The Game of the Year?

Hello chessfriends and welcome back to our “Best Chessgames of All Times” series. In this series I will show you the best of the best, the best chess games that have been played in chess history and today’s game will be an immortal game played by Magnus Carlsen against Alireza FIrouzja in which Magnus sacrificed his queen to get a winning tactical sequence.

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PGN OF THE GAME:

[Event “FTX Crypto Cup 2022”]
[Site “Miami USA”]
[Date “2022.08.20”]
[Round “6.5”]
[White “Carlsen, M.”]
[Black “Firouzja, Alireza”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “2864”]
[BlackElo “2778”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “A20”]
[Opening “English Opening: King’s English Variation”]
[Termination “Unknown”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]

1. c4 e5 { A20 English Opening: King’s English Variation } 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. d3 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Nc3 c6 7. O-O a5 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 a4 10. e3 a3 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Nb3 axb2 13. Bxb2 Be6? { (0.25 → 1.65) Mistake. Na6 was best. } (13… Na6) 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Ne2 Nbd7 16. Nf4 Qe7 17. a4 Ra6 18. Rfb1 Rea8 19. Bc3 R6a7 20. a5 Ne8 21. Qd3 Ndf6?! { (2.14 → 2.95) Inaccuracy. Nf8 was best. } (21… Nf8) 22. Nxe6 Qxe6 23. Rd1 Nc7?! { (2.66 → 3.43) Inaccuracy. Ng4 was best. } (23… Ng4 24. e4 Ne5 25. Qe3 Qe7 26. Qe2 Nd6 27. f4 Nexc4 28. e5 b5 29. Bxc6 Rc8 30. Qf3) 24. e4 Na6 25. e5 Ne8 26. f4 Nb4 27. f5 Qe7 28. Qd7 Qg5 29. e6 fxe6 30. fxe6? { (6.39 → 3.53) Mistake. Qxe6+ was best. } (30. Qxe6+ Kh8 31. Rd7 Nc2 32. Re7 Nf6 33. Bxf6 gxf6 34. h4 Qh6 35. Rd1 Qe3+ 36. Qxe3 Nxe3) 30… Qe3+? { (3.53 → 7.10) Mistake. b6 was best. } (30… b6 31. axb6) 31. Kh1 b6 32. axb6?! { (7.45 → 4.74) Inaccuracy. Bxb4 was best. } (32. Bxb4 cxb4 33. Bxc6 h6 34. Re1 Qc3 35. Rac1 Qa3 36. Bxa8 Rxa8 37. Qc6 Qxa5 38. e7 b3) 32… Nd3?! { (4.74 → 6.98) Inaccuracy. Rxd7 was best. } (32… Rxd7 33. exd7) 33. Qxd3 Qxd3 34. bxa7 Qxc3 35. Bxc6 Rxa7 36. Rxa7 Qxc4 37. Ra8 g6 38. Rxe8+ Kg7 39. e7 Qe2 40. Rg8+ Kh6 41. e8=Q Qxd1+ 42. Kg2 Qc2+ 43. Kf3?! { (Mate in 10 → 10.91) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Kh3 was best. } (43. Kh3 Qf5+ 44. g4 Qf1+ 45. Bg2 Qf6 46. Rf8 Qc3+ 47. Rf3 Qd4 48. Qe7 Qd2 49. Qf8+ Kg5) 43… Qf5+ 44. Ke3 Qg5+ 45. Ke2 Qg4+ 46. Bf3 Qc4+ 47. Kf2 Qa2+?! { (13.28 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qc2+ was best. } (47… Qc2+ 48. Qe2) 48. Be2 { White wins. } 1-0

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