Magnus Carlsen vs Sanal,V
1-0 · White won
2nd 3-0 Thu 15th Jan 2026, round 8
2026 Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense (C24)
The Engine Age
♞
Sanal,V
♘
Magnus Carlsen
Moves
Legends
1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.13.14.15.16.17.18.19.20.21.22.23.24.25.26.27.28.29.30.31.32.33.34.35.36.37.38.39.40.41.42.43.44.45.46.47.48.49.50.51.52.53.54.55.56.57.58.59.60.61.62.63.64.65.66.67.68.69.70.71.72.73.74.75.76.77.78.79.80.81.82. 1-0
Raw PGN
[Event "2nd 3-0 Thu 15th Jan 2026"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2026.01.15"] [Round "8"] [White "Carlsen,M"] [Black "Sanal,V"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Qf3 Nc6 4.Ne2 Be7 5.Nbc3 O-O 6.d3 d6 7.h3 Be6 8.Be3 Nb4 9.O-O-O c5 10.g4 Nc6 11.g5 Nd7 12.Bxe6 fxe6 13.Qg4 Nd4 14.h4 Kh8 15.h5 b5 16.g6 Nf6 17.Qg2 Rg8 18.h6 gxh6 19.Rxh6 Bf8 20.Rh3 Qe8 21.Rg1 b4 22.Bg5 Rxg6 23.Nxd4 bxc3 24.Nf3 Kg8 25.bxc3 Rb8 26.Nh4 Rg7 27.Qf3 Nh5 28.Rhh1 Qf7 29.Kd2 Qxf3 30.Nxf3 Nf4 31.Bxf4 exf4 32.e5 d5 33.Ng5 Rb6 34.a4 Ra6 35.Nf3 Be7 36.Rxg7+ Kxg7 37.Rg1+ Kf7 38.Rh1 Kg7 39.Rb1 Rxa4 40.Rb7 Kf8 41.d4 c4 42.Rb8+ Kf7 43.Rc8 Ra1 44.Ke2 h5 45.Rh8 h4 46.Rh7+ Ke8 47.Rh8+ Kd7 48.Rh7 Rh1 49.Ng5 a5 50.Nf7 a4 51.Nh8 a3 52.Ng6 a2 53.Rxe7+ Kc6 54.Ra7 a1=Q 55.Rxa1 Rxa1 56.Nxh4 Ra2 57.Kd2 Kd7 58.Ng6 f3 59.Nh4 Ra1 60.Nxf3 Rf1 61.Ke2 Rc1 62.Ne1 Rb1 63.Kd2 Ra1 64.f4 Ke7 65.Ng2 Kf7 66.Ne3 Kg6 67.f5+ exf5 68.Nxd5 Kg5 69.e6 Ra8 70.e7 Re8 71.Ke3 Kg6 72.Kf4 Rc8 73.Nc7 Kf7 74.e8=Q+ Rxe8 75.Nxe8 Kxe8 76.Kxf5 Kd7 77.Ke5 Kc6 78.Ke6 Kb5 79.Kd5 Ka4 80.Kxc4 Ka3 81.d5 Kb2 82.d6 1-0