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Thirteen years old
Magnus Carlsen vs Sipke Ernst · Wijk aan Zee 2004 · White to play and win
White to play. Mate in 12.
Find the move Magnus Carlsen found. The other side answers by itself.
Magnus Carlsen vs Sipke Ernst
Wijk aan Zee, 2004
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Magnus Carlsen against Sipke Ernst, Wijk aan Zee, 2004. The board above holds the position as it stood: White to move, and mate in 12. Find the move that was played and the other side answers by itself, exactly as it answered then.
The story behind it, which gives the finish away
Carlsen was thirteen. A knight on g6, a queen on e6, a bishop on h6 and a rook on the same square, and the attack does not stop until the queen mates on d7.
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