Game of the Week: Alireza Firouzja vs Magnus Carlsen

by Merijn van Delft
4/22/2020 – This week Merijn van Delft takes a look at a game Alireza Firouzja played against Magnus Carlsen at the Magnus Carlsen Invitational to judge the strength of the 16-year old who currently has an Elo of 2728 and is number 21 in the world. | You can register a Premium account here. Merijn's show is available at 15.00 UTC (17:00 CEST, 11:00 EDT) on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
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Game of the Week #409

Did Magnus Carlsen suddenly meet his match in Alireza Firouzja? After beating the World Champion in both a bullet and a blitz match, the 16-year-old is the sensation of the moment. Everyone eagerly awaited their rapid match at the Magnus Carlsen Invitational, in order to see how real this threat to the supreme title already is. Carlsen won that match 2.5-1.5, but let's have a look at the game Firouzja won, to try and judge his current strength.

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A. Firouzja - M. Carlsen, Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020
Position after 12...Be7

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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.d3 Qc7 6.Qe2 e5 7.Nbd2 Ne7 8.Nc4 Ng6 9.h4 h5 10.g3 d6 11.Bd2 f6 12.Ne3 Be7 12...Be6 13.Ng1 13.b3 d5 13.Ng1 Bd8 13...Be6 14.Qf3 Nf8 14...Ne7 15.Ne2 Ne6 16.Qg2 a5 17.a4 17.f4 Nd4 17...Nd4 18.f4 Be6 19.b3 Qd7 20.f5 Bf7 21.Nc1 d5 22.0-0 22.c3 dxe4 23.cxd4 cxd4 24.Nc4 22...c4 22...0-0 23.g4 hxg4 24.Qxg4 24.Nxg4 24...dxe4 25.dxe4 23.bxc4 dxc4 24.dxc4 Bb6 25.Rb1 Qa7 26.Kh2 Rd8 27.Rb2 27.c3 27...0-0 28.g4 Ne2 28...hxg4 29.Nxg4 Bxc4 30.c3 Bxf1 31.Qxf1 29.Qxe2 Rxd2 30.Qxd2 Bxe3 31.Qe2 31.Qg2 hxg4 32.Ne2 Bh5 31...Qd4 32.Nd3 Qxe4 33.Re1 Bf4+ 34.Kh3 Qxc4 35.gxh5 Bh6 36.Rb7 Qxa4 37.Rg1 Rd8 37...Qd4 38.Rg3 Qa1 39.Nf2 Rd2 40.Rb8+ Kh7 41.Qg4 Qf1+ 42.Rg2 Qxg2+ 43.Kxg2 1–0
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Firouzja,A2703Carlsen,M28811–02020Magnus Carlsen Invitational3.2

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Merijn van Delft is an International Master from the Netherlands who lived in Hamburg for many years and is currently based in Amsterdam. After scoring a GM norm in 2017 he is eager for more. His ChessBase show on Wednesday evenings has been running for over ten years now.

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