The Day Magnus Carlsen Became World’s Youngest Grandmaster (at the time)

June 17, 2018 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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In this chess video I am analyzing a historical game played by Magnus Carlsen. This game was played in the penultimate round of 6th Dubai Open (2004). At the time of this game Carlsen was 13 years old and he needed only one draw from his last 2 games to become the world’s youngest Grandmaster. In the game Carlsen’s opponent Belaruisan Grandmaster Alexei Fedorov chooses double edged King’s gambit but the young prodigy plays the game accurately and manages to draw!
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Alexei Fedorov (2616) vs Magnus Carlsen (2552)
6th Dubai Open (2004), Dubai UAE, rd 8, Apr-27
King’s Gambit: Accepted. Kieseritsky Gambit Kolisch Defense (C39)
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 d6 6. Nxg4 Nf6 7. Nxf6+ Qxf6 8.Nc3 Nc6 9. Bb5 Kd8 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. d3 Rg8 12. Qf3 Bh6 13. Qf2 Rb8 14. Ne2 Rxb2 15. Bxb2 Qxb2 16. O-O Qxc2 17. Nxf4 Qxf2+
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Video Thumbnail Attribution: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Magnus_Carlsen(33).JPG

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