Magnus Carlsen beats Iranian player MaghSoodloo : Game analysis

Here's the pivotal game, a Berlin Defense where Black increased his advantage gradually.

Carlsen tactics (Carlsen-Ding Liren 2020 Chess24.com Finals)

today I'd like to go over the game from Magnus Carlsen against Ding Liren, a sharp sicilian defense game.www.chess24.com for full coverage

Critical position 1:

Both players went into a dynamic types of positions ( Sicilian Najdorf by Ding Liren). with Kings on opposite sides. 

White to play in diagram above.

Hint: Magnus was looking at 27 Rf3 and 27Rf7+. Can you calculate the lines ?

Critical position 2 (analysis):

White had to evaluate 27Rf7+ Kf7 28 Qe6+ Kg7 leading to the following diagram, white to play.

can Black defend and what is White's best move ?

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Solution

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Magnus looked at 29 Qe7+ Kg8  30 Nxe5 but 30..Rh7! saves Black.

White would win by playing 29 Ne7! , and here's why:

if 29..Rab8 30 Qg6+ Kf8 31Rf1+ wins

if 29..Rh7 30 Rf1! Qc4 31 Qf7+ Kh8 32 Ng6 checkmate

if 29..Qxc4 30 Qg6+ Kf8 31 Nf5! Qe4+ 32 Ka1 wins.

in the game Magnus played 27Rf3 f5 28 gf6+ Nf6 29 Qg2 Qd7 which allowed Ding to come back into the game. But eventually Magnus won the game anyway.

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