Carlen handed Grischuk his first loss in the tournament. With this win, Carlsen and Ivanchuk are now only 1/2 point behind Grischuk with 2 games to play.
GM Carlsen (2776) – GM Grischuk (2733) [B84]
Linares 2009 (12), 05.03.2009
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.0–0 Be7 8.a4 Nc6 9.Be3 0–0 10.f4 Qc7 11.Kh1 Re8 12.Bf3 Bf8 13.Qd2 Rb8 14.Qf2 e5 15.fxe5 dxe5 16.Nb3 Nb4 17.Ba7 Ra8 18.Bb6 Qe7 19.Rad1 Be6 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.exd5 e4 22.d6 Qe6 23.Nc5 Qf5 24.Be2 Qxf2 25.Rxf2 Nbd5 26.a5 Nxb6 27.axb6 Rab8 28.Rxf6 gxf6 29.Nd7 f5 30.c4 a5 31.c5 Bg7 32.Nxb8 Rxb8 33.Ba6 Bf6 34.Bxb7 Rxb7 35.c6 Rxb6 36.Rc1 Bxb2 37.d7 White wins 1–0
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Grischuk was overrun on the chessboard today by Magnus’s pawns.
Very nice play by Magnus!
Go Magnus!
Strange game. It looked so easy. No really surprising moves, nothing. Which makes this win against a player of Grischuk’s calibre even more impressive. Very nice game indeed.
Grischuk got Magnutized!
i thought rxf6 was good shot other wise very clean play easy to understand
Nd5 is the key move in the game. Black was not prepared properly for it.
that is a highly instructional game
Go Magnus Go !