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Amazing Chess Game: Magnus Carlsen vs Wesley So : Sinquefield Cup (2015) : Sicilian Defense: Najdorf

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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 at http://www.chessclub.com/from/kingscrusher â–ºFollow me at Google+ : http://www.google.com/+kingscrusher [Event "Sinquefield Cup"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2015.08.27"] [EventDate "2015.08.21"] [Round "5"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Magnus Carlsen"] [Black "Wesley So"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2853"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "111"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O-O Be7 11. g4 b4 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb6 14. Na5 Nbxd5 15. Nc4 Nxe3 16. Nxe3 O-O 17. Bc4 Nd7 18. h4 a5 19. g5 Rc8 20. Bd5 Nb6 21. Kb1 Qc7 22. Rhf1 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Qb7 24. f4 f5 25. Qe3 e4 26. h5 Rc5 27. h6 g6 28. Qb3 Rf7 29. a4 Bd8 30. Rd4 Kf8 31. Rfd1 Rc6 32. Ne3 Bb6 33. Nc4 Bxd4 34. Nxa5 Qb6 35. Nxc6 Bc5 36. Qd5 e3 37. a5 Qb5 38. Nd8 Ra7 39. Ne6+ Ke8 40. Nd4 Qxa5 41. Qg8+ Kd7 42. Qxh7+ Kc8 43. Qg8+ Kb7 44. c3 bxc3 45. Qb3+ Qb6 46. Qxb6+ Kxb6 47. bxc3 Bxd4 48. Rxd4 Kc6 49. Kc2 Ra2+ 50. Kd1 Rf2 51. Ke1 Kd7 52. Ra4 Ke6 53. Ra8 Rh2 54. c4 Kf7 55. Rb8 Ke6 56. Rg8 1-0 Thumbnail : Carlsen vs Aronian Magnus Carlsen: By GFHund (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Wesley So By Euku (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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