Annotated By Navalgund Niranjan

Annotated by NAVALGUND NIRANJAN Hello Everybody I Am back here Annotating a game of Magnus Carlsen. This is the game played by Wonderboy long back,about 56years ago. You an see the quality of game This Extra ordinary Wonderboy has in him! Chess India Wishes him all the very best in his future chess carrer. Back to the game: W:Magnus Carlsen B:Per Johnson Gausdal 2002

In this game Magnus played it calmly and he later solves his problem of Dark squared bishops very cunningly! And you can also enjoy the combinative motifs here! Common Lets get on to it! 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.e3 Nf6 4.d4 g6 Similar to Grunfeld structure 5.Bd3 Bg7 6.0-0 0-0 7.Nc3 White is just trying to complete his development as quickly as possible! 7...Bg4 8.h3 Bf3 9.Qf3 dc4? This gives White extra scope for his pieces!

Even 9...e6 with the idea of Nbd7 intending equal chances was better...... 10.Bc4 Nbd7 11.Rd1 Slight Better For White! 11...e5 Black hopes to open the position which at this time is not effective..... As we have seen earlier the idea of e6 and Nbd7 was better keeping the postion closed. 12.d5! e4?! Desperately trying to seek counterplay. 13.Ne4 Ne4 14.Qe4 Nb6 15.Bb3 cd5 16.Bd5 Nd5 17.Rd5 Qb6 Now for temporary Black has compensation for a pawn. Black has some play on the queen side. White's only problem is the development of the dark squared bishop........... In the couple of moves White overcomes this lone problem. 18.Qd3 f5?! Better was Rfd8 but f5 gains nothing but in return loses the game! The Weakness of the King's position is now fatal.... 19.Bd2! Rad8 The pawn on b2 cannot be taken with Bishop or Queen Both lose the position and the game. For Eg: If 19...Bxb2 then 20.Rb1 and Black cannot do anything.. If Qxb2 then 20.Rb1 and Qa2 and then 21.Rb7 And Black cannot defend the position. 20.Rd1 Rd5 21.Qd5+ Kh8 22.Bc3! Qc7 23.Rd4 Introducing the Combinative motifs

The Long Diagonal weakness.. 23...Rc8 24.Qe6 Idea Rd7. 24...Rd8 Now can you find the excellent move here! Its 25.Qf7!! Queen sacrifice. 25...Qf7 Black is forced to take as it is overloaded. 26.Rd8 Qg8 27.Bg7 Kg7 28.Rg8 Kg8 29.f3 Kf7 And the rest is matter of technique! I will give the rest of the game without much commments. 30.Kf2 KE5 31.g4 Ke5 32.gf5 gf5 33.Kg3 f4 34.Kf2 Kf6 35.e4 Ke5 36.Ke2 Kd4 37.Kd2 Kc4 38.b3 Kd4 39.a4 h6 40.Ke2 b6 41.Kd2 Just waiting for the ultimate zugzwang position to come.... 41...a6 42.Ke2 h5 43.a5 h5 44.h4 Kc5 45.Kd3 b4 46.e5 Kd5 47 e6 Ke6 48.Ke4 And Black resigned as now White will pick the f4 pawn and soon the queen the pawn!

Magnus finished his tourney with a peformance of 2200 and now he is above 2700 and his creating Wonders of Wonders All the best to this TOP TOP WONDERBOY! :) Thank you all.......