After a tough loss against Anand with the White pieces yesterday, he bounced back big time to take down Kramnik with the Black pieces today. All I can see is he is fearless!
GM Kramnik (2799) – GM Carlsen (2733) [A05]
26.01.2008
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.0–0 Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 d6 9.Rd1 a6 10.Ng5 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 Nc6 12.Qf4 0–0 13.Nce4 Ne8 14.b3 Ra7 15.Bb2 Rd7 16.Rac1 Nc7 17.Nf3 f5 18.Nc3 g5 19.Qd2 g4 20.Ne1 Bg5 21.e3 Rff7 22.Kg1 Ne8 23.Ne2 Nf6 24.Nf4 Qe8 25.Qc3 Rg7 26.b4 Ne4 27.Qb3 Rge7 28.Qa4 Ne5 29.Qxa6 Ra7 30.Qb5 Qxb5 31.cxb5 Rxa2 32.Rc8+ Kf7 33.Nfd3 Bf6 34.Nxe5+ dxe5 35.Rc2 Rea7 36.Kg2 Ng5 37.Rd6 e4 38.Bxf6 Kxf6 39.Kf1 Ra1 40.Ke2 Rb1 41.Rd1 Rxb4 42.Ng2 Rxb5 43.Nf4 Rc5 44.Rb2 b5 45.Kf1 Rac7 46.Rbb1 Rb7 47.Rb4 Rc4 48.Rb2 b4 49.Rdb1 Nf3 50.Kg2 Rd7 51.h3 e5 52.Ne2 Rd2 53.hxg4 fxg4 54.Rxd2 Nxd2 55.Rb2 Nf3 56.Kf1 b3 57.Kg2 Rc2 0–1
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Live to win.
a 17 years old boy, beating a 2800 elo with blacks pieces.
gg !
Whatever u say about Magnus, soon nobody beat him (only fear him)!
I always want Kramnik to win, but must admire anyone that beats him (even Topalov, as difficult as that is). Carlsen shows promise of dethroning Anand or Kramnik, if Kramnik regains his title this fall. The kid is magnificent!
Hi,
we do have RJ Fischer successor.
Rgds
Pony
The super-GMs which I am sure Carlsen has beaten include:
Kramnik
Morozevich (several times!)
Topalov
Aronian
Ivanchuk (several times)
Shirov
Polgar
not to mention other top GMs like Naiditsch, Zurab, Van Wely, Lautier, etc
The pigs are flying!
The toilet is weeping!
Kramnik is no more!
All hail Prince Magnus!
Soon to be King!
All hegemony is my favorite games/sports are being destroyed.
Jokovic beat Federer on Friday, and I got me a beer to celebrate.
Now Carlsen beats Kramnik. This one’s worth two beers!
The King is dead
Long Live the King.
Fischer must be up in heaven sending signals to Magnus.
This was Bobby’s way of showing he could still beat anyone.
Go Magnus Go
Soon the entire world will be a Magnus Fan.
What a game!
Carlsen will become unstoppable, but it’s not supposed to happen yet. Corus 2008, will remembered as Carlsens tournament, no matter who wins it.
Who was the last 17 year old who consistently scored wins against the world’s elite, and regularly entered tournaments as a favorite?
um..is it me? or does this kid remind me of someone about 40 years ago.
Seriously.
Mike Magnan
Go Magnus Go!
I am your real father!
This is a breakthrough tournament for Magnus. Previously he was just one of many talented younger players but when he can beat someone like Kramnik with Black in a huge tournament then he has really progressed. His only obvious weakness is that he has to become more difficult to defeat.
Carlsen is probably a future World champ,but he has to improve his defence. A great chess talent nontheless.