Carlsen, M (2801) – McShane, L (2615) [E94]
London Chess Classic (2), 09.12.2009
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0–0 6.Be2 e5 7.0–0 Na6 8.Re1 Qe8 9.Bf1 c6 10.Rb1 Bg4 11.d5 c5 12.Be2 Kh8 13.a3 Bd7 14.b4 b6 15.Bg5 Ng8 16.Nb5 f6 17.Bh4 Qe7 18.Nd2 Nh6 19.Nf1 Rfc8 20.Ne3 Nc7 21.bxc5 Nxb5 22.cxb5 Rxc5 23.f3 Rac8 24.Bd3 Qf8 25.Bf2 f5 26.a4 R5c7 27.h3 Bf6 28.Qd2 Bg5 29.a5 fxe4 30.fxe4 Nf7 31.axb6 axb6 32.Qe2 Rb7 33.Nc4 Qd8 34.Rf1 Kg7 35.Kh1 Be8 36.Qb2 Nh6 37.Bxb6 Qe7 38.Qf2 Rcb8 39.Rb3 Ng8 40.Be2 Nf6 41.Bf3 Rxb6 42.Nxb6 Qc7 43.h4 Bh6 44.Na4 Rxb5 45.Be2 Rxb3 46.Qxf6+ Kg8 47.Nc5 Rg3 48.Ne6 Qf7 49.Qxf7+ Bxf7 50.Rb1 Be8 51.Bf3 Kf7 52.Rb7+ Kf6 53.Rxh7 Bf4 54.Nxf4 exf4 55.e5+ dxe5 56.d6 e4 57.Bxe4 Re3 58.Bd5 Kf5 59.Kh2 Re5 60.Bf3 Kf6 61.d7 1–0
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Impressive.
yes, luke plays brillant.
okAY
This kid is relentless. Never looked like much for white when I was following the game, however, he totally stifled any counterplay by black, was content with keeping a small edge and the pressure up until McShane, like so many others, finally cracked. Hard to believe Carlsen is only 19, his game is so incredibly mature. I am really impressed.
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Susan how come the top guys only trainin with half of the Transboard Knight? what about the other half? A person can lose a lot of games doing that Susan, “mixin up” traditonal with ultramodern then the top guys r gunna go into a room scratchin heads, talkin bout what happened? hehe. Yo Susan they funny , they gunna OUTFOX A FOX!!! hahaha.
Honestly, how many of us would have seen move 47 for white?
I didn’t know Evian made made Orange Juice!?
Someone analyze that mysterious “orange” liquid in that Evian water bottle!!!
Could this be the source of 2800+ level performance?
Could this be a scandal???
I even think white must have seen move 47. Nc5 when he played 43. h4.
One of his specialties is to return a small material plus to get more activity than his opponent. This way he converts small advantages quicker, more easily and far more elegantly than many of his collaegues.
He’s a mixture of Kasparow and Capablanca.