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Magnus's Carlsen's blitz chess piece sac against Jobava for the 'initiative'

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[Event "YourNextMove (Blitz)"] [Site "Leuven BEL"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [EventDate "2017.06.28"] [Round "8"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Baadur Jobava"] [Black "Magnus Carlsen"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteE... (Show Full Description)
[Event "YourNextMove (Blitz)"] [Site "Leuven BEL"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [EventDate "2017.06.28"] [Round "8"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Baadur Jobava"] [Black "Magnus Carlsen"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "2707"] [BlackElo "2832"] [PlyCount "58"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 e5 9. f4 Nd4 10. f5 b5 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Ne2 d5 13. g4 dxe4 14. Ng3 Rb8 15. g5 e3 16. gxf6 Bxf6 17. Be4 Bg5 18. b4 Rb6 19. a4 Kh8 20. Bb2 Bf4 21. Qg4 h5 22. Qf3 gxf5 23. Nxf5 Qg5+ 24. Qg2 Rg8 25. Nxd4 Qxg2+ 26. Bxg2 Rbg6 27. Rxf4 Rxg2+ 28. Kh1 exf4 29. axb5 Kh7 0-1 Instructive game tags: Closed Sicilian, dark squares, dark square grip, piece sac, Initiative, creating threats, coordinating pieces, allowing undermining, entrenched knight, extending pawn chain, positional piece sac, creating threats, forcing opponent to defend, getting the initiative, Rook lift, doubling rooks â–ºKingscrusher chess resources: http://osk03.chesshorsey.com/chessclubs/learn_coaching_chessable.asp â–ºKingscrusher's "Crushing the King" video course with GM Igor Smirnov: http://chess-teacher.com/affiliates/idevaffiliate.php?id=1933&url=2396 â–ºFREE online turn-style chess at http://osk03.chesshorsey.com/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 or realtime at http://www.chessclub.com/from/kingscrusher (use my discount code KINGICC for 10% off) â–ºSupport the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq â–ºKingscrusher's training books at Chessable: http://osk03.chesshorsey.com/chessclubs/learn_coaching_chessable.asp â–ºPlaylists: http://goo.gl/FxpqEH â–ºFollow me at Google+ : http://www.google.com/+kingscrusher â–ºPlay and follow broadcasts at Chess24: https://chess24.com/premium?ref=kingscrusher Magnus Carlsen part of thumbnail: Video Icon Attribution: By GFHund (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)], via Wikimedia Commons

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