5 25.cxb5 Qb2+ 26.Kg3 h5 27.Rhe1 Rae8 28.f6 h4+ 29.Kxh4 Rh8 30.Rxe8 1-0
Game 9, April 19
Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat – Carlsen, Magnus
A43 Old Benoni Defence
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Bg5 Qb6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.c3 g6 7.e4 Qb6 8.Nbd2 Bg7 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O d6 11.a4 b4 12.Nc4 Qd8 13.cxb4 cxb4 14.Nd4 Ba6 15.Rc1 Bxd4 16.Qxd4 Nd7 17.Qd2 Nc5 18.Qxb4 Rb8 19.Qc3 Nxe4 20.Qe3 Nf6 21.Qxa7 Bxc4 22.Bxc4 Rxb2 23.a5 Qd7 24.Qd4 Rb4 25.a6 Rc8 26.Rc3 Qa4 27.Rfc1 Rc5 28.Qd3 Nxd5 29.Bxd5 Rd4 30.Qxd4 Qxd4 31.Rxc5 dxc5 32.a7 Qxd5 0-1
Game 10, April 19
Sokolovsky, Yahli – Carlsen, Magnus
B41 Sicilian, Kan, Maroczy bind
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.Be2 b6 8.Be3 Bb7 9.Qd3 d6 10.f3 Nbd7 11.b3 Be7 12.g4 O-O 13.g5 Ne5 14.Qd2 Nfd7 15.f4 Nc6 16.O-O-O b5 17.cxb5 Nxd4 18.Bxd4 Bxe4 19.Rhg1 axb5 20.Bxb5 d5 21.Kb2 Ba3+ 22.Ka1 Bb4 23.Bd3 Nc5 24.Bc2 Qa5 25.a4 Rfb8 26.Rb1 Bxc2 27.Qxc2 Bxc3+ 28.Bxc3 Nxb3+ 29.Kb2 Qxa4 0-1
Game 11, April 19
Carlsen, Magnus – Shuvalova, Polina
A14 English, Neo-Catalan
1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.Qc2 b6 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nc3 Bb7 9.Nxd5 Bxd5 10.e4 Bb7 11.d4 c5 12.d5 exd5 13.exd5 Qxd5 14.Nh4 Qd7 15.Rd1 Qc8 16.Nf5 Re8 17.Bxb7 Qxb7 18.Bh6 gxh6 19.Nxh6+ Kh8 20.Nxf7+ Kg7 21.Nd6 Bxd6 22.Rxd6 Na6 23.Rad1 Re7 24.Qc3+ Kg8 25.Qc4+ Kg7 26.Qg4+ Kf7 27.Qf5+ Kg8 28.Qg5+ Kf7 29.Rf6+ Ke8 30.Qg8# 1-0
Game 12, April 19
Carlsen, Magnus – Bjerre, Jonas
B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky variation
1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Bg5 O-O 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Qd3 Be6 11.O-O-O Be7 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.Qxd5 Qc7 14.Qc4 Qb6 15.Rhf1 Nd7 16.Nd2 Rfc8 17.Qb3 Qc7 18.Kb1 b5 19.Bg4 Nc5 20.Qd5 Rcb8 21.f4 Bf6 22.fxe5 Bxe5 23.Nf3 Bf6 24.Nd4 Bxd4 25.Rxd4 Rf8 26.Qxd6 Qxd6 27.Rxd6 Nxe4 28.Rd4 Rae8 29.a4 Re5 30.Bf3 f5 31.Rfd1 g5 32.axb5 axb5 33.Rd5 Rfe8 34.Bxe4 fxe4 35.Kc1 Kg7 36.Rxe5 Rxe5 37.Rd7+ Kg6 38.Kd2 b4 39.Rd4 e3+ 40.Ke2 Rc5 41.Kd3 Kf5 42.g4+ Kg6 43.Rxb4 Re5 44.Ke2 h5 45.h3 hxg4 46.hxg4 Kf6 47.Rd4 Rb5 48.b4 Ke5 49.Kxe3 Rb7 50.Re4+ Kd5 51.c4+ Kd6 52.b5 Ra7 53.Kd4 Ra1 54.c5+ Kc7 55.Re7+ Kd8 56.Rg7 Rd1+ 57.Ke5 Re1+ 58.Kd6 Rd1+ 59.Kc6 Kc8 60.Rg8+ Rd8 61.Rxd8+ Kxd8 62.Kb7 Ke7 63.c6 Ke6 64.c7 Ke5 65.c8=Q 1-0
Game 13, April 19
Murzin, Volodar – Carlsen, Magnus
A06 Reti, Old Indian Attack
1.d3 d5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.g3 e5 4.Nbd2 Be6 5.Bg2 Qd7 6.Ng5 Bg4 7.h3 Bh5 8.c3 f6 9.Ngf3 Bf7 10.b4 Bd6 11.a4 Nge7 12.e4 d4 13.cxd4 Nxb4 14.O-O exd4 15.e5 fxe5 16.Ne4 O-O 17.Ba3 a5 18.Re1 Bd5 19.Qd2 Nec6 20.Nh2 Be7 21.Ng4 Rf5 22.h4 Raf8 23.Bh3 Qe8 24.Re2 Qg6 25.Nh2 Bxe4 26.dxe4 R5f7 27.Kh1 d3 28.Bf5 Qd6 29.Re3 g6 30.Bh3 Rxf2 31.Qd1 Qd4 32.Ng4 Nc2 33.Bxe7 Nxe7 0-1
Game 14, April 19
Badelka, Olga – Carlsen, Magnus
C20 King’s Pawn game
1.e4 e5 2.Ke2 Ke7 3.Ke1 Ke8 4.Ke2 Nf6 5.Nc3 d5 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.d3 Nc6 8.Ke1 Bc5 9.Nf3 f6 10.Be2 Be6 11.Nxd5 Bxd5 12.Be3 Bb6 13.Bxb6 axb6 14.h4 Kd7 15.h5 Kc8 16.Qd2 Kb8 17.h6 g6 18.a4 Re8 19.Kf1 f5 20.b4 Bxf3 21.Bxf3 e4 22.Be2 Qf6 23.c3 Nxb4 24.d4 Nd5 25.Bc4 Qc6 26.Bxd5 Qxd5 27.Kg1 Ra5 28.g3 e3 29.fxe3 Qf3 30.Re1 Qxg3+ 31.Kf1 Rxa4 32.Rg1 Qh3+ 33.Qg2 Qxh6 34.Qg3 Ra2 0-1
(to be continued)
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