Queen Sacrifice Against Wesley: Wesley So vs Magnus Carlsen (2016).0-1

Queen Sacrifice Against Wesley: Wesley So vs Magnus Carlsen (2016).0-1 #magnuscarlsen #wesleyso
[Event "Grand Chess Tour - Paris Blitz"]
[Site "lichess.org/study/p5i8EG5a/uo..."]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2915"]
[Annotator "chess-teacher.com"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Opening "English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with Nb6"]
[Source "lichess.org/study/p5i8EG5a/uo..."]
[Orientation "black"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. a3 Re8 10. b4 Bf8 11. Bb2 Bg4 12. Nd2 Qc8 13. Re1 a5 14. b5 Nd4 15. Nb3 a4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Ne4 Qd7 18. Qc2 Rad8 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. Qxc5 Rxe2 21. Rxe2 Bxe2 22. Bxb7 Bxd3 23. Rd1 Qxb5 24. Qxc7 Rf8 25. Bxd4 Nc4 26. Bf3 Qb3 27. Bc5 { [%csl Rf8][%cal Yc5f8] } 27... Re8 28. Qd7?? { White is attacking Black's rook and bishop simultaneously and it looks like Black is losing. However, Carlsen prepared a sudden counter-blow. } { [%csl Rd3,Re8][%cal Yd7e8,Yd7d3] } 28... Qxd1+!! { [%csl Rg1][%cal Yd1g1] } 29. Bxd1 Re1+ { [%csl Rg1][%cal Ye1g1] } 30. Kg2 Bf1+ { [%csl Rg2][%cal Yf1g2] } 31. Kg1 (31. Kf3 Ne5+ { grabbing the queen on the next move } { [%csl Rf3,Rd7][%cal Ye5d7,Ye5f3] }) 31... Bh3# { 0-1 Black wins. } { [%csl Rg1][%cal Ye1g1,Yh3f1] } 0-1

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What a game

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