In the 2021 Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals Magnus Carlsen stunned the world with a beautiful queen sacrifice in move 8 against Anish Giri.
PGN:
[Event “Meltwater Tour Final 2021”]
[Site “chess24.com INT”]
[Date “2021.10.01”]
[Round “6.5”]
[White “Giri, A.”]
[Black “Carlsen, M.”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteElo “2777”]
[BlackElo “2855”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “B30”]
[Opening “Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack”]
[Termination “Normal”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 { B30 Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack } e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qb6 7. Be3 Nxd4 8. a4 Nxb5?? { (0.00 → 2.51) Blunder. e5 was best. } (8… e5 9. c3 a6 10. cxd4 axb5 11. Nc3 bxa4 12. d5 Qb4 13. d6 Nc6 14. Nd5 Qxd6 15. Bb6) 9. Bxb6 axb6 10. Nd2? { (2.10 → 0.62) Mistake. Qd3 was best. } (10. Qd3) 10… Nd6 11. e5 Ndf5 12. Ne4?! { (0.13 → -0.47) Inaccuracy. Nc4 was best. } (12. Nc4 Nd5) 12… Nc6 13. g4 Nh4 14. f4 h5 15. h3 hxg4 16. hxg4 d5 17. exd6 Ra5 18. c4 f5 19. b4 Nxb4 20. d7+?! { (0.53 → -0.25) Inaccuracy. gxf5 was best. } (20. gxf5) 20… Bxd7 21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. Qxd6 Nc6 23. Rad1?? { (-0.09 → -2.74) Blunder. Qc7 was best. } (23. Qc7) 23… Bc8 24. g5 Ng6 25. Rf2 Kf7 26. Qc7+ Nce7 27. Rd8 Rxd8 28. Qxd8 Rxa4 29. Qc7 e5 30. fxe5 Be6 31. Qxb7 Rxc4 32. Qxb6 Nxe5 33. Re2 Rc6 34. Qe3 N5g6 35. Kh2 Bc4 36. Rb2 Re6 37. Qf3 Re4 38. Rb7 Be6 39. Kg1 Rg4+ 40. Kh2 Rxg5 41. Rb6? { (-3.52 → -5.69) Mistake. Rc7 was best. } (41. Rc7 f4 42. Qe4 Kf6 43. Qd4+ Re5 44. Qd6 Rd5 45. Qb4 Nf5 46. Rc6 Re5 47. Kg1 Kg5) 41… Bd5 42. Qe3 Rg2+ 43. Kh3 Rg4 44. Kh2 f4 45. Qd4?! { (-5.55 → -8.00) Inaccuracy. Qc3 was best. } (45. Qc3 f3) 45… Rg5? { (-8.00 → -4.18) Mistake. Nh4 was best. } (45… Nh4) 46. Rd6 f3 47. Rd7 Rf5 48. Qg4 Be6 49. Rd1 Ne5 50. Qh4 f2 51. Kg2 Bd5+ 52. Kf1 Bc4+ 53. Kg2 f1=Q+ { White resigns. } 0-1
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