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Magnus Carlsen stormed into the hospitality lounge after he had lost the blindfold game against Vishy Anand. With quick movements he showed on a chess board that he had completely unnecessarily lost the ending, proving his point with variations. Of course he was right, but he had been lost earlier on. In the opening the Norwegian grandmaster went for the Grand Prix Attack against Anand’s Sicilian. According to Anand, White’s 8.d3 was a mistake, allowing him to exchange on c4, c3 and play 10…Bc6. He was happy with the ensuing middlegame, but called his 25…Qe7 a mistake, as it gave away most of his advantage because 26…Bxc4 can be answered by 27.Bxf6. Nevertheless things were going his way and on move 36 he could have won with both 36…e3+ or even 36…Rc1. Now Carlsen was indeed safe and with 43.Ra6 he could have made a draw. Instead he wanted to refine the idea and played 43.Rf6 first, missing Anand’s 43…Ra1+ which led to a winning position for Black.
Carlsen had his revenge with surprising ease in the rapid game. After the opening, a Ruy Lopez with 4.Qe2, he was slightly worse, but then, to quote Carlsen, Anand ‘began to drift’. Black took over after he could play 25…gxh3 and 27.Qg2. In fact the white position disintegrated at surprising speed and after 43 moves the World Champion had had enough.
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