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Magnus Carlsen 60 Memorable Games
Compiled by doug27
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by Andrew Soltis

Magnus' Morphy
Carlsen vs H Harestad, 2003 
(C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 38 moves, 1-0

Total Board
Y Zimmerman vs Carlsen, 2003 
(D85) Grunfeld, 42 moves, 0-1

Closing Gaps
Carlsen vs C Laqua, 2003 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 50 moves, 1-0

Bees of Opps
Carlsen vs A Diamant, 2003 
(B37) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, 31 moves, 1-0

Moscow
Carlsen vs H Stefansson, 2004 
(E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 25 moves, 1-0

Precision Defense
R Djurhuus vs Carlsen, 2005 
(C28) Vienna Game, 49 moves, 0-1

Miniature
Carlsen vs P Nikolic, 2005 
(C08) French, Tarrasch, Open, 4.ed ed, 22 moves, 1-0

More Strings
S Brynell vs Carlsen, 2005 
(D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 53 moves, 0-1

Equanimity
Jobava vs Carlsen, 2005 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 40 moves, 0-1

Textbook
Carlsen vs G Vescovi, 2006 
(B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 39 moves, 1-0

Coffeehouse Carlsen
S Agdestein vs Carlsen, 2006 
(A28) English, 33 moves, 0-1

Pay off
Carlsen vs Nunn, 2006 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 45 moves, 1-0

Going Pro
Carlsen vs Ivanchuk, 2007 
(D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 35 moves, 1-0

The 10th GM
Carlsen vs Aronian, 2007 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 41 moves, 1-0

Magnus Fear
Mamedyarov vs Carlsen, 2008 
(B30) Sicilian, 40 moves, 0-1

Carlsen Luck
Topalov vs Carlsen, 2008 
(B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 44 moves, 0-1

Upper Class
Kramnik vs Carlsen, 2008 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 57 moves, 0-1

Evaluation Grap
Carlsen vs Grischuk, 2009 
(B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 37 moves, 1-0

Blindminded
Anand vs Carlsen, 2009 
(B30) Sicilian, 34 moves, 0-1

Mentoring Magnus
Carlsen vs Topalov, 2009 
(D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 36 moves, 1-0

Playability
Carlsen vs Leko, 2009 
(C45) Scotch Game, 44 moves, 1-0

Rating Number One
Aronian vs Carlsen, 2010 
(E98) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1, 28 moves, 0-1

When the Opening Ends
Carlsen vs Bacrot, 2010 
(C45) Scotch Game, 38 moves, 1-0

Berlin Warrior
Smeets vs Carlsen, 2011 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 33 moves, 0-1

The Nakamura Thing
Carlsen vs Nakamura, 2011 
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 38 moves, 1-0

Annus Mirabilis
Carlsen vs Gelfand, 2011 
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 38 moves, 1-0

Seeing the World
Carlsen vs Nakamura, 2011 
(B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 37 moves, 1-0

Little Capa
Radjabov vs Carlsen, 2012 
(C45) Scotch Game, 59 moves, 0-1

Grindability
Carlsen vs Caruana, 2012 
(C00) French Defense, 66 moves, 1-0

Recovery
Carlsen vs Anand, 2012 
(B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 30 moves, 1-0

Especially Well
Carlsen vs J Polgar, 2012 
(A33) English, Symmetrical, 53 moves, 1-0

Record Setter
Carlsen vs Harikrishna, 2013 
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 49 moves, 1-0

Champion
Anand vs Carlsen, 2013 
(E25) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 28 moves, 0-1

Good, Ugly Moves
Carlsen vs Caruana, 2014 
(A49) King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4, 49 moves, 1-0

Small Chess
Carlsen vs Anand, 2014 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 35 moves, 1-0

Miraculous
Nakamura vs Carlsen, 2014 
(E20) Nimzo-Indian, 61 moves, 0-1

Harmony
Carlsen vs Wojtaszek, 2014 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 33 moves, 1-0

Younger Generation
Carlsen vs So, 2015 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 56 moves, 1-0

The Carlsen Exchange Sacrifice
Carlsen vs Naiditsch, 2015 
(B91) Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation, 32 moves, 1-0

Mystery Moves
Carlsen vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2015 
(A05) Reti Opening, 54 moves, 1-0

Grand
Carlsen vs Nakamura, 2015 
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 78 moves, 1-0

Open
Carlsen vs C Li, 2015 
(D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 36 moves, 1-0

Confidence Game
Anand vs Carlsen, 2015 
(A90) Dutch, 36 moves, 0-1

Clock-think
Caruana vs Carlsen, 2015 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 40 moves, 0-1

Closer to the Start
Carlsen vs So, 2016 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 26 moves, 1-0

Most Watched
Carlsen vs Karjakin, 2016 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 75 moves, 1-0

Overtime
Karjakin vs Carlsen, 2016 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 38 moves, 0-1

True to his Style
Carlsen vs Aronian, 2016 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 29 moves, 1-0

Opening Surprise
Eljanov vs Carlsen, 2017 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 29 moves, 0-1

Magnus versus Magnus
Carlsen vs Ding Liren, 2017 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 31 moves, 1-0

Unbalancing Act
Dreev vs Carlsen, 2017 
(D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 32 moves, 0-1

Regrets, he had a few
Carlsen vs Wojtaszek, 2018 
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 31 moves, 1-0

Everyone wants to draw...
B Adhiban vs Carlsen, 2018 
(C47) Four Knights, 36 moves, 0-1

The New Lasker
Carlsen vs G Jones, 2018 
(B76) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 42 moves, 1-0

Favorably with Fischer
J van Foreest vs Carlsen, 2019 
(B33) Sicilian, 33 moves, 0-1

Sound Blunder
Carlsen vs Rapport, 2019 
(B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 40 moves, 1-0

Swindlee
Svidler vs Carlsen, 2019 
(B30) Sicilian, 33 moves, 0-1

Must Win
Vachier-Lagrave vs Carlsen, 2019 
(B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 44 moves, 0-1

Mind Game
Giri vs Carlsen, 2019 
(B30) Sicilian, 23 moves, 0-1

Prodigies - Past and Present
Firouzja vs Carlsen, 2020 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 39 moves, 0-1

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