Garg Aradhya plays the pants of Mighty Magnus

In a recent Pro Chess League match between the Norway Gnomes and the Delhi Dynamite a young Indian player named Garg Aradhya rated 2315 played the mighty Magnus Carlsen. More than 500 rating points separated the two players. This is normally decisive without question. But in this match the rating difference did not matter. It seemed that Garg Aradhya literally played the pants of Magnus Carlsen. Unexplainable Garg Aradhya lost the time scramble in a winning completely winning position with a piece up. Before that he even could have ended the game with a simple win. All in all Garg Aradhya played brilliantly against the world champion.

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[Event “PRO Chess League (Knock-Out)”]
[Site “chess.com INT”]
[Date “2017.03.08”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Garg Aradhya”]
[Black “Magnus Carlsen”]
[Result “0-1”]
[BlackElo “2838”]
[ECO “E12”]
[EventDate “2017.03.01”]
[WhiteElo “2315”]

1.Nf3 b6 2.c4 Bb7 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 e6 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.e3 g6 8.h4 h6
9.Bb5+ c6 10.Bd3 Nd7 11.e4 Nxc3 12.bxc3 c5 13.Be3 Qc7 $6
{ Stockfish 6 64:+0.44/25 } ( 13…Bg7 { Stockfish 6 64:+0.06/24 } 14.O-O O-O
15.Qe2 Nf6 16.Bd2 Rc8 17.Rfc1 Ng4 18.e5 Qe7 19.Rcb1 Rfd8 20.Be4 Qd7 21.a4
cxd4 22.cxd4 Bxe4 23.Qxe4 h5 24.Bg5 Qd5 25.Qxd5 Rxd5 ) 14.Qd2 $6
{ Stockfish 6 64:+0.08/25 } ( 14.O-O { Stockfish 6 64:+0.44/25 } 14…Bg7
15.Qd2 Rd8 16.Rad1 Bc6 17.Rfe1 Ne5 18.Nxe5 Bxe5 19.Qb2 Bh2+ 20.Kh1 Bd6 21.d5
Ba4 22.Bc2 Bxc2 23.Qxc2 Be5 24.g3 Ke7 25.f4 Bg7 26.c4 Qb7 27.dxe6 fxe6 )
14…Bg7 $6 { Stockfish 6 64:+0.48/23 } ( 14…O-O-O
{ Stockfish 6 64:+0.08/25 } 15.O-O f5 16.Bf4 Bd6 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.Qe2 Kb8
19.Rfe1 Qc7 20.a4 Nf6 21.exf5 exf5 22.Qe5 Qxe5 23.Nxe5 cxd4 24.cxd4 Rxd4
25.Nxg6 Re8 26.Rxe8+ Nxe8 27.Bxf5 Nd6 28.Ne7 Rxh4 29.a5 Nxf5 ) 15.O-O Nf6 $6
{ Stockfish 6 64:+0.75/26 } ( 15…h5 { Stockfish 6 64:+0.41/22 } 16.a4 O-O
17.a5 b5 18.a6 Bc6 19.dxc5 Rad8 20.Qc2 Nf6 21.Bd4 Ng4 22.Bxg7 Kxg7 23.c4 b4
24.Qb2+ e5 25.Bc2 b3 26.Qxb3 Qe7 27.Rab1 Qxc5 ) 16.Bf4 Qe7 17.Rfe1 Ng4 $6
{ Stockfish 6 64:+1.05/25 } ( 17…Rd8 { Stockfish 6 64:+0.79/24 } 18.Bb5+
Kf8 19.d5 Ne8 20.a4 Nd6 21.Bg3 Kg8 22.h5 g5 23.Qc2 e5 24.Be2 Kh7 25.Nd2 Bc8
26.Nc4 Nxc4 27.Bxc4 Bg4 28.f3 Bxh5 29.a5 g4 30.axb6 axb6 31.Reb1 ) 18.Bb5+
Kf8 19.dxc5 $6 { Stockfish 6 64:+0.39/30 } ( 19.d5
{ Stockfish 6 64:+1.09/25 } 19…e5 20.Bg3 Bf6 21.a4 Kg7 22.Bc4 Rhd8 23.a5
Rab8 24.axb6 axb6 25.Ra7 Ra8 26.Rxa8 Bxa8 27.Rb1 Rd6 28.Bb5 Bb7 29.Ra1 Qd8
30.c4 Kg8 31.Qe2 h5 32.Qb2 ) 19…e5 20.c6 Bxc6 $6
{ Stockfish 6 64:+0.83/30 } ( 20…Rd8 { Stockfish 6 64:+0.52/28 } 21.Qe2
exf4 22.cxb7 Bxc3 23.Rac1 Bxe1 24.Nxe1 Qxb7 25.Qxg4 Qxe4 26.Nf3 Kg7 27.a4 Rd5
28.Rc4 h5 29.Qxf4 Qxf4 30.Rxf4 Rc8 31.Re4 Rc1+ 32.Kh2 Kf6 33.g3 Rf5 34.Kg2
Rc3 35.Nd4 Rfc5 36.Rf4+ Kg7 37.Rf3 Rc1 ) 21.Bxc6 Rd8 22.Bd5 exf4 23.Qxf4 Ne5
24.Rad1 Bf6 $6 { Stockfish 6 64:+0.97/29 } ( 24…Qf6
{ Stockfish 6 64:+0.71/30 } 25.Qxf6 Bxf6 26.Nxe5 Bxe5 27.Re3 g5 28.Rf3 Rd7
29.Rf5 f6 30.c4 Kg7 31.Kf1 Rc7 32.Ke2 Bd6 33.a4 Re7 34.Rh1 Ree8 35.g3 Rhf8
36.f4 gxf4 37.gxf4 Re7 38.Rh3 Ree8 39.Rf3 Rd8 ) 25.Nd4 $6
{ Stockfish 6 64:+0.65/29 } ( 25.h5 { Stockfish 6 64:+0.97/29 } 25…g5
26.Qf5 Nxf3+ 27.Qxf3 Qe5 28.Re3 Kg7 29.Qe2 Rhf8 30.Rf3 Rfe8 31.c4 Re7 32.Rfd3
Red7 33.Qf3 Qf4 34.Qh3 Be5 35.g3 Qf6 36.Qg4 Kh8 37.Rf3 Qg7 38.Kg2 Bd6 39.Rfd3
Qf6 40.Qf5 Qxf5 41.exf5 Be7 42.f4 gxf4 ) 25…Kg7 $6
{ Stockfish 6 64:+1.10/24 } ( 25…h5 { Stockfish 6 64:+0.65/29 } 26.g3 Kg7
27.Nf3 Rhe8 28.Nxe5 Qxe5 29.Qxe5 Bxe5 30.Re3 Rc8 31.c4 Re7 32.Red3 f6 33.Kg2
Bd6 34.f4 Rcc7 35.Kf3 Kh6 36.a4 Bc5 37.Re1 Re8 38.Re2 Rce7 39.Red2 Kg7 40.Rd1
Bb4 ) 26.g3 $6 { Stockfish 6 64:+0.51/26 } ( 26.h5
{ Stockfish 6 64:+1.10/24 } 26…g5 27.Qf5 Qd7 28.f4 gxf4 29.Qxf4 Qg4
30.Qxg4+ Nxg4 31.Nf5+ Kg8 32.Rf1 Bg5 33.g3 Rd7 34.Nd6 Rh7 35.Bb3 Rc7 36.Nxf7
Rhxf7 37.Rxf7 Be3+ 38.Kg2 Rxf7 39.Bxf7+ Kxf7 40.Rd7+ Ke6 41.Rxa7 ) 26…Qxa3
27.h5 Qxc3 28.hxg6 Nxg6 29.Qf5 Rhe8 30.Nc6 Rc8 31.e5 Nxe5 $4
{ Stockfish 6 64:+5.93/32 } ( 31…Rxc6 { Stockfish 6 64:+0.61/32 } 32.Bxc6
Rxe5 33.Rxe5 Qxe5 34.Qxe5 Nxe5 35.Bb5 Be7 36.f4 Ng4 37.Rd7 Bc5+ 38.Kg2 a5
39.Kf3 Nf6 40.Rb7 Nd5 41.g4 Ne7 42.Be8 Kf6 43.Ke4 Kg7 44.Bd7 Kf6 45.Rc7 Bd6
46.Ra7 Bc5 47.Rb7 Kg6 48.Bb5 Kf6 49.Rc7 Bd6 50.Rd7 Bc5 51.Rb7 ) 32.Nxe5 Rxe5
33.Rxe5 Bxe5 $4 { Stockfish 6 64:+123.41/43 } ( 33…Qxe5
{ Stockfish 6 64:+5.51/29 } 34.Qxc8 h5 35.Qd7 Qe7 36.Bb3 Qxd7 37.Rxd7 a5
38.Rxf7+ Kg6 39.Rd7 Kf5 40.Rd6 Be7 41.Rxb6 h4 42.gxh4 Bxh4 43.Rb5+ Ke4
44.Rxa5 Bf6 45.Ra4+ Kf5 46.Kg2 Bc3 47.f4 Kg4 48.Be6+ Kh5 49.Kf3 Kg6 50.Ra6
Bd2 51.Bd5+ Kg7 ) 34.Qxf7+ Kh8 35.Be4 Bg7 36.Qf5 Kg8 37.Rd7 Qf6 38.Rxg7+ $6
{ Stockfish 6 64:+5.67/30 } ( 38.Qh7+ { Stockfish 6 64:+123.43/36 } 38…Kf8
39.Bd5 Ke8 40.Rxg7 Qxg7 41.Qxg7 Rc1+ 42.Kg2 b5 43.Qxh6 Re1 44.Bc6+ Ke7
45.Bxb5 Re6 46.Qg7+ Kd6 47.Qd7+ Kc5 48.Qxe6 Kxb5 49.Qb6+ Ka4 50.Qxa7+ )
38…Kxg7 39.Qg4+ Kf7 40.Qxc8 Qd4 41.Qc7+ Ke6 42.Bf3 a5 43.Qc6+ $6
{ Stockfish 6 64:+4.36/30 } ( 43.Qc1 { Stockfish 6 64:+6.00/30 } 43…h5
44.Qc6+ Ke5 45.Qe8+ Kd6 46.Qxh5 Qc5 47.Qg6+ Kc7 48.Qg7+ Kd6 49.Qf6+ Kc7
50.Qf4+ Kd8 51.Qe4 Kd7 52.Kg2 Kd6 53.Qe8 Qd4 54.Qf8+ Kd7 55.Qf5+ Kd6 56.Qh5
Ke7 57.Qg6 Kd7 58.Qc2 Kd6 59.Qc8 Qc5 60.Qf8+ Kc7 61.Qf7+ Kd6 62.Qf4+ Ke7
63.Qb8 ) 43…Ke7 $2 { Stockfish 6 64:+18.76/35 } ( 43…Qd6
{ Stockfish 6 64:+4.36/30 } 44.Bg4+ Ke7 45.Qb7+ Kf6 46.Qh7 Ke5 47.Qh8+ Kd5
48.Qc3 Qc5 49.Qf3+ Kd4 50.Qe3+ Kd5 51.Qe6+ Kd4 52.Qxh6 Kd3 53.Bd7 Kc2 54.Qe6
Kc3 55.Qe1+ Kc2 56.Qe2+ Kc3 57.Qd1 Qe7 58.Qa1+ Kc4 59.Be6+ Kb5 60.Qe5+ Qc5
61.Qe4 Qc1+ 62.Kg2 Qc6 63.Bd5 Qc3 64.Bf7 Ka6 65.Bc4+ Ka7 66.Qe7+ Kb8 )
44.Qxh6 a4 45.Qg5+ Kd6 46.Qb5 a3 47.Qb3 $6 { Stockfish 6 64:+6.42/32 } (
47.Qc6+ { Stockfish 6 64:+123.32/34 } 47…Ke7 48.Bd5 Qb4 49.Kg2 b5 50.Qc7+
Ke8 51.Bc6+ Kf8 52.Qb8+ Ke7 53.Qe5+ Kf7 54.Qxb5 Qd6 55.Bd5+ Kf6 56.Qb7 Qc5
57.Qf7+ Ke5 58.Bb3 Qc6+ 59.Qf3 Qc1 60.Qd5+ Kf6 61.Qe6+ Kg7 62.Bd5 Qg5 63.Qg8+
Kf6 64.Qxg5+ Kxg5 65.f4+ Kf6 66.f5 Ke5 67.Ba2 Kf6 68.Bc4 Ke7 69.f6+ Ke8
70.f7+ Kf8 ) 47…Qc5 0-1
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