A beautiful attacking game by the 14 years old Magnus Carlsen
Carlsen vs A Groenn, 2005  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 24 moves, 1-0
Topalov was taken by surprise by the Alekhine's Defense.Linares
Topalov vs Carlsen, 2008  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 44 moves, 0-1
Ivanchuk loosing track of time. Linares
Ivanchuk vs Carlsen, 2008  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 40 moves, 0-1
Magnus winning with an opening "I usually don't play". Baku
Radjabov vs Carlsen, 2008  (B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 40 moves, 0-1
Saccing the rook for a permanent initiative. Baku
Carlsen vs Adams, 2008  (E37) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 56 moves, 1-0
Sacking the rook for the 2th time in two days. Baku
Bacrot vs Carlsen, 2008  (E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 62 moves, 0-1
His first win against Leko
Carlsen vs Leko, 2008  (B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 58 moves, 1-0
Precise defense and deathly attack. Aerosvit
Carlsen vs Ivanchuk, 2008  (E97) King's Indian, 46 moves, 1-0
End game superiority. Aerosvit 2008
Carlsen vs Van Wely, 2008  (D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 61 moves, 1-0
Kramnik going down with white for the first time in a while.
Kramnik vs Carlsen, 2008  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 57 moves, 0-1
A mate trap set up with only seconds on the clock. Aerosvit
Carlsen vs Shirov, 2008  (D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 63 moves, 1-0
The monster with a thousand raisins wins again. Aerosvit
Nisipeanu vs Carlsen, 2008  (B72) Sicilian, Dragon, 37 moves, 0-1
Rock solid play by Carlsen
Aronian vs Carlsen, 2008  (A32) English, Symmetrical Variation, 51 moves, 0-1
Maybe a bit lucky, but still a great game
Carlsen vs Aronian, 2008  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 36 moves, 1-0
First win after 9 drawn games. What a relief!
Carlsen vs Dominguez Perez, 2009  (D81) Grunfeld, Russian Variation, 39 moves, 1-0
Beating Anand in due time for "the teenager collection"
Carlsen vs Anand, 2009  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 77 moves, 1-0
A great winning game for 46 moves, then disaster!
Carlsen vs Radjabov, 2009  (B30) Sicilian, 53 moves, 1/2-1/2
Magnus making an ELO 2812 player look like a patzer
Carlsen vs Topalov, 2009  (D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 36 moves, 1-0
Magnus taking Leko down demolition road
Carlsen vs Leko, 2009  (C45) Scotch Game, 44 moves, 1-0
Magnus bringingTopalov down demolition road
Carlsen vs Topalov, 2009  (E90) King's Indian, 41 moves, 1-0
Jakovenko vs Carlsen, 2009  (B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 63 moves, 0-1
A rollercoaster of a game
Carlsen vs Y Wang, 2009  (D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 69 moves, 1-0
Unstoppable marching pawns
Carlsen vs Jakovenko, 2009  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 38 moves, 1-0
Superior attach by a 2800+ GM
Carlsen vs Ponomariov, 2009  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 31 moves, 1-0
Winning a drawish end game
Leko vs Carlsen, 2009  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 59 moves, 0-1
Another masterpiece by teenage Carlsen, 2009
Carlsen vs Grischuk, 2009  (B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 37 moves, 1-0
A chess mate and the 2nd win against #2 in Blitz WC 2009
Anand vs Carlsen, 2009  (D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 46 moves, 0-1
the world unofficial #1 playing like a world undisputed #1
Carlsen vs Kramnik, 2009  (A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 43 moves, 1-0
blitzing out a win, Corus 2010
Carlsen vs Smeets, 2010  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 41 moves, 1-0
Magnus playing French for the first time.
Karjakin vs Carlsen, 2010  (C11) French, 45 moves, 0-1
The King playes the King
Carlsen vs Y Wang, 2010  (C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 54 moves, 1-0
Magnus seemingly in another leage
Nisipeanu vs Carlsen, 2010  (B76) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 31 moves, 0-1
A psychological knockout
Ponomariov vs Carlsen, 2010  (E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 50 moves, 0-1
Flawless play. 64 strong moves
Carlsen vs Radjabov, 2010  (B30) Sicilian, 64 moves, 1-0
A very appreciated comback
Carlsen vs Shirov, 2010  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 65 moves, 1-0
This was Carlsens last classical win as a teenager - The end
Topalov vs Carlsen, 2010  (E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 0-1
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