Ahahaha! Magnus Carlsen Trolls His Opponent With A Dubious Opening

July 15, 2019 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Here is another bullet game played by Magnus Carlsen (DrNykterstein) at the recent Lichess Titled Arena, where the latter kept on experimenting with different irregular openings and beat his highly rated opponents without much efforts! In the end of the video as usual you can solve the daily puzzle!
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Feokl1995 (2755) vs Magnus Carlsen (DrNykterstein) (3079)
A04 Zukertort Opening: Arctic Defense
Titled Arena July ’19
1. Nf3 f6 2. g3 Nh6 3. Nd4 Nf7 4. Nb3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. e4 c6 8. Bg2 d6 9. O-O e5 10. d5 c5 11. Nd2 f5 12. a4 f4 13. Nc4 g5 14. Bf3 Nd7 15. Bg4 Nf6 16. Be6 Qe7 17. Bxc8 Raxc8 18. g4 h5 19. h3 hxg4 20. hxg4 Nh8 21. f3 Ng6 22.Rf2 Kf7 23. Bd2 Rh8 24. Rh2 Rxh2 25. Kxh2 Rh8+ 26. Kg2 Nh4+ 27. Kf2 Qd7 28. Qg1 Kg6 29. Ke2 Nxf3 30. Kxf3 Rh3+ 31. Ke2 f3+ 32. Kd1 Nxg4 33. Ne3 f2 34. Qg2 Rxe3
35. Kc1 Qf7 36. Qf1 Nh2
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