[Event "ch-NOR Playoff"]

[Site "Oslo NOR"]

[Date "2006/09/21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Agdestein,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "C76"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.c3 a6 5.Ba4 d6 6.d4 Bd7 7.dxe5 b5 8.Bb3 dxe5
9.Qd5 Qf6 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Qxa8+ Ke7 12.Be3 Bc6 13.Bc5+ Kd7 14.Qxf8 Nh6
15.Qxh6 Nd3+
16.Ke2 Nxc5 17.f3 Re8 18.Nd2 Kc8 19.Qe3 Qe7 20.Rhd1 f5 21.Kf1 g5 22.Kg1 f4
23.Qe2 h5 24.Bc2 Nd7 25.a4 Ne5 26.axb5 axb5 27.Nb3 g4 28.Nd4 Qc5 29.Kh1
1-0

[Event "GpB"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006/10/27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov,Ana"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "A39"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O Nc6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 O-O 8.Nc3
Ng4

9.e3 d6 10.h3 Nge5 11.b3 Nxd4 12.exd4 Nc6 13.Be3 Bd7 14.Qd2 Qa5 15.Rfd1
Rac8
16.Rac1 Rfe8 17.d5 Nb4 18.Nb1 b6 19.a3 Na6 20.b4 Qa4 21.Bd4 Bxd4 22.Qxd4
b5
23.Qxa7 Nc5 24.Qxa4 Nxa4 25.cxb5 Nb2 26.Re1 Nd3 27.Rxc8 Rxc8 28.Rd1 Nb2
29.Re1 Nd3
30.Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "GpB"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006/10/27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Volokitin,And"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 g6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.g3 Ne4 6.Nd2 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Bg2 Nc6
9.Nb3 Bg7 10.O-O O-O 11.Be3 Na5 12.Nxa5 Qxa5 13.Bxb7 Rab8 14.Bf3 Qxc3
15.Rc1 Qa5
16.dxc5 dxc5 17.Qd2 Qxd2 18.Bxd2 Rb2 19.Be3 Rc8 20.a4 Ra2 21.Bb7 Rc7
22.Bf3 Rxa4
23.g4 Be6 24.Rfd1 Rc8 25.Bb7 Rb8 26.Bf3 Ra5 27.Bf4 Rc8 28.h3 Bb2 29.Rb1
Bc3
30.Bb7 Rf8 31.Bd5 Bxd5 32.Rxd5 Bb4 33.Rbd1 f6 34.Rd7 Re8 35.Rc7 Ra2 36.e3
a5
37.Rdd7 Be1 38.Rxe7 Bxf2+ 39.Kf1 Rxe7 40.Rxe7 Bh4 41.Bh6 Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GpB"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]

[Date "2006/10/28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhao Xue"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bd2 Nd7 8.Qc2
Be7
9.e4 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 O-O 11.Rd1 Rc8 12.Bc4 Nf6 13.d5 exd5 14.Bxf6 Bxf6
15.Bxd5 Bxd5
16.Rxd5 Qe7 17.O-O Rfd8 18.Rfd1 Rxd5 19.Rxd5 c6 20.Rd1 g6 21.g3 Bg7
22.Kg2 c5
23.Rd5 Qe6 24.Ng5 Qc6 25.Qd2 h6 26.Nf3 Re8 27.Qc2 Qe6 28.Nd2 f5 29.f3
fxe4
30.fxe4 Qg4 31.Qc4 Kh7 32.e5 Qxc4 33.Nxc4 b5 34.Nd6 Rxe5 35.Rxe5 Bxe5
36.Nxb5 Bxb2
37.a4 c4 38.Kf3 a6 39.Ke4 axb5 40.a5 c3 0-1

[Event "GpB"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006/10/28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "B48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.O-O
Ne5
9.h3 Bc5 10.Kh1 d6 11.f4 Ng6 12.Qe1 O-O 13.f5 Ne5 14.Qh4 b5 15.Rf3 exf5
16.exf5 Nxf3
17.gxf3 Bb7 18.Rg1 Bxf3+ 19.Nxf3 Bxe3 20.Qxf6 Bxg1 21.Qg5 Qc6 22.Ne4 f6
23.Qxg1 Rae8
24.Qd4 d5 25.Nc5 Re7 26.Kg2 g6 27.Ne6 Rxe6 28.fxe6 Qxe6 29.a4 bxa4
30.Qxa4 Rb8
31.b3 Rb6 32.Qa5 Kg7 33.Nd4 Qd6 34.c3 h5 35.h4 Kh6 36.b4 Rb8 37.Qxa6 Qf4
38.Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "GpB"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006/10/28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Koneru,H"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 O-O 7.e3 c5 8.dxc5
Nbd7
9.Be2 Qa5 10.O-O Bxc3 11.bxc3 Ne4 12.Qxd5 Nxc3 13.Qc4 b5 14.Qd3 Nxc5
15.Qc2 Bb7
16.Rfc1 b4 17.Be7 Rfe8 18.Bxc5 Qxc5 19.Nd4 Rac8 20.Bf1 a5 21.a3 h6 22.axb4
axb4
23.Qb2 Bd5 24.h3 Ra8 25.Nc2 Rxa1 26.Rxa1 b3 27.Nd4 Qb4 28.Nc2 Qc5
29.Nd4 Rb8
30.Rc1 Rc8 31.Kh1 Qa5 32.Bd3 g6 33.e4 Bxe4 34.Bxe4 Qb4 35.Qxb3 Qxd4
36.Bxg6 Qxf2

37.Bh5 Rc5 38.Bxf7+ Qxf7 39.Rxc3 Qxb3 40.Rxb3 Kg7 41.Kh2 Rc2 42.Rb6 Ra2
43.Kg3 Ra3+
44.Kh4 Ra4+ 45.Kg3 Ra3+ 46.Kh2 Ra2 47.Rb3 Kg6 48.Kg3 Rc2 49.Kf3 Ra2
50.g4 h5
51.Rb6+ Kg7 52.g5 Ra3+ 53.Kg2 h4 54.Rb4 Rg3+ 55.Kh2 Rxg5 56.Rxh4 Ra5
1/2-1/2

[Event "GpB"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006/10/29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Skripchenko,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[ECO "B48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f3 a6 8.Qd2 b5
9.O-O-O Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Bb7 11.Kb1 Rc8 12.Bd3 Bc5 13.Qxc5 Qxc5 14.Bxc5
Rxc5
15.a4 Bc6 16.axb5 axb5 17.Ne2 b4 18.Nd4 Ra5 19.Kc1 Ke7 20.Kd2 Rha8 21.h4
h5
22.Ke3 g6 23.Rd2 Bb7 24.Rhd1 Ra2 25.Rb1 e5 26.Ne2 d5 27.exd5 Bxd5 28.c3
Be6
29.Kf2 Rb8 30.cxb4 Rxb4 31.Nc3 Ra7 32.Re1 Rab7 33.Ree2 Rb8 34.g3 Nd7
35.Be4 Nf6
36.Bb1 Rd4 37.Ba2 Rxd2 38.Rxd2 Bxa2 39.Nxa2 Ke6 40.Nc3 Rb3 41.Ke2 Rb4
42.Ke3 Rb8
43.Kd3 Rb4 44.Kc2 Rb7 45.b3 Kf5 46.Rd3 g5 47.hxg5 Kxg5 48.Rd6 Kf5 49.b4
Rxb4
50.Rxf6+ Kxf6 51.Nd5+ Kf5 52.Nxb4 e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GpB"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006/10/29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.dxc5
Nbd7
9.Rc1 Qa5 10.Nd2 b6 11.c6 d4 12.cxd7 dxc3 13.bxc3 Bxc3 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Bd3
Bxd7
16.Rc2 Rfd8 17.O-O Bxd2 18.Rxd2 Bf5 19.e4 Be6 20.e5 f5 21.Qe2 Rd4 22.Qe3
Rad8
23.Qg5+ Kf8 24.Qh6+ Ke8 25.Qf6 Rxd3 26.Qh8+ Ke7 27.Qf6+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006/10/31"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Fressinet,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C80"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6

9.Nbd2 Bc5 10.c3 O-O 11.Bc2 Bf5 12.Nb3 Bg6 13.Nfd4 Bxd4 14.cxd4 a5 15.Be3
a4
16.Nd2 f6 17.exf6 Qxf6 18.Rc1 Rae8 19.Nxe4 Bxe4 20.Bxe4 Rxe4 21.Qd3 Kh8
22.f3 Re6
23.Bf2 Qf4 24.Rfd1 Rb8 25.Rc5 Nb4 26.Rxb5 c6 27.Qf5 1-0

[Event "KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006/10/31"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Fressinet,L"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nfxd7 8.d4
O-O
9.Re1 Nc6 10.d5 Nce5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.f4 Nd7 13.Nd2 b5 14.Nf3 Qb6 15.Qe2
Qb7
16.Rd1 Rae8 17.f5 c4 18.a4 b4 19.Nd4 Nc5 20.Bf4 Nd3 21.Be3 e6 22.Nb5 exd5
23.Nxd6 Qc7 24.Nxe8 Rxe8 25.cxb4 Rxe4 26.Rxd3 cxd3 27.Qxd3 Bxb2 28.Rd1
Be5
29.h3 gxf5 30.Bc5 Qd7 31.a5 d4 32.a6 Bb8 33.Qf3 Qe6 34.Rf1 Qe5 35.g3 Re3
0-1

[Event "KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006/11/01"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]

[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Bg5 12.Nc2 O-O 13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 a5 15.Bc4
Kh8
16.O-O Rb8 17.b4 Bd7 18.Ra2 axb4 19.Ncxb4 Nxb4 20.cxb4 f5 21.exf5 Bxf5
22.Qb3 Be6
23.b5 Qc8 24.Ra6 Qc5 25.Rc6 Qxc6 26.bxc6 Rxb3 27.Bxb3 Rc8 28.f4 exf4
29.Re1 Bxd5
30.Bxd5 g6 31.Re6 Kg7 32.Rxd6 Rc7 33.Kf2 Be7 34.Re6 Kf8 35.Kf3 Bd8 36.Re4
Re7
37.Rxf4+ Kg7 38.h3 Bc7 39.Rb4 Kf6 40.Be4 Bd6 41.Ra4 Bc7 42.Ke3 Re5 43.Kd3
Ra5
44.Rb4 Ke5 45.Bf3 Rc5 46.Re4+ Kf6 47.Rd4 Be5 48.Rd7 Rc3+ 49.Kd2 h5
50.Bd5 h4
51.Rf7+ Kg5 52.Re7 Bf6 53.Re8 Rc5 54.Bf3 Be5 55.Rf8 Bd6 56.Rf7 Be5 57.Kd3
Rc3+
58.Ke4 Rc5 59.Rh7 Kf6 60.Kd3 g5 61.Be4 Ke6 62.Rh6+ Bf6 63.Bf3 Rc3+ 64.Kd2
Rc5
65.Rh7 Be5 66.Rd7 Kf6 67.Bd5 Kf5 68.Rf7+ Kg6 69.Rd7 Kf5 70.Bf3 Ke6
71.Bg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006/11/01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]

[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bc4 O-O
9.O-O Be6 10.Bb3 Nc6 11.Qe2 Na5 12.Rfd1 Nxb3 13.cxb3 Qe8 14.Ne1 Ng4
15.Nc2 f5
16.f3 Nxe3 17.Nxe3 fxe4 18.Nxe4 Rd8 19.Nd5 Qf7 20.Qd3 Bxd5 21.Qxd5 Qxd5
22.Rxd5 Kf7
23.Rad1 Ke6 24.b4 Rc8 25.b5 Rc2 26.bxa6 bxa6 27.Ra5 Rb8 28.b3 Rb6 29.Kf1
Rbc6
30.h3 h5 31.Rd3 g5 32.Rd2 Rxd2 33.Nxd2 d5 34.Ra4 a5 35.Ke2 Bd8 36.Kd3
Rc1
37.b4 axb4 38.Rxb4 Rg1 39.g4 Rg3 40.Rb8 e4+ 41.Ke2 Rg2+ 42.Kf1 Rxd2
43.Rxd8 hxg4
44.hxg4 exf3 45.Re8+ Kd6 46.Rf8 Rxa2 47.Rf5 Ke6 48.Rxg5 d4 49.Rf5 d3
50.Ke1 Re2+ 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial"]

[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006/11/06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4 Bg4 7.h3 Bh5 8.g4 Bg6
9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.e3 e6 11.Bxc4 Bb4 12.Bf1 Qd5 13.f3 Qa5 14.Bg2 c5 15.dxc5
Nc6

16.O-O O-O 17.f4 Qxc5 18.g5 Rfd8 19.Qe2 Bxc3 20.bxc3 Nd5 21.Qb5 Qxc3
22.Rb1 Ndb4
23.Qe2 Rac8 24.Be4 Na5 25.Bb2 Qc4 26.Qg2 Nb3 27.Bxb7 Rd2 28.Qf3 Rcd8
29.Be5 Nc5
30.Rbc1 Nc2 31.Bc6 a6 32.Rf2 Nb3 33.Rcf1 Nb4 34.Qe4 Qxc6 35.Qxb4 Rxf2
36.Rxf2 Qc1+
37.Kg2 Qxe3 38.Qb7 Nd2 0-1