London Chess Classic 2012 Round 9: Viswanathan Anand – Magnus Carlsen 1/2-1/2
World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen had already won the London Chess Classic 2012 before this game ended because Vladimir Kramnik drew his game against Michael Adams. (Report on Chess Blog). However, Carlsen continued to try for a win. Despite the draw, the game was an exciting one to watch. Replay the game with Chess King.
Carlsen, Magnus (2848) – Anand, Viswanathan (2775)
[…] 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 ¤f6 4.d3 ¥c5 5.¤c3 d6 6.¤a4 ¥b6 7.¤xb6 axb6 8.c3 ¥d7 9.¥a4 ¤e7 10.¥c2 ¤g6 11.h3 O-O 12.O-O h6 13.¦e1 ¦e8 14.d4 ¥c6 15.dxe5 dxe5 16.£xd8 ¦exd8 17.g3 ¤d7 18.¥e3 ¤c5 19.¤d2 ¤f8 20.f3 ¤fe6 21.h4 ¥b5 22.a3 ¦d7 23.b4 ¤d3 24.¦eb1 ¥a4 25.¥xa4 ¦xa4 26.¢f1 b5 27.¢e2 ¦a6 28.h5 c5 29.bxc5 ¤dxc5 30.¦xb5 ¤a4 31.¦c1 ¦c7 32.¤b1 f6 33.c4 b6 34.¦d5 ¤ac5 35.¦c2 ¦c6 36.¦b2 ¢h7 37.¦b4 g6 38.hxg6+ ¢xg6 39.¦d2 h5 40.¤c3 ¦xa3 41.¤d5 ¢f7 42.¤xb6 ¤b3 43.¦d7+ ¢e8 44.¦b7 ¤bd4+ 45.¥xd4 ¤xd4+ 46.¢d1 ¢d8 47.¦d7+ ¢e8 48.¦b7 ¢d8 49.¤d5 ¦a1+ 50.¢d2 ¦a2+ 51.¦b2 ¦xb2+ 52.¦xb2 ¤xf3+ 53.¢d3 ¤g5 54.¦b8+ ¢d7 55.¦b7+ ¢d6 56.¤xf6 ¦a6 57.¤e8+ ¢c5 58.¦c7+ ¢b4 59.¦b7+ ¢c5 60.¦c7+ ¢b4 61.¦b7+
what a fantastic show it was congrats to the young genius
I believe kasparov said carlsen would make 3000!