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Improve Your Chess: First Learn End! - Vallejo Pons-Carlsen 2012

Opening:

Player(s):

Vallejo Pons, Carlsen

Teacher's library
Vallejo Pons
Carlsen
endgame

Carlsen offers a queen trade at the start of the opening, forfeiting the right to castle. Vallejo Pons accepts and an equal queenless middlegame results.  In a position which looks like Vallejo Pons might have a slight advantage, the computer rates the chances as equal. Carlsen slowly outplays Vallejo Pons and gains some winning chances. Finally Vallejo Pons prematurely offers a trade of rooks and the resultant bishop vs knight endgame is won for Carlsen, which he shows with his normally outstanding technique.