by GM Bong VILLAMAYOR
AFTER Grandmaster Anand Viswanathand’s triumph in the main tournament, a resounding Wijk Ann Zee became more successful with Norwegian 13 year-old IM Carlsen Magnus dominating the ‘C’ tournament.
Winning the event with 10.5 points in 13 games, the young prodigy overachieved the GM result by 1.5 points plus delivering a performance rating of 2702! With four Grandmasters, five International Masters, he was the youngest participant and only seeded ninth.
His great triumph will be closely followed as he qualifies for the ‘B’ tournament next year. IM Magnus’ mentor Norway’s greatest player GM Simen Agdestein mentions “it is still hard to predict the future of such child prodigies; it all depends on how they study and train.’
Let us see some of his games.
Pavlovic,M (2548)—Carlsen,M (2484) [B31]
GMC Wijk aan Zee NED (3), 13.01.2004
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.0–0 Bg7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.Nc3 0–0 7.e5 Ng4 8.Bxc6 dxc6 9.h3 Nh6 10.Ne4 b6 11.d3 f6 12.Bxh6 Bxh6 13.Qe2 f5 14.Neg5 Bxg5 15.Nxg5 h6 16.Nf3 Be6 17.Rad1 Kh7 18.c4 b5 19.cxb5 cxb5 20.d4 c4 21.d5 Bxd5 22.e6 Qd6 23.Qd2 Rad8 24.Qa5 Qb6 25.Qb4 Rfe8 26.Ne5 a5 27.Qa3 b4 28.Qg3 Qxe6 29.Nxc4 Bxc4 30.Rxe6 Rxd1+ 31.Kh2 Bxe6 32.Qc7 Rd5 33.Qc6 Bf7 0–1
Carlsen,M (2484)—Popov,V (2580) [B97]
GMC Wijk aan Zee NED (4), 14.01.2004
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2 Qxb2 9.Rb1 Qa3 10.f5 Nc6 11.fxe6 fxe6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.e5 Nd5 14.Nxd5 cxd5 15.Bd3 dxe5 16.0–0 Be7 17.Kh1 e4 18.Be2 Rf8 19.c4 dxc4 20.Rxf8+ Kxf8 21.Qf4+ Ke8 22.Rf1 Ra7 23.Qf7+ Kd7 24.Rd1+ Kc6 25.Qe8+ Kb6 26.Qxc8 1–0
Gagunashvili,M (2583)—Carlsen,M (2484) [D15]
GMC Wijk aan Zee NED (7), 18.01.2004
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.a5 dxc4 8.e4 h6 9.Bh4 Bb4 10.Qa4 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 g5 12.Bg3 Nxe4 13.Qxc4 Nxg3 14.hxg3 c5 15.Be2 cxd4 16.Rd1 dxc3 17.Qxc3 Qf6 18.Qb4 Qe7 19.Rd6 Nf6 20.Qd4 e5 21.Nxe5 Be6 22.f4 Rd8 23.Qa4+ Kf8 24.Rxd8+ Qxd8 25.fxg5 Nd5 26.gxh6 Qg5 27.Qa3+ Ke8 28.Rh5 Qf6 29.Bd1 Ne7 30.Qf3 Nf5 31.Ba4+ Kf8 32.Qa3+ Kg8 33.Ng4 Qd4 34.Bd1 Kh7 35.Be2 Re8 36.Qd3 Qg1+ 37.Kd2 Rc8 38.Bf1 Qc5 39.Ne3 Qc1+ 40.Ke2 Rc3 41.Qxc3 Qxc3 42.Nxf5 Bc4+ 43.Kf2 Qd2+ 44.Kg1 Bxf1 0–1
Barendse,T (2206)—Carlsen,M (2484) [B79] GMC Wijk aan Zee NED (11), 23.01.2004
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 0–0 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.0–0–0 Qa5 11.Bb3 Rfc8 12.g4 Ne5 13.Kb1 b5 14.Nd5 Qxd2 15.Rxd2 Nxd5 16.exd5 a5 17.a3 Rab8 18.c3 b4 19.axb4 axb4 20.cxb4 Rxb4 21.Rf1 Bb5 22.Rff2 Nd3 23.Nxb5 Rxb3 24.Nd4 Bxd4 25.Bxd4 Nxf2 26.Rxf2 Rd3 27.Bc3 Rcxc3 28.bxc3 Rxc3 29.Re2 Kf8 0–1
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