Magnus Against The World! A Game for the Ages!
49In 2010 Magnus Carlsen Played Against the World in the The RAW World Chess Challenge. It took place at the Cooper Star Hotel in New York City and it was a one-day match in which registered users coould play against the world's highest-ranked grandmaster at the time. They received coaching from top French player Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, top US player Hikaru Nakamura and Hungarian GM Judit Polgar.
PGN OF THE GAME:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 { E62 King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Uhlmann-Szabo System } 8. d5 Ne7 9. e4 c6 10. a4 Bg4 11. a5 cxd5 12. cxd5 Qd7 13. Be3 Rfc8?! { (2.02 → 2.77) Inaccuracy. Bh3 was best. } (13... Bh3 14. Qa4 Qxa4 15. Rxa4 Bd7 16. Rb4 b6 17. axb6 axb6 18. Rxb6 Rfb8 19. Rxb8+ Rxb8 20. Rb1) 14. Qa4?! { (2.77 → 1.89) Inaccuracy. Qb3 was best. } (14. Qb3 Rcb8) 14... Ne8 15. Nd2 Qd8 16. Qb4 Nc7? { (2.66 → 5.11) Mistake. Rcb8 was best. } (16... Rcb8) 17. Nc4? { (5.11 → 2.97) Mistake. h3 was best. } (17. h3 Bd7 18. Qxd6 Nb5 19. Nxb5 Bxb5 20. Qxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rfc1 Nc8 22. Rc7 Nd6 23. Bf1 Bxf1) 17... Na6 18. Qxb7 Rxc4 19. Qxa6 Rb4 20. f3 Bc8 21. Qe2 f5 22. Qd2 Ba6?! { (2.22 → 2.95) Inaccuracy. f4 was best. } (22... f4 23. Bf2) 23. Rfc1 Qb8 24. Na4 Rb3 25. Rc3 Rb4 26. Rca3 f4 27. Bf2 Bh6?! { (3.09 → 3.96) Inaccuracy. Rb7 was best. } (27... Rb7 28. gxf4 exf4 29. Qxf4 Rb4 30. Qd2 Qb7 31. Kh1 Rf8 32. Bh3 h5 33. Bg3 Rd4 34. Qg5) 28. Nb6?! { (3.96 → 3.01) Inaccuracy. g4 was best. } (28. g4 Rb3) 28... fxg3 29. Qxb4 gxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Bc8?! { (3.10 → 4.74) Inaccuracy. Bg5 was best. } (30... Bg5 31. Ra4 axb6 32. axb6 Bb7 33. Rxa8 Bxa8 34. Bh3 Kg7 35. Qb5 Qf8 36. b7 Bxb7 37. Qxb7) 31. Rb3 axb6 32. Qxb6 Qa7 33. a6 Kf7 34. Qxa7 Rxa7 35. Rb6 Ke8 36. Rxd6 Bf8 37. Rb6 Nxd5 38. Rb8 Bc5+ 39. Kg3 Ne7 40. Bh3 Kd8 41. Bxc8 Nxc8 42. Rc1 Rc7 43. Rxc5 Rxc5 44. a7 *