Magnus invents a NEW WAY to play the Catalan Opening!

The Airthings Masters will be held from the 3rd to the 10th of February on chess.com.
Format: a play-in event followed by a knockout tournament devided into three divisions.
Time control is 15 minutes for the entire game with a 3-second increment beginning from move 1.

PGN OF THE GAME:

[Event "Champions Chess Tour Airthings Masters 2023"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2023.02.06"]
[Round "01-01"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2852"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "600+5"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Indian Defense: Anti-Nimzo-Indian"]
[Termination "Unterminated"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 { E10 Indian Defense: Anti-Nimzo-Indian } d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Bf4 O-O 9. h4 b6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Ng5 c5 13. d5 exd5 14. cxd5 Nh5?? { (0.19 → 2.03) Blunder. Nxd5 was best. } (14... Nxd5) 15. Be3 f5 16. Ne6 Qb8 17. g4 fxg4 18. Bxe4?! { (2.11 → 1.47) Inaccuracy. Nxf8 was best. } (18. Nxf8) 18... Ndf6 19. Nxf8 Qxf8 20. O-O-O Bd6? { (1.25 → 2.84) Mistake. Nxe4 was best. } (20... Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Nf6 22. Bg5 Nxd5 23. Rhe1 Qf7 24. Bxe7 Nb4 25. Nd6 Nxc2 26. Nxf7 Nxe1 27. Nd6) 21. Bf5 Re8 22. Rhe1 Kh8 23. Kb1 a6 24. Bg5 b5 25. Re6 Rd8 26. Ne4 Bf4 27. Bxf6 Nxf6 28. Nxf6 gxf6 29. Qe4 Be5 30. Qxg4 c4?! { (5.69 → 10.31) Inaccuracy. Rxd5 was best. } (30... Rxd5 31. Rxd5 Bxd5 32. Qh5 Qg7 33. Qe8+ Qg8 34. Qxg8+ Kxg8 35. Rxa6 Bd4 36. f4 h5 37. Rb6) 31. Qh5 Qg8? { (8.86 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qg7 was best. } (31... Qg7 32. d6) 32. Re7 *

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