This Is Magnus Carlsen’s Best Castling Ever

This Is Magnus Carlsen’s Best Castling Ever
In the era of boring draws blindfold chess is something which is still keeping the tension and is raising a huge interest! In this rapid blindfold game the future world chess champion Magnus Carlsen is finding a brilliant move which will be remembered as one of the epic castlings in chess history! After that move Sergey Karjakin is finding himself in trouble and is loosing a piece! The rest is a matter of technique which Carlsen brings it to its logical end very confidently! The inevitable mate forces Karjakin to resign!

Sergey Karjakin (2694) vs Magnus Carlsen (2714)
Bilbao Blindfold Chess World Cup (2007), Bilbao ESP, rd 5, Oct-18
Sicilian Defense: Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (B30)
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Qe2
Qc7 7. Ng5 e5 8. f4 exf4 9. O-O Ng6 10. Qh5 d6 11. Bxf4 Nxf4
12. Rxf4 g6 13. Qf3 Bg7 14. Rxf7 Bd4+ 15. Kh1 Qd8 16. c3 Be5
17. Rg7 Qf6 18. Qxf6 Bxf6 19. Rxh7 O-O 20. Na3 Bxg5 21. Rc7
Rf7 22. Rxc6 Bf4 23. Nc4 Bd7 24. Ra6 Bb5 25. Ra5 Bxc4 26. dxc4
Be5 27. Rd1 Raf8 28. g3 Rf2 29. b4 Bxc3 30. Rxa7 Bd4 31. Rd7
Rxa2 32. bxc5 Rff2 33. Rd8+ Kg7 34. Rd7+ Kh6
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Video Thumbnail Credits: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tata_Steel_2017_Magnus_Carlsen_(cropped).png

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