[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "-"]
[Date "2023.10.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Suleymenov, Alisher"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2839"]
[Annotator "RCA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,67,12,39,16,18,15,18,24,18,28,25,29,29,22,22,18,9,21,15,18,9,43,27,39,
26,38,49,30,51,24,80,24,88,69,52,55,109,24,83,145,156,104,137,77,122,351,356,
349,82,129,346,368,366,390,357,414,334,426,479,473,614,477,603,29993,29994,
29997,29998,29999,29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6.
Nc3 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nf3 {Carlsen’s first surprise. He didn’t
expect this and starts thinking. The most played move is Nb3} Nc6 10. b4 Be7
11. Bb2 Qb8 {Good move by Magnus, controlling e5.} 12. Rd1 O-O 13. Be2 d6 14.
O-O Rc8 {Since Magnus is from Norway, with an entire population of about 5
million, he's unfamiliar with one of main modern problems - traffic jam!} 15.
Rfe1 Bf8 16. Bf1 Ne7 {Did you know that kangaroos and crocodiles can't walk
backward. At least Carlsen proves that he's not one of them.} 17. Nb5 Ne8 (
17... Ng6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qd3) 18. Ng5 $1 {1. This is what Mikhail Tal
called “the throw-in.” You just throw one of your pieces into the
opponent’s camp — maybe you don’t even see a clear plan yet. But you
know that sooner or later, this piece will create some tactical chances.} Ng6 (
18... h6 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. e5 {Idea Qh7, Be2} d5 21. Qh7) 19. e5 {2.
OVERLOADING.} d5 (19... dxe5 20. Bxe5 Nxe5 21. Qxh7#) 20. Qb3 {Excellent move!
The queen steps out of the pin and increases pressure on d5} Be7 (20... dxc4
21. Bxc4 h6 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. Bxe6+ Ke7 24. Rd7#) 21. Nxf7 $3 {3. Destruction
of castling} Kxf7 22. cxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 $3 {4.Clearance} exd5 24. Qxd5+ Kf8
25. Nd4 Nf4 (25... Nc7 26. Qf3+ Kg8 27. Nc6 Qb7 28. Nxe7+ {5. Discovered attack
}) 26. Qf3 {6. Pin} Kg8 (26... Bg5 27. Ne6+ {a knight forks a knight}) 27. Qxf4
Qb7 28. Nf5 b5 29. Bxb5 {7. Deflection} Bf8 (29... Qxb5 30. Nxe7+ Kh8 31. Qf8#
{8. Back rank mate}) 30. Bc4+ Kh8 31. Nh6 {9. A double attack. Magnus resigned
here} Nc7 (31... gxh6 32. Qxf8#) 32. Qf7 Bxb4 33. Qg8+ Rxg8 34. Nf7# {10.
Smothered checkmate} 1-0
