In einem knapp dreieinhalb Minuten langen Video blickt Carlsen auf seine Karriere zurück, und verrät, dass er erst mit 17 Jahren wirkliches Vertrauen in sich und sein Schach hatte. Vorher, so Carlsen, hatte er oft zu viel Respekt vor seinen Gegnern – und hat so manche gute Chance verpasst, weil er seinen eigenen Bewertungen nicht traute und oft viel zu lange nachgedacht hat. Als Beispiel nennt er die Partie, die er 2004, als 13-jähriger gegen Garry Kasparov gespielt hat.
[Event "Reykjavik rapid"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Annotator "Skripchenko,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2004.03.18"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2831"]
[PlyCount "103"]
1. d4 {Carlsen probably wants to avoid the Najdorf against Kasparov.} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 (5... dxc4 {The Botvinnik System is the
sharpest line available here. Is Kasparov afraid to play something as
dangerous as this against a child who calculates like a computer?} )6. e3 Qa5 {
Kasparov plays the Cambridge Springs, which is not as volatile as theBotvinnik.
} 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2 0-0 9. Be2 e5 10. 0-0 exd4 11. Nb3 Qb6 12. exd4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 a5 14. a4 Qc7 15. Rae1 h6 16. Bh4 Bd6 17. h3 Nb6 (17... g5 $2 {is met by} 18. Qg6+ {:-)} )18. Bxf6 Nxc4 19. Ne4 Bh2+ (19... Be6 20. Nxd6 Nxd6 {is
actually better than what happened in the game} )20. Kh1 Nd6 21. Kxh2 Nxe4+ 22. Be5 Nd6 23. Qc5 (23. d5 Rd8 24. Nd4 {wins a pawn, because} Bd7 {loses to} 25. Nb5 )Rd8 24. d5 Qd7 25. Nd4 Nf5 26. dxc6 bxc6 27. Nxc6 Re8 28. Rd1 Qe6 29. Rfe1 Bb7 30. Nd4 ({The kid has Kasparov sweating, but he sees that after} 30. Nxa5 {there are enormous complications arising from} Bxg2 {When you are a
pawn up against the world's strongest player you do not want to give him this
kind of counterplay, but rather to simplify the position and win in the
endgame :-)} )Nxd4 31. Qxd4 Qg6 32. Qg4 ({When you are a pawn up and
have opposite colour bishops it is usually better to keep the queens on the
board. I would have have played} 32. f3 )Qxg4 33. hxg4 Bc6 34. b3 f6 35. Bc3 Rxe1 36. Rxe1 Bd5 37. Rb1 Kf7 38. Kg3 Rb8 39. b4 axb4 40. Bxb4 Bc4 41. a5 Ba6 42. f3 Kg6 43. Kf4 h5 44. gxh5+ Kxh5 45. Rh1+ Kg6 46. Bc5 Rb2 47. Kg3 Ra2 48. Bb6 Kf7 49. Rc1 g5 50. Rc7+ (50. Bd8 $1 Bb5 51. Rd1 Bc4 52. Rd6 Bf1 53. f4 Rxg2+ 54. Kf3 gxf4 (54... g4+ $2 55. Ke4 Re2+ 56. Kf5 g3 57. Rxf6+ Ke8 58. Bb6 {gives White chances to win.} )55. Rxf6+ Ke8 56. Bc7 Ra2 57. Rxf4 Kd7 58. Bb6 {
is still a draw, but with a little more suffering for Black.} )Kg6 51. Rc6 Bf1 52. Bf2 {Kasparov was actually lucky to escape with a draw against the
13-year-old Norwegian wunderkind.} 1/2-1/2
