Carlsen’s Brilliant Double Pawn Sacrifice vs Yu Yangyi! | World Blitz 2023

Magnus Carlsen faces GM Yu Yangyi in Round 17 of the FIDE World Blitz Championship 2023 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. The key moment came with the brilliant 26.c4!, a move highlighted as one of the standout ideas of the tournament. Carlsen was willing to give up pawns in order to activate his dangerous passed pawn and completely transform the position. ChessBase India called 26.c4! the “move of the day.” Carlsen went on to win the game 1-0, and the victory allowed him to join Vladislav Artemiev in the lead after Round 17. ♟️ GM Magnus Carlsen vs GM Yu Yangyi 🇳🇴 Norway vs China 🇨🇳 🏆 FIDE World Blitz Championship 2023 🔢 Round 17 ⚡ Time Control: Blitz 3+2 🔥 Key Move: 26.c4! ✅ Result: Carlsen 1-0 Yu Yangyi Watch how Carlsen turns two aggressive pawn pushes into a dangerous passed-pawn breakthrough and takes another crucial step toward the World Blitz title. Would you have found 26.c4! in a blitz game? Subscribe for more Magnus Carlsen games, brilliant tactics, blitz chess and grandmaster battles. #MagnusCarlsen #YuYangyi #WorldBlitz #BlitzChess #Chess #ChessTactics #FIDE