[Event "Norway Chess 2026"] [White "Carlsen,Magnus"] [Black "Firouzja,Alireza"] [Site "Oslo"] [Round "6.2"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2026.05.31"] [WhiteElo "2840"] [BlackElo "2759"] [PlyCount "109"] [TimeControl "60"] {[%evp 16,109,5,0,11,16,12,0,4,0,3,1,40,36,54,40,59,61,47,66,62,58,62,48,37,58,52,0,78,79,87,76,79,71,79,86,54,35,50,47,47,49,100,91,89,84,90,92,128,98,106,106,157,166,171,163,144,146,160,126,144,144,144,135,302,302,293,291,305,272,287,274,253,210,234,220,1370,1377,1377,1377,1370,1370,893,811,1483,1426,1466,1466,1463,1352,1150,1242,1231,783,29983,29984]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:0:0]} e5 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:7]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:0:6][%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:0:7]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:2:4]} Be7 {[%emt 0:7:25]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:2:5]} b5 {[%emt 0:0:57]} 7. Bb3 {[%emt 0:0:1]} O-O {[%emt 0:2:1]} 8. d3 {[%emt 0:0:57]} d6 {[%emt 0:0:10]} (8... Na5 9. Nxe5 Nxb3 10. axb3 b4 11. Ne2 Re8 12. Nf3 c5 13. Nf4 d6 14. c4 Bf8 15. h3 a5 16. Re1 g6 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Bg7 19. Bg5 f6 20. Bf4 g5 21. Be3 g4 22. hxg4 Bxg4 23. Qc2 Bxf3 24. gxf3 {1-0 Carlsen,M (2835)-Firouzja,A (2777) Julius Baer Rapid Div 1 W 2023 (4.3)} )9. a3 {[%emt 0:0:10]} Na5 {[%emt 0:0:9] C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines.} 10. Ba2 {[%emt 0:0:11]} Be6 {[%emt 0:0:6] The main line 10...Be6 scores better than 10...c5.} 11. Bxe6 {[%emt 0:1:20]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:0:8] The position is equal.} 12. b4 {[%emt 0:0:7]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:1:18]} 13. Bd2 {[%emt 0:0:38]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:8:6]} 14. Ne2 {[%emt 0:7:12]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:5:28]} 15. c3 {[%emt 0:1:30]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:5:2]} 16. Ng3 {[%emt 0:1:50]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:0:11]} 17. a4 $146 {[%emt 0:1:50]} ({Predecessor:} 17. d4 h5 18. d5 Nd8 19. h4 Qg4 20. a4 bxa4 21. Rxa4 c6 22. c4 exd5 23. cxd5 {1-0 Pozun,M (2168)-Varney,Z (1998) EU-ch 22nd Terme Catez 2022 (4)} )Qf7 {[%emt 0:13:13]} 18. d4 {[%emt 0:19:12]} g5 {[%emt 0:5:52]} 19. axb5 {[%emt 0:4:27]} axb5 {[%emt 0:0:11]} 20. Rxa8 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Rxa8 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 21. dxe5 {[%emt 0:0:40]} (21. d5 $14 exd5 22. Nf5 )dxe5 {[%emt 0:0:0]} (21... Nxe5 $11 22. Nxe5 dxe5 )22. Bxf4 $16 {[%emt 0:7:10]} exf4 {[%emt 0:2:35]} 23. Qd7 {[%emt 0:1:3][%csl LRc6,LRc7]} fxg3 {[%emt 0:17:57]} 24. Qxc6 {[%emt 0:0:3]} gxf2+ {[%emt 0:0:14]} 25. Kxf2 {[%emt 0:0:16]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:2:44]} 26. Kg1 {[%emt 0:0:0]} (26. Qxc7 $2 {too greedy.} g4 27. Kg1 (27. Qg3 $2 Qg6 $19 )gxf3 28. Rxf3 Bf6 29. Qg3+ Qg7 $19 )Bd6 {[%emt 0:17:32]} 27. Qxb5 {[%emt 0:2:8]} g4 {[%emt 0:2:35]} 28. Nd2 $36 {[%emt 0:1:54][%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Bf4 {[%emt 0:2:29]} ({Black should try} 28... Qg6 $14 )29. g3 {[%emt 0:5:40]} Be3+ {[%emt 0:0:4]} 30. Kg2 {[%emt 0:0:11]} Qg7 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 31. Qd3 {[%emt 0:1:29]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:5:58]} 32. Rxf8+ {[%emt 0:11:19]} Qxf8 {[%emt 0:0:2][%mdl 4096] Endgame KQB-KQN. White is a pawn up.} 33. Qe2 {[%emt 0:0:12] Wards off Qf2+} h5 {[%emt 0:0:2]} (33... Qg7 $142 )34. h3 {[%emt 0:0:41]} Qg7 {[%emt 0:1:12]} 35. hxg4 {[%emt 0:0:57]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 36. c4 {[%emt 0:11:53]} c6 {[%emt 0:0:35]} 37. Nf1 {[%emt 0:0:52]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:0:12]} 38. Nh2 {[%emt 0:1:2]} Qc3 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 39. Nxg4 {[%emt 0:3:58]} Qxb4 $2 {[%emt 0:0:3] This costs Black the game.} (39... Ke8 $16 40. e5 Bd4 )40. Ne5 $18 {[%emt 0:1:38]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:0:55]} 41. Qh5 {[%emt 2:2:26][%csl Ge5][%cal Rh5f7] [#]} Ke7 {[%emt 1:59:51]} 42. Qh7+ {[%emt 0:1:26]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 43. Qg8+ {[%emt 0:2:25]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 44. Qg7+ {[%emt 0:2:4]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 45. Kh3 {[%emt 0:0:16]} Bd4 $2 {[%emt 0:0:41] [#]} (45... Bc5 46. Qg8+ Ke7 47. Qg7+ Ke8 )46. Qh8+ {[%emt 0:0:22]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 47. Nxc6+ {[%emt 0:0:10]} Qxc6 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 48. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:0:2] KQ-KQ. White is two pawns up.} Kf7 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 49. c5 {[%emt 0:1:28]} Qb5 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 50. Kh4 {[%emt 0:0:16]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 51. Qe5 {[%emt 0:0:18]} Qc4 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 52. Qg5+ {[%emt 0:0:0]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 53. Kh5 {[%emt 0:0:40]} Qc3 {[%emt 0:0:0] Dodges Qe5} 54. e5 {[%emt 0:0:17]} Qc2 {[%emt 0:0:9]} 55. Qf6+ {[%emt 0:0:0] Weighted Error Value: White=0.08 (flawless) /Black=0.43 Loses game: --- Black=1 Mistake: White=1 Black=4 Inaccurate: --- Black=2 OK: White=5 Black=3 Best: White=1 ---} 1-0