Wonderful endgame play
Anand vs J L Hammer, 2010  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 56 moves, 1-0
Middlegame tactics
Anand vs Giri, 2016  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 26 moves, 1-0
Middlegame manoeuvres and tactic to win
Anand vs Wei Yi, 2016  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 50 moves, 1-0
The wily fox
Anand vs Aronian, 2016  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 66 moves, 1-0
Carlsen's only loss
Carlsen vs T Kolbu, 1999  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 26 moves, 0-1
Exchange sac on f6 for minor piece assault
Carlsen vs Nakamura, 2011  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 41 moves, 1-0
Early ...d5 defeated with 0-0-0 with kingside attack.
Carlsen vs Bacrot, 2012  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 31 moves, 1-0
Combination from a symmetrical position at 30.
Carlsen vs K Mekhitarian, 2014  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 46 moves, 1-0
Doubled pawns no problem. Anand's only loss.
Carlsen vs Anand, 2016  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 38 moves, 1-0
Countering Mikey's exchange sac
Carlsen vs Adams, 2016  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 66 moves, 1-0
Anand's only loss. To the Champ.
Anand vs Carlsen, 2016  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 41 moves, 0-1
Get a pawn, push a pawn, queen a pawn, win with Q vs R
Anand vs Nakamura, 2016  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 91 moves, 1-0
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