[Event "It \"] [Site "masterchessopen.com Nice (France)"] [Date "2008.03.16"] [Round "2"] [White "Van Wely Loek (NED)"] [Black "Carlsen Magnus (NOR)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2618"] [BlackElo "2786"] [ECO "E32"] [Opening "Nimzo-Indian: Classical Variation"] { Carlsen Magnus (NOR) +0 =1 -0 } 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 { = } 6...c5 ( 6...Ne4 7.Qc2 Nc6 8.e3 e5 9.cxd5 Qxd5 10.Bc4 Qa5+ 11.b4 Nxb4 12.Qxe4 Nc2+ 13.Ke2 Qe1+ 14.Kf3 Nxa1 15.Bb2 O-O 16.Kg3 h6 17.h4 Re8 18.Kh2 Qxf2 19.Bxa1 Bf5 20.Qxb7 exd4 21.Nf3 Be4 22.Qxc7 Bxf3 23.Qxf7+ Kh8 24.Qxf3 Qxh4+ 25.Kg1 Qe1+ 26.Bf1 { ...1/2-1/2, Kasparov Garry 2813 - Adams Michael 2740 , Izmir 7.10.2004 Cup European Club } ) ( 6...Nc6 7.Bg5 dxc4 8.e3 h6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Nf3 O-O 11.Bxc4 Re8 12.Rd1 a6 13.O-O Bd7 14.Rd2 Qe7 15.Ba2 Qd6 16.Rc1 Rac8 17.Bb1 Ne7 18.Ne5 Nd5 19.Qb3 Bb5 20.Qc2 Nf6 21.h3 Red8 22.Ng4 Qe7 23.Nxf6+ Qxf6 24.Qh7+ Kf8 25.Rdc2 Bc6 26.Rc5 { ...1/2-1/2, Gurevich Mikhail 2652 - Parligras Mircea 2577 , Warsaw 28. 6.2005 Ch Europe } ) ( 6...dxc4 7.Qxc4 b6 8.Nf3 Ba6 9.Qc2 Nbd7 10.Bg5 O-O 11.e4 Bxf1 12.Rxf1 h6 13.Bxf6 Nxf6 14.O-O-O Rc8 15.Kb1 Qe7 16.Rfe1 Rfd8 17.Ne5 c5 18.d5 exd5 19.exd5 Qc7 20.Nc6 Rd7 21.Ne7+ Rxe7 22.d6 Qxd6 23.Rxd6 Rxe1+ 24.Rd1 Re7 25.f3 Rce8 26.Rd2 { ...0-1, Kramnik Vladimir 2780 - Kasparov Garry 2815 , Moscow 1998 Match (blitz) } ) 7.dxc5 d4 8.Qg3 Nc6 9.b4 ( 9.Nf3 e5 10.Nxe5 Qa5+ 11.Kd1 Nxe5 12.Qxe5+ Be6 13.Bd2 Qa4+ 14.Ke1 Rd8 15.c6 Qxc6 16.Qb5 Bxc4 17.Qxc6+ bxc6 18.Rc1 Bb5 19.Bb4 Kd7 20.Bc5 Ke6 21.f3 a5 22.Kf2 Rd5 23.e4 dxe3+ 24.Bxe3 Bxf1 25.Rhxf1 Kd7 26.Rc2 Rb8 27.Rfc1 Rd3 28.Ke2 Rd6 { ...1/2-1/2, Carlsen Magnus 2714 - Naiditsch Arkadij 2647 , Khanty Mansyisk 27.11.2007 Cup World } ) ( 9.Qxg7 Rg8 10.Qh6 Na5 11.b4 Nxc4 12.Nf3 a5 13.Nd2 Ne5 14.Bb2 axb4 15.axb4 Rxa1+ 16.Bxa1 Nc6 17.Nc4 Nxb4 18.Qd2 Nc6 19.Nd6+ Ke7 20.e3 Bd7 21.exd4 Qa8 22.Bb2 Qa2 23.f3 Qb1+ 24.Kf2 Ra8 25.Rg1 Ra2 26.Nc4 Na5 27.Bd3 Nxc4 28.Bxb1 Rxb2 { ...1/2-1/2, Jaeger Frode Bull 2121 - Brodsky Michail 2597 , Tromsoe 9. 8.2007 It (open) "Arctic Chess Challenge" } ) 9...e5 ( 9...O-O 10.Bg5 e5 11.Nf3 e4 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.Qxe5 a5 14.b5 Be6 15.Rd1 Nd7 16.Qg3 f6 17.Bh6 Qe7 18.Rxd4 Nxc5 19.Bf4 Qf7 20.Bd6 Rfc8 21.e3 Nb3 22.c5 Nxd4 23.exd4 Bc4 24.Qc3 Bxf1 25.Rxf1 Qa2 26.b6 Qb1+ 27.Ke2 Qb5+ 28.Ke1 Qb1+ 29.Ke2 { ...0-1, El Gindy Essam 2502 - Sax Gyula 2525 , Cairo 1998 It (sheveningen) } ) 10.e4 O-O ( 10...dxe3 11.Bxe3 O-O 12.Rd1 Qe7 13.Nf3 Bg4 14.Be2 a5 15.b5 Bxf3 16.Bxf3 Nd4 17.O-O Ne4 18.Qh3 Nxf3+ 19.Qxf3 Nxc5 20.Rd5 Na4 21.Qf5 Qxa3 22.Qxe5 Rfe8 23.Qc7 b6 24.Rd7 Rac8 25.Qb7 Qf8 26.Rc1 Rxe3 27.fxe3 Nc5 28.Qd5 Qe8 29.Rd1 Qxe3+ 30.Kh1 { ...1/2-1/2, Gurevich Mikhail 2648 - Azarov Sergei 2566 , Istanbul 5. 9.2006 It (open) } ) 11.Bd3 b6 12.Nf3 bxc5 { N } ( 12...Nh5 13.Qg5 Qxg5 14.Bxg5 bxc5 15.b5 Na5 16.Bd2 Nb3 17.Rb1 Nxd2 18.Nxd2 a6 19.g3 axb5 20.cxb5 Rxa3 21.Ke2 Bb7 22.Rhc1 Rc8 23.Nc4 Ra2+ 24.Ke1 Rd8 25.Nxe5 Nf6 26.Bc4 d3 27.Nxd3 Raa8 28.f3 Nd7 29.Bb3 Rdc8 30.Rc3 Kf8 31.Rbc1 Ra3 32.Nb2 { ...1-0, Carlsen Magnus 2714 - Naiditsch Arkadij 2647 , Khanty Mansyisk 29.11.2007 Cup World (active) } ) 13.b5 Nh5 14.Qg5 Qxg5 15.Bxg5 Na5 16.Rb1 { +0.04 CAP } 16...f6 17.Bd2 Nb7 18.h3 g5 19.Ke2 Nd6 20.g4 Ng7 21.a4 { ?! } ( 21.Rbe1 { !? } 21...Be6 22.Rc1 h5 23.Rhg1 Kf7 24.Ba5 hxg4 { } ) 21...Bb7 22.h4 Nxe4 23.hxg5 Nc3+ 24.Bxc3 e4 25.Bxe4 { ? } ( 25.Bc2 dxc3 26.Ke3 exf3 27.Bxh7+ Kf7 28.g6+ Ke6 29.Kd3 f5 30.gxf5+ Kf6 31.Kxc3 Nxf5 32.a5 { } ) 25...Bxe4 26.Bd2 Rae8 { } {#R} 0-1