Marte Egeland vs Magnus Carlsen (2002)

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Marte Egeland vs Magnus Carlsen
Troll Masters (2002), Gausdal NOR, rd 1, Jan-04
Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian. Open (B32) · 0-1

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Apr-28-06		JordanKwiatek: Instructive accelerated dragon by Mozart Magnus, nice use of the sicilian centre in particular.

Sep-20-11		chessychessMD: after 32. Re2 is 32...Rf2 the correct line?

Sep-20-11		tpstar: <chessychessMD> Welcome to the site. =) Yes, 32. Re2 Rf2 33. Qe7+ Kg8 34. Rxf2 exf2+ 35. Kxf2 Qxg2+ 36. Ke1 Rf8 is decisive. On 37. Qe2 Black could choose between 37 ... Qxe2+ 38. Kxe2 Bf3+ winning the exchange, or 37 ... Qg1+ 38. Kd2 Qg5+ 39. Ke1 Rf7 going for more. See you around.

Sep-20-11		perfidious: <chessychessMD: after 32. Re2 is 32...Rf2 the correct line?> It is; 33.Rxf2 exf2+ 34.Kxf2 Qxg2+ 35.Ke1 Re8+ and 33.Qe7+ Kg8 34.Rxf2 exf2+ 35.Kxf2 Bc6 both do the job.

Jul-19-16		Sergash: The Norwegian player Marte Engeland was born in 1985 and thus was 16 or 17 years old at the time of this game, while Carlsen was 11. He never achieved any FIDE title and was rated 1965 in July 2016, his peak FIDE rating being 2086 in January 2003. It is possible he has been inactive since 2005. I examined this game with the program Komodo 10 - 64 bits. <4...g6> The previous time Carlsen had been in this position, he had played 4...Nf6 (see H Kummerow vs Carlsen, 2001 ). <10...Rb8N> The theoretical novelty of the game. Other than attacking the b2-pawn, I noticed that in some later variations in which multiple exchanges would take place on d5, the queen coming on this square would not attack the rook on a8. Other than that move, there were the possibly superior 10...Be6! 11.f3 Qc7 = / . Ricardo Garcia Ramon (2315) vs. Juan Carlos Gomez Esteban (2460), Las Palmas Open (Canariy Islands, Spain) 1989, 1-0. And 10...Bb7 11.e4 (Y. Cheong Lo vs. C. Columna, Olympiads of Haifa (Israel) 1976 (Men), Hong-Kong vs. Dominican Republic, round 13, 1-0) Ne8! 12.f4 =. <12.exd5> Komodo 10 prefers 12.0-0! Nxe4 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Bf4 (also 14.Bd4 =) e5 (or 14...Be5 15.Bxe5 Qxe5 16.Bc4 with compensations) 15.Be3! Be6 16.Bc5 Rfd8 17.Bd6 Qb6 18.Qc3! Rbc8 19.Bxe5 Bxe5 20.Qxe5 =. <12...cxd5 13.0-0 Rd8 = > Possibly stronger is 12...Nxd5! 13.Nxd5 cxd5 .

Jul-19-16		Sergash: <14.Bf4?! e5 > The first error of the game. Egeland should have played 14.Nb5! Rxb5! 15.Bxb5 Ne4! 16.Qb4! Nc3! 17.Bg5! Nxd1 18.Rxd1 Qxc2 19.Re1 Qxa2 20.Bxe7! Bf8! (the move that needed to be seen in advance, as without it Black would be in trouble!) 21.h4! =. <15...d4> The best was to replace the now pinned knight with another defender: 15...Bb7! 16.Na4 Rdc8! 17.Bd3! Nh5 / . Also worthy of consideration was 15...Be6 16.Bf3! d4! 17.Ne4! Nxe4! 18.Bxd8! Nxd2! 19.Bxc7 Nxf3+ 20.gxf3 Rc8 21.Bd6 Rxc2 . <17.Ne2?! Rd7 > 17.Na4! . Now Carlsen can get a big advantage. <19...Qc6 20.f3!> Stronger is 19...Nb6! 20.Bd3! Kh8! . <20...f5?!> Premature! 20...Qb6! . click for larger view DIAGRAM. <21.Nf2?! Kh8! > A stronger player might have seen the superb 21.Qa5! Rc8 (or 21...h6 22.Bd2 fxe4 23.fxe4 Qb6! = / ; but not 21...fxe4?! 22.fxe4 =) 22.Bb5! Qc7 23.Qxc7 Rdxc7 24.Nd6! Rb8! . <22...Qxd5?! 23.Rfe1 > The best recapture was with the rook: 22...Rxd5! 23.Nd3 (or 23.Bh6 Re8 ) Qc7 (there was the threat Nb4) 24.Bh6 Re8 . <23...Re8?!> This time Calsen loses all that was remaining of his advantage... 23...Qf7 24.Bh6 Bf6 with the idea if 25.Bg5 Bxg5 26.Qxg5 Re8 .

Jul-19-16		Sergash: After 23 moves, the position was completely equal, but then Egeland played <24.Nd3?>, missing 24.c3! = planning cxd4. Then Carlsen also blundered in his turn with <24...Rf8?> He had to play now 24...e4! 25.Bh6! Rdd8 . Then the comedy continued: <25.Bh6?! e4! >. 25.b4! getting c5 for the knight! Now Carlsen gets to play the move he was so carefully preparing, namely e5-e4. <27.Nb4?? Qc5! > Time pressure? As White collapses completely here! 27.c4! Qd6! (after the en passant capture, the white queen would take on c3 with a check) 28.c5! Qf6 (or 28...Qd5 29.Nf4 Qe5 30.Nd3! Qf6 31.fxe4 fxe4 32.Rf1 Qe7 would transpose in the main variation) 29.fxe4 fxe4 30.Rf1 Qe7 31.Rxf8 Kxf8! 32.Qf4+! following with Ne5 or c6 and then Ne5. <28.fxe4?! fxe4!> Worsens things, and now what a superb pawn phalanx Carlsen has! 28.c4 (to obtain a square for the knight ; also 28.a3) d3+ 29.Kf1 . <29.a4?> 29.h3. <29...Rdd8?!> Enough for the win, but the easiest way by far was 29...e3! 30.Nd3 Qg5! (eying g2) 31.Nc5 (if 31.Qe2 Rf2! and Black mates in 9 moves) Qxc5! (even stronger than taking the white queen) 32.b4 exd2! 33.bxc5 dxe1Q+ 24.Rxe1 Rf5 etc. <30.Na2? e3! 31.Qb4 Qd5! 0-1> The lesser evil was 30.Nd3 exd3 31.Qxd3... or to simply resign! If the game had continued, it might had go: 32.Re2 Rf2! 33.Qe7+ Kg8 34.Rxf2 exf2+ 35.Kxf2 Qxg2+ 36.Ke1 Rf8! 37.Qe6+ Kg7 38.Qe7+ Rf7 39.Qe2 Qg1+ 40.Kd2 Qg5+ 41.Ke1 Ba6! (stronger than 41...Re7) 42.Rd3 Bxd3 43.cxd3 (or 43.Qxd3 Qg1+ 44.Kd2 Rf2+ 45.Qe2 etc.) Qg1+ 44.Kd2 Rf2 etc. I think that Egeland could have continued a little longer on the path of the check, just for the fun of it!

Jul-20-16		alfamikewhiskey: <Sergash> <he never acheived>. fyi, just, "Marte" is a girl's name.

Jul-21-16		Sergash: <alfamikewhiskey: fyi, just, "Marte" is a girl's name.> Alfa, this is what I would have thought too. But on the FIDE website http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?... they say Sex: Male. So I thought Marte = Marty or Martin... which is still possible! So either the FIDE player's profile is wrong (which is quite possible), or Marte Egeland is really a male...

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