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Magnus Carlsen vs Nick de Firmian
Arctic Chess Challenge (2007), Tromso NOR, rd 2, Aug-05
Indian Game: Anti-Nimzo-Indian (E10)  ·  1-0

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Kibitzer's Corner
Aug-13-07  sharkbenjamin: Tactical fest!
Aug-25-07  babakova: Putting the knights on the edge of the board like that can't be good... Even if you think that this is one of the few times it is warranted to play that way you should probably calm down and reconsider. Especially against an excellent calculating player like Carlsen.
Aug-26-07  IMDONE4: I thought Nick's ELO was much lower than that, his USCF seems to be around that high.
Jan-26-08  waustad: His high was 2575 since 2000. He was 2539 Jan '08.
Dec-07-15  RKnight: I stared at the final position for long time before finding a convincing line: e.g.: 36... Rg8, 37 Be4! R(d)e8, 38. Bxh7 (Kxh7 39. Qh5#; anything except g=pawn 39 Bg6 and mate follows) g5, 40 Bxg8
Mar-10-22  tonsillolith: <RKnight: I stared at the final position for long time before finding a convincing line: e.g.: 36... Rg8, 37 Be4! R(d)e8, 38. Bxh7 (Kxh7 39. Qh5#; anything except g=pawn 39 Bg6 and mate follows) g5, 40 Bxg8 >

Another interesting line is
<36...Rg8 37. Qe4!>, threatening <38. Ng5> which has several threats: discovered attack on the queen, the mate on <h7>, and a check on <f7>. Depending on how Black defends, <39. Nf7> could be either mate or a king-rook fork.

I don't think there's a good way to defend against everything. Black can give up the exchange with <37...Rd7>, which would protect the critical <f7> in case White proceeds with <Ng5>. But I don't see anything else.

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