Carlsen's beautiful central sacrifice vs Firouzja

Featured is the chess game between Magnus Carlsen and Alireza Firouzja from the 2021 Tata Steel Masters. After move 7, Carlsen obtains a central pawn majority. Instead of accepting Firouzja's offer in the middlegame of a repetition of position, Carlsen implements a thematic pawn sacrifice in the center that completely changes the course of the game. What makes this game in particular special is Carlsen's 2nd pawn sacrifice that grants his knight an excellent post on e5 while also further weakening the black king position. Firouzja has a simple plan to push his passed a-pawn, and it's Carlsen who must be timely in his attack on the black king.
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. e4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Bd3 c5
12. O-O cxd4 13. cxd4 b6 14. a4 Bb7 15. a5 bxa5 16. Rxa5 Nf6
17. Re1 Rfd8 18. Qa1 Qc7 19. h3 a6 20. Rc5 Qf4 21. Re5 Nd7
22. Ra5 Nf6 23. d5 exd5 24. e5 Ne4 25. Qd4 Rdc8 26. Raa1 a5
27. Rab1 Bc6 28. e6 fxe6 29. Ne5 Qf6 30. f3 Ng5 31. Rb6 Be8
32. Qe3 a4 33. Ng4 Qd8 34. Rxe6 Nxe6 35. Qxe6+ Bf7 36. Nxh6+
gxh6 37. Qxh6 Qc7 38. Qh7+ Kf8 39. Qh8+ Bg8 40. Qh6+

[@Juicewrldddz]

This is Tata Steel, not some online blitz game... Imagine sacrificing 2 full Pawns against a 2700+ player in a 4-5 hours game Magnus is just oht of this World

[@Gru39]

Hohoho. Alien maybe ? He hasn't won world title in classic chess for decades. He only draws and wins in rapids tiebreaks. This person formance doesn't make him great player over his opponents. It is like soccer penalties. Delusional

[@irfanyamashita7184]

​@@Gru39 what do you mean , he beat ian 7.5-3.5 in 2021

[@JJony123]

@@Gru39nice trolling

[@aakash_11]

Jerry I didn't missed any of your videos since last 19 uploads. I completed your beginner to master playlist and endgames ones 3-4 times. Only a small portion left from 'Stop before you chop' Thank you for everything Jerry. You helped me the most to improve. I want to reach 2000 ratings online someday. Thank a lot once again :) Stay blessed always 😇

[@ChessNetwork]

Very good. You can crack 2K. Keep at it 💪

[@tetusooooo]

3K lesgo 🫡

[@Marvin4sho]

Thanks for the usual deep insights into the beautiful games. You're easy to follow in your exposition. My favorite chess channel.

[@ChessNetwork]

Thank you 👍

[@moesheri9385]

Thx Jerry 😊

[@ChessNetwork]

🥇😎

[@jantorejohansen8547]

I just want to drop in and write a couple of nice words. My understanding of the game mainly comes from this channel, while the doctor facing the slippery one in bullet is more on the entertaining side (yes, I do often fall asleep watching check mating patterns by the doctor, narriditzky or by the slippery one). I would believe this is created on top of other things that goes on in life, so a big thanks to Jerry 😀

[@ChessNetwork]

Thank you for the kind words. Glad the channel is helping with your understanding. Dr. vs Penguin…it’s been while 😎

[@MoonBurn13]

These positional games, with their calculations all along the way, are as alien to me as Cthulhu world. “Things joined at the wrong angles”, and all that. Thanks Jerry.

[@MrSupernova111]

Beautiful game! Those pawn sacrifices were something else! I feel those kind of moves are the hardest to find for us amateurs. Thanks! cheers!

[@sayedelnemr9890]

Beautiful analysis. Thanks Jerry. You are the best always ❤

[@adrianadi6153]

I love your format super keep going

[@ChessNetwork]

Glad you enjoy it!👍

[@foolmenow00]

Learned a lot from this game from being able to attack by sacrificing not one but two pawns for better position! Many of us would abhor giving up material unless it led to instant mate not... 15 moves later!

[@guscox9651]

98 percent accuracy blimey

[@erinphilippe5993]

Magnus took his opponent into a deep dark forest in this one! Great game and great analysis!

[@JBfromFL]

I like your videos. Thank you for making them.

[@andyslater5041]

Thank you Jerry!

[@ChessNetwork]

And thank you for watching Andy. 👍

[@kirkmason7079]

Nice presentation

[@ChessNetwork]

Thanks 😎

[@michaelf8221]

e6! Just weakening those kingside light squares that much more. Beautiful clearance.

[@WayOfHaQodesh]

Thank you Jerry.

[@nikazhari5159]

Like your explanation.

[@BamThwok76]

This video made me think I'm bad at chess.

[@mukund7898]

Great pick!

[@shoneyt4316]

Oh yeah, when Magnus sacrifices two pawns its a "beautiful central sacrifice" but when I do it, I get called a patzer

[@stevenchristie6165]

😂😂

[@Broke_Stacker]

Patzer

[@richardrichards8401]

We have the wrong last name 🫠

[@Thejoker9991]

12:46 at this point Jerry, do you think that Magnus had already calculated through what happens if after the queen check, black replies with Kh8? It seems to me inhuman and impossible to believe. Yet the double pawn sac + exchange sac would be rendered worthless if there is no good follow up after Kh8. Is this kind of calculation actually done at this level or is it more like strong intuition that “it must be at least a draw for white” kind of thought that is born from incredibly gifted natural talent. Thing is- I would have discounted the rook sac for not seeing a follow up to Kh8

[@ChessNetwork]

Calculation like that is certainly done at that level, especially with this being a classical game. It probably was calculated. It may also be that Rxe6 was found by elimination, given that white has to act fast.

[@Thejoker9991]

@@ChessNetwork incredible. Btw, I love your channel, one of the best highest quality chess channels out there! Watched a ton of your videos and even going back now to watch videos from 8-9 years ago that you uploaded! Much appreciated! Love the long form deep analysis style

[@huberhg]

Magnus is on another level!

[@M.KEY_HEMIN]

Chess forever 🎉

[@bigheadedz1887]

at 6:00 can white immediately play g3, i'm not understanding the purpose of re3. The knight covers 1 square and the rook covers the other 2 so that diagonal was never an escape path. Anyway, great commentary as always!

[@ChessNetwork]

Good eye…That is a way to win the queen, but black does get the knight and rook as compensation. Computer calls it even.

[@bigheadedz1887]

@@ChessNetwork ah, thank you. missed that the knight was undefended after g3. hence the purpose of re3 was to defend f3 and allow g3

[@darkfry237]

Spooky game 😮

[@mateomus1]

hi, what about move 33 for black queen takes queen instead of rook takes knight?

[@tipaire9261]

Isn't 30. ... Ng3 an option for Black? Also, 35. ... Bf7 is a massive blunder.

[@robloxvids2233]

Magnus is playing more like A.I. That's cool.

[@cleonanderson1722]

Saw the tiny face out of the corner of my eye and wondered what the hell Charlie Kirk has to with chess.

[@mitchelllevine5664]

Hopefully, nothing

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Oh god

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@@mitchelllevine5664I love him!

[@boybrushedred18]

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[@paintedporches]

​@@boybrushedred18What does that even mean lol?

[@irfanyamashita7184]

Hello jerry, thanks

[@KyleProthro-ej6nw]

I wanna see Jerry's face

[@tongpoo8985]

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[@loplop7029]

Hi Jerry.

[@pulutangina9656]

👌

[@thesandman4029]

Does it make me a bad chess player if I didn't see the right answer 35. ... Kh8? Does it make me a worse player than Alireza? 😅

[@alexandershorse9021]

Amazing Carlsen, down material and still winning.