Magnus surprises MVL in Move 1
Magnus Carlsen Invitational Prelims is a single round robin tournament held on 13h to 15th March 2021.
Players:
Carlsen, Magnus
Dubov, Daniil
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
5 Anton Guijarro, David
Firouzja, Alireza
Giri, Anish
Karjakin, Sergey
Nakamura, Hikaru
Pichot, Alan 0.5 0.25
Radjabov, Teimour
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
13 Aronian, Levon
Grandelius, Nils
So, Wesley
Van Foreest, Jorden
PGN:
1. c3 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. d3 e6 4. Nd2 d5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. e5 Nfd7 7. d4 c5 8. h4 Nc6 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nb4 11. Be2 Qc8 12. O-O Ba6 13. Bxa6 Qxa6 14. Ne1 Rc8 15. h5 Be7 16. a3 Nc6 17. Qg4 g5 18. Ndf3 h6 19. Be3 Qe2 20. b4 Nd8 21. Qh3 f5 22. exf6 Nxf6 23. Ne5 Qxh5 24. Qxh5+ Nxh5 25. N1d3 Bd6 26. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 27. Rxc1 Rh7 28. Rc8 Rc7 29. Ra8 Nf6 30. b5 Ke7 31. Ng6+ Kd7 32. Nde5+ Bxe5 33. Nxe5+ Ke7 34. Bd2 1-0