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Gruenfeld Defense : Magnus Carlsen vs Fabiano Caruana - Tal Memorial 2012 (Chessworld.net)

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Chess World.net: Brief overview of Carlsen vs Caruana - Tal Memorial 2012 Magnus Carlsen vs Fabiano Caruana Tal Memorial 2012 · Gruenfeld Defense: Exchange Variation (D85) [Event "Tal Memo... (Show Full Description)
Chess World.net: Brief overview of Carlsen vs Caruana - Tal Memorial 2012 Magnus Carlsen vs Fabiano Caruana Tal Memorial 2012 · Gruenfeld Defense: Exchange Variation (D85) [Event "Tal Memorial"] [Site "Moscow RUS"] [Date "2012.06.10"] [EventDate "2012.06.08"] [Round "3"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Magnus Carlsen"] [Black "Fabiano Caruana"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2835"] [BlackElo "2770"] [PlyCount "59"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Nd7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be3 c5 10. Rc1 Nb6 11. Qd1 Bg4 12. Be2 Bxf3 13. gxf3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Qd7 15. O-O Rac8 16. Qd2 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 Rc8 19. Qa3 Na4 20. Bf1 b5 21. Rc1 Rxc1 22. Qxc1 Bxd4 23. Bxb5 Bxe3 24. Bxd7 Bxc1 25. Bxa4 Bf4 26. h3 Be5 27. Kg2 Bf4 28. Kg1 Be5 29. Kg2 Bf4 30. Kg1 1/2-1/2 ►Subscribe for my regular chess videos: http://goo.gl/zpktUK ►Support the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq Thumbnail: Carlsen vs Caruana Carlsen picture Magnus Carlsen: By GFHund (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Caruana By This photo was taken by Przemyslaw Jahr Autorem zdjecia jest Przemyslaw Jahr Wykorzystujac zdjecie prosze podac jako autora: Przemyslaw 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

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