Vassily Ivanchuk vs Magnus Carlsen
Amber Tournament (Rapid) 2010 · Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation.
Poisoned Pawn Accepted (B97) · 1-0

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[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bc1 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. f4 Qb6 10. Qd2 Qxb2 11. Rb1 Qa3 12. f5
Nc6 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Be2 Be7 16. O-O O-O
17. Kh1 Ra7 18. Qe3 Rd7 19. Rb8 Kh8 20. e5 dxe5 21. Ne4 Qxe3
22. Bxe3 Rdd8 23. Bc5 Bxc5 24. Nxc5 Kg8 25. Bc4 Kf7 26. Rb6
Rd4 27. Bxe6+ Ke7 28. Rxc6 Nd7 29. Re1 Nxc5 30. Bxc8 Re4
31. Rc1 Rc4 32. Bxa6 Rc3 33. Bb5 Ne4 34. a4 Rxc6 35. Bxc6 Nc3
36. a5 Kd6 37. Bb7 Kc7 38. a6 e4 39. Re1 Kb6 40. Kg1 Rf5
41. Bxe4 Nxe4 42. Rxe4 Kxa6 43. Re7 Rg5 44. Kf2 Kb6 45. Kf3 h5
46. h4 Rf5+ 47. Ke4 Rc5 48. g3 Rc4+ 49. Kf5 g6+ 1-0

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Magnus Carlsen vs Levon Aronian
Amber Tournament (Rapid) 2010 · Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation
(C48) · 1-0

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[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Re8
7. Re1 a6 8. Bc4 Na5 9. a3 Nxc4 10. dxc4 h6 11. h3 Bc5 12. Be3
Bxe3 13. Rxe3 d6 14. Qd2 Be6 15. b3 Nd7 16. Rd1 Rf8 17. Qe2 b6
18. Ne1 Nc5 19. Nd3 Nxd3 20. cxd3 b5 21. d4 exd4 22. Rxd4 bxc4
23. bxc4 Qf6 24. Rd1 Rab8 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. cxd5 Rb2 27. Qf3
Qxf3 28. Rxf3 Re2 29. Rd4 Rc2 30. Ra4 Ra8 31. g4 c5 32. dxc6
Rxc6 33. Rb4 Rac8 34. Rd3 Rc3 35. Rbd4 R8c4 36. Rxc4 Rxd3
37. Ra4 Rxh3 38. Rxa6 g6 39. Kg2 Rd3 40. a4 Ra3 41. f3 Kg7
42. Kg3 Ra2 43. a5 Ra3 44. Ra8 Kf6 45. a6 Ke7 46. a7 Ra2
47. f4 Ra3+ 48. Kf2 Kf6 49. Ke2 Kg7 50. Kd2 h5 51. g5 h4
52. Ke2 h3 53. Kf2 Ra2+ 54. Kg1 Rg2+ 55. Kh1 Ra2 56. f5 Kh7
57. f6 h2 58. Rf8 Rxa7 59. Kxh2 Rb7 60. Kg3 Ra7 61. Kf4 Rb7
62. Ke3 Ra7 63. Kd4 Rc7 64. Re8 Ra7 65. Kd5 Ra5+ 66. Kxd6 Ra6+
67. Ke7 Ra7+ 68. Kf8 1-0

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Magnus Carlsen vs Sergey Karjakin
Amber Tournament (Rapid) 2010 · English (A20) · 0-1

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[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "M Carlsen"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. a3
Be7
8. b4 Be6 9. O-O O-O 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4 12. Nd2 c6 13. e3 Nb5 14.
Nxb5
cxb5 15. Nb3 Qd7 16. Na5 Nd5 17. Bb2 Rac8 18. d4 b6 19. Nb3 Nc3 20. Bxc3
Rxc3 21. Rb2 a5 22. d5 Bg4 23. Qd2 axb4 24. axb4 Bxb4 25. Nd4 Rb3 26.
Qc2
Rxb2 27. Qxb2 exd4 28. Qxb4 Be2 29. Ra1 dxe3 30. fxe3 Bc4 31. h3 Qc7 32.
d6
Qc5 33. Qd2 Qe5 34. Ra7 Qxg3 35. Qd4 Rd8 36. d7 Kf7 37. Qxb6 Bd5 38. Ra2
Rxd7 39. Qxb5 Qxe3+ 40. Rf2 Be6 41. Qh5+ Kf8 42. Qxh7 Rd1+ 43. Bf1 Qg3+
44.
Rg2 Rxf1+ 45. Kxf1 Bxh3 46. Qh8+ Ke7 0-1

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Vassily Ivanchuk vs Sergey Karjakin
Amber Tournament (Rapid) 2010 · Slav Defense: Quiet Variation. Pin
Defense (D12) · 1/2-1/2

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[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "V Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7
8.
Bd3 Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 Re8 11. Qe2 a6 12. Bd2 Ba5 13. Be1 Bc7 14.
Rac1
Qe7 15. Qc2 Rad8 16. Qb3 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Nb6 18. Bf1 e5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20.
g3
Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Bg2 Qc7 24. Ne2 Nbd7 25. Bc3 Be7
26.
Qc2 g6 27. b3 Bd6 28. Nf4 Ne8 29. Nd3 Ng7 30. Bb2 Be7 31. h4 Bf6 32. Ba3
Nf5 33. Bh3 Nd6 34. h5 Nb5 35. Bb4 a5 36. Be1 Ne5 37. Nxe5 Qxe5 38. hxg6
hxg6 39. Bf1 Nc3 40. a4 b5 41. Bxc3 Qxc3 42. Qxc3 Bxc3 43. axb5 cxb5 44.
Bxb5 g5 1/2-1/2

[chessgames.com]

m.

On Mar 18, 3:10*pm, micky wrote:

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Magnus Carlsen vs Sergey Karjakin
Amber Tournament (Rapid) 2010 *· *English (A20) *· *0-1

Karjakin and Carlsen were the two prodigies.
Karjakin became famous just before Carlsen.
He was talking aloud about becoming the
next World Champion by the age of 16. Alas,
the Carlsen's orbit shoot up higher than
Karjakin's. Carlsen's successes, and even
Carlsen's cooperation with Kasparov, must
be hard on Karjakin. Thus this win must
feel sweet to him.

Do you remember the Kosteniuk-Karjakin match?
Karjakin let his combinations fly in that
match. (The match was pretty much one-sided,
Karjakin had prevailed).

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Wlod

Wlodzimierz Holsztynski (Wlod) wrote:
..
Do you remember the Kosteniuk-Karjakin match?
Karjakin let his combinations fly in that
match. (The match was pretty much one-sided,
Karjakin had prevailed).

No, I don't remember this - maybe I'll look on "chessgames.com" ..

m.