WOW
I SO want 2 read this
BTW there is like 30 threads on this anyways... made by ppl who know how to post games...
Carlsen tastes defeat back to back
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Both the players were not even candidate masters this year.
Love.
Hey can anyone tell me why Carlsen had to sacrifice his rook on move 24? Move 23 seems to be the critical position in the game, but I can't see why he couldn't just play a move like pawn takes E4, or maybe further defending the knight with Rook to E1. Or was that just a sacrifice to open up Teimour's kingside?
I think you mean fxe5? If fxe5 then Bxe5 and the rook still dies. It was actually the second choice from the computers and a good practical choice to sac the rook for activity, squares and a pawn. He needed to get some active defense and he tried but it was not enough. Magnus is just playing weak for his standard right now.
Apr 24, 2014
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I was following the game but didn't see the end. I knew though that Magnus was going to have it tough with those passed connected pawns.
what was the other loss?
[Event "Vugar Gashimov Mem 2014"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.04.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. Ng3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Be2
Na6 9. h4 h5 10. Bg5 Qe8 11. Qd2 Nc5 12. O-O-O Ng4 13. Bxg4 Bxg4 14. f3 Bd7 15.
Be3 b6 16. Kb1 Kh7 17. Qc2 a4 18. Nge2 f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Rh3 Kh8 21. f4 Ne4
22. Nxe4 fxe4 23. Rg3 Bg4 24. Rxg4 hxg4 25. f5 Rxf5 26. Ng3 Rf8 27. Qxe4 Qd7
28. a3 b5 29. c5 dxc5 30. h5 c4 31. h6 Bf6 32. Bc5 Rf7 33. Rf1 Re8 34. Bb4 Bg5
35. Nf5 c6 36. Bd6 Bf4 37. Ng7 Qxd6 38. Nxe8 Qxd5 39. Qxd5 cxd5 40. g3 Kh7 41.
gxf4 exf4 42. Nd6 Rf6 43. Nxb5 f3 44. Nd4 Kxh6 45. Kc2 Kg5 46. Kd2 f2 47. Ne2
Rf3 48. Kc2 Kh4 49. Rh1+ Rh3 50. Rf1 g3 51. Kd2 Kg4 0-1