Magnus Does Magnus Things: 2. Qa4! | Carlsen vs Shankland | Opera Euro Rapid 2021
Channel: Mordimer's Chess Channel
Date: 2021-02-07

Outstanding opening preparation by Magnus Carlsen who faced the member of his 2016 World Championship team Sam Shankland. It's not often that we can see 2. Qa4 in the games of top players in the World. And it had a lot of sense, want to know why?

The Opera Euro Rapid takes place Sat 6th Feb to Sun 14th Feb 2021. The online event hosted by Chess24 is part of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour. This is a regular tour tournament so there are only points and prizes available, not a place in the tour final. 16 players start the event competing in a three day Round Robin which will reduce the field to 8. Then in the knockout phase, three rounds of mini-matches will produce a winner.

Players: Magnus Carlsen, Ding Liren, Hikaru Nakamura, Leinier Dominguez Perez, Alexander Grischuk, Levon Aronian, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Daniil Dubov, Teimour Radjabov, Wesley So, Anish Giri, Santosh Gujrathi Vidit, Sam Shankland and Matthias Bluebaum.

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Magnus Carlsen vs Samuel Shankland, Opera Euro Rapid 2021
English Opening: Caro-Kann Defensive System [A11] 
1. c4 c6 2. Qa4 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bf4 d6 7. h3 Nbd7 8. Rd1 c5 9. e3 cxd4 10. exd4 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Be3 e4 13. Nd4 Qe7 14. Be2 Nc5 15. Qc2 Bd7 16. O-O Rac8 17. Ndb5 Bxb5 18. Nxb5 a6 19. Nd6 Rc6 20. b4 Ncd7 21. c5 b6 22. Qa4 Nb8 23. Rd2 Nfd7 24. Nxe4 Re6 25. Bg5 f6 26. Bc4 Kh8 27. Bxe6 Qxe6 28. Be3 Qxe4 29. Rxd7 b5 30. Qd1 Nxd7 31. Qxd7 f5 32. c6 Be5 33. c7 1-0

Link to Study created of this game: 
https://lichess.org/study/QiBoG9Uj/b6YG8jBN#0

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0:00 Start
0:07 Introduction
0:48 Chess game

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