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Although his reign as world champion has come to an end (for the time being), in the eyes of many Magnus Carlsen is still the best chess player in the world! In this video, we analyze 5 of Magnus Carlsen's greatest victories against each of the other top 6 players: Ian Nepomniachtchi, Ding Liren, Alireza Firouzja, Hikaru Nakamura and Anish Giri.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:20 Nepomniachtchi
06:50 Ding Liren
10:47 Firouzja
15:38 Hikaru
18:39 Anish Giri

Game 1: Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Magnus Carlsen, Airthings Masters 2022
PGN: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. g4 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 b5 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. Kb1 Nf6 11. f3 Rc8 12. g5 Nh5 13. Qd2 Be7 14. Bh3 b4 15. Ne2 d5 16. Bg4 g6 17. Bxh5 gxh5 18. Nf4 dxe4 19. Nxh5 exf3 20. Bf4 Qd8 21. Qe3 Bd5 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. gxf6 Rg8 24. Rhe1 Rg2 25. Qa7 Qd7 26. Qd4 Rcxc2 27. Bc1 Rxc1+ 28. Kxc1 Qc6+ 29. Kb1 Qa4 30. Rd2 Bxa2+ 0-1

Game 2: Magnus Carlsen vs Ding Liren, Legends of Chess 2020
PGN: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Nd2 Qb6 12. a4 a6 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nde4 c5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Nc3 cxd4 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Bh5 Nc5 19. Qxd4 Qe6 20. Bg4 Nb3 21. Qd1 Qc6 22. axb5 Qxb5 23. e6 fxe6 24. Bxe6 Ra7 25. Bxd5 Nxa1 26. Qf3 1-0

Game 3: Magnus Carlsen vs Alireza Firouzja, World Blitz Championship 2018
PGN: 1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Qa4 Qb8 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd2 Bg7 13. Rfd1 Rd8 14. Nb3 Nd4 15. Nc5 c6 16. e3 Bg4 17. exd4 exd4 18. N3e4 Bxd1 19. Rxd1 Qc7 20. Qb3 b6 21. Nd3 Rab8 22. c5 bxc5 23. Qc4 Qa5 24. Nexc5 Bf8 25. b4 Qa3 26. Ne5 Qxb4 27. Qxf7+ Kh8 28. Qf6+ Bg7 29. Qg5 Re8 30. Nxc6 Qc4 31. Nxb8 Qe2 32. Qd2 1-0

Game 4: Hikaru Nakamura vs Magnus Carlsen, Blitz Battle 2016
PGN: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 Bxd2 10. Nbxd2 d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ne5 Na6 13. Nd3 Qe7 14. e3 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nxc5 bxc5 17. Rac1 Rfc8 18. Rfd1 h6 19. Qf5 a4 20. Rc2 Bc6 21. Rdc1 Bd7 22. Qf4 g5 0-1

Game 5: Magnus Carlsen vs Anish Giri
PGN: 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 h6 5. Bh4 d6 6. e4 g5 7. Bg3 Nh5 8. c3 e6 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. Nfd2 Nxg3 11. hxg3 b6 12. a4 a6 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Qe2 Qe7 15. Ne3 c5 16. d5 Nf6 17. f4 Qc7 18. O-O-O gxf4 19. gxf4 b5 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. e5 dxe5 22. Bg6+ Kf8 23. f5 b4 24. fxe6 bxc3 25. Ndc4 cxb2+ 26. Qxb2 Bc8 27. Qb6 Qxb6 28. Nxb6 Rb8 29. Nxc8 Rxc8 30. Nf5 1-0

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