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Magnus Carlsen Top Chess Sacrifices in 2006!

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[Event "Biel Int'l Festival"] [Site "Biel SUI"] [Date "2006.07.24"] [EventDate "2006.07.23"] [Round "1"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Yannick Pelletier"] [Black "Magnus Carlsen"] [ECO "E15"] [White... (Show Full Description)
[Event "Biel Int'l Festival"] [Site "Biel SUI"] [Date "2006.07.24"] [EventDate "2006.07.23"] [Round "1"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Yannick Pelletier"] [Black "Magnus Carlsen"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "70"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Ba6 7.Na3 O-O 8.Bg2 Bb7 9.O-O d6 10.Rad1 Nbd7 11.Rfe1 Qe7 12.Nh4 Bxg2 13.Nxg2 c5 14.Ne3 Rfd8 15.Nb5 cxd4 16.Qxd4 Nc5 17.Qf4 Nce4 18.Ng4 Nxg4 19.Qxe4 Nf6 20.Qf3 Ne8 21.a4 Rac8 22.b3 Nf6 23.Nc3 h6 24.Rd3 Nd7 25.Qb7 Qf8 26.Qxa7 Nc5 27.Rdd1 Rc6 28.a5 Ra8 29.axb6 Rxa7 30.bxa7 Qa8 31.Ra1 Nxb3 32.Ra4 Nd2 33.Nb5 Nxc4 34.Rb1 Kh7 35.f3 d5 0-1 [Event "Corus Group B"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2006.01.29"] [EventDate "2006.01.14"] [Round "13"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Kateryna Lahno"] [Black "Magnus Carlsen"] [ECO "C77"] [WhiteElo "2500"] [BlackElo "2625"] [PlyCount "62"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. Nc3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. Nd5 h6 9. c3 O-O 10. O-O Rb8 11. Ne3 Bb6 12. Qe2 Ne7 13. Rd1 Ng6 14. Nf5 d5 15. h3 Re8 16. g4 c5 17. c4 bxc4 18. dxc4 d4 19. Ba4 Re6 20. Ne1 Nf4 21. Bxf4 exf4 22. f3 g6 23. Nxh6+ Kg7 24. g5 Nh7 25. h4 Nxg5 26. hxg5 Qxg5+ 27. Qg2 Qxh6 28. Nd3 g5 29. Nxf4 Bc7 30. Nd3 g4 31. fxg4 Rg6 0-1 [Event "XXII Reykjavik Open"] [Site "Reykjavik ISL"] [Date "2006.03.11"] [EventDate "2006.03.06"] [Round "6"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Milos Pavlovic"] [Black "Magnus Carlsen"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2494"] [BlackElo "2625"] [PlyCount "66"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. a4 Bg4 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 12. h3 Bh5 13. Qd3 exd4 14. Bg5 Bxf3 15. Bxf6 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 gxf6 17. Qxb5 Ke7 18. Kh2 Ne5 19. f4 Qxe4 20. fxe5 Rg8 21. exf6+ Kf8 22. Rf2 d3 23. Qh5 Rg6 24. Qf3 Qe5+ 25. Kh1 Qe1+ 26. Rf1 Rg1+ 27. Kh2 Qe5+ 28. Qf4 Rxf1 29. Qxe5 dxe5 30. Nd2 Rf2+ 31. Kg3 Rxd2 32. Bxf7 Kxf7 33. b4 Rf2 0-1 [Event "XXII Reykjavik Open"] [Site "Reykjavik ISL"] [Date "2006.03.13"] [EventDate "2006.03.06"] [Round "8"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Hichem Hamdouchi"] [Black "Magnus Carlsen"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2575"] [BlackElo "2625"] [PlyCount "78"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. a4 Bg4 10. d5 Ne7 11. h3 Bh5 12. Re1 Ng6 13. Qd3 O-O 14. Bd1 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nf4 16. Qf1 Rb8 17. axb5 axb5 18. Na3 Nd7 19. Nxb5 Qf6 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. Na3 f5 22. Nc4 Nf6 23. exf5 e4 24. Bd1 Qxf5 25. Bc2 Qxd5 26. Nxb6 Rxb6 27. b4 Qe5 28. Re3 d5 29. Ra5 Rd6 30. Qe2 Qf4 31. Qd2 Kh8 32. Re2 Qh4 33. Qd4 Nh5 34. Rxd5 Nf4 35. Rxe4 Rxd5 36. Qxd5 Nxh3+ 37. Kh2 Nf4+ 38. Kg1 Qg4 39. Rc4 Re8 0-1 â–ºPlaylists: http://goo.gl/FxpqEH â–ºFollow me at Google+ : http://www.google.com/+kingscrusher 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 Carlsen picture 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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