[Event "Chessable Masters Prelim"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2022.05.19"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Grandelius, Nils"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2864"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2022.05.19"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.07.21"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 $5 (3... Qxd5 {is about 70 times more popular, but that means that Carlsen's gambit line has been played almost 900 times.}) 4. Bb5+ {a good move, one of many.} (4. d4) (4. Qa4+) (4. Nf3) (4. Bc4) 4... Nbd7 5. c4 {The point of the preceding move. Rather than shut in his bishop, he gets it outside the pawns, and will swap it off.} a6 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. d4 (7. Qe2 $142) (7. d3 $142) 7... e6 $1 $11 8. Be3 $6 $146 (8. dxe6 $146 Qxe6+ 9. Ne2 Qxc4 $11) (8. Nf3 exd5 9. O-O dxc4 $15) 8... exd5 9. dxc5 dxc4 $15 {/-/+} 10. Na3 $2 (10. Nc3 $142) 10... Nd5 $17 (10... b5 $1 11. cxb6 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 c3 $19) 11. Bd4 $2 (11. Nxc4 Nxe3 12. Nxe3 Bxc5 {will give White a terrible middlegame or endgame (depending on whether he trades queens) thanks to his two average knights against two terrific bishops, but it's better than the game.}) 11... Nf4 $19 12. Kf1 Qd5 (12... b5 $1) 13. Nf3 Bf5 (13... Bxc5 $142) 14. Qa4+ Bd7 15. Qb4 b6 $4 {Giving away almost the entirety of his advantage. Many moves were better, including the flashy} (15... Bh3 {, which could very well be met by White's stopping the clock and extending his hand.} 16. Qa4+ Kd8 17. Re1 Bxg2+ 18. Kg1 {prevents ~xf3 or ...Bxh1 for the moment, but after} Bxc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 $19 {the tricks are at an end.}) 16. Re1+ Ne6 (16... Be6 $142) 17. Qxb6 $11 f6 18. Nc2 c3 $5 (18... Kf7 $11) 19. bxc3 $14 Kf7 20. Ne3 (20. h4) 20... Qc6 21. h3 (21. Qb3) 21... Nxc5 $11 22. Qxc6 Bxc6 23. Ke2 $6 (23. Rb1 $11 ) 23... Ne6 $17 24. g3 $2 {Back into the fire.} Nxd4+ 25. cxd4 Bb5+ $19 { It's target practice, and this time Carlsen doesn't miss.} 26. Kd1 Bb4 27. Nd2 Rac8 28. Nd5 Ba4+ 29. Ke2 Rhe8+ 30. Ne3 Rc2 0-1