playing e7-e5 against the London system Bf4,Nf3 with bishops on g7 and b7

First game 15..h5!

    

Second game : 12..Nh5

Second game: 22..g4

second game analysis: 37..Bxh3! 

Carlsen miniatures in bullet chess

Hello Magnus Carlsen won yesterday  the monthly bullet tournament on lichess


I thought I would showcase 2 super quick wins ( miniatures) against GMs.

First, Andrew Tang (US GM-penguingm1 on lichess! ) plays 1 d4 d5 2Bf4 which is a sideline -Queen's Pawn Game or London-

Here's how Black won this game Magnus, playing under DrNykterstein username

[Event "Titled Arena July '20"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2020.07.25"] [Round "?"] [White "penguingim1"] [Black "DrNykterstein"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "2996"] [BlackElo "3174"] [Annotator "thechesscorner@gmail.com"] [PlyCount "38"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] [TimeControl "60"] 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 Nc6 5. c3 Bf5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Nbd2 Bd6 8. Bxd6 (8. Bg3 Bxg3 9. hxg3) 8... Qxd6 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. h3 g5 12. Be2 (12. Qg4 f6) 12... Nf6 13. O-O O-O-O {sharp} 14. b4 Kb8 15. b5 Ne7 16. Re1 Ng6 $1 17. Nf1 Nf4 18. Ne3 $4 (18. Bf3) 18... Ne4 $1 19. Rc1 Nxh3+ $19 {20 gh3 Rh3 21.Ng4 Nf2! 22Nf2 Qg3+ wins} 0-1

Carlsen-Ding MCI Semi-Final Game 1 : May 2, 2020 chess24.com

Here is the game featuring Magnus Carlsen versus Ding Liren, Magnus Online tournament semi-final Game 1. opening was the London  (d4, Bf4) which Carlsen plays quite a bit in rapid and blitz, for instance world blitz 2019 against Nakamura.

Here the position after 14..Nf6, White to play

The possibilities are 15 0-0-0 or 15 Qg2. Carlsen chose 15 a3!?

Here is where you can replay the full annotated game

https://share.chessbase.com/SharedGames/share/?p=HW3sNkHzg5/Fj9X9CMesvzBdmhgEziqNUqK8pqBZS/TR9wQ8ktaPnLNb7Mb81iI0