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Sep-27-09
 | | twoinchgroup: Not a version of the "Swallow's Tail Mate" but rather an 90 degree rotation of the "epaulet" mate with the rook playing the part of a back rank. Amazing!!! |
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| Oct-03-09 | | chillowack: Thanks twoinchgroup, you are right: this is indeed a variant of the epaulet mate. |
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| Jan-06-10 | | swarmoflocusts: After 18.Ng6 Rfe8 19.Nxe7 Rxe7, Carlsen may have an advantage but Ernst is still alive at least. (Fritz evaluates the position after 19...Rxe7 as +.50 for White, which is still a lot better than +2.13 after 19.Qe6+.) |
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Mar-18-10
 | | mwic: Awesome game. Hey, I'm a total novice but my computer is doing weird stuff when I run this game with it. I'm sure these can be easily refuted but it's not obvious to me: 24 .. dxc4 instead of Kg7
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28 .. Ke7 instead of Rf6
How to react? I've tried a couple things but like I said I suck so can't keep the checks going |
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Mar-18-10
| | mwic: ok I found 29. Re3+ after 28 .. Ke7, protecting from the backrank # and evening out the rooks but still can't force a finish... I just end up ahead by two pawns. |
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Mar-19-10
 | | Kinghunt: <mwic> 28...Ke7 29. Re3+ Kd6 30. Qxf8+ Kc7 31. Qf7+ Kc8 and white has a mate in 11. Even if you can't find that, the obvious 32. Re8+ leaves white up a queen. As for 24...cxd4 (I assume that's what you meant), it is quickly refuted by 25. Qf6+ Kh7 26. Rh1+ Qh5 27. Rxh5#. |
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| Aug-08-10 | | Grantchamp: This game truly is an example of the Magnus effect. |
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Aug-11-10
 | | sevenseaman: After ..13. Qa5 Black queen makes no moves while Black gets decimated on the K-side, and is forced to present a guard of honor to the the mating White Q. |
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Aug-11-10
| | sevenseaman: For it brevity of thought and simplicity of execution, this certainly is one of the top ten games I have come across. |
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| Aug-11-10 | | ycbaywtb: looked like a Morphy game |
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| Aug-27-10 | | echever7: <dzhafner: <19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. hxg6! Black is actually defenseless. Ng8>
Hi, would someone be willing to show me how it might play out after 20 ...Qb6? The best continuation seems to me to be Rxh6+.
After Rxh6 gxh6 is forced and then play might continue 22 Qxe7 ...Rde8 (Black must not allow Bxh6 now) 23 g7+ ...Kg8 24 g7xf8+ ... Rxf8 25 Bxh6? ... Rf7? 26 Qe5??? Sorry if this line has already been explained,but would someone mind writing out this path or is white simply supposed to obtain a winning endgame in this line?> In fact after 21.Qxe7 white wins quite easy. Material advantage+strong attack+better chances in possible endgames (I don't think this game would have any 'endgame', but even missing the stronger attack moves for white, black position is lost) |
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| Oct-19-10 | | riverunner: that is so beautiful |
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| Oct-23-10 | | chesschampion11: he is twelve years old!!! |
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Nov-16-10
 | | kingscrusher: I have video annotated this very special and important Carlsen Game here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSgi...
According to Wiki it won the Audience prize, and enabled Carlsen to qualify for Corus B the following year (well Carlsen's overall tournament score). A brilliant sacrificial attack - all the more amazing because Carlsen was only 12 when this was played in January of 2004. |
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Dec-19-10
| | kevins55555: If you look at a magazine of the New South Wales Junior Chess League (NSWJCL), in one the magazines (the issue is 103) on page 42 the exact same game is there. |
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| Jun-28-11 | | DrMAL: Memorable game, reminds me of the romantic period since black felt compelled to play 18...fxg6 a blunder probably decisive. After 18...Rfe8 19.Nxe7+ Rxe7 the game would have gone on as before with near equality. 20...Ng8 was a second blunder that lost faster. Amazing play by young Magnus in any case! |
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| Nov-29-11 | | nikromos: 18 . . Rfe8 loses a pawn to 19. Ne7 Re7 20. dxc5 Rd1 21. Rd1 Qc5 22. Bd6 |
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| Dec-23-11 | | Rosbach: Good game. Nice video as well. |
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| Feb-13-12 | | reilouco: Nice that when Ernst blundered with 28 .. Rf6 there was a mate in 14 (if he would play Ke8). That's what I call a blunder. Making a mate in 14 turns into mate in one. |
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| May-17-12 | | Llawdogg: Wow! What a little tactical genius! |
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| May-17-12 | | LoveThatJoker: <Llawdogg> Good job commenting on this game: It is tremendous! LTJ |
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Jul-09-12
 | | The Last Straw: I actually never like to give up pawns on the 7th rank like that but he wins. |
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Aug-09-12
 | | zakkzheng: What a GREAT game played by Magnus Carlsen! Wow! Right now I can NEVER play a game like this! And, What a BEAUTIFUL checkmate |
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| Oct-09-12 | | irishspy: Now that was a pretty game. The final mating attack is a joy to watch. |
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Mar-16-13
 | | whiteshark: MC annotated this, it probably identical to <MoonlitKnight>'s translation done already in 2004: http://www.chessdom.com/magnus-carl... |
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sac: 18.Ng6