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Dec-31-21 J L Hammer vs Carlsen, 2002   Sergash: Jon Ludvig Hammer was born the same year than Magnus Carlsen and in the same country. They both were 11 years old when they played this game. Carlsen was already rated 2127 Elo. More than a year later, in april 2003, Hammer will be rated 1983. <1...d7-d5> It seems that until ...      Dec-31-21 Carlsen vs J Svanholm Fogh, 2002   Sergash: <40.Rh7-h8+ +-> Mate in 10 moves. White had a mate in 9 moves with 40.h4-h5! Rc8-c7 (40...Kd8-e8 41.Rh7-h8+ Ke8-f7 42.Rh8xc8 Kf7-g7 43.c6-c7 and mate 5 moves later. Stockfish 14 AVX2 64 bits) 41.Rh7xc7 Kd8xc7 42.h5-h6 Kc7-b6 43.Kc3-b4 Kb6-c7 44.h6-h7 Kc7-d8 45.h7-h8Q+ Kd8-e7 ...      Dec-21-21 B Skjoldan vs Carlsen, 2002   Sergash: <40.Kg1-h1 -+> More precise is 40.Kg1-f1 a5-a4 -+ or 40...Bd6-c5 -+ Stockfish 14 AVX2 64 bits, but it would not have changed the result of the game. <40...Be3-c5 -+> 40...a5-a4! -+ Stockfish 14 AVX2 64 bits. <41.e5-e6 -+> Or 41.Rc6-c8+ Kh8-h7 42.Rc8-b8 a5-a4! -+ ...      Dec-06-21 O Hole vs Carlsen, 2002    Sergash: <29...Re6-b6? 30.b2-b3 Kg7-f6 31.Bd5-c4 Kf6-e5 +-> The only playable move here is 29...Re6-e1+▢ 30.Kg1-f2 Re1-b1▢ 31.Rf4xd4▢ Rb1xb2+ 32.Kf2-e3▢ Kg7-f6 +- possibly winning for White still... Stockfish 14 AVX2 64 bits. <32.Kg1-f1?! g6-g5 33.Rf4-f2 ...      Sep-05-21 Carlsen vs K Trygstad, 2002   Sergash: <28...h6xg5 ⩲> 28...Qc7-d8! = Stockfish 14 AVX2 64 bits. <29.Qd2xg5 => 29.Bh4xg5! ⩲ Stockfish 14 AVX2 64 bits. <29...c5-c4?? 30.f3-f4! +-> Losing the game! 29...Re8-e5▢ 30.Qg5-g3 Kg8-h7▢ 31.Bh4-g5 Re5xg5▢ 32.Qg3xg5 Bg7-d4+▢ ...      Aug-28-21 Carlsen vs Aarland, 2002   Sergash: <35.Be1-c3 Be7xh4 36.Bc3xe5 Rd8-d2 37.a3-a4! Bh4-d8 +-> 35.h4-h5! +- Stockfish 14 AVX2 64 bits. <38.Rc6-d6! Rd2xd6 39.Be5xd6 Kf7-e6 40.Bd6-f8 +-> Forcing the exchange of the rooks is understandable and very human. There is also is 38.Ka2-a3!? +- with an easy win. ...      Mar-13-21 Capablanca vs A Fiol, 1901   Sergash: <Position after 39.Qa7xf2> [DIAGRAM] <39...c6xb5?? 40.Ba6xb5▢ Bd5xb3 41.Qf2-e3 Qh3-g2+ 42.Ke2-e1▢ Qg2-h1+ ⩱> Here is where Fiol lost his winning advantage... after missing several forced mates... Maybe he was short on time? Black is still winning ...      Feb-23-21 Capablanca vs E Corzo, 1901   Sergash: <31.a5-a6 -+> Even stronger is 31.Ra7-c7! Rb2-a2 32.b3-b4 -+ Stockfish 12 - 64 bits POPCNT. <31...Rb2xb3? 32.Ra7-c7 b5-b4 33.a6-a7 Rb3-a3 34.Rc7-c8+ Kf8-e7 35.a7-a8Q 1-0> As noticed by <NBZ>, this is a mistake. Though also losing, Black would have offered a better ...      Feb-14-21 L Paredes vs Capablanca, 1901   Sergash: <13...c7-c6 14.c3-c4 -+> 13...e4xf3e.p.! 14.g2xf3 g7-g5! -+ Δ 15.Be3xg5? Rh8-g8 Stockfish 12 - 64 bits POPCNT. <14...a7-a6 15.Be3-b6 Ba4xb3 16.a2xb3 Ne7-g6 17.g2-g3 Bf8-e7! 18.Kg1-f2 h7-h5! 19.h2-h4 -+> Strange move... More logical would be 14...b7-b6! -+ ...      Feb-10-21 Capablanca vs E Delmonte, 1901    Sergash: <9...d7-d6?! +-> Seems logical, but better are: A) 9...Ng8-h6 10.Ra1-c1 b7-b6 (or 10...f7-f6 11.Rc1-c3 +- Stockfish 12 - 64 bits POPCNT) 11.Nd2-c4 +- Stockfish 12 - 64 bits POPCNT. B) 9...b7-b6 10.Nd2-c4 +- Stockfish 12 - 64 bits POPCNT. <10.Ra1-c1 +-> Good enough, but ...      Sep-13-20 V Hansen vs Carlsen, 2002    Sep-01-20 B E Glenne vs Carlsen, 2002    Aug-27-20 Carlsen vs Michael Rosbach, 2001    Aug-27-20 Carlsen vs Nyback, 2001    Aug-27-20 G Kaiser vs Carlsen, 2000     Aug-26-20 S Halkias vs Carlsen, 2002    Aug-22-20 Carlsen vs M Bluvshtein, 2002    Aug-16-20 B Ostenstad vs Carlsen, 2002    Apr-04-20 Carlsen vs P Royset, 2002    Mar-29-20 Carlsen vs K Kulaots, 2002     Mar-29-20 K Arkell vs Carlsen, 2002    Mar-25-20 Carlsen vs K Lie, 2002    Sep-14-19 D Hergott vs Junior, 1997    Jan-04-19 D Mayers vs Fischer, 1953     Dec-31-18 Kotronias vs Carlsen, 2002    Nov-23-18 Carlsen vs S Tjomsland, 2002    Oct-14-18 H Richards vs Carlsen, 2002     Oct-10-18 Carlsen vs D Wallin, 2002    Oct-08-18 A Gronnestad vs Carlsen, 2002    Oct-01-18 Carlsen vs D Arngrimsson, 2002    Jul-02-18 B Kvisvik vs Carlsen, 2002    Jun-27-18 Carlsen vs D Kedyk, 2002    Jun-18-18 J Berstad vs Carlsen, 2002    Jun-10-18 Carlsen vs A Bekker-Jensen, 2002    Jun-03-18 S W Giddins vs Carlsen, 2002    Jun-03-18 T Hansen vs Carlsen, 2002    May-28-18 Carlsen vs O Rause, 2002    May-25-18 Carlsen vs O Hole, 2002     May-23-18 C Hoi vs Carlsen, 2002    May-20-18 M Womacka vs Carlsen, 2002     Jan-18-18 Greco vs NN, 1620     Nov-16-17 G Andreev vs Botvinnik, 1924    Nov-06-17 G Abramovic vs Botvinnik, 1924    Nov-04-17 Botvinnik vs S Kaminer, 1924    Nov-03-17 S Kaminer vs Botvinnik, 1924    Nov-02-17 V Zbandutto vs Botvinnik, 1924    Oct-31-17 Botvinnik vs I Folga, 1924    Jul-21-16 M Egeland vs Carlsen, 2002    Jul-21-16 Carlsen vs P Johansson, 2002    Jul-17-16 Carlsen vs J Oksa, 2002    Jul-16-16 M Osttveit vs Carlsen, 2002    Jul-14-16 Carlsen vs H Runde, 2002    Jul-05-16 Carlsen vs T Gulbrandsen, 2002    Jul-03-16 K Christensen vs Carlsen, 2002    Jul-03-16 R T Andersen vs Carlsen, 2001    Jul-02-16 K Ribbegren vs Carlsen, 2001    Jul-01-16 G Gaasland vs 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vs Lucena, 1497     Aug-01-13 Lucena vs Quintana, 1515     Jul-30-13 Sakaev vs Kharlov, 2001

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