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Magnus Carlsen vs Luke McShane
Tal Memorial (Blitz) (2012) (blitz), Moscow RUS, rd 1, Jun-07
Modern Defense: Norwegian Defense (B06)  ·  1-0

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Jun-08-12  balzarius: I believe Black copied the strange play of Carlsen from the (in)famous 2010 Olympiad game Adams-Carlsen.Certainly,a bad opening for Black but overall nice play from Magnus.26.Rf4!could make for a Tuesday puzzle.
Oct-08-12  geigermuller: 11. ...Kf8 - Why not 0-0?
Oct-15-12  MindBoggle: @geiger: Because black wants his king on g7 and the rook on h8, and the fastest way to achieve that setup is to just walk the king to g7. But why put the rook on h8, you ask?
With the pawn structure the way it is, white's natural break is h3, g4 and f5. Since black's king's rook has nothing better to do, it needs to counter that - and it does so from h8.
May-06-23
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  FSR: Carlsen has played this junk himself, beating Caruana and Anand with it in blitz. https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che... Facing it himself, he just grabs space with 3.e5 Nh5 4.f4.

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