end game tactics to keep the pawn(s)
Carlsen vs Short, 2004  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 54 moves, 1-0
first encounter: rook beats knight + bishop
I Cheparinov vs Carlsen, 2005  (E15) Queen's Indian, 85 moves, 0-1
deadly manouvers
Carlsen vs Adams, 2006  (A17) English, 73 moves, 1-0
it's equal! or is it?
Nunn vs Carlsen, 2006  (B30) Sicilian, 78 moves, 0-1
winning with different coloured bishops
Carlsen vs Morozevich, 2007  (E66) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno, 68 moves, 1-0
the mobile king penetrates
Carlsen vs Aronian, 2007  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 41 moves, 1-0
good knight to the bad bishop
Carlsen vs Aronian, 2007  (E12) Queen's Indian, 49 moves, 1-0
rooks + different coloured bishops
Carlsen vs X Bu, 2007  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 84 moves, 1-0
queens + different coloured bishops
Carlsen vs Z Almasi, 2007  (E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 82 moves, 1-0
total squeeze, mobility rules
Carlsen vs Tiviakov, 2007  (E17) Queen's Indian, 62 moves, 1-0
2 bishops strangle 2 knights
Carlsen vs Adams, 2007  (E36) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 77 moves, 1-0
second encounter: knight + bishop beat rook
Carlsen vs I Cheparinov, 2007  (A48) King's Indian, 62 moves, 1-0
mobility, how good pieces treat bad pieces
Mamedyarov vs Carlsen, 2008  (B30) Sicilian, 40 moves, 0-1
another good squeeze
Carlsen vs Eljanov, 2008  (D91) Grunfeld, 5.Bg5, 54 moves, 1-0
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