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Magnus Carlsen was known for his attacking style as a teenager, but has since developed into a universal player. He uses a variety of openings to make it harder for opponents to prepare against him. The Scandinavian Defense is the oldest opening by Black recorded in modern chess. Considered to be the most directly challenging move available to Black after 1.e4, the general goal of the defense is to prevent White from controlling the center of the board with pawns, effectively forcing an open game, while allowing Black to build a strong pawn structure.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:11 Game 1
03:53 Game 2
09:26 Game 3
15:17 Game 4
19:57 Game 5
26:14 Game 6

Game 1: Hikaru Nakamura (3387) vs Magnus Carlsen (3295), Bullet Chess Championship Final, July 21 2023
1. e4 d5 2. Nc3 dxe4 3. Nxe4 Nf6 4. Ng3 h5 5. Bc4 h4 6. Nf1 Nc6 7. Ne3 h3 8. g3 e5 9. d3 Bc5 10. Ne2 Bxe3 11. Bxe3 Bg4 12. O-O Qd7 13. f3 Be6 14. Bb3 O-O-O 15. Bf2 a6 16. Nc3 Bxb3 17. axb3 Rhe8 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. fxe4 f5 20. exf5 Qd5 0-1

Game 2: Ian Nepomniachtchi (2773) vs Magnus Carlsen (2870), Tata Steel, November 25 2019
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4 Bg4 7. Be3 e6 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qxe5 14. f4 Qc7 15. Rhf1 b5 16. Bb3 b4 17. Na4 O-O 18. h4 Be4 19. g5 Nd5 20. Bd4 Bf5 21. h5 Nxf4 22. Qe3 Bxg5 23. Kb1 Rfd8 24. Be5 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Nd5 26. Qd4 Qe7 27. Bxg7 Rd8 28. h6 Nc3+ 29. bxc3 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 Bf6 0-1

Game 3: Hikaru Nakamura (3351) vs Magnus Carlsen (3331), Bullet Chess Championship Final, July 21 2023
1. e4 d5 2. Nc3 dxe4 3. Nxe4 Nf6 4. Ng3 h5 5. Bc4 h4 6. Nf1 h3 7. g3 Nc6 8. Ne3 e5 9. d3 Bc5 10. Bd2 Nd4 11. Nf3 Qe7 12. c3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 c6 14. O-O Bxe3 15. fxe3 Bg4 16. Qf2 e4 17. d4 Bf3 18. Be2 Ng4 19. Qe1 Qf6 20. Qd1 Bxe2 21. Qxe2 Qg6 22. Rf4 f5 23. Raf1 O-O 24. c4 Kh7 25. Bb4 Rf7 26. Qxg4 fxg4 27. Rxf7 b6 28. Bc3 Rg8 29. R1f4 b5 30. Re7 bxc4 31. Rexe4 Re8 32. Rxe8 Qxe8 33. e4 g5 34. Rxg4 Qf7 0-1

Game 4: Eric Hansen (2976) vs Magnus Carlsen (3244), Bullet Chess Championship, July 17 2023
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nb5 Qd8 6. c3 c6 7. Na3 e5 8. Nf3 Bxa3 9. bxa3 exd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. Be2 Re8 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Bf4 Nd5 14. Bd2 Nc5 15. Qc2 Ne4 16. Bd3 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 g6 18. Rfe1 Bd7 19. a4 Qf6 20. Rab1 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 c5 22. Nb5 Bxb5 23. axb5 Qxc3 24. Qxc3 Nxc3 25. h4 Rd8 26. Bc4 Rd4 27. Bf1 Nxa2 28. Re7 c4 29. Rxb7 c3 30. Rxa7 c2 31. Rc7 c1=Q 32. Rxc1 Nxc1 0-1

Game 5: Kirill Bazyrtsyrenov (2810) vs Magnus Carlsen (3243), Titled Tuesday, August 8 2023
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 Qxd5 4. d4 Bg4 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. h3 Bh5 7. Bd2 c6 8. Bc4 e6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Rfe1 Bd6 12. Bd3 O-O-O 13. a4 Bh2+ 14. Kh1 Bf4 15. Be3 Nd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. g4 Bg6 18. Qd2 Bd6 19. Kg2 Nf6 20. Ne5 Ne4 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Qc3 f6 23. Nxg6 hxg6 24. Qc4 Kb8 25. a5 a6 26. c3 f5 27. d5 c5 28. b4 f4 29. Bxc5 f3+ 30. Kg1 Rxh3 31. Qxe4 Bxc5 0-1

Game 6: Rauf Mamedov (2645) vs Magnus Carlsen (2876), Banter Blitz Cup, September 25 2019
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Ne5 Nc6 7. Nxc6 Qxc6 8. d5 Qd6 9. Bc4 b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. Qf3 b4 12. Bf4 e5 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 O-O-O 15. Be3 Bxd5 16. Qg4+ Qe6 17. Qe2 Be7 18. O-O Kb7 19. Rfd1 Bxb3 20. axb3 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Ra1 f5 23. g3 g5 24. c4 Qc6 25. Ra5 f4 26. Bd2 Bc5 27. Be1 f3 28. Qxe5 Re8 0-1

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