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| | Arctic Securities Chess Stars, Kr.sund, Final. |
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| | Arctic Securities Chess Stars, Group play Day 1 |
| | Arctic Securities Chess Stars, Kr.sund, 28-30/8 |
| | Kings Tournament Bazna 2010 - Final Round |
| | kings Tournament Round 9, June 24th 2010 |
| | Kings Tournament Round 8 |
| | Kings Tournament Round 7 |
| | Kings Tournament Round 6 |
| | Kings Tournament Round 5 |
| | Kings Tournament Round 3 and 4 |
| | Kings Tournament Round 2 |
| | Kings Tournament Round 1 |
| | Kings Tournament, Bazna, Rumania 2010 |
| | My next tournament will be in Rumania, June 14-25 |
| | Amber 2010 Last Round |
| | Amber and blindfold and rapid, round 10 |
| | Amber blindfold and rapid, round 9 |
| | Amber blindfold and rapid, round 8 |
| | Amber blindfold and rapid, round 7 |
| | Amber blindfold and rapid, round 6 |
| | Amber blindfold and rapid, round 5 |
| | Amber blindfold and rapid, round 4 |
| | Amber blindfold and rapid, round 3 |
| | Amber blindfold and rapid, Round 2 |
| | Amber Blindfold and rapid, Round 1 |
| | Amber blindfold and rapid starting on Saturday |
| | Corus 2010 Last Round |
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| | Corus 2010 Round 11 |
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| | Corus 2010 Round 9 |
| | Corus 2010 Round 8 |
| | Corus 2010 Round 7 |
| | Corus 2010 Round 6 |
| | Corus 2010 Round 5 |
| | Corus 2010 Round 4 |
| | Corus 2010 Round 3 |
| | Corus 2010 Round 2 |
| | Corus 2010 Round 1 |
| | 2010 Corus Chess Tournament starting Saturday 16th |
| | London Chess Classics 2009. Final round, Dec.15th |
| | London Chess Classics 2009, Round 6, Dec.14th |
| | London Chess Classics 2009, Round 5, Dec.13th |
| | London Chess Classics 2009, Round 4 Dec.12th |
| | London Chess Classics 2009, Round 3 Dec.10th |
| | London Chess Classics 2009, Round 2 Dec.9th |
| | London 2009 Round 1, December 8th |
| | London Chess Classics, December 7th 2009 |
| | Oslo, November 28th, Blitz tournament. |
| | Moscow, Nov.18th 2009, World Blitz Final Day |
| | Moscow, Nov.17th 2009, World Blitz 2009 Day 2 |
| | Moscow, Nov.16th 2009, World Blitz Championship 09 |
| | Moscow, Nov.14th 2009, Tal Memorial Last Round |
| | Moscow, Nov.13th 2009, Tal Memorial R8 |
| | Moscow, Nov.12th 2009, Tal Memorial R7 |
| | Moscow, Nov.11th 2009, Tal Memorial R6 |
| | Moscow, Nov.10th 2009, Tal Memorial Round 5 |
| | Moscow, November 8th 2009, Tal Memorial Round 4 |
| | Moscow, November 7th 2009, Tal Memorial Round 3 |
| | Moscow, November 6th 2009, Tal Memorial Round 2 |
| | Moskva 5.november 2009 |
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| | | Magnus Carlsen`s Blog | | Corus 2010 Round 5 | On the free day Wednesday I was invited to play a football match against a Dutch team. Together with GM Kjetil Lie (who is a former 3rd division goal-getter), we played against Van Wely and Smeets whom I beat in round 2 and 3 of the chess tournament. Dutch Television was present and duly documented our short but intense match ending in a Norwegian 5-1 victory.
Today I played H.Nakamura, USA (2708). He is rated as number 8 in the tournament, but following his good result in the recent World Championship for National teams in Turkey and his shared 2nd place here after 4 rounds, I did not expect an easy game.
He avoided mainline theory in the opening. I did not have any real problems, but got a bit too optimistic early on and underestimated maybe his ensuing attacking chances. At a critical junction I could have given an exchange for two pawns and an unclear position, but chose instead to give a knight for 3 pawns. In a fairly equal ending I offered a draw. He somewhat surprisingly declined, but after I had made a few inaccurate moves, he was seriously playing for a win.
In the end I found a way to defend and after swapping most pieces and all pawns the game was drawn after 5,5 hours. A tough fight.
I’ll have the black pieces two rounds in row, facing reigning World Champion V.Anand Thursday.
Magnus Carlsen, Wijk aan Zee, January 21th
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