The Dirty Grandmaster move that defeated Magnus Carlsen

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KevinOSh

"Oh that's dirty! Wow! Wow! Wow!" Magnus exclaims before resigning

Can you find the winning move?

AunTheKnight

Found the move. Truly beautiful.  Can you post the whole game?

KevinOSh

Don't want to spoil the puzzle for others here, but yes I'll send you a link to the game.

AunTheKnight

That was a great game by white! Terrific knight sacrifice too!

Solmyr1234

found it

Arisktotle

If I remember well, it was a game played under some sort of speed chess condition. Which cannot be considered a serious defeat.

KevinOSh

Blitz is your main thing here @Arisktotle there's no reason to talk it down. Sure it's not like losing a World Championship game, but it was a great game nevertheless.

Arisktotle

In chess, a game is great when it stands up under analysis - not when a player miraculously escapes by time stress or wins by it. Magnus would have been ashamed of overlooking that move in any sort of standard game with some minutes on the clock. I would in my prime though my rating was just in the 2200 range. Then of course I am a good puzzler who eats such combinations for breakfast.

KevinOSh

Here is the game. Magnus was not under severe time pressure, he just got outplayed. Supi played some great moves in the game.

snoozyman
That was so filthy, i love it.
KevinOSh

I just noticed this game was voted the best ever blitz game:

https://www.chess.com/article/view/the-10-greatest-blitz-chess-games-of-all-time