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2011 Tal Memorial Chess Tournament - Magnus Carlsen vs Boris Gelfand

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This is a Round 2 game between Magnus Carlsen and Boris Gelfand from the 2011 Tal Memorial chess tournament in honor of the late and great Mikhail "Misha" Tal. Observe a crazy game that consists of opposite sides castling, sharp tactics, a king having to walk a tight-rope, and several accurate defensive moves in reply to it all.
2011 Tal Memorial Chess Tournament Participants:
Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand, Levon Aronian, Vladimir Kramnik, Sergey Karjakin,Vassily Ivanchuk, Hikaru Nakamura, Boris Gelfand, Peter Svidler & Ian Nepomniachtchi

Opening: Slav Defense
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8.
Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O Bd6 10. h3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nb6 12. Bb3 e5 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Bd2
O-O-O 15. d5 e4 16. dxc6 Qe5 17. f4 exf3 18. Rxf3 Ng4 19. cxb7+ Kb8 20.
hxg4 Rh1+ 21. Kf2 Rxa1 22. Ne2 Bc5 23. Bc3 Qe7 24. g5 Rdd1 25. Ng3 Bd6 26.
Qe2 Rg1 27. Qd3 Bc7 28. Ne4 Raf1+ 29. Ke2 Rxf3 30. gxf3 f5 31. gxf6 gxf6
32. Bxf6 Qh7 33. Qb5 Rg2+ 34. Kd3 Qd7+ 35. Qxd7 Nxd7 36. Bd5 Be5 37. f4 Bc7
38. Bc6 1-0

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