Featured is a 3+2 blitz chess game between Magnus Carlsen and Praggnanandhaa R from round 2 of the 2024 Tata Steel India Rapid and Blitz. The opening is a Caro-Kann Defense with Carlsen choosing d3, the ‘Endgame Offer’. Praggnanandhaa declines to enter an endgame, instead pinning Carlsen’s king knight. Carlsen advances his g-pawn early in this one. Watch how it has a cramping effect on Praggnanandhaa’s kingside development. Praggnanandhaa’s position is already extremely difficult to handle by the halfway point, where Carlsen finds Stockfish’s top idea. The tactical finish by Carlsen is one you’ll likely see in a tactics book. Carlsen won the 2024 Tata Steel Blitz section with a score of 13/18.
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Image of Magnus Carlsen by Lennart Ootes
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1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. Qe2 e6 6. g4 Bg6 7. h4 dxe4 8. dxe4 h5 9. g5 Nd7 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. b3 Ne5 12. Bb2 Bd6 13. O-O-O Ne7 14. Ne1 O-O-O 15. Bh3 Kb8 16. Kb1 Nc8 17. f4 Ng4 18. Bxg4 hxg4 19. Bxg7 Rh7 20. Bf6 Rd7 21. Nc4 Bxf4 22. Nd3 Bg3 23. Nc5 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Nd6 25. Nxd6 Bxd6 26. Rxd6