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Vishy Anand vs Magnus Carlsen : Chess Classic Mainz (2008) - Sicilian Defense: Dragon

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â–ºPlaylists: http://goo.gl/FxpqEH â–ºKingscrusher's Greatest Hit Videos! : http://goo.gl/447QLb â–ºFREE online chess at http://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 or realtime at http://www.chessclub.com/from/kingscrusher [Event "Chess Classic Mainz"] [Site "Mainz GER"] [Date "2008.08.03"] [EventDate "2008.08.03"] [Round "1"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Viswanathan Anand"] [Black "Magnus Carlsen"] [ECO "B77"] [WhiteElo "2798"] [BlackElo "2775"] [PlyCount "99"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. Bb3 Rc8 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Kb1 a6 13. h4 h5 14. g4 hxg4 15. h5 Nxh5 16. Rdg1 Qa5 17. Bh6 Rxc3 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rxh5 Rxb3 20. Qxa5 Rxb2+ 21. Ka1 gxh5 22. f4 Be6 23. Nxe6+ fxe6 24. fxe5 Rb5 25. Qc7 Rxe5 26. Qxe7+ Rf7 27. Qxd6 Rxe4 28. Rh1 Rf5 29. Qe7+ Kg6 30. Qe8+ Kg7 31. Rd1 Rd5 32. Rxd5 exd5 33. Qxh5 b5 34. Qg5+ Kh7 35. Qxd5 Ra4 36. Qg5 Rc4 37. Kb2 Rb4+ 38. Kc1 Ra4 39. a3 Rc4 40. Kd2 Rd4+ 41. Ke1 Ra4 42. Kf1 Rc4 43. Kg1 Rc6 44. Qd5 Rg6 45. a4 bxa4 46. Qd7+ Kh6 47. Qxa4 Kg5 48. c4 Kf5 49. c5 Ke5 50. Qd7 1-0 â–ºSupport the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq Thumbnail : Carlsen vs Ananad Magnus Carlsen: By GFHund (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Anand By Stefan64 (Own work (own photo)) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

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