#19 · The Queen Sacrifice Finish
World Chess Championship Tiebreak, New York · 2016 · vs Sergey Karjakin
You are Magnus Carlsen.
b. 1990 · The Grinder from Norway · Meet the Legend
New York, 2016 — the final rapid tiebreak game, on your 26th birthday. Karjakin must win to keep the match alive, so he lunges. You are Magnus Carlsen, and the door he left open is shaped exactly like your queen: finish the world championship with what Kavalek called the most brilliant final move in title-match history.
Find the moves they actually played · 🟩 exact · 🟨 engine says just as good · five lives
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