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Dynamic Chess: How to powerfully sacrifice the exchange! : Magnus Carlsen vs Caruana : Zurich 2014

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â™šPlay turn style chess at Chessworld.net: http://osk03.chesshorsey.com/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 Instructive game tags: Ruy Lopez, Berlin defence, early d3, avoiding main line, structural dama... (Show Full Description)

â™šPlay turn style chess at Chessworld.net: http://osk03.chesshorsey.com/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 Instructive game tags: Ruy Lopez, Berlin defence, early d3, avoiding main line, structural damage, giving opponent bishop pair, modest opening approach, d4 clamp, preventing d4, f4 break, blockade, blockade in front of doubled pawns, e5 pressure, intensifying e5 pressure, preparing f4, removing defender of strategic break, f-file pressure, semi-open file, f-file target, potential trebling, opposite side castling, undermining pawn chain, preparing exchange sac, pawn compensation, trend, potential for accumulating advantages after exchange sac, two pawns for the exchange, king exposed, relative king safety, piece coordination, pawn mobility, advancing pawns, overloading opponent, many king moves, no counterplay, increasingly aggressive pawns, dangerous passed pawn, forcing moves, genius of magnus carlsen, genius chess game, exchange sac brilliancy game [Event "Zurich Chess Challenge"] [Site "0:58:33-0:54:33"] [Date "2014.02.02"] [Round "4"] [White "Magnus Carlsen"] [Black "Fabiano Caruana"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2014.01.29"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 Nd7 7. Be3 Bd6 8. Nc3 (8. d4 Qe7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 exd4 11. Bxd4 f6) 8... c5 (8... O-O 9. O-O Qe7 10. d4) 9. O-O Nf8 10. Nd2 Ng6 (10... g5 11. Qh5 Ne6 12. Nc4 Bd7 13. h4 gxh4 14. Nxe5) 11. Nc4 Be6 12. Ne2 Qd7 (12... Bxc4 13. dxc4 O-O 14. Ng3 Nf4 15. Nf5) 13. Nxd6+ cxd6 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4 Nxf4 16. Rxf4 b6 (16... O-O 17. Qf3 ( 17. b3 f6) 17... f6 18. Rf1 a5 19. Qg3 Kh8 20. Rh4 Bg8) 17. Qh5 d5 18. d4 c4 ( 18... cxd4 19. Bxd4 dxe4 20. Bxg7 Rg8 21. Rd1 Qc7 22. Qb5+ Bd7) 19. b3 Qc6 ( 19... O-O-O 20. bxc4 dxc4 21. d5) 20. Raf1 (20. bxc4 Qxc4) 20... O-O-O (20... O-O 21. Rh4 h6 22. Bxh6 gxh6 23. Qxh6) 21. bxc4 Qxc4 (21... dxc4 22. d5 Qb5 23. a4 Qa5 24. Qe2 Bd7) 22. Rxf7 Bxf7 23. Rxf7 Rd7 (23... Rhf8 24. Qf5+) 24. Rxd7 Kxd7 25. exd5 (25. Qf7+ Kc6 26. Qxa7 dxe4) 25... g6 26. Qg4+ Kc7 27. Qe6 Kb7 28. Qe7+ Qc7 29. Qe4 Qd7 (29... Qd6 30. Bf4 Qd7 31. d6+) 30. d6+ Ka6 (30... Qc6 31. Qe7+ Kc8 32. Bf4) 31. Bf4 Rc8 32. Kh2 Rc4 33. Bg3 Rc8 (33... h5 34. a4 Rxa4 35. Qe7) 34. Qd3+ Kb7 35. c4 Qc6 36. Qb3 Ka8 (36... Qxc4 37. d7 Qxb3 38. dxc8=Q+) 37. a4 Re8 (37... Qxc4 38. d7) 38. a5 Kb7 39. c5 Kc8 (39... Re2 40. d5 Qxc5 41. d7 Re1 42. Bxe1) 40. axb6 (40. Qf7 Re2 41. d7+ Qxd7 42. Qf3 Qe6 43. Qa8+ Kd7 44. Qxa7+ Ke8 45. Qa8+ Kd7 46. Qb7+ Ke8 47. axb6) 40... axb6 41. d5 Qxc5 42. Qa4 Re3 43. Qa8+ (43. d7+ Kd8 44. Bh4+ Re7 45. Qc6) 43... Kd7 44. Qb7+ Ke8 (44... Kd8 45. Bh4+) 45. d7+ Kd8 46. Bh4+ Re7 47. Qc8+ 1-0 â–ºSupport the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq â–ºPlaylists: http://goo.gl/FxpqEH â–ºKingscrusher's Greatest Hit Videos! : http://goo.gl/447QLb â–ºFREE online chess at http://osk03.chesshorsey.com/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 or realtime at http://www.chessclub.com/from/kingscrusher â–ºSupport the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq Thumbnail By This photo was taken by PrzemysÅ‚aw Jahr Autorem zdjÄ™cia jest PrzemysÅ‚aw Jahr WykorzystujÄ…c zdjÄ™cie proszÄ™ podaÄ‡ jako autora: PrzemysÅ‚aw Jahr / Wikimedia Commons (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or CC BY-SA 2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons Magnus Carlsen: By GFHund (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

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