[Event "Troll Masters"]

[Site "Gausdal NOR"]

[Date "2003/01/13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Shumiakina,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[ECO "B25"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Nge2 e6 7.Be3 Nd4 8.O-O Ne7
9.f4 O-O 10.Qd2 f5 11.Rab1 Rb8 12.b4 Nxe2+ 13.Nxe2 cxb4 14.Bxa7 Ra8
15.Bd4 Rxa2
16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Rxb4 Nc6 18.Rb5 Qf6 19.e5 dxe5 20.Bxc6 bxc6 21.Rxe5 Bd7
22.Rb1 Rfa8
23.Qc3 Kf7 24.Kf2 R2a3 25.Qc5 Qe7 26.Nd4 Qxc5 27.Rxc5 Ke7 28.Nf3 Ra1
29.Rb4 Kd6
30.Rcc4 c5 31.Rb6+ Kc7 32.Rb3 R8a5 33.Rbc3 Kd6 34.Ne5 Be8 35.d4 cxd4
36.Rxd4+ Rd5
37.Rxd5+ exd5 38.Rc8 Bb5 39.Rb8 Kc5 40.Rb7 Rc1 41.Ke3 Re1+ 42.Kf3 Rf1+
43.Kg2 Rc1
44.Kh3 Bc4 45.Rxh7 Rxc2 46.Rc7+ Kd4 47.Nxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Troll Masters"]

[Site "Gausdal NOR"]
[Date "2003/01/14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Leer Salvesen,B"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]

[BlackElo "2279"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.Qc2 c5 7.d4 Nc6 8.dxc5 d4
9.Rd1 e5 10.Nbd2 Bxc5 11.Nb3 Be7 12.h3 Be6 13.Ng5 Nb4 14.Nxe6 Nxc2
15.Nxd8 Nxa1
16.Nxb7 Nxb3 17.axb3 a5 18.Bg5 a4 19.bxa4 Rxa4 20.c5 Rc4 21.c6 Rc2
22.Rd2 Rc1+
23.Kh2 h6 24.Bxf6 gxf6 25.Be4 Rc8 26.g4 Bb4 27.Rd3 Re1 28.Bf3 Re8 29.Rb3
Bf8
30.Be4 Rxe2 31.Bf5 e4 32.c7 d3 33.Nd8 Bd6+ 0-1

[Event "Troll Masters"]

[Site "Gausdal NOR"]
[Date "2003/01/15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bluvshtein,M"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2279"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Ba7 7.O-O Nc6 8.Qe2
d6
9.Be3 Bxe3 10.Qxe3 Nf6 11.N1d2 O-O 12.f4 Rb8 13.Rae1 b5 14.e5 Nd5 15.Qh3
g6
16.c4 bxc4 17.Bxc4 dxe5 18.fxe5 Kg7 19.Ne4 Nxe5 20.Bxd5 exd5 21.Qc3 Qb6+
22.Rf2 dxe4 23.Qxe5+ Kg8 24.Qxe4 Be6 25.Re3 Rfe8 26.Nd4 Rbd8 27.Rd2 f5
28.Qd3 Rd6
29.Kh1 Rc8 30.h3 Bxa2 31.Qa3 Bf7 32.Red3 Rc1+ 33.Kh2 Qb8 34.Rg3 h5 35.h4
Qd8

36.Ne6 Qxh4+ 37.Rh3 Rh1+ 38.Kxh1 Qe1+ 39.Kh2 Qxd2 40.Ng5 h4 41.Rf3
Rb6 42.Qe7 Qd6+
43.Qxd6 Rxd6 44.Nxf7 Kxf7 45.Rf4 Rb6 46.b4 Ke6 47.Rxh4 Kd5 48.Kg3 g5
49.Rh1 Kc4
50.Rf1 Rf6 51.Rb1 Re6 52.Rf1 Rf6 53.Rb1 Kb5 54.Rb3 Re6 55.Kf2 Re4 56.Rd3
Kxb4
57.Rd5 a5 58.g3 a4 59.Rxf5 a3 60.Kf3 Rc4 61.Ke2 a2 62.Rf1 Kc3 63.Rc1+ Kb3
0-1

[Event "11th Aosta Open"]

[Site "Saint Vincent ITA"]
[Date "2003/02/11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sedina,E"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2279"]
[ECO "C26"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 Nxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 d4 7.Bg2 dxc3 8.bxc3
Bd6
9.O-O O-O 10.Rb1 Rb8 11.d4 Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.g4 Bg6 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Nxe5
Bxe5
16.Qxd8 Rfxd8 17.f4 Bxc2 18.Rb2 Bd3 19.fxe5 Bxf1 20.Bxf1 b6 21.Kf2 Rd5
22.Bf4 Rbd8
23.Be2 h6 24.h4 Kf8 25.h5 Rc5 26.Rc2 Ra5 27.Ke3 Rc5 28.Ke4 Re8 29.Kf3 Re6
30.a4 c6 31.Bd3 Ra5 32.Bf5 Re7 33.Rd2 Rd5 34.Rd4 Re8 35.Be4 Rc5 36.c4 Kg8
37.Bf5 a6 38.Bd7 Ra8 39.e6 fxe6 40.Bd6 Ra5 41.Bxc6 Ra7 42.Bb4 Rg5 43.Rd8+
Kh7
44.Be4+ g6 45.hxg6+ Kg7 46.Bf8+ Kf6 47.Bxh6 1-0

[Event "11th Aosta Open"]

[Site "Saint Vincent ITA"]

[Date "2003/02/14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Vassallo,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Be3 d6 5.Qd2 Nd7 6.f3 b5 7.O-O-O Bb7 8.h4 h5
9.Nh3 Qc7 10.Ng5 Ngf6 11.f4 b4 12.Ne2 c5 13.e5 cxd4 14.Nxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Aosta Open"]

[Site "Saint Vincent ITA"]
[Date "2003/02/16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Stefanova,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.e3 Bg4 8.Be2 e6
9.Ne5 Bxe2 10.Qxe2 Rc8 11.O-O Be7 12.Rfc1 O-O 13.Na4 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Nd7
15.Bg3 b5
16.Rxc8 Qxc8 17.Nc5 Nxc5 18.Rc1 b4 19.dxc5 Qc6 20.Qg4 a5 21.Be5 f6 22.Bd6
f5
23.Qg3 Bxd6 24.Qxd6 Qxd6 25.cxd6 Rd8 26.Rc6 Kf7 27.f4 Ke8 28.Ra6 Rc8
29.Rxa5 Kd7

30.b3 Kxd6 31.Rb5 Rc2 32.Rxb4 Rxa2 33.Kf1 Rb2 34.Rb6+ Kc5 35.Rxe6 Rxb3
36.Ke2 g6
37.Re8 Rb2+ 38.Kd3 Rb3+ 39.Ke2 Rb2+ 40.Kf3 Rb3 41.Ke2 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Classics GM"]

[Site "Gausdal NOR"]
[Date "2003/04/03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Daly,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[ECO "B82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 O-O
9.O-O-O Qc7 10.Nb3 a6 11.g4 b5 12.g5 Nd7 13.h4 Bb7 14.g6 Nb4 15.a3 Nc6
16.Bh3 hxg6
17.h5 g5 18.f5 Nce5 19.Qg3 g4 20.Bxg4 Nxg4 21.h6 g5 22.Qxg4 Ne5 23.Qh5
g4
24.Bd4 Bf6 25.Bxe5 Bxe5 26.Qxg4+ Kh8 27.Rdg1 1-0

[Event "Classics GM"]

[Site "Gausdal NOR"]
[Date "2003/04/04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Paehtz,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2384"]

[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 b5 8.Nd5
Nf6
9.Nxf6+ Qxf6 10.c4 b4 11.Nc2 Qg6 12.Qd5 Bb7 13.Nxb4 Nd8 14.Qd1 Qxe4+
15.Be3 Be7
16.Nd5 Bh4 17.Qd3 Qxd3 18.Bxd3 Ne6 19.O-O Rc8 20.b4 e4 21.Be2 Bf6
22.Nxf6+ gxf6
23.Rac1 f5 24.f4 exf3 25.Bxf3 Be4 26.Bxe4 fxe4 27.Rf5 Rf8 28.a4 Ke7 29.b5
axb5
30.axb5 Ng7 31.Rd5 Ne6 32.Rf5 Ng7 33.Rf2 Ne6 34.b6 f5 35.g3 Kd7 36.Rb2
Rb8
37.b7 Nd8 38.Rcb1 Nc6 39.Bf4 Rfe8 40.c5 Ne5 41.Rc2 dxc5 42.Rxc5 Nd3
43.Bxb8 Nxc5
44.Bf4 Na6 45.b8=Q Nxb8 46.Rxb8 Rxb8 47.Bxb8 Ke6 48.Kf2 Kf6 49.h4 1-0

[Event "Classics GM"]

[Site "Gausdal NOR"]
[Date "2003/04/05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Westerinen,H"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.c3 a6 6.Ba4 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.d4
Bd7
9.Re1 Be7 10.dxc5 O-O 11.c4 Nf6 12.Nc3 Bxc5 13.Be3 Bxe3 14.Rxe3 Qc7
15.Ne4 Nxe4
16.Rxe4 Rad8 17.Qe1 e5 18.Re3 f6 19.h3 Be6 20.Bxc6 Qxc6 21.b3 Rd7 22.Rd1
Rfd8

23.Rxd7 Rxd7 24.Qc3 Bf5 25.Nh4 Be4 26.Qe1 Rd4 27.Qe2 b5 28.cxb5 axb5
29.Nf3 Bxf3
30.Qxf3 Qxf3 31.gxf3 b4 32.Re2 Kf7 33.Rc2 g5 34.Kg2 Kg6 35.Rc6 Kf5 36.Rb6
h5
37.Kg3 g4 38.hxg4+ hxg4 39.fxg4+ Rxg4+ 40.Kf3 Rh4 41.Kg3 Rd4 42.Kf3 Rd2
43.Rxb4 Rxa2
44.Ke3 Rc2 45.f4 Rc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Classics GM"]

[Site "Gausdal NOR"]
[Date "2003/04/05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Lugovoi,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[ECO "E54"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 c5 5.e3 cxd4 6.exd4 Bb4 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O
dxc4
9.Bxc4 b6 10.Bg5 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Nbd7 12.Ne5 Qc7 13.Nxd7 Nxd7 14.Bb3 h6
15.Be3 Ba6
16.Re1 Nf6 17.Qf3 Qxc3 18.Rac1 Qd3 19.Bc2 Qa3 20.Bb3 Rac8 21.Rxc8 Rxc8
22.Bxh6 gxh6
23.Qxf6 Rc1 24.Qe5 Qb2 25.h3 Rxe1+ 26.Qxe1 Qxd4 27.Qc1 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Classics GM"]

[Site "Gausdal NOR"]
[Date "2003/04/06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sarbok,T"]

[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[ECO "B04"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 g6 6.Bc4 c6 7.O-O Bg7 8.c3 Nd7
9.Nxd7 Bxd7 10.Nd2 O-O 11.Nf3 Be6 12.Qe2 Nc7 13.Bf4 Bxc4 14.Qxc4 Ne6
15.Be5 Qd5
16.Qxd5 cxd5 17.Rfe1 f6 18.Bg3 Kf7 19.Re2 Nd8 20.Ne1 Rc8 21.Nd3 e6
22.Rae1 Bh6
23.Kf1 Rc6 24.Nb4 Rc8 25.Bd6 Re8 26.Nxd5 Nc6 27.Nb4 Nxb4 28.Bxb4 Rcd8
29.g3 Bg7
30.b3 f5 31.Ba3 Bf6 32.Re3 Rd7 33.Ke2 Rc8 34.Kd3 e5 35.Rxe5 Bxe5 36.Rxe5
h5
37.h4 f4 38.gxf4 Kg7 39.c4 Rf7 40.Ke4 Rd7 41.d5 b6 42.Be7 Kf7 43.d6 Rb7
44.Kd4 a5
45.f5 gxf5 46.Rxf5+ Ke6 47.Rxh5 Rg8 48.Rg5 Rh8 49.h5 Rh7 50.f4 Rxh5 1-0

[Event "Classics GM"]

[Site "Gausdal NOR"]
[Date "2003/04/07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Berg,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 Be7 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nc3 c5

9.dxc5 bxc5 10.Rd1 Qb6 11.Bf4 Rd8 12.Qb5 d6 13.Rd2 Qc7 14.Rad1 Nc6
15.Qa4 a6
16.Qc2 h6 17.Qb1 Rab8 18.b3 g5 19.Be3 Ng4 20.Bh3 Nxe3 21.fxe3 Bf8 22.Bg2
f5
23.Ne1 Bg7 24.Qc2 Rd7 25.Nd3 Rbd8 26.Na4 Rf7 27.Rf1 Rdf8 28.Nc3 Kh8
29.Nd1 Qa5
30.N1f2 Bc3 31.Rdd1 Bg7 32.Qd2 Qb6 33.Nb2 Rd8 34.Nbd3 Kg8 35.Qc2 a5
36.Qd2 Rfd7
37.Qc2 Nb4 38.Nxb4 axb4 39.Bxb7 Qxb7 40.Rd2 Qc6 41.Rfd1 Bc3 42.Rd3 Be5
43.Rf1 Ra7
44.Rdd1 Rda8 45.Nd3 Qe4 0-1

[Event "Classics GM"]

[Site "Gausdal NOR"]
[Date "2003/04/08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kallio,H"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Bd2 Bf6
9.Rc1 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 Be4 11.Qd2 d5 12.c5 Nc6 13.b4 b5 14.Rfd1 Ne7 15.Ra1 a6
16.a4 Qe8 17.Ra3 bxa4 18.Rda1 Qb5 19.Bf1 Nc6 20.Rxa4 Qb7 21.Qd1 Na7
22.e3 Nb5
23.Bb2 Bxf3 24.Qxf3 c6 25.Qe2 g6 26.Qc2 Ra7 27.Bd3 Kg7 28.R1a2 Kg8
29.Qd1 Rfa8
30.h4 Bg7 31.h5 f5 32.hxg6 hxg6 33.Kg2 Kf7 34.Qe2 Qe7 35.Ra1 e5 36.dxe5
Bxe5
37.Rh1 Kg7 38.g4 Rg8 39.Rh3 Qf6 40.gxf5 gxf5 41.Bxe5 Qxe5 42.Qh5 Kf8+
43.Kf3 Nc3

44.Qh6+ Rgg7 45.Ra1 Ne4 46.Rg1 Nd2+ 47.Ke2 Ne4 48.Qh8+ Kf7 1-0

[Event "Classics GM"]

[Site "Gausdal NOR"]
[Date "2003/04/08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "De Firmian,N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O e6 7.d4 Nxd4 8.Nxd4
Bxg2
9.Kxg2 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Be7 11.Rd1 O-O 12.b3 Qc7 13.Bb2 Rfd8 14.Qf4 Qxf4
15.gxf4 a6
16.Rd3 Rab8 17.a4 Kf8 18.Rad1 Rb7 19.Kf3 Ke8 20.e3 Rc8 21.e4 Nh5 22.Bc1
g6
23.Be3 Rc6 24.e5 Ng7 25.Ne2 Bc5 26.Nc3 Be7 27.Ne2 Rcc7 28.Nd4 Bc5 29.Bd2
Rc8
30.Ke2 d6 31.exd6 Rd7 32.a5 Rxd6 33.Bc3 Nh5 34.Kf3 bxa5 35.Bxa5 Nf6
36.Ne2 Rxd3+
37.Rxd3 Rb8 38.Bc7 Rb7 39.Be5 Nd7 40.Bd4 Bxd4 41.Nxd4 Nc5 42.Re3 Rb4
43.Ke2 a5
44.Nc6 Rxb3 45.Nxa5 Rb2+ 46.Kf3 Kd7 47.Re2 Rxe2 48.Kxe2 f6 49.Ke3 e5
50.fxe5 fxe5
51.f4 e4 52.Kd4 Kd6 53.h4 h5 54.Ke3 Kc7 55.Kd4 Kb6 56.Nb3 Nxb3+ 57.Kxe4
Nd2+
58.Ke5 Nf3+ 59.Kd6 Nxh4 0-1

[Event "Classics GM"]

[Site "Gausdal NOR"]

[Date "2003/04/09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bluvshtein,M"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[ECO "B03"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 exd6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.h3 Be7 8.Nf3 Bf6
9.Be3 O-O 10.Rc1 Re8 11.b3 Bg5 12.Nxg5 Qxg5 13.d5 Ne5 14.Ne2 Qf6 15.Qd2
Qh4
16.Qd4 Qf6 17.f4 Ned7 18.Qxf6 Nxf6 19.Kf2 Ne4+ 20.Kf3 c6 21.dxc6 bxc6
22.Nc3 Bf5
23.Bd3 Nd2+ 24.Bxd2 Bxd3 25.Rhe1 f5 26.Re3 Rxe3+ 27.Kxe3 Be4 28.c5 dxc5
29.Nxe4 Re8
30.Rxc5 Nd5+ 31.Ke2 Rxe4+ 32.Kf3 Rd4 33.Bc1 Rd3+ 34.Ke2 Rg3 35.Kf2 Rc3
36.Rxc3 Nxc3
37.Ke3 Kf7 38.Kd3 Nd5 39.g3 Ke6 40.Ba3 Nf6 41.Bc5 a6 42.Bd4 Ne4 43.Bxg7
Kd5
44.g4 fxg4 45.hxg4 Nf2+ 46.Ke3 Nxg4+ 47.Kf3 Nh2+ 48.Kg2 Ng4 49.Kf3 Nh2+
50.Kg3 Nf1+
51.Kf2 Nh2 52.f5 Ke4 53.Kg3 1/2-1/2