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Today’s videos feature analysis from the endgame
arising between Magnus Carlsen and Veselin Topalov during their
blindfold rapid game at the 2009 Amber tournament in Nice, France.
Blindfold Endgame: Carlsen-Topalov
Carlsen,M (2776) - Topalov,V (2796)
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.a3
Be7 7.e4 0–0 8.Nc2 b6 9.f4 Bb7 10.Bd3 Rc8 11.Qe2 d6 12.0–0 Na5 13.Be3 a6
14.Nd4 Qc7 15.Rac1 Qb8 16.b4 Nc6 17.f5 Nxd4 18.Bxd4 Ba8 19.fxe6 fxe6
20.e5 dxe5 21.Bxe5 Qb7 22.Bxf6 Bxf6 23.Qxe6+ Kh8 24.Be4 Qc7 25.Nd5 Bd4+
26.Kh1 Rxf1+ 27.Rxf1 Qxc4 28.Re1 Rf8 29.Nf4 b5 30.h3 Bf2 31.Qe7 Qc8
32.Ne6 Rg8 33.Ng5 Rf8 34.Ne6 Rg8 35.Ng5 Rf8 36.Rd1 Re8 37.Nf7+ Kg8
38.Nh6+ Kh8 39.Nf7+ Kg8 40.Nd6 Rxe7 41.Nxc8 Re8 42.Bxa8 Rxc8 43.Bd5+ Kh8
44.Bb7 Rb8 45.Bxa6 g6 46.Rd6 Bg3 47.Rd3 Be5 48.g4 Rb6 49.Bc8 Kg7 50.Kg2
Kf6 51.Kf3 Rb8 52.Bd7 Bb2 53.Ke4 Rd8 54.Rf3+ Ke7 55.Bxb5 Rd4+ 56.Ke3 Rd6
57.Ke2 Rf6 58.Rb3 Bd4 59.Kd3 Rf3+ 60.Kc4 Rxb3 61.Kxb3 Kd6 62.a4 Bf2
63.Kc4 g5 64.Be8 h6 65.Kb5 Be1 66.Kb6 Bxb4 67.a5 Bc5+ 68.Kb7 Ke7 69.Bh5
1–0
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