Sorry Ed!
But it was the only way I could get these two to play. Magnus was insistent that he would only play one game!
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[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date "2021.12.27"]
[Round ""]
[White "Magnus Carlson"]
[Black "Benjamin 1.1"]
[TimeControl "300+3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO " "]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5+ Bd7 5.Bxd7+ Qxd7 6.d4 cxd4 7.Qxd4 g6 8.Bg5 Nc6 9.Qd2 Bg7 10.O-O O-O 11.Rad1 Qe6 12.Rfe1 Rac8
13.b3 Rfe8 14.Bh6 Ne5 15.Nd4 Bxh6 16.Qxh6 Neg4 17.Qh4 Qd7 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.exd5 Rc3 20.Rd2 Nf6 21.Ne2 Rcc8 22.Ng3 b5 23.h3 Qb7
24.a3 Nxd5 25.Qe4 e6 26.c4 f5 27.Qf3 bxc4 28.bxc4 Rxc4 29.Rxd5 Qc6 30.Rd3 Qxf3 31.Rxf3 d5 32.Rb3 Kf7 33.Nf1 Rec8 34.Nd2 Rc1
35.Kf1 R1c3 36.Reb1 Kf6 37.Ke2 e5 38.Rxc3 Rxc3 39.Rb5 d4 40.Ra5 Rc7 41.Ra6+ Kf7 42.Ra4 Rd7 43.f3 Kf6 44.Ra6+ Kg5 45.Re6 Kh4
46.Rxe5 Kg3 47.Kf1 Rc7 48.Kg1 Kf4 49.Re6 Rc2 50.Nf1 a5 51.Ra6 Rc5 52.Ra7 h5 53.h4 d3 54.Rd7 Rc3 55.Rd4+ Ke5 56.Ra4 Rc2 57.Rxa5+
Kd4 58.Ra4+ Kc3 59.Ra6 Ra2 60.f4 Kd4 61.Rxg6 Rxa3 62.Rd6+ Ke4 63.Nd2+ Kxf4 64.Kf2 Ra2 65.Rd4+ Ke5 66.Rxd3 Ke6 67.Ke3 Ra1 68.Nf3
Ra4 69.Rd8 Ke7 70.Rh8 f4+ 71.Kd3 Ra2 72.Ke4 Rxg2 73.Rxh5 Rb2 74.Kxf4 Kf6 75.Rh6+ Kg7 76.Rc6 Rb4+ 77.Kf5 Rb5+ 78.Ne5 Rb1 79.Rc7+
Kf8 80.h5 Rf1+ 81.Kg6 Rg1+ 82.Kh7 Ke8 83.h6 Kd8 84.Rg7 Re1 85.Kg6 Rxe5 86.h7 Re6+ 87.Kf7 Rh6 88.Kg8 Ke8 89.h8=Q Rxh8+ 90.Kxh8
Kd8 91.Rh7 Kc8 92.Kg8 Kd8 93.Kf8 Kc8 94.Ke8 Kb8 95.Kd8 Ka8 96.Kc7 Ka7 97.Rh6 Ka8 98.Ra6# 1-0
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PS: After the game, he agreed to play some skittles only if he (Benjamin) agreed not to publish the games. There were many bystanders, I sure hope no one leaks them.
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