Photo by Fred Lucas for the official Corus website
Karjakin, S (2720) – Carlsen, M (2810) [C11]
Corus A (10), 27.01.2010
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qd2 0–0 9.Be2 a6 10.0–0 b5 11.Kh1 Qc7 12.a3 Bb7 13.Rad1 Rac8 14.Qe1 cxd4 15.Nxd4 Nxd4 16.Bxd4 Bc5 17.Qh4 Bxd4 18.Rxd4 f6 19.Bd3 h6 20.exf6 Rxf6 21.f5 Rcf8 22.Rg1 Nc5 23.fxe6 Nxe6 24.Rg4 Nf4 25.Qg3 Qe7 26.Rxf4 Rxf4 27.Ne2 Rf1 28.Nd4 Rxg1+ 29.Kxg1 Re8 30.h4 Qe1+ 31.Kh2 Qxg3+ 32.Kxg3 Kf7 33.Kf2 Kf6 34.g3 Bc8 35.c3 Bg4 36.Bc2 g5 37.hxg5+ hxg5 38.Bb3 Ke5 39.Bc2 Rf8+ 40.Kg2 Bd7 41.Nf3+ Kf6 42.Bb3 g4 43.Nd4 Ke5 44.Bc2 a5 45.Bd1 Ke4 Black wins 0–1
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The Comeback Kid!
Wow, Carlsen made that victory look effortless. Great game!
Beelze
I can’t beleive he played the French!!! wow.
long live the french defense!
Isn’t the French Defense pretty rare these days? This could be the first time Carlsen has played it as black?
No, it’s not rare. Quite common actually.
Funny story about the French:
I know Georgi Orlov from when I was in Seattle.
He said he didn’t play the French because he wasn’t strong enough.
It’s a very subtle open but the latent power of black’s good white squared bishop should not be underestimated!
Topalov uses the same variation for black.
Beautiful, almost flawless play from MC. Good to see Magnus and Vladimir high on the leader board again.