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Bad Chess Pieces: How to encourage and exploit a "bad bishop" - Magnus Carlsen vs Teimour Radjabov

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â–ºSupport the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq â–ºPlaylists: http://goo.gl/FxpqEH â–ºFREE online chess at http://osk03.chesshorsey.com/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 or realtime... (Show Full Description)
â–ºSupport the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq â–ºPlaylists: http://goo.gl/FxpqEH â–ºFREE online chess at http://osk03.chesshorsey.com/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 or realtime at http://www.chessclub.com/from/kingscrusher â–ºFollow me at Google+ : http://www.google.com/+kingscrusher [Event "Tata Steel"] [Site "1:01:33-0:00:33"] [Date "2015.01.19"] [Round "9"] [White "Carlsen"] [Black "Radjabov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2015.01.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. h3 h6 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nf1 a5 11. Ng3 Rb8 12. b3 Bb4 13. Bd2 Ra8 (13... Bxd2 14. Qxd2 Ra8) 14. c3 Bc5 15. d4 Bb6 (15... exd4 16. Nxd4 Bd7) 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. c4 Nh7 (17... Bd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 (18... Qxd4 19. Qc2) 19. Qf3 (19. e5 Nd7 20. Qh5) 19... Ra6 20. c5) 18. Qe2 Nf8 19. Be3 c5 (19... Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Qe7) (19... Kh8 20. c5 Ba7 21. Red1 Qe7 22. Rac1 f6 23. Qc4 Be6 24. Qa4) (19... Ne6 20. Nxe5 Nd4 21. Bxd4 Qxd4 22. Nf3) 20. Rad1 Qf6 (20... Qe7 21. a4 Ne6 (21... Rb8 22. Bc1)) 21. Nh5 Qe7 (21... Qg6 22. Nh4 Qh7 23. Qf3) 22. Nh2 Kh7 (22... Ne6 23. Qf3 Nd4 (23... Kh7 24. Qf5+ (24. Ng4) 24... g6 25. Nf6+ Kg7 26. Qxe5 Qxf6 27. Bxh6+) (23... Kh8 24. Qg3 f6 25. Qh4 Nd4 (25... g5 26. Qg3 Nd4 (26... c6) 27. Bxd4 cxd4 28. Ng4 Bxg4 29. Qxg4) 26. Bxh6 gxh6 27. Nxf6 Kg7 28. Nxe8+ Qxe8 29. Rd3) 24. Qg3 f6 (24... g5 25. h4 f6 26. Ng4 Bxg4 27. Qxg4 Qe6 28. Bxd4 cxd4 29. Qf3 Kf7 30. Ng3) 25. Bxh6) (22... Kh8 23. Ng4) (22... a4) 23. Qf3 f6 24. Ng4 Bxg4 (24... Rb8 25. Nhxf6+ gxf6 26. Nxf6+ Kh8 27. Nxe8 Qxe8 28. Qf6+ Kh7 29. Rd8 Qg6 30. Qxf8) (24... Be6 25. Nhxf6+ gxf6 26. Nxf6+ Kg7 27. Nxe8+ Qxe8 28. Qg3+ Ng6 29. f4 exf4 30. Bxf4 Qe7 31. Rf1 Kh7 32. Bc1 c6 33. Rd6 Bc7) 25. Qxg4 Red8 (25... Ne6 26. Qf5+ Kh8 27. f4 Nd4 28. Qg6 Nc6 29. Rd5) 26. Qf5+ Kh8 ( 26... g6 27. Qxf6) (26... Ng6) 27. f4 Rxd1 (27... exf4 28. Bxf4) 28. Rxd1 exf4 29. Bxf4 Qe6 (29... Ne6 30. e5 Nd4 31. exf6 Nxf5 32. fxe7 Nxe7 33. Rd7 Nf5 34. g4) 30. Rd3 Re8 (30... Qxf5 31. exf5 a4 32. Rg3 axb3 33. axb3 Ra1+ 34. Kh2 Rf1 35. Bxh6 gxh6 (35... Rxf5 36. Bxg7+ Kg8 37. Bxf6+) 36. Nxf6 Ng6 37. Rxg6) 31. Nxg7 Kxg7 (31... Qxe4 32. Qxf6 Qxd3 33. Nxe8+ Kh7 34. Qg7#) 32. Qh5 Nh7 33. Bxh6+ Kh8 34. Qg6 Qg8 (34... Rg8 35. Rd8 Nf8 36. Rxf8) 35. Bg7+ Qxg7 36. Qxe8+ Qf8 (36... Nf8 37. e5 fxe5 38. Rf3 Kg8 39. Kh2 e4 40. Rg3) 37. Qe6 (37. Qxf8+ Nxf8) 37... Qh6 38. e5 Qc1+ 39. Kh2 Qf4+ 40. Rg3 1-0 Thunbnail: Carlsen vs Radjabov Magnus Carlsen: By GFHund (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Rajdabov By Stefan64 (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

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