GM Shirov (2755) – GM Carlsen (2733) [B42]
16.02.2008
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Ne7 6.0–0 Nbc6 7.Nxc6 Nxc6 8.Be3 Be7 9.Nd2 d5 10.exd5 exd5 11.Nb3 0–0 12.Re1 Re8 13.c3 Bd6 14.Qc2 g6 15.Bc5 Bc7 16.Rxe8+ Qxe8 17.Qd2 Qe5 18.Qh6 Bf5 19.Bxf5 Qxf5 20.Nd4 Qe4 21.f3 Qe8 22.Nxc6 bxc6 23.Bd4 Be5 24.Qd2 Qb8 25.g3 Qd6 26.Re1 Bxd4+ 27.cxd4 c5 28.Kg2 c4 29.h4 h5 30.g4 hxg4 31.fxg4 Qd7 32.Kg3 Re8 33.Rxe8+ Qxe8 34.h5 Qe4 35.hxg6 fxg6 36.Qf4 Qe1+ 37.Kh3 Qh1+ 38.Kg3 Qe1+ 39.Kh3 Game drawn ½–½
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
I thought Carlsen was losing. How did he save the game?
Huh? What game were you watching? Carlsen was never losing this game. At the end he was even slightly better. But he was never even close to losing.