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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