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1. e4 d6
2. d4 e6
3. Nc3 Nf6
4. Nf3 Nc6
5. Be2 h6
6. a3 a6
7. h3 Be7
8. 0-0 0-0
9. Bf4 b5
10. Qd2 Nh7
11. d5 e5
12. dxc6 exf4
13. Qxf4 Bf6
14. Qe3 Be6
15. Rad1 Bxc3
16. Qxc3 , Qe7
for some reason my board pic is mixed up, switching the file designations and rank to based on black lower left corner being a1. I mean to move my queen diagonal left and forward to the corner square. . . . from my black perspective. . . . my Qe7 defined by the designations in your previous post.
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1.e4 d6 2.d4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Be2 h6 6.a3 a6 7.h3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Bf4 b5 10.Qd2 Nh7 11.d5 e5 12.dxc6 exf4 13.Qxf4 Bf6 14.Qe3 Be6 15.Rad1 Bxc3 16.Qxc3 Qe7 17.e5 *
This is my first time ever hearing of him. . . . . way outta the league with you folks I guess. . . .
look at those rankings in the 2700 range, one in the 2800. And that's as good as it gets. . . .
Yeah, time flies indeed. I was newly learning chess when Carlsen became famous. Kasparov along with Fischer were my idols, so obviously, I couldn't believe the first time I heard that a 13 year old kid managed to get a draw against Kasparov. In fact I rejected to believe it until I saw the game on a science magazine. And much later, I watched the videos about it. It's almost like a movie scene and Kasparov's face is definitely worth to see when he accepted that he couldn't beat the kid. Actually it was him that could barely get the draw from the game.Hard to believe Carlsen is 23 years old. It feels like yesterday when I first heard of him, and he was just a little kid.