Carlsen crushes and motivates Firouzja | Nimzo-Indian, Sämisch

Featured is an instructive blitz chess game between Alireza Firouzja and Magnus Carlsen from the 2024 Speed Chess Championship Finals held in Paris, France. Carlsen plays the Nimzo-Indian Defense and Firouzja chooses the Sämisch variation. With the resulting structure in the Sämisch, black is welcome to a queen exchange. Carlsen's approach is to find a safe haven for his king on the queenside, and to create multiple pawn exchanges on the kingside to open lines. The opened position compels Firouzja, whose king is without a cozy home, to seek a queen exchange. It would not be long after that Carlsen penetrates Firouzja's position. Carlsen's accuracy for this game was an amazing 99%. Carlsen became the 2024 Speed Chess Champion with a crushing match score of 23.5 to 7.5, and it motivated Firouzja in the end.
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Image of Magnus Carlsen by Lennart Ootes
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PGN
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Nc6 6. f3 b6 7. e4 Ba6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bf2 Nh5 11. h4 Qf6 12. e5 Qg7 13. g3 O-O-O 14. Bd3 f6 15. f4 Qf7 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. fxg5 fxg5 18. Qf3 Qxf3 19. Nxf3 Nf4 20. Rxh8 Nxd3+ 21. Ke2 Rxh8 22. Kxd3 Rf8 23. Ke3 Na5 24. Nd2 g4